McCoy Matron Dies At Marion Nursing Home
Edna Anna McCoy 72 died Saturday in a Marion nursing home after five years as a patient. Born May 28 1854 in Monticello she studied at Cedar Falls college taught in Elgin Crawfordsville and belonged to Monticello Presbyterian church. Survived by son Major Donald B. McCoy three grandchildren and sister Celan H. Rollins. Services Wednesday 1 p.m. Baxter Memorial chapel officiated by Rev Jean P. Hayter burial in Monticello. Friends may call chapel Tuesday after 9 a.m.
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Edna Anna McCoy
Marion Nursing Home
Monticello
Cedar Falls College
Elgin
Crawfordsville
Man in graduate study noted in 1966 Gazette item
In the Cedar Rapids Gazette from November 21 1966 Stimson is listed as a graduate student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on a fellowship. The notice also mentions a Lions Club meeting change with the Marion Lions evening group suspending meetings until November 29 and a housing insulation advertisement from Warner Brothers.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Stimson
North Carolina University
Chapel Hill
N. C
Organization Cited In Iowa G O P Win
In Manchester Second district GOP leaders met with 1967 legislators at Glen Charles hotel to discuss the November 8 election and plan the 1968 campaign. R O Shirk said campaign financing drives the effort. Robert Tyson credited organization with a 56 percent Iowa turnout, noting the GOP win reflected strong organizing.
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Manchester
G.O.P
Glen Charles
Second District
R. O. Shirk
Ovlwein
Shirk
Two Wisconsin Men Drown While Hunting
Two Milwaukee men, Harold Melotik 41 and Leroy Van Slyke 32, drowned while duck hunting on the Mississippi River south of Lansing on the Wisconsin side. Charles Fisher 41 of St. Francis, Wis., was found unconscious in a boat and later revived. A third hunter was hospitalized overnight in Waukon but released Monday. The river was dragged and the bodies recovered after Fisher said their boat capsized and he reentered the craft.
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Wisconsin
Lansing
Milwaukee
Mississippi River
Here
Waukon
Charles Fisher
St. Francis Wis
Wis
Fisher
Harold Melotik
Leroy van Slyke
Berry Elected President of Iowa ASCE Group
Herbert C. Berry of the Howard R. Green Co. in Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa section of the American Society of Civil Engineers at its Des Moines annual meeting. New officers include Noel W. Willis as vice-president and Ivan Burmeister and Richard Myers of the U.S. Geological Survey as officers. directors are Carl Swanson, John Cleasby, and Harrison Kane with roles as associate director district council delegate and secretary treasurer.
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Des Moines
Noel W. Willis
Powers, Willis and Associates
Iowa City
Ivan Burmeister
Richard Myers
U.S. Geological Survey
Carl Swanson
Linn County Engineer’s Office
John Cleasby
Iowa State University
Harrison Kane
University of Iowa
Two Injured in Gun Mishaps While Hunting in East Iowa
Two hunters were injured Sunday in East Iowa gun mishaps. Rudy Waterman, 15, of Edgewood, is in fair condition at St Luke's Cedar Rapids with foot and ankle wounds after a companion tripped and his gun fired. Robert Kunkel of Dubuque hurt his hand from a misfired shell. he was treated at a Manchester hospital and released after the gun exploded in his hand while hunting near Coggan.
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Iowa
Rudy Waterman
Eldon Waterman
Edgewood
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Robert Kunkel Dubuque
Coggan
Manchester
Population figures hint at Iowa stay in House seats
Census projections show Iowa's population rising modestly toward 1985 while still unlikely to gain a new congressional district. The 1960 census gave Iowa eight seats, later reduced to seven, with apportionment tied to national growth and the 1970 census totals.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Wyoming
House
Pennsylvania
Schmidhauser Raps Rock Island Rail Cut
Rep. John Schmidhauser protests Rock Island and Burlington plans to curtail passenger service between Minneapolis and St Louis. He asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to hold public hearings in eastern Iowa towns including Cedar Rapids West Branch West Liberty Columbus Junction Burlington Fort Madison Montrose and Keokuk.
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Raymond Eckhart
Tenth Street
Estherville
Katherine Gorton
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Ralph R. Mills
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Whittier
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Russ Swallom
Tenth Avenue
William Dutcher
Fifteenth Avenue
Francis Bader
McGowan Boulevard
Vance Oliphant
Marion’s Best
Squaw Creek Warriors
Gayle Knepper
Connie Hinman
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F. E. Stimson
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Asce Group
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