Deaths: Guy Burge and others noted in Cedar Rapids services
Graveside rites were held for Guy L. Burge 67 in Cedar Memorial after his Fort Dodge death from a heart ailment. Surviving include wife Georgia and two sons. Additional notices cover James H. Quimby 76 and Grace Berlin 90, with services and burial details, plus several others in Monticello, Marion, and Cedar Rapids areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Guy L. Burge
Fort Dodge
Mt. Vernon
Coe College
Georgia Linter
Burge
Daylight Dry Goods
Charles City
Des Moines
Jack
Cleveland
William
Louisville
Lyle Dietz
Maquoketa
George Zemlicka
James H. Quimby
Fourth Avenue SE
Shullsburg
Wis
Ina O. Leggett
Quimby
Wilson and Co
Richard L. King
Arthur
Grace M. Berlin
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Springville
Guy B. Berlin
Baxter Memorial Chapel
J.M. Steffenson
Court Affirms Denial of Betty Kurtz Fire Damages
Iowa Court of Appeals sustains ruling denying damages to Betty and James Kurtz from the 1967 Royale ballroom fire in Fairfax. Plaintiffs claimed Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co negligent in switching fuels. The court upheld that the jury found Mr Kurtz negligent and Mrs Kurtz not entitled to collect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Court of Appeals
Betty Kurtz
Royale
Fairfax
Representatives Seek Vote on 12 900 Pay Raise
Three Iowa lawmakers push to force a vote on a 12 900 annual pay raise for members of Congress. Democrats Tom Harkin and Michael Blouin and Republican Charles Grassley say they will press for the vote this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Iowa
Congress
Tom Harkin
Michael Blouin
Charles Grassley
Seven Clubs Lead YMCA Service Club Olympics Finals Race
Seven clubs enter Tuesday night’s YMCA Service Club Olympics finals with more than 100 points after Sundays prelims. Optimists top scoring with 132, Canopus 127, West Side Sertoma 123, Noon Lions 111, Metro Kiwanis 109, Ex club 108, Tuesday Noon Optimists 102. finals begin 5:15 p.m. with buffet at 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Optimists
Canopus Club
Sertoma
Noon Lions
Metro Kiwanis
Ex Club
Sunrise Optimists
Rotary
Evening Lions
Ced-Mar
Pair Nabbed In Theft Case At Burned Gail Industries Site
Cedar Rapids police arrested two men for larceny after they were seen removing metal tubing a fan motor and other items from the burned Gail Industries building at 621 Fourth Avenue SE Harry M Hawkins 65 of 709 Eighth Avenue SE and William Congleton 19 of 914 Seventh Street SE were charged Hawkins also faces resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gail Industries
Fourth Avenue SE
Harry M. Hawkins
Eighth Avenue SE
William Congleton
Seventh Street SE
Hawkins
Correction in Scout Story Wayne Andersen Receives Medal of Merit
Wayne Andersen the son of Mr and Mrs Howard Andersen 1617 B avenue NW received the Medal of Merit at an Iowa City Boy Scout banquet He saved his father during a 1975 camper fire applying snow to burns and extinguishing flames He also earned a Red Cross lifesaving award for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Andersen
Howard Andersen
Avenue NW
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Sunday Gazette
Boy Scouts
Iowa City
Andersen
Boy Scouts of America
National Court of Honor
Anderson
Wayne
Red Cross
Four Arrested in Weekend Drunk Driving Charges
Four individuals were arrested over the weekend on drunk driving charges. Larry A. Mittan, 18, of 3131 Schaeffer drive SW, also faced speeding accusations. David F. Wilgenbusch, 23, of 3731 Twelfth avenue SW, was taken into custody early Sunday on highway 13. Robert L. Obrine, 30, of 6510 Brookview lane NE, arrested near his home early Sunday. Ellen M. Carruthers, 22, of 1800 B avenue NE, arrested on Cottage Grove avenue SE at 11 30 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry A. Mittan
Schaeffer Drive
David F. Wilgenbusch
Twelfth Avenue
Robert L. Obrine
Brookview Lane
Ellen M. Carruthers
B Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
French Left Wins Biggest Victory Since World War II
In nationwide municipal elections, the Socialist Communist alliance secured control of 116 of 156 cities decided, a major gain over Gaullists. Paris saw the left win 40 percent while Gaullists led with 28 percent, and ecologists failed to reach runoff threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
National Assembly
Valery Giscard d
AFP
Communist-Socialist Alliance
Gaullists
Giscard d’Estaing
Socialist- Communist Alliance
Gaullist
New Ecology Party
City Briefs Sparsely Report Local Incidents And Events
Local items note ex sheriff’s deputy speak at noon Tuesday at Roosevelts. College admissions counselor John Edwards to visit La Salle and Regis high schools next Monday. Ads for carpet cleaning, YWCA cookbook, and an outboard motor theft. burglaries and tool theft reported over weekend. Mary Beth Guinness named Clarke College presidential scholar. 500 dollar renewable scholarship. Grade reports distributed. preschool story hours set at Cedar Rapids libraries. Juvenile arrested for coin theft. arrest 20-year-old Donald Cannon for stealing from a halfway house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
John Edwards
Central College
Pella
la Salle
Regis
Mary Beth Guinnane
Hertz Drive
Clarke College
Dubuque
Pension fund under fire as trustees face probe
