Deaths Ethel Kennedy Johnson and More in Cedar Rapids
Obituaries listing Ethel Kennedy Johnson 71 of 1216 Third Street SE who died after a long illness, and Ronald Sauer 64 of 2547 Worthington Drive SW who died Friday. Also noted are James Arthur Davis 70, Koszta Mildred Slaymaker 71, Victor Rene DeCaluwe 81, and Lester E. Collum 71 with funeral details, burial places, and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Kennedy Johnson
Third Street
Lars Johnson
Greens Grove
William Grafton
Cedar Rapids
Chester Kennedy
Hiawatha
Emery Kennedy
Brush Chapel
Maurice Gamble
Linwood
Ronald
Doc) Sauer
Worthington Drive
Quasqueton
Iowa Manufacturing
Iowa Well Drillers Assn
Eastern Iowa Tractor Pull Assn
Arlene Lloyd
Constance, Brodersen
Joan Scolaro
Judith Wrigley
Sandra Rierson
Rhonda Snow
Kathy Sauer
Sharon Barton
Fairfield
Lauretta Serbousek
Swisher
Larry
California
Joseph Staton
Dundee
Ernest Blue
Douglas Hall
Waterloo
Earnest
Brandon
Marion
Olin
DeVere
Troy Mills
Leon
James Arthur Davis
Park Towne Place
Mitchell
S.D
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Hebron
A.M
Oelwein
James L
Ronald H
Davis H
Robins
Don
Richard
Turner’s East
Edward M. Bateman
the Faith Bible Church
Shiloh
Koszta
Mildred Slaymaker
McAninch-Fremming Chapel
Victor
Rene DeCaluwe
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Belle Plaine
Lester E. Collum
Christ United Methodist Church
T.W. van Beck’s
Closed Because of Tension CCA Office Will Reopen Monday
The Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse CCA office closedFriday noon reopens 9 a.m. Monday as staff tensions rise after three terminations cited as financial. The board debated cuts and a potential full draw of Title XX funds while new leadership and funding plans take shape ahead of April 18 funding meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCA
Citizens’ Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Gazette
Chuck Danning
William Harnish
Canning
Cunning
Jerry Murray
Citizens’ Committee
Gazette Stockholders Elect Board in Annual Meeting
The Gazette Co. stockholders held their annual meeting on Friday electing J. F. Hladky Jr, Elizabeth T. Barry, John L. Donnelly, William C. Crawford and J. F. Hladky III to the board. The directors then chose Hladky Jr as president and general manager, Hladky III as executive vice president, Crawford as vice president, and Donnelly as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette Co
J. F. Hladky, Jr
Elizabeth T. Barry
John L. Donnelly
William C. Crawford
J.F. Hladky III
J.F. Hladky, Jr
William Crawford
John Donnelly
Demo Panel Raps Carter Over White House Patronage
The Democratic National Committee denounced President Carter on Friday over patronage and party protocol. A resolution condemning White House treatment of state parties passed by a loud voice vote as critics cited sparse appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Carter
White House
Richard Ista
North Dakota
Ista
April births mark new arrivals at multiple addresses
Vital statistics report wind NE at 12 mph and 10 p.m. weather. Year ago highs reached 52 and lows 30 with no precipitation. April births include Earl J. Quick at 3213 Pebble Drive SW a son. Robert E. Akers at 3822 B Avenue NE a son. Donald F. Stein at 2050 Glass Road NE a daughter. Bernard Carroll at 2941 Sixth Street SW a daughter. In Phoenix a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holder, March 13, Holder is Cedar Rapids native. Local incident notes log 12:55 p.m. Friday grass at 121 Twenty-ninth Avenue SW. 1:47 p.m. Friday defective fuse at 4500 Walker Street NE. 3:28 p.m. Friday flash gas at 500 block Third Avenue SW. 8:25 p.m. Friday possible lightning to electrical service at 1119 Center Point Road NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Florence Driscoll
Center Point Road
Earl J. Quick
Pebble Drive
Robert E. Akers
B Avenue
Donald F. Stein
Glass Road
Bernard Carroll
Sixth Street
Phoenix
Ariz
Richard Holder
Holder
George Krotz
Walker Street
Third Avenue
IE Expands Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co plans a 1.6 million expansion to its spent fuel pool at the Duane Arnold Nuclear Energy Center in Palo to store about 2 000 bundles. The move extends capacity from five to seven years to roughly 13 to 15 years through 1990 as reprocessing remains unavailable. No contracts have yet been awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Duane Arnold
