Obituaries and funeral notices from Marion area
Deaths listed for Donald Joseph Dippel and Ruby Marie Stevens with details of birth, marriage, military service, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Also notices for Lala Edward E. Sr., Julia Sladek, Elgin Rex Medberry, and Lottie Pirks with burial plans, call times, and memorial preferences.
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Tings
Neb
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Robert L. Atkinson
Oakland Church of the Nazarene
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lala
Edward E. Sr
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Jay A. Miller
Trojan Lodge
Cedar Memorial Park
Murdoch’s
Masonic Temple
Sladek
Julia
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
Alvin Danielson
St. John’s
Cedric Lofdahl
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Rogers Grove
Turner Chapel East
Elgin
Rex Medberry
Brookville
Fla
Elgin Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Edward
Lottie) Pirks
McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home
Victor
Mount Vernon to Renovate Community Pool
Mount Vernon Council approves planning work for a major pool renovation by Shoemaker and Halland of Coralville. Project includes new gutters filtration system deck walls and floor plus a more efficient wading pool fill and drain. Aug 19 closure start. estimated 87 900 cost with a 50 percent grant request to Iowa Conservation Commission.
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Mount Vernon
John Walker
Shoemaker and Halland Engineering
Coralville
Bikes Stolen Friday Highlight Early Season Theft Spike
Cedar Rapids police report at least six bicycles stolen Friday amid rising thefts of small dirt bikes valued around 800 dollars. One victim said a shed theft marked his third loss, while mopeds are becoming a growing concern as street presence increases and theft reports trickle in.
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Cedar Rapids
Hhe
Cedar Rapids Kennel event opens 31st all breed show
Judging starts at 8 a.m. today at the Five Seasons Center under the Cedar Rapids Kennel Association 31st annual all breed dog show and obedience trial. Over 1,500 dogs are entered with 12 rings judging through 2 45 p.m. and later variety groups.
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Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids Kennel Association
Electric workers call special meeting after two week strike
Local 405 IBEW members are summoned for 7:30 p.m. Monday June 25 at the IBEW hall 1211 Wiley Boulevard. President Jim Bachelder reports the meeting as unions honor the picket lines while the strike continues and offers no comment on agenda.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ibew Hall
Wiley Boulevard
Jim Bachelder
Bachelder
No Fourth of July Fireworks at Elmcrest Golf Club
Elmcrest Golf and Country Club will skip Fourth of July fireworks for the first time in over a decade due to rising liability insurance costs and higher firework prices.
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Elmcrest Golf and Country Club
Dave Bey
June 22 Births and Local Medical Emergencies Noted
Weather data shows wind from NE at 10 mph and sun events for Sunday with a weekend outlook of showers and rain free days in the 80s. Birth notices record a daughter for Dunn and Bodddicker and another for Kimm Littrel Miller in Marion and Marengo with listed addresses. Medical emergencies reported at Fifth Avenue SE and Broadmore Road NW and a product incident at Quaker Oats SE.
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Troy Kimm
Marengo
William D. Littrel
36Th St. Drive
Daniel T. Miller
15Th Ave
Marion
Fifth Avenue
First Street
Broadmore Road
Quaker Oats
Second St
Court denies execution stays in Florida cases
The Florida Supreme Court denied stays of execution for condemned killers Robert Sullivan and Charles Proffitt, clearing their scheduled deaths in Florida's electric chair on Wednesday morning. Proffitt, however, has another avenue for appeal pending.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
Florida Supreme Court
Robert Sullivan
Charles Proffitt
Florida
Proffitt
High Court to rule on stay requests in Florida executions
Stay requests filed by both death row inmates and appeals in federal courts in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale are before the high court. The court ordered a response by 10 a.m. CDT Monday. If carried out Wednesday, the executions would coincide with a month since John Spenkelink's death in the electric chair.
