Death notices and obituaries in Cedar Rapids area
Deaths listed for James Phillips 62 Cedar Rapids vice president Killian Co died after sudden illness at home. Also Mabel Franck 77 Central City resident died in Cedar Rapids hospital. Multiple funeral details, call times, and burial venues follow for kin across Iowa communities. The notices include O Connor, Fitzgerald, Wilde, Maeder, Newkirk, Neustel, Wignall and others with service times and burial sites.
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James Phillips
Lawrence St
Killian Co
Cedar Rapids
Burlington and Ottumwa
Hiteman
Iowa
Pauline Adcock
Albia
Killian Company
Phillips
Lindale Plaza
Mount Hermon Lodge
James
Jane Ellen
Fairfax
Robert Claxton
Ed Edgerly
John Hunt
Monticello
Joe Duncan
Marion
Jack Phillips
Turner Chapel East
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mabel A. Franck
Central City
Hazieton
Monona
George Franck
Franck
United Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Harry Wilson
Waterloo
Very Kelley
Donald Franck
Troy Mills
Selma Mielke
Strawberry Point
Murdoch Chapel
O’connor
Gladys G
Baxter's
Mount Vernon
Fred W. Austin
John O’connor
Fitzgerald
Lillian
Janeba-Kuba
Linwood Cemetery
Wilde
Joan B
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Louis Jaeger
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Father Jaeger
American Cancer Society
Maeder
Arnold Albert
Terry Slinde
Hope Lutheran Church
Hanford Post
American Legion
Oak Hill Cemetery
O Ave
Powers
Gayline L
Newkirk
Richard
Brush Chapel
William Harnish
Nemec
Anna
Janeba- Kuba
Theodore Hlubucek
Czech National Cemetery
Neustel
Mildred E
Center Point
Northwest Mortuary
Phoenix
Arizona
Wignall
Edgar L
Chapel of Memories
R. Reagan Benedict
Cedar Valley Bible Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Clark targets for Panama treaty fees in Senate votes
The Panama Canal treaties face mobilization to influence 1980 elections with conservative funding and volunteer pressure. Democrats Clark Haskell Hathaway and Anderson are highlighted as vulnerable as opponents campaign to deny ratification and affect GOP presidential momentum. Conservative groups claim broad public opposition and plan mail campaigns and letters urging senators to oppose ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Dick Clark
Iowa
Floyd Haskell
Colorado
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Panama
Richard A. Viguerie
George Wallace
Local Briefs Cover Mailbox Damage and Local Incidents
Linn County deputies and postal inspectors investigate damage to six rural mailboxes between Cedar Rapids and Fairfax. Allen M Tang Iowa City reports losing a gold and jade ring valued at 3000 while at a Roosevelt Royale Hotel party. Teresita Carlisle reports a microwave theft from her Bever Avenue SE home. Citizens United for Responsible Energy to meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Kirkwood Community College. Master Sgt Ralph L Nelson, from New Albia, reassigned to MacDill AFB Florida. Douglas E Jochimsen of Olin promoted to airman first class at Mildenhall England.
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Linn Sheriff’s Deputies
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Allen M. Tang
Iowa City
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
CURE
Citizens United For Responsible Energy
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Douglas E. Jochimsen
Martin A. Jochimsen
Olin
Air Force
Mildenhall Raf Station
England
Cedar Rapids worker narrowly escapes crushing injury
James Sheely a 35 year old Lunda Construction employee in Cedar Rapids was struck by a swinging 3 600 pound piling during I 380 bridge work. He suffered four broken ribs and other injuries but survived. He expects months of recovery in Mercy Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
James Sheely
Kiowa Trace
Lunda Construction Co
Sheely
Hendricks seeks new trial in Cedar Rapids hunting case
A motion for a new trial was filed in Linn District Court by Billy Hendricks over the case where Edward Broderick was awarded no damages after mistaking Hendricks for a wild turkey. The motion cites a key witness affidavit claiming trial pressures affected testimony and questions Hendricks’s knowledge of nearby hunters.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Broderick
Linn District Court
Marion
Billy Hendricks
Toby Schaffner
Schaffner
Broderick
Hendricks
Iowa
Muriel Humphrey delays election decision
Senator Muriel Humphrey says she is not ready to say if she will run for the remaining four years of her late husband’s Senate term. She expects to decide with more time and plans to announce before Minnesota’s district conventions in late April.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Muriel Humphrey
Humphrey
Senate
Minnesota
Valentine Folklore From Detroits Archives Surfaces
Cedar Rapids readers learn folklore tips from the University of Detroits Folklore Archives for Valentine’s Day. Bluebirds predict poverty while gold finches signal wealth, and superstition advice includes Laurel leaves and a dream verse. Readers are invited to test the folk beliefs with playful home remedies.
