Deaths include Kvach, Beals and Reed in Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries list the deaths of Charles R. Kvach 77 of 342 30th St Drive SE and Gertrude M. Beals 84, both Cedar Rapids residents, with service details and survivors. Also noted are Sara Ellen Reed 61 and Florence C. Tate Althen 87, plus numerous funeral notices for other local residents, with times, chapels, and burial places. Names span Cedar Rapids Marion Center Point and surrounding towns, with multiple churches memorial funds and cremation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Kvach
30Th St
Cedar Rapids
Laura Knapp
Iowa City
Kvach
Plumbers and Pipefitters
Eagles Aerie
William Kreutzer
William Porter
Robinsdale
Minn
Brush Chapel
Don Glazier
Salem United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Gertrude M. Beals
Herbert J. Beals
Mr. Beals
Topeka
Kan
Beals
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jane Boyd
Kings Daughters
Hanford Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Washburn University of
Westminster Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund
Sara Ellen Reed
Elmhurst Drive
Atlanta
Mississippi State College For Woman
Tulane University
New Orleans
Miss Reed
YWCA
Miami
Fla
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Mary
Julius W
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Everett Burham
Sharon United Methodist Church
Toomey
Edward T
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martin T. Laughlin
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Parnell
Teahen Funeral Home
Touro
George R
Murdoch
Marion
Jay A. Miller
Oak Shade
First United Presbyterian Church
Boyanovsky
James P
United Methodist Church
Springville
Clive Cook
Oak Hill
Murdoch Chapel
Benson
Della Mae
Center Point
Joe Jones
Alice Cemetery
Thompson
Grace Ione
Turner Chapel East
John P. Woods
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cancer Fund
Vokt
William K
Bill
First Lutheran Church
Dennis Wright
Turner Crematory
Turner Chapel West
Cedar Rapids Man Hurt in High Speed Police Chase Crash
A 22 year old Cedar Rapids man, Donald E. Polton, is listed in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a crash ending a police chase. He faces multiple charges including disobeying stop signs and signals, reckless driving, and attempting to elude police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Donald E. Polton
14Th St
Eighth Avenue
Polton
12Th Street
Rockford Road
Mercy Hospital
Miss Iowa Michelle Daley Named State Queen
West Des Moines 18 year old Michelle E Daley Valley High School senior was crowned Miss Iowa to compete in Miss U S A. pageant. Cedar Rapids student Kathryn S Benson placed runner up and 41 contestants entered the state contest with the national event set for April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Des Moines
Michelle E. Daley
Valley High School
Death by Own Action Ruled in Vokt Tragedy
The Linn County medical examiner ruled William K. Vokt died by his own action from a shotgun wound to the chest. He was 18 and died at Mercy Hospital after the incident at his home on 20th Street Northwest. The date is noted alongside the 1953 succession of Georgi Malenkov as Soviet premier after Stalin's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Fisher
Indian Creek Road
Marion
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Vera L. Lanigan
Fisher
Northern Trust Company
Edgewater Lodge
Medinah Temple Shrine
Robert Matias
H. James Fisher
van Nuys
Calif
Murdoch Chapel
J. David Pepper
Rose Hill
Glenn Pruess
Clarence
Clarence Co-Op
Farmers Grain Dealers of Iowa
Cedar County
Moose Lodge
Margaret
David
Hinton
Dennis
Dan
Kellogg
Molly
Gladys
St. John's
Anna Elias
Route 2
Mount Vernon
Solon
Lester Elias
Elias
Daugher
Paul Viktor
Louis
Ben Serbousek
Agnes Snenicka
Anna Lunning
Cassville
Wis
Morris, Ill
Clarence Lunning
Radcliffe
Everett
Elizabeth, Ill
Burlington
Clifford
Galena
Ill
John Clausen
Davenport
John Thompson
Boulder
Colo
Elmer Anderson
Portland
Ore
Ralph Anderson
Paul Beach
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Avoca
Greenwood Cemetery
Bernard J. Wallroff
Center Point
Oakdale
Monticello
U.S. Air Force
Walkoff
Omaha
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Walker
R.J. Axen
Linn County
William
Bill) K. Vokt
20Th St. Drive
Vokt
Mercy Hospital
Georgi Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Linn
Ohio Hustler founder Flynt shot in Georgia incident