Palo
Coffman Sentenced to 10 Years for Franklin Junior High Break‑in
Robert Charles Coffman, 22, received a 10 year term in the men’s state reformatory at Anamosa after pleading guilty to breaking and entering at Franklin junior high school on January 5. Coffman and Allen Lusk were caught after an alarm. No items were reported stolen at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Charles Coffman
Linn
Anamosa
Franklin Junior High School
Coffman
Allen Eugene Lusk
Cedar Rapids
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Forty-second Avenue NE
Dean Frederick Young
No Conspiracy Ties Found Between de Mohrenschildt and Oswald
Warren commission investigator David Belin said there was no conspiratorial link between de Mohrenschildt and Oswald. He noted the couple testified under oath and were social acquaintances of the Oswalds. Belin also described the Mohrenschildts as Russian-born geologists involved in a Dallas language group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Commission
Des Moines
de Mohrenschildt
Oswald
David Belin
Belin
Hunt
Kennedy
Dallas
Oswalds
Gas-Guzzler Tax Debate Spurs Car Choice Shifts
Murphy argues a $500 tax on large cars and $500 rebate for small models could push buyers to keep old cars. He notes such incentives may slow overall fuel economy gains as drivers postpone upgrading. GM outlined smaller standard cars, but American buyers favor big engines with just 2 percent of 1977 Impala and Caprice sold with a 250 cubic inch six and the rest with 305 or 350 V eight engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Environmental Protection Agency
Cancer research ethics and drug safety debated by Clark
Clark argued the FDA must ban saccharin under current law and urged re evaluation of dosage studies and the relevance of animal results to humans. He noted safety is relative and highlighted the need for risk benefit judgments in new cancer drugs amid a 1975 cancer death rate decline and cigarettes causing about a third of cancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
FDA
The
Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
FEA
United States
Miracle fruit offers controlled sweet taste changes says Henkin
Henkin describes purified miracle fruit as a sweetener that can alter taste perception for a controllable time. He notes early observations by an English missionary in the 1850s and cites a bankrupt Massachusetts company that invested over five million dollars in pulp development. Other soft-drink makers show interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henkin
England
Police arrest Cedar Rapids couple on multiple charges
Cedar Rapids police arrested a man and his wife at 7 50 p m Friday in the 3500 block of Center Point Road NE. Charles A Fitz 54 of 820 Thirtieth Street NE was charged with drunk driving Beverly 49 was charged with intoxication and resisting an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Charles A. Fitz
Not Chicken But Injured While Demonstrating Love
Richard Delacruz, 28, of Sparks Nevada, stood before an eastbound freight train in Reno to prove he was not chicken. He was struck as he tried to jump clear, suffering a broken shoulder and a lacerated ear, according to a Washoe Medical Center spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Delacruz
Sparks
Nev
Reno
Washoe Medical Center
Delacruz
Pleads Not Guilty to Multiple Burglary Charges
John Wilks aged 26 pled not guilty in Linn district court to aggravated burglary carrying a concealed weapon and burglary. A jury trial was scheduled for May 16. He allegedly broke into Donald Anderson's home at 1428 Third Avenue SE on March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilks
Linn District Court
Wilks
Donald Anderson
Third Avenue SE
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Ethel Johnson
Ronald Sauer
Brushchapel
Cedar Memorial
James A. Davis
Iowa
Tom Merryman
Jeff Voskans
Harnish
Danning
Voskans
State Office
Fred Uphoff
Vision
Gazette Stockholders
Pherson
St. Luke's
Twenty-ninth Avenue
C.R. Weather
Rockies
Pueblo, Colo
Joan E. Lapes
Glomat
Sri Ave. SE
H.L. Hunt
Reno, Nev
UPI
Wilbert Brand
Wilbert
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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