Six Charges After Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Chase
Gary Lee Stromer, 18, of 706 Third Avenue SW Cedar Rapids, faced six traffic counts after Marion police pursued him Sunday night from Third Avenue and Seventh Street to the Cedar Memorial Cemetery grounds. He was treated for injuries at St. Luke's Hospital and jailed in Linn County on a $750 bond. Charges include two counts of speeding reckless driving restricted license violation attempting to elude police and no left turn violation.
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Gary Lee Stromer
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Seventh Street
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Stromer
St. Luke's Hospital
Linn County
Local clubs and notices mark week in Marion area
Grant to Shana Liesure funds an $800 scholarship from the Charter chapter of the American Business Women's Assn. at Liberty Bible College in Lynchburg Virginia. Public notices cover a potluck at Mary Ward cabin near Troy Mills, a missing dachshund named Charlie with reward, and several club meetings in Marion including Eta Iota Beta Sigma Phi and Trojan Masonic Lodge. A grass fire near the railroad caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marabwa
American Business Women’s Assn
Shana Liesure
Westview Drive
Cedar Rapids
Liberty Bible College
Lynchburg
Ladies Progressive Club
Mary Ward
Troy Mills
Leland Burns
Eta Iota
Beta Sigma Phi
David Kroeger
Sixth Avenue
City Directory Work Begins in Marion Canvass
Canvass by R L Polk and Co for Marion city directory listings starts live this week. Residents asked to provide information. two to four weeks planned. Contact 365-1471 if not yet contacted. Community notices include Kiwanis breakfast, YMCA activity schedule, Lions meeting, a hospital talk on child abuse, Bay House sale, and building board of appeals meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.L. Polk and Co
Marion City Directory
Marion
Polk
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Tower falls at Fort Dodge TV site during dismantling
A Fort Dodge television tower damaged by a May 4 tornado collapsed onto two station buildings on Saturday as a Georgia crew began dismantling it. Deputies said a guy wire pulled loose and bent, causing the top section to strike a transmitter building. no injuries were reported.
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Fort Dodge
Georgia
Webster County Sheriff's Deputies
Kvfd-Tv
Marion Park Announces 1977 Concession Stands
The Marion Parks and Recreation Department assigns two concession stands for the 1977 summer season. The popcorn stand at City Park will be run by the James Seigel family. The DeMolay chapter at 1190 Twelfth Street Linn will operate the Starry Park baseball field stand during kid league games.
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Marion's Parks and J Recreation Department
City Park
James Seigel
Twelfth Street
Linn
Order of DeMolay
Starry Park
Young Heads to Africa for Rhodesia Talks and Africa Trip
U N ambassador Andrew Young travels from Lisbon to Africa for a conference on ending white rule in Rhodesia and South West Africa. He plans a side trip to South Africa as dust rises over U N sponsored talks in Maputo with black guerilla leaders.
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Lisbon
Portugal
U.N
Andrew Young
Carter
Africa
Rhodesia
South West Africa
South Africa
Young
Mondale
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Maputo
Mozambique
United States
Britain
Gabon
West Africa
U.S
Crashes Kill Four Cyclists in Iowa Weekend
Four motorcyclists died on Iowa roads this weekend according to state troopers. Richard Rittel 22 Des Moines died on highway 163 near Prairie City after losing control. Craig Butz 25 Des Moines killed when his bike collided with a car on Des Moines east side. Marvin Connett 28 Des Moines died after missing a curve and hitting a culvert south of Des Moines. Randall P Baade 19 Titonka died Friday when his motorcycle ran off the road near Emmetsburg.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Richard Rittel
Highway 163
Prairie City
Craig Butz
Marvin Connett
Connett
Randall P. Baade
Titonka
Emmetsburg
Trial over bottle explosion seeks 450000 in damages
In Linn district court a civil suit seeks 400000 for Scott Bretey and 50000 for Gerald Bretey after a 16 ounce Pepsi bottle exploded June 20 1974 injuring Scott and threatening eye sight. Plaintiffs accuse Indian Head Inc Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co Cedar Rapids and Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers of fault. Trial expected to last at least a week.
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Linn District Court
Gerald Bretey
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Marion
Scott
Young Bretey
Indian Head, Inc
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Cedar Rapids
Pepsi-Cola General
Scott Bretey
Drop Charges Against One In Tax Resistance Case
Charges were dropped against George Kindred in a 1975 tax resistance scheme case involving 15 Dubuque area men. Kindred faced five counts of aiding and abetting false employee tax withholding forms. witnesses who implicated him have recanted, prompting dismissal. Cases against Gordon Buttorff and Charles Dodge continue.
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Dubuque Area
George Kindred
Pinckney
Mich
Kindred
Gordon Buttorff
Duncanville
Texas
Charles Dodge
Mosinee
Wis
Drunk Driving Charges From Weekend Arrests
The weekend saw six individuals charged with drunk driving. Richard J. Hanover, 23, Fairfax, arrested Saturday night after erratic driving at Sixteenth avenue and Sixth street SW. William Lee Parkingham, 23, Palo, arrested Saturday night on a county road two miles northwest of Palo after driving into a ditch. Douglas L. Rassler, 17, Marion, arrested Sunday morning on East Post road at city limits after erratic driving. Thomas D. Vogt, 20, 1925 Western Drive SW, arrested Sunday morning at Second Avenue and Third Street SW after hitting a light pole and striking fixtures. Rollen R. Larimer, 25, Center Point road, Hiawatha, arrested Sunday morning near Highway 150 after a Linn deputy observation. Donna L. Hochstetler, 39, Sixteenth avenue SW, arrested Monday morning in the 3100 block of Sixteenth avenue SW after erratic driving observation.
