Weather and Birth Notices Span Day by Day
The record lists daily weather figures for 1975 with humidity and temperatures, plus a string of birth announcements on Oct 30 to Nov 1 for multiple families. Events include nuisance calls and reports of illegal burning across several addresses in NE SW NW SE Marion Swisher and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Christiansen
Brentwood Drive
Linda Delancey
Avenue
Duane P. Voshell
Atwood Drive
Victor Kramer
Johnson Avenue
Ronald Cary
Devonshire Drive
Bruce Wutzke
Twenty-seventh Street
Richard Hancox
Valley View Drive
Marion
Malcolm Risk
Dooley Appeals University of Iowa Dismissal
Attorneys for John Dooley former director of the Iowa Department of Transportation and Security filed an appeal of his dismissal with the University. The Bezanson report cited post dated checks and misconduct questions while a Johnson County grand jury probes possible DTS department misconduct with seven witnesses already interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
John Dooley
Department of Transportation and Security
DTS
University of Iowa
Dooley
University
U of I
Willard Boyd
U of I Law College
Lawrence Blades
U of I Asst
Randall Bezanson
Bezanson
Blades
Johnson County Atty
Jack Dooley
Johnson County
DTS Department
Grand Jury
Cedar Rapids Obituaries Highlight Local Veterans and Families
Donald A. Karr 59 of 1904 Eastern Drive SW Cedar Rapids died suddenly Saturday. A World War II veteran and long time member of Operating Engineers Local 234, he leaves wife Noma Holmes, a daughter, two sons, a sister, a brother, and seven grandchildren. Maurice E. Ford 69 of Des Moines died Saturday after a brief illness. A Washington High graduate and Coe College alum, he retired from Goodyear in 1971 after 40 years. He is survived by wife Elizabeth, a sister, two daughters and four grandchildren. Robert L Wolfe of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church died Monday at 11 am. Burial at Holy Cross Anamosa. Friends may call at Stewart funeral home Sunday 2 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Karr
Eastern Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Boat Club
Noma Holmes
Ottumwa
Guy Polton
Donald, Jr
Richard
Robert Strickell
San Leandro
Calif
Walter (Pug
Turner Chapel West
Linwood
Maurice E. Ford
Des Moines
Washington High School
Coe College
Goodyear Co
Ford
Elizabeth
Willis D. Lamb
Martha Ford
Iowa City
Judy Lanmons
Grand Rapids
Mich
Antenna and items stolen in city brief notices
Police report vandals broke a $50 citizen band radio antenna from Richard Eyman’s vehicle at 369 Eighteenth Street SE. Several thefts include a $150 walkie talkie, a $1 tire gauge, and other items from parked cars. a new Alateen unit meets Monday at Trinity Lutheran school to aid youths with alcoholic relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Eyman
Eighteenth Street
Thomas M. Young
Park Avenue SE
Alateen
Trinity Lutheran School
Two Hurt in Minor Accidents Involving Teens and Adults
Two people suffered minor injuries in separate weekend traffic incidents. Timothy McGuire, 14, was treated after a car rolled over his leg in an alley near 100 block NE Thirty-fifth Street. Gregory Arens, 16, drove the vehicle. Terry McMurray, 26, received minor abrasions in a two car crash on First Avenue East. he was charged with driving on the wrong side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Timothy A. McGuire
Emerald Avenue
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth Streets
McGuire
Gregory Joel Arens
Thirty-fifth Street
Terry Lee McMurray
Fourth Street SE
First Avenue E
McMurray
Marvin Earl Turner
Park Avenue SE
Turner
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Robert A. Matheny
Robert A. Matheny, 23, of 367 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW, was charged with drunk driving by Cedar Rapids police after a traffic collision in the 2300 block of Sixth Street SW. He was jailed in Linn County on a $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Matheny
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Matheny
Sixth Street
Linn County
Iowa Deaths Notice Roundup
Deaths from Tama to Dysart list many individuals with ages and church or burial details. Entries include Harri son Montour Nellie Tvedt 80 Charles Darby 78 Clifford Trimble 67 Harvey Gosse 68 Paula Gorvin 9, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gorvin. Carl Quint 73 at St Patrick church burial church cemetery. Anna Hager 89 at Zalmona Presbyterian church. Howard Dickson 80 at Dysart United Methodist Church. Anna Horne 84 and other service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Robert J. Crabtree
Harrison’s. Montour
J.A
Nellie) Tvedt
Montour Methodist Church
Maple Hill
Henderson's
Toledo
Charles A
Jack) Darby
Best’s. West Liberty
Clifford Trimble
Snider’s
Harvey Independence Gosse
Immanuel Lutheran Church
White's
Iowa City
Paula Gorvin
James Gorvin
George L. Gay
Mondy
Fellmet
Waukon
Anna Hager
Zalmona Presbyterian Church
Church
Martin's
Dysart
Howard R. Dickson
Dysart United Methodist Church
