Deaths in Benton County and surrounding areas
Obituary notices list Billie Ray Phillips 24 of Benton County died from a gunshot wound at home near Shellsburg with funeral at Urbana Christian Church. Also noted are Frank Joseph Roskop 56 of Cedar Rapids with FMC worker death, and multiple brief death notices across towns such as Independence Belle Plaine Monticello Manchester Oxford Junction Dysart Anamosa West Branch and others with service times and burials.
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Billie Ray Phillips
Benton County
Shellsburg
Union Gas Company
Newhall
Vinton
Urbana High School
Urbana Christian Church
Ann Fee
Urbana
David Fee
Don B. Phillips
Grace van Fossen
Don Munsell
Marietta
Marshall Cross
Cedar Rapids
Gary Rick
Hiawatha
Arlyn Sieck
Toddville
Melvin
Mark Phillips
James Sorensen
Urbana Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Frank Joseph Roskop
E Ave
Dubuque
Laurel Holmes
Davenport
St. Jude’s Church
UAW
FMC
Michael
San Antonio
Texas
Stephen
Minneapolis
Independence
Ina Estella Cappell
White’s
Belle Plaine
Anina Jackson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Luzerne
Hrabak’s
Monticello
Max E. Wismeir
First United Presbyterian Church
Visitation
Goettsch’s
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Hayden’s
Dysart
Bertha Hill
Geneseo Church
Overton
Burial Hill
Minnie Wieben
Anamosa
LeRoy Taylor
Boy’s foot freed from bicycle by Cedar Rapids firefighters
A 3 year old, Josh Christiansen, had his foot wedged between a bicycle frame and pedal after a slipping foot on a Christmas gift. Firefighters completely disassembled the bike to free the lad’s foot as his mother sought help.
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Cedar Rapids
Josh Christiansen
Brentwood Drive
James Christiansen
Cedar Rapids man attacked after giving ride to hitchhikers
Pat Ford of 3210 Oxford Lane NW picked up two teenage males near a Quik Trip at 1900 Sixth St SW around 11:25 p.m. He drove away from a dark street request to a station at 425 First Ave SW where the teens assaulted him before fleeing. Both suspects, 17 to 18 years old, 5 ft 2 in, about 140 pounds, with long hair.
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Cedar Rapids
Pat Ford
Oxford Lane
Sixth St
Ford
First Avenue
First Ave
Coe appoints Barbara Drexler ESL Director
Barbara Derr Drexler of 2019 Bever Ave SE is named director of Coe College's English as a Second Language program effective Aug 13. She previously taught in the ESL program and worked at Kirkwood Community College on ESL development, with degrees in French from the University of Iowa and Peace Corps service teaching English and French in Bangkok for three years.
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Barbara Derr Drexler
Bever Ave. SE
Coe College
Drexler
Kirkwood Community College
University of Iowa
Peace Corps
Prasammitr Secondary Demonstration School
Bangkok
Thailand
Nomination Papers Filed For Kirkwood Board Seats
Sharon Kromminga Monticello seeks re election in Director District No 2 Wayne Newton Luzerne seeks re election in Director District No 5 John Gerber 340 19th St NW seeks District No 8 seat currently held by Alice Davis Nomination papers for Sept 11 school board elections must be filed by Aug 2.
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Kirkwood Community College Board of
Sharon Kromminga
Monticello
Wayne Newton
Luzerne
John Gerber
19Th St. NW
Alice Davis
Linn County to Hold Public Hearing on Home Rule Ordinances
The Linn County Board of Supervisors schedules a Tuesday public hearing on adopting home rule ordinances. The proposal requires published ordinance descriptions, two readings unless unanimous vote suspends, and a five year code compilation available to the public at cost.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cardinal McIntyre Dies at 93 in Los Angeles
Cardinal James Francis McIntyre former Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970 died early today at St. Vincent's Hospital at age 93. He guided rapid church growth and built many churches and schools during the postwar boom.
