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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1973
Page
7
A Thursday night meeting is scheduled for Linn-Mar board of education and district residents to discuss voluntary annexation of the central campus and adjoining school property to Marion. The discussion will be at 7 30 p.m in the junior high vocal music room. All interested district residents are urged to attend.
Decorah city election filings total nine candidates for nine offices as of a Sept. filing. Three councilmen and Treasurer Dick Trytten will not seek re election. Name list includes Vern Iverson mayor. Larry Grimstad treasurer. Grand Woldum councilman at large. Charles Price third ward. Mrs Edgar Epperly fourth ward. Kenneth Galloway fifth ward. John Hess at large. Russell Lowery first ward. Rolfe Haatvedt second ward.Deadline for filings is September 27 with potential contests expected.
Stokely Carmichael told a Grinnell college audience that scientific socialism should be worldwide. He described Africa as the richest continent ideologically, saying proper organization under socialism would make Africa the most powerful on earth, contrasting capitalism as vicious and exploitative. He spoke to about 900 people during Black Culture weekend.
TediLyn Custer of Keota and Lara Smith of Harper were taken to University hospitals Iowa City after a Sunday wreck on a gravel road 2 miles southwest of Keota. The car driven by Miss Custer left the road and plunged into a creek. Custer suffered arm and neck injuries while Smith endured a broken thigh and ankle.
Mrs. James Martin reports her garage sale at 3764 Red Bud Rae NE drew many shoppers, with Tuesday and Saturday hours. She notes the sale sold most items the first day and observes readers respond to Gazette Want Ads.
Gov. Robert Ray said Iowa should have flexibility in setting secondary air pollution standards to allow continued use of Iowa coal while sulfur removal research continues. He warned federal guidance conflicts and possible funding cuts if states miss the Jan 1 1975 deadline, and noted propane shortages and nationwide shutdowns could worsen Iowa's emergency fuel needs.
Iowa City refunds issued for the Jim Croce concert at Hancher Auditorium after his death in a charter plane crash. Box office refunds begin Monday, with in person or mail options and a goal to complete by month end.
Italian frontier reports say fascists backed by the Germans conduct a reign of terror in northern Italy. Followers of Premier Badoglio are said to be killed without trial as fascists regain power.
Iowans for LIFE delegates at the first annual convention urged lawmakers to guarantee conscience rights against abortion and to pass protective legislation. The two day meeting at the Roosevelt hotel drew about 350 attendees with Dr Mildred Jefferson as featured speaker. The group backed a human life amendment and called for father consent before abortion and state abortion recordkeeping.
UPI reports Rep. William Scherle of Iowa will launch his re election bid with a Bill Scherle Appreciation Dinner in Harlan next Saturday. The event, organized by Scherle for Congress with treasurer Richard Goos, will feature James Drury of The Virginian as the speaker.
An Ottumwa man, Max Leon, was killed when his southbound car collided with a pickup driven by Walter Brown of Sigourney on Highway 63 about five miles north of Ottumwa. Brown was treated and released from Ottumwa hospital as investigators from the Wapello County sheriff's office and state troopers probed the 8:20 a.m. Monday crash.
Tom McMurrin is listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after a motorcycle crash Sunday night in the 4200 block of Center Point road NE. Police say his motorcycle hit a parked car in the right lane. the car owner is Bob Zimmerman Ford, 4001 First avenue SE. McMurrin faces a charge of failure to carry and display a valid Iowa driver's license.
Wartburg College President Dr. John W. Bachman will resign to become director of the office of communication and mission support for the American Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. He will leave Wartburg Feb 1 1974 or a mutually agreed date. A board election committee will search for his successor with faculty alumni students and other stakeholders.
Decorah Luther College music faculty member Carol Van Nostrand will give a piano recital on Sunday September 30 at 4 p.m. in Valders Hall 117 on the campus.
Clem M. Boyd 85 lifelong Linn county resident and retired farmer died Saturday in a Marion nursing home. Born November 18 1887 near Marion he married Hazel Newman in 1910 at Toddville who died in 1918. He later married Mabel Litts in 1926. she died 1961. Survived by sisters Alta and Irma Matheny. Services Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Murdoch chapel Center Point. Burial Dunkard cemetery.
Lyle C Capper died Sunday at age 63 born May 5 1905 in Devon and long time Lisbon resident. He ran the Lisbon creamery until its closure in the 1960s and belonged to Winthrop Congregational church and the Masonic lodge in Lisbon. Survived by wife Margaret four daughters Kayleen Canfield Hiawatha Bernita Ohde Bondurant Marlene Capper Tamara Stokes Coralville and six grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. at Morgan funeral home Lisbon with Masonic rites by Benjamin Franklin lodge and burial in Lisbon.
Esther Green 20 of Elgin was injured when a car driven by her husband John 23 collided at the west edge of Elgin Sunday.
Iowa Adjutant General Joseph May said the Iowa National Guard will search for another area in northeast Iowa instead of using the Volga river recreation area for infantry training. If a large enough site isn’t found, training may be done in platoon-size units rather than company or battalion size.
Senator William Brock, Tennessee Republican, will address a 25 dollar per plate Second District fundraising dinner in Dubuque on October 26. The event kicks off the party's 1974 congressional campaign and is sponsored by Dubuque county Republicans at the Masonic Temple. Tickets are sold by district Republican organizations.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader joined the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge Massachusetts calling for a crash program to correct defects in present nuclear power plant safety systems. He urged immediate action and broader safety reforms alongside UCS members Saturday.
An ad-like description touts Preparation H as a fast acting remedy for hemorrhoidal itching and swelling. It claims doctors tested it in major cities and centers, notes lubrication and non sting protection, and promotes both ointment and suppository forms for day and night use.
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