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I GLOBB-GAZBT August 17, 1977 Maton City, Iowa North Iowa deaths dies of heart ailment Elvis Presley 15 They were married in 1967 and divorced in 1973. They had one daughter, Lisa Marie, 9. Presley, who had rarely emerged from his mansion grounds in recent years except for performances, had been hospitalized at Baptist in April when be cut short a tour in Louisana and returned to Memphis. At that time, be was said to be suffering from exhaustion and intestinal flu. In the past two yean, he bad also been hospitalized for eye problems and for what doctors described as a twisted colon.

Private funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Graceland with entombment at Forest Hills Mausoleum, about two miles from the mansion. record "Blue Moon of Kentucky." The recording became a hit. His career was largely the creation of a promotional genius, Col. Tom Parker.

Presley made his appearances on the Ed Sullivan show after Parker became bis manager. When Presley was drafted in the 1960s, Parker capitalized on it issuing a record album with the soldier-star's picture in uniform. He let photographers record the Army's shearing of the famous locks, a major media event that generated front page publicity around the world. His fan club once had 400,000 members in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, England, France and Australia. In Germany he met the daughter of an Air Force officer, Priscilla Beaulieu.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Elvis Presley, the one-time truck driver who as a rock o' roll singer was idolized by fans and denounced by preachers as the devil's tool, is dead of a heart ailment at age 42. Doctors denied Presley's death was drug-connected. Dr. George Nichopouloen longtime physician to the swivelhipped, throaty baritone who was known as the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," said an autopsy revealed a constriction in one of the main arteries to the heart, which restricted blood flow and brought on a heart attack.

"What caused it? Any one of a number of things," he said following Presley's death Tuesday. Nichopoulos said his patient, who carried about 175 pounds on a six-foot frame as a young man but recently had been reported grossly overweight, had been taking a number of appetite depressants, but did not have a drug problem. Dr. Jerry Francisco, the Shelby County medical examiner, discounted rumors that Presley, who had been a virtual recluse at his white-columned Graceland mansion for 20 years, had suffered from a drug problem. "There was no indication of drug abuse at all," Francisco said.

"I was aware of the rumors and that is why I mention it." Delbert "Sonny" West, who was a Presley bodyguard for 16 years, said in Chicago just hours before Presley died that the singer was heavily addicted to drugs and haunted by fears that drove him into seclusion. Presley, whose recording of "Heartbreak Hotel" helped to put him on top of the entertainment world 21 years ago, was discovered unconscious at Graceland in suburban Memphis on Tuesday afternoon. Elvis in 1957 In the mid I f. I Presley was found dressed in pajamas and lying face-up in the red-carpeted bathroom next to his second-floor bedroom. He was taken to Baptist Hospital in a Fire Department ambulance while Nichopoulos and emergency medical technicians worked to revive him.

The doctor said attempts to revive Presley, who appeared in 31 films including "Love Me Tender," "GI Blues," and "Jailhouse Rock," continued because of a slight chance life still existed in his body. "The reason we continued to resuscitate him was his pupils were constricted," the doctor said at a hospital news conference after an autopsy. "Usually in death, there's not enough oxygen and the pupils dilate." "Heartbreak Hotel" the first hit for Presley, was released in January 1956. It was one of 45 records that sold more than one million copies, including Dog," "All Shook Up" and "It's Now Or Never." Booming record sales and overflowing audiences at personal appearances made the entertainer who combined country-western, gospel and rhythm and blues one of the world's wealthiest entertainers. When TV brought "Elvis The Pelvis" into millions of homes, parents' groups denounced the raw sexuality of his performance as a bad influence on children.

His gyrating hips were only mildly suggestive compared to many of today's rock performers, but on the Ed Sullivan Show, he was shown only from the waist up. Vernon Presley, the star's father, was taking his son's death "very badly," said family friend Dr. Elias Ghanem in Las Vegas. 60s In 1971 At 1977 cm Go 11 wHk of i Presley, whose new single. "Way Down," was at the top of Billboard's latest list of Hot Country Singles, was to have flown to Portland, Maine, Tuesday night to begin an 11-day tour of the North- east and South.

Presley had played racquetball at his private court until almost 6 a.m. Tuesday. Word of Presley's death swept across this city where he had lived since leaving his birthplace, Tupelo, at the age of 13. Mayor Wyeth Chandler ordered flags in the city lowered to half-staff in memory Presley. Elvis was working as a truck driver after graduating from Memphis' Humes High School when he walked into Sam Phillips' office at Sun Records in 1955 to concert AP photo AP photo Edward Nesset NORTHWOOD Funeral services for Edward Nesset, 83, who died Tuesday night at a Lake Mills nursing home, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Shell Rock Synod Lutheran Church at Northwood. Burial will be in Sunset Hest Cemetery at Northwood. Mr. Nesset was a retired Worth County farmer, Survivors include two daughters, Mildred Peterson, Albert Lea, and Florence Thompson, Minneapolis, and two sisters, Alma Adams, Iowa Falls, and Minnie Langsdorf, Red Wing, Minn. The Mittelstadt Funeral Home at Lake Mills is in charge of arrangements.

