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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 7

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I Obituaries ROBERT L. BRAYMAN Services for Robert L. Brayman, 51, of St. Paul, a former Des Moines resident who' died of cancer Saturday at a St. Paul hospital, will be at 2 p.m.

today at Christ the King Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minn. Burial will be at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. A Des Moines native, Mr. Brayman had lived in St. Paul several years.

He was a field representative for a food wholesale company and was a member of Christ the King Church in Minneapolis. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a son, Jack of Minneapolis; three daughters, Mrs. Jill Hunt of Minneapolis, Mrs. Kathleen Schnellman of St. Paul, and Mrs.

Barbara Hauser of Lakeland, two brothers, Walter of Des Moines and Kenneth of Broomfield, his father, Walter Brayman of Winterset, and six grandchildren. The family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society. Werness Brothers Funeral Home in Minneapolis is in charge of service arrangements. ROBERT JAMES HAMILTON JR. Services for Robert James Hamilton 56, of 2836 Capitol who died Tuesday at Des Moines General Hospital, will be at noon Thursday at Hamilton's Funeral Home.

Burial will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery. The cause of death is unknown, pending results of an autopsy. Mr. Hamilton was born in Colfax. He lived in Marshalltown before moving to Des Moines 32 years ago.

He was a retired security officer with A-1 Detective Agency and was a member of Galilee Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Jane Ellen; two daughters, Katherine Stilwell of Ames and Patricia Hamilton of Des Moines; four sons. Robert J. III and John both of Des Moines, Daniel C. of New Market, and Aaron T.

of Branson, and five grandchildren. Friends may call today after 10 a.m. at the funeral home. DAN L. GERSTENBERGER Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday at the Grandview Funeral Home for Dan L. Gerstenberger, 30, who died Tuesday at Broadlawns Medical Center. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Memorial services also are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. today at the Metropolitan Transit Authority training room, 1100 MTA Lane.

Mr. Gerstenberger, who was a driver for the MTA, died of gunshot wounds suffered Monday night at the home of his estranged wife, Candy, in the Greenfield Housing development south of Des Moines. Warren County Sheriff Bill Mathews said Tuesday that no charges had been filed in the shooting. He said Tuesday that Gerstenberger had. been shot with a carbine that Gerstenberger's estranged wife had borrowed from a neighbor.

CHARLES SHULER BENDIXEN Services were Thursday in Scottsdale, for Charles Shuler Bendixen, 66, of Davenport, a former Des Moines resident who died of leukemia May 21 at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be scheduled later at Davenport. Burial will be at Woodland Cemetery here. Mr. Bendixen was born in Davenport.

He lived in Des Moines about 12 years and was president of Shuler Coal which he operated out of Davenport after the company moved from the Waukee area in 1949. He was still active in the company. When it closed in 1949, the Shuler company shaft about miles northeast of Waukee was the largest one in Iowa, yielding more than 7 million in its 28 years of operation. Mr. Shuler was a trustee for the Thompson Trust here and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Davenport.

Survivors include his wife, Arabella; a daughter, Jane Wheatcraft of Reno, a son, DeVere of Des Moines; a sister, Jane Bendixen Murphy of New York City; an uncle, Charles Shuler of Scottsdale; and three grandchildren. The family suggests that any memorial contributions be made 1 to the University of Iowa Athletic Scholarship Fund or a charity of the donor's choice. ROSA CALIGIURI Services for Rosa Caligiuri, 81, of 3600 Indianola Road, who died of a stroke Monday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

Burial will be at Glendale Cemetery. Mrs. Caligiuri was born in Italy and lived in Des Moines for 67 years. She was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

Survivors include four sons, James of Colfax and Frank, Tony and Charles, all of Des Moines; four daughters, Frances Friend of San Bernardino, Mary Campbell of Colorado Springs, and Theresa Caligiuri and Joanne Johnson, both of Des Moines; a brother, John Murano of Des Moines; 20 grandchildren, and 21 great The family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to the St. Anthony's Church Rectory Fund. Rosaries will be recited at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. today at the Tonini Funeral Home.

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Keo Treat Yourself! Final First Term Registration, June 4 Summer Session Drake University 1979 Graduate and Undergraduate Credit Day and Evening Classes For schedule and course information call 271-3769 or call 1-800-362-2416 toll free from anywhere in Iowa. Drake University admits students without regard to sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin or handicap. NO SUSPECTS IN SLAYING OF IOWA CITY MAN By JERALD HETH Register Staff Writer TIPTON, IA. Cedar County Sheriff Keith Whitlatch said here Tuesday that authorities don't have any suspects in the shotgun slaying of Ady Jensen, 39, in his parents' home near West Branch April 13 And, Whitlatch said, law officers are running low on leads. "'We haven't got any really barn-burners left, but we're not quite approaching dead-end," he said.

Jensen, of Iowa City, was shot twice with a .410 gauge shotgun in the dining room of his parents' home while they were tied up in an adjacent room. Ferdinand and Olga Jensen were held captive for 11 hours in their home a quarter mile north of West Branch while the killer waited for a telephone call that served as a signal that Ady was on his way to visit his parents. Whitlatch said investigators still have not come up with a motive for the slaying. He said some leads obtained from an argument between Jensen and the killer moments before the shooting didn't turn out as promising as they were first thought to be. Asked about the contents of the argument, Whitlatch replied: "I imagine he was arguing for his life." Even though the murder weapon has not been found, Whitlatch said he thinks it's just a matter of time before the murder is solved.

