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dated and outmoded. USome new, some more equitable

means must be brought out" to finance cities and counties, he saId. .

He saId Iowa Is one of three states In the nation that relies Solely·on property taxes to finance local government.

Keokuk Mayor Olarlea Eppers saId . city officials live In their communIties and are In c6nstant contact with citizens and their needs.

"If this legislation beComes a reality, the city of Keokuk wtIl become a fmancial disaster," he saId.

Ken Gearhart, ,Davenport's chief administrative officer, said hIs city could not live within the proposed limlts next

• "' ...... ~I ~~ _ ..... ·-o-~ - _ .. _._ .. _- --continuing home rule for cltles.

"We believe local officials are realistic and reSponsible to the voters/, she said.

Iowa my MaYor Mary Neuhauser said the limlt would negate the point of home rule . .

"To pass this bill seems to say that local goverrunents are guilty of financial responsibility, when, In fact, ." ,have done nothing wrong," she saId.

Maurice TePaske of the SIoux County Municipal uague contended that the

. legislative proposal is "a bonanza for.the substantial property owner and vested interests and deprives the homeowner and his fainlly of -far more than the proposal would retain for him."

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. Elmer K. Bekman, 75, of 232 E. Fifth, died today at, 8:25 a.m. at Ottumwa Hospital where he had been a patient elnce October.

Born Aug. 18, 1900, In Alton, to John . ELMER

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And Cornelia Lucas Bekman, he · had lived In Ottumwa since 1923. He was admitted to the bar In 1923, graduating from the University of Iowa Law Sch~ He was Wapello County attorney for six """ years, served in the Iowa Senate for 16 yearst&ld was a member of the Pioneer . Sle survives as do

one daughter, LDuise Larew of Iowa City; . three grandchildren; one brother, Richard K. Bekrnan of Mount Hermon, Calif.; and one sister, Dora Corbin of ottumwa.

Lawmakers. " A second lieutenant in World War I. he

was a member of the First United ,Pre'sbyterian Church where he was an elder and Sunday school teacher for many years. He was also 8 member of the . Iowa and Wapello County' Bar

"Associations" 'a past president of the Wapello County HistorIcal. Society, member of Barracks 1510 of World War r Veterans, was a 'fanner trustee for Parsons College and a fonner board

. member of the Westminster Foundation . 'In Iowa City.

He married Grace E. Redfield June 18,

Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. , at the First United Presbyterian Olurch wlth the Rev. Louis Wollenberg officiatmg with burial in Ottwnwa Cerntery. A memorial has' been established payable to either the , First United Presbyterian Church or :the coronary 'care unlt at Ottumwa Hospital. The Jay Funeral Home is in charge ' of arrangel!lents.

Tliree hurt, one killed .

in Farmington accident FARMINGTON - A Revere, Mo., man the sheriff's office and local firemen..

was. killed and three persons were In· Vohmteer firemen got the injured out of lured Wednesday at 6:45 p.nf.1n a one- the car and hosed gasoline off the veruc1e accident on Hl~hw8y 2 at the wes:L-1:Javement.


pnuwgrapner • 'Jzves program FARMINGTON - An un·

derwater photographer, Mary Rl~' gave Ute program Jan. 22 .. .Ie Fannlngton Business AssociaUon meeting. . Ms. Rider has been an un·

derwater ,photographer five years. She showed color picture sUdes taken in the Caribbean waters 'of the Cayman Islands, 'West indies. '},e has been down to a depth of 300 feet. '

"It 's 8 fascinating world down there and It's easy to get hOoked on it," she.: said at the conclusion of her program.

Members of the association ,lected Mr. and Mrs. Keith Muntz of Mimtz Farm Supply 'IS presidents. Also elected .. ere Mr. and Mrs. Raymond DeRosear of DeRosear 8lectric and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smlth of Farmington Propane' as vice presidents, l nd, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kno-'" of F & K Trading Post lS :.. . etary-treasurers.

Leo Craver • director agam

CENTERVILLE - Leo Craver of Centervllle has been r""lected to the Jefferson Savings and Loan Association board of directors.

