Death notices and funeral details from Cedar Rapids area
Deaths include Ernest A Stanek 67 of Marion Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born 1910, he served in World War II and worked for Purex Corp before retiring. Surviving family includes wife Nyline Brown and multiple children. Services Thursday at Murdoch chapel Marion with cremation to follow. A memorial fund is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Allen Stanek
Maplecrest Drive
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Nyline Brown
Kahoka
Stanek
Purex Corp
Marion Masonic Lodge No. 6
Linda Ward
Katherine Hill
Neosho
Jon Stanek
Central City
Kenneth Stanek
Eagle Point
Ore
Ernest Stanek
Man, Mo
Murdoch Chapel
Glenn N. Bender
First Congregational Church of
Calvin Love
Love
Fort Dodge
Raymond Love
Seloise Clark
Virginia
Jemorial
Janet
Willie
Joe
Arthur
Chester
Ellen Gibbs
Joe Love
Mississippi
Bruce Funeral Home
Teahen Funeral Home
Library Budget Rework Prompts Clarity Push
Library director Tom Carney was told to rework the 1977 78 budget to show clear spending. The council considers dropping contracts with East Central Iowa Library Assn and reallocating funds from personal services to non personal services. Cedar Rapids services to non residents are under review as state law funding expires June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Carney
East Central Iowa Library Assn
Don Carney
Carney
Library Board
H.A. Schimberg
FACT
Bob McMahan
Schimberg
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
East Central Association
Christmas Unemployment Pay For Iowa Teachers Allowed
In Iowa teachers may receive unemployment compensation during Christmas vacation and possibly spring break after federal ruling. Non academic staff may still claim for last summer, but new federal law will bar future summer benefits for non academic personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Colleen Shearer
Job Service of
Kansas City
Federal Labor Commission
Benfits
Allen Chapman Heads Family Service Board
Allen R. Chapman elected president of the Family Service agency board at 400 Third Avenue SE in Linn County. New officers include Roy Hampton as vice president Linda Walk as secretary and Robert Siddens as treasurer. New board members are Dorris Hotchkiss Teri Ferguson Peter Solar and Bob Carson.
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Allen R. Chapman
Lost Valley Road SE
Family Service Agency
Roy Hampton
Linda Walk
Robert Siddens
Dorris Hotchkiss
Teri Ferguson
Peter Solar
Bob Carson
Linn County
GOP Fractures as Democrats Regroup After Adjournment
In Des Moines lawmakers divided over a procedural vote as Democrats adjourned the chamber after a 49 to 42 vote granting a raise to Sally Blanton. Speaker Dale Cochran ignored dissent and declared recess while Rep. Roger Halvorson protested the skipped discussion of his irrigation permit moratorium resolution.
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Des Moines
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Roger Halvorson
Rmonona
Cochran
Halvorson
Chamber
Sally Blanton
Long Truck Case Reaches State Supreme Court in Iowa
The Iowa supreme court reviewed the long truck case after Atty. Gen. Richard Turner argued for extending the current 60-foot limit for two trailer rigs by five feet. He claimed accident and maintenance costs would be negligible and outweighed by advantages of longer trucks. The Motor Club of Iowa countered that longer vehicles are unsafe.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Richard Turner
The
Motor Club of Iowa
Budget Panel Okays Ten Billion Tax Cut
The Senate Budget Committee tentatively approves a ten billion dollar tax cut this year to fund President Carter’s fifty dollar per person rebate and other proposals. The panel makes no recommendation on the cut’s form. Chairman Edmund Muskie backs the rebate. Republicans push for permanent cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Budget Committee
Carter
Edmund Muskie
Maine
County groups push tax reform and school aid overhaul
The association urged relief for industrial, commercial, and utility classes and recommended returning ag land homestead and personal property credits to local governments to cut budgets. It backed a two tier school aid formula with local basic levies and state coverage, while preserving local control and proposing broader state funding only with reform. It also urged taxing non profit properties used irregularly, more road money, annual assessments, state funded mandated programs, and increased county revenue sharing.
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Association
Study on A VictoriA flu outbreak risks and vaccine impact
CDC panel estimates place 15 states with suspected cases and three more. FDA figures project 1 to 12 thousand deaths among high risk groups from a zero to 50 percent attack rate. A 70 percent effective vaccine could cut hundreds of thousands of cases and thousands of deaths. Guillain Barré risk is noted at 140 cases per million vaccinated.
