Deaths of Willis Zimmerman and others listed in Anamosa notices
Willis G Zimmerman 59 of Anamosa died Friday of a heart attack while driving. He led Zimmerman Hall Chrysler Plymouth in Anamosa and had Chrysler ties since 1946. Burial at Riverside Cemetery, visitation at Goettsch Anamosa. Also listed are Margaret Ann Haugse 66 of rural Spring Grove Minnesota. Chelsea Nellie McNall 74. Dr Paul W Barker 70. Charles J Dvorak 62. Lester Davis 71. and funeral arrangements with Roble Funeral Home, Ecklon/Hrabaks, and local churches in Iowa and Minnesota.
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Willis G. Zimmerman
Anamosa
Zimmerman-Hall
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler
Rainbow
Army
Scotch Grove
Charlene Wilkerson
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Michael Wilhoit
Kent Zimmerman
Tipton
Vaughn Zimmerman
W.J. Zimmerman
Zion Lutheran Church
Monticello
Riverside Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Margaret Ann Haugse
Spring Grove
Minn
Donald O. Haugse
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Mr. Haugse
Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church
Rebecca Circle
Donald J
Thomas I
Judy K. Straka
Dorchester
Nancy Ann Haugse
Robert Donahue
Roble Funeral Home
Turner Chapel East
Chelsea
Nellie McNall
Hrabak’s. Keswick
Paul W. Barker
Austin
Texas
Lorden Cemetery
Powell’s
North English
Elberon
Charles J. Dvorak
Hrabak’s
Belle Plaine
Ladora — Lester
Bob) Davis
McAninch- Fremming Funeral Home
Victor
Congress OKs $37 Billion Weapons Measure
Congress gave final approval Friday to a 37 billion weapons bill authorizing a giant nuclear aircraft carrier and a program to convert civilian jumbo jets to carry cruise missiles. The package includes 20.6 million for the cruise missile plane experiment and was passed by the House in the morning and the Senate in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Second Arrested in Cedar Rapids Burglary Case
Cedar Rapids police report a second man, Steven A. White, 18, of 207 15th St SE Apt C, was arrested on second degree burglary charges in the July 30 northeast side home burglary. Carlos L. Isaac, 22, of the same address, was arrested Friday for the same offense. Items including a color television stereo equipment and jewelry valued over $2,000 were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Carlos L. Isaac
15Th St. SE
Apt. C
Connie Saldivar
Center Point Road
Steven A. White
Spark Sets Off Propane Blast Killing Two In Iowa Farm Home
In Fort Madison Iowa a propane trunk line rupture caused a chain of explosions that killed Claricy Knight 82 and Robert Knight Sr 79 and injured six others. The eight inch line operated by Mid-America Pipeline Co ruptured near the Knight farm. Investigators from NTSB and state authorities are probing the accident.
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Fort Madison
Vernet Burgdorf
Claricy Knight
Robert Knight Sr
Knight
Burgdorf’s
Robert Rider
Rider
Mary
Cindy
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mid- America Pipeline Co
Tulsa
Okla
Reynold Hentges
Knight House
Brad Dunbar
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Highway 2
Gilbert Rohlader
Mid-America
Rohlader
Neighbors plan meeting on abandoned 423 J Ave house
Neighborhood residents schedule a Monday 4 p.m. meeting at the burned and abandoned 423 J Ave NW property to push for demolition. City officials, including Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen and Ed Winter, discuss options with owner Tony Nemer and mortgage issues delaying action.
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J Ave. NW
Tony Nemer
Seventh Ave
Mary Carnahan
J Ave
Timecheck
Citizens For
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Ed Winter
Nemer
Ed McMickle
Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Schaefer
Mugging Fatal to Davenport Woman at Home
A 90 year old Davenport resident, Clara Schiele, died after a purse snatching as she climbed home steps after a shopping trip. A Black male attacker wearing a nylon mask fled with $20, striking her head on concrete steps. She died about 10 hours later in hospital.
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Davenport
Clara Schiele
Miss Schiele
City Briefs Plus Local Notices
Brief items note a 7:30 Saturday game at St. Matthew's Church with 54 numbers listed in the advertisement. Authorities and exact nature of the event remain unclear due to fragmented OCR.
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St. Matthew’s Church
Two Injured In Local Vehicle Crashes
Two area residents were treated at Mercy Hospital after separate Friday accidents. Michael Magoon, 22, from Ja colyn Drive NW, suffered a fractured pelvis and back injuries in a motorcycle van collision and was listed in fair condition in intensive care. Roxanne Harvey, 19, of Shellsburg, was in fair condition after a one car crash on a Benton County blacktop road where her vehicle crossed the center line and struck a guard rail, then rolled over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Michael Magoon
Jacolyn Drive
Roxanne Harvey
Shellsburg
Atkins
Benton County
Bus Plunge Into Quebec Lake Kills Tour Group
A bus carrying 45 handicapped passengers plunged into Lac d'Argent near Eastman Quebec while on a regional tour Friday night. Police reported several drowned with divers on site. authorities did not yet provide a death toll.
