04 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1970
Page
1
Local notices list speakers from Darrell Berry to Galen Bille speaking Tuesday at various venues including Shorewood Embassy Club and Montrose. Community events feature Kiwanis and Lions Club programs, a prelude to fall activities plus yard bargains and a rummage sale at Scotus hall.
Gazette correspondent Dorothy Williams reports that Rep. John Culver backs a GOP reform proposal to discard house seniority for committee leadership. He urges both parties to end the outmoded practice and replace it with secret ballot nominations while keeping experience as a factor.
Campaign started September 22 with the race scheduled to conclude November 5 at local voting precincts. It outlines timelines for candidates and the expected completion date of the electoral process.
Iowa will send 17 firms to the Bangkok exhibition October 12 to 16 with two Development Commission staffers at taxpayer expense to promote agricultural machinery. The trip aims to explore Far East markets, assist all Iowa firms, and may lead to future missions if prospects look favorable.
Iowa Governor Rob ert Ray compared balancing the budget to the Battle of the Bulge telling American Legion members that he halted spending growth by cutting requests and avoiding tax hikes. Rep. Joan Lipsky urged a unified state enforcement pool and state funding for local police, while Rep. John Kyle discussed a farm bill and farm income in Sixty short.
Funeral will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Turner Chapel West Cedar Rapids for H. Gordon Hagan 64 of rural Shellsburg who drowned while fishing in Canada near Ear Falls. He married Doris Pickerill in 1933 and was a Benton County resident with three daughters and seven grandchildren. Burial is Cedar Memorial. Rev. Ernst and Rev. Figge will officiate. memorials may be given to a fund of choice.
Howard Harrington 78 long time Harringtons Garage operator since 1938 died at Marengo hospital after a short illness. Born February 16 1892 near Williamsburg he married Allegra Yant in 1919. Survived by wife one son Maurice of San Diego three daughters Lorene Cedar Rapids Mrs Neal Chapman Burkburnett Texas and Mrs Victor Mills Orangevale California ten grandchildren a brother Gordon Harrington St Petersburg Florida. Services Tuesday at 2 at Jones funeral home with burial in Harrington cemetery. friends may call after 2 today.
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