Also r""lected as directors were Scott Jordan and Dr. L.B. Carter. Rlck L. Brown, vice president and .secretary, was elected to 8 ' new three-year term to fill 'S vacancy created by the retirement of R.C. Norman.

.... e.········D _. _.- --_. _-_. , Burial wlll be in Batavia Cemetery, Batltv.la, and pallbearers wl\l be pa)t.grand officers, Cad NelsOn, Norval Marks, Layden Wentworth, Joe Evans, Charles Glibert, Robert Kllfoil, Harold Larson, Ray Cunningham; Robert Weakland and Walter, Buffon . A memorial fund has been established payable to either the Davis' Streel Christian Church or Kllwinning Masonic Lodge No. 198, Batavla. ~, .

......... ..~................ •. ~~-- - - tsureau ot me pouee Consolidated School and ment. graduated from St. Joseph Academy and Ottumwa Heights College. She received Meeting to b her B.A. from St. Ambrose College in Davenport and M.A. ISU, line TUI from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minn. She also studied at there will be a the University of Iowa in Iowa Tuesday at 7:30 p.n City and Creighton University Wapello County E in Omaha, Neb. ' Service office, 211 E,

She taught at Ottumwa for persons who wou Heights for two 'years and was feeted by constructi a member of the Dowling IUgh proposed ,Iowa :

, Schooi, Des Moines, faculty for , Utilities transmissior, BEKMAN SERVICE , 12 years. She alsO taught at St. The line is to run

Services for Elmer K. Bek· '. Ambrose Academy in ' site of the ct. man, 75, of 232 E. Fifth, who Davenport; Walsh High generating staUon died Thursday 'at Ottumwa School, Ottumwa; Catholic under constructi

' Hospital, will be Saturday at 1 Centrai Righ .. School, Great ottumwa, Propert) p.m. 'at the , First. United Falls, Mont.; St. Leo's High whose land would l> Presbyterian, Church with the Schooi, Lewistown, Mont.; and by the line hava,'bee Rev. Louis Wollenberg of· elementary ' schools In by registered nihil. ficlaUng with burlai in Ottumwa, Marshalltown, Organizers say th, Ottum~a . Cemetery. - A Stuart, Georgetown and Tuesday will be ( memorial has been established Parnell. Since 1969 she has with ways to bl< payable to either the First been teaching at St. Albert'. strucUon of the line. I United Presbyterian Church or Righ School in Councll Bluffs. , persons may coni the coronary care unit at She is survived by one sister, Black at 682-6953 Ottumwa Hospital and the Jay Mrs. Joe Scanlan of Nodaway; , Cobler at 684-4052 Funeral Home is 'in charge of and several nieces and information. .arrangements. nephews. She was the cousin of

He was Wapello County Sister Miriam Clare Miller of attorney for six sears, served Ottwnwa. in the Iowa Senate for 16 years Mass will be offered at St. and was a member of the Aibert's Righ School today at 2 Pioneer Lawmakers. He' p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 married Grace E. Redfield a.m. at Corning. The Rev. Paul . June 18, 1924 in Mason City. Donahue, Ottumwa Heights She survives. Center Chaplain; wlll celebrate

Also surviving are one a Requiem Mass Sunday at daughter,Louise Larew of 3:45 p.m. in the Chapel of the Iowa City; three grand· Magnificat, Ottumwa Heights children; one brother. Richard . Center. K. Bekman of Mount Hermon, The Rosary wlll be recited Calli.; and one sister, Dora Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Corbin of ottumwa. Heights Chapel and burial will

The Urne of the funeral was be in Mount Olivet Cemetery incorrectly reportecj In on the Ottumw': Heights Thursday's Courier. Center grounds.

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, At year·end , 1975, the association's assets reached $27 million, 22.2 per cent more than the ' previous year . In' 'st paid to depositors",as $1. . mUllon, a 43.8 per cent , increase. .' '

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j.'.h. IYM d);h, J. · Wapello County HistorIcal. Society, member of Barracks 1510 of World War r Veterans, was a 'fanner trustee for Parsons College and a fonner board . member