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CDC
Califano
David Sencer
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Sencer
Illness Drops Absentee Rates Across Local Schools
About 70 students or 15 percent were absent at a elementary school. Washington High reported 15 percent absence about 255 students. St Matthew's school had 44 of 291 absent. Absences varied by grade with several rooms showing illness impact. Other schools like Pierce reported near normal absence levels. No widespread teacher shortages were noted.
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Mentary School
Washington High School
Eleanor Burke
Washington
St. Matthew's Elementary School
Gretchen Sullivan
Pierce
Iowa aging commission urged to clean up operations
The Iowa commission on the aging faced a warning to reform or risk losing legislative backing. Senator David Readinger criticized misdirected funds while executive director Glen Bowles admitted potential gaps in management tools. The panel seeks 1.5 million dollars next year amid staff shortages and oversight concerns.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Commission On the
David Readinger
Urbandale
Glen Bowles
Commission
Bowles
Ronald W. Beane
Dochterman Pleads Guilty to Robbery
Monte T. Dochterman aged 21 of 1432 Sixth Avenue SE pled guilty to robbing the Bohemian Savings and Loan branch on Mt. Vernon Road SE Nov 29. He entered the plea before U.S. Judge Edward J. McManus. Accomplice William Givens 36 of 505 Fifth Avenue SE had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank robbery. both await sentencing.
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Monte T. Dochterman
Sixth Avenue SE
Bohemian Savings and Loan
Mt. Vernon Road
Dochterman
U.S
Edward J. McManus
William Givens
Fifth Avenue SE
Murders of Two Cedar Rapids Men Remain Unsolved
Authorities in Florida and Colorado are investigating two unrelated Cedar Rapids killings. In Florida, Steven Swalley was found stabbed in water along U S 90 near Monticello after hitchhiking west. a reward may be sought. In Colorado, John Flood was shot in a park south of Littleton after a marijuana deal gone wrong. the second man fled.
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Florida
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson County
Fla
James Scott
Scott
Steven Swalley
Swalley
U.S. 90
Monticello
John
Joe) Flood
Flood
Littleton
Colo
Return of Cold Seen Next Week
The cold wave and gas shortage may return next week after a temporary warm break. The National Weather Service says a Pacific air mass will shift, returning Arctic air to the eastern U.S. for two to three weeks. Unemployment linked to the winter gas shortage totaled about 1.23 million from Commerce and 1.57 million from state estimates, with hard hits in New York and several other states. Gas supply was easing as extra gas began flowing to interstate pipelines under a new emergency act.
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New Jersey
Peter Palese
Jerome Schulman
Mary Ritcher
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York City
Washington
The
National Weather Service
Carter
James Schlesinger
Pacific
Weather Service
U.S
Schlesinger
Unio
New York
U.S. Commerce Department
Commerce Department
Free Care at Ul Hospitals Hits 6 Million in 75 76
Indigent patients received more than 6 million dollars in free care at University hospitals in Iowa City for 1975 76, with totals over two years reaching 13 million. If indigents were treated in their home counties costs could rise to about 16 million. About 12 000 indigents were admitted in 1975 76 from all 99 counties. 60 000 indigent outpatient visits occurred that year. University seeks 27.2 million for 1977 78, up 2.5 million from 1976 77. The subcommittee will forward recommendations to House and Senate budget panels.
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Des Moines
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Joint Legislative Education
John Colloton
University
Willard Boyd
D.C. Spriestersbach
Robert Ray
House
Senate
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Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
James McGarrahan
Bethel Baptist
Rebekah Lodge No. 79
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Andrew
Estella J
Barton G. Murray
South Amana
Mary Dieckman
Otto Zuber
Hoover- Valentine’s
Marengo
Jesup
Lena Cage
Parker's
Elizabeth Myers
George L. Gay
Barker’s
Oakland Cemetery
Mike Deupree
Gazette City Hall
Allen Chapman
Family Service Board
Agency
Third Avenue SE
United Way
Gop
Demos
Rep
Jerry Fitzgerald
D-Fort Dodge
State Supreme Court
Food and Drug Administration
Bureau of Biologics
Fort Dix
N.J
Aging Agency
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Riewe
Florist
Town and Country
C.R
Dale Kueter
Ul Hospitals
Frank Nye Garette
Senior Citizens Bus Service
Yodt
Cedar Memorial Park
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