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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1977

Page

3

Deaths listed include Haradon Chalupsky and Broker obituaries

Leonard L. Haradon 61 of 530 Sixth Street SE found dead at home. Born June 4 1915 in Wymore Nebraska, he was a retired car salesman and railroad employe and a member of the Eagles. Survived by daughter Mrs Edward Palladin and son Michael in California and his mother Mary Haradon, two brothers, and three grandchildren. Services Friday 10 a.m. Teahen funeral home. Cremation. Mildred Chalupsky 70 longtime Traer resident died after injuries in a nearby accident that killed her husband Charles. Survived by two daughters, five brothers and five sisters and five grandchildren. Services Saturday 1:30 Overton's Burial National, Vining. Marvin Broker 61 Lisbon Mt Vernon area resident died after long illness. Born November 9 1915 near Lisbon he was a truck driver. Survived by two daughters, five grandchildren, sister and two brothers. Services Friday 1:30 Morgan's Mt. Vernon. casket to be closed at 1 p.m.

Leonard L. Haradon Sixth Street Wymore Neb The Eagles Edward Palladino Michael San Carlos Calif Mary Haradon San Diego Charles William Teahen William Leonard TRAER Mildred Chalupsky Dysart Chalupsky Elberon Mr. Chalupsky Ralph Peters LaPorte City Melvin Hach James Joseph Dostal Clutier Anna Hrstka Alice Wiebbecke Louise Salasek Marshalltown Bessie Finzen Buckingham Emma Placar Toledo Overton National Vining MT. Vernon Marvin Broker Lisbon Clifford Wells Reno Nev Thersa Visek Cedar Rapids Joe Nikodim Loveland Colo Irvin Richard Morgan’s

Obituary notices and services listed for multiple Iowa towns

Obituary notices list survivors and funeral plans for numerous individuals across Marion Bradenton Eldorado Ma rengo West Union Decorah West Branch Blairstown Dyersville and Blairstown area churches. Details include service times locations and cemeteries with churches and funeral homes named.

West Union William A. Lauer St. Peter Lutheran Church Eldorado Burnham and Wood's Bessie Nixon Burnham and Wood S. Marengo Eva J. Langlas Rolla Genoa Bluff Marengo Hoover-Valentine Nichols Christian Church Snider's West Liberty West Branch Irvin Francis Lehman United Methodist Church Barker's Decorah Henry Spilde Steine’s. Blairstown Evelyn Heitshusen T.W. van Beck Dyersville Elmer Willenborg

City considers permanent hiring policies unit in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids weighs making the ad hoc hiring policies committee permanent. The group extended its report deadline to two more meetings, aiming to attract minorities and women to city employment, especially in the police force. Continuous recruiting and year round applications are favored to ease bottlenecks.

Cedar Rapids Canney Equal Employment Opportunity Jonnie Cassell Ed Colton Police Department Civil Service Commission Nordengren Commission George Gable

Cedar Rapids man convicted of meter larceny and habitual criminal

Larry J. Tobin, 28, was found guilty by a Linn district court jury of larceny involving more than $20 and of being an habitual criminal after admitting prior convictions for breaking and entering and forgery. Sentencing set for March 23. Tobin accused of stealing two parking meters on Nov 6 in Cedar Rapids.

Larry J. Tobin Linn Cedar Rapids Tobin Robert E. Ford Nancy Wagner John Schwegler Jerome McGrane Elizabeth Young Linc Alershof Albert Petsel James Marion Bernice Dolash Earl E. Foley Robert Fugate Richard Clark Norma Martinez Anthony Komisar

Carter Seeks U S Hiring Reduction

President Carter orders cabinet and agency heads to cut hires by 25 percent until federal payroll ceilings for 1977 78 are set. Appointments to permanent full time posts must be limited to 75 percent of vacancies since March 1. Focus also on foreign policy with meeting on Africa with Gabon president Omar Bongo.

Washington UPI Carter National Security Council el Hadj Omar Bongo Gabon

Government study uses Antarctica canned goods decades old

Twenty years ago the government announced that cans preserved for over 40 years in Antarctica's deep freeze would be used in a government study of radioactivity in foods.

Antarctica

Purse Snatch Suspects Sought After sidewalk assault

Sam Hershberger and his wife witnessed two men snatch a purse from a woman in the 700 block of Eighth Avenue SE. The suspects fled to a car with two others. a police search followed but no charges were filed as the victim could not be located. Police continue hoping the woman will come forward.

