Deaths in Iowa and Ohio Nurture Tall Row of Obituaries
Obituaries report the deaths of Earl E. Kohl 76 of Park Rapids Minnesota Grace Dailey Anderson 86 of Cleveland Ohio Joe Lenicek 96 of Fairfax Iowa and L W Ward Grace widow of Dr Ward of Oelwein Iowa. Each notice lists birthplaces family survivors and service details with locations Cedar Rapids Park Rapids Cleveland Fairfax Oelwein and Cedar Memorial Linwood Czech National Fairbank cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Dailey Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Ohio
Ted Egan
Anderson
Cedar Valley Bible Church
Charles Anderson
William A Myers 71 dies after short illness at Cedar Rapids
Fairfax and Cedar Rapids mourn William A. Myers 71 an engineer for Rock Island Railroad who died after a brief illness. He leaves his wife Elvin Essary and multiple children including LaVelle McQuiston Patricia Rose Shirley Olson and Dorothy Ellis with several sons and grandchildren. Funeral details include services at Turner chapel west and burial in Eldon cemetery with graveside rites scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl E. Kohl
Park Rapids
Minn
Kohl
Anamosa
Jones County
Eutona Buresh
Cedar Rapids
Jeanien Schmid
Ardith Schoon
Ruth Schoon
Scotch Grove
Ronald Kohl
Maple Plain
Morris Kohl
Rewey
Wis
Lulu Piper
Ventura
Calif
Grace Siever
Gladys Roubinek
Maquoketa
Vera von Sprecken
Laurabelle Sigmond
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Fairfax
Joe Lenicek
Route 1
Amana
Mary Hruska
Lenicek
St. Patrick’s Church
Leone Richardson
Phoenix
Ariz
John Lenicek
Brushchapel
St. Patrick's Church
William A. Arquitt
Czech National Cemetery
William A. Myers
Eldon
Elvin Essary
Ottumwa
Mr. Myers
Rock Island Railroad
LaVelle McQuiston
Patricia Rose
Coal Valley
Ill
George B. McDill
Eldon Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Sewage Plant Changes Weighed by Federal State Officials
Cedar Rapids officials report EPA and DEQ receptive to an Howard R Green proposed alteration to cut plant capacity from 310000 to 240000 pounds per day by removing an extra oxygen generator. The plan would reduce construction costs by about 2 million dollars, with final decision after Kansas City regional review. Bond sale of 11.2 million to fund most local costs was set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jon Janda
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
State Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
Des Moines
Howard R. Green
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Penick
Ford
Janda
Kansas City
Dave McGuire
George Milligan
Frost Concludes Nixon Interviews in Laguna Beach
Richard Nixon’s taping with British host David Frost ended at a private Laguna Beach home. Nixon, in a dark suit, arrived with no comment as the 12 interviews wrapped after hours of discussion about his career and Watergate. The talks, begun March 23, will be edited into four 90 minute programs airing May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Beach
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
David Frost
San Clemente
Nixon
Harold Smith
Bronze Age Cemetery Found in Amman Rock-Cut Crypts
Jordanian scholars report the discovery of a bronze age cemetery dating about 3000 years before Christ. The crypts carved into rock held ceramic pots and decorated fragments showing advanced desert tribes with evidence of trade with other civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman, Jordan
UPI
Antiquities Department
Iowa House panel approves 3 cent gas tax hike
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers advance a bill to raise the state gasoline tax by 3 cents per gallon effective July 1 bringing the total to 10 cents plus the 4 cent federal tax. A 3.5 cent diesel tax increase would lift diesel to 11.5 cents per gallon. Revenues would fund road use tax allocations with new formulas favoring cities counties and the state. The measure also opposes diagonal highways except I 380 Cedar Rapids to Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
House
Ways and Means
House Transportation Committee
Department of Transportation
Joseph Rinas
Marion
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Russell Wyckoff
Clinton
Wyckoff
Carter
Carter energy plan frames future fuel taxes and conservation
The article outlines Carter energy proposals including a wellhead tax to raise gasoline and fuel prices by 1980, rebates to consumers, and continued price controls with incentives for conservation. It compares past Nixon Ford plans and notes a national telecast planned for Friday to discuss the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Germany
Construction Talks Signal Possible Work Stoppage
Construction discussions indicate a strike could halt multiple projects including the city’s new community center and water treatment plant. Allied Construction Interests shapes patterns for broader bargaining as crafts near one-year contracts and regional, national talks proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thn
Allied Construction Interests
Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Local Theft And Hospital News
Cedar Rapids briefs report items from criminal activity to hospital visits. Incidents include thefts of a television set and tools, break in at a residence, and car-related thefts. Local residents Bernard Quint Brad Hughes and James H. Hughes Jr. are hospitalized with visitors allowed, while Monte Riha is assigned to electronic training at Memphis NAS after boot camp in San Diego.
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Monte Riha
Paul Riha
Vining
Naval Air Station
Memphis
San Diego
Bernard Quint
Coggan
Brad
Mercy Hospital
James H. Hughes, Jr
Thirty-third Avenue SW
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minn
James, Jr
Solar reflector starts trailer fire in Phoenix
Firemen said sunshine reflecting off a 4 foot solar reflector caused a trailer fire inflicting $500 damage. The device, built by Steven Hughes for Boy Scout projects, was not stored under the house trailer after the incident.
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Phoenix
UPI
Steven Hughes
Hughes
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Orlando
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R. Reagan Benedict
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Valley Bible Church Building Fund
Eileen Dailey
Oakland Road
L.W. Ward
Oelwein
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University Hospitals
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Hintz
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Michael Jason
Wilson Hyde
Trinity United Methodist Church
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Clara Webber
Brown
Carrie A
Turner Chapel East
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Volga
William Sloan
Witt’s
Elkader
Elkport
Raymond Lamphier
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Elgin
Otto Gisleson
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Henderson’s. Kalona
Vernon Bontrager
East Union Mennonite Church
Kalona
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Pleasantview
Farmersburg
Green Swartz
Schultz
Monona
Farmersburg-Wagner
Independence
Arlo
Pat) Franck
First United Methodist Church
Quasqueton
Mason- Howe
Mike Deupree
Gazette City Hall
Phillips
Frost
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
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Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
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Charles N. Davidson
Twenty-fourth Street
First Street
Bruce Purcell
Avenue NW
Gary A. Norris
Sixteenth Avenue
First Avenue SW
Peck
Alex Anderson
Hillside Drive
Harold Cummings
Fourth Street
George Croll
Center Point Road NE
Tell En
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue 5.E
Owellen Florist
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