Obituary notices list Cedar Rapids area deaths this week
The notices report the deaths of Herman L. Shikoski 83 of 847 Fourth Ave SE and Arthur R John Petrusch 70 formerly of Marion in San Diego California. Also listed are Millersburg Fern Montross Oelwein Marion McKinley Cascade Rose Davis Strawberry Point William Baumgartner Wyoming Wilbert Pipz Anamosa Harry Zimmerman Clarence Straub Leo Erlacher William Toman Willard Powell and Willard Zeno Powell with service times locations and burial details at area churches chapels and cemeteries.
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Herman L. Shikoski
Fourth Ave
Cedar Rapids
South Haven
Mich
Iowa Electric
International Union of Operating Engineers
Leo
el Paso
Texas
Turner Chapel East
D.A. Loferski
Oak Hill Cemetery
Arthur R
John’’ Petrusch
Third Ave
Marion
San Diego
Calif
Violet D. Nedrow
Galena
Ill
Petrusch
Marion High School
Coe College
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
UAW
Donald Hay
Harold Tucker
West Branch
Albert
Pete
Bitel
Ike
Emma Petrusch
James McHugh
Bernice Forde
Murdoch Chapel
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Millersburg
Fern L. Montross
Millersburg United Methodist Church
Powell’s
North English
Oelwein
Marion McKinley
Sacred Heart Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Vinton
Brant-Kern’s. Cascade
Rose Davis
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Visitation
Devaney-Reiff’s
Strawberry Point
William
Bill) Baumgartner
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Robersons
Wyoming
Cecil
Martha
Lambert
Hayden's
Epworth
Wilbert
Marie) Pipz
St. Patrick’s Church
Reiff's
Farley
Anamosa
Harry Zimmerman
Goettsch’s
Errant elevator spoils wedding anniversary lunch
A couple on their fourth wedding anniversary recount a hotel elevator incident at Stouffer's Five Seasons. The shaft stopped between floors, ceiling lights fell, and the elevator then unexpectedly moved to the seventh floor before the four riders escaped. Hotel staff apologized and offered a drink.
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Pam
Stouffer's Five Seasons
Rick
Bob Motley
Cost carb efforts urged for East Iowa hospitals
Donald W. Dunn of the Iowa Hospital Association told about 75 hospital trustees and officials that 88 Iowa hospitals have pledged to curb rising costs. He cited voluntary Cost Containment Hospital certifications and urged further pledges to stave off future government regulation.
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East Iowa
Donald W. Dunn
Des Moines
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa
Dunn
The
Hospital Association
Mercy
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Mercy and University
Iowa City
People’s
Independence
Anamosa Community
Mercy Health Center
Dyersville
Marengo Memorial
Association
Sheraton Inn
U.S. Cuts Aid and Embassy Staff in Nicaragua
The Carter administration halves embassy staff in Nicaragua and withdraws all 21 Peace Corps volunteers after Somoza rejects mediation. Aid programs already underway will continue but no new projects are funded until policy shifts, with Ambassador Solari remaining in place.
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Washington
Carter
Nicaragua
U.S
Peace Corps
Anastasio Somoza
State Department
Hodding Carter
Somoza
Mauricio Solari
United States
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
EPA to lead on mutagenic waste study in county case
Crane said the EPA will take the lead after studies found some waste products mutagenic. Legal action began about a year ago and remains in county, Supreme courts and the administrative process. No EPA action has been filed yet.
