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2 A Iowa City Press-Ciiijen Saturday, September 4, 1978 Decotffos Vernon Stagner Former POW WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford has nominated Maj. Gen. John P. Flynn, who was the senior U.S. war prisoner in North Vietnam, for Crime rate DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa crime rates show no sign of going anywhere but up, Craig Beek, director of the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), said Friday.

Beek said there were 25 per cent more' crimes committed in Iowa last year than in 1975. And he said the upward trend seems to be continuing. He also said that violent crimes are becoming more violent Gunmen are more likely to use their weapons, said Beek, apparently in an effort to show law enforcement officials that they mean business. ROTC canceled DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) St American Beef OMAHA, Neb. (AP)-A federal judge has refused to dismiss conspiracy charges filed against Frank R.

West founder and former chief executive of American Beef Packers, and Donald E. Carlson, manager of ABP's Omaha plant Both Carlson and West are charged with conspiring with three other unindicted co-conspirators to bribe federal meat graders with "intent to influence" the graders' decisions on meat being sold by ABP, according to a federal indictment returned more than a year ago. The alleged conspiracy took place from August 1973 through August 1971 Elvis Presley MOBILE, Ala. (AP) A man who waited 20 hours for front-row seats to an Elvis Presley concert said he asked Elvis to give him a diamond ring and the singer obliged. Tommy Milham, 33, said Friday he regarded the present "as a reward for my patience." He said a jeweler appraised it at $2,000 but he was not interested in selling it A newspaper article had recorded Milham's marathon wait for tickets to the concert last Sunday.

Milham said when he saw the singer in a crowd of fans, he asked him to autograph a copy of the story. promotion to lieutenant general. The Pentagon said Friday that Ford has sent Flynn's name to the Senate for confirmation. Flynn, 54, is slated to become the Air Force's inspector general. He is now head of the Air Force Military Training Center at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.

Flynn, a native of Cleveland, was a prisoner for more than 5 years after his F-105 fighter-bomber was snot down by a missile over Hanoi in October 1967. Gift from Italy WASHINGTON (AP) Vittorla Leone, wife of Italian President Giovanni Leone, will present a miniature 18th century painting of Thomas Jefferson to Betty Ford next Tuesday. White House spokesmen said Friday that the painting is being given as part of the Italian contribution to the American Bicentennial. Mrs. Leone will be in this country on a five-day private visit The three-by-five-lnch work was painted for a British acquaintance of Jefferson, Maria Cosway, by John Trumbull, known for his painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Iowa, then they have to abide by the Iowa law," said Perkins. The judge said the interest formula on the BankAmericard accounts complies with Nebraska law but violates the Iowa Consumer Credit Code. The credit card firm must comply with Iowa interest laws or shut down its Iowa operation, Perkins said. At issue is whether Iowa or -Nebraska interest rate ceilings apply in Iowa. BankAmericard has been charging Iowa customers annual interest rates of 18 per cent on amounts of less than $1,000 and 12 per cent on amounts of $1,000 or more.

Iowa interest rate ceilings are 18 per cent on amounts up to $500 and 15 per cent on amounts of more than $500: Judge rules against BankAmericard rate DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowans who hold credit cards issued by out-of-state national banks cannot be charged interest rates higher than permitted by Iowa law, a Polk County District Court judge ruled Friday. But the impact of Judge Harry Perkins' ruling was uncertain, because lawyers for the defendants disputed it and said an appeal is likely. The ruling came in a two-year-old suit involving BankAmericard charge( accounts issued by First of Omaha Service a subsidiary of First National Bank of Omaha. Asst Iowa Atty. Gen.

Julian Garrett said the ruling directly affects 50,000 Iowans. "If they're going to do business in Stagner. On June 6, 1942, he married Eunice Craig at Riverside. He was graduated from Kalona High School; Washington, Iowa, Junior College, and received a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from the University of Iowa in 1949. He as a member of the Methodist Church, Kalona Community Club, American and.

Iowa Pharmaceutical Associations, American and Iowa Pharmaceutical Associations, University of Iowa Alumni Association, Richmond Lodge No. 97, Naomi Chapter OES and KAABA Shrine. He was past master and past patron of the lodge and the OES, past president of the Kalona Rotary Club and was a flight instructor during World War H. Survivors include his wife; and two sons, William and Robert, both of Iowa City. Genevieve Flannery OXFORD Genevieve M.

