Death notices recap Earl Sperring and others in Cedar Rapids
Earl L. Sperring 78 of 138 Thirty-seventh Street NE Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital Thursday. He served in World War I and was a longtime bank employee and millwork worker. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park with Masonic rites. Also noted are Mt. Vernon resident Howard A. Rieger 88 who died in a Mt. Vernon nursing home and other memorials and service details for Letitia A. High France W. Paul France and related notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Sperring
Thirty-seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Thompson
Iowa
Helen Smith
Kenwood Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids Millwork Co
Sperring
Kenwood Park
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Clifton Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Mizpah Lodge
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
MT. Vernon
Howard A. Rieger
Rieger
Jones County
Linn County
Alyce Bear
Presbyterian Church
Raymond E. Hearn
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Baxter Chapel
Harriet N. Langguth
Palo
Lauren Langguth
Chicago
Kahler Grocery
Richard Langguth
Palo United Methodist Church
Lee Roy Collins
Palo Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Obituary notices and funeral details from Iowa communities
Multiple obituaries and memorial notices list ages, birthplaces, spouses, and survivor details for residents of Cedar Rapids Palo Williamsburg Tipton Iowa City Strawberry Point Edgewood West Branch Independence Keota Waterville Kalona and Keota. Funeral times and locations include Palo United Methodist church St. Patrick's Donahue's and various churches and burial sites with caller instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Anna T. Gatens
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Altar
Donahue’s
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Cedar Valley
Oil Pipeline Hearings In Eastern Iowa Across Nine Counties
Iowa Commerce commission examiner to hold informational hearings next week on a 24 inch crude oil pipeline crossing nine counties from southern Illinois through Muscatine Cedar Jones Linn Delaware Buchanan Fayette Winneshiek and Howard to Minnesota. The 135 million proposal by Minnesota Pipeline Co now owned by Ashland Oil and Koch Industries faces ICC formal approval after hearings in Cresco Calmar West Union Independence Manchester Marion Dubuque Maquoketa Anamosa Wilton Tipton. Additional pipeline projects include the Dome natural gas line through eight northeast Iowa counties and an Alaska to Chicago gas line proposal moving through 13 Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Muscatine County
Cedar, Jones, Linn
Delaware
Buchanan
Fayette
Winneshiek
Howard
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Minnesota Pipeline Co
Saint Paul Park
Tipton State Bank
Tipton
Minnesota Pipeline
Alberta
Canada
Monroe County
Mich
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Chicago
Kossuth
Winnebago
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Butler
Bremer
Black Hawk
Linn
Jones
Cedar
Clinton
Scott
Arctic Gas Study Group
Alaskan Arctic Pipeline Co
Canadian Arctic Pipeline Co
Northern Border Pipeline Co
Union Leader Dies In Sun City At 70
Joseph Molony, former international vice president of the United Steelworkers of America, died Thursday in Sun City Arizona. He was 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Molony
United Steelworkers of America
Sun City
Ariz
Motels Versus Police Glares in Driving Message
In this short note from Independence Iowa C J Schmitz emphasizes avoiding drunk driving urging readers that a motel glare is preferable to a highway police stop.
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C.J. Schmitz
Still Hunt Red Car in C.R. Hit-Run
James O'Brien, Jefferson high school industrial arts teacher, was critically injured in a late March hit-and-run in Cedar Rapids. Police have a strong suspect and a damaged red Ford Gran Torino Elite believed involved. authorities urge witnesses to come forward as they pursue the car across surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O’brien
Jefferson High School
St. Luke’s Hospital
O’brien
Cedar Rapids
Louis Stepanek
CRPD
Linn
Eighteenth Street
Tenth Avenue
Uranium price dispute tests Atlas IE contract terms
Atlas argues uranium must sell at contract price though market is higher. IE counters it must pay the lowest feasible price. Atlas produced 116000 pounds for a conversion plant. IE says nondelivery remedies exist. Atlas cites costs 17.40 per pound vs market around 41.50, risking millions in losses. The Iowa court considers jurisdiction over the Delaware firm involved in an Iowa contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Utah
Atlas
Sam Tuthill
Illinois
Tuthill
McManus
McMahus
Delaware
New York
Iowa
Iowa Federal District Court
Impropriety Alleged in City Abandoned Car Reimbursements
Linn County official says city of Cedar Rapids improperly claimed state reimbursements for abandoned car sales costs. Sheriff’s department halted such sales after discovering unreimbursed expenses, with totals cited for 1973 and 1974 and current bills of 17,160 against a limited funding pool.
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David Webster
Linn Sheriff's Department
Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's Department
Webster
Orlie Workman
Gareth Clift
Workman
Lloyd Smith
Smith
George Miller
Miller
Carter ends U.S. support for plutonium processing initiative
President Carter announced an end to government backing for plutonium processing and will seek foreign agreements to restrict plutonium access. He trims the Clinch River breeder project to experimental status and rules out government aid for Barnwell reprocessing. Congress members react with disappointment while allies push breeder programs. Uranium prices have surged to about $53 per pound.
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U.S
Carter
Japan
West Germany
Britain
France
Brazil
Pakistan
Clinch River
Terin
Barnwell
S.C
Congress
Tennessee
South Carolina
No Effect Locally on Carter Plutonium Policy
An Iowa Electric Light and Power official said Carter’s plutonium crackdown will not affect IE operations soon. IE vice president Dr. Sam Tuthill expressed disappointment that the action halts a fast-breeder reactor and plutonium extraction from spent fuel, while noting long term fuel recycling may be desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Electric Light and Power
Carter
Sam Tuthill
Tuthill
Williams trial reset to May 11 in Des Moines case
Polk County District Judge Ray Hanrahan set a May 11 trial date for Robert Anthony Williams. Williams was convicted of the Christmas Eve 1968 killing of 10 year old Pamela Powers of Urbandale, a conviction overturned by the U S Supreme Court for police rights violations requiring a new trial within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Polk County
Ray Hanrahan
Robert Anthony Williams
Williams
Pamela Powers
Urbandale
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Iran Quake Death Toll Rises to 150 in Central Iran
The government reports 150 dead from a 6.5 magnitude quake in central Iran, with more expected as rescue teams reach isolated villages southwest of Isfahan. Floods and landslides hinder relief as debris is cleared from mud and stone homes.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Isfahan
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Mrs
Williamsburg
Jerrey Kelley
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Uhlmann
Lilly M. Cook
Sheets and Son’s
Edna M. VanAntwerp
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Davenport
Strawberry Point
Clark
West Branch
William M. Rose
United Methodist Church
Barker’s
Independence
Frances Ellen Touhey
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mason- Howe
Keota
Marie Josephine Watts
Rosary
Powell’s
Ralph G. Sonday
Waterville
William R. Brown
Schultz
Kalona
Willis L. Eakins
Wellman
Union Savings Bank Grange
Cresco
Wilder
Area One Community College
Calmar
Voc-Tech
Fayette County
West Union
Buchanan County
Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
Manchester
Marion City Hall
Knights of Columbus
Dubuque
Maquoketa State Bank
Maquoketa
Maquoketa Rural Electric Cooperative
Anamosa
Wilton City Hall
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Chet
Opera
Franco Corelli
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
C.R
Roland Krekeler
Pyros
1St St
Mt. Vernon Rd
The
Sen
John Glenn
Ohio
United States
John B. Turner and Son
Turner East
Second Avenue S.E
Turner West
First Avenue West
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