Deaths Edward S. Beck 84 Cedar Rapids resident dies
Edward S. Beck 84 of 1410 32nd St NE died Thursday at a local hospital after a long illness. He farmed in Jones and Linn counties 31 years, served in World War I, and was a Navy veteran. Survived by wife Bertha and three sons, a daughter, a brother, a sister, 12 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society encouraged.
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Edward S. Beck
32Nd St
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Bertha Baughman
Jones and Linn
International Harvester
Beck
Kenwood Park
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral
American Cancer Society
Legislature urged to reconsider all vetoed Iowa bills
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner says the Legislature must reconsider vetoed measures as constitution requires, with two thirds in both houses to override. The opinion follows eight years of limited reconsideration and notes several vetoes passed by Governor Ray this year and not revisited.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Richard Turner
Turner
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Senate
George Kinley
House
Jerome Fitzgerald
D-Fort Dodge
Ilona
Robert Ray
Kinley
Ray
General Assembly
Kinsey
Potluck Dinner For World War I Veterans Barracks 695
Veterans of World War I Barracks 695 and its auxiliary plan a Sunday 1 p.m. pot luck dinner at Memorial Coliseum with a business meeting to follow. Also listed are ad items for Montrose Hotel and local businesses and a Friday Saturday ribs promo at Hickory Smoked Ribs and a Saturday night Embassy Club special.
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Memorial Coliseum
Judge’s car hits and kills man near Clinton
A Cedar Rapids associate district judge Anthony Scolaro struck and killed 22 year old Andover man Mark Raines on Highway 30 near Clinton. Police said Raines had been walking in the westbound lanes and warned no charges will be filed as he had no chance to avoid the collision.
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Cedar Rapids
Andover
Clinton
Mark Allen Raines
Anthony R. Scolaro
Applewood Place
Scolaro
Eugene Agarph
Raines
Bonnies
Highway 30
John Corder
Steve
Earl McCord
Mark
Steve Raines
Dissident Trials Prompt Global Sympathy and U S Response
President Carter and West German Chancellor Schmidt condemned the Soviet dissident trials of Shcharansky and Ginzburg and pledged continued cooperation with Moscow on disarmament. Carter voiced sadness over Shcharansky’s 13 year sentence and reaffirmed US NATO commitments while stressing the broader fight for human rights.
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Washington
Shcharansky
Ginzburg
House
Thomas O’neill
Bonn
West Germany
Carter
Earth
Helmut Schmidt
Moscow
Senate Usury Bill Seeks Higher Mortgage Rate Shift
The Senate sent a bill to the House to lift the 9 percent usury cap on mortgage rates, setting a ceiling around 10.5 percent and readjusting quarterly. Provisions include anti redlining, no points on loans, and an exemption for loans over 200000 with a sunset clause by mid 1979, amid House pressure for consumer concessions.
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Ana
House
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Senate
Fitzgerald
Iowa
House Democrats
Cloyd Robinson
Dcedar Rapids
New radar units speed enforcement citywide
Eight radar units purchased by the department will make speeding on city streets riskier. Sgt Covington said the MPHKS5Bs read speeds while the patrol car moves and detect approaching and departing vehicles. Training completed. units go into use next week. Manufacturer claims fuzzbusters won’t defeat the new system.
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Department
Sgt. Covingon
Covington
Mike Johnson
MPH Radar
Chanute
Kan
Three nominees picked for Iowa Supreme Court vacancy
The Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission named three district court judges to fill the Aug five retirement vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court. They are David J. Blair of Sioux City Jerry L. Larson of Harlan and Arthur McGiverin of Ottumwa. Governor Ray must choose from these finalists.
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Des Moines
State Judicial Nominating Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
David J. Blair
Sioux City
Jerry L. Larson
Harlan
Arthur McGiverin
Ottumwa
C. Edwin Moore
Robert Ray
Robert Tilden
Cedar Rapids
Tilden
Supreme Court
M.L. Mason
Robert Albee
Iowa Court of Appeals
McGiverin
Mason
McKinley High School
Youthin Tow Tragedy Claims Teen at Cedar Rapids Site
Keith Allen Coonrod 18 was killed when a railroad crane toppled into a ditch pulling the machine over. He lived in Cedar Rapids and was a Jefferson High School graduate of 1978. Surviving relatives include parents Karen and Donald K. Coonrod, sister, grandparents, and great grandmother. Funeral: Turner Chapel West noon Monday. burial Spring Grove Cemetery. Memorials may go to Twin City Shriners Hospital.
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Coonrod
Herrick
Keith Allen Coonrod
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Coonrod Wrecker
Donald K. Coonrod
Karen
Virgil Coonrod
Joe Getlin
Jessie Coonrod
Robins
Turner Chapel West
LeRoy Collins
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Spring Grove Cemetery
Twin City
Poet Earnshaw Dies at 92 in Springfield
Marion Bellamy Earnshaw a teacher and poet and daughter of Edward Bellamy utopian author and Springfield Daily News founder died Wednesday at age 92 in Springfield Mass. Her obituary notes her literary ties and family lineage.
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Springfield
Mass
Marion Bellamy Earnshaw
Edward Bellamy
Springsfield Daily News
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Edward Shields
St. John’s Cemetery
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Lew
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Marion
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Richard Frank
Guatemala
Baxter Memorial Chapel
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St. Joseph Cemetery
Prairieburg
John Moseley
Friends
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Tharp
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Otto Zwanziger
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Malcom
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Turner East
Uhlmann’s
Williamsburg
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Monticello
S.E
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
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Chicken Kiev
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Tony
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Schmidt
John F. Kennedy
United States
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Suzuki
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