Flannery, 82, of Oxford, died early this morning at Mercy Hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral mass will be 10 a.m. Monday at St Mary's Church, Oxford, with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Oxford Chapel where friends may call after 9 a.m.

Sunday. She was born July 28, 1894, in Oxford, to James and Susanna Burns Flannery. She attended Oxford schools and Iowa State Teachers College and taught rural Oxford schools prior to retirement -she was a member of St. Mary's Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters and DCW. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including Mrs.

Donald (Marita) McGurk and James Flannery, both of Iowa City, Mrs. Joe (Helen) Halsch of Oxford, and Mrs. Donald (Carmelita) Blackman of Des Moines. Two sisters and a brother died earlier. Barasa rites Services for Diminah Barasa, 20, of Kenya, who drowned earlier this week in Lake Macbride, will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at the Beckman-Butberus and Jones Funeral Home. Her body will be returned to Kenya for burial Exterior work being planned on courthouse The Johnson County Board of Supervisors took preliminary steps Friday to refurbish the exterior of the courthouse. the board unanimously approved a resolution, proposed by Board Chairman Robert Lenz, to request Iowa City architect Richard Pattschull to prepare plans and specifications for the project. The project could involve sandblasting, supervisors said. Lenz said the project could include work on the roof if the board determines sufficient funds are available.

Lenz said he suggested the project "because I decided it needs it" "It's something that should have been done a long time ago," he said. Board members noted that courthouse refurbishing was to have been part of a project to build an administration and law enforcement building on the hill west of the courthouse, but a proposed $8.5 million bond issue to finance the project was defeated in June. County home rate increased The Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved Friday a $25 per month rate increase for county residents at the Johnson County Care Facility. Under the new rate schedule, the monthly fee for county residents will be $200 per month, the supervisors said. A $50 rate increase had been recommended by the admistrators of the home, but Supervisor Chairman Robert Lenz recommended the lesser amount to avoid "to big a jump in one year." The increase was recommended, because of rising costs and increases in fees at care facilities in other counties, the supervisors said.

In other business Friday, the board: Approved a proposal to lease two ambulances for three years, one from the Wayne of Sterling, HL, for $475 per month, and another from the Modular Ambulance Corporation, of Dallas, for $521 per month. 1 Allocated $250 to the Women's Resource and Action Center at the University of Iowa for promotion of Rape Awareness and Prevntion Week ending Oct 2. KALONA Vernon Stagner, 56, of Kalona, owner and operator of Stagner Drug Store in Kalona for the past 20 years, died Friday at Mercy Hospital following a lengthy illness. Services will be 10:90 a jn. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Kalona, with the Rev.

Rodger McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Masonic services will be 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Peterseim Chapel. Visitation has begun.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Methodist Church or the Kalona Jaycee ball park. He was born Feb. 14, 1920, in Kalona, to Lloyd and Mabel Chezz Ida Murphy Mrs. Ida Orr Murphy, 82, of Route died Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter following a sudden illness. Services will be 1:30 pjn.

Tuesday at the George L. Gay Funeral Home where friends may call after noon Sunday. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund. She was born April 16, 1894, in Johnson County, to Cyrus and Margaret Applegate Orr.

She was graduated from the Iowa City Academy and attended the University of Iowa. For a number of years she taught at Scott Township Center School. On Dec. 5, 1922, she married Edward J. Murphy in Iowa City.

She. was a member of Old Scott Presbyterian Church, Iowa City Women's Club, North Scott Social Circle and was a past regent of Nathaniel Fellows DAR, past state research committee chairman of the national DAR and past president of the Johnson County Republican Women. Survivors include a son, John of West Branch; a daughter, Mrs. George (Kathrynn) Gay of Iowa City; seven grandchildren; and a brother, Edwin Orr" of Iowa City. Her husband, four brothers and a sister died earlier.

weather FORECAST FOR IOWA CITY AND SOUTHEAST IOWA Saturday, September 4 (Also throughout Iowa) Clear and cool tonight, lows in mid to upper 40s. Sunny and mild Sunday, highs around 80. Extended forecast Monday through Wednesday highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s and 60s with only minor day-to-day temperature changes. Chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Iowa City temperature The high Friday was 87 degrees.

The low early today was 60 degrees. At 9 a.m. today, the temperature was 71. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS Sunrise today, 6:35 a.m. Sunday, 6:36 a.m.

