Deaths list includes Earl P Brunk 66 Marion resident
Earl P Brunk 66 of 1073 6th St Marion died at home Wednesday. Born Rock Island Illinois July 32 1912 he married Alice Stanley December 24 1936 Davenport. He worked at Rock Island Arsenal before retirement. Survived by his wife two sons Dennis and James Davenport a daughter Charlene Marion three grandchildren and two brothers Charles Hemet California Albert Chicago. Services 2 p.m. Monday Baxter Memorial Marion. Burial Oak Shade Cemetery. Friends may call today 6–9 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m.–noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl P. Brunk
6Th St
Marion
Rock Island
Alice Stanley
Davenport
Brunk
Quality Assurance
Rock Island Arsenal
Dennis
James Brunk
Charlene Wigness
Charles
Hemet
Calif
Albert
Chicago
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Lowell Knauss
Oak Shade Cemetery
High Court ends stay of execution in Evans case
The Supreme Court unanimously lifted an eight day stay of execution for condemned Alabama killer John Louis Evans III. Justice Brennan noted the legal landscape had changed since April 5, with Evans seeking appeals and the Alabama law under scrutiny. Alabama AG Graddick planned to ask for a new execution date.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John Louis Evans III
Alabama
William Brennan
Evans
William Rehnquist
U.S. District Court
Mobile
U.S
William Hand
Brennan
Alabama Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Charles Graddick
Warren Burger
Tax deadline looms as IRS reports filings ahead of deadline
Washington AP reports millions have yet to file as the April 16 deadline nears in most states with Iowa observing Monday and a few states allowing Tuesday if Monday is a holiday. IRS says over 58 million returns received by April 6, with 90 million expected. 60 day extensions via Form 4868 require an estimated payment. Use of Form 1040 dropping while 1040 A gains.
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Washington
Iowa
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Winners named in state game stamp contests
C E Phelps of Cedar Rapids won second place in the 1980 Iowa trout waterfowl and habitat stamp design contests announced today. Bridgford of Des Moines won the trout stamp and migratory waterfowl contests, Peters of Missouri Valley won the wildlife habitat stamp, with Bridgford's brown trout taking top honors from 27 entries and his redhead ducks in flight rated best among 66 entries.
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C.E. Phelps
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Conservation Commission
Phelps
Paul Bridgford
Des Moines
Andrew Peters
Missouri Valley
Bridgford
Three Hurt In West Marengo Car Crash
Three people were injured in a two car near head on collision two miles west of Marengo around 1 20 p m Friday. John Feller of Victor suffered head lacerations and was listed in good condition at Marengo Memorial Hospital. Janet Gorsh of Marengo had a broken leg and was moved to St Luke s Cedar Rapids in fair condition. Julie Gorsh of Marengo was taken to Marengo hospital in good condition. Officers said the crash occurred on a county gravel road.
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Marengo
John Feller
Victor
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Janet
Julie Gorsh
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Marengo Hospital
Glider energy grant awarded to Sydney researchers
Australian scientists Professor Brian Roberts and Dr. Clive Fletcher of Sydney University won a federal grant of $24,000 to build a wind tunnel model for a flying power station. They claim at 35,000 feet gliders could generate 3,000 times more energy than ground windmills.
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Sydney
Australia
Brian Roberts
Clive Fletcher
Mechanical Engineering Department
Sydney University
Fletcher
Birth notices and local weather brief from Shellsburg area
Mercy Doyle and John Vincent announce births on April 13 in Shellsburg and Fair Lane NE Saint Luke's and Mechanicsville families welcome two sons and a daughter amid routine city notices. Extended forecast calls for generally fair weather Monday through Wednesday with highs in the 50s and 60s. Local emergency and technician calls include a medical emergency on Leroy Street and a dryer motor overheating on First Avenue NE.
