Deaths Carrie Mason Kouba and others across area
Carrie Mason Kouba aged 91 died at the home of Harold Barlow in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Survived by son Millard M. Keith and many grandchildren. Eva J. Basham, 87, Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years, passed away in Marion after a long illness. George Walter Judd Kerns, 74, Cedar Rapids native, died after a sudden illness. Several funeral notices follow for Alvin Vogel, Lloyd Temeyer, Allen Glass, Harley Turner and others with service details in Cedar Rapids area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Mason Kouba
Frank J. Kouba
Harold Barlow
29Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
A.E. Keith
Kouba
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Malta
Order of Eastern Star
Daughters of Union Veterans
CES
Eva J. Basham
Marion
30Th St
Earlville
Arthur W. Basham
Bertram United Methodist Church
Clyde A
Bertram
Ella Luloff
Independence
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Dennis Tevis
Campbell Cemetery
George Walter
Judd) Kerns
Sixth St
Evelyn Spillane
Chicago
Adell Brick and Tile Co
Judith J. Carlton
James
Oakland
Calif
Turner Chapel West
B. Gordon Packard
St. James United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Glass
Allen W
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hanford Post
American Legion
Turner
Harley Dean
Turner Chapel East
Canon D.A. Loferski
Contractors offer rewards to recover stolen goods
Cedar Rapids firms Whitters Home Builders and Blahnik Construction post rewards for information leading to recovery or arrests after repeated equipment thefts. Whitters offers 300 dollars for a 1970 Ford flatbed truck stolen Nov 19, while Blahnik offers 500 dollars for a backhoe attachment device valued at 5,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Whitters Home Builders
Blahnik Construction Co
Richard Whitters
Ford
Bob French
Blahnik Construction
Blahnik
French
Whitters
Chicago
Federal gun charges eyed in Iowa machine gun incident
In Iowa City former Indiana circuit court judge William Runyan 39 of Brookville faces federal weapons charges after allegedly breaking into Karen Keyes apartment and injuring her with a tire tool. Police found an M 16 and multiple firearms and ammunition in his car along with about 15000 in gold coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Indiana
William Runyan
Brookville
Ind
Johnson County
Franklin County
Runyan
Karen Keyes
Keyes
Ron Evans
John Owen
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Evans
Des Moines
Westinghouse wins $171 million Savanna nuclear contracts
Westinghouse Electric Corp. clears contracts totaling 171 million dollars from Commonwealth Edison for a Savanna area nuclear plant. Edison holds two thirds with Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric and Interstate Power sharing the rest. Two pressurized water reactors and initial core fuel fabrication are included. the plant, a 2.5 billion dollar project, should begin service in the late 1980s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ill
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Davenport
Interstate Power Co
Dubuque
Des Moines Officer Arrest Error Sparks $ lawsuit
Assistant Polk County Attorney Dawn DiBenedetto plans to sue Des Moines after a parking ticket payment was allegedly erased by a computer error leading to her false arrest. Her lawyer says the suit will be filed in District Court and seeks unspecified damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Polk County
Dawn DiBenedetto
Register and Tribune
DiBenedetto
Court records: man charged with harassment in Cedar Rapids
Steven B. Smith, 27, of 517 14th St SE, arrested Wednesday and charged with harassment related to a December 14 report of harassing phone calls. Also in Linn County, four guns missing from a box at Paul Whitters Turf Farm, taken between late September and Wednesday morning, include a .357 Magnum, a .22 target pistol, a .38, and a .22 handgun. Local notices and ads follow with holiday hours and events listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven B. Smith
14Th St. SE
Northwest Side
Paul Whitters
Whitters
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Three held on drunken driving charges in Linn County
Three men were arrested on drunken driving charges in Linn County. Larry J. Wrolstad, 32, was taken into custody at 10:22 p.m. on Sixth Street SW. Douglas D. Duitsman, 21, was arrested at 1:23 a.m. near 34th Street and Vine Avenue SE. Gary A. Marshall, 26, was arrested at 2:10 a.m. in front of his home and also charged with disobeying a traffic signal, driving without registration and speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Larry J. Wrolstad
