Summations Begin In Murder Trial
Final arguments opened Tuesday in the Johnny White murder trial amid defense pointing to another man as a suspect. The state refuted by presenting Helen Maurer, mother of James Maurer, who admitted invoking the Fifth Amendment amid repeated grand jury questions about killing Donald Van Steenis. Maurer described multiple police inquiries and noted a suspect status while matching shoe size and glasses to nearby tracks. His testimony contrasted with the victim’s widow, Carol Van Steenis, who testified regarding phone calls about selling guns to Maurer. The state’s opening focused on White’s apparent pretrial financial strain versus post murder wealth, while the defense argued Mrs. Van Steenis and Mary Pelts undermined Maurer’s innocence.
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Johnny White
Helen Maurer
James Maurer
Maurer
Donald van Steenis
Carol van Steenis
Jim
van Steenis
Fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
White
Arkansas
Cedar Rapids
Births and notices from The Daily Record
Births at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals list new sons and daughters with sender addresses. May 12 and 13 births include families in Danbern Lane NE, Twentieth Avenue SW, Twenty second Street, A Avenue NW, and Marion area. Also mentions Bolingbrook Illinois birth and related family ties. Marriages dissolves and license notices followed by police court fines for numerous traffic and license violations.
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Roger Phelps
Danbern Lane
Terry Petersen
Twentieth Avenue SW
Ronalda
Mercy
Robert Zweigart
A Avenue NW
Robert Ey Ely
Marlin Moore
Thirty- Street
Marion
Larry Kutcher
Daniels Street
Carl Anderson
Toddville
Eaglemere Court
Susan Hemphill
Walker
Dale Sauer
Roxanne McNeal
First Street
James Fear
Fifteenth Avenue
Barbara Bevins
B Avenue
Douglas Kimm
Norwa
Jerry Metela
Thirty-first Street
Steven Myers
J Street
Mary Osborn
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Stenerson
Seventh Avenue
Richard Davidson
Tenth Street
Richard Lawrence
Jacolyn Drive
Jeffrey Ragnals
Center Point Road
Terry Irish
Second Avenue
Georette Elias
Omaha
Neb
Monica Hardt
Meadowbrook Drive
Larry Clark
1725 Avenue NE
Perry Schroeder
Bennett
Patrick Estling
Lamont
Douglas Stephanek
Wellington Street
Leo Stoneking
Sixth Avenue SE
Gorwood Henderson
Central City
Sherrie Chteser
E Avenue NE
Phillip Pierce
Fourth Street
Delane Johnston
Rompot Street
Danny Hartman
Orville Okken
First Avenue
Teresa Domer
Gary Hutchins
Dorothy Moyer
Shirley Benfer
Terrace Hill Drive
Craig Brown
Twenty-first Street
Helen
Maurice Grissom
11Th Avenue
William Miress
Frederick Uisa
George Patschke
Thirty -First Street
Mike McGowan
Thirty-fourth Street
Steven Payne
Monticello
Delane Johnstone
Roy Evanovich
Third Avenue
Upheld License Suspension at Coralville Nightclub
Judge Ansel Chapman in Johnson CountyDistrict Court upheld the Iowa Liquor Commission suspension of Sportsman’s Lounge license for 30 days after state tax agents found numerous unbroken bottles bearing Iowa tax stamps during a Nov 15 1974 back tax check. The licensee had appealed citing vagueness of immediate breaking rule. Also notes 1958 Caracas anti US demonstrators attacking Vice President Nixon’s limousine.
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Iowa City
Ansel Chapman
Johnson County
Iowa Liquor Commission
State Tax Department
Coralville
Iowa
Sportsman’s Lounge
Caracas
Venezuela
Richard Nixon
Railroad Strike Ends in Japan with Pay Increases
TOKYO reports a nationwide railroad strike by 300000 workers against the Japanese National Railway and private lines ends with agreed pay hikes averaging 14.1 percent. Both sides reached an accord, easing a major disruption across the country.
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Tokyo
Japanese National Railway
Japan
Italians Back Divorce Law After Five Year Separation
On this date in 1974 Italians voted in a referendum to keep a law permitting divorce after a five year separation, amid national debate on family rights and social norms.
Deaths Margaret Hanzelka 78 Cedar Rapids resident
Margaret Hanzelka 78 formerly of 1424 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Monday after a long illness. Born September 5 1897 in Tama she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1918. She belonged to Immaculate Conception church St Anne's circle and BPW club. Survived by sister Agnes White Vinton and brother William Belle Plaine. Services Thursday 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception church. Burial at St Joseph's Chelsea. Turner West handled arrangements.
