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LOWEST PRICE THIS WINTER! Join by February 7 for ONLY $10! JOIN NOW FOR ONLY $10! I Join by February 7 at these convenient locations: IWlTBMItT.W Continued from Page IB Armstrong bristles slightly at the suggestion he could be called "The Man Who Doesn't Retire." "I don't look at it that way," Armstrong says. "I just am very thankful to the Lord I have such good health. I think not only is it good for me to be busy, I have some things I would like to get done." He's hunting for river-front property to build a 15- to 30-story condominium building that would feature doctors' services and a health club. It would be connected by a skywalk to other downtown buildings. Armstrong continues a longstanding custom of investing in downtown Cedar Rapids business properties.

Last month he paid more than a half-million dollars for side-by-side build ings housine the oreman ana uam store and the vacant Kubias Hardware store. He and his wife, Esther, also own three residential properties, including their home, which was designed and built bv their friend, the then-undiscovered artist Grant Wood. Sold Stock in Store Armstrong no longer owns stock in the department store founded by his father, Samuel, in 1890 or in a related realty company and parking lot oper ation. He and Esther lost majority stock control in the companies last year and sold out. Armstrong refuses to discuss details of the situation publicly.

I have as much interest in the store as I ever did psychologically, if not financially, he says. Armstrong now is owned by an employee stock ownership trust, gov erned by President Allen Peremsky; Mimi Meffert, vice president and one of four Armstrong daughters; and James Miller, vice president for finance. Armstrong, who had retired in 1972 from active involvement in the store, moved his office after the stock buy out from the store to another building. "I just love my work," he says. "I think it's good for my health, too." Armstrong calls himself a realist.

"According to the actuaries, the aver age person my age will live approximately three and a quarter years more," he says. "So I'm realistic about it. I'm trying to get certain things done. "Innovator" Many recognize him as a man of vi sion. "He's an innovator of a lot of new things," says Peremsky, president of Armstrong's.

"In every facet of his career, social issues and business, he has many times been far ahead of the conventional thirking but which in due time came to pass." Armstrong, for example, champi oned civil rights issues long before it was popular. Despite the loss of cus tomers and friendships, he urged his church congregation to sell property to a black physician before it was so cially acceptable. He been a very prominent citi zen, says Mayor Donald Lanney "He's a profound supporter of the central business district, an astute businessman and certainly a charitable person. I have a great deal of re spect and admiration for Robert Armstrong. Armstrong says he and his wife tra ditionally have given away 20 per cent of their annual income.

When they die, all their assets will be given to charity. "We have given a substantial amount to each of our four daugh ters," he says. "That's a great plenty I think. History is full of examples of people who have been ruined by re ceiving money they didn't earn. The average young person is spoiled by receiving money they didn earn." Beneficiaries Coe College, where both he and Es ther received degrees, is one beneficiary.

Others include their church and mission outreach, Cornell College, the YMCA (where Armstrong served on the board), United Way and its MISSOURI VALLEY Presbyterian Church St. Patrick's Catholic Church Police officer very respected Continued from Page IB "more than just casual relationship at one time." A neighbor said Anton's feelings for Webb cooled, however, and she became upset because another woman stayed overnight in his apartment. "Anna was appalled because Greg had entertained a girlfriend upstairs," said Shirley Edgecomb, a neighbor and friend. "Anna, a very religious person, sprinkled holy water up and down the steps to his apartment to convince him of his sins." Chief Webb had reported Anton missing Dec. 15.

On Dec. 27, less than three months after she moved into the apartment, Anton's nude and frozen body was found in a farm field north of Lyons near Walthill, Neb. She had been shot three times with a pistol. Webb helped identify her body. He was so cool and calm through the whole thing," said Edgecomb, his neighbor.

Webb vanished Dec. 30 after inves tigators started searching both his and Anton's apartments. He was last seen in Lyons directing traffic for a funeral. His car was found Wednes day in a car lot in Fremont, 35 miles south of Lyons. Webb was fired Tuesday for dere liction of duty the same day the first-degree murder charge was filed.

According to officials, investiga tors used chemicals to find traces of blood matching Anton's type in her apartment, in Webb's, and in the hallway and the stairs of the duplex. Investigators said Webb, accompa nied by another person, traded his 1971 Mercury Cougar to Jalopy John's Used Cars in Fremont, Dec. 29. He then talked to a travel agent before returning to Lyons the morning of Dec. 30, where he directed traffic for a funeral before disappearing.

A Burt County, officer said Webb had talked about going to South America to make money flying airplanes. He graduated from the Nebraska Law Enforcement Center at Grand Island before joining the Lyons Police Department in 1977. Webb had served with a mercenary unit in Rhodesia for about 10 weeks in 1977 while on leave from his previous job as a Burt County deputy sheriff, officials -said. Zl? mm MIRE fMmmmM. support organization, the Sinclair Society, the Cedar Rapids Art Museum and the Community Welfare Foundation, he says.

