Death notices and obituaries from Cedar Rapids Davenport area
Deaths include H Keith Bainter 64 formerly of Cedar Rapids who died in Davenport after illness. Surviving wife two daughters a son seven grandchildren and siblings. Services in Davenport and burial in Cedar Rapids with Masonic rites. Also listed are multiple notices for Violet L Simpson Springville. Joseph R Visek. Bert H Loop. Margaret Carolus. Jennifer Ryherd infant. Stanley Elias and others with service times and burial details across Iowa towns.
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H. Keith Bainter
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
la Harpe
Ill
Burlington
Genevieve Mallonee
Winnebago Industries
Truth Lodge
Forest City
Eastern Star
Evening Lions
Veoa Power
Eldridge
Mary Dolan
Cottage Grove
Minn
Springville
Violet L. Simpson
Clarence
United Methodist Church
F.W. Simpson
Boulder
Colo
Murdoch
Clive Cook
Red Oak
Tipton
Wauken
Alida Chafer
Pape’s
Clinton
Evergreen Cemetery
Sabula
Watkins
Elmer A. Carlson
T.W. van Beck’s
Blairstown
Traer
Margaret Carolus
Ripley
Brethren
South English
Independence
Woodrow W. Markham
White’s
Cedar Rapids Nears 20 New Advanced Design Buses
UMTA has approved advanced design bus specifications for Cedar Rapids and briefings are set for city officials to discuss bids. The 20 buses, funded at 80 percent by UMTA, will replace older models, reducing length and increasing seating and safety features. A legal challenge could delay the purchase, and two smaller Mercedes units may be added for senior citizen service.
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Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
Cedar Rapids
Tom Aller
Aller
Dick Koach
Ray Bagley
Regional Transit Corp
Washington
AM General
U.S
Waterloo
Mercedes-Benz
Fifty-Two New Citizens Sworn In At Cedar Rapids Ceremony
Fifty-two immigrants from 19 countries became U.S. citizens in Cedar Rapids in a ceremony before Judge Edward J. McManus. FBI official James Whalen spoke on citizenship as a privilege, recalling times of protest, while a list of new citizens with their home countries was announced.
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U.S
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. McManus
James Whalen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Whalen
FBI
United States
Federal
McManus
MacArthur Faces Congress Attack on Truman Policy
On this date in 1951 General Douglas MacArthur testified before Congress and criticized the Truman administration. The hearing spotlighted partisan tensions over Korea policy and civil-military relations.
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Gen
Douglas MacCarther
Congress
Truman
Flagg Heads Postal Group During Iowa Stamp Club Meet
George Flagg of Des Moines elected president of the Iowa Postal History Society at the Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs convention in Cedar Rapids. Ruth Grissman and Norman E. Erickson win key posts, with Mary Fullbright as auction manager. Erickson awarded a life membership, the second in the society’s history. Hugh O’Brian turns 47 today.
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George Flagg
Des Moines
Iowa Postal History Society
Cedar Rapids
Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs
Ruth Grissman
Bulletin
Norman E. Erickson
Mary Fullbright
Erickson
W.W. Westholm
Two Arrested In Cedar Rapids Break-ins. Third Faces Charge
Cedar Rapids police arrested two men Monday and filed an additional charge against a third. Wesley Trent McWherter, 19, of Bilner Manor, Fifth Avenue SE, faces breaking and entering charges in a home on Gordon Avenue NW where liquor meat a television set radio and several guns worth 4150 were reported missing. McWherter and three others are also charged in a Hy Vee store burglary on Mt. Vernon Road SE. Perry D. Thomsen, 18, of Marion, is charged with criminal trespass for allegedly refusing to leave Kennedy High School grounds. Kimber Jones, 21, of Inglewood Colorado, is charged with shoplifting items valued over 20 from Target on First Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Wesley Trent McWherter
Bilner Manor
Fifth Avenue SE
Richard Houser
Gordon Avenue NW
Houser
McWherter
Mt. Vernon Road
Perry D. Thomsen
Marion
Thomsen
Kennedy High School
Kimber Jones
Inglewood
Colo
Target Store
First Avenue SE
State reviews county self insurance for workers compensation
Linn Auditor Merle Kopel announced state officials are examining whether local governments must carry workers compensation insurance. A 1919 attorney general opinion suggested no requirement, but the 1919 view is old. The state attorney general will be asked for a ruling before Kopel’s request is reconsidered.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Kopel
William D. Hager
Hager
Panel Drops .50 Rebates
The Senate Finance Committee voted to strike $50 rebates and payments from the tax bill. Chairman Russell Long said there was general agreement and the payments would have been dropped earlier without Carter administration support. A revised bill is expected to go to the Senate by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell Long
D-La
Senate
Linn supervisors seek estimates to replace old county home with metal building
Linn County Supervisors on Tuesday ordered estimated costs to tear down the old county home and replace it with a metal free span structure to house most of the engineering department and possibly the conservation department. They toured the building and outbuildings with the county shop nearby and noted the basement space in the county engineer's office must be cleared soon for new sheriff radio equipment currently in the jail. The basement space is hoped to be ready by June 1.
