Death notices: Johnson, Dooley, Clausen and Robison obituary items
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Carl W. Johnson 78 of Mountain View California, retired Shell engineer, Navy WWI veteran, memorial services in Marion with Masonic rites. Edward Dooly 53 Cedar Rapids area, Air Force veteran, services in Cedar Rapids and St Louis. Clara Clausen 81 Atkins Iowa, Eastern Star member, burial Cedar Memorial. Esther R. Robison 44 Swisher Iowa, local resident, services in Swisher Cedar Memorial, neurology fund noted. Edith Hiltbrunner 94 Cedar Rapids area, founder’s widow, services Turner East. Additional notices list many others with burial locations and service times.
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Carl W. Johnson
Mountain View
Calif
Foroyer
Santa Clara
Alif
Paralta
Iowa
Spokane
Wash
Geraldine Starbuck
Johnson
Shell Oil
Covenant Presbyterian Church of
Palo Alto
Marion Lodge No
A.F
A.M
William V. Johnson
Frank Lennert
Woodside
Hannah Cone
Marion
Oak Shade
Jay A. Miller
First United Presbyterian Church
Marion Lodge
Murdoch Chapel
Masonic Temple
Edward Leo Dooley
Cedar Rapids
East St. Louis
Air Force
Dooley
Order of the Eagles
Hanford
American Legion
Moose Lodge
Scarlet Angels
Adelphia Fern Fabing
Cheryl L. Nicholas
Atkins
Sean W. Dooley
San Antonio
Texas
Raymond L. Fabing
Illinois
Leo A. Fabing, Jr
Missouri
Edward D. Fabing
Terri L. Bensend
Agnes Streicher
Margaret O’connell
Webster Grove
George Dooley
Ferguson
Turner Chapel West
Southern Funeral Home
Grand Boulevard
St. Louis
Clara M. Clausen
August H. Clausen
van Horne
Pleasant Hill
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Swisher
Esther R. Robison
Eugene Robison
Clermont
Centerville
Robison
Knoxville
Shueyville United Methodist Church
Farm Bureau Women
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Esther Robison
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Edith Maud Hiltbrunner
Terry Drive
C.O. Hiltbrunner
Hiltbrunner Music Co
Hiltbrunner
First Congregational Church
Lee Hiltbrunner
Mary Neilly
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Costa Mesa
Wayne Mahannah
Pueblo
Colo
Turner Chapel East
Glenn N. Bender
Ona G
Warren Webb
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial
Haltor
Trudy Lynn
Gordon Lundberg
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Mackey
Seward K
McCormick Mortuary
Moulton Parkway
Laguna Hills
Diggins
Evelyn D
Immaculate Conception
William P. Leonard
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Rhodes
Hense
Grace H
Lafayette Christian Church
Alburnett
Forrest Arnold
Lafayette Cemetery
Heart Fund
Retired Teachers Seek More IPERS Benefits
A Des Moines IPERS delegation including 34 Cedar Rapids members pressed lawmakers for a pension rise for those retiring before 1976. They seek $3 monthly per year of public service, totaling about $120 more monthly. Senator Minnette Doderer cautioned limits and favoring a consolidated IPERS bill. HF 364 would credit service under the old Iowa system with repayment by 1979. Ball point pens news brief closes the page with a 30 years ago note.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Public Employer Retirement Service
IPERS
Minnette Doderer
Diowa City
Senate
House
Iowa
Residents Protest Rezoning for 20 Apartment Units
About a dozen residents gathered at the city council meeting to oppose B and R Investment Corp plans to build 20 apartments on Center Point road NE near M and O avenues. The council heard arguments, no comments were made, and a decision will come later.
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B and R Investment Corp
Center Point Road
M and O Avenues
Ronald Gonder
Avenue NE
Gonder
Three Injured in 3 Car Collision At Intersection
A 65 year old Perth man was charged with entering a stop or yield intersection after a Tuesday afternoon crash sent three people to St Luke’s hospital. Sam Bradley’s car hit Ronald Wallace’s 23 year old Marion vehicle at Second Avenue and Twelfth Street SE. Wallace’s car pushed into a parked Shellsburg vehicle owned by Howard Schrader. Wallace wife Lorraine and their one year old daughter Hollyanne were treated and released. Bradley's car sustained about 1500 in damage while Wallace’s about 2000 and Schrader’s 800.