My First Calf Valentine and a Life on the Farm
The narrator recalls Valentine the Holstein calf crowned champion at a first fair. He describes moving farms, transitioning from hand milking to mechanical milking, and learning old farming arts. He reflects on changing feelings toward Valentine, a failed trade, and selling the cow to fund college.
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Ol’ Valentine
Valentine
Valentines
Judy Carne Arrested in West Los Angeles on Amphetamine Charge
Judy Carne 38 known from Laugh In is jailed after a Sunday arrest at her West Los Angeles home for possessing with intent to sell amphetamine sulfate. She faces prior Ohio charges for forging a prescription and possessing a small amount of heroin awaiting trial.
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Judy Carne
Los Angeles
Ohio
Two Hurt When Car Hits Indian Creek Bridge
Two persons were injured Monday in a one car accident on Central Avenue at the Indian Creek bridge. Police said a car was driven by James C. with unknown extent of injuries reported.
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Central Avenue
Indian Creek Bridge
James C
O'Brien youths in crash seek treatment at St Luke’s
O'Brien aged 18 and passenger John K. O'Brien aged 19 from Cedar Rapids were hospitalized after a bridge collision. John O'Brien suffered a head injury a fractured left hand and facial lacerations and was listed in fair condition while James O'Brien received a nose fracture and knee abrasions and was released. An eight day bank holiday in Michigan in 1933 aimed to avert a panic preceded a $50 million infusion to Detroit banks.
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O’brien
Windsor Drive
Cedar Rapids
John K. O’brien
St. Luke’s Hospital
John O’brien
James O’brien
Michigan
Detroit
Coal strike tensions and broad energy conservation actions
The report details coal strike negotiations and damage by striking miners at Alexander West Virginia, including $500,000 in destroyed property. Indiana National Guard units were deployed to guard coal stockpiles while Michigan warns of conservation measures and job fears. Utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia face cuts and potential layoffs as states impose or prepare mandatory power reductions.
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Alexander
W.va
Indiana
Otis Bowen
National Guard
Michigan Public Service
Daniel Denlow
Michigan
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio
C.G. Carter
Pennsylvania
West Penn Power Co
Duquesne Light Co
Harrisburg
Virginia
John Dalton
West Virginia
Eagle strike talks press on with Thursday sessions
Meat Cutters Local 431 and six area food firms will resume bargaining in Chicago on Thursday after a week of strike and lockouts. About 500 to 600 workers at Eagle Discount, Randall Foods, Kroger, Jewel, A P and Geifman are affected while Teamsters honor pickets and some clerks stay away. Eagle says stores maintain hours with substitutions and direct shipments.
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Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Eagle Discount Supermarkets
Eagle
Randall Foods
Kroger
Jewel Stores
A&p
Geifman
Lee Roush
Milan
Roush
Louis DeFrieze
DeFrieze
Peru
Morris
Rock Falls
Dixon
Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids
Linn County lawmakers hold monthly legislative town meeting
Linn County lawmakers will hold their monthly legislative town meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Board Room of the Education Service Center at 346 Second Ave. SW. The meeting is open to the public.
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Linn County
Education Service Center
Second Ave
William Field, longtime Rutland Herald figure, dies in California
Publisher William Field 67 former owner and publisher of the Rutland Herald and Pico Ski Area co founder died Sunday in Tiburon California. Field helped build the Pico Ski Area in Sherburne and led regional journalism efforts during his career.
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Montpelier, Vt
William Field
Rutland Herald
Pico
Sherburne
Tiburon
Calif
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West Union
Marion Whitcher
Holy Name Catholic Church
Rosary Society
Burnham Woods
Anamosa
Neil G. Mullen
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Goettsch’s. Visitation
Brooklyn
Gertrude Newkirk
United Presbyterian Church
Nevenhoven
Clark
Teresita
Carlisle
Park Towne Lane
Bever Ave
Johnny’s Parkway
Ralph L. Nelson
A.O. Nelson
New Albia
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
Calumet Air Force Station
Mich
By Tom Alex
Gazette
Nebraska
Muriel
The
Valentine Calf
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
D Wellen
Florist
Eagle Strike
Linn Legislative
Publisher Des
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