Prominent Iowa Leader Eldred Morrissey Dies at 66
Eldred Earl Al Morrissey of Mount Vernon founder of Al Morrissey Insurance and Cornell College trustee 1962 78 died after a long illness in Waukegan Illinois He born November 11 1911 LeMars He built a Cedar Rapids agency until 1976 and served Cornell as secretary and president He chaired the Decade of Growth campaign and helped fund a new library and dorms Surviving wife two daughters two sons 11 grandchildren services Thursday at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church with burial there Memorial fund set at Cornell College
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Mount Vernon
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Cornell College Board of Trustees
Waukegan, I
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Cedar Rapids
Peter M. Layden
Cornell Board of Trustees
Cornell
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Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
R. Thomas Stewart
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Turner Chapel East
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Belmont Nemecek
Route 3
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Nemecek
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Virginia Thomas
Arizona
Vernon
Jack
Wisconsin
Edward
England
Turner Chapel
Crescent Lodge
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
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Walker
Walker Lions Club
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Shellsburg
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Atwater
Calif
David Kayser
H.R. Ryder
New Hampton
Irven Kayser
Davenport
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Murdoch Funeral Home
Darn fool berry picking nearly kills elderly couple
Phil Bubb 86 and his wife Cora 67 were found after four days on a dirt road near Park Rapids Minnesota. They had become stranded during a blueberry picking trip and survived with rain exposure and limited water. Bubb uses an orthopedic walker for mobility and both have arthritis and other ailments.
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Bagley
Minn
Phil Bubb
Cora
Bubbs
Clearwater County Hospital
Bubb
Park Rapids
Howard Norquist
Virgil
Virgil Norquist
Burglary at Gordon Olson’s home reports cash and pistol theft
City Briefs note a locked box in Gordon Olson’s home was broken into with a collection of old bills worth about 405 dollars and a .22 caliber pistol valued at 180 dollars stolen. Also reported: Red Baron Family Fun Center safe and machines forced, cash 1380 dollars and a 147 dollar payroll check taken.
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Gordon Olson
St. SW
First Ave. NE
Panel Opposes Temporary Tax Credit Measure
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 24 11 against a proposed temporary 5 percent income tax credit to ease Social Security payroll tax increases. Rep Richard Gephardt argued the credit would offset $30 for a $10 000 earner next year and $60 for a $20 000 earner, for two years while Congress weighs broader Social Security financing reforms.
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Ways and Means Committee
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Gephardt
Congress
Mount Vernon approves city rules and zoning actions
Mount Vernon votes no smoking in the council chamber while allowing work areas in City Hall. The Planning and Zoning Commission denies a seven acre highway commercial rezoning and rejects a 60 acre residential request. The IE franchise amendment fails and two solar provisions pass. A parcel for an animal clinic near Nature Park is approved with a high price to be set.
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Mount Vernon
Dick Peters
City Hall
Bob Edleman
Dale Sargent
Atherton
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Janet Dumbaugh
Jack Edmunds
David Osterberg
Dumbaugh
Larry Poduska
Nick Berry
Berry
County weighs bond to finish Squaw Creek Park project
Linn County officials weighed a $1 million bond plan to finish Squaw Creek Park development in a $2.7 million program. County funds were mostly exhausted by land costs. council members debated funding while Marion and Cedar Rapids officials consider city shares and state authorization for a five year, zero interest loan from the conservation board.
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Squaw Creek Park
Linn County
Squaw Creek
Pinicon Ridge
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Hamilton
Richard Phillips
Floyd Bergen
Stan Reinis
Canney
Cedar Rapids
County General Fund
Larry Asaro
Jeanne Andrea
Iowa
Small youth defends bicycle against four attackers
Sam Sack Boupha, 16, a high school student, said four men attempted to steal his motorized bicycle at a traffic light in Las Vegas. The 130 pound youth, skilled in martial arts, kicked two assailants in the head, struck a third with a kick, knocking them unconscious. the other assailants fled. Police noted swollen faces may help identification.
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Las Vegas, Nev
UPI
Sam Sack Boupha
Boupha
Food inflation hits Brooklyn as prices rise 14.5 percent
A New York congressman called for federal action to curb rising food costs amid 14.5 percent year over year inflation. He warned Americans could face a $13 billion higher grocery bill and noted poor and elderly fixed-income residents suffer most, with some Brooklyn constituents spending up to 40 percent of income on food.
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New York
U.S
Brooklyn
Vogel seeks Director District 3 seat in College district
Kenneth E. Vogel 48 of Ely has filed for the Director District No 3 post in the College Community school area. He cites a need to raise education standards and basic competencies while outlining his background in dairy industry studies, life insurance work, local clubs and church service. The incumbent Richard Harger has not filed for re election. Deadline is August 3 with election September 12.
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Route 1
Ely
College Community School
Vogel
Lohrville High School
Iowa State University
Life Underwriters Training Council
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Vigortones
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Verda
Carla Lu Nicklas
Kenda Lea Fuerst
Lae Ann
Roger K
Roger
Prairie High School
Richard Harger
Route
Novelist Gerald Brace Dies in Maine at 76
Gerald Warner Brace, a Maine writer and Deer Isle summer resident, died at 76. He authored 11 novels set in New England and wrote extensively about coastal life and regional themes.
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Blue Hill
Maine
Gerald Warner Brace
Deer Isle
New England
Brace
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