The Teamsters Pension Fund defends its 22 year history paying 1.43 billion in benefits to 122 888 members while critics point to Las Vegas real estate and 5.42 percent last year. Lawmakers question new trustees and fund control amid 18 months of investigations into kickbacks and improper loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
California
J.J. Pickle
Texas
Pickle
Marshall
Labor Department
Departments of Labor and Justice
Internal Revenue Service
Missionstoners skeptical as missing in Southeast Asia topic looms
MIA delegates led by Montgomery face Hanoi demands on 3.2 billion aid tied to the 1973 Paris accords. Woodcock says fate of the missing is beyond imagination. A New York father questions the commission's efficacy while George Brooks accuses Carter aides of token concern and business pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoners
Woodcock
Washington
Montgomery
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Paris
Newbugh
N.Y
Southeast Asia
Special Commission
Indochina
George Brooks
National League of Mia
State Supreme Court Could Rule on Long Truck Rule Delegation
Conference members on both chambers discuss long truck rules and the possible court challenge to state authority. Democrats Carroll Perkins Jack Woods and Rep. Nielsen back extended trucks with Henderson Republican William Harbor and Rep. Lester Menke opposing. On the Senate side Earl Willits Richard Drake Tom Slater back the measure with Willard Hansen opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
IDOT
Nielsen
Carroll Perkins
Jefferson
Jack Woods
Des
Skepticism on Minorities in City Police Trainee List
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton cautioned that no minority member would join the 14 trainees starting next month. A list of 19 white candidates is approved, with a minority group push for a second qualifying test and expanded pool, while state civil service rules may block new testing until earlier applicants are hired. Colton suggested a new academy next fall could include minorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal Department
Ed Colton
Police Academy
Civil Service Commission
Police Department
The
NAACP
Colton
Gareth Clift
Two Youths Nabbed On Breakin Charges
Linn county sheriff's department arrested two juveniles linked to a Pale breakin and probe another breakin in the town. They allegedly broke into Kahler's grocery Saturday taking about $50 in items. About $55 worth of whisky and cigarets were taken from the Corner Inn Sunday. Deputies also investigate reports that two boys shot out car windows behind Suchomel Chevrolet in Center Point Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Judge Selection Seen April 28 For Sixth District Nominees
The Sixth judicial district nominating commission will interview candidates and likely nominate two judges on April 28 at the Linn county courthouse. Judge William Eads chairs the panel, and applicants will receive a questionnaire. The district covers Linn Tama Benton Iowa Johnson Jones counties. Actress Rita Tushingham is 35 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Judicial District
District Judicial Nominating Commission
William Eads
Linn County
Eads
State Commission On Compensation
Linn
Tama
Benton
Iowa
Johnson and Jones Counties
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Helena Bogue
Helena H. Bogue
Fourth Avenue
Winton
Ottumwa
Erie
James Bogue
Clinton
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles Riede
Champaign
Ill
Harry Riede
Lakewood
Calif
Chapel of Memories
Richard Thompson
Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Charles E. Filling
Charles Emery Filling
E Avenue NW
Central City
Pearl Army
Filling
George C
William L
Fred E
Robert L. Filling
Urbandale
Evelyn Luedeman
Florence Young
Twila Filling
Monticello
Nevada Gillis
North Platte
Neb
Melvin R. Timms
Chester H. Timms
Turner Chapel West
Neville Clayton
Cedar Christian Church
Turner West
Bertha Snyder
Bertha M. Snyder
Burlington and
St. Louis
Neoga
Bert Snyder
Peoria
Killian’s
Martin’s
Murdoch
J. Morrie Steffenson
First United Methodist Church of
Wilcox Cemetery
Viola
Murdoch Chapel
Berniece Goughnour
Roy E. Goughnour
Richard
Washington, Ill
Keith Roof
Rock Falls
Rene Reisel
Grinnell
Monticello Congregational
Stella M. Grady
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Donohue’s. Brooklyn
Thelma McMullin
Neuenhoven
S. Vinton
Janet E. St. Clair
Campbell-Russell
S. Belle Plaine
Benson H. Guinn
Christ United Methodist Church
T.W. van Beck
Orie W. Beck
Hrabak’s. Belle Plaine
Lewis J. Vavroch
Hrabak’s. Williamsburg
Elias (Casey) Jones
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Uhlmann’s
Mae A. Krall
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
George L. Gay’s
William F. Arrowood
U.S
Israel
the Gazette
Pierson’s
16Th Ave
Bob Knudtson
Buck Grange
YWCA
Glen Gladwin
G Avenue NW
Breakin
Franklin DeShaw
Hiawatha
Twelfth Street
Ramada Inn
Sixth Street
Jerome’s
Veterans Coliseum
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
Avenue Floral
Third Avenue SE
Kenwood
First Avenue SE
Jerry Throgmartin
Tenth Street
Donald S. Cannon
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Otto Ae
Mon
Teamsters Pension Fund
Shannon
Subcommittee
Carter
Brooks
Carter Administration
Rita Tushingham
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
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