Memorial services and obituaries across Iowa towns
Memorial services are listed for Chester L Wenner at 1 p.m. today and Elmer Earl Douglas at 1 p.m. Monday with burials at Cedar Memorial and White Oak Cemeteries. Memorial funds and viewing times are noted for multiple families including Wenner, Tripses, Bates, and Stout, with services in Millersburg Oskaloosa North English Buchanan and related funeral home arrangements.
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Wenner
Chester L
Chapel of Memories
William B. Harnish
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Douglas
Elmer Earl
Power Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Max Johnson
White Oak Cemetery
Turner West
Williamsburg
Lillie Gale Tripses
United Methodist Church
Millersburg
Best Funeral Home
North English
Independence
James L. Bates
Mason-Howe Funeral Chapel
Wilson Cemetery
Tipton
H. Glen (Cappy) Stout
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
Woodbridge Cemetery
Buchanan
Russian flu worries U S health officials
The U S reports an early winter influenza surge with two attacking viruses A Victoria and A Texas across 42 states plus DC and Puerto Rico. A USSR strain prompts experts to plan vaccine development for next fall targeting over 50s and chronically ill, as deaths exceed the epidemic threshold.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Soviet Union
Ussr
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Mistaken Caption Cites 13 Letters in Name on Friday the 13th
Twelve year old Vince Kand corrects a caption claiming Wisconsin postman Ed Scheitzach has 13 letters in his name. The editor defends the blunder saying a middle initial makes it 13. The quip ends with a Friday the 13th joke.
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Vince Kand
21St Ave
Gazette
Vince
Newsroom
Ed Scheitzach
Wisconsin
Bicyclist Struck By Vehicle Injures Young Rider
Shawn Strach an Alburnett a 12 year old youth sustained a fractured leg Friday afternoon after a vehicle struck him on Main Street. Rodney Jones 19 Center Point was driving and deputies say the vehicle was passing the bicycle as the boy attempted a left turn. No charges had been filed Friday night. Strachen admitted to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids in good condition.
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Alburnett
Shawn Strachan
Main Street
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Rodney Jones
Center Point
Strachen
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Diana Klein and Sir Cecil Beaton Featured in Briefs
City briefs note tax consultant Diana Klein of 1715 Johnson Avenue NW with phone 365-0085 and mention of auctioneer Shepherd plus ad lines. Sir Cecil Beaton is aged 74, described as designer and photographer.
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Diana Klein
Johnson Avenue
Sir Cecil Beaton
Births and weather wrap offer Minnesota items
Weather notes show a cold spell with highs in the teens to low 20s and lows near zero. Birth announcements list Mercy Bal lard, James Hopker, Linda Smith, Wendell Aldrich, Jesse Salvidor, and Michael Allen with their locations in Minnesota.
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James Hopker
16Th St
Linda Smith
18Th St
Wendell Aldrich
Upland Drive
Jesse Salvidor
Seventh Ave
Michael Allen
Hiawatha
Humphrey Dies After Long Battle With Cancer
The text chronicles Hubert H. Humphrey’s life from Minneapolis mayor to U.S. senator and 1968 vice presidential contender. It details his cancer diagnoses in 1967 and 1973, bladder removal in 1976, treatments, and final months including a Reader’s Digest interview. Senator Dick Clark called him remarkable and wonderful, praising his courage and zest for life.
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Humphrey
David Gartner
Waverly
Washington
Air Force One
Carter
America
Senate
House
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hubert Humphrey
University of Minnesota
Camp David
New York
Sloan- Kettering Memorial Hospital
Reader's Digest
Kennedy warrant withdrawn in Long Island speeding case
Caroline Kennedy had an arrest warrant dropped after her attorney pleaded not guilty to speeding 86 mph in a 55 mph zone on the Long Island Expressway. A court conference is set for March 17, and a prior driving privilege suspension notice was recalled.
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Hauppauge
N.Y
UPI
Caroline Kennedy
Long Island
Suffolk County District Court
Suffolk
Thomas McVann
Paul Creditor
Miss Kennedy
McVann
New York State
Kalmbach Reinstated To Practice Law In California
Herbert Kalmbach Jr has been reinstated by the California Bar Association and is now an active member of the bar. He had been suspended for three years beginning July 3, 1974 after pleading guilty to two counts of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and served a six month federal prison term in 1974 75.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California Bar Association
Herbert Kalmbach Jr
Richard Nixon
Kalmbach
Orange County
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Statehouse
House
Chiodo
Fire damages home in Circle Drive NE laundry room
A fire caused heavy smoke and heat damage to the Robert A’Hearn residence at 3082 Circle Drive NE on a Friday evening in 1973. Officials attributed the blaze to a faulty dryer, with extensive damage centered in the laundry area. The incident occurred around 6 p.m.
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Third Ave
Circle Drive
Robert A’hearn
Capitol transfers spur probe and bill delays ripple across state
Lawmakers eye a near one million dollar transfer from two service programs to the governor and comptroller funded administration pool prompting calls for notification. The session sees debate over retail credit interest and a new Capitol parking gate system while Sen. Louis Culver faced a collision with a gate pillar and a bill for repair costs.
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Ned Chiodo
D-Des Mines
McCausland
Louis Culver
D-Dunlap
Culver
Carter Acknowledges Nonbinding Anti-Inflation Plan
President Carter and business leaders discuss a nonbinding plan to slow inflation through voluntary cooperation among business labor and government. They consider a $25 billion tax cut targeted to take effect Oct 1 and anticipate a detailed State of the Union address and budget submission around Jan 23 Camp David weekend plans noted Amy's snowman on the White House lawn.
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Jones
Commerce
Peter Peterson
Carter
Peterson
Amy
White House
Camp David
Congress
Pioneer corn burial sparks Marengo controversy
Marengo residents question practice as Captan fungicide is defended by Dahlberg. He says 20,000 bushels of corn buried behind the Pioneer plant on company property is legal, safe, and like a trench silo with a five foot hole and a three foot corn layer. He cites need to dispose of old seed corn and new hybrids.
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Marengo
Pioneer
Dahlberg
Proxmire Signals Possible Support for New York Federal Loan
Senator William Proxmire says he may vote for extending a three year 2.3 billion dollar federal loan program due to expire June 30. As chair of the Senate Banking Committee he notes he will not push colleagues to approve more funds for New York but could back the extension.
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Washington
William Proxmire
New York
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
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Lowry
Minn
Minnesota
U.S
Shepherd
C.R. Weather
Mercy
John Ballard
Grande Ave
St. Luke's
Maryland
Johnson
Air Force Two
Mondale
Minnesota Farm Labor School
Minneapolis
John Kennedy
West Virginia
Hum
Phrey
Nation Institutes of Health
Last Decemer
Dick Clark
Clark
Cedar Falls
Caroline
Alexander Haig
Saigon
Paris
Tor
ALCOA
Riverdale
Opposi
Capitol Building
Stan McCausland
General Services
John E. Lapes
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