Nurses Defend Health Budget From Auditor’s Claims
The Linn County Public Health Nurses Assn chaired by Mrs Howard Cherry Jr counters Auditor Merle Kopel over budget increases from 1969 to the present noting 1969 figures differed and salaries dominate budgets. They assert budget and staff gains matched expanded services approved by budget panels and emphasize director pay aligns with peers. The board also moves to recruit a psychiatric nurse and endorses mental health service reforms and emergency medical communications for Area Ten.
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Linn County Public Health Nurses Assn
Merle Kopel
Association
Kopel
County Board of Health
Howard Cherry, Jr
Charles Jungman
Health Center
UCS
Cherry
Public Health
Des Moines
Madge Phillips
Public Health Nursing Association
Carol Rickey
Area Ten
Hoover Health Council
Three Treated At .R. Hospitals Following Fires
Three residents were treated and released from St Luke's hospital after fires at their homes Monday night and early Tuesday. John Burhman, 90, of Thirtieth Street NE, burned his foot when a motor tank ignited by a water heater exploded in his basement. Richard Swalley, 3219 Stratford Lane SW, suffered leg burns and smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire. his daughter also treated for smoke inhalation.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
John Burhman
Thirtieth Street
Richard Swalley
Stratford Lane
Swalley
C. R. Couple Held In Waterloo on Drug Charges
Cedar Rapids couple William W. Cage and Margaret Cage were arrested in Waterloo on heroin with intent to deliver and marijuana charges. William Cage faced 20,000 bond and was also charged with receiving a stolen gun. Jennifer J. Franklin, 27, was released after promising to appear on heroin with intent to deliver and marijuana charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
William W. Cage
Fifteenth Street
Margaret
Cage
Jennifer J. Franklin
William Cage
Rites Thursday for George Folken 69
George Folken 69 of Mt. Vernon died Monday after a sudden illness. Born March 20 1904 in Germany he immigrated in 1923 and married Hanna Luerkins on December 30 1925 at Monticello. He was a lifelong farmer and a member of St John’s Lutheran Ely and the Ely Odd Fellows. Survived by his wife a brother four sisters and a sister in Monticello. Services 10:30 am Thursday at St John’s Lutheran Ely with burial to follow.
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George Folken
MT. Vernon
Germany
Hanna Luerkins
Monticello
St. John’s Lutheran Church of
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Christiana Freeze
Gesina Ideus
Johanna Bolken
Anna Helgens
St. John's Lutheran Church
Ely
Cedar Me
Funeral notices from Cedar Rapids parish and burial
Memorial funeral home in Cedar Rapids announces services after 5 p.m. Tuesday and at the church after 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Morial
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Summer Activities at Ellis Y Planned through August
The Ellis Y announces coed events for July and August including a roller skating party at Skate Country on July 25 and an overnight camping trip July 25-26 at Pinicon Ridge. August features a bike hike to Morgan Creek park, a polar bear swim, a wilderness canoe trip Aug 3-9 from Ely Minnesota, and a St. Louis trip Aug 8-9 to see the Cardinals versus the Braves with Six Flags on the following day. Registration deadlines vary, with end dates around July 20 to July 31.
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YMCA
Robbins Lake
Skate Country
Pinicon Ridge
Morgan Creek Park
Ely
Minn
St. Louis
Cardinals
Atlanta Braves
Six Flags
City plans two pool options for Cedar Hills site
The City Council gave Recreation Director Nichols permission to start preliminary planning for a new swimming facility in Cedar Hills. Aiming to serve both city and a proposed high school, officials consider two pool configurations on school district land by Cherry Hill park with winter use in mind. A 1,000 person city pool and a smaller school pool are discussed, awaiting final plans to be ready for the 1974 swim season after allocating 400,000 dollars in federal revenue sharing funds.
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Nevin Nichols
Cedar Hills
Nichols
Cherry Hill Park
Stan Reinis
Reinis
L. L. Jones Accused of Theft from Meter
Larry L. Jones, 22, held in Linn County jail on larceny from a parking meter charge after police said he took change from two meters in the 500 block of Fifth Street SE around 1 am Tuesday. He was seen striking a meter with a hatchet and faces intoxication and resisting an officer charges. bond set at $160.
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Larry L. Jones
Linn County
Jones
Fifth Street
Magistrate's Court Actions In Fracas Thomas Glaus Pleads Guilty
Thomas Glaus of 975 Shaver road NE pled guilty in magistrate's court to an assault on James Lisk on January 31. He was fined $20 plus costs for injuring a motor vehicle during the incident.
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Thomas Glaus
Shaver Road
James Lisk
Weidenbacher Admits Injuring a Vehicle
Gary Weidenbacher pled guilty in magistrate court to injuring a motor vehicle on January 18. He was fined $20 and costs for damaging a vehicle belonging to Gary Rocarek at 2249 Twenty sixth Street NW.
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Gary Weidenbacher
Twenty-sixth Street
Gary Rocarek
Three Held on Robbery and Car Theft Charges in Iowa
Three suspects returned to Cedar Rapids from Morrison Illinois to face charges of robbery with aggravation and car theft in Linn County. William Lovelace James Green and Kathryn Green are held on 11000 bond each for robbing Robert Godfrey of Eagle Grove at gunpoint, taking a ring watch and wallet, and driving him to Sabula where he was tied and thrown in water. Lovelace and the Greens were arrested hours after the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Morrison
Linn County
William R. Lovelace
Houston
Texas
James T. Green
Jonah
Ark
Kathryn Green
Cape Girardeau
Robert Godfrey
Eagle Grove
Fifth Street
Godfrey
Cedar Rapids Women Elected to DAV Auxiliary Posts
Two Cedar Rapids women were elected to offices at the state convention of the Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary in Dubuque. Mrs. Glenn Barr became first junior vice-commander and Mrs. John Elliott was appointed sergeant-at-arms. The 1974 state convention will be held in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary
Dubuque
Glenn Barr
John Elliott
City seeks federal funds for Cedar Rapids park work
Cedar Rapids applies for 13,396 in outdoor recreation matching funds to develop two parks. Open Spaces program ended by federal government. Request includes 4,081.50 for Papoose park restroom facilities playground equipment a wading pool ball field with bleachers and backstops grading seeding landscaping on Twenty-ninth Street Drive SE. An additional 9,314.50 seeks similar improvements at Navajo park East Road SW.
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Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Cedar Rapids
Papoose Park
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
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