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Margaret Hanzelka
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Anne’s Circle
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Cedar Rapids Business College
Wilson and Co
Agnes White
Vinton
William
Belle Plaine
William P. Leonard
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Chelsea
Turner West
Obituary notices and visitiations across Iowa listings
Community notices list multiple obituary and visitation details. Amy Emma M. Bortle 93 and Cecil Ray Wooder 79 are noted with burial details at Hayes and Mayflower cemeteries respectively. Karen Jensen 85 and Glenn Hagans 67 have church services and visitations planned in West Branch and West Liberty. Lyle L. Lickens 55 has a Church of Christ graveside service with military honors. Burial and visitation sites include St Marys Catholic church Bohnenkamp's Harrison Hayden's Barker's Snider's White-Phillip's and Jesup Pump Scheer Legion post locations.
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Murray
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bohnenkamp’s
Emma M. Bortle
Harrison’s
Hayes Cemetery
Massillon
Cecil Ray Wooder
Hayden’s
Oxford Junction
Mayflower Cemetery
Hayden’s. West Branch
Karen Jensen
Bethany Lutheran Church
Barker's
West Liberty
Glenn Hagans
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Snider’s
Brandon
Lyle L. Lickens
Church of Christ
Jesup Pump Scheer Legion Post
White-Phillip’s
Vinton
Amana Sues for $3.4 Million in Iowa Federal Suit
Amana Refrigeration Inc. sues an Ohio company in Cedar Rapids federal court seeking 3.4 million dollars over allegedly defective equipment claims.
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Amana Refrigeration Inc
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Amana sues over faulty Gorman-Rupp pump systems
Amana alleges it purchased pump assemblies from Gorman-Rupp Co of Bellville Ohio in 1972 that failed to work properly. The defective machinery cost the company 3.4 million dollars.
Ford Opposes Cuts in Defense Budget Plan
President Ford opposes defense budget cuts after Cambodia and Vietnam. White House spokesman says no reductions in global troop deployments or new weapons spending amid a proposal by six House Armed Services members to trim forces.
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Washington
Ford
Cambodia
Vietnam
White House
Ron Nelsen
House
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Mayaguez Crisis Sparks Senate Talk and Military Options
The Mayaguez seizure near Cambodia spurs mixed Senate views from immediate punitive strikes to caution. White House says ship in international waters, no crew harmed, with U.S. assessing options from naval retakes to possible air attacks while avoiding harm to sailors. Pentagon officials warn of crew risk, former Captain Bucher urges retrieval by any needed force.
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Kissinger
St. Louis
U.S
Cambodia
John Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James Buckley
C-Rn
Nessen
Mayaguez
Sea-Land Corp
Menlo Park
N.J
Bangkok
Administration
Gulf of Thailand
Pentagon
Phnom Penh
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Juries Picked in Two Of Fifteen Dubuque Tax Cases
Juries were selected for two of fifteen Dubuque area tax resistance cases. The defendants, Robert Emmitt Walsh Jr. of Benton Wisconsin and John Anthony McAuliffe of Dubuque, face multiple counts for filing false IRS withholding forms. Each case is to be tried separately with potential penalties up to 500 dollars per count and one year imprisonment per count.
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Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Dubuque-area
John Deere Dubuque Works
Robert Emmitt Walsh, Jr
Benton
Wis
John Anthony McAuliffe
Dubuque
Walsh
McAuliffe
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Wie
U.S
Edward J. McManus
John Deere
Army Reserve
Deere
IRS
Un.u8
McManus
Airport Gets U S Check for Land Bought
Cedar Rapids airport commission receives a 352 500 FAA reimbursement covering three quarters of land purchases tied to the airport master plan. The federal funds derive from an eight percent passenger ticket levy. 291 acres were involved, with plans for about 1 200 more acres and a bond issue set for May 27.
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Cedar Rapids Airport
Man Charged With Breakin At C R School
Michael J. McLane 26 of 1715 Sixth Avenue SE Mon day was charged with breaking and entering after a report of a break in. He was arrested near Kenwood SE as officers investigated. He could not identify himself and was believed to be under the influence. He was admitted to St Luke's hospital. later charged with the break in after identity was confirmed. No items were taken. He posted a $10,000 bond and was released.
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Michael J. McLane
Sixth Avenue SE
McLane
Kenwood
Vilus
St. Luke’s Hospital
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