Vote Forced on Creating School Director Districts
A petition by 175 residents seeks a ballot question to elect seven district directors rather than at large. Linn County Taxpayers Assn. president Bill Pulda presented the petition. auditor Arthur Williams notes duplicate filing is a safety to meet legal requirements.
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Arthur Williams
the Gazette
Bill Pulda
Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn
Pulda
Ben Trickey
Trickey
Sixteenth Avenue
Otto Wiedersberg
Wiedersberg
Williams
Former Banker Fined for Embezzling Case in Iowa Federal Court
Lowell Dean Goodenbour 42 a former vice president of Peoples Bank and Trust Co Waterloo was fined 1000 and given a two year suspended sentence Friday in federal court on embezzlement charges He pleaded guilty to embezzling 99 from June 1968 to April 1970 and the false entries count was dismissed from the indictment of about 88 missing dollars.
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Lowell Dean Goodenbour
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Waterloo
Goodenbour
Joe Shreeves Pleads Guilty to Larceny in Municipal Court
Joe Shreeves of 624 Ellis Boulevard NW pled guilty in municipal court to larceny. He received a ten day suspended jail sentence after admitting he took a coin box and coins from Al's Apco station on June 6.
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Joe Shreeves
Ellis Boulevard
Apco
Two Counts Against Woman Are Dropped
Betty Countryman of 119 Twenty-ninth street SE had two charges dismissed in municipal court on Wednesday. She faced larceny for allegedly taking women’s clothing at Target on May 9 and a contributing to delinquency charge. A conspiracy claim tied to her two minor daughters was also dropped.
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Betty Countryman
Twenty-ninth Street SE
Target Store
First Avenue SE
Target
Assault and Battery Charge Dismissed
Oden Libbey of 1639 Park Towne Court NE had an assault and battery charge dismissed in municipal court after the complaining witness declined to testify. The alleged incident involved Hazel F. Coates on March 28.
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Oden Libbey
Park Towne Court NE
Hazel F. Coates
Found Innocent of Assault and Battery in Municipal Court
Dorothy Kellelson of 1217 Third Street NW was found innocent Wednesday in municipal court of a charge of assault and battery. She was accused of assaulting Ida A. Witt on April 15.
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Dorothy Kellelson
Third Street
Ida A. Witt
Cedar Rapids School Budget Revised To 24 Million
A revised tentative budget for the 1972 73 Cedar Rapids school board was presented at a special meeting raising general fund expenditures from 24 362 142 to 24 643 250 due to higher enrollment estimates. The board stressed no local tax increase and noted a 4 5 mill decline next year while state aid per pupil funds the increase. Superintendent Craig Currie and board member Ernest Pence urged justification for any rise. Final bills for 1971 72 were approved and about 60 000 unexpended balance was cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Ernest Pence
Otto Wiedersberg
Census Finds Linn County Median and Workforce Figures
The 1970 census data for Linn County show average family income of 10 721 dollars versus 9 018 statewide. County per capita income is 3 208 dollars. Of 147 413 residents age five plus, 15 265 moved counties within the state since 1965 and 11 716 resided in another state. Among adults sixteen plus, 82 percent of men and 46 percent of women were in the labor force with 50 percent in white collar jobs and 10 percent in government roles. Married women with husbands present in the labor force numbered 43 percent, with 32 percent of those wives having children under six. There were 47 084 students age 34 or younger enrolled in school. In the 25-and-older group, 66 percent of men and 69 percent of women were high school graduates.
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Linn
Bureau of the Census
Springville Mourns Russell Reed Co-Op Lumber Official
Russell Reed 60 lifelong Springville resident and Springville Co-Op Lumber Co manager died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He born November 18 1911 in Springville married Helen I Smith October 2 1936. Survived by wife three daughters a son 12 grandchildren and several siblings. Services 1:30 p m Saturday at the Presbyterian church. Burial in Springville Cemetery district notes to pay graveside Masonic services before July 1.
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Springville
Russell Reed
Russell Tisdale Reed
Cedar Rapids
Richard W
Ralph J
John A
William D
Wyoming
Gene L
Burnsville
Minn
Lucille Bedinger
Frank Roberts
Iowa City
Presbyterian Church
Minnesota Man Admits Interstate Transport of Stolen Vehicle
Timothy L. Fields of Minneapolis pled guilty in federal court to interstate transport of a stolen vehicle. He allegedly moved a stolen car from Chicago to Waterloo on May 24. Bond was set at $1,000.
