Death notices recount Cedar Rapids to Fairfield Bay obituaries
A cascade of obituary notices lists Libbie G. Melsha of Fairfield Bay Ark died after a brief illness. Born 1912 in Swisher she lived in Cedar Rapids from 1924 to 1974 and married Frank Melsha in 1932. The column also notes numerous relatives and fraternal affiliations across Iowa and Illinois with funeral arrangements in Fairfield Bay Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Additional deaths include Anna Konecny Alva Heneks Ella Prohaska Raphael McGee and several others with varied service details and burial plans in Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Lisbon Oelwein and Darien Illinois.
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Libbie G. Melsha
Fairfield Bay
Ark
Cedar Rapids
Swisher
Frank Melsha
St. Francis Altar Guild
Little Theater
ZCBJ
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Western Fraternal Life Assn
Ann Naprstek
the Unity of Czech Ladies
Sokolice
Renata Tyrs
Karla Masaryk
The
Czechoslovak Society of America
Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Lovell Dvorak
Godfrey Dvorak
St. Francis Catholic
Kuba Funeral Home
St. Wenceslaus
Louis Trzil
Czech National Cemetery
Anna A. Konecny
Council Bluffs
Anna Kahl
Joe Konecny
Northwestern Railroad Ladies Club
First Christian Church of
Emma Loufek
Lombard, Ill
Helen Konecny
Meyer Chapel
Evert Burham
Sharon United Methodist Church
Alva Ada Heneks
Lisbon
Marion
Mechanicsville
Cornell College
Federated Church
Order of Eastern Star
Senior Citizens Club
Floyd
Plainview
Texas
Ivan
Willard
Morgan’s
Ella Nejdl Prohaska
Solon
Edward J. Prohaska
Iowa City
Mr. Prohaska
Richard of
Brosh
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Trzil
City eyes parking ramp to spur mall project
Lipsky outlines plans for a $10 million to $15 million mall project powered by a parking ramp. Three ramp sites are proposed with capacities from 520 to 550 cars costing $2.2 to $2.6 million. Utilities relocation and financing methods, including a tax Increment Financing district, are under study while a spring construction start remains the target.
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Lipsky
Don Canney
Leo Peiffer
Fourth Avenue
Century Engineering
Laurance Press Co
First Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Second Street
Ing Revenue
Canney
Richard Phillips
Third Avenue
First Avenue
Johnson County Considers Across the Board County Official Pay Hikes
The Johnson County Compensation Board recommends July 1 increases for seven elected officers. Proposed raises include auditor and clerk of court to 17,200, recorder to 17,200, sheriff to 20,950, county attorney to 21,500, and board of supervisors to 13,400, with various percentage boosts. The Supervisors may approve, modify, or reject.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Compensation Board
Johnson County
Board of
Eleven districts warned over noncompliance with anti discrimination pledge
Eleven school districts will not receive new federal grants after failing to sign pledges against discrimination toward women. HEW officials said 27 districts nationwide were notified, many with small enrollments, and the action applies even if funds are not currently being received. Ten districts and 12 colleges received similar notices last week.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office For Civil Rights
HEW
City weighs flood risk and growth as study stretches on
Local officials and business leaders pressed for options as the Federal Flood Insurance Administration tasks a private firm to restudy flood risk after C.R. plainwas reached 73 000 cfs. A potential development moratorium was discussed to cope with uncertain boundaries between 126 000 and 92 000 cfs.
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Federal Flood Insurance Administration
Resources Council
Dougal
Don Canney
Corps of Engineers
Canney
The
Begin Carter visit discussed amid Cairo peace talks
Carter and Begin weighed a possible visit to Israel to bolster U S backing for Cairo negotiations seen as opposed by the Arab confrontation states. Brzezinski signaled a second meeting, with Sadat hinting at a Cairo encounter later in the year as talks proceed and distances are bridged.
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Begin
Carter
Israel
U.S
Cairo
United States
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Brzezinski
Sadat
Jerusalem
Middle East
Egypt
Washington
Harraniya
Mena House
Cramer Brothers Wins May's Island Wall Contract
Cramer Brothers Construction Co of Des Moines was awarded the May's Island river walls repair bid. The base bid of 416 707.16 exceeded the engineer estimate but was covered by an Economic Development Administration grant. two alternates raise total to about 599 000 with 19 000 from road funds.
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Cramer Brothers Construction Co
Des Moines
May’s Island River
Second Avenue Bridge
First Avenue Bridge
Economic Development Administration
First Avenue
Second
First Avenues
Dick Ransom
Drug Arrest in Fairbank
Buchanan County deputies charged Lee Ann Welsh 19 with possession of a controlled substance after a bag believed to contain marijuana was found in her pocket during a 11 p.m. Thursday arrest in Fairbank.
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Fairbank
Buchanan County
Lee Ann Welsh
Cedar Rapids businessman Sam Becker killed in Benton Township crash
A pedestrian death occurred at 106 First St. NE as a pickup struck two walkers returning to a Hy Vee lot. Sam Becker, owner of Becker's Peoples Furniture, and his wife were involved in the incident. Police report no witnesses and both drivers did not see the pedestrians before impact. The Beckers’ car was later found in the Hy Vee lot with groceries inside. Becker’s public roles and family details are noted.
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Edwards
Fields
Becker’s
Peoples Furniture
First Ave
Becker
Des Moines
Reliable
Cedar Rapids Executives Association
Central Retail Merchants Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Linn County abandoned car sales audit reveals misstatements
An audit of Linn County abandoned car sales from 1973 to 1976 shows 1019 vehicles sold at eight auctions with mismatched records, unknown VIN and license numbers, and $16 251.93 reimbursed to the city by the Iowa Department of Public Safety. The auditor urges recovery of funds and cites possible broader issues beyond clerical errors. Beethoven born in 1770 is noted.
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Linn Sheriff's
David Webster
Smith
Webster
Sheriff's Department
Department of Transportation
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Kopecky
Denny Ehlert
Iowa Department of Transportation
Linn County
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Raphael J. McGee
Woodridge, Ill
Osborne
Pacific Intermountain Express Co
Chicago
Charlene
Patricia Gugliemetti
Belle Plaine
Deanna
Mahler
Renne
Charles
Jody
Ralph
Tama
Iowa
Adam Winterfield
Downers Grove
Ill
Clarendon Hills
Darien
DeBow
Lillian
Murdoch
Woodlawn
Oelwein
Paul Sommerville
Cree
Dora A
Stenberg-Williamson
Amery
Wis
McArthur
Everette A
Center Point
Canon D.A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
McKay
Ruth Elizabeth
Turner Chapel East
Judith Urquhart
Peoples Church
Turner Crematory
Heart Fund
Davis
Frank Dwight
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard L. Thompson
Turner West
Daggett
Joseph Ames
Thomas C. Aycock Jr
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
University Hospitals
Warren
Alice
Shueyville United Methodist Church
Gordon Freeburg
Shueyville Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Luxemburg
Alfred H. Lake
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
McBride’s
Dyersville
Independence
Henry (Buck) Forsyth
White’s
Overton
Johnson
C.R. Plain
White House
Cramer
First St. NE
Linn Car Sales
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pierson’s Mec
Ellis Blvd
N.W
16Th Avenue
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
Country Club Pkwy
Ralph Gearhart
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