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High Court
Tampa
Fort Lauderdale
John Spenkelink
Florida
Sandinista denounces U.S. peace plan at OAS meeting
A Sandinista spokesman backed by Panama denounced the U.S. six point peace proposal at an OAS emergency session. Rev. Miguel DEscoto criticized Secretary Cyrus Vance and questioned intervention plans as Latin American nations urged a non intervention framework. Panama supported DEscoto while OAS efforts to forge a unified peace mediation faced resistance from U.S. officials.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Cyrus Vance
Miguel D’escoto
Panama
D’escoto
Vance
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza
Venezuela
Mexico
OAS
Juan Antonio Tack
Americas
United States
Energy tensions and OPEC impact frame Carter Tokyo visit
The Coast Guard denies tankers blocked in Delaware Bay to unload fuel while refiners hold back about 20 million barrels of crude as a cushion against imports. Carter plans a Tokyo summit to press leaders on oil prices and exports. European leaders urge reduced consumption as OPEC price risks rise.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
O'Leary
Iran
Carter
Tokyo
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Strasbourg
France
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Helsinki
Finland
OPEC
Energy Department
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Hijacker Nikola Kavaja Sentenced in Chicago
Serbian nationalist Nikola Kavaja was sentenced to 20 years for a 1975 bombing conspiracy and his hijacking of an airliner with 135 people aboard. He arrived at O'Hare in custody of federal agents as security precautions delayed the hearing before Judge Hubert Will.
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Chicago
Nikola Kavaja
Kavaja
O’hare International
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
U.S. District Court
Hubert Will
Thief grabs big haul from vehicles
Cedar Rapids man reports theft of 2153 dollars worth of property from his car and an old bookmobile at the U S Auto Hospital. Items taken include an eight track tape player tapes six speakers cassette AM FM tape deck a camera and lens toolbox and tools and a shotgun.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark Meyer
U.S. Auto Hospital
66Th Ave
William Penn Signs 1683 Friendship Treaty in Pennsylvania
On this date in 1683 William Penn forged a friendship treaty with Native Americans in the Pennsylvania region. The pact endured in faithful cooperation for more than six decades.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Movers face violence threats and delays in long hauls
A spot check shows short range moves largely smooth while long hauls face threats against vehicles and disrupted fleets. Industry sources from American Movers Conference Bekins and Allied affiliate in Chicago report drivers scared, truck shortages looming, and routes blocked forcing storage and slower service.
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United Press International
John Brewer
American Movers Conference
Arlington
Truck Strike Extends Demands Amid Vehicle Blockades
STRAP spokesman says government has until July 15 to meet independents demands or a new strike will follow. Layoffs mount as John Morrell Emmetsburg cuts 750 jobs and Farm Land Foods Iowa Falls responds with 280 layoffs. About 200 truckers join a Chelsea Massachusetts blockade. 18 arrested. Sniper activity targets highways and four vehicles suffer shotgun blasts along Louisiana 82 near Lake Charles. Reports of gunfire spread across multiple states including Ohio and Massachusetts.
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Iowa
John Morrell
Emmetsburg
Farmland Foods, Inc
Iowa Falls
Louisiana 82
Lake Charles
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Texas
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Donald Joseph Dippel
13Th St
Clara B. Rasmussen
American Legion Post No
American Postal Workers Union
Retired Men’s Golf Association
Thomas Dougherty
Waukesha
Wis
Donald Jr
San Antonio
Mervin Wissmiller
Yorkville
Ill
David G
Savannah
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
John Gallagher
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Ruby Marie Stevens
32Nd St
Warwick
Kan
Bert L. Stevens
Belleville
Betty Levesque
Hiawatha
Gilbert
Marlyn
Robert
Ralph Allom
Hastings
Atha Dobesh
Electric Workers Meeting
C.R. News
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Memorial Coliseum
Hanford
The
American Legion
Cardinals
Cincinnati
Grant
Call
Kirkwood Alumni Association
David M. Bomkamp
High Ridge Drive
Creighton University
Omaha
Marland
Thomas Dunn
Northpointe Drive
Vincent Boddicker
Vinton
Thomas Brown
First St
St. Luke's
C.R. Weather
U.S. Plan
State Department
Geneva
Congress
Saudi Arabia
James Akins
Mohammed Saidji
National Coal Association
Schlesinger
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Patrick Lucey
Arizona
New Mexico
Persian Gulf
Abby
Marion SA Bridge
U.S. A
John E. Lapes
Fort Bragg
N.C
Dick Dunn
Allied
David Lawdermilk
Bekins Moving Firm
Dallas
Chelsea
Mass
Cedar Park
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses. Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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