Obituaries Remember Local Residents in Weekend Notices
Multiple deaths are announced across Iowa communities. Kenneth K. Litts of Mount Vernon died after a lingering illness, with services planned and his wife Inez Beebe as survivor. Mary Ryan Friend, a Cedar Rapids native who worked for railroads, died in Chicago while attending mass, with services set in Chicago and Cedar Rapids connections noted. Allan C. Van Thaden of Inverness Florida and Glen Lewis Powers of Batavia area are also listed among the deceased with funeral details continuing in Illinois and Iowa. Additional notices list numerous other local residents with service times, burial plans, and survivors, reflecting a wide range of communities including Marion, Oskaloosa, Vinton, Decorah, and Manchester. Memorial funds and visitation details accompany several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth K. Litts
Mount Vernon
Inez Beebe
Anamosa
William E
Louisville
Harry Gaarde
Lena Burgess
Lisbon
Morgan’s
Tom Stewart
Morgan's
Mary Ryan Friend
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
St. Wenceslaus Church
Louis Trzil
St. John’s Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Father Trzil
Allan C. van Thaden
Gospel Island
Inverness
Fla
Brooklyn
N.Y
van Thaden
Borden Co
Ruth Krohn van Thaden
Sidney
Jamaica
West Indies
Emily Roberts
Middle Village
Long Island
Inverness Chapel of
Hooper Funeral Homes
Arnold F. Claus
Iverness First Lutheran Church
Oak Ridge Mausoleum
Glen Lewis Powers
F Ave
Batavia
Coatesville
Donald L
Des Moines
Darrel E
Brainard
Minn
John I
Clinton Spellman
Ottumwa
Harry Bellucia
Reseda
Calif
John Smith
Torrance
James Weston
Ridgecrest
Clarence King
Harold Baker
Midway Calvary Baptist Church
Teahen Funeral
F Ave. NW
Shiloh
Richard
Dick) Lamson
Oskaloosa
Rochester
Ethel Varland
Morristown
S.D
Newman Funeral Chapel
George Sheils
Central United Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Winthrop
Glenn David Stewart
Ellis Blvd
Marion
Alice M. Bowman
Rock Island Railroad
Stewart
Bethany Congregational Church
Narve
Brotherhood of American Railroad Employees
Carl Anderson
Laverne Bagley
David Stewart
Turner Chapel West
Roy J. MacIntosh
Linwood Cemetery
Turner West
Linn District Court clears 22 drunk driving defendants
Linn County First Avenue division reports twenty two defendants charged with drunken driving have received judgments. Names include Richard Allcutt Randall Roney Earnest Grimm Ivan McGuire Randy Braumann Alice Bennett Robert Shifflett Timothy Torgrim and others with varying sentences from two day jail terms to suspended sentences and probation to the Department of Correctional Services. One case involves possession of a controlled substance with a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Richard I. Allcutt
I Ave. NW
Department of Correctional Services
Randall J. Roney
Western Drive
Roney
Earnest D. Grimm
Solon
Ivan F. McGuire
Iris Ave
Randy H. Braumann
Clymer Road
Hiawatha
Alice M. Bennett
Park Towne Lane
Robert A. Shifflett
Walker St. NE
Timothy Torgrim
Springville
Gerald Lee O'Brien
Volga
Bert A. Sweet
Central City
Lena Mae Hass
12Th Ave
Leland G. Chapin
29Th Ave
Dennis Ungs
Frank C. Saylor
F Ave
George M. Dunek
D Ave. NW
Dolores A. Kramer
Staub Court NE
Marvin F. Dostal
17Th Ave
Alan R. Albertson
Walker
James A
Four arrested after weekend drunk driving sweep in Linn County
Four people were arrested in Linn County Saturday and Sunday on drunk driving and related charges. Darrell Hobert, 30, of 527 16th St NE, jailed 9:56 p.m. Saturday north of 76th Ave on Sixth Street SW. Manuel Marromiquin Jr., 38, LaPorte City, 2:40 a.m. Sunday at Highway 30 and Edgewood Road SW, also charged with speeding. Craig Phillips, 18, rural Palo, 9:45 p.m. Sunday at Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE, charged with attempting to elude, disobeying a stop sign, muffler and speeding. Alan Peters, 33, Burlington, 10:45 p.m. Sunday two miles south of Walker on Highway 150, charged with driving on the wrong side, speeding and passing contrary to highway signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Darrell Dean Hobert
16Th St
76Th Avenue
Sixth Street
Manuel Martinez Marromiquin Jr
LaPorte City
Edgewood Road
Craig William Phillips
Rural Palo
Blairs Ferry Road
C Avenue
Alan Vincent Peters
Burlington
Walker
Highway 150
Three hurt as jeep flips near Toddville on Highway 150
A one car crash north of Hiawatha left three people hurt. Marion residents Glenn Maas 26 in serious, Orville Okken 22 in fair, and Hiawatha resident Michael Okken 23 in critical condition. The jeep, allegedly traveling fast, crossed the center line, rolled multiple times and ended up on its roof in the intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Hiawatha
Glenn G. Maas
Grand Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Orville D. Okken
Tower Terrace
Mango Drive
Iowa City
Toddville
Highway 150
Automotive apprentice training meeting at Kirkwood Community College