Wnat Armstrong inherited from his father, besides a department store and six parcels of land, is a wealth of doctrines about business. "I feel this is a very wise time to build," says Armstrong, who received an MBA from Harvard University in 1920. "I like to eat lunch when other people are not eating lunch. It's the same way with building." Like his father, Armstrong has poured more of his investment money into local real estate than stocks in distant companies. "My father felt the city had been very good to him and he should put his money back.

Therefore he invested in real estate, which I continue to do." With Peter Bezanson, Armstrong built Cedar River Tower Apartments, a 25-story downtown apartment building. He envisions his condominium building, to be called Skyway River Tower, will be popular with retirees as well as young people. Souls Lost and Found "This would be very helpful in retaining people in Cedar Rapids," Armstrong says. "It's a great mistake for people to retire and leave a community where they're known. They go off and they're just like lost souls." His soul, Armstrong imagines, will never be lost.

"I feel completely assured about the life beyond this life and believe we will feel just as much at home in that life as we feel at home on this earth." Until that time, there's much to keep him happy. Armstrong already envisions most of the details of the proposed condominiums. Attention to little things is the recipe for success, he says. "The reason we have a good store there is we've done a lot of little things better than the average," Armstrong says. Selection of merchandise at a good price, store ambiance and good employees were all important.

As for risk, Armstrong calculates it carefully, both in the office and out. He points to a small plaque on his office wall. It reads: "There are old pilots, there are bold pilots but no old, bold pilots." iowans' votes in Congress Following are roll call votes of Iowa members of Congress for Jan. 6 and 7: SENATE VOTES Approved, 88 to 4. resolution establishing a select committee to conduct an investigation into the secret mililarv assistance to Iran and the Nicara-guan opposition.

for. Charles Grasslev, Republican; Tom Harkin, Democrat. HOUSE VOTES Bv a vote of 254 to 173 with 2 voting "present," Jim Wright of Texas was elected speaker of the House of Representatives over Robert Michel ol Illinois. For Wright: David Nagle, Neal Smith; Demo crats. For Michel: Fred Grandv, James Leach, Jim Ross Lightfoot, Tom Tauke; Republicans.

Defeated, 175 to 240, motion to recommit the resolution adopting the rules of the House for the 100th Congress to a special committee with instructions to report if back with an amendment to prohibit legislation or amendments containing anv provision to increase the marginal tax rates for individuals or the top rate for businesses in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 For: Grandv, Leach, Lightfoot, Tauke. Against: Nagle, Smith. Approved, 245 to 172, resolution adopting me rules of the House for the 100th Congress. For: Nagle, Smith. Against: Grandv, Leach, Lightloot, Tauke.

Approved, 416 to 2, resolution creating a select committee to investigate covert arms transactions with Iran. For: Grandv, Leach, Lightfoot, Nagle, Smith, Tauke. Independence man charged with child molestation The Register's Iowa News Service INDEPENDENCE, IA. Wade Anthony Miller, 21, of Independence has been charged with committing lascivious acts with a child and indecent contact with a child in connec tion with incidents involving three children, Buchanan County authorities said. Buchanan County Sheriff Leonard Davis said the acts alleeedlv occurred late last year.

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7 pm ESTHERVILLE Senior Citizen 4 North 7th Street Thurs. 7 pm FORT DODGE NEW LOCATION Salvation Army 126 North 7th Mon. 7 pm Sat. 10 am (effective Jan. GLENWOOD Grace United Church 112 North Walnut Mon.

7 pm GRINNELL Veteran's Memorial 4th and Broad Mon. 7 pm HARLAN Shelby County 508 Court Street Tues. 7 pm HUMBOLDT Senior Citizens 607 1st Avenue CHEROKEE Memorial Webb graduated from Central High School in Sioux City in 1968, where he played basketball and was a member of the school's track team. His par ents, Randall and Gladys Webb, were teachers. His mother declined to comment last week on her son's disappearance or the murder charge.

Leland Going, who was Lyons may or for 10 years and left office last month, said he is baffled by the alle gations against Webb. "I still don't think the man is guilty," he said. "I can't understand it. He just lived police work. There were never any complaints about him.

He was respected by everyone. He even worked on his days off as a policeman in Oakland Neb. or as a deputy sheriff. Anton was an enigma to many of the 1,200 residents of Lyons. She was left crippled by a car acci dent 10 years ago.

Friends said her mail was routed to her by two friends in the Milford area. She was impoverished and depended on alms and gifts of food from friends in Lyons. One of the people who regularly kept an eye on Anton was Shirley Ed gecomb, her neighbor. Edgecomb became concerned last month when she did not see Anton for two days. She went to Webb, who had a key to Anton apartment, and he let her in, she said.

Anton dogs were found in the basement. Anton was gone. "We don't know why this hap pened, hdgewood said. ClU." ffi'iA-7Jiiiii 'ilniii et 2J. month Des Moines 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM Monday, January 12 Holiday Inn South Fleur Drive Street 5) Methodist Houdeck Center 7th and Huron Mon.

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Mon. 7 pm OSCEOLA St. Bernard's Church 222 E. Pearl Mon. 7 pm PELLA Community Center 712 Union, Room 201 Mon.

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