Deaths Theron S. Smith and others listed in Iowa notices
Obituary notices report Theron S. Smith 73 of 1521 Ninth Ave SW who died in Missouri after a sudden illness born June 22 1908 in Linn County married July 25 1933 in Fairmont Minnesota he worked for Iowa Farm Products retiring 1970 and held Masonic and church affiliations with services set in Fairfax Iowa Also listed are Emma Forrestal Edward J Fleagle Jr Ryan Randal Zieser Myrtle Eckert Hopp John H Nellie Frejd Roy J Young Louise Bohac Jay M Baldwin Bernice Batterson Mary Shebetka Verna Kulhavy Matt Becker George Halstead Ona Elizabeth Morris and others with service times burial details and memorials in various Iowa locations.
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Theron S. Smith
Ninth Ave
Missouri
Linn County
Lucille McAllister
Fairmont
Minn
Iowa Farm Products
Salem United Methodist Church
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Masonic Fidelitas Lodge
Marlin
Verlan
Ecuador
Beulah Dybvig
Alexandria
Turner Chapel West
Paul Hasel
Palo Cemetery
Fidelitas Lodge
First Avenue
Third Street
First Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hoover
John H
Neville Clayton
Cedar Christian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Third Ave
Decorah
Roy J. Young
Tampa
Fla
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie’s
Iowa City
Louise Bohac
George L. Gay
Donohue-Lensing’s
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Oxford
Mary Shebetka
Oxford United Methodist Church
Oxford Chapel
Oxford Junction
Verna Kulhavy
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Mayflower Cemetery
Hayden’s
Sigourney
Matts Becker
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rosary
Holm's
St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery
Harper
Vinton
George Halstead
Campbell-Russell's
West Branch
Ona Elizabeth Morris
Bethany Lutheran Church
Barker’s
West Branch Cemetery
Solidarity threatens 24hour general strike in Poland
Solidarity warned of a 24 hour nationwide strike if Parliament passes an anti strike law and vowed an unlimited duration walkout if the government moves to break protests. Lech Walesa said the regime must not ban strikes, as tensions rose after a firefighting cadet shutdown and intensified negotiations with the government.
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Radom
Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Communist Party Central Committee
Solidar
Peick announces bid for Iowa House in new 52nd District
Doris Peick a longtime Democrat and labor activist from Cedar Rapids announces her candidacy for the newly created Iowa House seat in the 52nd District. The 48 year old Rockwell Collins employee lists farm and labor ties and party service as qualification. Primary is set for June 8 with the general election November 2.
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Doris Peick
Iowa
House of Representatives
Peick
Marion Road
Rockwell-Collins
Democratic Party
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Clinton, Fayette
Washington
Farm Tractor Accident Claims 18YearOld Worker
Michael A. Waldschmidt aged 18 was fatally injured Thursday morning on the Earl Waldschmidt farm 24% miles north of Riverside Washington County. He became entangled in an unshielded power take-off shaft of a running tractor and died at the scene at 11 44 a.m according to a Washington County Sheriff spokesman.
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Michael A. Waldschmidt
Riverside
Washington County
Washington County Sheriffs Department
Waldschmidt
Dennis Shimp
Earl Waldschmidt
Vital Statistics and Local Emergencies Cue Marion News
The bulletin lists births for Janet and Benny Reiger, Judy and Scott Carnes, Leigh Ann Braley, Cynthia Erger, Linda Mullinex, Carla Prouty, Donna Stranathan, and Cynthia Ehrisman, with several out of town births noted in St. Louis and Buena Vista. It also records multiple medical emergencies and a few incidents in Marion, including a mattress inquiry, matches use by a child, and trash-related unknowns, with times ranging Wednesday to Thursday.
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Leigh Ann
Richard Braley
Redbud Road
Cynthia
Wayne Erger
Highwood Drive
Linda
Bill Mullinex
10Th St
Marion
Carla
Tom Prouty
33Rd St
Donna
Jeffrey Stranathan
Anamosa
Donald Ehrisman
Monticello
Oxford Junction Woman Killed in Snowy Two Car Crash
Verna Kulhavy, 78, of Oxford Junction died when a westbound car collided with another on Highway 64 about two miles west of Wyoming around 2 15 p m. Neal Bright, 78, also from Oxford Junction, was passenger in the other car. Starry was treated and listed in guarded condition. Bright passenger Eugene Kelly 73 and Lillian Ingwersen 71 were hospitalized with serious injuries. Ingwersen later transferred to St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids.
