Deaths Across Iowa Area Dwellings Obituaries and Notices
A long list of obituaries covers Lynda Harriss of Zeigler Illinois and multiple Iowa residents. Names include Carl B. Stiger Toledo former Iowa Supreme Court justice, Edward M. Craig Center Point, Bernice C. Johnson Ashland Ohio, Thomas Giles Brush Cedar Rapids, Vernon L. Himes Prairieburg, Edith D. Hanson Palo, Anna Kuhnle Williamsburg, Alice Burch Decorah, Elzie Adams Lamont, Frederick Jahncke Postville, Henriette Syring Bennett, Lloyd Myers North Liberty, with funeral details, burial sites, and nursing home notices. Survivors listed for several. Services set across Cedar Rapids, Toledo, Center Point, and surrounding communities. Local obituaries note military or civic affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Craig
Center Point
Atkins
Indianola
Neb
Joanna A. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Century Engineering Co
Navy
United Methodist Church
Vienna Lodge
Dye-Benson Post No
Center Point American Legion
Jim Wood
Leo Harran
David E. Craig
Robert K. Craig
Hiawatha
Mae Speake
Dayton
Ohio
Murdoch Chapel
Sheridan
Charlotte Mallett
Vienna Lodge No. 142
Murdoch Funeral Home
Bernice C. Johnson
Ashland
Waterloo
Carl Johnson
Arnold Herbst
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Thomas Giles Brush
Fifth Avenue SE
Tama County
Lillian Phillips
Brush
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Machinist Union
Harmony Lodge
James Basil Brush
Grinnell
August Himschoot
Fort Meyers
Fla
Kathryn Foran
Immaculate Conception Church
William P. Leonard
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Leonard
St. Margaret’s Circle
Stewart Funeral Home
Funeral
Cedar Rapids sees mixed price shifts in quarter report
The Cedar Rapids area shows a 0.5 percent food price rise in the quarter while national food prices climb 1.9 percent. Meat and bakery items drift lower, fresh vegetables ease as in season, and apparel costs rise year over year. Earnings adjusted for inflation show minimal weekly gains in April to July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Labor Department
Three Arrested in Cedar Rapids Convenience Store Robberies
Police say Hodges’ arrest clears multiple Cedar Rapids heists including the Hawk Eye Oil Co. and Hamburg Inn robberies plus a Sinclair station theft. Detectives credited Millsap and Rosdall, with Cedar Rapids seeing 36 armed or strong arm robberies since June. A spate of quick, small cash takings followed, including three August incidents at 2711 Bever Ave SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardee’s
Holiday Inn
Hodges
Hawkeye Oil Co
First Avenue SE
Hamburg Inn
Center Point Road
Union 76
Sinclair
Barnes
Kenneth Millsap
Donald Rosdall
Cedar Rapids
Gas Rate Cuts and Refund Planned for Quad Cities Area
EPC approved rate reductions in July 1976 plus a $9 million refund for about 190,000 Iowa-Illinois gas customers. The total refund averages around $20 per residential customer. Distribution details will be announced later this year. Areas affected include the Quad Cities Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Ottumwa regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EPC
Colbert
Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Scotsman under kilt remark leads to London court clash
In Bow Street London a Scotsman yelled he would expose what lies under the kilt prompting a scuffle with Peter Keaney who wounded James O Connor with a skean dhu. Keaney, 26, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and received a suspended six week sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bow Street Court
James O’connor
Peter Keaney
Thames
Keaney
O’connor
Nixon Gift Controversy Spurs Box 118-C Access Quest
The Nixon gifts dispute centers on Box 118-C at the National Archives with Evan Dobelle seeking an inventory of foreign gifts and access to the box. Nixon's lawyers say Dobelle's curiosity stems from a Washington Post investigation by Maxine Cheshire. Under law, gifts over fifty dollars must go to the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Supreme Court
Uncle Sam
Nixon
Congress
State Department
Evan Dobelle
General Services Administration
Dobelle
National Archives
GSA
Washington Post
Maxine Cheshire
Fatal apartment blaze hits city during morning rush
Firefighters fought a morning blaze reported at 5:45 a.m. and under control by 8:30 a.m. The building owned by Bob Baysinger held nine apartments above Blair's supermarket with about 20 residents. One resident, Jim Watson, escaped from a third story window and was treated in hospital. The fire followed a deadly February apartment house blaze nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Baysinger
Baysinger
Jack Blair
Blair
Permarket
Jim Watson
Watson
Robert Veverka
Veverka
Condominiums gain approval for two 36 unit buildings
Work will start after rezon ing official ending months of opposition. The plan aims to finish the first two 36 unit buildings by next June or July and may raise surrounding property values. Residents opposed questioned council actions taken without the mayor.
Park defends business dealings amid Washington scandal
Park says his US property seizure was unfounded and insists his foreign ventures are purely private business. He denies bribery or illegal contributions and criticizes American officials while awaiting further questioning by Korean prosecutors. Jaworski to brief the House ethics panel on his early days leading the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Justice Department
Washington
London
Ahn Kyung-sang
U.S
United States
South Korea
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Kim Hyungwook
KCIA
Georgetown Club
Jaworski
House
Watergate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lynda Harriss
Hila F. Harriss
IOOF
du Quoin
Ill
Turner Chapel East
Carl B. Stier
Toledo
Iowa Supreme Court
Tama
Harry J
Carrie Blinn Stiger
Western College
University of Chicago Law School
Judge Stiger
Struble
Struble and Stiger
Mary E. Dugan
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Toledo American Legion
Vernon L. Himes
Prairieburg
Castle Grove
Myrtle Ankney
Himes
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Sal Powers
Harry Rundle
Marion Himes
Central City
Ida Beranek
Emil Holub
Hub Powers
Delhi
Thomas Bisenius
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Murdoch
Edith D. Hanson
Palo
Walter C. Hanson
Hanson
Covington
Lloyd Phelps
Lois Ellen Hanson
Carrie Jane Rawson
Spring Grove Cemetery
Turner East
Iowa
Williamsburg
Anna Kuhnle
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran
Conroy
Uhlmann’s
Lamont
Elzie Adams
Baptist Church
Edgewood
Roberson’s
Strawberry Point
Postville
Frederick W. Jahncke
St. Paul Lutheran. Schutte’s
Bennett
Henriette
Minnie) Syring
Peace Church of Christ United
Sheets and Son
Tipton
North Liberty
Lloyd L. Myers
Ridgewood
George L. Gay’s
AME
Third Street SE
Bever Avenue SE
Liz Harvey
Des Moines
Jeff Jones
D.M. Blaze
Regency
Howard Smith
Staudcourt NE
Bjornsen
Barlow Foods
Barlow
City Planning Commission
Phillips
States
Seoul
Tongsun Park
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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