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Richard J. Hanover
Fairfax
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
William Lee Parkingham
Palo
Linn
Marion
Thomas D. Vogt
Western Drive
Second Avenue
Third Street
Rollen R. Larimer
Center Point Road
Hiawatha
Donna L. Hochstetler
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Judge Denies Prison Release for Informant in Bank Heist
U S District Judge Edward J McManus refused a request by Ronald Hopp to be released from prison to continue as a local drug informant He was sentenced in February to four years for conspiring in a $36000 theft from Merchants National Bank The case involved a fake robbery by Hopp and fellow conspirator William Lyness Hopp claims to have been shot on January 30 amid retaliation for his informant role No convictions have followed in the charges related to the case.
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Hopp
McManus
Merchants National Bank
Hopp
Center Point Road NE
William Lyness
Lyness
FBI
Fewer Signups for Homestead Credit in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Assessor Dale Pirsall said Monday about 500 fewer persons have signed up for homestead credits than at this time last year and about 225 fewer veterans have registered for military exemptions. Applications must be in the assessor office by July 1. Eligible homeowners must live in a residence at least six months, while veterans must have served in the listed periods.
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City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Dale Piersall
Gunshot Victim Improves to Fair at St Luke’s
The condition of Jack Hrdlicka, 48, of 1216 B Avenue NW, improved to fair Monday morning at St Luke’s hospital after a 1:35 p.m. Saturday shooting at his home. He had been in critical condition and remains in the ICU. A hospital spokesman said a bullet entered his chest. Police continue to investigate withhold additional details.
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Jack Hrdlicka
B Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hrdlicka
Navy Pioneer Rosendahl Dies at 84 in Lakehurst
Vice Admiral Charles Rosendahl a career naval officer who pioneered airship development in America died Saturday at Lakehurst Naval Air Station New Jersey He was 84 and famed for advancing airship research and operations across his long service with the Navy.
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Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Charles Rosendahl
America
Meredith Strike Ends at Meredith Corp in Des Moines
Printing and Graphic Communications Union workers end a two week strike at Meredith Corp in Des Moines after narrowly approving Friday's contract offer. The new agreement provides about a 26 percent wage and fringe benefits increase over the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Printing and Graphic Communications
Meredith Corp
Prisoner hanged herself at Cerro Gordo jail
A 19 year old inmate Kathy Ann Veech of Mason City hanged herself with a bed sheet in her cell at about 8 45 p m Sunday night at Cerro Gordo county jail authorities said she had been jailed for intoxication matron found the body and notified police
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
UPI
Cerro Gordo County
Kathy Ann Veech
Notice of Tax Sale Redemption Rights in Linn County Iowa
Roy L Yeoman and Janis L Yeoman are warned that real estate in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa described as Part of Lot 23 and Lot 24 Block 51 City of Cedar Rapids was sold for delinquent 1971 and 1973 taxes. The certificate of purchase now held by Linn County will expire redemption not made within ninety days after service. Merle L Kopel Linn County Clerk.
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Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Enemy Timestet
Lionounty
Sai
Merle L. Kopel
Addition to English Valleys High School in North English Iowa
Advertisement for bids announces an addition to English Valleys Community High School about 38 by 45 by 11 foot six inch structure with an alternate 20 by 44 by 14.8 feet. Details cover concrete bearing walls steel columns brick exterior precast fascia and open web steel joists. Bid opening at 3:00 PM CT in June 1977 with 5 percent bid bond. documents at Cedar Rapids Iowa offices.
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English Valleys Community High School
North English
Iowa
English Valleys
Lit Valleys High School
C.C.T
English Valleys Commune
Caroer
Brown, Healey, Bock
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Master Builders of Iowa
Park St
Des Moines
F. W. Dodge Corp
Ashworth Road
West Des Moines
1St St. NW
Bia
Cedar Rapids rezones Blairs Ferry Road property to business use
Cedar Rapids City Council finalizes Ordinance 37-77 on May 11 1977 rezoning the property at 2323 Blairs Ferry Road NE from RMH Mobile Home Park Residence to B-2 Commercial. The ordinance includes site development conditions such as erosion control driveways drainage hydrants and paving requirements binding on owners and successors.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Blairs Ferry Road
Mobile Home Park
City of
City Planning Commission
City Rae
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Chase
Thomas Park
Charlie
Trojan Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
OOP Club
Greg Hapgood
Tenth Street
Marion Senior Citizens Group
Farmers State Bank
Marion Musical Literary Club
Longbranch
Excelsior A and L Club
Linn-Mar High School
Kenneth Lensch
Kiwanis
Hiawatha Trails
Kiwanis Club
Sambo’s
YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Lions
Marion Lionis
Bay House
Stephen Krenzke
LaCrosse
Parkview Drive
Richard Anderson
Kensinger
Realtors
Larry D. Sharp and
Marion Building Board of Appeals
Tower Falls
Gazette
First Avenue
Third and
Fourth Streets
Larry Kennedy
Council Street
Laborers Local 43
Edo
Homestead
Navy Pioneer
Meredith
Ouzette
10Th Street
Gazette Classified
DIAL
Roy L. Yeoman
Janis L. Yeoman
Donald J. Canney
Lois M. Keller
Richard M. Havlik
Alicia Havlik
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