Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Include Howell and Pickering Obituaries
Obituaries report the deaths of Bunyan T. Howell Sr. 62, of 72 15th Ave SW, and Ralph M. Pickering 82, with details on their births, marriages, residences, careers, and survivors. Howell led Howell Construction Co and Ambulance Co Inc, with extensive community affiliations. Services set for Monday at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home and Stewart-Duerr in Leon. Additional notices list Cecil E. Oleson and others, with funeral times, locations, and charitable bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Bun" T. Howell Sr
15Th Ave
Howell Construction Co
Jane Boyd
St. Luke’s Hospital
Greenville
Texas
Velma Mays
Denton
Cedar Rapids
Howell
Ambulance Co. Inc
Highland Terrace Baptist Church
Riverside Community Development Committee
16Th Avenue
Mizpah Lodge
AF & AM
I” Club
South Side Civic Club
Czech Village Association
Ely
John F
Richmond
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
John Tanner
The
Emanuel Baptist Church
Czech National Cemetery
Heart Fund
Ralph M. Pickering
L Ave
Leon
Iowa
Lois O. Richard
Pickering
Burlington
Federal Housing Administration
Richard F
Thelma Black
Clifford
Columbia
Roy
Winterset
Stewart-Duerr Funeral
Leon Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
David Polk
First Christian Church
Crescent Lodge
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Memorial Fund
American Cancer Society
Chapel of Memories
Inger's Attorneys Hint at Appeal After Manslaughter Verdict
Defense lawyer William Olinger indicated Thursday an appeal of Mark A. Inger's voluntary manslaughter verdict is likely though he must confer with the defendant. Inger posted ten percent of a ten thousand dollar bond and was released after the verdict in Linn District Court. He faced second degree murder charges in the death of 16 year old Robert A. Neve.
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Mark A. Inger
Linn
William Olinger
Inger
Ron Kirkpatrick
Robert A. Neve
Hy-Vee
32Nd Street
Oakland Road
Neve
William Eads
Patricia Reid
Thomas Peffer
Reid
Peffer
Olinger
Gazette
Vicky Pierson
Cedar Rapids Board OKs Kennedy High Trip to Los Angeles
The Cedar Rapids Community school board approved a Kennedy High School Concert Choir trip to Los Angeles March 19 to 25 by a 3 to 2 vote. A Kennedy Thespians Club field trip to Minneapolis Feb. 3 and 4 was approved 4 to 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Health cost hikes predicted in 1979 outlook
Health care spending is seen rising to 207 billion dollars in 1979, up 25 billion from 1978, with hospital costs possibly jumping 15.2 percent. Dr. Paul Feldstein notes Carter’s anti inflation program could trim the rise to 13.6 percent. Also mentions Michigan’s 1837 statehood anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Texas
University of Michigan
Paul Feldstein
Carter
Feldstein
Iowa official urges avoiding flood plain development
Webb cautions against building in flood plains and questions public funding for flood protection. He notes only 8 percent of Iowa lies in flood plains and argues prevention is cheaper than levees. The city council will act only if the Legislature approves, affecting projects like a downtown shopping mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Iowa
Dick Phillips
National Resources Council
Don Canney
Washington
Phillips
Plan Could Alter Downtown Growth After Flood Change
The Gazette reports a state plan to raise flood protection from 100 to 500 years would affect future downtown development. It proposes tougher stream alteration penalties, partial real estate liability for flood plain damages, reservoir sites, and stricter irrigation drains rules. City officials reacted with disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Janda
Janda
Pope John Paul II Ends Dominican Visit With Call For Justice
During a 23 hour stay in the Dominican Republic the pope flew to Mexico City to inaugurate a Latin American bishops conference. He addressed Los Minas parishioners praising the poor and urging action to improve education and participation in society. He celebrated Mass in Santo Domingo and spoke to thousands in Independence Plaza about human rights social justice and combating poverty. The pope, 58, had kissed the ground on arrival and highlighted the church’s historic ties to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominican Republic
Aeromexico
Mexico City
Latin American Bishops Conference
Santo Domingo
New World
Los Minas
Firefighters clash over Linda Eaton nursing case at Iowa City
Amid protests and pickets at the Iowa City fire station, Linda Eaton faces a possible suspension over nursing her baby during duty. City officials propose binding arbitration, rejected by Eaton’s attorney, while The Daily Iowan notes a U of I nurse policy gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Eaton
Gilbert Street
Iowa City
Jane
Eikleberry
Linda
Linda Eaton
Blevins
University of Iowa
The
Daily Iowan
U of I
U of I School of Social Work
Fred Doderer
Doderer
the Gazette
Chicago rail tieup snarls Cedar Rapids shipments
Several hundred railroad cars sit in Beverly yards Cedar Rapids unable to move east due to snow clogged Chicago tracks. ICC embargo limits approvals for shipments to Chicago while Quaker Oats shuts plant and River City rail movement slows toward St. Louis. Officials warn weeks of disruption remain possible.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
Beverly Yards
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Albie O'Donnell
North Western
O’donnell
St. Louis
Mount Vernon
Ted Zirbes
Rock Island
ICC
Zirbes
California
First American Expeditionary Force Arrives in Europe
On this date in 1942 the first American expeditionary force arrived in Europe during World War II and was put ashore in Northern Ireland.
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Europe
Northern
Ireland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cecil E. Oleson
Elmhurst Drive
Ames
Curlew
Hazel Marie Hollingsworth
Crescent Masonic Lodge
Marion
Becker
Charles T
All Saints Catholic Church
Edmund J. Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hilton
Doris W
Turner Chapel West
Carl H. Berhenke
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Wilde
Joseph Earl
William B. Harnish
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Tama
Lawrence E
Pat) Doran
Mason-Hand
S. Manchester
Berdeno Davis
Appleton-Vernon’s
Edgewood
Colesburg
Independence
Hilda Hertzberg
Immanuel Lutheran Church
White's
Elgin
Cecile Dennler
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Muehlethaier-Wright’s. Elgin
Ellen Hunsberger
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Muehlethaier-Wright
S. Anamosa
Vanessa Shelton
Liebke
Sapadapaso
Count Us
Kelly Security Services
Adv
St. Matthew’s Church
Kathy Junko
Julie
Center Point
Michigan
Christ the Savior
Rome
Hemisphere
Americas
Christopher Columbus
Son
Independence Plaza
Arthur Kloos
Shift One
Kloos
Aton
Jane Eikleberry
Want Ad
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
John E. Lapes
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