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Linn
Engineering
Conservation
Carter energy program faces uphill Congress battle
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports President Carter's energy plan faces strong congressional resistance and tax hikes. Leaders like Ribicoff Wright and O Neill back action but warn of lengthy hearings and fierce debate. The plan seeks higher energy taxes, rebates for efficiency, a standby gasoline tax, and phase outs of price controls, with targets for 1985 and a shift toward conservation and new energy sources. Meanwhile a CIA report warns that demand could outpace supply by the early to mid 1980s, raising prices sharply and challenging Saudi influence.
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Congress
White House
Abraham Ribcoff
Dconn
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Thomas O’neill
Carter
O'Neill
Wright
U.S
GOF
Bill Brock
Senate
Saudi Arabia
Iowa Volga lake project clears funding hurdle despite doubts
The Volga lake project moves ahead after engineering reports show a 155 acre lake can be built at 17 500 dollars per surface acre. The 1976 legislature mandates starting construction this year with 2 690 000 dollars in state and federal funds and transfers. Local lawmakers express mixed optimism and political caution while urging other projects be delayed if needed.
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Commission
Fred Priewert
Volga Lake
Frog Hollow
Volga River
Priewert
Volga
Lake Macbride State Park
Johnson County
Brushy Creek
Fort Dodge
Barnes City
Mahaska County
Pike's Peak State
McGregor
George Wythe
Cedar Falls
Honey Creek
Rathburn Lake
Iowa
Pilot Knob State Park
Forest City
Spirit and
Okoboji Lakes
Allamakee County
Roger Halvorson
Monona
Northeast
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
Dale Tieden
Elkader
Rolf Craft
Deecorah
Tofte
Decorah
Carroll Perkins
Jefferson
Halvorson
Perkins
House Natural
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Clarence Frana
St. John’s Cemetery
Visek
Joseph R., Sr
Janeba-Kuba
Glen N., Bender
First Congregational Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Loop
Bert H
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
Turner East
Elias
Stanley
Brush Chapel
St. Wenceslaus Church
C.R
General Motors
Flxible Corp
Dale Kueter
Keiko Sakihara Trey
Japan
Fourteenth Avenue
Elisa Cabahit McCombs
Philippines
Fifth Street
Michael Han
Korea
Twelfth Avenue
Werner Jacob Friesen
Canada
First Avenue
Emily Pamela Marion Smith
Soutter Avenue
Mavis Frances Shaw
West Indies
Brookland Drive
Kumi Kay Horning
Tenth Street
Yong Suk Smith
Gateway Street
Ning-Hsing Lu
China
Brookview Lane
Janine Wanda Chmaruk
Great Britain
Terrace Hill Drive
Alycia Keum Wright
Franklin Avenue
George Abou Gebran
Lebanon
Sixth Avenue
Zuhiar Riad Cheetany
Fleetwood Road
Elena Taylor
Fifteenth Avenue
Genoveva Paras Faust
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Woo Jin Jung
Thirty-fourth Street
Hey Look Geisler
D Avenue
Karen Dale Derewenko
Sixteenth Avenue
Jill Gerleman
Cherry Hill Road
Chandulal Nagindas Champaneria
India
Twenty-seventh Street
Yu Ju Angel Chamerlain
Taiwan
Washington Drive
Kara Lynne Rathmell
Amanda Lynn Olsen
Tama
UN Cha Collender
Manchester
Raja Muhammad Junaid
Pakistan
Lorenzo Marcellini
Italy
Oelwein
Mark Alan Kilburg
Costa Rica
Preston
Mary Hope Hilsman
Honduras
New Hampton
Daisy Yolanda Tillapaugh
Suresh Kanchanlal Sheth
Patricia Lillian Peres
Aaron David Atherton
Sumner
Nedda Antke Wachendorf
Germany
Holy Cross
Ilse Theresa Stillmanks
Dubuque
Maria Do Carmo Woods
Brazil
Fredericksburg
Chun Cha Carroll
Meera Goyal
Susan Marie Noonan
Cascade
Velma Damaris Childers
Bhasker Jethalal Cave
Jean Andre Dubuc
Renne Jeanne Dubuc
France
Natalie Madeleine Owen
Joseph Oscar Rolland Vachon
Jacques Andre Benoit
Rene Louise Winkler
Williamsburg
Christine Draisey
Toledo
Hilario Borja Salas, Jr
Joycelyn Arce Salas
Zenaida Dayao Esquivel
Yangja Paik
Geraldine Lim Maslowsky
Peck’s Flowers
Center Pt. Rd
Flagg Heads Postal Group
Hugh O’brian
The
Oval Office
ABC
CBS
NBC
CIA
Ewellen
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Sun
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