Deaths fill Cedar Rapids area in wake of multiple losses
A Cedar Rapids series of deaths reports Mable Berniece Sterns 66 of 117 16th St SE dies after brief illness. Charles D. Hawk 66 of Rockford Illinois formerly Cedar Rapids dies in Oskaloosa hospital. Tom Huntbach 46 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Des Moines. Edward Alexander Lynott 52 of 373 16th St SE dies after long illness. Jamie Lynn Henderson 4 months dies at Mercy Hospital with autopsy planned. Burial arrangements vary across Cedar Memorial and local funeral homes with services announced for each case.
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Mable Berniece Sterns
16Th St
Cedar Rapids
Rugby
N.D
Charles D. Hawk
Rockford
Ill
Oskaloosa
What Cheer
Josephine Mester
Hawk
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Robert C
Chatham
N.J
Michael E
Enterprise
Ala
Robert Skalicky
Arlington Heights
John Skalicky
San Francisco
Nona Hawk
Virgil
Sun City
Ariz
Elmer
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Martin
Grundy Center
William Hodgson
Geneseo
Arthur Williams
Baltimore
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Tom Huntbach
Des Moines
Waterloo
Jessie Downey
Huntbach
Jim
Lester Bailey
David Huntbach
Maxine Shea
Manchester
Deanne Huntbach
Opal Huntbach
Mary Jo Morganson
Dunn’s
Grand
Glendale Cemetery
Edward Alexander Lynott
16Th St. SE
Mercy Hospital
Decorah
Mr. Lynott
Immaculate Conception High School
New York Life Insurance Co
Immaculate Conception Church
Navy
Ellen Kennedy
Thomas
Robert
James
Richard
Sumner
Roger Geesaman
Marion
Gary Schmitz
Mary
Therese
Joan
Patty
William P. Leonard
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Jamie Lynn Henderson
Douglas J. Henderson
William Court NW
Joseph Galles
Linn County
Anthony J
Richard L. Henderson
Robert Mausser
Drunk Driver Traces 13 Damaged Cars in Roseville
Walter Mantooth Jr. 25 of Mount Clemens was arrested for drunk driving after a street spree in Roseville Michigan. He struck 13 autos along 12 Mile Road beginning near Groesbeck at 5 30 p m and ending on a residential street. His car remained drivable and he failed a breathalyzer test.
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Roseville
Mich
UPI
Sherlock Holmes
Hansel and
Gretl
Detroit
Walter Mantooth Jr
Mount Clemens
Groesbeck
12 Mile Road
Safe water possible now says water council chief
Donald E. Porth, president of the Water Quality Research Council, told a Resources for the Future sponsored meeting that bottled water and home water treatment devices have the potential to meet all national safe drinking water standards, accusing government of short changing consumers.
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Washington
UPI
Donald E. Porth
Water Quality Research Council
Resources For the Future
Hughes to Demos Elect compassionate candidates
Former Iowa governor and U.S. senator Harold Hughes urged Democrats at the biennial state convention to nominate compassionate candidates even if it means breaking with the party. He warned against electing purely party loyalists and emphasized moral leadership and public service.
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Hughes To
Demos
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Iowa
U.S
George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
Cedar Rapids Youth Injured in Motorcycle Crash
A Cedar Rapids youth, Jeffrey Ammeter, 13, was listed in fair condition with a fractured arm at St Luke's Hospital after a collision between his motorcycle and a car driven by David Hogan 19 at the intersection of C Avenue and Ninth Street NW Ammeter was traveling north on Ninth and turning onto C Avenue when struck Hogan was eastbound on C Avenue Ammeter faced a license violation and failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jeffrey Ammeter
11Th St. NW
David Hogan
17Th St
C Avenue
Ninth Street
Ammeter
Hogan Auto
June 16 births and local incidents in Waterloo area
June 16 notes report two births in Waterloo and Anamosa area with families and addresses. It lists a son for Dr and Mrs Randy Byers and a daughter for Dr and Mrs Timothy V Winegar den in Waterloo. Also includes multiple Friday incidents such as a fuel tank rupture at First Avenue and 38th St NE and several medical emergencies and investigations at local addresses.
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Chester J. Janus
Waterloo
Randy Byers
Anamosa
Timothy V. Winegarden
Hilltop Drive
Carl R. Burgett
Fourth Ave
First Avenue
38Th St
Bowling St
Twelfth Avenue Bridge
Ridgeside Drive
E Avenue NW
Beef prices climb anew amid record retail gains
Washington AP reports beef prices rose 5.1 percent in May and may rise another 4.3 percent in early June, with all-cut beef at 1.75 per pound as of June 3. The figures reflect a “blend” price from weekly Agriculture Department surveys and follow a rise from 1.38 in May 1977 to current levels. Beef gains stem from sharply reduced cattle herds over three years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Italians turn from films to concerts plays and sports
UPI reports Italian entertainment shifts as movie attendance fell 18 percent in 1977 from 1976. In contrast concert attendance rose 14 percent, plays up six percent, and sporting events up 11 percent. Overall entertainment spending dropped 11 percent.
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Rome
UPI
Judy Carne Injured in Bucks County Car Crash
Actress Judy Carne known as the Sock It To Me girl on Laugh In was listed in serious condition with a fractured neck after a one car crash in Upper Makefield Township Bucks County. Her boyfriend, Robert Bergmann 31, was driving the station wagon which left Route 232 near New Hope and hit a utility pole.
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Doylestown
UPI
Judy Carne
Upper Makefield Township
Bucks County
Robert Bergmann
Miss Carne
New Hope
Carter seals canal treaties amid tense Panamanian protests
President Carter and Torrijos forge historic canal pacts amid violence and protests in Panama City. Rioting left several injured as guards secured Fort Clayton and the airport welcome for the leaders. Carter plans canal tours and meetings with regional leaders as treaty terms take effect in 1979.
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Petual
Carter
U.S. Canal Zone
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Iowa Usury Reform Backed to Raise Home Loan Limits
A Democratic dominated committee moved to raise Iowa's usury cap from 9 to about 10.3 percent by tying rates to the 10 year federal bond. The plan also limits loan origination fees to one percent and would phase out next June, forcing renewed action.
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Iowa
Downtown Cedar Rapids mall expansion plans announced
The $10 to $11 million project includes a $3 million parking ramp and remodeling of about 120000 square feet. Lipsky says nearly a million square feet of downtown Cedar Rapids space will be created with most stores being home owned and 500 to 600 new jobs. Allan Peremsky cites 22 full time and 160 part time staff at the Five Seasons Center with a grand opening year in 1979. World Cup acrobatics, high school basketball double headers, Holiday on Ice, Ringling Bros. Circus, and other events are planned for 1979. The new hotel already has 30 weekend conventions booked for 1979, with expected convention business of $10 to $12 million next year.
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Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Lipsky
Allan Peremsky
Five Seasons Community Center Commission
Peremsky
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
Felicia Bernstein Dies at 56 in Long Island Home
Actress Felicia Montealegre Bernstein wife of Leonard Bernstein died at her Long Island residence after a long illness. Born in Costa Rica and raised in Chile she studied in Santiago before moving to New York to act. She married the conductor in 1951 and had three children.
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New York
Felicia Montealegre
Colin Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Long Island
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