Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Mixed in Cedar Rapids Area
Deaths include James R. Kuta 48 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and former city electrical inspector with Marine Corps service. Raymond J. Kadera 76 Marion resident with St Wenceslaus church ties. Lawrence H. McVay 67 formerly of Cedar Rapids and Hyattsville Mason. multiple services and burial details listed with churches and cemeteries across Linn County and neighboring towns. Additional notices list Linage of Obits in West Union Independence Traer and surrounding communities with parish rosaries and funeral home arrangements.
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James R. Kuta
Havencourt
Cedar Rapids
LaVon Mandel
Kuta
IBEW
Musicians Union
Western Fraternal
United States Marines
Randall
Ronald
Stan Kuta
Brush Chapel
George McDill
Czech National Cemetery
Raymond J. Kadera
Ninth Street
Marion
Linn County
Pearl McQuown
St. Wenceslaus Church
Ann E. Kadera
Portland
Ore
Lizzie
Alma Brannaman
Lisbon
Nellie Hamer
Clarence Frana
St. John’s Cemetery
Frana
Nora
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard Thompson
Richard Rothe
Immanuel Cemetery
York Township
Turner West
West Union
Peggy Loftus
Holy Name Catholic Church
Burnham-Wood
Helen Mark
Victor — Maynard Brotherson
McAnich-Fremming’s
Judge Dismisses $4.5 Million Stock Suit
U S District Judge Edward J. McManus dismissed a $4.5 million antitrust suit filed by Stifel Nicolaus against Dain Kalman and Quail. The judge found no monopoly or conspiracy proven and ruled limited damages claims insufficient to show public harm. Defendants include three former Stifel employees and Inter Regional Financial Group of Minneapolis.
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Stifel, Nicolaus and Co., Inc
Iowa City
Dain, Kalman and Quail, Inc
Dain
Kalman and Quail
Stifel
Nicolaus
Kalman
Quail
McManus
Dain, Kalman and Quail
Dain, Kalman
Kalman Quail
Stifel, Nicolaus
Daryl Stamp
Gene Brawner
Jack Jackson
Dain, Kalman and
Dain, Ka
Linn-Mar Board Considers Curriculum Proposals
Linn-Mar board work session focused on summer and coming year curriculum changes. Proposals emphasize ECRI reading, summer programs for reading math and music, and new forestry and environmental education initiatives.
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Linn-Mar Board
Linn-Mar Board of Education
Dave DeWalle
Jim Brust
Jim Gard
Roger Messerly
Dick Evans
ECRI
Harold Hulleman
White River National Forest
Colorado
Supt
Hulleman
No Comment on Building Trades Talks Amid Expiring Contracts
Negotiators offered no comment Friday as unions and contractors eyed a possible settlement. Laborers, carpenters, operating engineers, bricklayers, cement finishers and iron workers face Saturday midnight expirations with several other agreements due end May and June. If settlements mirror Marshalltown, Dubuque and Clinton, wage gains may run 6 to 7 percent, about 54 to 69 cents hourly for the major trades, based on a 6.4 percent cost of living figure.
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Marshalltown
Dubuque
Clinton
Brewster Named U S Ambassador To Britain And More
The Senate confirmed President Carter's pick Kingman Brewster Jr as ambassador to Great Britain. Also approved Philip Alston Jr to Australia Anne Cox Chambers to Belgium Jerome Kurtz IRS commissioner Robert Carswell deputy treasury secretary and Frank Libassi HEW general counsel.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Yale University
Kingman Brewster, Jr
U.S
Great Britain
Atlanta
Philip Henry Alston, Jr
Australia
Anne Cox Chambers
Cox Newspaper Group
Belgium
Jerome Kurtz
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue Service
Robert Carswell
New York
Treasury
Frank Peter Libassi
Ten-Year Sentence for Maudsley Beating Death in Waikiki
Clarence D Freitas III, 20, was sentenced to the maximum ten years for the manslaughter of Patrick J Maudsley, 26, in Waikiki on New Year’s Day 1976. The court rejected insanity claims, noting a psychiatric panel found Freitas mentally incompetent at the time, but jurors found him sane.
