Deaths in Linn County Area News Brief
Obituaries list H Dale Bunker 47 of Cedar Rapids Joyce Whitehead wife two daughters Rebecca and Jennifer son John Camp LeJeune Ark parents Hilburn and Blanche brothers and sisters. memorial services Hillside Wesleyan Church and burial Biscoe Arkansas. Vernon Ilten 82 retired Ilten Hardware. services Cedar Memorial Chapel. Helen Althea Mullen 85 Mount Vernon died in Iowa City coronary artery disease. graveside Mount Vernon Memorial Cemetery. Thomas Stolba 42 Missoula Montana former Cedar Rapids lab technician. service in Missoula. Theresa Moritz 10:30 a.m. today Murdoch Linwood Chapel burial Linwood Cemetery.
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Brasfield
Ark
Joyce Whitehead
Iowa City
Bunker
Iowa Steel
Federal Express
Hillside Wesleyan Church
Visitation
Rebecca Popelka
Jennifer
Cedar Rapids
John
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Hilburn
Blanche
DeValls Bluff
Delena McGinnis
New Caney
Texas
Betty White
Apache Junction
Ariz
Sue Dillard
Garland
Billy
Austin
Walter
Lebanon
Vernon E. Ilen
Fairview Dr
Mercy Medical Center
Irene Platz
de Kalb
Ill
Ilten
Ilten Hardware
Iowa Hardware Association
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mary Stump
Lima
Ohio
Helen Keiper
Winona
Minn
Lewis
la Verne
Calif
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Wayne Schroeder
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Ave
Helen Althea Mullen
Mount Vernon
University Hospitals
Ward Hemenway
W. Bruce Mullen
Iowa
Jacksonville
Mullen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Daughters of American Revolution
United Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Kay Morrisey
Palmer
Mass
William Bruce II
California
Ward Hemenway II
Monroe
Thomas M. Stolba
Missoula
Mont
St. Patrick Hospital
Susan Fisher
Portland
Ore
Stolba
White Pine
Sash
Walman Optics
TSH
St. Francis Xavier Church
Hannah
Bernice
Daniel
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Mountain West Hospice Care
N. Higgins
Suite
Quincy J. Rice
Maplecrest Turkey
Wellman
Delta
Merrill
Kansas City
Laurel Streigle
June Rice
Joan Lopez
Marietta
Loretta
Oskaloosa
Glenys
Hedrick
Delta Christian Church
Garrett Cemetery
American Legion
Shipley Post
Fremont’s
Fremont
Ronald A. Phillips
Winneshiek County
LF. Greene
Richard
Vivian
Fort Atkinson
Thomas
Jackson Junction
Vincent
Cresco
Lawrence
Dunkerton
Cathy Brandt
Redwood Falls
Darlene Straube
Spillville
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. Wenceslaus
Chekal’s
Kevin
Robin
Peggy Warnett
Franklin Lakes
N.J
Becky Way
Bedford
Faye
Marc
Davenport
Roger
Solon
Jerry
Prattville
Ala
Oakland Cemetery
George L. Gay
Emery R. Whetstine
Brenner Tea Food Stores
Glen
Galesburg
Connie Davison
Calona
Pam White
Clinton
Dale
Merle
Connie
Marvin
Glasgow
Jim
North Liberty
Bill
Powell’s
Wassonville Cemetery
Wellman American Legion
Arrangements Pending for Three Local Dignitaries
Dorothy Deane Harger 86 of 2204 Johnson Ave NW died Friday at Mercy Medical Center after a long illness Arrangements are pending at Turner Chapel East Agnes Sadecky 83 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Thursday at Regional Hospital Rapid City following a long illness Arrangements are pending at Brush Chapel Flossie A Weichels 87 of 676 26th St SE died Friday afternoon at Mercy Medical Center after a long illness Arrangements are pending at Baxter Martinson Funeral Chapel Marion
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Dorothy Deane Harger
Johnson Ave
Mercy
Obituaries and Death Notices from East Central Iowa
A chain of death notices reports multiple long illness deaths across eastern Iowa. Names include Quincy J. Rice 78 of Delta and Orville F Frieden 77 of Prairie du Chien with services in Delta and Prairie du Chien. Other obituaries list Ronald A Phillips 30, Carroll M Irvin 62, Gerald Kemmann 80, Helena Scheel 95, Emery R Whetstine 62 and more with burial plans and memorials noted.
