Coe Establishes McCabe Religion Chair at $500000
Coe College honors President Emeritus Joseph E. McCabe with an endowed chair in religion to be funded at half a million dollars. An initial $200000 in commitments is in hand from unnamed donors as trustees and alumni seek further gifts. The McCabe professor of religion will be named later in a ceremony during commencement weekend.
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Coe College
Joseph E. McCabe
Leo L. Nussbaum
Dr. McCabe
McCabe
Dr. Nussbaum
Department of
Philosophy
Coe
College Board of Trustees
Energy Saving Annex Planned by Collins Avionics Group
Collins Avionics Group Rockwell International Corp announced an energy saving annex joining buildings 111 and 112 at the C avenue facility. The 13750 square foot addition costing about 150000 will begin May 28 and finish by August, providing extra storage and smoother transfer of telecommunications products to the Thirty-fifth street location. The project aims to eliminate heat loss from transfers between the two buildings.
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Collins Avionics Group
Rockwell International Corp
C Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
Space Available for Tut Trip to Chicago Ex Tut Exhibit
Linn-Mar social studies department sponsors a trip to the Field Museum to view the King Tut exhibit in Chicago on June 1. A few seats remain on the bus, with sponsors Bob Holub and Mike Nash accepting calls at 377 7373 extension 111 before Wednesday. Cost is 21 dollars per person and departure is 4 a.m. Students teachers and parents are invited to join. possible additional Chicago sights if time allows. Leona Munger opens Marleen's Beauty Nook May 24 call 277 4424 for Perm Special. West Marion Garden club meets Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at the Suburban with Mrs. Byron Ambdenstock hosting and Helen Neumann presenting.
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Linn-Mar Social Studies Department
Chicago
Bob Holub
Mike Nash
Marion
Culver Mathias Seek Federal Bill to Shield Children
United States senators John Culver and Charles Mathias introduced a bill to curb child sexual exploitation by pornographers. Culver, leading the juvenile delinquency subcommittee, announced hearings in Chicago on Friday to address sexual abuse of children.
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Washington
UPI
John Culver
Iowa
Charles Mathias
Maryland
Culver
Senate
Chicago
United States
Two Nabbed For Failing To Pay Bills
Two men were arrested over the weekend on charges of defrauding an innkeeper. David C. Fairchild, 39, of Grand Island Nebraska, faced bills at Ramada Inn and Holiday Inn, held on a felony warrant for allegedly obtaining money under false pretenses. Steven D. Miller, 19, of 1660 F Avenue NW, was detained after allegedly dining and fleeing a Country Kitchen after a brief foot chase.
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David C. Fairchild
Grand Island
Neb
Ramada Inn
Holiday Inn
Linn County
Broken Bow
Steven D. Miller
F Avenue NW
Country Kitchen
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street SE
Fire damages Linn-Mar storage building on campus
Marion fire officials investigated a Sunday blaze that heavily damaged a portable storage building on the Linn-Mar school campus near the baseball field. They estimated equipment losses at 2000 dollars and did not rule out arson while noting no building loss estimate yet. Firefighters also responded to a separate Saturday grease fire at the Joe Bertsch residence near Cottage Grove Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids with no damages reported.
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Marion
Linn-Mar
Joe Bertsch
Cottage Grove Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Names Omitted from Linn-Mar List in Gazette
Names of three graduating seniors were omitted from the Gazette’s Linn-Mar list published in the Sunday edition. Commencement is set for Monday night. The omitted students are Michael J. Martin Steven P. Martin and Thomas J. Martin.
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The
Gazette
Linn-Mar
Michael J. Martin
Steven P. Martin
Thomas J. Martin
Jury selection contends in Lekin murder trial
Prospective jurors weighed defendant Lekin's involvement in a conspiracy to murder and the shooting of Ronald Hopp in Cedar Rapids. The case ties Lekin to heroin trafficking with co defendants Zalesky Maddox and Young, who are set to testify. Jury selection continued as the trial aims to finish Thursday.
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Gary P. Lekin
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Ronald Hopp
Lekin
Joseph M. Zalesky
Hopp
Zalesky
Robert Maddox, Jr
Maddox
David F. Young
Three Hurt In Weekend Accidents In Cedar Rapids
Three persons, two motorcycle riders, were in fair condition in Cedar Rapids hospitals after weekend crashes. Michael Atwood, 25, suffered chest and back injuries and a fractured arm after losing control on a west side mall area. Mark Davison, 16, was moved from ICU to fair condition with possible head injuries after his bike hit a parked car on Sussex Drive. Kevin Karlan, 21, remained in fair condition after brakes failed in a single vehicle crash on Center Point Road NE. no charges were filed.
