Retaliation for mine sowing discussed by defense officials
Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci canceled a Puerto Rico trip to join talks on Iran's resumed mining in the Persian Gulf. Officials say a limited military strike plus a stern warning are under consideration as mines from Iran continue to threaten U.S. escort operations.
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Defense
Frank Carlucci
Puerto Rico
Iran
Gulf
Pentagon
Dan Howard
Carlucci
Howard
U.S
Defense Department
Persian Gulf
Roberts
Navy
North Arabian Sea
Enterprise
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Central Command
United States
Tehran
Oman
U.S. Navy
Deaths in Linn County and area names
Multiple Linn County obituaries note James F Schneekloth 54 of Cedar Rapids Kennedy High associate principal. Josephine Secrest 74 former Cedar Rapids bookkeeper. Alma Zimmer 99 Marion teacher. William Howe 66 Marion handyman. Pauline Biggs 68 Centerville Tenn native, hospital worker. Services and memorials listed. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Memorial funds requested for St James United Methodist Church Kenwood Park United Methodist Church First Baptist Church and Central Church of Christ.
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James F. Schneekloth
Vista Circle NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Malcom
Jacqueline Gross
Brooklyn
Iowa
Schneekloth
Stanwood
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Junior High
Taft Junior High
Kennedy High School
St. James
United Methodist Church
Lily Masonic Lodge
Sonny
Lucy Axmear
St. James United Methodist Church
John Oren
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Ellis Blvd
St. Luke’s Hospital Coronary Care Unit
A Ave
Josephine R. Secrest
Rochester
Minn
Rochester Health Center
Linn County
Doree Secrest
Secrest
Cash Glass Co
Sanford’s
Kenwood Park
Edward
Houston
Texas
Cathy Lowry
Charleston
S.C
Mary Anne Paschen
Naperville
Ill
Leo Martin
Long Beach
Calif
Jesse Martin
Wilma Wilson
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Martin Miller
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Pauline May Biggs
Hinkley Ave
Centerville
Tenn
James O. Biggs
Paducah
Percy Anglin
Bradford
Talmadge Anglin
Memphis
Lorene Rodgers
Canton
Ohio
Christine Bradley
Milan
Murdoch-Linwood Chapel
Norman Bales
Central Church of Christ
Lucille A. Becker
Manchester
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Clarence
Donald
David
Larry
Enid
Okla
Patricia Becker
Harold Moorman
Gerald Moorman
Des Moines
Leo Moorman
Anamosa
Jerome Moorman
Vincent Moorman
Mary Malone
Oxford Junction
Lorene Quint
Oelwein
Wilma Davis
Viola Klein
Dundee
Dorothy Moorman
Marion
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Shelly’s
Bernice S. Boddicker
Mercy Hospital
Marie Campbell
Newhall
Lois M. Boddicker
Mildred Seber
Kalamazoo
Mich
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Norway
Phillips
Keystone
Funeral notices for Benter Brunk Burdick Decious Donnan Sproston Phares
Multiple death notices list services today and tomorrow across Iowa sites. Martin Benter Dororthy Kelley Burdick Lydia Decious William Donnan Craig Sproston and James Phares have services at Teahen Baxter Martinson Cedar Memorial St John’s Lisbon Cedar Memorial Chapel. burials at Rock Island National Cemetery Cedar Memorial Park Lisbon Cemetery. Families may call or visit beforehand with casket details and callers’ times. Surviving relatives named for Phares include Kathryn Hauer Nancy Jensch Wanda Cummings and two grandchildren. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
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Martin F. Benter
Teahen Funeral Home
Leon K. Ralberts
American Legion
Hanford Post
Rock Island National Cemetery
A. LaVerna Brunk
Baxter- Martinson Funeral
Marion
Jay Miller
Oak Shade Cemetery
Dorothy C. Kelley Burdick
Asbury United Methodist Church
Charles Mehaffey
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Teahen
Lydia A. Decious
Steven Pike
William James Donnan
Nadim Saikaly
Lisbon
James W. Phares
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
John P. Woods
Kathryn
Susan Hauer
Iowa City
Nancy Jensch
Woodruff
Wis
Wanda Cummings
Otisville
Mich
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Three killed in Iowa weekend road crashes
A Muscatine motorcyclist, Gregory Allan Lindle, 32, died after hitting a semi near Muscatine. In Appanoose County a man burned beyond recognition died in a one car wreck near Mystic. In Des Moines County a Mediapolis teen and a Muscatine family were injured in a head on crash on Highway 61 and US 6 near MediaPolis.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Iowa
Gregory Allan Lindle
Kenneth Wagner
Blue Grass
Lindle
Wagner
Appanoose
Mystic
Des Moines
Mediapolis
Morgan Wagoner
Burlington Medical Center
State seeks control of insurer American Excel in Des Moines
State regulators filed a petition to assume control of American Excel Insurance Co a Des Moines based company facing cash flow problems and claimed defaulted customer claims last week The insurer formerly Cen turion Casualty Co began in Des Moines in 1976 and moved offices to Dallas It specializes in auto insurance for high risk drivers Commissioner William Hager said the division aims to take control to resolve finances and possibly sell the company A Polk County District Court hearing on the petition is scheduled for Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
American Excel Insurance Co
American Excel
Centurion Casualty Co
Iowa
Division of Insurance Officials
Dallas
Texas
William Hager
Hager
Polk County District Court
Society honors young journalists in regional contest
In Region 7 awards ceremony at the University of Missouri, University of Iowa winners Dianna Balabon Chris Combs Carol Netzel and Adam R Shell earned for Radio in depth Farm crisis. Iowa State University photographer Jim Lee won feature photography and Drake University’s William Randall Brown won for column writing.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Drake University
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Southern Illinois University At
Edwardsville
University of Missouri
Radio In Depth
Farm Crisis
Dianna Balabon
Chris Combs
Carol Netzel
Adam R. Shell
Jim Lee
William Randall Brown
Drake names Cheney journalism dean at Drake University
Dr. Michael R. Cheney an associate professor of journalism and mass communication at Drake University has been appointed dean of the School of Journalism. Cheney, 36, has taught at Drake since 1981 and was named outstanding teacher in 1986. He succeeds Dr. Herbert Strentz, who resigned after 13 years as dean to become a full-time professor at Drake.
