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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

16 Jan 1978

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1978

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3

Deaths: Inez Olive Floerchinger and others

Obituaries list Cedar Rapids area residents who died after brief illnesses or long battles. Included are Inez Olive Floerchinger 73 of 516 Sixth St SE. J Lawrence Conway 88 of 1540 B Ave NE. Lucy I Krug 83 of Atkins. Jane Ingamells 40 of 1117 Clifton St NE. Gladys Demmer Cleveland 51 of 1703 13th Ave SW. Mabel Rogan 83 of Boone. and many others with service details, burial sites, and funeral home references. Numerous survivors and church affiliations noted.

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Inez Olive Floerchinger Sixth St. SE Cedar Rapids Malcolm Floerchinger Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Irvin D. Floetchinger Donovan D. Gruhn Joe Motley Charles Morrison Immaculate Conception Church William P. Leonard Cedar Memorial Cemetery Turner Chapel East Father Leonard J. Lawrence Conway B Ave Redhouse W. Va Tipton Stanwood Central City Farm Bureau Leon Lisbon Joseph Ruth Burchett Davenport Morgan’s Thomas Stewart Mount Vernon Cedar Memorial Lucy I. Krug Atkins Adam Krug Fairfax Mr. Krug Grace Carmen Tacoma Wash St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church Robert C. Hedtke Turner West Cedar Valley Heart Association Jane Ingamells Clifton St Independence Duane L. Ingamells Oelwein Sears Ingamells Kenwood Park United Presbyterian Church Barbara Karen Gary Mac Hatch Jim Hatch New York David Roth Hazleton Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cancer Society Kenwood Park Gladys Demmer Cleveland George T. Cleveland 13Th Ave Verdigree Neb Lir. Cleveland Elko Nev Aeronautics School Omaha Kirkwood Community College United Airlines Cleveland Christ United Presbyterian Church Air Force Mother's Auxiliary CES Plainview George T. Jr Iowa City E. Joel Ames Wayne A. Cleveland Leslee Cleveland Josie Demmer Robert Bouton Mabel Rogan Boone St. Luke’s Hospital Donald Rogan Iowa State University Donald Stark-Welin Funeral Home Raymond J. Kula Miami Fla Prairieburg Florida Kris Kula West Palm Beach Raymond Kula Virgil Richard J Ronald John le Roy Praireburg Robert Anamosa Allamakee County Raymond Frankland Frankland Roosevelt Hotel Waukon William Dixon Celia Eisner Osage St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hanover St. John’s Cemetery
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Legislature Advances Payback Requirement on Land Reclassifications

The House passed a bill mandating a five year back tax payment at the rate the land would have been assessed if not under reservations status when land is sold after a changed use. Linn County area valuations show 1977 taxable property at $856,363,081 and exemptions totaling $78,124,711 including state and federal properties, schools, churches, and libraries.

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Linn County Cedar Rapids
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City opposition to state tax exemptions called for funding plan

Iowa City Council opposed expanding tax exemptions in a January 10 1978 letter to state Senator Minnette Doderer. The missive highlighted University of Iowa land and buildings exempt from taxes and urged state funds to offset losses to cities. It cited Coralville Reservoir Lake Macbride and Johnson County properties as major exemptions and urged relief for municipalities facing such tax losses.

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Iowa City Vevera Minnette Doderer University of Iowa Johnson County Donnelly Coralville Corp of Engineers State Highway Commission Verne W. Pottorff Pottorff Lake Macbride U of 1 Associations of War Veterans The
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Immunization rules tighten in Cedar Rapids area schools

Cedar Rapids districts report high compliance with new state immunization law requiring polio and measles vaccines for school enrollment. About 98 percent of 11 000 elementary and 96 percent of 5300 junior high students have met requirements. a few students were sent home pending proof or religious exemptions.

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Cedar Rapids Charles Beusch David Cretsinger Gene Cretsinger Squaw Creek Linn Mission Temple Cretsinger the Gazette Linn-Mar Shirley Ross Marion Independent School District College Community School
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House amends ERA and halts debate in Des Moines

The Iowa House debated adding an Equal Rights Amendment to the state constitution and then postponed further action. A 48 to 44 vote added a paragraph protecting homosexual laws to the resolution to clarify that bans on homosexuality and same sex marriage would remain unaffected. Rep. Terry Branstad supported the paragraph as necessary for court clarity.

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Des Moines Iowa House Terry Branstad R-Lake Mills Senate George Kinley D-Des Moines Robert Ray Ray
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City briefs and local notes mix with ERA ratification talk

Public events include Recovery-A at Peoples Church and the Linn County Firefighters Association meeting at Robins Community Building. A Marion theft reports a chain saw and tools. ERA ratification requires two legislative approvals and a statewide vote, with momentum seen for three remaining states.

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Linn County Firefighters Association Robins Jim Usher Cedar Rapids Fire Department
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Humphrey Buried in Minneapolis After Flight Escort

Humphrey's burial was set for Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis where he began public service as mayor in 1945 at age 34. About 300 people watched a military honor guard receive the coffin at the snowy airport as temperatures stayed in the teens. Mondale escorted Humphrey's body and his wife Muriel along with his immediate family to the Twin Cities aboard President Carter's personal plane after farewells in Washington.

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Olaf O. Brandt Glenwood Thor Clifton Junior College Clifton Texas Kenneth Mission Viejo Calif Marjorie Dahlen Falls Church Marilyn Gerdedn Marion Ohio Beverly Batchelder New Haven Church Cemetery Stevie’s Lakewood Cemetery Minneapolis Humphrey Mondale Muriel Twin Cities Carter Washington
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Brush Chapel William Harnish Sulek Cemetery Shueyville Mary Saldana Second Ave. SE Stewart Funeral Home Alice Frankland Gladys Marie Barger Longwood Drive Gordon D. Barger Grand Lodge of Iowa Masonic Library Collins Radio Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapter DE of PEO National Secretaries Association Woman’s Club Beethoven Club Kiwanis Ladies Club Barbara Brethauer Bettendorf Joseph B. Hanisch John P. Woods Linwood Cemetery Memorial Fund Westminster Presbyterian Church of the Cancer Research Fund Division of Hematology-Oncology University of Iowa Foundation Ethelie Julie) McEvers Heber Springs Ark Isaac Happy) McEvers American Red Cross Arkansas Richard el Paso Phillip’s Vinton Louise L. Caldwell Phillips Mae Jensen First Baptist Church White’s. Independence Larry Jack Jody White’s Independence White’s Henry Brickman St. John’s Lutheran Church Fairbank Hintz Hawkeye Lillian L. Schlegel Trinity Lutheran Church Milnes Wyoming William McCalmant Hayden’s West Union Ernest Gager Burnham-Wood’s Bethel Alpha Leonard G. Bohlken Wayne Zion Lutheran Church First Lutheran Church Steine’s. Vinton Helen M. Crow Campbell-Russell Avenue Floral and Botanicals 16Th Ave. S.W C.R. Taxes Pottortt Peoples Church Third Ave. SE Coach House Fashions MNB Adv Michael McCullough 15Th St. South Toddville FBI Osu Binnlee Medical Society Eee Foundation I John E. Lopes 3Rd Avenue S.E Bradt Cedar Memorial Park Gene Chapman Chapman’s Golf Center
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