Deaths include Paul Seaton and Frederick Sanders from Cedar Rapids
Paul H. Seaton 61 of 2045 Highdrive SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness Born April 15 1915 at Milford he was married to Nilah L Bivens Oct 28 1936 in Iowa City He spent 31 years with Penick and Ford retiring in 1971 He belonged to Calvin Sinclair United Presbyterian Grain Millers Local 100 VFW and WWII veteran He is survived by his wife two sons six grandchildren and siblings Services Friday at Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Friends may call Thursday afternoon and Friday morning Frederick H Sanders 62 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday in Chicago after a long illness Born April 16 1914 in Cedar Rapids he married Phyllis Barton April 30 1944 in Cedar Rapids He was a WWII veteran and former Pennsylvania Railroad engineer He belonged to the Railroad Engineers Surviving are his wife his mother Mary E Wiard Center Point a nephew and a sister Funeral services Saturday at Turner Chapel East with burial at Linwood Cemetery Casket will not be opened after the service The family will stay at the Kiecksee residence 394 Twenty sixth Street SE Primrose Clarence J Benedict Plistil Bessie and other brief notices follow with calls and burial details.
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Paul H. Seaton
Highdrive SE
Cedar Rapids
Milford
Nilah L. Bivens
Iowa City
Penick and Ford
Seaton
Calvin Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
Grain Millers
Nilah
Robert L. Seaton
Decatur
Ill
Paul F. Seaton
Shellsburg
DeLos L. Seaton
William
Farmington
Wash
Ralph
Ely
Hubert Holub
Chapel of Memories
Earl A. Huebner
Calvin-Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Frederick H. Sanders
Chicago
Phyllis Barton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mary E. Wiard
Center Point
David Johnson
Sanders
Edina Kiecksee
Turner Chapel East
Ronald Pfluger
Bethany Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Turner East
H.D. Kiecksee
Twenty-sixth Street
Primrose
Clarence J
Kuba Funeral Home
Richard Regan Benedict
Cedar Valley
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Lee Griffis
George A. Derr
Kansas City
Elizabeth Endsley
Derr Auto Electric
Mildred Meyers
Mt. Washington Cemetery
Death notices recount Cedar Rapids residents and area services
Geary L. Pyles 31 of Cedar Rapids died after a sudden illness. Born December 18, 1945, he attended Foursquare Gospel church and belonged to Boy Scout Troop 59 and the Skyhawks. Survived by parents and sister Jeanie in Omaha, plus grandparents. Services Friday at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Burial details and memorial fund request noted.
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Geary Lee Pyles
Route 3
Cedar Rapids
Pyles
Foursquare Gospel Church
The
Skyhawks
Jeanie Pyles
Omaha
Neb
Pearl Bissel
Delia Pyles
Maryville
City tax drop tied to Cedar Rapids budget talks
Preliminary figures show Cedar Rapids residential property tax at 11.67 per 1000 assessed value, down from 11.93. Total next year budget is 72,842,179 with property taxes at 17,147,644, while revisions shift tax burden due to revaluations and varying increases from unions and schools.
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Mike Deupree
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters
City Hall
Cedar Rapids Community
Linn County
Binding Arbitration For Police Contract Impasse Reached
The City of Cedar Rapids and the Teamsters representing police reach an impasse after rejecting three fact finder recommendations. PERB will appoint five arbitrators. union and city select one each to hear final offers. Expect a decision in several weeks. The union backs a 40 cent hour pay rise about 7 percent overall. the city sticks to 5 percent and challenges budget assumptions. It also refuses family insurance premiums and equal pay for detectives and sergeants, arguing supervisory duties differ.
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Cedar Rapids
Teamsters
State Public Employes Relations
PER
Separate Tables revival opens at Apollo Theatre London
A revival of Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables opens at the Apollo Theatre in London. Starred by John Mills and Jill Bennett, the cast includes Margaret Courtenay Raymond Huntley and Zena Walker. The play originally premiered in London in 1954.
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London
UPI
Terence Rattigan
Apollo Theater
John Mills
Jill Bennett
Margaret Courtenay
Raymond Huntley
Zena Walker
Wounded Knee Leader Crow Dog to be Paroled
Leonard Crow Dog, spiritual leader of the American Indian Movement, convicted in Cedar Rapids federal court in 1975 for 1973 Wounded Knee crimes, will be released March 21 after U S parole board in Washington grants parole. His eight year sentence was reduced and made immediately eligible for parole. sentence runs concurrent with other felonies. He has been in federal prison since February last year.
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Leonard Crow Dog
Cedar Rapids
Wounded Knee
S.D
Crow Dog
U.S. Parole Board
Washington
U.S
Edward J. McManus
South Dakota
McManus
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Burns Warns 1978 Budget May Lift Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns told the Joint Economic Committee that President Carter's proposed 1978 budget could raise inflation above the 5 to 6 percent range forecast by administration economists. He argued the larger budget fuels fears and expectations that may become self fulfilling.
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Washington
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Carter
Burns
Joint Economic Committee
Trudeau warns against Quebec separatism hurting U S unity
Canadian Prime Minister Elliott Trudeau told a Washington news conference that Quebec separation would harm both Canada and the United States but ruled out independence, saying unity is essential. He met President Carter twice during a two day visit as the pair discussed stability.
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Washington
UPI
Eliott Trudeau
Quebec
United States
Carter
Westdale Center plans shift to August 1979 opening
Hahn officials will open the Westdale Center in August 1979 with three department stores and 750 000 square feet of retail space. The project, led by Hahn in Hawthorne California, aims for a later expansion to more than one million square feet and a fourth major store. Co-developers include Newman Properties and Dial Realty with Robert Lawrence. Downtown planners study enclosed mall feasibility on Second Street SE.
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Termas
Hahn
Hahn Firm
Hawthorne
Calif
California
Virginia
Newman Properties
Long Beach
Dial Realty
Omaha
Robert Lawrence
Kansas City
Whoenwhite
Majority of Teachers Vote To Scrap PLAN Program
Judy Daubenmier reports that a district wide survey shows 52 percent of College Community teachers want PLAN discontinued, though support varies by grade level and building. Teachers say they can individualize without PLAN and want more in service for parents and staff.
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College Community School
College Community School Board
Prairie High School
Prairie View
Robert Bostwick
Bostwick
Millen seeks to curb Speaker's trip approval authority
Floyd Millen, Republican leader from Farmington, urged ending the Speaker's sole power to approve out of state trips for state representatives. He proposed forming a bipartisan committee, publishing trip details, barring lame ducks, and capping trips per legislator and per year.
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Millen
Speaker
Des Moines
House
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
House Rules Committee
Legislative Council
House Journal
Cochran
Question Raised Over McGregor Marina Rent
Iowa conservation officials dispute local rent collection for McGregor riverfront marinas saying state ownership control applies. Asst. Atty. Gen. Cliff Patterson and Peterson press for state jurisdiction while McGregor rejects outside regulation and eyes possible cost sharing.
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McGregor Marina
Mcgregor
Iowa Conservation Commission
Cliff Peterson
Des Moines
McGregor Dock Commission
Conservation Commission
Peterson
Mississippi River
Port of
McGregor-Mississippi Marine, Art’s Landing
Boaters
McGregor City
Tom Miller
Miller
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