Sunset today, 7:34 p.m. Sunday, 7:33 p.m. The moon will rise at 5:10 p.m. today and will set at 2:40 a.m. Sunday.

Rep. Allan Howe to defy party, seek re-election SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Calling it "the most crucial decision of my life," Utah Rep. Allan T. Howe says he'll defy state Democratic leaders and stay in the race for re-election despite two convictions for soliciting sex. Howe, who faces the prospect of campaigning with no party support or financing, called on voters to "be forgiving." Polls published in Utah have shown Howe behind either of two Republican opponents who meet in a Sept.

14 primary. His own survey of 2,700 persons who contacted his office showed that about half favored his withdrawal from the 2nd District race. Firemen called to councilman's home Iowa City firemen were called to the residence of Iowa City Councilman LP. Foster Friday evening after a fire started in the kitchen. Firemen said a candle ignited a table cloth, damaging the table and causing smoke damage to the walls and ceiling.

The fire reportedly started about 7:20 p.m., at the residence at 1696 Ridge Road. IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN A ipeMel Newspaper EttabllUted IMI JUL Washington street P.O. Bei 2M Iowa City, lewa 21e J37JIII Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)- Syria, Jordan and some Lebanese leaders were prepared today to agree to form a federal union in an attempt to end the 17-month-old Lebanese civil war, according to Beirut radio reports. "This is probably the only way out of the conflict" Lebanon's parliament Speaker Kamel Assaad was quoted as saying after making a five-hour trip to Syria. The report and Assaad's statement were broadcast by Moslem and Christian radio stations in embattled Beirut They said the Syrian government has invited Lebanese government leaders and the chiefs of some warring factions to visit the Syrian capital of Damascus next week, but the Palestine Liberation Organization and over-all Lebanese leftist leader Kamal Jum-blatt were not included on the list There was no immediate Palestinian comment on the reported impending agreement to form a three-state federation.

Cape Town violence in check CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -Police had all units oh standby today after two days of rioting by crowds of nonwhites that brought chaos to the commerical center of this coastal city. Isolated outbreaks of arson were reported by police in nonwhite areas overnight but the situation was generally quiet today. Gasoline bombs were thrown at a high school and public library in Hanover township, causing minor damage. Police used tear gas during the night to disperse stone-throwing crowds in Athlone township but no casualties were reported. Riot-control forces fired birdshot and tear-gas grenades Friday to break up groups marching and demonstrating against South Africa's apartheid system of separation of the races.

Dozens of persons were wounded and there were unconfirmed reports that one youth was killed when police fired on a crowd of stone-throwing demonstrators outside a "colored" school. Under apartheid the "coloreda" people of mixed race considered neither black nor white live apart from the other races and have more advantages than blacks but far fewer than whites. South Africa has some 2.3 million coloreds, 18 million blacks and 4 million whites. The nonwhites' demonstrations, which began here Thursday and continued Friday, were the first to surge through generally white areas in a South African city since the country's racial upheaval began June 16 with disturbances in Soweto, the blacks-only town outside Johannesburg. Since then, police have confirmed 296 deaths, all but three of them blacks and coloreds.

South African Prime Minister John Vorster is to meet with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger tonight in Zurich, Switzerland. police report Friday 10:35 a.m. Phyllis Brunk, of 32 Arbury Drive, reported that a skunk was in the garage of her home. Police shot the skunk.

10:35 p.m. James L. Ochs reported an auto stolen from 504 South Capitol Street Police later found the auto parked downtown. 11:51 p.m. An anonymous caller reported he had been walking his dog near City High School when he was confronted by a nude man.

Police checked the area, but did not locate the subject. YOU' TELL BillAmbrisco Title of article in APPROACH, U.S. Navy aviation safety journal: Safety Quite often the English language con be very misleading. Insurance policy verbioge is that way alto. We do believe in straight folk and plain language.

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The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Detection Foundation last year screened nearly 250 women, charging them $10 each. The Dubuque County Medical Society said the group's work was "essentially worthless." City Manager Gilbert Chavenelle said Friday that he told the director of Town Clock Plaza to cancel the booking, which was scheduled for Sept 8, because the Wisconsin group did not seek permission from the City Council -to use public property. Guns seized DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Federal agents have seized $10,000 worth of guns from Holm Gun Sales and Services here as part of an investigation into compliance with the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Zoss said the 111 guns, mostly rifles and shotguns, were seized by agents of the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-, arms, who were auditing owner Ted Holm's records this week.

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