Deaths Leonard Whitney and Kenneth Anderson two local men
Leonard A. Whitney 65 a Center Point area farmer died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. He was born April 3 1913 in Coggan and married Ilene Enabait in 1934. Surviving are his wife a daughter Pamela Doty two sons Duane and Larry six grandchildren and two brothers. Services 1 30 p m Monday Murdoch Chapel Center Point. Burial Prairieburg Cemetery. Kenneth E. Anderson 56 of 1508 Sixth St NW died on arrival at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness. Born October 28 1921 in Truax he worked for Wilson Foods and was an Army veteran. He married Joyce Moss in 1956 and was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church. Surviving are a wife two children a stepdaughter and stepson both parents a half sister and half brother. Services 1 30 p m Monday Brosh Chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p m Sunday.
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Leonard A. Whitney
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Coggan
Ilene Enabait
Pamela Doty
St. Joseph
Duane
Winthrop
Larry A
Hanover Park
Ill
Arthur D
Robert L
Murdoch
Joe Jones
Prairieburg
Kenneth E. Anderson
Sixth St
Mercy
Jeff
Mary Ann Brant
Anchorage
Alaska
Dennis
Minnie Anderson
Oskaloosa
Guy
Knoxville
Kenneth Schafer
San Antonio
Texas
Jack
Norfolk
Brosh Chapel
Lee Roy Collins
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Memorial services and funerals listed for several Iowa towns
Memorial services and funeral details are listed for multiple individuals across Iowa towns including Windsor Anamosa Kalona Williamsburg Waukon Town City Postville Monticello Keswick and others. Services cover dates times churches chapels and burial places with burial at Forest Frytown Mt Hope West Union Trinity Lutheran and St. Wenceslaus. A memorial fund is noted for Kalona United Christian and Baptist Church. Visitation details are included for several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Cullen B. Moomey
Peterseim
Frytown
Kalona United Christian and Baptist Church
Williamsburg
Victor A. Stanerson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran
Conroy. Uhlmann’s. Waukon
Jessie Howes
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Dorchester
Elizabeth L. Hein
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Donohue’s. Iowa City
Kathryn L. Records
Trinity Episcopal Church
Gay’s. Postville
George E. Bowles
West Union Cemetery
Schutte’s. Monticello
James J
Kate” Connolly
Goettsch’s. Keswick
Anna L. Dodd
Powell’s
Tax cut bill faces House floor fight over gains tax
The $16.2 billion tax cut headed for House action after Ways and Means approved a 25-12 vote. It would shift relief mostly to individuals with up to 160 dollar single filers and up to 232 dollars for two earners at high incomes. A late compromise aims to curb large capital gains avoidance and set the top rate at 35 percent while limiting the home sale gain exclusion, drawing bipartisan support but provocation from President Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ruling asked in Marti case in Linn County court
Attorneys for Dale Marti ask the Linn District Court to rule that aiding and abetting cannot support a murder conviction when the victim acts alone. Marti, 34, of Cedar Rapids, faces second degree murder in Gloria Hoover death on Feb 16. Trial set for Aug 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Marti
Linn District Court
Gloria Jean Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
Marti
Gloria Hoover
State winner crowned in Cedar Rapids hula hoop contest
Eleven year old Jeff Weltzin of Cedar Rapids won the state boys hula hoop championship in Dubuque on Thursday. He advances to the regional championships on August 11 in Minneapolis. Moving Safe lists shampoo bowls chair dryers and mirrors among items from Madeline's at 1211 3rd St SE. Embassy Club advertises Saturday Prime Rib dinner with dancing in the lounge starting at 5:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Weltzin
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Minneapolis
Madeline
3Rd St. SE
Embassy Club
Scolaro hearing details not released
A Cedar Rapids judge appeared before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications in Des Moines with confidentiality preventing release of hearing details. Judge Anthony R. Scolaro spent about 34% hours in a closed session as the commission weighs possible charges or proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Commission On
Linn
Anthony R. Scolaro
Commission
Des Moines
Richard Grossman
Marshalltown
Scolaro
Stations seek dismissal in Iowa broadcast suit
Attorneys for WMT and KCRG stations argue in Linn District Court that the case should be dismissed due to filing errors and failure to state a claim. Marion Kubalek seeks over 2 million from each company for air time losses as an Independent Party candidate in 1976. Judge William Eads took the motions under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
KCRG
Linn District Court
Marion M. Kubalek
