Iowa Deaths Notice Highlights Multiple Local Obituaries
Death notices for London-Marie Licht 90 and Ruth G. Meaker 79 list services at Trinity Lutheran Church and burial at local cemeteries with extensive visitations. Myrtle Carlson of Houston aged 80 and Rebekah service details followed by visitation at Sheets and Son Funeral Home and church services. Charles R. Bullcek funeral at Kuba Funeral Home East with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Memorials noted.
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London
Marie Licht
Trinity Lutheran Church
Visitation
Chapman's
Clarence
Tipton
Ruth G. Meaker
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
Shawver Cemetery
Cedar Bluff
Myrtle M. Carlson
Houston
Tex
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Rebekah
Library board approves regional system contracts
Cedar Rapids Public Library Board of Trustees approves two non resident service contracts with East Central Regional Library System serving 10 eastern counties and Linn County Board of Supervisors for full library service to rural Linn County residents. Also backs Friends of the Library van service study and waives three service fees.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Library links extend to Linn County region
The ECRL board extended the Cedar Rapids Public Library services to Linn County residents outside cities. A $57,574 contract funds region wide information, reference, and inter library loan access through June 30, 1979. The Friends of the Library will fund a two year book van pilot to reach communities and events.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
ECRL
Elizabeth Donnan
Donnan
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Friends of the Library
H.A
Schimberg
Friends
Thomas Carney
City briefs stealings and events round Linn Hall area
Police report theft of tools valued at 373 from Alvin R Barker at Linn Hall Kirkwood Community College. Chicago Spring Fling set for April 8 9 with Flower Show hotel dinner show brunch shopping. Recovery Group for nervous and former mental patients meets Monday at 1 pm First Christian Church. Railfans meeting Monday 730 pm Peoples Bank Community Room with slides on railroading in Japan and the U S.
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Alvin R. Barker
Palo
Linn Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Chicago
Travel & Transport
First Christian Church
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Union Dubuque Packing settle three year contract
Dubuque Packing Co. announced a three year labor contract with the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America ending a 16 month strike that included sporadic violence. The deal raises hourly wages by 53 cents from 5.87 to 6.40 and adds pension benefits after three years plus enhanced medical surgical benefits and a cost of living clause with an extra holiday each year.
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Omaha
UPI
Dubuque Packing Co
Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher
North America
Don Strauss
Woman arrested on arson charge tied to court records
Friday Gazette reports a woman was arrested Thursday night on arson charges. Information cited comes from Linn County Courthouse records and the Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory records office, not police department files.
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Friday Gazette
Linn
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Police
Warming trend may swell Iowa streams this weekend
The National Weather Service says warm weekend temperatures will drive snowmelt causing several Iowa streams to reach high stages. Some bottomland flooding is expected along the Nishnabotna Nodaway Thompson and other southwest and south central streams while others rise only to bankfull or slightly above. Ice may complicate runoff across eastern and western Iowa with river ice not yet out.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Weather Service
Nishnabotna
Nodaway
Thompson
Skunk River
Ames
Brighton
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Cedar Basin
Marshalltown
Marengo
Mason City
Shell Rock
Finchford
Hudson
Janesville
Cedar River
Conesville
Wapsipinicon
Maquoketa
Turkey
Bell accuses Wallop of jeopardizing DOJ probes
Attorney General Griffin Bell accuses Sen Malcolm Wallop of endangering ongoing Justice Department investigations by disclosing confidential information. Bell says the disclosures relate to other investigations and jeopardize the department while Wallop disputes the substance of the allegation.
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Washington
Griffin Bell
Malcolm Wallop
R-Wyo
Justice Department
Wallop
Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Benjamin Civiletti
Bell
James Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Civiletti
David Marston
U.S
Philadelphia
Rep
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
Department of Justice
Energy center shuts down for routine maintenance
The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo will be shut for four weeks for scheduled refueling and maintenance. IE owns 70 percent, Central Iowa Power Cooperative 20 percent, and Corn Belt Power Cooperative 10 percent. The plant has operated since 1974 and will be replaced by fossil plants and Mid-Continent Pool imports during the outage.
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Duane Arnold
Palo
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Mid- Continent
Nuclear
Central Iowa Power Cooperative of
Marion
Corn Belt Power Cooperative of
Humboldt
Korean influence probes outline vast payments and inquiries
The article details Park’s selective campaign contributions and large payments to lawmakers, the Senate and House ethics panels preparing public hearings by April 3, and the intertwined roles of Korean officials and U.S. politicians in the Capitol Hill influence inquiry.
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Park
John Tower
Texas
Capitol Hill
Richard Hanna
Dcalif
Hanna
House Ethics Committee
House
Park Chung Hee
KCIA
John McFall
D-Calif
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Edward Patten
D-N.j
McFall
Price
Patten
Flowers
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Seoul
Hancho Kim Friday
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Middle East Tensions Rise With Israeli Actions
Israeli air strikes tank assaults and helicopter landings drive guerrillas from six more Palestinian strongholds in south Lebanon on the third day of fighting. Prince Turki ibn Faisal said Saudi Arabia does not want to destroy Israel. Over 400 House members signed a resolution condemning the PLO for terrorism against Israel.
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South
Lebanon
Turki Ibn Faisal
U.S
Israel
House of Representatives
Palestine Liberation Organization
Justice Department eyes full injunction in coal strike fight
Spokesman Mark Sheehan said the government would seek the full Taft Hartley injunction if miners reject the new contract. Judge Robinson criticized government affidavits on national health and safety, noting most were irrelevant to Taft Hartley. UMW chief attorney Harrison Combs said the union would not object to extending the temporary order.
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Justice Department
Mark Sheehan
Robinson
Griffin Bell
UMW
United Mine Workers
Harrison Combs
Woman suffers burns in Iowa City mobile home fire
Mary Webb of the Bon-Aire Mobile Home Court was listed in fair condition at University Hospitals after a fire tore through her mobile home Friday morning. Neighbors say Kenneth Kranz pulled Webb from the burning trailer. Fire officials plan to summon a state marshal to determine the blaze’s cause.
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Iowa City
Mary Webb
Bon-Aire
Monticello Man Killed in Solon Area Crash
The Iowa Highway Patrol identified Frank Gorshe, 23, of Monticello as the fatality in a 5 20 a m crash north of Highway 1 half mile south of Solon. His car traveled out of control and was struck broadside by a vehicle driven by 32 year old John Jensen of Solon.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Solon
Frank Gorshe
Monticello
Gorshe
Highway 1
John Jensen
Ford recalls 285000 Pintos and Bobcats over fuel system risk
Ford Motor Co. announced a recall of 285000 1976 Pintos and Mercury Bobcats due to front bumper failure that could allow a left front side rail to deform inward in a 30 mph crash. The defect risks rupturing fuel lines and pump, causing leakage above federal limits. cars will be modified to absorb more shock.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
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