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Iowa
Assn
DES Moines
Michael R. Cheney
Drake University
Drake
Cheney
Herbert Strentz
Iowa Lotto Jackpot Unclaimed in Des Moines
An Iowa Lotto jackpot of more than $1.6 million went unclaimed Saturday night and will rise to about $2 million for Wednesday's drawing. Lottery spokesman Jack Ratekin said no ticket matched all six numbers 5 8 14 16 21 and 32 in the televised drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Jack Ratekin
Helicopter Crashes in Cajon Pass Killing Two
A medical evacuation helicopter crashed in fog in Cajon Pass near Lost Lake San Bernardino County killing the pilot and a nurse. The injured motorcyclist patient survived, possibly due to being strapped in the midsection. Names not released.
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Devore
Calif
Tom Andreas
Cajon Pass
Lost Lake
San Bernardino County
Vital Statistics Entries From St Luke and Mercy
April 16 and 17 births listed for St Luke's and Mercy hospitals noting parents and addresses. Newborns include daughters and sons for families in Marion and surrounding areas with names such as Lora Wright Christine Blue and more.
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ST. Luke's
Lora Wright
Ninth St. SE
Sheryl
Nick Mykris
Maplecrest Dr
Marion
Abby
Gary Otting
Anamosa
Julie
John Freeman
Mosswood Ln
Robin
David House
26Th Ave
Vicki Pointer
C Ave NE
Mercy
Kimberly and Lewis Lentz
Tama St. SE
Christine Blue
Robin Rd
Hiawatha
Son
Illinois Lottery Winning Numbers Sunday Drawing
In Springfield Illinois the Lotto game Daily Game numbers are 1 4 8. Pick Four numbers are 0 2 3 5. Lotto Jackpot stands at 4 million dollars and Lotto 7 Jackpot at 8 million.
Lotto America jackpot rises to 6.5 million after no winner
In Des Moines the Saturday Lotto America drawing produced no grand prize winner. Seven numbers drawn were 6 9 15 17 20 23 28. Twenty three players matched six numbers for 1949 each and 928 hit five for 93. The previous jackpot was 5.25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Lotto America
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Alma L. Zimmer
Sixth Ave
Americana
Scotch Grove Township
Richard Zimmer
Rebecca Lodge No
Murdoch Funeral Home
Nick Schrope
Oak Shade
William Verlet Howe
19Th St. NE
Georgie Hoover
Howe
First Baptist Church
John M
Delwin
Arlen
Central City
Donna Schellin
Mary Frye
Clayton
Nick Longworth
Baxter- Martinson
Coralville
Loretta T. Donohue
Cole Rad
Richmond
Joseph Donohue
Pleasant Plain
Johnson County
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
The
Altar and Rosary Society
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Patrick’s
James
Indianola
Thomas
Oskaloosa
Joseph Ronald
Humboldt
JoAnn Phelps
Solon
Clem Eagle
Washington
Viola Ryan
Lavina Mason
Titusville
Fla
Mary Lahr
Eugene Benda
St. Bridget’s
Donohue-Lensing’s
Mary Wagner
East Davenport St
St. Joseph Cemetery
Donohue-Lensing
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Marion Janssen
Sunrise Hill
Overton’s. West
Hildegard Pape
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Victor
Stanley
Hot Springs
Ark
Lee
Sun City
Ariz
Harry
West Union
Arlo
Victys Rose
Brandon
Eileen Lowry
Maynard
Betty Lou Rose
Elgin
Phyllis Holmstrom
Lombard, Nl
John Pries
Arnold Pries
Sumner
Lucinda Huck
Luella Weisbrodt
Eleanora Homan
Waverly
Zion Lutheran Church
West Union Cemetery
Burnham Wood’s
Williamsburg
Dick W. Kuehl
Clarkston
First America Bank of
Pontiac
Elaine White Kuehl
Christopher
Santa Barbara
Susanne Lyman
Charlotte, Mich
Lisa Simpson
Ypsilanti
Kathryn Kuehl
East Lansing
Kirsten
Martha Kuehl
Bettendorf
Hal
Milwaukee
First Presbyterian Church
Pilot Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Uhlmann’s
Wagoner
Highway
Thomas Campbell Jr
Sheriff's Office
Campbell
Burlington Hospital
Theresa
Thomas Campbell III
Heather
Society
Young Journalists
Michael Cheney
Lotto
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
S.E
Illinois Lottery
N.W
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
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