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Perth
N.D
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sam Bradley
Ronald Wallace
Lindale Drive
Marion
Second Avenue
Twelfth Street
Wallace
Howard Schrader
Shellsburg
Lorraine
Dobrynin Returns to White House
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin visited the White House for a working lunch with Zbigniew Brzezinski to pursue a new strategic arms limitation treaty. The unannounced visit followed Dobrynin's talks with President Carter and continued efforts on arms talks.
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Washington
Anatoly Dobryin
White House
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Carter
Dobrynin
Lawmaker Pushes 600 Enrollment Districts Amid School Merger Debate
Sen. Earl Willits and supporters press for consolidations citing 509 million in state aid through the foundation program and better staffing, while opponents warn small schools maintain strong test results and fear loss of local control.
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Earl Willits
Ments
Ward
School Foundation
Governor Endorses County Wide District Plan Debate
Gov. Robert Ray praised the senate for debating the reorganization bill and pushed his county wide district proposal with one administrative head and several attendance centers. He called his plan less disruptive than the senate bill and noted local opposition to mandate reorganization.
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Ers
Robert Ray
Senate
Ray
School Textbooks Questioned Over Values and Content
Parents and teachers clash over reading material with claims of privacy invasions and inappropriate questions. School leaders defend varied value perspectives and propose policy reviews while delaying final board action until April 27.
FIA Program Faces Fight Over Flood Insurance Rules
City leaders and experts debated flood insurance basics and the 100-year standard while comparing the insurance program with river flow estimates. Officials contrasted federal rules with local risk, noting downtown development could be hindered if restrictions are too tight.
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Federal Flood Insurance Administration
FIA
Sally
Canney
Lally
Corps of Engineers
Blouin
Declining enrollments prompt call for shared programs
Dr. Robert Bentonit urged delaying transfer of blind and deaf institutions to the state department and to include lay people and teachers in planning. Tom Yates of Holstein urged boards to adopt shared programs to preserve education amid shrinking enrollments, noting rural districts face art and band teacher shortages and urging boards to persuade the legislature.
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Benton
State Department
Tom Yates
Holstein
Iowa Assn
Yates
Iowa
Boards of Education
Seko accuses Soviets of backing Congo unrest
The Daily Telegraph quotes Seko predicting a Soviet security belt around Zaire and blames Moscow for regional turmoil as Washington rejects arms aid but offers 13 million in non lethal supplies including a transport aircraft.
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Ment
Rhodesia
Zaire
Seko
Soviet Union
London
Daily Telegraph
United States
Youth rescued after near at Hunter substation incident
A 34,500 volt line at the Hunter substation triggered a power outage after a person entered the site near Devonwood. The area was restored at 7:43 p.m. once authorities declared it safe. Davis was taken out conscious but delirious. Neighbors aided and kept him from falling off the platform.
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Pital
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Hunter
Prairie Creek
Devonwood
Smith
Young Davis
Tessin
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Edith M. Hiltbrunner
Hazleton
John Brown
Fairbank
Brant-Kerns
Oelwein
Long Grove
Maynard
Strawberry Point
Theodore Frederick
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Roberson’s
Manchester
Edith M. Rippon
Shelly’s
Sigourney
Natasha Marie Wehr
Robert Wehr
Pleasant Grove
Reynolds
Earlville
Tony
Therese) Roling
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Colesburg
Kramer’s
Dyersville
Worthington
Otto J. Kirsh
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Ball Point
Judd Fashimpaur
Gerald Eganhouse
O Avenue
Bruce West
Houghton Mifflin
Sage
Mary Klink
C.R. Flood Plain
Don Canney
James Leach
State Natural Resources Council
Culver
Robert Armstrong
Robert Benton
Laire
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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