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Cedar Rapids
Michael P. Atwood
Huxley Lane
West Side Mall
Wilson Avenue
Edgewood Road
Mercy Hospital
Mark Davison
Carnaby Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sussex Drive
James H. McCollum
Kevin Karlan
Avenue
Hiawatha
Center Point Road
Jury Deliberates Credit Card Case In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids federal court jury begins deliberations in the case of Cathleen Schropp 22 charged with possession of a stolen Master Charge card and lying to a federal grand jury. The prosecution says the card belonged to Gene Light and Schropp used it for 545 in January. Light denies any relationship or lending the card and says it was misdelivered.
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Cedar Rapids
Cathleen Schropp
Glenbrook Drive
Miss Schropp
Gene Light
Thirty-eighth Street Drive
Light
Asst. U.S. Atty
Alan Kirshen
Grand Jury
Kirshen
Schropp
Fred Dumbaugh
Unemployment Fund Rescue Moves Through Iowa House
The Iowa House approved a bill 58 to 24 to rescue the unemployment compensation fund from potential bankruptcy and sent it to Governor Ray. Democrats opposed earlier GOP-supported action, blaming higher employer rates in next election. The plan creates nine rate tables tied to fund condition and employer layoffs.
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Des Moines
House
Robert Ray
Carroll Perkins
D-Jefferson
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
Job Services of
Iowa
Commencement at Northeast Missouri Confers 800 Degrees
More than 800 degrees were awarded at May 6 commencement at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Nearly 100 master of arts degrees joined multiple bachelor programs. Western Iowa officials included Cedar Rapids and Durant graduates such as Jeffrey Illen Brian Ritchie Wade Lipman Douglas Cook Mark Cavin Debra Harper and Robert McConnell.
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Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State University
Woman Arrested in Murder of Polygamist Leader in Utah
Nancy Chynoweth 28, of Colorado, was arrested in Carrollton Texas on a criminal conspiracy warrant connected to the shooting death of polygamist leader Dr. Rulon Allred in Murray Utah. Bail set at 150000. Police declined to release details. Allred, excommunicated Mormon with followers in Utah and nearby states, was shot May 10.
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Murray, Utah
Colorado
Carrollton
Texas
Rulon Allred
Nancy Chynoweth
Dallas
Calvin Gillen
Salt Lake City
KUTV
Chynoweth
Victor Chynoweth
Church of the Lamb of God
Denver
Allred
Utah
NRA ousts three top officers and brings back Carter
Cincinnati AP reports conservatives within the NRA ousted executive vice-president Maj. Gen. Maxwell Rich and two vice-presidents Irvine Reynolds and Dr. Alonzo Garcelon. The finance post was abolished by bylaws change as Harlon Carter, 63, was elected executive vice-president to steer lobbying via the Institute for Legislative Action. Merrill Right remains president.
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Cincinnati
National Rifle Assa
Harlon Carter
NRA
Federation For
Maxwell Rich
Irvine Reynolds
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
Alonzo Garcelon
Augusta
Maine
Thomas Billings
Merrill
Iowa Bridge Obsolescence Warned By Transportation Chief
ANKENY AP The head of the Iowa Department of Transportation said 22 226 bridges in the state are obsolete or unsafe for maximum loads During a hearing before a U S senate transportation subcommittee Victor Preisser warned that repairing all bridges at once would cost about 2 2 billion dollars
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Ankeny
Iowa Department of Transportation
Victor Preisser
U.S. Senate Transportation
Preisser
Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids school bids and tax notices
Sealed bids for asphalt paving and periodicals are due in Marion and Cedar Rapids during May and June 1977. Notices also warn Linn County tax buyers that delinquent parcels may be redeemed within ninety days, with hearings and writs of replevin scheduled in Linn County and Cedar Rapids districts.
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Linn-Mar
Linn
Linn Mar
County of
State of
Iowa
State of Iowa
Marion
David J. DeWalle
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Carpenter
Merle L. Kopel
Lowa
Lowd
June Merley
Kopel
John V Connally
Brenda Connelly
Ridgewood
Kenneth L. Perry
Mary Roseberry
Second Avenue
Otto F. Wiedersberg
Merle L. Rope
Anator Linn County
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Eleventh Street
Prairie Chapel Homemakers Club
Orlin Hann
Robert Mitchell
WRC
American Legion
B.L. Bennett
Lost Valley Road
Ascension Lutheran Church
Grand Avenue
YMCA
Marion Ymca
Central Business District
Lowans
Carter
Institute For Legislative Action
Says
TAK
Conard J. Svoboda
Diana Svoboda
Emil L. Svoboda
Irma N, Svoboda
Roy L. Yeoman
Janis L. Yeoman
Patricia A. Larsen
Lori Larsen
Susan Larsen
Pamela Larsen
Ralph Waldo Emerson
District Court of
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