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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
8
Marion council fixed August 3 for the hearing on the proposed 1972 budget totalling 2,733,917 including water department 388,825. The plan keeps millage at 30 for seven funds with 7,147 mills for debt and other items, and notes a 36.785 mill rate with a 0.362 mill increase.
Michael Darwin Whitney 24 of 2558 Fifth Avenue Marion was killed in an auto crash in Hampton Virginia. Born May 10 1947 in Marion he was a Vietnam veteran and Navy sailor. Survived by wife Sharon Bruns parents siblings and Navy service members. Memorial services at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Registration for third session swimming lessons at Legion Memorial pool from 9 to noon through Saturday. Third session starts Monday through Aug 13 weather permitting.
John C. Fowler is re-elected chairman of the Marion public library board. He serves as principal of C. B. Ver non junior high school. Mrs. Richard Anderson named vice chair. George Glass elected secretary treasurer. Russell Hansen becomes finance chair. William Kanak to head building and grounds committee. YMCA activities listed for Wednesday include non aquatic schedule at Marion branch with multiple age groups and times.
OELWEIN Iowa motorcyclist Winston Kinden 20 of Austin Minn credits his helmet leather jacket and leather pants with preventing serious injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car on highway 3 nine miles east of Oelwein Authorities said Kinden followed a car driven by Gerald Lamphier 36 of rural Aurora Lamphier slowed to turn right Kinden’s bike hit the back of the car throwing him into a ditch He suffered a shoulder injury but believes his clothing reduced the harm
National Geographic notes Norway’s heavily indented coastline, carved by fjords, is nearly as long as Australia’s coastline when measured by indentations, highlighting dramatic geographic contrasts between the two nations.
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