The citizen advisory committee for automotive apprentice training at Kirkwood Community College will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Linn Hall auto repair shop. All dealership owners and service managers are welcome. John C. Black of 1269 Washington Drive Marion has earned a Master of Science in Education from Northern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois. Edward W. Cole of 320 Forest Drive SE reports a $1000 gold watch stolen from a locker with a broken lock at the YMCA between 6 and 7 p.m. Saturday. The Disabled American Veterans and DAV Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen Advisory Committee
Kirkwood Community College
Linn Hall
John C. Black
Washington Drive
Marion
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Ill
Edward W. Cole
Forest Drive
YMCA
DAV
Disabled American Veterans and
DAV Auxiliary
Memorial Coliseum
Nixon Speech Draws Crowd In Hyden And Memphis
Nixon delivered a 41 minute address stressing foreign policy and patriotism to a Hyden audience buying his memoirs at 20 dollars. He urged youth to live for America and urged unity before flying to Memphis amid a firemen strike and emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyden
Nixon
United States
Memphis, Tenn
Court limits death penalty options and bans broadcast of dirty words
The Supreme Court limited mitigating factors for death sentences and ruled against applying the death penalty in several cases. It also upheld the FCC ban on airing George Carlin's Filthy Words during times children are likely listening. The court Let stand AT T hiring program, reviews UNC student government rules, and considers sex discrimination in federally funded programs. It remanded a mass-arrest civil rights case for new damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Julius Graber
Cincinnati
Samuel Hall
Hall
Graber
Sidney Cohen
Akron
Pennsylvania
New York
Federal Communications Commission
George Carlin
Allan Bakke
California
District of Columbia
U.S
Journalists Whitney and Piper face retractions or fines
Whitney and Piper may be ordered to publish retractions or pay fines after refusing to appear in court. They distributed statements to Western correspondents outside the judge’s chambers and sought dismissal, arguing Soviet law could proceed without their presence. They claim the suit challenges press confidentiality and questions a televised confession attributed to Zviad Gamsakhurdia relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Piper
Mondale outlines Gaza West Bank land for security guarantees
Mondale says withdrawal may separate territory from security and that Israel might relinquish land yet keep guarantees. He cites Sinai precedent for possible demilitarized zones sensors and limited Israeli presence. A meeting between Israel and Egypt foreign ministers in London around July 20 with Vance anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinai
West Bank
Gaza Strip
U.S
Jones Park flood pits blame on dike and water backup
Grass was killed on about 10 acres and debris covered a larger area at Jones Park Golf Course after high water last week. Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis cited Prairie Creek backing up behind a dike near its outlet as the water source, while contractor Lametti and Sons and engineer Howard R. Green Co. weigh damage costs and responsibility amid questions over whether the dike caused the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Park
Stan Reinis
Reinis
Prairie Creek
Lametti and Sons
Howard R. Green Co
Harold Miller
Howard R. Green
Miller
Nystrom seeks repeal of gas tax hikes in Iowa
State Senator John Nystrom plans to file a bill in 1979 to repeal the second 1.5 cent gasoline and 2 cent diesel increases slated for July 1. He argues repealing the second phase would retain revenue for county and city street systems, with most first phase gains already allocated to local governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nystrom
Iowa
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Williamsburg
Paul Stohlmann
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran
Rural Homestead
Uhlmann
S. Independence
Joseph D. Barger
First United Presbyterian Church
Mason-Howe
S. Decorah
Georgie Bakken
Olson-Fjelstul
S. Vinton — Wallace W. Farmer
First Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Campbell-Russell
Shelly's
Oakland
Manchester
Margaret
Peg) Schacherer
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Shelly’s
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
America
Dixie
Haywood Smith
Lyndon Johnson
Sandra Lockett
Supreme Court
American Telephone and Telegraph
University of North Carolina
Almazov
Soviet Union
Moscow
Whitney and
Soviet State Committee For Television and Radio
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Gamsakhurdia
Mideast
Mondale
Jones
THE
Cedar Park
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