Longtime Iowa official Lumir Jansa dies at 77
Lumir W. Jansa, 77, of 2728 Southland Drive SW died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids resident for two years, born December 2, 1903, he was married to Henrietta Castek on May 16, 1931. He served as Johnson County treasurer for 20 years and assessor for seven, and earlier as Swisher town assessor and mayor. He belonged to Izaak Walton Johnson County Chapter and Eureka Lodge No. 441 CCF Iowa City. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery following services at Brush Chapel Cedar Rapids. A memorial fund is established.
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Southland Drive
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Western
Henrietta M. Castek
Washington High School
University of Iowa Engineering College
Johnson County
Swisher
Izaak Walton Johnson County
Eureka Lodge No. 44
1.C.C.F
Iowa City
Lada Green
Eleanor Konigsmark
Ernest E
Brush Chapel
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Mary Berry
1Th Ave
Hine
Syria
George M. Berry
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
Lena
Helen Goodwin
Medara
Calif
Moses
Carl
Vinton
Turner Chapel
Dennis Cahill
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
St. George Cemetery
Maude C. Dancker
Americana Healthcare Center
First Ave
Holstein
Maude C. van Voy
Peter Walter Dancker
Troy Laundry
Turner Chapel West
Robert A. Dennett
Trinity United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Embargoed Iowa bridges gain top priority for funds
Iowa Department of Transportation outlines a plan to focus loan bridge repairs on high volume embargoed bridges on Level B mainline roads. With 65 bridges needed yearly for sustenance, officials expect to add 13 to 15 million dollars in road projects as fuel taxes rise.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
Department of Transportation
Gus Anderson
IDOT
Office of Program Management
Anderson
State Transportation Commission
Reagan aides dispute deficit projection amid 1980s budget debate
At a Century Plaza briefing Reagan aides clash with critics over a $60 billion deficit forecast tied to CBO estimates and Greenspan projections. Speakes and Gergen defend optimistic economic assumptions while defense plans and high oil revenues squeeze the budget.
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Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisors
Ford
Reagan
Century Plaza Hotel
Santa Barbara
Speakes
Gergen
Congress
Two charged in Lisbon Casey's armed robbery case
James V Stick 28 of Swisher and John C Fichtner 26 of Center Point were charged with first degree robbery for the April 20 Casey's General Store robbery in Lisbon. New evidence sparked the arrests after an off duty Stanwood officer pursued the fleeing vehicle and later found the abandoned pickup in Lisbon. Cash over 400 dollars was stolen. Stick and Fichtner face additional theft charges for related incidents.
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Casey’s
Lisbon
Stick
Swisher
John C. Fichtner
Route 3
Center Point
Stanwood
Cedar County
Rights commission dismisses complaints against employer
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission voted 7 to 1 to accept a hearing officer’s recommendation to dismiss race discrimination complaints by James Collins and Mac Douglas, former P and H Harnischfeger employees, who argued dismissal was for their race. The officer ruled employment ended for performance, not race, a finding the commission largely upheld.
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P & H Harnischfeger
Zachrich
James Collins
Ninth St
Mac Douglas
Sixth Ave
Harnischfeger
Collins
Douglas
Linda Winston
Gazette
Kevin Collins
Commission
Robert Schorg
Floyd Jones
Schorg
Civil rights complaints set for public hearing in Cedar Rapids
Five complaints of racial discrimination against The Central Dispatch Lounge owners Carl and Ida Witt will proceed to a single public hearing. Details remain confidential until hearing. A hearing officer option and cost estimates were discussed, with a decision due before the Sept. 15 meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Ing
Schorg
Floyd Jones
Commission
Jones
Carl
Ida Witt
Witts
Settlement Reached in Dubuque Pollution Lawsuit
U S Attorney James Reynolds and Dubuque officials tentatively settle a suit over Mississippi River pollution. Dubuque will pay 15000 dollars in penalties and fund about 600000 dollars in improvements to the sewage treatment plant. Public comments run 30 days before final decree.
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Mississippi River
U.S
James Reynolds
Edward McManus
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Reynolds
Federal Register
Vital Statistics of Aug 17 to Aug 18
A list of birth announcements from Aug 16 to Aug 18 includes Roberta and John Standafer in Marion with a daughter, Jennifer Upah in Cedar Rapids with a daughter, Judith and Tom Benhart in Cedar Rapids with a son, and multiple other births across Marion Iceland Stewart areas.
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John Standafer
First St
Marion
Jennifer Upah
22Nd Ave
Judith
Tom Benhart
35Th St. NE
Donna
James Newman
Strawberry Point
Pamela
Gordon Wade
Norway
Judy
Ronald Ferguson
Mechanicsville
Linda Marie
Richard Steggall II
East Tower Terrace
Charlotte
Martin Hoy
17Th Ave. SE
Robbery arrest leads to identity mix up in Linn County
Virginia Marie Robertson, 18, of 1022 10th St SW, was arrested Sunday afternoon on a first degree robbery charge after allegedly shoplifting at Hy Vee and threatening employees with a knife. She had claimed to be Marie Elaine MacLean, who later confirmed her stolen ID as the real MacLean reported theft after Aug 9. Robertson faces interference and robbery charges and is held at Linn County Jail.
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Stick
Fichtner
Montrose
Linn County
Wapello County
Linn
Vinton
Virginia Marie Robertson
10Th St. SW
Marie Elaine MacLean
First Ave. NE
MacLean
Roosevelt Hotel
Robertson
First Ave NE
1955 Northeast Floods Kill Hundreds and Wreck Homes
Floods across the northeast states on this date in 1955 killed about 200 people and left roughly 20,000 homes destroyed or damaged. The disaster prompted widespread relief efforts and highlighted severe weather impacts on communities.
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Estella) Keating
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