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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1975
Page
2
Grant Wood Days drew Eastern Iowans to Anamosa and Stone City for displays of Wood’s works, tours of historic Stone City, and craft exhibits. Despite rain, crowds enjoyed rides on the Anamosa midway ferris wheel and evening craft displays viewed by Cedar Falls residents John Couger and Caryn Couger, and Toddville’s Anne Flecksing.
Five people died in Iowa over the weekend in drowning incidents including two seizures preceding falls. Paul Swan, 5, Ruthven, fell from a dock at Lost Island Lake, Clay County, and was recovered Sunday. A man who fell from a railroad bridge after a seizure remained unidentified. Robert Jacobson, 19, Fort Madison, drowned near Keokuk after a seizure on a pontoon boat, recovered in 35 feet of water. Dwane Green, 17, Des Moines, drowned while swimming a gravel pit with a friend. body found about 30 feet from shore. Donald Dobbins, 24, Cedar Rapids, drowned Friday when a canoe capsized on Robbins Lake. two companions escaped.
Sam Wang presents photoseries blending silk-screen techniques with photography at the University of Iowa Museum of Art through June 30. The works use montage to preserve image integrity while permitting color and tonal manipulation, with some darkroom surrealist effects. Wang, a Peking native and UI MFA 1966, is Clemson University professor of photography and design. He has had nine solo shows nationwide and appeared in many juried and invitational exhibits.
William Hacker 90 a lifelong Marengo area resident and retired farmer died Sunday. Survived by wife Mary three sons Kenneth John and Donald all of Marengo six daughters including Mrs Henry Schutterle Mrs Edward Schutterle and Mrs Leo Possehl of Marengo Mrs William Stock Livermore Mrs Eldon Vogt Keystone and Mrs Melvin Lorenz Luzerne 29 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Services Tuesday at 1 30 p m at St Johns Lutheran Church Friends may call until 11 30 a m Tuesday at Hoover Valentine.
Keith Wilcox 32 of Titonka recently graduated from the Department of Public Safety training academy and is assigned as a state trooper to the Independence area with badge number 407. He has spent the prior years teaching and is a Peru State College graduate in Nebraska.
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