Tama
Iowa
High speed motorcycle chase ends in arrest in Cedar Rapids
Ronald Richard Hale, 21, of 703 Seventh St. SW, was arrested after a high speed chase through southwest Cedar Rapids and charged with 11 traffic violations. He was taken to Linn County Jail and later released. Charges include attempting to elude, restricted license, muffler violation, stop before entering from an alley, operating on a sidewalk, speeding, three counts of disobeying traffic control, reckless driving, and vehicle title transfer failure. A separate chase across Johnson Linn and Iowa counties led to Curtis Foshe, 18, of 1301 19th Ave. SW, facing 13 traffic counts. another rider remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Richard Hale
Seventh St
Linn County
Hare
Johnson, Linn
Iowa
Curtis Foshe
19Th Ave
Jepsen accuses smear campaign tied to Clark in Iowa
Jepsen says he did not directly accuse Clark or the Democratic Party of two break ins but calls the timing coincidental and politically motivated. He denounces the attacks on his family and says he and his wife will meet with the press to present the truth about the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jepsen
Clark
Democratic Party
Dee
Iowa
Sen. Clark
Clark responds to Jepsen in Washington office statement
Sen Dick Clark issues a noon Washington statement denying involvement with Jepsen's charges. He says Jepsen's press release is a strange development in the campaign and that personal problems are his business only. Clark adds he and his staff reject any link to the charges and has refused to comment further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Clark
Washington
Jepsen
Senate
Jernigan denies smear claims over Iowa Commission notes
Kenneth Jernigan, former Iowa Blind Commission head now in Baltimore, calls an earlier statement a smear. He says his lawyers will determine possible legal action after Raymond’s accusations about a fortification and guns were deemed groundless by federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kenneth Jernigan
Iowa
Jernigan
Raymond
Commission
Robert Ray
FBI
Roger Jepsen
Jepsen
Consumer prices rise with service costs and car price upticks
Inflation data show mortgage rates climbing and electricity up 2.6 percent in June. Postal costs jumped 14 percent after a 1976 lull. Natural gas and fuel oil rose modestly while telephone charges held steady. New car prices advanced 0.9 percent after a 1.2 percent May gain driven by imported autos and domestic hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Inflation Trends Point to Higher Consumer Prices
Consumer prices rose 7.4 percent from June 1977 to last month with the CPI at 195.3 indicating costs more than doubling since 1967. Agriculture Department forecasts modest price gains for processed vegetables next fall and notes a slight drop in production of 14 main fresh vegetables. Wage increases in major labor contracts during the first half of 1978 averaged 8 percent in the first year and 6.6 percent over the contract, higher than 1977 gains, excluding cost of living adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Boxing politicians bout eyed at Spectrum fight card
Rival Philadelphia figures Milton Street and Rafferty agreed to a boxing match after a heated exchange that included racial slurs. promoter J Russell Peltz eyed August 24 for the card featuring Benny Briscoe and Marvin Hagler, with state athletic officials weighing approval. Street, an activist and Democratic candidate, has MS and vows to train. Rafferty, a former amateur, remains in talks as reporters press for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Russell Peltz
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
Commission
Francis Walker
Howard McCall
Peltz
Benny Briscoe
Marvin Hagler
Spectrum
Philadelphia
Cars Collide at Intersection In Lake Mac Bride Area
A 75 year old driver Alvin Keyes failed to stop for a traffic signal causing a collision with two vehicles at Third Street and First Avenue West. Jesse Smith and William Stull drivers sustained minor injuries. Bernice Smith treated and released at Mercy Hospital. Stull released after minor injuries at St Luke's Hospital. Keyes charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Keyes
Lake Macbride
Solon
Keyes
Jesse Smith
Wilson Ave
William Stull
32Nd St
Third Street
First Avenue West
Smith
Bernice
Mercy Hospital
Stull
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Windsor
Lydia
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
Charles Compton
Bethel Baptist Church
Marion
Ronald Benfer
Anamosa Congregational Church
Burial Forest Cemetery
James Jones
D-Okla
Treasury Department
State Supreme Court
Grossman
Charlie
Kubalek
William Eads
Earl) Willits
D-Des Moines
Willits
Mr. Raymond
the Gazette
Rafferty
Street
Milton Street
The
McCall
Walker
Austria
Serbia
Vision
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Home — Cemetery
John E. Lapes
Mal Vernon
Mt. Vernon
2 Line Gazette
Wm. Shephard
Pierson’s Cous
Ellis Blvd
16Th Avenue
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