Deaths of Several Iowa Residents Mark Week
Obituaries list multiple death notices including Rodney Lee Runneberg 20 of Marion born Aug 28 1959 died July 11 from a fall at a Marion power line tower. Also Frank H. Bingham 87 Cedar Rapids, Myrtle Caldwell 76 Marion, Robert Hopwood 93 Cedar Rapids, Freida McComas 49 Maryland native previously Cedar Rapids, plus Hazell 18 Burlington and other memorials. Services planned across Laurens Marion Cedar Rapids and Burlington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Lee Runneberg
Meadowview Drive
Marion
Runneberg
Mercy Hospital
Mount Mercy College
Spencer
L.D. Runneberg
Laurens
Del
Lawrence Runneberg
Spirit Lake
United Methodist Church
Smith Funeral Home
Myrtle J. Caldwell
Ninth St
Cedar Rapids
Green Island
Caldwell
Caldwell Booking Agency
First United Methodist Church
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Women of the Moose, Eagles
Ladies Auxiliary
V.F.W
American Business Women's Association
Glenn
North Hollywood
Calif
Carleton Strand
Jerry R. Smith
James Marburger
Los Angeles
Almeda Wright
San Clemente
Leona Witte
Houston
Texas
Murdoch Chapel
Dick Watkins
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Robert Clifford Hopwood
Iowa Masonic Nursing
Bettendorf
Ashmore Township
Charleston
Ill
Mabel Kiester
Crescent Lodge A.F. & A.M
Knights of
Freida May McComas
Frederick
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Ronald E. McComas
Maryland
Elsie Connard
Kevin P
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Jeffery D
Dean Connard
Burnsville
Minn
Bruce Connard
Des Moines
Esther Hudson
Robins
Johns Hopkins Oncology Department
Evangelical Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Michael Dennis Hazell
Burlington
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Hazell
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Air Force
Burlington Community High School
Michael Hazell
Michele
Lisa
James
Robert
Rolland Hagerla
West Burlington
Art Hazell
Cherokee Village
Ark
Lunning Chapel
Aspen Grove
Nurse Hired for Linn County Jail Health Services
Stephanie Kelly, a registered nurse formerly in St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids psychiatric section, becomes full‑time health services chief at Linn County Jail. She starts Monday, works 8 am to 5 pm weekdays, and is on call after hours. Starting salary $15,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Kelly
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
West Named Campaign Head for Iowa GOP
State Rep. Jim West of State Center was appointed legislative campaign director for the Iowa Republican Party. Republican chairman Steve Roberts announced the move, with West succeeding Tim Hyde, who became party executive director in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Jim West
Iowa
Republican Party
Steve Roberts
West
State Center
Tim Hyde
Hyde
Grain embargo may end before November election predicts
Royce Ramsland of Quaker Oats told the National Association of Farm Broadcasters in Cedar Rapids that President Carter could lift the grain embargo before the fall vote. He cited Soviet behavior and noted a possible rise in commodity loan rates if corn stays high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Ramsland
Chicago
Carter
Ramsland
Purchasing
National Association of Farm Broadcasters
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Hotel
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Ramsiand
David Hughes
National Oats Co
al Williams
General Mills
Williams
Doug Snyder
ADM
Snyder
Jerry Passer
Farm Broadcasters
Weather Snapshot From a Year Ago
A year ago today the high reached 87 and the low 62 with no precipitation. The extended forecast called for hot humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms likely Thursday through Saturday and south highs in the 90s to 100s with upper 60s to 70s lows. Data noted Blythe California high of 117 and West Yellowstone Montana low of 42 this morning.