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John Vincent
Fair Lane
Dennis Wahlert
Parktown Place
Michael Unruh
Mechanicsville
Jerry Meek
Parktown Lane
Rick Tollakson
12Th St
Marion
Lester Brown
Honorary and professional notices fill city briefs
Esther Snare’s son is initiated into Phi Delta Kappa at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Kay Kudart is appointed as assistant in Wheaton College residence hall program. Tom Sweeney will speak at the Elk’s Tuesday noon. Linn County and local groups host talks on learning disabilities and education at Grant Wood Area Education Agency. Other items list speakers at Kiwanis and local ads for a used book sale and job openings.
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Ronald Graham
Esther Snare
Second Ave
Phi Delta Kappa International Education
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Kay Kudart
Wheaton, Ill
Linn County Association For Children
Barb Armbruster
Iowa City
Alice Kreiger
Amana
Jeannie Walter
Grant Wood Area
Lock 16 Reopens Easing Mississippi Tow Bottleneck
The U S Army Corps of Engineers reopened Lock 16 at Muscatine on Friday after water leaked into wiring stalled about 25 northbound towboats and several barges. Businesses along the river north of Muscatine had awaited repairs as river supplies backed up in warehouses.
Flooding, floods strand travelers across Mississippi and Georgia
A deadly collision on U.S. 278 occurs amid a severe thunderstorm while Mississippi endures up to 15 inches of rain. Widespread floods order evacuations in Choctaw County and Canton’s Amtrak Panama Limited is stranded, with 120 passengers ferried out by bus. Creeks surge through Atlanta, Macon, and Rome as power outages hit the region. Illinois and Missouri environments report rising rivers and evacuations including Kampsville and Kaskaskia Island.
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Mississippi
Choctaw County
Amtrak
Canton
Miss
Jackson
Trailways
Atlanta
The
Georgia Power Co
Rome
Georgia
Macon
Midwest
Filipino Crucifixion Draws Crowds During Holy Week
In San Pedro Cutud a 29 year old man named Mario Bagtas endured crucifixion as part of a Good Friday ritual. A crowd watched a centurion pierce his palms with nails and hoist him on a cross for five minutes. Bagtas, repeating the ritual for the third year, vows to continue for ten years to pray for his wife’s health amid a cancer scare noted in 1977.
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Rome
Philippines
San Pedro Cutud
Mario Bagtas
Bagtas
Cocaine Therapy Allegations Stir Arthritis Study
Somers described creating a cocaine and Darvon solution to treat arthritis and giving it to his arthritic twin. He claimed the alkaloid form relieved pain, with symptoms diminishing, leading to a test on 13 patients. The Arthritis Foundation denied endorsing any such program and warned about controlled trials and placebo effects.
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Somers
Arthritis Foundation
Charles Bennett
Bennett
Foundation
Morley woman holds officers off with gun as house burns
A 39 year old Morley woman armed with a gun refused to surrender as a fire engulfed her second floor. Jones County deputies and Iowa troopers used tear gas to force her out and she was hospitalized for smoke inhalation after the residence fire was contained to the upstairs area.
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Morley
Jones County Sheriff's
Iowa
Jones County Sheriff's Office
Anamosa
Morley-Martelle
Bombers Pound Tokyo Damaging Imperial Palace in 1945
On this date in 1945 U S B 29 bombers struck Tokyo during the Pacific War damaging the Japanese imperial palace as part of a broader air offensive.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
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Hopkinton
Rachel R. Ferguson
First Presbyterian Church
Goettsch’s
Gazette
C.R. Weather
FEE Orv
Tioceon Loe
David Doyle
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Pope John Paul II
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Jean Oxley
Bishop Cafeteria
Kiwanis
Don MacKay
Merchants National Bank International Department
Roosevelt Royale
Friends of the Public Library
Kenwood
Josef
Novak
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Cedartown
Illinois River
Kampsville
Ill
Illinois
Red Cross
Mississippi River
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Jett
Pana
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