Death notices for Cedar Rapids residents list multiple families
Deaths include Ernest Dvorak 80 of 65 19th Ave SW Cedar Rapids a Quaker Oats retiree. Richard C Powell 30 of Route 3 Swisher dies in a Cedar Rapids crash. Grace E Liver dies at Murdoch Chapel Marion. Vaclav Jim Hamous mourned. Rudolph Schmidke 93. Hallie Knowles 84. Frank Blocher 80 with services listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dvorak
19Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
Ernest Dvorak Jr
Fairfax
George K. Dvorak
William L. Broulck
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Glenn Hunt
Czeeh National Cemetery
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
Richard C. Powell
Route 3
Swisher
Liver
Grace E
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Eugene Hancock
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Hamous
Vaclav
Jim
Kuba Funeral Home
T.B. Hlubucek
Czech National Cemetery
Oelwein
Rudolph Schmidke
Brant-Kerns
Williamsburg
Hallie M. Knowles
Robert Coulter
Uhlmann’s
Corydon
Anamosa
Frank Blocher
Goettsch Funeral Home
Storm wrecks in Iowa trigger emergency aids and cleanup
Six north central Iowa counties face a massive recovery after a violent tornado outbreak that killed at least five people and damaged hundreds of buildings. A disaster emergency proclamation opens the path for federal aid as inventories detail county by county destruction from Algona to Manson and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Calhoun
Dallas
Hamil
Ten
Humboldt
Kossuth
Wright
Algona
Manson
Robert D. Ray
Romania
Kansas City
Dennis Jacobs
Office of Disaster Services
DeSoto
Adel
Hamilton
Kern moved to Linn Jail in murder case transfer
A suspect in the Ady Jensen murder case was moved from Johnson County Jail to Linn County Jail Friday. Robert Lee and Judy Serge Kern were arrested on first degree murder charges. Following arraignment, Mrs Kern was moved to Linn County Jail. Bond set at 100000 each. a reduction hearing was scheduled in Cedar County. Jensen was killed at his parents home near West Branch on April 4. Jensen’s wife Jeanne pled guilty to conspiracy to commit a forcible felony and remains jailed with sentencing set for July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady Jensen
Johnson County
Linn County
Robert Lee
Judy Serge Kern
Cedar County
Jensen
West Branch
Jeanne
Red Cross dispatched to Manson tornado disaster site
C R Red Cross team from Manson to aid the tornado zone along with three Cedar Rapids volunteers. Tim Burke says curfew limits to only emergency personnel 10 p m to 6 a m. Burke and Kit Fuller report 110 homes destroyed 48 major damage 91 minor damage and four deaths. Meals for 3000 will be served daily starting tomorrow as volunteers assess needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Manson
Iowa National Guard
Goldfield
Iowa Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Seventh-Day Adventists
St. Louis
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Tim Burke
Burke
Kit Fuller
The
Gazette
Guards suspended after beating prisoner at Fort Madison
Two Iowa State Penitentiary guards were suspended without pay for beating Teddy E. Booth, 46, in protective custody after a Sunday incident. Booth, a 50 year sentence for rape, was treated in an eye clinic at University Hospitals Iowa City and returned to prison. Authorities withheld names, citing privacy concerns, while prison ombudsman Raymond Cornell described the weapon as spring loaded sap with birdshot and noted the warden acted promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Iowa Department of Social Services
Teddy E. Booth
Dubuque
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Booth
Raymond Cornell
Iowa
Cornell
David Scurr
Durham professor husband of Juanita Kreps shot self
Dr. Clifton Kreps, 59, husband of U.S. Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps, was hospitalized after firing a .38 caliber revolver into his mouth. He is in stable condition after surgery at Duke University Medical Center. Police say he earlier left a psychiatric unit and was at home in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.T. Herron
Durham Police
Kreps
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Herron
Clifton III
Chapel Hill Hospital
Washington
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Durham
Associated Press
Birth announcements and local vital statistics report
A local vital statistics page lists weather as NW at 6 mph at 11 p.m. and a warm extended forecast with highs in the 80s and 90s. Birth notices include Mercy June 28 in Alburnett a daughter to Mr and Mrs Phillip Fishell and multiple births in Des Moines Trenton N J Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids with listed parents and addresses. Grandparents names are noted for several entries including Howard Burton and Raymond F. Rea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Fishell
Alburnett
Des Moines
Allan Orlund
Newton
Howard Burton
Trenton
N.J
Oleg Allen
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Vernon Helgens
Scotch Grove
Milwaukee
Donald J. Kadera
Raymond F. Rea
Fourth St
Edward D. Kadera
Circle Hill Court
Congress weighs new gas rationing amid supply strain
The report details ongoing discussions in Congress and the Carter administration on possible gasoline rationing to address shortages. It notes support growing in the House for presidential authority to craft a rationing plan and outlines four proposed pricing schemes to simplify dealer pricing and curb overcharges. Public comment sessions are planned for July 10 in San Francisco and July 16 in Washington to shape the final formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Japan
South Korea
White House
Senate
John Brademas
Indiana
Capitol Hill
Thomas O'Neill
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Commerce Energy
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Jack Vandenberg
Economic Regulatory Administration
Energy Department
Vandenberg
UPI
San Francisco
Washington
Bank sues over loans in Independence County
The Far mers State Savings Bank of Independence files a four division suit in Buchanan County District Court seeking more than 250000 dollars from Clarence Wiskus Strawberry Point and Frayne Wiskus Edgewood doing business as V A Logging Co and Virginia Wiskus of Edgewood for a series of loans from December 1978 to June this year. A writ of attachment orders seizure of logging equipment boat and motor truck and other items. The bank seeks 101690.87 from Clarence Wiskus 166603.32 from the two Wiskus individuals and 901565 from Virginia Wiskus plus interest from June 27 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Farmers State Savings Bank of Independence
Clarence Wiskus
Strawberry Point
Frayne A. Wiskus
Edgewood
V.A. Logging Co
Delaware County
Virginia Wiskus
Buchanan County
L.D. Lubbert
Clarence Wilkus
Wiskus
FDA ban ends DES use in cattle and sheep
The FDA orders a July cutoff on DES in animal feed and ear implants noting cancer risks and residues in meat. Officials say the ban will raise beef costs modestly while not affecting human DES uses such as menopause therapy and emergency contraception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Brokken
Oregon State University
Agriculture Department
Brokken
Kennedy
FDA
Daniel Davidson
Truman orders U.S. troops to Korea defense
On this date in 1950 President Truman announced that U.S. forces stationed in Japan would help the Republic of Korea repel North Korean invaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
U.S
Japan
Republic of Korea
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Guttenberg
Regis High School
Upper Iowa University
Wilson Foods
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers of North America
Colleen Reynolds
Sara Luella
Michael
Marla) Weber
Joseph Greve
North Buena Vista
Luella Powell
Renwick
EMMET
Ringsted
Fenton
Warren
St. Mary’s
Jepsen
Roger Jepsen
Federal Disaster Administration
Fran Tobin
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Tobin
Chuck Heywett
Paul Ward
Jep
Sen
Heywett
Ward
Jacobs
Ankeny
Kern
Linn
C.R. Red Cross
Abby
State Farm SA
UNC
Wachovia
Graduate School of Business
Institute of Applied Business and Economic Research
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Charles Perry
10Th St. NW
Lenon Stafford
Seventh St. SE
John Hiner
Starry Drive
Robert Blahnik
Cambridge Drive
Albert Brown
14Th St. NE
Satebtboneeenenerbicessees
O'Leary
Carter
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
John E. Lapes
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses. Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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