Deaths from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
Obituary notices list multiple deaths from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with service details. Names include Donna Taylor Pence and Asa H. Dutton along with Sheryl L. Carlson and Godfrey J. Platz. Burial locations include Linwood Cemetery and Cedar Memorial Cemetery with various churches and funeral homes named.
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Donna Taylor Pence
Cedar Rapids
Winter Haven
Florida
Culver
Carlisle J
Turner Chapel
Wilson Hyde
Trinity United Methodist Church
Marion American Legion Post
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Dutton
Asa H
Janeba-Kuba
George B. McDill
Linwood Cemetery
Carlson
Sheryl L
Chapel of Memories
Earl A. Huebner
Calvin Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
Neola
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Platz
Godfrey J
Victor C. Unruh
First Assembly of God Church
Mary Ann Stastny
Mount Vernon
Lillian Cach
Iowa Senate Debates Narrow Anti Smoking Bill Path
A new Iowa Senate bill SF2022 to restrict tobacco in public places faces a favorable subcommittee and potential floor vote this session. The panel includes Sen. Rush and non-smoker members, while House HF285 and HF2153 move through smoker dominated subcommittees amid protests from Rep. Wells and Gov. Ray supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Robert Rush
Cedar Rapids
John Murray
Ames
A! Miller
Ventura
the Gazette
Senate Human Resources Committee
Charles Miller
D-Burlington
Jesse
D-Des Moines
LaVern Harvey
Bettendorf
Senate
Wells House
House
Robert Ray
Dale Cochran
Deagle Grove
State Government Committee
William Monroe
Burlington
Sen
Rush
Citizen vote on area education agency board terms
Iowa Senate backed an amendment allowing area residents to petition to elect AEA board members instead of them being chosen by local school boards. A 5 percent petition would trigger a vote on whether AEA boards are elected by citizens or by school boards. The measure, backed by the State Education Association and opposed by the Iowa Association of School Boards, accompanies a bill on AEA operations and funding.
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AEA
Iowa Senate
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa Association of School Boards
Redmond
Iowa House
Aeas
Senate
George Kinley
Des Moines
Tom Slater
Council Bluffs
Joan Orr
Grinnell
Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
Carr
Iowa
Grant Wood
City briefs preschool story hours at three branches
Preschool story hour runs Wednesday with sessions from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. in the Main Library basement at 428 Third Ave SE, 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Kenwood Branch 3223 First Ave SE, and 1:30 to 2 p.m. at Edgewood Branch 221 Edgewood Road NW. A Time for Hope airs on Channel 2 at 6:25 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Signoff News.
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Third Ave
Kenwood
First Ave
Edgewood
Edgewood Road
Best spot for a home garden, Torrey says
In Doylestown Pennsylvania vegetable breeder Theodore C. Torrey urges gardeners to choose a plot that basks in sun most of the day, away from shrub and tree roots, with good drainage to avoid puddles after heavy rain.
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Doylestown
UPI
Theodore C. Torrey
Court reverses Linn accident verdict in 1971 suit
Iowa Court of Appeals reversed a Jones County jury ruling that Linn County was not liable for Denise Greazel’s severe injuries from a December 17 1971 Linn County crash. The court cited reversible errors in the trial judge’s instructions and ordered a possible new trial with Linn County given 20 days to seek Supreme Court review.
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Des Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Cedar Rapids
Denise Greazel
Southland St
Christine Vanous
Linn County
Fairfax
Miss Vanous
Miss Greazel
Jefferson High School
First National Bank of
Marion
Jones County
Appeals Court
Clinton Shaeffer
Iowa Supreme Court
Missing youths emerge from cave in Waterloo rescue
Five youths feared lost since Sunday in a two mile long cave were found alive. Two spelunkers Gregory Berry aged 22 and Lisa Albrizzi aged 18 crawled out mud covered and exhausted and were taken to a hospital.
