Marion woman Laura Lutz dies at 68 in Cedar Rapids hospital
Laura E. Lutz 68 lifelong Marion resident died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born February 14 1909 in Marion she was married to Dewey McMurrin who preceded her. She later married Fred L. Lutz in 1945 at Toledo. Survived by husband two sons Fitchard McMurrin and Fred Lutz Jr two daughters Mrs Jack Dingle and Brenda Lutz six grandchildren and one sister Pearl Brannaman. Services 130 PM Monday at Murdoch Chapel Marion with Rev. Glen W. Lamb burial Oak Shade Cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch chapel after 11 AM Sunday.
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Laura E. Lutz
Third Avenue
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Dewey McMurrin
McMurrin
Fred L. Lutz
Toledo
Lutz
Marion High School
First United Methodist Church
Fitchard McMurrin
Lake Forest
Iil
Fred Lutz, Jr
Jack L. Dingle
Brenda Lutz
Pearl Brannaman
Murdoch Chapel
Glen W. Lamb
Oak Shade Cemetery
Murdoch
James A Holtman dies at 91 in Mason City after Cedar Rapids roots
James A. Holtman 91 of Mason City and formerly Cedar Rapids died Thursday. Born Feb 28 1886 in Cedar Rapids he married Anna Smith in 1907 and later Sylvia Jaster in 1971. He worked as press foreman at the Mason City Globe Gazette 1929 1955. Burial at Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids with services at First Christian Church Mason City Monday.
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Mason City
James Arthur Holtman
Cedar Rapids
Holtman
Anna Smith
Sylvia Jaster
Mason City Globe Gazette
First Christian Church
Harding Masonic Lodge
Bessie Boller
Waterloo
Dorothy Schrupp
Mendota
Calif
Emil
John Jaster
Ossian
Lawrence Jaster
Bellevue
Dale Jaster
North Lake
Leach to Speak at Linn GOP Breakfast in Cedar Rapids
Congressman James Leach of Iowa will address a Linn county GOP pancake breakfast at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids. The event runs 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. with entertainment from 9 a.m. and a later 11 a.m. speech. A straw poll for 1978 races will be held. admission is $2.0.
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James Leach
Iowa
Linn County
Republican Party
Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
GOP
Steve Roberts
Des Moines
Leach
New Life Singers
Washington High
Help Is on The Way Features For Eastern Iowans
The Sunday Gazette introduces two new features in its Family Focus section. Wanda Sellers of Vinton writes The Quilt Patch offering quilt making advice and directions. her column appears on alternating Sundays. Ames resident Jean Sargent delivers An Easier Way to simplify life for handicapped and elderly readers with a weekly slot.
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Iowa State University
Sargent
Ames Daily Tribune
ISU
Gazette
Iowa House members push state ERA into constitution
Forty two members of the Iowa House introduced a resolution to add an Equal Rights Amendment to the state constitution. Speaker Rep. Terry Durland said the rights of women are violated while urging immediate ratification of the federal ERA. The group notes Iowa must act by March 29, 1979, via two assemblies and a people’s referendum.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Terry Durland
D-Elkader
Statehouse
Durland
Rep. W.R. Monroe
Burlington
U.S
Monroe
No Clean Bill For Turner in Wehr Investigation
Senate judiciary chair Sen. Gene Glenn says Atty. Gen. Richard Turner has not earned a clean bill of health over his handling of the Scott County attorney case. He cites concerns about Turner’s intervention in a Bureau of Criminal Investigation probe into misconduct allegations and the Wehr resignation.
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Scott County
Ned Wehr
BCI
Wehr
Turner
Glenn
Senate
May births and weather notes from a local chronicle
Vital Statistics lists 10 p.m. wind at 7 mph with sun up 5 46 and sunset 8 20. Sun rises Sunday. May 13 notes six births: Schumacher Phelps Wilson Oertel Ly man Bottoms. Friday incidents include auto wiring fire gas flush and electrical short plus an unknown tree stump and accidental alarm.
