Deaths and Funeral Notices from Cedar Rapids Area
Obituaries list several Cedar Rapids area residents and others with funeral details. Notables include Gertrude J. Kettler of Kingston Hill died after a brief illness. Leona E. Feltes and Margaret L. Landherr with services planned. Mae E. Heins and Marie R. Porch with burial at Cedar Memorial. Stacy Rae Ward and Angela Lynn Strothers noted in services. Funeral homes Turner chapel west Campbell Russell Witt's Goettsch's Teahen Crematory and Cedar Memorial are named with service times and burial locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude J. Kettler
Kingston Hill
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Mich
Western Union
Miss Kettler
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Mary Steele Society
Cedar
Eastern Star
Gethsemane White Shrine
Florence Pancratz
Turner Chapel West
Nadim Saikaly
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Dysart
Harold Seebach
United Methodist Church
Overton’s
Elkader
William Allen West
Witt’s. Belle Plaine
Lester Collum
T.W. van Beck
S. Anamosa
August Andresen
Goettsch’s
Sigourney
Millie Harras
Walker
Anamosa
Angela Lynn
Allan Strothers
Leona E. Feltes
D Avenue NE
Delhi
Raymond M. Feltes
Petersburg
William E. Feltes
Gladys Feltes
Clarence Willenborg
Gregory Willenborg
Dubuque
Wilemina Reicher
Marie R
Chapel of Memories
William P. Leonard
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Three more CCA staff fired after board session
The Citizens Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse dismissed counselors Carl Illick and Mike Lillies and secretary Kathy Gourley amid a broader terminations that left five counselors. The agency faces debt and leadership turmoil with the executive director previously ousted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Board of Directors
Carl Illick
Mike Lillies
Kathy Gourley
William Harnish
Bob Gross
Lillies
Miss Gourley
Illick
Gross
Slick
Harnish
Oilmen and anti Castro Cubans tied to JFK plot
Washington insiders discuss a reported conspiracy linking Texas oilman H. L. Hunt and anti Castro Cubans to the Kennedy assassination. Dutch journalist Willem Oltmans cites George de Mohrenschildt as saying he acted as middleman between Hunt and Lee Harvey Oswald. De Mohrenschildt, who died by suicide, previously suggested CIA and FBI officials were involved. The FBI notes an Oswald letter to a Mr Hunt is under investigation with no confirmed recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Texas
Kennedy
Willem Oltmans
George de Mohrenschildt
H. L. Hunt
Lee Harvey Oswald
Hunt
Oltmans
Abc-Tv
Good Morning America
House Committee On Assassinations
de Mohrenschildt
CIA
FBI
Palm Beach
Fla
House Committee
NBC
Cuba
Oswald
Marina
Warren Commission
Dallas
Two Injured In Accidents In Iowa City Area
Nicholas R. Coutentos twenty four of 2925 Johnson avenue NW was in critical condition at St Luke's hospital after his car struck a parked semi trailer on Friday near O avenue NW and Eighteenth street. Fire crews freed him from the wreck. David Whiteside thirty three of 422 Second street SW sustained a broken jaw when his car veered off I 380 struck a guard rail and barricade and he was moved to University hospitals in Iowa City in satisfactory condition.
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Nicholas R. Coutentos
Johnson Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Coutentos
O Avenue NW
Eighteenth Street
O Avenue
David Whiteside
Second Street
I-380
Whiteside
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Subcommittee Approves Iowa Tax Bill
Des Moines AP The special property tax subcommittee approved a package to continue real estate credits while eliminating the personal property tax in 1979. Gov. Ray proposes caps on value growth, freezes phase-out, and retains farm and homestead credits to avoid higher taxes. The measure moves to the Senate Ways and Means Committee for review Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Senate
Ways-Means Committee
Robert Ray
Ray
Full Ways-Means Committee
Tougher law for Darvon targets abuse and overdoses
The DEA tightens rules on Darvon production and prescribing due to deaths from overdoses and widespread misuse. Regulators require tracking of quantities sold and cap refills at five per prescription. Dr. Robert Zendzian calls the drug less effective than claimed and criticizes doctors for overprescribing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Robert Zendzian
Zendzian
Francis' Father Dies in Las Vegas
Peter Ingalia, father of singer Connie Francis, died Thursday in Las Vegas at age 67. The notice includes a Thought for Today quote from the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Peter Ingolia
Connie Francis
Drug traffic through Cedar Rapids airport tied to multimillion flows
Informants described a major drug network feeding Eastern Iowa from Cedar Rapids area, with over $1 million in hard drugs and $3 to $4 million in soft drugs moving through the region. Cocaine and heroin prices remained steady, while authorities noted increased airport dog sniffing and ongoing police efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ami
Fla
Cedar Rapids
Crowley
Iowa City
Iowa
Mark Corrigan
Metro Narcotics Team
Metro
Corrigan
Miami
Chicago
California
Mexico
Southwest
Miller
Herman
the Gazette
Senate ethics code details limit outside income and perks
The senate code caps speech honorariums at 1000 dollars and bans costly gifts from lobbyists. It abolishes office slush funds, curbs free mail, restricts staff fundraising, and bars job discrimination. Byrd argues the $57,500 pay raises ties lawmakers to full-time service. An amendment delays the 15 percent income cap to 1979 after a long floor fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Congress
Bette
Senate Bills Move on Campus Funding and Replacements
The Lindquist Center bill cleared the Senate 48 to 0 with a clause triggering its funds on House passage and the governor’s signature. Other actions include 46 to 0 approval of 1.512 million for the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School and 2.825 million for the Iowa School for the Deaf for 1977 78, plus 1.3 million to offset federal funding losses for health colleges. The Senate also approved 44 to 4 a 3.18 million appropriation to replace student fees and tuition for bonds financing campus buildings at Iowa and Iowa State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Richey
Senate
House
Robert Ray
Audubon News-Advocate
West Des Moines Express
Iowa Braille
Vinton
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Dentistry
Veterinary Medicine
Iowa
Iowa State
Carter Plans June Start for Federal Reorganization
President Carter will begin the reorganization push in June after signing the reform bill next week. Rex Granum says he will first revamp the executive office to create a model for government overhaul. The House approved the measure 395 to 22 and the Senate sent it to Carter for signature, with plans to allow automatic agency reshaping in 60 days unless Congress rejects it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Rex Granum
Granum
House
Senate
White House
Congress
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Citizens’ Committee
Approxi
Mately
CCA
Department of Adult Corrections
Gourley
Ing
Health Center
Third Avenue SE
Beverly Timmer
Timmer
Dick Sparck
Subcommittee
Darvon
Francis
Mt. Vernon Rd
John E. Lapes
The
Brittany Spaniel
Miam
Arizona
Lindquist Center
Cedar Memorial
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