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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1976

Page

6

Prairie High School to Graduate 130 Students

Prairie High School will graduate 130 seniors at 2 30 p m Sunday in John W Wall Memorial Field. John Anderson of the College Community board will present diplomas. Roger Novotny, Amoco Research Center Tulsa, will be main speaker. Seniors Diane Buresh Carl Mann and Mark Stevens speak. Top 10 students receive diplomas. Bi centennial medallions will be worn. Rev Richard Leben iecher will give invocation and benediction.

Prairie High School John W. Wall John Anderson College Community Board of Education Roger Novotny Amoco Tulsa Oklo Diane Buresh Carl Mann Mark Stevens Edward Ammala Karen Auman Scott Ballantyne Marlene Barta Roger Becker John Blaha Jill Brase Michael Brecht Cynthia Brucher Cathy Brust Kevin Buol Denese Buresh Debra Burt Kelly Butcher Scott Carlson Timothy Carson Donna Carver Teresa Chalupsky Joyce Chesley Patricia Chmelicek Cindy Cis

Cat in need seeks new home at Humane Society

A buff colored female cat three years old, house broken and good with children is available for adoption for five dollars at the Humane Society located on Mt. Vernon road SE. The society welcomes visitors daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The notice also lists 1976 graduating seniors by name.

The Humane Society Mt. Vernon Road

Backpacking Workshop At Cedar Rapids Nature Center

Cedar Rapids area residents join Indian Creek Nature Center for a Saturday backpacking workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the junction of Otis and Bertram roads. Bill Desmarais leads sessions on gear, packing, food, and camping philosophy, with an optional overnight campout priced at 1 dollar per nonmember and 50 cents per member. Reservations urged. call 362-0664.

Cedar Rapids Indian Creek Nature Center Nature Center Curtis D. Abdoudi Otis and Bertram Roads Bill Desmarais Desmarais National Outdoor Leadership School Lander Wyo

Workman Faces Bartenders Association as Sheriff Hopeful

Democratic candidate Linn county Sheriff Orlie Workman addressed the Bartenders Association Tue noon. He highlighted programs he would start or expand such as a county-wide neighborhood watch, citizen band radios, women’s self defense training, improved training, and special deputies. He avoided committing to extending the drunk driving program beyond its current one year contract.

Assn Orlie Workman Linn County Workman

GOP Platform Hearing Tonight in Cedar Rapids

Residents of eastern Iowa may speak at a Republican platform hearing in Cedar Rapids at 7 30 p m at the Holiday Inn. GOP State Chairman Tom Stoner said comments will be considered for the 1976 state platform to be forwarded to the national committee. The Cedar Rapids session is one of six statewide hearings in May and is open to all interested persons.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Tom Stoner Stoner

Two Cyclists Hospitalized in Separate Crashes

Two motorcyclists were hospitalized after separate crashes. John W. Dolan Jr. 22 of Marion sustained a broken leg and facial lacerations after a collision on Maplewood drive NE. Shirley Ann Gruskey 19 was driving the other car. Percy Williams 42 suffered head lacerations in a late night crash on Twelfth avenue SW near C street. Dolan faces a charge of not maintaining control.

John W. Dolan, Jr McGowan Boulevard Marion St. Luke’s Hospital Maplewood Drive Dolan Shirley Ann Gruskey Twelfth Street Percy James Williams Mercy Hospital Twelfth Avenue C Street

Linn County Dental Society Elects Officers

Dr. William H. DeKock was installed as president at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Officers elected include Mohamed H. Igram as president-elect Phillip J. Vesey as vice president Arthur M. Van Cleve as secretary and John C. Purdie as treasurer. Two-year board terms go to Larry A. McCray and Arlon E. Berkhof.

William H. DeKock Linn County Dental Society Cedar Rapids Country Club Mohamed H. Igram Phillip J. Vesey Arthur M. van Cleve John C. Purdie Larry A. McCray Arlon E. Berkhof

Coffin Stealer Arrested in Tokyo Morgue Heist

Tokyo police arrested Hideo Matsuzawa 44 for stealing 10 coffins valued at 500 dollars each from Juntendo hospital morgue. He allegedly sold them to undertakers for 23 dollars on the black market. The coffins were supplied by a local funeral firm which had fired him in February.

Tokyo UPI Hideo Matsuzawa Juntendo Hospital Matsuzawa

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