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Donations Near Last Year in Linn County Cancer Drive
Cancer Crusade donations through the Linn County Cancer Society reach 58,395 dollars, only 905 short of last year’s final total 59,300. Chairman L J Nilles cited Marion Mt Vernon Cedar Rapids volunteers and residential crusaders as key efforts while Dr Regis Weland praised leaflets distribution and was re elected to a second term as chairman. Cancer deaths in 1966 totaled 223 with 113 men and 110 women, making cancer the second leading cause after heart disease which caused 379 deaths in the city for a total of 1,117 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Cancer Crusade
L. J. Nilles
Linn County Cancer Society
Nilles
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Regis Weland
State American Cancer Society
Dr. Weland
Weland
Fredrick Lehman
Joseph Meade
Robert O’meara
Lehman
Meade
John Locher, Jr
Howard Cherry, Jr
Tom Donovan
Richard Locker
H. R. Hirleman
F. W. Mulsow
The
Cancer Society