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Los Angeles
James Francis McIntyre
Archdiocese
McIntyre
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Joe Pollard
Wall Street
Energy crunch hits Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm
In Anaheim and Buena Park, the gas shortage curbs tourism as Knott's Berry Farm lays off 150 overall with 10 new cuts and Disneyland trims 75 from a 7,600 strong summer staff. Officials note attendance down about 15 percent since May due to the gasoline crisis.
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Anaheim
Calif
UPI
California
Disneyland
Knott
Berry Farm
Russell Knott
Walter Knott
Disney World
Midwest
al Flores
Flores
National Modified Truck Pulls Draw 10000 Fans at Hawkeye Downs
Out of state drivers won in three divisions at Hawkeye Downs with 10,000 fans in attendance. 5,800-pound modified winners were Tip Bone from Morton Indiana, Gordon Netley from Indianola Iowa, and Carl Bidwell from Canton Ohio. 800-pound stock winner Rod Kooser of Cummings Kansas with runners-up Don Beam and Joan Vanderlinden. 6,200-pound modified winner Dave Barnett of Bertram Missouri followed by Bob Strong of Atchison and Ron Wade of Iowa City.
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Hawkeye Downs
Tip Bone
Morton
Gordon Netley
Indianola
Carl Bidwell
Canton
Ohio
Rod Kooser
Cummings
Kan
Don Beam
Arion
Joan Vanderlinden
Milo
Dave Barnett
Bertram
Bob Strong
Atchison
Ron Wade
Iowa City
Elephant at Potter Park Zoo Receives Water After Surgery
A Potter Park Zoo elephant named Bingo, purchased by Lansing Mich. schoolchildren seven years ago, drinks water delivered by zookeeper Nancy Harger the day after veterinarians removed a baseball sized rock from her throat through a ten inch incision.
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Bingo
Potter Park Zoo
Lansing, Mich
Nancy Harger
Carter speech prompts united action and energy plans
President Carter urged sacrifice and congressional unity as Sen. Byrd and House Speaker O'Neill pledged quick action. Critics like John Connally accused inaction, while Hatfield called for strong, specific steps. Carter proposed an Energy Security Corporation and an Energy Mobilization Board, plus aid to needy Americans and a nuclear stance debate. Gold prices rose on world markets amid cautious dollar trading.
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Congress
House
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Senate
Robert Byrd
Carter
Texas
John Connally
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Camp David Domestic
Energy Security Corporation
Energy Mobilization Board
War Production Board
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Zurich
Europe
London
U.S
Carter outlines energy legislative package for buildings and gas reserves
The policy proposal includes extending the National Energy Act audit requirement to all commercial buildings and requires utilities to offer long term conservation loans to residential and commercial customers with repayments tied to property sale. An amendment would create an interest subsidy for oil heated buildings converting to natural gas. It also highlights potential large scale gas resources in unconventional formations and proposes ramped up production.
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Carter
National Energy Conservation Policy Act
U.S
Belle Plaine driver rescued before car burns
Lynn Formanek 18 of Belle Plaine is in fair condition with fractures and lacerations after a one car crash on highways 21 and 212 near the Iowa River. Bob Mall pulled him from the vehicle before it ignited as Belle Plaine police, firemen, and responders assisted. Formanek was taken to Cedar Rapids then Iowa City hospitals.
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Belle Plaine
Lynn Formanek
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Formanek
Iowa River
Belle
Strikes Hit Cedar Rapids Plant As Negotiations Stall
In Cedar Rapids workers from the Molders union joined the Machinists in picketing Iowa Steel and Iron Works. Teamsters helpers reached a contract, while Cedar Rapids electricians remain on strike with talks set to resume July 24. No meetings are scheduled between strikers and the company.
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Molders
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters Helpers
Iowa Manufacturing Co
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Cardinal McIntyre
John E. Lopes
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Carnegie
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Pierson’s Bevermee & Greenhouses Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W. Avenue
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