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Eastman
Quebec
Lac d'Argent
Montreal
Local Vital Statistics for Cedar Rapids Area
The daily notice lists sun and weather data with 12 S at 3 mph and sunrise and sunset times. It records August births in several Cedar Rapids and nearby areas, Bloomington Minnesota, and other locales, plus a list of dissolutions, marriages, and fire/medical emergency reports with times and locations.
Flash flood hits Texas town and dam fears rise
Albany Texas faced a 20 foot wall of water flooding the town of 2000 as survivors clung to rooftops and debris. Authorities evacuated Throckmorton dam area amid fears the earthen reservoir could fail, with six dead and many missing across the region.
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Albany
Texas
UPI
Throckmorton
State Department of Public Safety
Soil Conservation Service
Lake Throckmorton
Elm Creek
National Weather Service
Wichita Falls
Lake Dam
South
Hill Country
NWS
Fort Worth
Iowa House forms panel to probe National Guard use
House Speaker Dale Cochran appointed seven representatives to investigate alleged misuse of tax dollars and equipment by Iowa National Guard members. The panel will have subpoena and oath powers and will operate until the inquiry ends or January 8, 1979.
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Des Moines
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Cochran
Bill Monroe
D-Burlington
Norman Jesse
Joe Rinas
D-Marion
Fred Koogler
D-Oskaloosa
Andrew Varley
R-Stuart
Doug Smalley
Betty Hoffmann
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids Air Ambulance For Injured Woman
Cedar Rapids native Patty, a Wilson High School graduate, lies in a coma after a brain stem injury. An air ambulance from California is set to depart about 10 a.m. Mercy Hospital administrator Bernard Grahek notes Patty’s medical and financial need and that Mercy has waived a bill in her case. Donations of $5,000 are aiding the transport and care, with donors to be thanked in person when Patty can return to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Patty
God
California
Mercy
Bernard Grabek
Grahek
Tschopp
Jaworski resigns over pressure on South Korea probe
Jaworski quits after Congress rejects demands to compel South Korea to provide Kim as a witness. Flynt officials announce a plan for written questions to Kim while he would not testify under oath. Jaworski calls the arrangement insufficient and notes Flynt opposed his attempts to press Seoul.
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Jaworski
Lacovara
Congress
South Korea
Kim
Flynt
Washington
Seoul
Thorpe sex scandal linked to 1960s relationship case
In 1970s Britain the Thorpe affair expanded with details of a 1960s sexual relationship. Police investigated the Exmoor dog shooting in 1975 and Andrew Newton’s 1976 conviction. Tony Hetherington ordered a fresh probe, and Thorpe’s associates included Holmes Le Mesurier and Deakin as the case riveted national politics.
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Scott
Rinka
Exmoor Hills
London
Andrew Gino Newton
Liberal Party
Director of Public Prosecutions
Tony Hetherington
Thorpe
David Holmes
Manchester
John le Mesurier
George Deakin
South Wales
Caroline
Marion
Queen Elizabeth
Earl of Harewood
John Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Cult leader David dies by own action after long FBI probe
Salt Lake City police say cult figure David a 6 foot 4 inch 300 pound leader driven by religious fervor died by inhaling carbon monoxide from a borrowed van. Investigators note his links to Mormon leaders and excommunication while outlining his costly purchases and possible improvised hotel living. His family faced uncertainty as Daynes recalled their finances and arrangements.
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David
FBI
Daynes
Walker Lane
Salt Lake County
James Bradley
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St. Luke's
Richard E. Hartman
Tonga Drive
Hiawatha
Michael W. Kriegermeier
Peace Ave
Richard K. Balster
Coggan
Richard A. Sawyer
Clarence
Mark S. Hess
Ninth St
Rick K. Jordan
van Horne
Bloomington
Timothy Casey
Casey
Mell O’donnell
Dalewood Ave
James Casey
E Ave
Kevin R. Moyer
Patti L. Schmid
Central City
Richard L. Thimsen
Linda J. Murtha
Graham A. Vance Jr
West Plains
Melinda L. Drago
Steven W. O'Neal
Nancy L. Henderson
Larry D. Geringer
Nancy R. Adams
Robert A. Sundberg Jr
Wendy M. Wilson
Andrew A. Boots
Wendy S. Epperson
Rodney R. Bemer
Martha R. Davis
Jeffrey L. Hamilton
Julie A. Davenport
Daryl J. Ollinger
Audrey J. Hamnan
John J. Collins
Jeanne M. Sentelik
Robert L. Pirtle
Mary E. Sowers
Harry G. Hoover
Deborah L. Lederle
Marc S. Ferguson
Kathy A. Westpfahl
Terry L. Eschen
Mildren L. Pledge
John E. and
Patricia A. Wise
34Th St
Broadmore Road
Florida Ave
Pamer Frtoum Cay Esieteck Ideas
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Peck's Flower Shop
N.E
John E. Lapes
Jeremy Thorpe
Dartmoor Hills
Salt Lake City
Brent Davis
Skip Daynes
U.S
Steve Snarr
Snarr
Bruce Longo
Yonkers
N.Y
Frank Antony Longo
Westchester County
Cheryl Williams
Salt Lake
Ramada Inn
Sweden
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Harold Lee
Church News
Carl Weiles
JOB Marketplace
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
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