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Orville F. Frieden
Prairie Health Care Center
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Leonard Witt’s
Eler
Liberian rebels seize large areas of Monrovia center
Rebels pushed into the northern Monrovia city, driving government troops to a strip near President Doe’s mansion. Two coast guard cutters were sunk, with heavy fighting on Bushrod Island and near major bridges. The United States declined intervention as the civil war widened led by Charles Taylor.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Samuel Doe
Coast Guard
United States
Doe
Charles Taylor
Bushrod Island
Branstad Questions University Presidents' Raises
Gov. Terry Branstad said he is not comfortable with the 6.1 percent pay increases for the presidents of the University of Iowa Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa effective July 1. He described the move as a Board of Regents decision while defending competitive salaries to attract capable leaders. He noted no concern the raises will widen other state pay scales.
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Gazette
Associated Press
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Branstad
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
U of I
ISU
UNI
Iowa
State
Prairie Meadows
Dubuque
Altoona
Council Bluffs
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Mick Lura
The
Racing and Gaming Commission
Frank accepts reprimand as ethics panel sets rebuke
Rep. Barney Frank said he would apologize to colleagues after the House ethics committee formally reprimanded him for improper conduct related to helping a male escort clear 33 parking tickets. The panel found no credible evidence he knew of Gobie running a prostitution ring or pressuring probation officials, and cleared him on two other charges.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Barney Frank
House Ethics Committee
Massachusetts
Democrat
West Newton
Mass
Ethics Committee
Julian Dixon
D-Calif
House
Frank
Steven Gobie
Gobie
Harkin aide attacks Tauke with Great Pretender line
Harkin campaign officials used the 1955 Platters song lyric to charge Tauke with misrepresenting his positions. Tauke spokesman denounced the move as deception while defending Tauke’s voting record on foster grandparent funding and deficit spending. Campaigns staged press events in Cedar Rapids and other cities to press the accusations.
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Tom Harkin
Senate
Tom Tauke
Harkin
Arthur Davis
Platters
Tauke
Davis
Pam Jochum
van Dusen
Cedar Rapids
Allen Finch
House
Dubuque
Births noted at Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals
July births listed for Mercy and St. Luke's with multiple families names and addresses. The records include newborns to Pauline Luerkens and Al bert Luerkens, Denise Arp and Chad Arp, and several other couples in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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ST. Luke's
Denise
Chad Arp
39Th St. NE
Donna
Terrance Brodsack
J St. SW
Martha
Robert Finley
Ely
Corenne
Mark Linbo
Red Fox Rd
Julie
Gregg Lint
Pawnee Dr. NW
Cindy
Ricky Mormann
Earlville
Angela Neal
33Rd Ave
White House seeks broad support for Southeast Asia policy
The Bush administration urged bipartisan backing for a new Indo China policy while facing Democratic critics who say the US embargo on Cambodia should end and talks with the Vietnam backed Hun Sen regime should begin. Baker announced talks with Vietnam and a withdrawal of recognition from the Khmer Rouge linked rebel coalition.
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White House
Southeast Asia
Los Angeles Times
Washington
Indochina
U.S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hun Sen
Sen
Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
James Baker
U.S. Indochina
United States
Baker
Norodom Sihanouk
Khmer Rouge
Sioux City Boy Dies After Being Swept Underwater
A 13 year old Sioux City boy Erik Karlstead died after being swept underwater while riding plastic sleds in rushing street waters from heavy rains. His 11 year old half sister Ingrid From survived with minor injuries. The storms dropped over 5 inches of rain in parts of Iowa with funnel clouds sighted but no touchdown or damage reported.
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Sioux City
Erik Karlstead
Marion Health Center
Karistead
Ingrid
Iowa
National Weather Service
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Linn County
H. Dale Bunker
Iris Ave
Theresa V. Moritz
Murdoch-Linwood Chapel
J. Paul Stevens
Linwood Cemetery
Eleport
Carroll M. Irvin
Route 4
Ramona Wallesch
Mr. Irvin
San Bernardino
Lowden
Gerald Kemmann
Mercy Hospital
Kemmann Chevrolet
Malinda
Eugene
Wheatland
Rita Martin
Kent
Wash
Zion United Church of Christ
van Horne Cemetery
London
Chapman's
Clarence
Helena Scheel
la Porte City
Dysart
Vinton Lutheran
Overton's
Dysart Cemetery
Mesurado River
Milton Glick
Gordon Eaton
Jochum
Finch
Iowa Democratic Party
Pauline
Albert Luerkens
B Ave. NE
Kara
Patrick Callanan
26Th St. Dr. SE
Becky
Mike Myers
21St Ave. Place SW
Katherine
Michael Rice
Scott L. Dinderman
Palo
Dana L. Town
Hiawatha
Neil R. Steen
Valerie K. Krejca
Marion
Greg S. Koenigham
Melanie A. Glass
Mark Gutman
Julie L. Craig
Gordon R. Fischer
Monica M. Seigel
Richard A. LaFauci
Mary E. Colbert
Belmont
Tom A. Nelson
Jamie K. Rollinger
Mankato
Illinois Lottery
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave. S.E