Cherry Hill Road
Sixth Street
Douglas D. Duitsman
Bever Ave
34Th Street
Vine Avenue
Gary A. Marshall
Oakland Road
Trial of St Louis hijack suspects continues in Benton
On December 21 1978 the Trapnell McNally Johnson trial moved toward jurors in Benton about 20 miles from the landing site. Trapnell left the courtroom for security talks and asked for a delay in an emotional state. FBI reported outside threat colors as the court was cleared except for officials and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trapnell
Benton
Martin McNally
James Kenneth Johnson
Harold Baker
FBI
Marion
McNally
American Airlines
St. Louis
Peru
Ind
Detroit
Baker
India political crisis widens after hijackings
Mrs Kidwai and Buta Singh deny links to hijackers amid a plot to tarnish the Indira Gandhi leadership. Mrs Gandhi, ousted in 1977, remains jailed for contempt. Thousands rally around the jail as riots erupt nationwide with buses torched, rail cars damaged, and numerous arrests and deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidwai
Buta Singh
Indira Congress
Gandhi
Sanjay
Desai
Bombay
Bangalore
British King George III statue fragment finds New York museum
A 20 pound piece of the King George III statue, smashed by colonists in 1776 and found in a Wilton swamp, has been awarded to the Museum of the City of New York after Connecticut courts ruled the find belonged to the museum owner. The piece was unearthed in 1972, sold for 5500 dollars, then disputed by swamp owners and a legal battle led to the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling in favor of the museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
Museum of the
City of
George III
Wilton
New York City
Joseph Noble
Noble
Manhattan
Louis Miller
Miller
Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut Supreme Court
Leach to Lead Iowa Trade Delegation to China
U S Representative Jim Leach of Iowa will visit China from December 27 to January 14 to promote agricultural and industrial trade. He will meet top Chinese officials, discuss expanded trade, and deliver a letter from Governor Ray urging a Iowa trade delegation visit. Leach, on the Banki ng Committee International Trade panel, will self fund as part of a congressional delegation visiting four cities: Guangzhou Shanghai Hangzhou and Beijing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Jim Leach
Iowa
People’s Republic of China
United States
China
House Banking Committee
Leach
Robert Ray
Ray
Kwangchow
Shanghai
Hangchow
Peking
Fact-finder named in College district
The College Community School District and its education association failed to reach a 1979-80 salary and insurance pact in mediation. Richard Miller of Minnesota was appointed by the Public Employment Relations Board as fact finder for a Dec. 28 hearing. The district and the association will present their demands. Negotiations remain at impasse with 159 non-administrative staff represented by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Education Association
College Community
State Public Employment Relations Board
Richard Miller
Minnesota
Glenn Selzer
Beverly Verstegh
Farm population decline noted in 1977 report
A government study by Commerce and Agriculture finds 7.8 million people live on farms in 1977, with 4.072 million males and 3.734 million females. It notes a male to female farm ratio of 109 to 100 and warns farm women migrate with age, while overall farm population continues to fall from 8.25 million in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
U.S
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Postville
Charles G. Brainard
Schutte’s
London
Stephen Pingel
Bittburg Afb
Germany
Chapman’s
Wheatland
Earl Wilmarth
Decorah
Ruby Erickson
Decorah Lutheran Church
Olson-Fjelstuhl
S. Toledo
Louise Hurt
Mason-Hand’s
Tama
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Jane Fonda
Alicia Alonso
Flowers & Plants
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Pt. Rd
Westinghouse
Toman’s
2Nd St. SE
Newburg
Mt. Vernon
Pierson’s Florist
Don Salyer
City Hall
William Schatz
Brooklyn Drive
Northwood Knolls
Lee Baierlein
Bowellen Florist
Johnson
Mrs. Gandhi
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
John B. Turner & Son
Turner's
East _ BOO Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
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