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Waterloo, Ill
Gregory Berry
Lisa Albrizzi
Merger of drug and alcohol groups bogged down by funds
Plans to merge Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and Reality 10 stall over funding. An ad hoc committee at United Way Building reviews merger issues including client need, budget, staffing, accreditation, and a detailed plan due within 30 days as both agencies keep current funding until July 1 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Reality 10
United Way
Dale Sawyer
Robert Meyer
CCA
Meyer
Joel Hoffman
Gary Reidman
State Department of Substance Abuse
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Hoffman
Eunice Elias
Health Center Board of Directors
Elias
Fred Uphoff
Iowa City cable vote suit seeks election date
Eastern Iowa Cable Vision Inc. and Gary Ladick filed suit in Johnson County District Court to force Iowa City to set an election on a cable franchise. Cox asks a writ to order the council to set the election for June 6 and argues the election is non discretionary.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Eastern Iowa Cable Vision Inc
Cox Communications
Gary Ladick
Cox
Park denies wrong doing in Korea influence case continues
Tongsun Park pleads innocent to 36 counts of bribery while seeking to testify against other defendants. He states money was used for friends in Congress and that he hoped it would aid Korea. Senator Weicker cites possible White House CIA awareness of Korea influence efforts in the 1970s.
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House
Leon Jaworski
United Press International
Congressional
Park
Korea
U.S
Congress
Justice Department
Richard Hanna
D-Calif
South Korean
Central Intelligence Agency
Seoul
Sen
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Senate Ethics Committee
White House
CIA
South Korea
Weicker
Park Chung Hee
Miller denies Air Taxi bribery links to dead general
Miller resists Proxmire’s charge that Textron bribed Gen. Khatami while noting the general’s death in 1975. He insists he has no knowledge of such conduct and that his company did not bribe anyone, calling the accusation unfounded.
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Miller
Proxmire
Textron
Gen. Khatami
Khatami
Salt Lake City Station Skips Feeds Following Public Protest
The broadcaster Kreuger complains of unprecedented phone calls opposing a station action. NBC executive Bud Rukeyser says feeder stations should not alter programming. The third chapter of the series will bypass Salt Lake City and be fed from Denver.
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Salt Lake City
Kreuger
Bud Rukeyser
NBC
New York
Krueger
Denver
Teacher runs for Iowa House seat in District 74
Dale Hibbs a 37 year old social studies English teacher and debate coach at City High announced his Republican candidacy for the Iowa House District 74. He vows a community focused campaign on issues such as reducing property taxes avoiding tuition hikes and preserving the right to work while urging debates among opponents. Hibbs will be campaign manager Howard Vernon of the IT Club.
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Iowa City
Dale Hibbs
Iowa House of Representatives
Hibbs
City High
Board of Regents
Iowa
Nissen Gymnastics
Cedar Rapids
Howard Vernon
University of Iowa
William Hargrave
Lown City
Boy Found Dead in Snowbank Near Front Door
In Uxbridge Massachusetts 10 year old Peter Gosselin vanished during a blizzard and after 20 days was found dead in a melting snowbank five feet from his front door. Postman Leo Lussier discovered the body and police await medical examiner findings to determine cause of death.
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Uxbridge
Mass
Peter Gosselin
Peter
Leo Lussier
Hheck
Lussier
John Emerick
Bread prices fall slightly in January
Washington AP reports the national average price of a one pound white loaf dropped to 35 cents in January from 35.9 cents in December. Experts offer no clear cause for the dip, with no notable market changes cited by bakers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert J. Wager
American Bakers Association
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Walter Dresselhaus
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Shawnee Mission
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Sumner
Helen Miller
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Milnes
Wadena
Jeffrey Caley
Gleim’s
Arlington
Montour
Basil Winders
Montour United Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill
LeGrand
Harrison's
Tama
Harpers Ferry
Michael Sadler
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s. Visitation
St. Ann’s Annex
Rosary
Hanson
Sheets and Son
Tipton
Darrell P. Blayney
Trinity Lutheran Church
Green Cemetery
Morley
Monroe
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Ingwer Hansen
R-Hartley
Avenson
Hansen
Area Education Board
Hope
Channel 2
Signoff News
Adv
Linn
Cable
Cemetery Flower Shop
Swellen
Florist
Tongsun Park
John. K. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
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