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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1971
Page
2
Reports include a motor theft from Don Novak at 858 Oakland Road NE with $500 value. Local ads list July 4 food specials, coins, club events, barber shop closure, dean’s lists at Augustana and Evangel colleges, scholarships, tours, and real estate notices. Also noted are car break in, Montauk tours, and a corrected ad for a rug sale.
Guns valued at 789 dollars were stolen from the Denver J Dvorsky residence at 2035 First Avenue SE on Wednesday. The missing firearms include two shotguns three rifles and a pistol.
Three youths Michael J. McKinley 28 Solon Kent L. Webb 19 Iowa City and Robert L. Johnson 20 Red Oak were charged with assault with intent to commit robbery after an incident at a Johnson county highway 218 gas station. They allegedly knocked down two hitchhikers George Cleppe and Wayne Houck took wallets and suitcases then fled. Arrested at 1 16 a m deputies hold them in Johnson county jail awaiting Thursday arraignment.
Michael Krava 25, a former Cedar Falls man moving from Texas to Iowa, was struck and killed by a passing car while directing traffic at an accident scene near Purcell Oklahoma. His mother Helen Krava remains in Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls Iowa Byron A Gosden a 48 year old radio personality and longtime service group member died Wednesday from a heart attack He began in show business at age six attended Drake University and served in the armed forces special services entertaining police in Europe He was operations manager and morning announcer for KXEL Waterloo and later worked in Des Moines to win more aid for the elderly.
Herbert Henry was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Executives Association for a six month term succeeding Ralph Wasik. Other officers include Kenneth Klug first vice president Earl Moxley second vice president Wilmer L. Ross treasurer Ed C. Rudin secretary and Byron H. Walla director. Wasik will serve as ex officio director.
Meta Matschulat of Oxford Junction is named to Evangel College spring semester dean's list in Springfield. Parents Mr and Mrs Kurt Matschulat from Oxford Junction celebrate the achievement.
Luther College in Decorah receives a $30,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to finance excavations of a Roman Byzantine era Jewish village. Senator Jack Miller notes the project, directed by Dr. Richard Hanson, aided by a $15,000 supplemental gift from Roy Carlson.
London AP report states Lord Constantine, 69, West Indian cricket star and the first black man in Britain's House of Lords, died Thursday from a heart attack.
Des Moines UPI reports Noel Emmet McKay 33 of Oskaloosa died when his eastbound car hit a second vehicle about 10 miles east of Des Moines on Route 163. Driver Walter F. Houseman 83 of Des Moines was hospitalized. his wife was treated and released.
Floyd R. Clark Jr. 26 of 1215 Thirty-sixth Street NW appeared in municipal court on two charges. He pleaded innocent to contributing to the delinquency of a minor by encouraging a minor to be guilty of immoral conduct on June 27. His trial is set for the next jury assignment. He demanded a preliminary hearing on a larceny charge for taking a tape deck from Dennis Naaktgeboren with a hearing set for Aug. 10.
Five young people appeared in municipal court Thursday and demanded preliminary hearings on drug charges. Kevin L. Snyder, 19, route one, Marion, is accused of possession of hashish June 25. His hearing is set for Aug. 11. Diane Paul, 19, of 1448 Thirty eighth street SE, is charged with possession of hashish May 21. A term on the five-man committee hearing is set for Aug. 30. Bruce Gravatt, 20, of 1645 Memorial Coliseum.
Hillview drive Marion resident to appear July 28 on charges of possession of marijuana for personal use with June 23 date. Scott Lanning aged 18 of 1685 Valleyview drive Marion has an August 25 hearing for possession. Steven Cooley 22 of Des Moines is charged with selling LSD on January 9 and has an August 27 hearing.
James C. Vogt 24 of 592 Sixth Avenue Marion demanded a preliminary hearing in municipal court Thursday. He faces a rape incident alleged June 24 and his hearing is set for Tuesday.
Jerry Carr of 2524 Town House Drive NE was approved by the city council to fill the veterans memorial commission seat vacated by Byron Wetzel. Carr, a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict, was selected earlier this spring by veterans organizations and is a staff announcer for WMT stations.
Central Iowa Power Cooperative with facilities in Cedar Rapids and Creston obtains a 5 million dollar 100 percent CFC loan to increase power supply. The funds will boost ownership in the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, with CIPCO and Corn Belt Power Cooperative as partners alongside Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. Joseph C. Armbrecht leads CIPCO as president and W. E. Adams serves as general manager.
A concise reflection on sales work noting that an effective salesman must cover his territory with daily want ads to reach customers. The line emphasizes steady advertising as essential to a successful sales approach.
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