Deaths and funeral notices from multiple Iowa towns
Obituary notices list William C. Butler 72 of 1101 First St. SW Iowa City died at Veterans Hospital after a short illness with services pending at Teahen Funeral Home. Also Hayley Dawn Mann 11 months died at University Hospitals following heart surgery. services at Dillon Trinity Lutheran Marshalltown. Additional notices include Adaline I Palmer, Merrel W Burkart, Myron F Schmitt, Donald Phelps, Camiel Kochuyt, Chester Hill, Shawn Graybill, Dr A H Knowles, Lulu Curtis Day, Evelyn Scherbring, Michael Zaruba and others with service times, churches, and burial plans across Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Butler
First St. SW
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Williamsburg
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Penick and Ford
Grain Millers Union
The
Moose and Eagles
American Legion Hanford Post
V.F.W
Colleen Dietrich
Cedar Rapids
Terry
San Francisco
Calif
Paul
John
Marion
Ellie Wagner
Ladora
Regina Ditch
Ed Archibald
Springville
Jean Larson
Maxine Bruce
Agnes LaVelle
Irene Jordan
Teahen Funeral Home
Hayley Dawn Mann
Russell
Ellen Mann
Southland St. SW
University Hospitals
Jessica
Raymond Walken
Gilman
Eldon Mann
Marshalltown
Ira Wolken
Harry Rutherford
Grinnell
Dillon Trinity Lutheran Church
Route 2
Estes- Perrin Funeral Home
Monona
Myron F. Schmitt
Schultz’s
Manchester
Donald Phelps
United Methodist Church
Bohnenkamp
S. Hartwick
Camiel Kochuyt
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Victor
McAninch-Frem
Dyersville
Oxford Junction
Michael H. Zaruba
Assembly of God Church
Hayden’s
Rinas presses county ownership of handicapped workshop
Linn Supervisor Joe Rinas vows to seek rescission of last week's lease decision for the Handicapped Systems Workshop. He cites figures claiming a 10 year bond payoff and annual savings of 31 000, with ownership after a decade and continued maintenance costs thereafter. The board previously approved a 129 204 annual lease with 1901 First Avenue Corp, amid questions about location and long term control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Joe Rinas
Rinas
Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
First Avenue Corp
10Th
11Th Avenues
Sixth and
Seventh Streets
County Health Center Board
Drive In Realty
Handicapped Systems Project
Kirkwood Community College
Residents urged to ask young fund-raisers for IDs
Cedar Rapids youths selling candles for Youth Guidance were found to be misrepresented by a Unification Church fundraiser. Youth for Christ leaders say no Youth Guidance projects are in progress. Officials urge the public to demand identification and ask questions before contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unification Church
Cedar- Rapids
Bob Dye
Youth For Christ of Greater
Cedar Rapids
Youth Guidance
Youth For Christ Organization
Dave Taft
Taft
Jack Toren
Des Moines
Iowa
Toren
Linn Supervisors approve county official pay raises
The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a compensation package raising eight elected officials salaries by about 9 percent total, effective July 1, within the federal 7 percent inflation guideline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
County Compensation Board
Begin to Meet Sadat in Egypt on Christmas Day
On this date in 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announced plans to meet Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Egypt on Christmas Day to present peace proposals for the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Freshmen Enrollment Rises Amid Overall College Drop
Washington AP report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows 11,354,756 students enrolled this fall across about 3,100 colleges, up for freshmen but total enrollment down 0.5 percent from last autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Center For Education Statistics
City Briefs More briefs on page 5B
Give a Gift of Beauty or Wigs from Madeline's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline’s
Adv
Power outage hits France as hospitals rely on generators
Across France power failures affected regions served by two nuclear plants Chinon and Saint Laurent with restoration estimated up to 36 hours. Hospitals used emergency generators. trains resumed with delays. Paris firefighters handled elevator rescues as life support systems operated by gas and flash-lit surgeries continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Chinon
Loire Valley
Saint Laurent
Paris
Cleveland Faces Budget Crisis Cash Plan Split Over Light Plant Sale
City leaders debate a 1.5 percent tax plan and selling the Municipal Light Plant to fund operations. Mayor Kucinich opposes CEI monopoly. A firefighter union coalition says it will study city books and push facts before action. Possible court action and layoffs loom as desegregation begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kucinich
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
CEI
Jack Gannon
Firefighters Union
William Summers
Summers
Mild December Weather to Yield to Wintry Change
The article notes mild December weather in Iowa persists with a possible wintry change later in the week. A travelers advisory for freezing rain remains through Tuesday night in extreme north Iowa, with rain spreading statewide and light snow by Wednesday. Lows range from the teens to the 30s, high temperatures mid-20s to mid-30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mercury
Ottumwa
Mason City
Commerce Dept counters Blumenthal on 1979 price outlook
Officials said the 1979 import bill will rise less than Blumenthal projected in September, as oil producing nations raised prices by 14.5 percent for 1979, adding about 4 billion dollars to U.S. imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blumenthal
United States
Cedar Rapids salon sale ends with $6000 verdict for buyers
A Linn District Court jury found that a Cedar Rapids woman misrepresented her Blair House beauty salon before selling it to a Marion couple. The Weavers sought $25,000 in damages, but the verdict awarded $6000 to the buyers for losses after the 1976 sale and contract breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Blair House
Fairbank
Germaine F. Heasley
Carroll
Serena E. Weaver
Marion
First Ave
Douglas F. Johnson
Ronald L. Alderson
Lois C. Gracy
Springville
John H. Kemp
Center Point
City to issue bids for two bus department projects
Bids due Jan 24 for two city bus projects, one at the bus barns and one downtown. Total project cost about 98,000 with UMTA paying 80 percent. Waiting station on Third Street at Second Avenue SE to be built within 120 days of bid opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Aller
Third Street
Second Avenue SE
Aller
Urban Mass Transit Authority
UMTA
Air quality plans OK'd by Linn County panel
The Linn County Regional Planning Commission approved measures to meet two air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. The plan requires reducing particulates and ozone by December 31, 1982, with the Iowa DEQ to forward a statewide plan to the EPA by July 1, 1979, and EPA approval required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Linn County
APC
Commission
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection Agency
Iowa
EPA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adaline I
First Christian Church of
Coggon
William Deskins
Mount Clark
Murdoch Funeral Home
Central City
Burkart
Merrel W
Murdoch
Walker
Joe M. Jones
Spring Grove
Covington
Mary Burke Gazette
the Gazette
Vinton
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
General Assembly
Peck's Flower Shop
Center Point Road
New York
Marseille
Avignon
France
Assel
Gannon
Cleveland
Commerce Department
Gazette
Ewellen
Florist
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Christmas Designs
FLC
Cedar Park
JWER
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