Deaths Of Five Cedar Rapids Area Residents
Obituaries notice for Alexander Taylor 84 of Springville and lifelong farmer who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Also reports the deaths of Clifford Landry 74, Louis Nemecek 70, Frank Volak 67, with service details, burial locations, and survivors including spouses and children. Memorials or donations requested to heart fund and church affiliations noted.
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Alexander Taylor
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Freida Johnston
Taylor
Allen Fernow
Orange City
Thomas Taylor
Alburnett
David Taylor
United Presbyterian Church
Steve Parker
Murdoch
Memorial Services and Funerals Announced in Area
Memorial services are planned for James Buckingham with cremation and 2 p.m. Saturday services at St Andrew s Lutheran Church conducted by Pastor Philip Hougen. Donations may go to the Diabetic Association. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home.
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Buckingham, James
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
Philip Hougen
Diabetic Association
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Nelson
Mary G
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cedric Lofdahl
Turner Chapel West
Turner Crematory
Iowa Deaths: Aldrich, Dawler Karr, Grindeland, Whittenbaugh
Obituary notices from Iowa list deaths of Aldrich 75 at St. Patrick’s Tama with rosary tonight. Dawler Karr 54 with service at Vinton Presbyterian and visitation. Grindeland 98 with service at Big Canoe Lutheran and visitation. Whittenbaugh 67 with service at Sacred Heart and rosary. Scheidt 78 with service in Victor. Palmer 74 with services pending.
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Toledo
Daniel L. Aldrich
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Tama
Henderson’s
van Horne
Betty Dawler Karr
Vinton Presbyterian Church
Campbell-Russell's
Vinton
Decorah
Sophia Grindeland
Big Canoe Lutheran Church
Steine’s. Oelwein
Francis Whittenbaugh
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant-Kerns
Rosary
Ladora
Carl
Anna) Scheidt
McAninch
Victor
Keota — Doyle Palmer
Powell's
Kopel fumes as Linn County leases A B Dick building
Linn County supervisors approve a five year lease to house the Friend of the Court in the vacant A B Dick building at 120 Third Ave SW. The office handles child support collections and rents cost 10 800 annually plus utilities. Kopel condemns the lease while others defend it citing cost recovery and space needs. Previous plans placed the office in the courthouse basement. Ten years ago Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in Paris amid Vietnam peace talks.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Friend of the Court
A.B. Dick
Third Ave
Kopel
Penick and Ford
Rinas
District Court
U.S
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Schlesinger urges nationwide energy conservation effort
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger told Congress that a broad voluntary drive to conserve energy is essential to offset Iran’s oil cutoff. He warned of possible gasoline rationing if voluntary steps fail and Iranian production does not resume by summer.
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Washington
James Schlesinger
Congress Today
Iran
Schlesinger
Senate Energy Committee
United States
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Iowa to resettle 1500 Indochinese refugees
Des Moines Governor Robert D. Ray announced to President Carter that Iowa will take in about 1,500 Indochinese refugees next year, roughly 200 families, with federal help expected to offset education and welfare costs. He cited the Malaysian boat tragedy and a TV documentary as motivations and urged other states to assist.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Ray
Carter
Iowa
Ray
Malaysia
Towa
Laos
America
Cedar Rapids Weather Toll Slows Town Cleanup
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa faced freezing drizzle and iceswept roads as a warm spell melted snow and strained roofs. The Rockwell-Collins site required repairs and evacuations. library leaks damaged archives. travel slowly improves with limited flight operations and ongoing city and county snow removal efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
City Briefs roundup from Iowa event notices and obituaries
Community items include a nat ural gas program at Fairfax fire station, dining promos at Johnny's Parkway, plumbing ads, Iowa Comets game tickets at Five Seasons Center, Hawaii tour dates for Kenny Hofer Orchestra, Overeaters Anonymous meeting, Sunrise Optimist speech on foreign investment, Sweet Adelines guest night, The Stable on The Alley sale, Town House Jackpot game, obituary for Vern L Conrad of Waterloo, VFW Post 788 meeting, and open meetings law briefing by Iowa State University Extension at Grant Wood Area Education Agency.
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Iowa State University Extension Service
Iowa
Grant Wood Area
Editing mixup on Cedar Rapids water project payment
A Gazette correction clarifies that only disputed double billing fees for Howard R. Green Co. on Cedar Rapids water pollution control facility were affected. The report now states Green will be paid for most of the questioned fees.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Howard R. Green Co
Cedar Rapids
Green
District studies staffing model as enrollments fall
School officials warn the staffing model cannot perfectly match class sizes as enrollment declines. With 1,296 non admin staff affected, only teaching positions face cuts while counselors librarians and administrators stay under review. Administrators argue building oversight remains needed amid district realignment.
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Schulz
Blood shipment to Chicago tops all recent emergencies
The Red Cross sent 1,200 pints of blood from Los Angeles to Chicago, ten times any prior emergency response under the program. Chicago hospitals canceled elective surgeries, and blood shortages hindered urgent cases with O-positive blood in short supply.
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Red Cross
Chicago
Los Angeles
Thiru Vaithianathan
More cancer found in John Wayne after surgery
Los Angeles reports that final pathological tests after John Wayne's stomach cancer operation revealed cancer in gastric lymph nodes. Doctors said the additional finding does not change postoperative treatment and no further surgery is planned at this time.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Bernard Strohm
Ucla Medical Center
Strohm
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Clifford William Landry
Lansing
Vivien D. Sargent
Mitchell
South Dakota
Iowa Manufacturing
Landry
Trinity United Methodist Church
American Legion
Hanford Post
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
American Heart Fund
Louis Harold Nemecek
27Th St. NE
Nemecek
Harper-Mciintire
Saint Matthew’s Parish
Holy Name Society of Saint
Helen M. Yuza
Robert L
Donald Henik
Lisbon
William L. Nemecek
Overland Park
Kan
St. Matthew's Church
Sodawasser, Friedel and Fangman
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Father Friedel
Knights of Columbus
Frank J. Volak
B Ave
Mercy Hospital
Pepsi-Cola Co
Lodge Cedar No. 7
Western Fraternal Life Association
Genevieve Malloy
Charles Volak
Kuba Funeral Home
William B. Harnish
Czech National Cemetery
Prusek
Marie Vasicek
Janeba-Kuba
Divishek
John
Brosh Chapel
William Harnish
Brush Chapel
Jim Bishop
Public Library
Kenwood
Tom Carney
35Th Street
Rockwell-Collins
Building
Rockwell
The
Highway Patrol
Ottumwa
Lamoni
Fort Dodge
Weather Bureau
O'Hare International
United Airlines
Ozark Air Lines
Cedar Rapids Public Works
Wayne Murdock
Murdock
Linn County Roads Department
Linn
Jim Rogiers
Illinois Gas and Electric
Ed Lang
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Fairfax Fire Station
Johnny’s Parkway
Fiala Plumbing and Heating, Inc
Paramount
Iowa Comets
Five Seasons Center
Adv
Kenny Hofer
Hawaii
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Third Ave. SE
Sunrise Optimist
Gazette
al Swegle
Bishop Cafeteria
Salem United Methodist Church
15Th St
Ronald Conrad
Marion
Vern
Lawrence Conrad
Waterloo
Falls Avenue Funeral Chapel
V.F.W
Second Ave
Auto Mart
White
Code of
Milwaukee
O’hare International
O'Hare
Midwest
Illinois
Sioux Falls
M.C
Kansas, Okla
Jack Mostetler
Oklahoma Natural Gas
John B. Turner & Son Guneral
Turner's East
Turner's West
First Ave
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Wayne
Solon
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