Maynard Yoeman CORWITH Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Carter Funeral Home in Kanawha for Maynard Yoeman, 75, Corwith, who died Monday. The Rev. Bernard Tucker of the Corwith Baptist Church officiated. Burial was in the Vernon Township Cemetery at Renwick. Kenneth Haugen FERTILE Funeral services for Kenneth E.

Haugen, 66, who died Monday at an Owatonna, hospital, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fertile Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arnold Hedin will officiate and burial will be in Grant Center Cemetery, rural Clear Lake. Olson-Petersen Funeral Home, Forest City, is handling arrangements.

Mr. Haugen, a former Fertile resident, operated nursing homes in Owatonna and Fairmont, and lived in Waseca, since his retirement. He was a veteran of World War Survivors include his wife, Ethel (Brakke); two daughters, Mrs. Jerome (Karen) Leffler, Richfield, and Aleah Haugen, Waseca; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Johnson and Mrs.

Hazel Stokke, both of Fertile; and four grandchildren. Everett A. Schipull LU VERNE Funeral services for Everett A. Schipull, 51, of LuVeme, who died Tuesday at a Humboldt hospital, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, LuVerne, with the Rev.

Edward Zelley officiating. Visitation will be at the Blake Funeral Home, LuVerne, after noon Thursday, with burial in the LuVerne Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be performed by the Ernest Merkle Post 664 of the American Legion. Mr. Schipull was a LuVeme farmer, head of the LuVerne volunteer ambulance squad, veteran of Wo? Id War II and commander of the Ernest Merkel American Legion post.

He is survived by his wife, Ceci'e; a daughter. Mona, at home; four sons, Dale. Mankato, Lee, Pomeroy; Bert. Fort Dodge, and Jay, Goldheld; a granddaughter; a brother, Gerald, Austin, Texas, two sisters, Ms. Lois Schipull, Love Park, and Mrs.

Robert (Doris) Barber, LuVerne. Ben Greiman GARNER Funeral services for Ben V. Greiman, 81, long-time Garner area farmer who died Tuesday at a Mason City hospital, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Peace Reformed Church south of Garner. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Greiman was a veteran of World War I and a member of 'he American Legion, Garner Rotary Club and on the board of directors of Prauie View Apartments in Gamer. Survivors include his wife. Iris, Garner; a son, Clayton, Garner; three grandchildren, and two brothers, Oscar and Addis, both of Garner. The Bohn-Cataldo Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bradley Brunsvold LELAND Funeral arrangements for Bradley A. Brunsvold, 41, rural Leland, are pending at Olson-Petersen Funeral Home, Forest City. Mr. Brunsvold was dead on arrival Tuesday at the Forest City Municipal Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack while driving a car in downtown Forest City. Survivors include his wife, Iona (Floy); and two brothers, Robert, Forest City, and Mark, Thompson.

Braunger awarded doctorate degree James Braunger, principal of Grant Elementary School in Mason City, was awarded a doctorate degree at summer graduate ceremonies at the University of Iowa. Besides his duties as principal, Braunger serves as Affirmative Action Officer for the Mason City Community School district. Braunger also serves as chairperson of the state board of directors of the Migrant Action Program (MAP). His other community activities include serving on the Community Action Program (CAP) board of directors, serving on the advisory council for the multi-purpose centers, and serving as board member of Help Our People Enterprises (HOPE). Braunger is an active Democrat and has served as a delegate to county, district and state conventions as well as precinct chairperson.

Braunger's Ph.D. dissertation surveyed all 1,200 elementary principals and superintendents in Iowa regarding the effects of collective bargaining on the leadership role and activities of the elementary principal. Community market -f The community market in Central Park, sponsored by the Mason City Parks and Recreation Board, will be open from 7 30 a to noon Thursday. Rental fee is one dollar per stand on a first-come first-served basis. More information is available by calling 423-2614, extension 50.

MIRJAIL DdDWMS? ipnancDrs Values to $130.00 I BROKEN SIZES FROM 36 TO 56 I SHORTS TO X-LONGS I HURRY WHILE THE SELECTION LASTS! I Sideburns split Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley gets his first Army style haircut in March 1958 at Fort Chaffee, from barber James B. Peterson of Cans, Okla. Presely quipped: "Hair today, gone tomorrow." mm (r if Hometown fans The hands of hometown fans reach out to Elvis Presley Sept. 27, 1956, as the rock roll star performs at the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair, Tupelo, Miss. He was born in the area..