Gnngie Cemetery
Overton's
Swisher Man Killed in One Car Crash
A 46 year old Swisher man, Clifford Leroy McKay, route one, Swisher, died when his car left the roadway two miles west of Swisher and crashed into an embankment. He was alone, time of 5 30 p m, the vehicle went off the shoulder and crossed into the opposite ditch. State Troopers reported the fatal one car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swisher
Clifford Leroy McKay
Route One
McKay
Four Hurt in Area Accidents on Highway 218
Separate traffic crashes on Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids left four people injured Saturday afternoon. Lowell Spencer, 23, from Iowa City, in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after a motorcycle and car collision at 4:54 p.m. on Seventy sixth Avenue SW. Spencer's bike, local patrol investigated. Three Swisher sisters Joyce Ludvicek 21 Olive 19 Gwen 11 were treated and released after rear end crash in 5700 block of Sixth Street SW around 1:33 p.m. Saturday. Additional details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 218
Cedar Rapids
Lowell Spencer
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Seventy-sixth Avenue
Spencer
Iowa Highway Patrol
Swisher
Labor Council Endorsed Colton Not Steinbeck
The Gazette printed an erroneous headline saying James Steinbeck was endorsed by the Hawkeye Labor Council. Ed Colton received the endorsement in the corrected run. Many copies retained the incorrect headline before the fix. The paper regrets the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Council
Colton
Steinbeck
the Gazette
James Steinbeck
Hawkeye Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Ed Colton
Pin found in popcorn bag and glass in candy reported
Cedar Rapids police received two reports from the Halloween period. A boy found a pin in a bag of popcorn from near Twenty sixth street Bever avenue and Park terrace SE. Another boy found glass in candy near Fifteenth street and B avenue NE but was not cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Clark
Fifteenth Street SE
Kmart
Cedar Rapids
Twenty-sixth Street
Bever Avenue
Park Terrace SE
Fifteenth Street
B Avenue NE
Apathy Talk Show Draws Few Calls in Albany
Radio station WALG planned a four hour discussion on public apathy on its daily morning phone show but received only two calls the spokesman said while other topics averaged 20 to 30 calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, Ga
UPI
WALG
Your Yearend Tax Strategy Series By Sylvia Porter
Porter outlines a six part exclusive series beginning Monday showing how to maximize 1975 tax breaks. She explains charitable and medical deductions, dependency deductions, and using an individual retirement account as a tax shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cias
Sylvia Porter
Porter
Vandals Break Glass at Apartment Construction Site and Theater
Police report three glass breaking incidents. At 1640 E Avenue NW vandals shattered windows causing $650 in repairs for owner Keith Schulte. Two theater windows at Plaza Theatre 4444 First Avenue NE were broken with a pop bottle. value $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Avenue NW
Keith Schulte
Plaza Theatre
First Avenue NE
First use of silent majority cited in 1874 Harper’s piece
United Press International notes that the term silent majority popularized by Spiro Agnew appeared in a Harper’s magazine article on funeral practices in 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiro Agnew
Harper's Magazine
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C.R. Weather
Daily Record
St. Luke's
Eisenhower Road
Hiawatha
Gary Pribyl
Coldstream Avenue
Richard Powell
Edward Short
Sixth Avenue
Gerald Jelinek
Thirty-fourth Street
Seventh Street
Ridgeway
Zika Avenue
Waveland Drive
Thirtieth Street
Prairie Drive
Mt Vernon Road
J Po
Drive
Sac
Brookland Dri
U of Dismissal
Godfrey Petrak
Adv
Nimmer’s Crafts
17Th St. NE
Dan Zimmerman
Benton Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Robert Finch
O Avenue NW
Collins Radio Co
Matt Gillette
Ely
Prairie High School
Bicentennial Commission
Hall
Collins Read
Pierson’s Florists
Avenue Floral
Camera Club
Keen
YMCA
Thomas Faulkner
Dubuque
Homer Delong
Bowler Street
Ellis Ymca
Susan Knutson
Twenty-first Street
Gene
Edwin Barnes
Anamosa
Wilson
Pierson
Sor’ Poe
Iowa
Winthrop
Carl J. Quint
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Fawcett’s
Sei Horne
Anna
St. Andrew’s Theran Church
Fellmer’s
Keystone
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Warren Harding
Caes
First Avenue
N.E
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr
Pocobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
S.E
John E. Lapes
Downton
3Rd Ave
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Henry F. Teahen
Peter R. Teahen
Mortician
First Ave
United Press International
Novak Monument CO
Veterans Administration
National Cemetery
John B. Turner & Son
John B.turner & Son
Turner Mortuary
Second Avenue SE
First Avenue West
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