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Honolulu
Clarence D. Freitas III
Patrick J. Maudsley
Cedar Rapids
Waikiki
Masato Doi
Freitas
Maudsley
Doi
George Yamamoto
Yamamoto
Litter tax debate shifts on Iowa bill amid lobbying
The Iowa House debated a litter tax on newsprint and beverage containers with amendments to cover packaging and spirits. Debate centered on impact on small newspapers and retailers, with passage of a revised compromise while the bill heads to the Senate for study and possible floor action.
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Fred Koegler
D-Oskaloosa
Horace Daggett
Rgent
Iowa Press Assn
Senate
John Scott
Iowa
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Russell Wyckoff
Vinton
James Wells
Myron Oxley
Marion
Herbert Hinkhouse
West Branch
Scott Newhard
Anamosa
Ekofisk field shut down as safety probe continues
Norway orders full Ekofisk field closure after last Friday well blowout. Phillips and officials discuss capping plans with rigs Orion and a semi submersible en route to divert flow. Brundtland defends operations while investigations into the incident continue.
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Ekofisk
Norway
Britain
Orion
Phillips
Europe
Gro Harlem Brundtland
State revolving fund eyed for local project aid
The revolving fund plan would help local governments obtain federal recreation reimbursements with loans repaid when federal matches become available. Fred Priewert, head of the state commission, questions bailouts for non emergencies. Senate approval seeds exploring a takeover of the Squaw Creek project, but house panel deleted that language.
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Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Senate
Squaw Creek
House Budget Committee
Ford Examines Role of Commander-in-Chief
Former President Gerald Ford signs NBC contract to host a program with John Chancellor. The NBC special will explore the duties and challenges of the president as commander-in-chief and reflect Ford's experiences and views on future military leadership.
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Ford
Hollywood
UPI
Gerald Ford
Nbc-Tv
John Chancellor
NBC
White House Reveals Salaries of Top Staff
Washington AP reports forty nine White House staff earn 40000 or more yearly. Nine senior aides make 56000 including Mary Hoyt earning 45000. Raises, retroactive to Feb 27, cost taxpayers 400000 annually as Jody Powell notes.
Panel Okays Compromise Jobs Bill
The panel approved a compromise version of President Carter's public works jobs plan. The bill would spend 4 billion dollars to stimulate the economy and reduce unemployment. The vote was 71 to 14 and the measure heads to the House Tuesday after a seven-week stalemate ended by dropping a 7.25 million water pollution control section.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carter
House-Senate
Congress
Pigeons Touted for Urgent Blood Test Transport
Plymouths Devonport hospital plans to use racing pigeons to speed blood samples to the district laboratories. Regional health officer Hilary Sanders says a car needs 10 minutes for a two mile trip, while a pigeon can complete it in about five minutes.
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Plymouth
England
UPI
Devonport Hospital
Hilary Sanders
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Lawrence H. McVay
Riverdale
Walker
Vera Seng
Ithica
N.Y
McVay
Washington, D.C
Linn-Mar
Florida
Jerry Tharp
National Assn
St. & ML
Vernon Rd
Mitchell Werth
Hawaii State Hospital
Verna Maudsley
Eighth Avenue
The
Fred Priewert
State Commission
White House
Powell
Robert J. Lipshutz
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Margaret Costanza
Stuart Eizenstat
Hamilton Jordan
Frank Moore
James R. Schlesinger
Jack H. Watson
Joseph W. Aragon
Peter G. Bourne
Hugh A. Carter, Jr
Richard M. Harden
James B. King
Timothy Kraft
Martha M. Mitchell
David Aaron
Harold Hite
Mgr
B.L. Anderson, Inc
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Sun
John E. Lapes
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