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Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Verna Kulhavy
Neal Bright
Jones County
Donald Starry
Olin
Bright
Highway 64
Starry
Maquoketa Community Hospital
Eugene Kelly
Lillian Ingwersen
Maquoketa Hospital
Ingwersen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Stanwood Man Dies in Hunting Accident
A 74-year-old Stanwood resident, Carl Kern, died when his shotgun discharged as he crossed a fence. Cedar County Medical Examiner W J Kopsa pronounced him dead at the scene. A nearby farmer found Kern's car unmoved near the Mason Cemetery southwest of Mechanicsville.
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Stanwood
Carl Kern
Cedar County
W.J. Kopsa
Kern
Mason Cemetery
Mechanicsville
Reagan eases pension rules to unlock housing funds
President Reagan moved to free up as much as 20 billion dollars in pension-fund assets for residential construction by relaxing rules. He pledged not to cut the 4.6 billion dollar revenue sharing program yet and signaled possible review of community development and Urban Development Action Grant plans. Local officials welcomed the housing industry shift, while officials cautioned over ongoing OMB proposals.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Ted
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Richard Williamson
OMB
Labor Department
National Association of Home Builders
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts
The
Mortgage Bankers of America
Iowa Tax Receipts Signaling Slower Economy in November
Iowa's November tax receipts rose only 5.2 percent, prompting state Comptroller Ronald Mosher to warn that revenue estimates for 1982 and 1983 may be revised. He noted personal income tax growth up 11.8 percent while sales taxes fell 5.6 percent, though October offset the decline.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ronald Mosher
Mosher
Robert Ray
No shortage of trees at Hoffman tree farm
Kenyon Hoffman operates a Cedar Rapids area Christmas tree farm with about 10 000 family size trees in the field and a barn offering cut trees for non cutters. About three quarters of customers cut their own trees, priced at 2.25 dollars per foot.
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Hoffman Tree Farm
Kenyon Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
Hoffman
Gazette
Reaganomics Impact Hearing Planned in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids event on January 9 at the Educational Services Center seeks to assess effects of federal budget cuts. Senator Don Avenson and Senate minority leader Lowell Jenkins push for statewide hearings, with Des Moines Muscatine and Davenport sessions planned and more in planning. Local officials and the public are invited.
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Cedar Rapids
Democratic Party
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
the Gazette
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Legislative Council
Avenson
Des Moines
Muscatine
Davenport
Educational Services Center
Second Ave
Iowa public school enrollment declines statewide
DPI reports 514,956 students in public schools this fall, down 3.3 percent from last year. Des Moines district has the largest enrollment at 32,451 while Clearfield is smallest at 127. Private schools enroll 51,353, down 524 from last year.
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Des Moines
DPI
Iowa
Clearfield
Department of Public Instruction
DEQ director to change jobs in Iowa administration
DES MOINES AP Larry Crane longtime executive director of the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality will step down to head the air and land quality division effective Feb 1 The move announced by governor office spokesmen carries no explained reason and no replacement yet.
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DES Moines
Larry Crane
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
Iowa
Robert Ray
Larry
Environmental Quality) Commission
Ray
John McCarroll
Crane
McCarroll
Elledge to sue for job again in Delaware County
Ex-sheriff Bert Elledge Jr plans a new lawsuit in Delaware County District Court to have his resignation ruled void and to be reinstated as sheriff. Attorney Lloyd Humphreys said the suit follows a court ruling that procedures are proper this time. Ron Wilhelm currently serves as sheriff after Elledge resigned under investigation notices from state agencies.
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Manchester
Bert Elledge Jr
Delaware County District Court
Lloyd Humphreys
Cedar Rapids
Elledge
Humphreys
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Ron Wilhelm
Wilhelm
No-Cost Address Change Procedure for Iowa Licenses
The Iowa Department of Transportation begins a no-cost method to update addresses on driver's licenses. Since July 15, 1981, residents can obtain an address-change sticker at any driver licensing station or by mail. Mail requests go to the Office of Driver License, Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319, with full name, old and new addresses, license number, and date of birth.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Office of Driver License
Iowa
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Emma Forrestal
Cedar Rapids Fourth Avenue Care Center
Kuba Funeral Home
Nellie Frejd
Apache Junction
Ariz
Walter Frejd
Bethany
Boone
Linwood Park Cemetery
Lech Walesa
Union
Independent Union
Ity
National Commission
Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Janet
Benny Reiger
Linnmar Court
Judy
Scott Carnes
Knollcrest Court
St. Luke’s
St. Louis
Jeanne
William Craine
Emil Barta
Buena Vista
Colo
Jenise
Mark Allen
Leonard Stolba
Council St
15Th St
Mattress In van
E Avenue
34Th St
Hinkley Ave
B Ave
Klinger St
Bowling St
Washington Post
C.R
Dennis Damsgaard
Damsgaard
Gazette Company
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
2Nd St
John E
Florist
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