Witnesses said Larry Flynt talked en route to hospital after a shooting near the Gwinnett County courthouse where a silver gray Camaro was seen. Flynt, appealing a pandering obscenity conviction over Hustler's August 1977 issue, was among those targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Price Fahringer
Columbus
Ohio
Flynt
Fahringer
State Patrol
Gwinnett County
Hustler
Hustler Club
Carter
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Railroads seek federal aid share as Iowa plan cited
FRA officials meet Iowa legislators praising a state track upgrade program that spreads costs among the state shippers and railroads. Rock Island and Milwaukee Road in bankruptcy discuss joint main-line use while lawmakers press for quicker approval of a $55 million Rock Island loan attempt and a Cedar Rapids terminal tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rock Island
Milwaukee Road
Newkirk
Chicago
Omaha
Ray
Gallamore
FRA
State Department of Transportation
Quad Cities
Kansas City
Davenport
Muscatine
Richard Drake
Hugo Schnekloth
R-Eldridge
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Sen. Robinson
Rep
Robert Krause
D-Whittmore
House Transportation Committee
Cedar Rapids Terminal
Beverly Yards
City Hall
Rinas Declines Run for Fourth Iowa House Term
Des Moines state Rep. Joseph Rinas of Marion announces he will not seek a fourth term citing family concerns. The 31 year old Democrat, district 29, chaired the Budget Subcommittee on Transportation and helped push a gasoline tax increase before stepping back from politics to spend more time with his wife Jennifer and their son Joshua. He says he has not decided future non legislative plans but expects to find another suitable role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Joseph Rinas
Marion
Rinas
Jennifer
Joshua
English Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Statehouse
Birthright Meeting Tuesday at 1707 First Ave SE
Executive board meets at 6 39 p m and regular session at 7 30 p m Sister Margaret Ann will speak on fetal development The brief also notes ad listings and a dean's list honor for Timothy J Thomason of Creighton University and local theft and glass removal reports from Ely and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ave. SE
Margaret Ann
Timothy J. Thomason
Tom N. Thomason
Muralsky Court SE
Creighton University
Omaha
Carter names coal strike board and plan to ease shortages
John Gentry named chairman of the board with arbitrators Carl Warns and Eva Robins. Carter proposes a wage settlement offer to returning miners under injunction and seeks to minimize shortages by shifting energy resources. UMW President Miller vows to comply with Taft Hartley. strike effects include potential large unemployment and sharp curtailments in portions of Ohio and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gentry
Carl Warns
Louisville
Eva Robins
New York
Taft Hartley
Carter
Energy Department
UMW
Arnold Miller
Taft-Hartley
Miller
Coal Industry
Congressional
United Mine Workers
James Schlesinger
Maryland
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
Cedar Rapids Mayor Attacks Air Pollution Standards
Cedar Rapids Mayor Donald Canney calls federal air pollution standards ridiculous and says no city of 100 000 could meet them even with shutdowns. He warns unrealistic rules could curb future industrial growth and halve the nation's gross national product unless standards are eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
Canney
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Florence C. ‘Tate’ Althen
Ridgewood Terrace
Marshalltown
Miss Althen
REA
Anamosa
Immaculate Conception Church
Lawrence Byers
William P. Leonard
Holy Cross Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Joseph Mollner
Immaculate Conception School
Tama
Leo G. Dolash
Mason- Hand
S. Garrison
John A. Ehlers
Church of the Brethren
Garrison
Maple Grove
Campbell- Russell’s
Vinton
Memorial Fund For
Sadie Christy
Campbell-Russell’s. Memorial Fund
Hopkinton
Roscoe Willard
Goettsch’s
Holm’s. Oelwein
Harry Lenius
Zion Lutheran Church
Hintz’s. Oxford Junction
Rochelle Rae Berg
Carson’s
Maquoketa
Mount Hope
Elkader
Walter Kennedy
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Witt’s. Dyersville
John H. Schuster
Dubuque
Basilica of St. Francis
Kramer’s. Wake
St. Francis Home Building Fund
Miss Iowa
C.R
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Larry Flynt
The
Mon
Elsie Denson
19Th Ave
Marty Buffy
Ely
Hawkey Fly Fishing Association
REC Building
Seventh Avenue
35Th Street
Congress
Brot
Cedar Memorial Park
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