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Timothy L. Fields
Minneapolis
Fields
Chicago
Waterloo
Good News Outweighs Bad For Iown Conventioneers
Mr and Mrs Albert Briles and their daughter and son in law Howard and the Grimms of Waterloo attended a National Assn of Retail Grocers convention in New Orleans Their car was stolen then recovered damaged but the couple won a 1972 auto and Mrs Briles won 255 in attendance prizes The Grimms kept undeveloped film from a class reunion and they plan to buy a larger car for the trip home The tale ends with Mrs Briles joking about rigged drawings
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Albert Briles
Second Street
Howard Grimm
Waterloo
New Orleans
National Assn. of
Grimms
C R Man Faces Indecent Behavior Charge
William E. McNitt, 20, of 1640 Center Point Road NE, was arrested Thursday on indecent behavior charges. He posted $110 bond and was released. McNitt is accused in connection with an incident Wednesday involving two Cedar Rapids women in northeast Cedar Rapids.
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William E. McNitt
Center Point Road
McNitt
Cedar Rapids
Florida Man Faces Assault Charge
Michael J. Baer, 24, Orlando, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery after allegedly striking Bernard Brooks in the face several times at Hawk Eye Downs on Wednesday. He posted $110 bond and was released.
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Michael J. Baer
Orlando
Fla
Baer
Bernard Brooks
Hawkeye Downs
Guilty Plea Entered On Federal Charge
Peter A. Rhodes pled guilty in federal court to interstate transport of a stolen vehicle and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was charged with transporting a vehicle on June 19 from Memphis Tennessee to Waterloo.
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Peter A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Memphis
Tenn
Waterloo
McMahon Opens $21 Million Old River Dam in Australia
Prime Minister William McMahon opened the Old River Dam in Kununurra Australia a $21 million project described as the largest man made body of water in the country.
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Kununurra
Australia
William McMahon Friday
Youth Returned To Cedar Rapids To Face Break in Charge
Gregory Marquis III, 19, of Chicago, was returned from there Wednesday to face a breaking and entering charge in Cedar Rapids. He is accused of breaking into the John Buscher residence at 2210 O Avenue NW Sunday. Two guns and additional goods were stolen. Police say his arrest also clears three other northwest Cedar Rapids breakins. He is held in the city jail pending arraignment.
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Gregory Marquis III
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
John Buscher
O Avenue NW
Want Ads Call 398 8234 for Listings
Local classifieds advertise items and services with a call to action to call 398 8234 for placements and inquiries. The notice emphasizes phone contact for posting and responding to ad offers.
Two Accused of Linn County Breakins
James Santee and Wayne Slaughter accused of breaking into rural Linn County homes Thursday night. Items including a TV set, gun, coins, cash and savings bonds were recovered from a car stopped at Midway. They are held in the county jail pending arraignment.
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James Santee
Avenue NW
Wayne Slaughter
Jacelyn Drive
Linn County
Walter Grant
Elzo Bills
Center Point
Gene Anderson
Toddville
Anderson
For Better Health Fitness Not Just Weekends
Dr S L Andelman urges daily ten to fifteen minutes of exercise to stay in shape not only on weekends. He cites walking cycling calisthenics and lawn work as options and warns against overreliance on housework for fitness. He notes varied routines protect over 40 and encourages planning each day’s activity. Readers may write letters to The Gazette.
Man Charged With Assault Held in Linn County Jail
Clyde W. Perrigo, 60, held in Linn County jail on assault and battery charge. Information signed by Earl Fowler of 700 First Avenue NW alleges Perrigo struck Fowler in Greene Square Park injuring his glasses. Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers received the report Friday.
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Clyde W. Perrigo
Linn County
Perrigo
Earl Fowler
First Avenue NW
Justice of the
Glenn Powers
Fowler
Greene Square Park
Disturbance charge filed against Cedar Rapids youth
Michael Campbell aged 19 of 2044 North Town Court NE was arrested on a disturbing the peace charge Thursday. He signed a promise to appear and was released. Campbell faced the charge over an incident involving a 12 year old girl at a northeast Cedar Rapids apartment complex swimming pool.
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Michael Campbell
North Town Court
Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Korea’s awaited rainy season begins amid war hopes
Twenty years ago the long awaited monsoon in Korea started. Officials believed the rain would hinder communist summer offensives and hamper planned attacks as fighting persisted across the peninsula.
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Korea
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