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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
3
Obituaries list infant Brian Andrew Pickering and multiple adults by name with ages, origins, and burial plans across Iowa towns including Marion, Oelwein, Dysart, Manchester, Newhall, Postville and more. Details include birth dates, surviving relatives, church services, and cemeteries.
Dr. Michael J. Scotti Jr. tells The Gazette that the PTA has no stereotypes and now includes young men. He speaks at the Iowa PTA Annual Convention at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel on Focus on Positive Parenting, stressing parent teacher and administrator collaboration and community goals.
A 22 year old Keota native Marlene Kay Peck was killed in a two car crash two miles east of Iron River Wisconsin. She was en route to Iron Wood Michigan and was alone in her vehicle. Four people in the other vehicle were hospitalized. Peck had lived with her sister in Brooklyn Park Wisconsin where she worked as a photographer. She was born November 24 1955 in Iowa City and was a 1973 graduate of English Valley High School and a 1977 graduate of Iowa State University. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Kinross and Circle K Club Brooklyn Park. Surviving relatives include her mother three sisters three brothers and one grandmother. Services will be held Saturday at Sacred Heart Church Keota with burial at St Mary’s Keota. Rosary Friday at Powell’s Keota.
Gov and Mrs. Robert Ray will attend the Linn County Republican Harvest Banquet and Ball on November 4 at the Longbranch Supper Club. Larry Jordan will chair arrangements with Beamer Breiling and Duane Arnold Jr. co chairing the ticket committee. Tickets cost 20 dollars per person.
Marion City Council may take action tonight on the proposed recreation complex. Council member Carl Foster suggested postponing the bond issue indefinitely due to insufficient school board support, with only the YMCA board backing the project. City attorney Donald Hoskins warned the land option in the northeast expires soon.
Marion's police chief designate Capt. Robert Zier said he is considering purchasing bullet proof vests for Marion policemen. He noted the department has a few vests and plans to raise the issue with the City Council at an informal meeting next week.
The Grant Wood area chapter of the American Red Cross celebrates its 60th anniversary on Sunday with the dedication of the new chapter headquarters at 3601 42nd St. NE and an annual volunteer recognition ceremony starting at 2 p.m. Public invited.
The Sessions family, led by assistant philosophy professor Sessions, moved to Decorah from Minnesota in August and pursue a broad learning approach for their child. They avoid a single teacher model, engaging the child with various mentors in farming carpentry violin and Spanish at Luther College and in the community.
The Decorah board considers a second request to educate a child at home. A DPI official notes state law allows private instruction if the teacher is certified, while local boards decide equivalence to public schooling. Burns and Sessions discuss a family friend Edgerton, a certified teacher, as a contrasting case.
The Senate backed an amendment to require utilities to offer cheaper rates to citizens over 62, projecting about a 40 percent cut in electric bills. The vote was 56 to 36, with Sen. Gary Hart promoting the senior citizen discount. Meanwhile Vice President Mondale said he acted independently in breaking the natural gas deregulation filibuster, denying charges of coordinating with President Carter. He defended trying to persuade lawmakers before the vote.
Wholesale prices edged higher with a four tenths percent rise in the consumer finished goods index to 195.3 after seasonal adjustment. Increases came from cigarettes apparel textile furnishings gasoline and home heating oil while prices fell slower for feeds oils fats and processed poultry pork and beef and veal declined. The index stands 5.7 percent above a year ago with a $100 basket now worth $195.30.
Dale Brodt was re-elected chairman of the Pioneer Village Commission at Wednesday night’s meeting. Robert Gardner was re-elected vice chairman, Ann Friaus secretary, and Robert Doll named treasurer. The commission, formed in 1975, develops Pioneer Village at Seminole Valley Park, depicting a turn-of-the-century Iowa town. Four structures have been moved to the 10-acre site and are being restored, with work on the church nearly finished.
Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate Richard Meggers urged a stronger mayoral role to curb bickering among city council members. He said meetings should be mature and that the office must drive fresh programs, addressing streets, the zoo, library, storm sewers, and energy initiatives to keep Cedar Rapids progressive.
John Oberthien, candidate for public safety commissioner, told Kiwanis the Cedar Rapids Police should establish a maintenance program for vehicles and building, with regular checks. He urged more beat officers to cut crime and reassure citizens. On this date in 1976 a Thai coup occurred.
Timothy Nemec of 356 Seventh Ave SW pledges reform in the Cedar Rapids public improvements commission race. He cites flood damage from Kenwood and Vinton ditches on Indian Creek and criticizes city spending, urging immediate solutions and a working man’s representation.
Two counts of forgery and two counts of obtaining prescription drugs by false representation were filed Wednesday night against Daryl D. Freudenberg, 33, of 320 Fifteenth St., Marion. Police said the charges relate to forging a doctor's name on a prescription blank and obtaining prescription drugs. He was arrested Saturday night at a local drug store on forgery charges.
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