Oberthien leads Cedar Rapids primary in 1979 race
In Cedar Rapids, Oberthien won the mayoral primary with 2,883 votes (22 percent) as four challengers vied for the post. Bergen and Colton trailed, while Moneypenny finished fourth. Colton cited police department turmoil and clashes with Chief LaPeters as factors in his campaign and potential return to private practice.
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Page Ibeck
Steinbeck
State Supreme Court
Colton
Oberthien
Bergen
Jim Moneypenny
Police Department
Wallace LaPeters
LaPeters
Brenton Bank
Cedar Rapids
Moneypenny
Tom Gardner
Julius Koefoed Jr
Stanley McClurg
Richard Staves
Charles Schmitt
Wheeler's top vote-getter in Hiawatha's first primary
Robert Wheeler led the Hiawatha City Council primary with 97 votes as 468 of 2,266 eligible voters cast ballots. Keith Jenison, Don Mohler, and Robert Postel Sr. rounded the top four to contest two seats in the November election.
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Robert Wheeler
13Th Ave
Hiawatha
Keith Jenison
Robins Road
Don Mohler
Eisenhower Road
Robert Postel Sr
E. Willman Sr
Carl Anderson
Martin Bruns
Wheeler
Jenison
Mohler
Postel
Linda Wright
James A. King
Connie Payne
Thomas Shaheen
Mark Nading
Th Council
Mount Vernon Primary Narrowly Decided by One Vote
Ten candidates vying for five City Council seats were narrowed to a November ballot. Nicholas O. Berry led with 305 votes, followed by Dale A. Sargent 284 Janet Dumbleaugh 231 Cecil Dan 227 Albert P. Atherton 192 Joanne K. Neff 175 Linda Jordan 148 John L. Thompson Sr. 103 Karen Mickler Yarborough 94 and Robert L. Kupfer 56. Kupfer beat Russelle Kuehl by one vote.
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Mount Vernon
Nicholas O. Berry
Dale A. Sargent
Janet Dumbaugh
Cecil Dan
Albert P. Atherton
Joanne K. Neff
Linda Jordan
John L. Thompson Sr
Karen Mickler Yarborough
Robert L. Kupfer
Local School Listing By Precincts Names
A readable list of schools by precincts includes Johnson Polk Sacred Heart Arthur Franklin Washington Grant Wilson Van Buren Hoover Coolidge Taft Cleveland Lincoln Hayes and others. Each entry appears as a numbered item indicating precinct mapping to school facilities.
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Option
Johnson
Polk
Sacred Heart Convent
Arthur
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Colton Gardner
Koefoed
McClurg
Moneypenny Oberthier
Wm Staves
Streets & Parks
Nemec Phillips Smith Jamison Lynn Reinis
Craveis
Neccinevtestavseocreins
C.R
Canney
Meggers
Mercy Hospital Nursing Service
Richard York
Charles Naaktgeboren
Craig Hlas
Phillips
Smith
Iowa Steel Express
Tim Nemec
Reinis
Jamison
Wilson Foods
Ed Lynn
Donald Canney
Richard Meggers
Stan Reinis
Robert Jamison
Richard Smith
Richard Phillips
Floyd Bergen
John Oberthien
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Emmons Street
Highway 150
Blairs Ferry Road
Canney Hils York
Sanssies
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C.R. Precincts
Peoria
Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids DIV
Ingersoll Building Products, Inc
Riverside
Cedar Rap
Coe College Gage
House
Memorial Union
Grant Wood Educa
Fillmore School
Eisenhower
Ton Agency
Madison School
Harding School
All Saints School
Harrison School
Kenwood School
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