Deaths of Local Notables Leave Gaps Across Tama and Cedar Rapids
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Floyd H. Tower 80 of Tama and Joseph Motley 36 of rural Cedar Rapids with details of their service, family, and careers. Tower served in WWI, held local offices and was a long term American Legion and Eagles member. Motley worked 35 years for Rock Island Railroad and belonged to several unions and fraternal organizations. The column lists additional funeral notices across Decorah Toledo Elkader and other towns with service times and burial plans.
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Floyd H. Tower
Marshalltown Area Community Hospital
Tama
Mr. Tower
Edison
Neb
Agnes C. O'Connor
Tama County Board of Supervisors
Tama American Legion Post
Tama-Toledo
Order of Eagles
Timothy
Toledo
Michael
Bemidji
Minn
Mary Ellen Brandall
Waverly
Mildred Phillipson
Bloomington
June Jones
Donna Duby
Australia
Ethel Handcock
Ogallala
Mason-Hand’s
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Tama American Legion
Joseph Motley
Cedar Rapids
Essex
Finland
Mabel Gruhn
Rock Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Afl-Cio
CLC
Geraldine Wheeler
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Glen High
Berean Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Beranek
Wenceslaus G
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Central City
Kaupke
Corinne C
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Glenn W. McMichael
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Turner Chapel East
Love Takes Stand in Self Defense Murder Trial
Cedar Rapids 34 year old Willie Love testified in a murder and attempted murder trial over the Gibson killings. He described the confrontation at L and H Lounge on 12th Avenue and 15th Avenue SE, claiming self defense after Ernest Gibson drew a pistol and struck Love. The defense rested after his testimony with closing arguments pending.
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Willie Love
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Gibson
Gibson
William Earl
Love
12Th Avenue
15Th Avenue
Gibsons
Ernest
Mack
C R man faces numerous charges after Linn County arrest
Danny J. Wullenwaber 24 of 719 Q Ave NW faces multiple charges after police at the Five Searsons Center arrest. He allegedly spat on three officers during resistance to arrest for intoxication. A deputy sheriff suffered a broken hand in the incident.
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Danny J. Wullenwaber
Q Ave
Five Seasons Center
Wullenwaber
Civic Center
Linn County
Linn
U S Judges Visit CLR For Eighth Circuit Meeting
Chief judges from the ten federal districts of the Eighth Circuit gathered in Cedar Rapids for their second annual meeting to discuss administrative issues and the impact of new laws. Attendees included McManus and circuit leaders from Iowa, Arkansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, plus aides from the Eighth Circuit and the federal courts office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Circuit
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edward J. McManus
McManus
First Street
First Avenue
Floyd R. Gibson
Kansas City
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
G. Thomas Eisele
Little Rock
Ark
Paul X. Williams
Fort Smith
William C. Stuart
Des Moines
James H. Meredith
St. Louis
John W. Oliver
Warren K. Urbamn
Lincoln
Neb
Paul Benson
Fargo
N.D
Fred J. Nichol
Sioux Falls
S.D
Miles Lord
Minneapolis
Hans Lawton
Norbert Halloran
Administrative Office
United States Courts
Washington, D.C
Arkansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
District of Columbia
Carter Proposes 50 Percent Windfall Tax on Oil Profits
President Carter announced a 50 percent windfall profits tax effective Jan 1 to curb excess oil revenue from price decontrol. The tax, expected to pass, would recapture 2.4 billion through Oct 1 and fund an energy security trust. Oil companies would keep 6 billion after taxes to support further exploration.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Oval Office
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Church leader Seraphim dies in Moscow at 73
Metropolitan Seraphim a permanent member of the Russian Orthodox Church synod died in Moscow aged 73 Tass did not disclose the time of death.
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Moscow
Seraphim
Synod of the
Russian Orthodox Church
Tass
Petition contests Clayton County part time magistrate appointments
A district court petition challenges the appointment of two part time Clayton County magistrates Benedict O Meara of Elkader and Rosemary Tucker of Guttenberg. Linzy Martin and James Wilson of Strawberry Point claim Iowa open meetings law violations occurred when the commission met in closed session April 18 to choose from seven applicants.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Iowa
Martin
SWAT confronts kidnapping suspect in San Diego shootout
Osebor signaled surrender but demanded a timed end to the standoff by 3 15 p m to let the doctor pick up his children. At the deadline he walked out with jacket and shoes removed and fired a shot over the car before being killed by police. Townsend survived.
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Gibson
Love
William Earl
William
Osebor
San Diego
Townsend
Lawmakers clash over gift amendment ruling and party split
Presiding officer Coleman faced questions about a gift law amendment as Lt. Gov. Branstad and party leaders denied a plot. Drake supported the ruling, while seven Republicans and eight Democrats opposed. 21 Republicans and 14 Democrats supported the measure.
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Coleman
Terry Branstad
Craft
DeKoster
Kudart
Murray
Ramsey
Readinger
Waidstein
Carr
Delahery
Orr
Palmer
Rush
Scott
Small
Willits
Building trades talks continue with no strike in sight
In Iowa a Cedar Rapids area bargaining round proceeds with no strike looming as May 1 settlement deadlines approach. Negotiations cover wages and fringe benefits under reopener clauses while plumbers and sheet metal workers have settled. Laborers and carpenters vote soon amid quiet but leverage from active construction sites.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Westdale Mall
Rockwell- Collins
Lindale Mall
Rockwell Goss
FMC Engineering
Allied Construction Interests
Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa
Plumbers
Teamsters Hall
Department of Labor
Carter
David Schiel
Allied Construction
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Rock Island
Iron Workers
Probation Granted in Youth Assault and Sexual Abuse Case
A 14-year-old boy cited for two counts of assault and one of sexual abuse near Johnson Elementary School was placed on strict probation after a Linn Juvenile Court hearing. Juvenile Referee Paul Kilburg ordered 24 hour adult supervision and family counseling, aligning with prosecutor and defense input and the new Juvenile Code.
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Johnson Elementary
Linn
Paul Kilburg
Juvenile Probation Office
Kilburg
Brandon Beaudry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decorah
Richard A. Jagerson
Steine’s
Freeport Cemetery
Henry O. Bakken
First Lutheran Church
Church Cemetery
Steine's
Pete Goodhart
Henderson's
Theodore Glawe
Witt’s
Zion Lutheran Church
Clayton Center
Vinton
George C. Rabe
Trinity Lutheran Church
Campbell-Russell
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
John Erhart
Troy Perkins
Roy Williams
Williams
Sandy Waller
William Gibson
Waller
Calvin Trousdale
Trousdale
C.R. Man
Sheriff's Department
Branstad
Drake
Richard Turner
Tom Miller
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Home
Flower Shop
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