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Small
Crane
EPA
Salsbury Pollution Dilemma Prompts Federal Aid Call
Crane proposes two options for the Salsbury dump material remove or in place isolation and emphasizes the need for a federal state study. He expects federal funds to address the problem, not financial help from Salsbury Laboratories. Senator Culver urges EPA action to safeguard Cedar Valley aquifer water for about 300,000 Iowa residents downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Salsbury Laboratories
Culver
EPA
Steven Gage
Cedar Valley
Blumenthal warns against 1981 tax cuts and balanced budget changes
Blumenthal told the Senate Budget Committee that tax cuts in 1981 could delay Carter’s balanced budget goal and risk fueling inflation. He favors using tax policy over spending to stimulate the economy and warns constitutional amendments or laws mandating balance would be disruptive. Rodino’s panel will hold hearings on a constitutional balanced budget amendment, date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chael Blumenthal
Carter
Blumenthal
Senate Budget Committee
Peter Rodino
House Judiciary Committee
Energy worries and policy actions cited in oil crisis talks
Energy secretary Schlesinger warned the oil outlook is dire while noting the U S is better prepared today than during the embargo. The nation holds a 70 day oil reserve versus 54 days then. He also urged limits on lighting and parking and urged conversions from oil to coal at plants. States face highway fund losses if speed limits rise above 55 mph and may seek workarounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
No Heat Wave But Iowa Faces Arctic Cold Snap
Central Iowa endures a severe cold spell with lows near 15 below zero in Cedar Rapids and heavy snow across Des Moines and surrounding areas. Three inches fell at the Cedar Rapids airport while six inches or more lay on the ground in Des Moines. Ice and drifting snow created hazardous driving. six semis slid off Interstate 80 with no injuries reported. Local crews salt and sand arteries while plows push back piles. city budget for snow removal sits around $60,000 in the red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Weather Service
Des Moines
Johnson
Open bargaining bill splits Senate committee in Iowa
The Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee approved a bill to require public employee bargaining sessions to be open. Republicans backed the measure with an amendment exempting mediation sessions and arbiter deliberations from the open meetings mandate, while Democrats opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
Sen
Clarence Carney
Sioux City
Senate
Robert Ray
Iowa
Carney
Fatals Services Arranged for Reverend Street and Wife
In Benton County a two vehicle crash killed the Rev Claire Street 56 of Decorah and his wife Julia Ann 39 Wednesday night. Street car ran a stop sign at Highway 101 and Highway 150 collision with a semitrailer driven by Mark Uchytil 29 of Cedar Rapids. truck overturned blocking traffic until about 9 30 p m. Services for the Streets are arranged by Mengus Funeral Home in Mabel Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Toman
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids
Frances Klima
Toman
Carpenters
Libbie Vrba
Agnes Dvorak
Lucille Powell
Lenora Mamola
Davis
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Canon D.A. Loferski
Czech National Cemetery
Willard Zeno Powell
Troy Mills
Waterloo
Jack
Iowa City
Shirley Johnson
Raymond L
Tacoma
Wash
Oakley C
Gerald D
Harry G
Edwin E
Murdoch
Lambert
Hayden
Wyoming
Benton County
Claire E. Street
Decorah
Julia Ann
Hesper Friends Church
Winneshiek County
Highway 101
Mark D. Uchytil
Pledge case goes to jury in Linn County theft manhood trial
Closing arguments completed in the Linn County District Court trial of Isaac Pledge Jr. on first degree theft and involuntary manslaughter. The defense rested after one witness as the jury heard instructions from Judge William Eads. The 16 year old is accused in a May 28 purse snatching that left 76 year old Jessie Belle De La Mater with injuries and later death from pneumonia.
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Linn County
Isaac Pledge Jr
William Eads
Pledge
Jessie Belle de la Mater
Miss de la Mater
Harold Denton
Toa Air to Buy Six QA-300 Airbases for 240 Million
Japan's Toa Air Lines plans to purchase six European QA-300 airbases for 240 million dollars, a move reported by the newspaper Asahi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Toa Airlines
Asahi
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Clarence W. Straub
Delaware
University Hospitals
Fair Haven
Jeannette Smith
Manchester
Straub
Milwaukee Railroad
Straubs
Laverne Straub
Lanark
David Traum
Chadwick
Bohnenkamp- Vernon Funeral Home
Robert Leo Erlacher
Chicago
Jefferson High School
Ellsworth College
Leo Erlacher
Naomi Lewis
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Joseph Schneider
American Cancer Society
Myself
Bellboy
Omaha
America
Vinton, Clinton
Maquoketa
Salsbury
Ment
John Culver
Diona
Schlesinger
Transportation
Brock Adams
LeRoy Soukup
Soukup
Red Ball Road
E Avenue
Ellis Road NW
Dick Phillips
Phillips
Uchytil
Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Lowell Forte
Percy G. Harris
Dennis Champar
de la Mater
Forte
Linn County Sheriff's
William Moran
Moran
Fred Boggott
Boggott
Ewellen
Florist
Flowers & Plants
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue 5.E
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