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Duane Schumacher
Crandall Drive
Kevin Phelps
Vinton
TT Wilson
Center Point Road
John Oertel
Bever Avenue
Mike Lyman
Keith Drive
Diana Bottoms
Seventeenth Avenue
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Wilson Avenue
L Street
E Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Re-enlisted Sgt Jaeger in Air Force and local briefs
Sgt Loras W Jaeger of Dyersville re-enlisted at Altus AFB Oklahoma. He began service in 1965 and works as a duplicating specialist with a unit of the Military Air Lift Command. Also notes local events and incidents including a special Linn-Mar board meeting, travel ads, and several theft and damage reports.
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Loras W. Jaeger
Sylverius C. Jaeger
Dyersville
Air Force
Altus Afb
Oklo
Sgt
Jaeger
Altus
Military Airlift Command
Linn-Mar Board of Education
Educational Service Center
Young to visit South Africa unofficially in May
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Andrew Young the United States black ambassador to the UN will visit South Africa unofficially on May 21 after reassurance from Foreign Minister R F Botha about the visit's aim.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Andrew Young
America
United Nations
R.F. Botha
Iowa lawmakers approve funding for campus projects and union reforms
The May 13 1977 Iowa session saw $250000 allocated for UNI gym renovations and a bond program for chemistry botany at the University of Iowa. The final vote split Republicans 31 to 43 against and 31 Republicans joined 11 Democrats in support. Nielsen switched from aye to motion to reconsider. In other actions the Iowa House approved a 79 to 6 plan to merge alcoholism and drug abuse programs into a Department of Substance Abuse with costs split 75 percent state 25 percent counties. Senate approved a union organizing bill allowing majority voting and single ballots, plus one-year contracts for certified bargaining reps, moving to the House.
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Bennett
Branstad
John Clark
Conlon
Crabb
Danker
Egénes
Gentleman
Halvorson
Hansen
Harbor
Harvey
Hoffman
Junker
Krewson
Lageschulte
Lindeen
Lipsky
Millen
Pelton
Schnekloth
Schroeder
Shimanek
Smalley
Stephens
Stromer
Thompson
Tofte
Varley
Welden
Gilson
Hinkhouse
Husak
Kenneth Miller
Monroe
Nielsen
Perkins
Spencer
Walter
Woods
Wyckoff
Brockett
Daggett
Don Herder
Evans
Menke
Peilett
Wulff
Byerly
Higgins
Newhard
Wells
Iowa
Department of Substance Abuse
Ingwer Hansen
R-Hartley
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Robert Ray
Senate
House
Mondale leads diplomacy stages in Vienna and beyond
Officials say Mondale plans a May 1920 Vienna meeting as a surprise. Acknowledgments stress diplomacy to avoid angering Vorster while assessing Rhodesia policy. Carter aides outline U S transition toward a just society and pressure South Africa for reform. Mondale will meet Juan Carlos Suarez Tito and discuss human rights and the London summit.
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Vienna
Vorster
Carter
United States
Mondale
South Africa
Spain
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Yugoslavia
Tito
London
Vance Hints at Common Ground in Iran Talks
A senior U S official traveling with Vance says blending proposals from Vladivostok and follow-on negotiations may be possible but uncertain. Vance met Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after a week in Europe and Iran and said they largely agreed on arms, energy, and human rights. The Shah invited Vance to Washington to meet Carter later this year.
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U.S
Vance
Vladivostok
Europe
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah
Carter
Washington
Central Treaty Organization
Pakistan
Britain
Turkey
United States
Prison Industries Still Alive in Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES discussion revived work on beefing up prison industries and linking them to a victim restitution program. DSS official Harry Woods and lawmakers met to study options as current prison work remains under capacity with low pay.
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Des Moines
Harry Woods
Department of Social Services
DSS
Negotiations Continue Between Builders and Craft Unions
Negotiations between building trades crafts and construction industry negotiators continued into the weekend with Ted Paulson of the construction companies saying any work stoppage would be brief. Sessions that dominated Friday were to resume Saturday afternoon, with laborers carpenters operating engineers iron workers bricklayers and cement finishers still in bargaining. Painters and sheet metal workers have settled under a two week contract extension expiring Sunday, and a failure to reach agreement could halt several major local building projects starting Monday.
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Building Trades Crafts
Ted Paulson
Paulson
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Phil J. Phillipp
Twenty-seventh Street
Phillipp Trucking, Inc
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John E. Lapes
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