Sam Hershberger Eighth Avenue SE Hershberger

Prison panel urges expansion of parole and industry programs in Iowa

Des Moines officials state the Iowa corrections system is largely effective with a 20 percent recidivism rate and favor expanding parole and probation, boosting prison industry work and victim restitution from inmate pay. They caution on cell sizes and support Fort Madison retention while predicting future inmate population declines after a 1976 peak.

Phil Riley Des Moines Iowa Henn Anamosa

City Sewer Funds Okayed

The EPA approved the city’s grant request for the federal share of the third phase of the new sewerage treatment plant. The additional $1q gui was added recently but contracts wait on clear finances, EPA approval, and how user fees will adjust after corn syrup plant shutdowns. Finance Commissioner Hal Schafer will meet advisers next week.

Mike Blouin Environmental Protection Agency EPA Hursday Penick Ford Hal Schaefer

Mezvinsky Linked To Ambassadorship And Commissions

Mezvinsky, former Iowa City resident and member of the House Judiciary Committee during Nixon's impeachment move, is discussed as a potential ambassador to CBS diplomacy, with possible seats on the FCC or FTC. He says he is finishing a book titled A Term To Remember about the impeachment era, due in October. He works from a Washington law firm.

CBS Television Marvin Kalb The Gazette Mezvinsky Federal Communications Commission Federal Trade Commission Iowa City House Judiciary Committee Richard Nixon Iowa

Three Charged With Drunk Driving In Separate Incidents

Three persons faced drunken driving charges after separate incidents. Jerome Welk, 32, of 390 Blue Reef Hiawatha, struck a parked car in the 800 block Oak land road NE at 12:02 a.m. Ricky E. Dawes, 23, route 1 Newhall, hit a stopped car driven by Richard Engrav at 11:23 p.m. in the 100 block First avenue SW. Irven S. Wihlfehrt, 58, of 222 Brentwood drive NE, was arrested at 7:50 p.m. in the 900 block Shaver road NE.

Jerome Welk Blue Reef Hiawatha Oakland Road Ricky E. Dawes Route 1 Newhall First Avenue Richard Engrav Kingswood Lane Irven S. Wihlfehrt Brentwood Drive Shaver Road

Two Treated After Accident Near Highway 151 Intersection

Two persons injured in a traffic mishap near the intersection of highway 151 and Nineteenth street SW just before 1 30 a m Thursday. Gary Svestka 20 of 214 Seventh avenue SW passenger in a vehicle driven by Gary D Neal 117 Tenth avenue SW admitted to Mercy hospital in satisfactory condition Neal treated at Mercy and released Authorities charged Neal with failure to control a motor vehicle after his car struck a road sign and a utility pole.

Highway 151 Nineteenth Street Mercy Hospital Gary Svestka Seventh Avenue Gary D. Neal Tenth Avenue Neal Mercy

Truman urges Congress to end draft law after month

Thirty years ago President Truman urged Congress to allow the military draft law to expire at the end of the month, signaling a shift in manpower policy and a move toward peacetime structure.

Truman Congress

Califano Doubtful Of Carter Veto On HEW Budget

Washington reports Secretary Joseph Califano told a House subcommittee he doubts a presidential veto on the HEW budget this year. He outlined a recurring cycle since 1969 where HEW budgets rise, veto threats occur, and Congress often overrides. He asked for a FY 1978 HEW request of 162 billion dollars, with labor budgeting handled separately.

Washington UPI Health, Education and Welfare Labor HEW House Joseph Califano Labor Department Daniel Flood D-Pa Califano Flood Appropriations Senate Congress

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Jay Atz Jay Atz Marion Bradenton Fla Marion High School Edward Manson American Legion First United Methodist Church Phillips Rex H., Jr Chapel of Memories James L. Hayes Trinity Church of the Nazarene Cedar Memorial Funeral Cedar Memorial Mike Deupree Gazette City Hall Civil Service Fred Nordengren City Attorney's Office Iowellen Florist U.S John E. Lapes Third Avenue S.E Aarzae By N Cedar Memorial Park Riley Fort Madison Peck’s Flowers Center Pt. Rd Lowas John B. Turner and Son Turner East Second Avenue S.E Turner West First Avenue West
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