Deaths Bohisen and Others Listed in Local Notices
Obituaries and funeral notices record Helena K Bohisen casket today at St Patrick's with burial at Mount Calvary. Nellie B Overley service at Turner Chapel East and Cedar Memorial burial. Jessie Charlton Spencer 88 to be interred at Tiffin Cemetery. Elmer Schrader 77 at St John Lutheran Church. Carl Frandsen 84 in Maquoketa. Harry Franck 79 at Carson's. Arthur O'Brien 80 at St Patrick's with Lycurgus Cemetery burial. Robert E Papesh 42 services pending in Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohisen
Helena K
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Allen Schmitt
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Funeral
Overley
Nellie B
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Iowa City
Jessie Charlton Spencer
George L. Gay
Harry Franck
Carson's
Friends
Waukon
Arthur O’brien
Hanson’s
Lycurgus Cemetery
Tama
Robert E. Papesh
Bloomington
Ind
Henderson's
Toledo
UNESCO report divides on censorship and press access
The draft UNESCO report prompts clashes over censorship abolition and media access to both official and unofficial sources. Soviet delegate Tass chief Sergei Losev voices reservations, fearing harm to developing nations. The document also urges UN to bolster information systems with a broadcast outlet and a communications satellite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Sergei Losev
Tass
United Nations
Varley Named Chairman of Iowa Commerce Commission
The Iowa Commerce Commission will elect a new chairman after Ray and Moore discussed Varley’s succession. Varley, a 44 year old consumer oriented member with a background in energy policy, will need another July vote to keep the post. He emphasizes learning on the job and balancing utility profits with consumer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Holstad
Iowa
Varley
Moore
Maurice van Nostrand
Commerce Commission
Commission
Fred
von Nostrand
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Iowa State
North Carolina State
Storm floods force bridge closure and quake reports across California
Floodwaters dilute waste with no immediate health risk officials note potential change as river runoff erodes I 10 bridge piers near Phoenix. In Borrego Springs residents woke to two small earthquakes magnitudes 3.9 and 3.3. Riverside County dams overflow with desert runoff flooding I 15 near Perris limited to one lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt River
Phoenix
Borrego Springs
San Diego County
Riverside County
Los Angeles
Jacinto River
California Highway Patrol
Perris
Weather, floods kill 36. long storm pattern rattles Pacific region
The National Weather Service warned clear skies may last days as 36 deaths were blamed on storms beginning Feb 13. Most fatalities occurred in California with others in Arizona Utah and Mexico. Three youths were missing near San Diego. Weather offices reported an unprecedented storm sequence while city crews remove debris and rebuild levees from Point Mugu to San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
California
Arizona
Utah
Mexico
el Cajon
San Diego
Weather Service
Los Angeles
Bill Sullivan
Point Mugu
ICC extends Rock Island Lines service by three weeks
The Interstate Commerce Commission voted 5-1 to extend government subsidized service on Rock Island Lines to March 23. The move draws on an $80 million fund ceiling managed by Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. and aims to avoid mothballing assets while Congress shapes a labor protection package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
The
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
ICC
Darius Gaskins
Congress
Robert Greshman
George Stafford
Kansas
Cedar Rapids weighs year round ice rink for Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Mayor Don Canney and Center Manager Mike Gebauer discuss turning Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum into a year round indoor ice skating rink to boost use and revenue. They plan preliminary studies on cost and feasibility, noting ice shows could help cover operations while preserving space for other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Canney
Five Seasons Center
Mike Gebauer
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
California
St. Louis
Canney
Gebauer
Col
Edgewood Branch to be Expanded Amid Overcrowding
Cedar Rapids Public Library trustees agreed to study an enlarged west side Edgewood Branch as circulation climbs 10.5 percent and overcrowding grows. The board honored retiring Bookmobile driver Robert Pfeiffer and approved the 1980-81 staff contract with an 8 percent across the board raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
West-Side
Henkel
Westside
Central Library
Cedar Rapids Man Stabbed in Ely Fight Refuses Charges
A Cedar Rapids man, Leo Ruf fet, 39, was stabbed during a Friday night fight on Ely’s main street, suffering severe facial wounds requiring about 40 stitches. He drove to a friend's house then to St Luke's Hospital. He refused to file charges saying he would take care of the matter himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ely
Dennis Fiser
Linn County
Fiser
Ruffet
Weather anemometer readings and forecasts issued
Weather report notes total precipitation for February and Friday. Forecasts call for showers along the northern and central Pacific coast with scattered snow over the northern plateau and mixed precipitation from the eastern Great Lakes to Northern and central New York. Thunderstorms in Florida and along the southern Atlantic coast expected with temperatures ranging from the 20s to 70s across regions. A travel advisory remains in Lake Placid for freezing rain sleet and light snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
New Ind
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
California
Arizona
Texas
Atlantic
Lake Placid
N.Y
Vital Statistics Births and Emergencies Report
Feb 22 entries record several births at listed addresses including Sara Strand Merrill Bluff Marion a son Cynthia Franks Mechanicsville a son Patricia Chamberlain Route 1 Mechanicsville a son Joan Bartjette Jr Pinehurst a son Sally Hylton Camber Court SE a son Sam Lynn Hacker Marengo a daughter Robin Hachey Hiawatha a son. Later times note gasoline manifold leak 1711 B St SW stand by for oxygen leak Mercy Hospital and medical emergency at 163114 B Ave NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathey
Mark Frith
Benton St
Sara and Merrill Strand
Bluff Drive
Marion
Cynthia
Raymond Franks
Johnson Ave. NW
Patricia
Alan Chamberlain
Mechanicsville
Joan
James Bartjette Jr
Pinehurst
Sally
Ronald Hylton
Camburn Court SE
Sam Lynn
Raymond Hacker
Marengo
Robin Kay
Paul Hachey
Brandon Ave
Hiawatha
Mercy Hospital
B Ave. NE
Judge OKs Milwauk e Road suspension plan
U S District Judge Thomas R McMillen sign an order to suspend service over 4700 miles of the Milwaukee Road system. The move aims to save 70 million in operating costs with effect by March 1. Iowa objections withdrawn after trustee Ogilvie agrees to run 100 miles in Iowa. 1500 Montana branch lines to stay open 30 days under a 50 million FRA loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
U.S
Thomas R. McMillen
McMillen
Iowa
Milwaukee
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Wallace Abbey
Montana
Federal Railroad Administration
Abbey
Also Mentioned on This Page
MacBride
M’bow
Unesco
Soviet Union
Cie
Bank of America
Redondo Beach
Calif
KCT
Transportation
Neil
Iseum
Coliseum
Veterans Memorial Commission
Waterloo
Bill Baker
Penick and Ford
Communication Workers of America
Cedar Rapids Public Library Staff Association
Association
Board of
Trustees
Thomas Carney
C.R. Weather
MGR Ceemeenemmene
Stiow Veveesceee
St. Luke's
John E. Lapes
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
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