"We want to get a real solid case before making a move," he said, adding that agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation are handling most of the investigation. May 30, 1979 DES MOINES REGISTER 7A SENATORS TELL CONCERN OVER COMMON MARKET By GEORGE ANTHAN The Register's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. A bipartisan group of senators from farm states has told the Carter administration that the United States should refuse to participate in an agreement to limit government subsidies on agricultural exports until the European Common Market stops subsidizing its own grain sales abroad. Fourteen senators led by Robert Dole Kan.) and including Roger Jepsen la.) have sent a letter to trade ambassador Robert Strauss stating that "we must express to you our serious concern regarding recent developments in subsidized Common Market. agricultural 'exports" from the The senators want the United States to delay agreeing, as part of the Multinational Trade Treaty, to continue to allow certain European farm products to be imported into this country duty-free, and they want the Common Market countries to exert some discipline in their use of subsidies to support their farm sectors.

In recent months, the Common Market has employed heavy subsidies to sell French wheat abroad, in many cases to traditional U.S. customers. Dole has estimated that the United States has lost up to $700 million in export sales because of this practice. The 14 senators stated in their letter to Strauss that while the United States is continuing to refrain from imposing duties on Common Market imports, it also has been delaying action on a complaint filed by a wheat promotion group, charging that the Common Market has cost U.S. producers some $1 billion in lost sales and requesting that the United States take retaliatory action in the form of import duties against European goods entering this country.

Great Plains Wheat a marketing and export promotion group financed by producers and state wheat commissions, also has asked the Carter administration to retaliate by subsidizing American grain exports. Backing the complaint are the Chicago Board of the National Association of Corn Growers, the National Association of Wheat Growers and various state wheat boards. The complaint was filed with Strauss' office, as required by law, and hearings have been held. But the administration has issued no decision. Instead, the Multinational Trade Treaty calls for the United States to continue to waive its own tariffs on imported Common Market products, such as cheese.

Dole and the other senators told Strauss in the letter that while the United States is continuing this tariffwaiving policy as a 'good faith" gesture, "We find no comparable good faith gestures or any indication of the European commitment to abide by the spirit and intent of the code regarding agricultural export subsidies." In addition to subsidizing its wheat sales, there have been indications the Common Market has been selling subsidized sugar and beef in the United States. Scott escapee arrested in Kansas The Register's lowa News Service DAVENPORT, IA. One of the two men who sawed their way out of the Scott County Jail last Friday was arrested Tuesday in the Kansas City, suburb of Mission, Scott County Sheriff Forrest Ashcraft said. The escapee, Reece Jones, 22, of nearby Shawnee Mission, was being held in the Olathe, jail Tuesday afternoon pending extradition proceedings to return him to Iowa. He was in jail here awaiting trial on a bad checks charge, but Ashcraft said Jones now will have to face an additional charge for escaping.

Still at large Tuesday afternoon was Jeffrey Gruetzmacher, 21, of Bettendorf, who was awaiting trial on drug charge. In gaining their freedom, the two men sawed through bars in their cell doors and in one jail window. A jail guard was supposed to have made inspections of the cellblock every half hour. Ashcraft said Tuesday that at least one jailer will be disciplined as result of the escape. April withdrawals set savings and loan record WASHINGTON, D.C.

(AP) Record savings withdrawals were reported by the nation's federally insured savings and loan associations in April, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board reported Tuesday. Withdrawals at the 4,050 thrift institutions exceeded deposits by $1.5 billion last month, according to a board statement. Board President Robert McKinney blamed the savings outflow on a decline in popularity of money market certificates. The thrift institutions had been allowed to pay a quarter of a percentage point more in interest on the certificates than commercial banks until mid-March, when the bonus was eliminated by federal regulators. Last week the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks had reported that mutual savings banks had seen a record $1.1 billion in savings outflow in April.

The mutual savings banks also blamed the change in money market certificate rates for the savings loss. The withdrawals in excess of deposits called disintermediation concern not only the thrift institutions but also the housing industry, which looks to savings banks and savings and loan associations for construction and mortgage money. Scarce Money When disintermediation last occurred in 1974, mortgage money became scarce and expensive. Housing starts dropped from more than 2 million in 1973 to 1.3 million in 1974 and 1.2 million in 1975. The housing market did not recover fully until 1977.

It has been kept alive since last June by money market certificate deposits, housing experts say. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which regulates federally insured savings and loans, reported last week that new certificate deposits in April totaled $5.8 billion, the lowest monthly increase since September. The bank board said other factors also contributed to the savings outflow last month. "Savings flow in April is typically poor and irregular because of variation from year to year in the importance of tax payments and other strong seasonal factors," the board's statement said. "Therefore it seems likely that the April experience overstates the impact of this (money market) change." A bank board official, who asked that his name not be used, said new deposits at savings and loan associations in April totaled $25.5 billion and withdrawals were $27 billion.

The $1.5 billion savings loss compared with a $400 million savings inflow in April of 1978. Previous disintermediation occurred in the same month in 1974, 1969, 1968, 1966 and 1965, but none was as severe, the board said. The largest, it said, was an $800 million outflow in April 1966. Mortgages Increase Still, mortgage loans closed by federally thrift associations increased 12 2 percent from March to April to $8.5 billion, the board said. Commitments for future mortgage lending rose by $1.7 billion to $22.6 billion, the board said, adding that "associations reduced their holdings of liquid assets sharply and borrowed heavily in April in order to increase mortgage lending activity (to about seasonal levels) in the face of substantial savings outflow." The bank board official said he expected the April disintermediation would begin showing up in reduced mortgage activity in May or June statistics.

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