First Rain Marks Month A Return to Dallas
Heavy rains hit West Virginia with a flash flood watch in effect overnight. Thunderstorms clustered along the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic, extending into the Ohio Valley and western New York. Measured rainfall included Morgantown 1.36 inches and Toledo 1.07 inches as storms moved across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Ohio Valley
New York State
Morgantown
W.va
Toledo
Ohio
Buffalo
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Memphis
Vital Births and Names in Marion and Nearby Areas
Vital statistics list births on July 20 21 in Marion and out of town births at Fort Riley Kan with newborns and grandparents named. Includes multiple Marion Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Amana and other location parents and their addresses. Also notes recent emergency calls and river search activity near Marion with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Robert Neilly
Elm St
Marion
Rosalee
William Feddersen
Edgewood Road
Denise R. Scott
McKinley St
Cindy
Jeffrey Helmick
Ninth Ave
Gayla
Roger Pitlik
Mount Vernon
Donna
Larry Critchlow
Amana
Renny
Daniel Gallagher
Alburnett
Roxanne K. Kurth
Coggan
Tax cut debate deepens as deficits widen and unemployment climbs
The administration warns tax cuts may worsen inflation as unemployment nears 8.5 percent by end of 1980 and remains high in 1981. Deficits swell to 60.9 billion in 1980 and 29.8 billion in 1981, undermining the balanced-budget plan. Senate Democrats push for a Democratic tax-cut plan with hearings starting Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Reagan
Congressional
Senate
Finance Committee
Slayings Shake Coraopolis. Belmonte Held on Homicide Charges
Police say four people were killed in a spree with Price, Sima, Glaser, and Olinger among the victims. Belmonte surrendered after a chase, is held on four counts of criminal homicide with arraignment set for July 29. Eyewitness Ed Walls recounted the scene as officers sealed streets and moved bodies to the county jail on the night of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmonte
Pittsburgh
Joe Panza
Dale Blasko
Father wants son to return to homeland in immigration case
The family of Walter Polovchak seeks to stay in the United States while authorities consider his father’s request for a return visa. Kulas notes Walter’s affection for his mother and claims the father neglected him, calling Walter unusually mature for his age but noting threats against the child. The father’s reasons for returning remain disputed and the boy’s location is not disclosed for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmonte
Buck
Victor Sr
Coraopolis
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Aliquippa
Army
Soviet Union
Kulas
Walter
Polovchak
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Frank H. Bingham
15Th Ave
Springhill
Kan
Belle Cornell
Olathe
Kansas
Cherry-Burrell
Link Belt
St. James United Methodist Church
Builders Group
Silver Club
FMC
Don Schindler
Glenn W. McMichael
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
St. James United Methodist Church Memorial Fund
Bonham
Katherine
Bea
Teahen
Robert Barnett
Star of Maine
Rebekah Lodge No
Linwood Cemetery
Bever Ave
Murdoch
Center Point
Scott
Alfred H
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Allen M. Schmitt
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Fuhrmeister
Sioux
Sioux A
Connecticut
Acacia Section
Calvin DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Anamosa
Albert L. Oltmanns
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Goettsch's
Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Mabel E. Naylor
Hrabak's
Quasqueton
Artie May Halstead
Florida
Mason-Harris
William J. Benda
Mason-Hand's
Tama
William
Doris) Novak
Williams Cemetery
Williamsburg
Richard E. Wetten
Immanuel! Lutheran Church
Uhlmann's
Linn
al Swegle
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Blythe
West Yellowstone
Mont
Anchorage
Atlento
Miami
Bismarck
Denver
Phoenix
Coralville Lake
Cincinnati
Fair
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St.Paul
Dallas
Lansing
Steady Dam
Steady McGregor
Steady Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
St. Luke's
Fort Riley, Kan
Christina
Ronald Ellyson
Robert Ellyson
Whittier
John D. Hakes
Melody G. Diouhy
Conrad L. Vande Zandschulp
Stephanie M. Welton
Lawrence A. Bartlett
Teresa L. Thompson
Bruce P. Holt
van Horne
Margaret L. Bailey
Wade L. Lutheran
Annette M. Laing
David S. Kubik
Walker
Rhonda J. Davis
Robert C. Hurst
Cedar Falls
Christine L. Kemp
Cedar Rapid
Don Johns Jr
Carol L. Winger
College Station, Texas
E Ave
G Avenue
Kencrest Drive
Park Court
16Th Ave
Ellis Blvd
Olympic Airways
Athens
THE
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Gazette
Associated Press
U.S. and World News Daily
Cedar Park
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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