Death of Jay C Thomassen in California era noted
Jay Chester Thomassen, 69, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died in San Diego Thursday. Born August 7, 1907 in Rockford he married Dora Peyton in Cedar Rapids on July 8, 1930. He worked for Colonial Bakery and Smulekoff's before moving to Chicago to manage a trucking firm terminal. He retired in 1966, returned to Cedar Rapids, and moved to California in 1972. Survivors include his wife Dora, a daughter in Cedar Rapids, a son in San Diego, five grandchildren, a sister in Santa Barbara, and a brother in Santa Barbara. Cremation is pending in San Diego.
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Jay Chester Thomassen
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Rockford
Dora Peyton
Troy Mills
Thomassen
Colonial Bakery
Smulekoff’s
Chicago
California
Richard Lawerence
Bruce E
Elsie Sobers
Santa Barbara
Calif
Avery
Delbert E Kirby 53 Dies After Long Illness At Home
Delbert E Speck Kirby of route 1 Marion died Thursday after a lengthy illness. Born December 13 1923 in Jay Oklahoma he married Frances Pearson October 19 1956 in Miami Oklahoma. A carpenter by trade he served in World War II and belonged to Carpenters Local 308 and the American Saddle Horse Association of Iowa. Surviving are his wife three sons a stepdaughter a stepson four sisters three brothers and 11 grandchildren. Burial at Noel Cemetery after services at Noel Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Jerry Parrott.
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Delbert “Speck” Kirby
Route 1
Marion
Jay
Okla
Frances Pearson
Miami
Kirby
U.S. Army
Carpenters Union
American Saddle Horse Assn
Iowa
Delbert Kirby, Jr
Danny
Gravette
Ark
Dean
Rodeo
Calif
Jeannie Hess
Philadelphia
Robert Slusher
Kansas City
Nina Mullin
Anderson
Bernice Mullin
Noel
Beryl DeAngelo
Las Vegas
Nev
Dorothy Marney
Cedar Rapids city handles Moonie solicitation protests
Cedar Rapids officials report several letters and calls about Unification church members soliciting contributions. Mayor Don Canney and Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips note the issue is one of equal treatment, not church exemption, while safety measures and trespass laws offer remedies for harassing solicitors.
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Unification Church
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Lois Keller
Canney
Ed Colton
Victim Pleads Over Repeated Feed Store Break-ins
Cedar Rapids business owner Kenneth Millsap Jr reports his firm M and J Feed and Seed Co has suffered about 50 break-ins over 25 years with a grain scale stolen most recently. He suspects thieves target scales to weigh drugs. His son, a police detective, shares the concern.
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Cedar Rapids
M and J Feed and Seed Co
Eighth Avenue
Kenneth Millsap, Jr
Millsap
Police
Califano Guard Story Denies Hiring at 43000 Year
Washington AP reports claim that a bodyguard was hired by HEW Secretary Califano at 43000 yearly is labeled very inaccurate and unfair. Thomas Johns, formerly Lyndon Johnson White House security chief, is cited as the guard but Califano aides say he serves as security along with being administrator and budget officer. The piece notes a UN Security Council veto on a resolution about Israeli policies on Jerusalem and the West Bank, dated 1976.
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Washington (Ap
HEW
Joseph Califano
Thomas Johns
White House
Secret Service
Lyndon B. Johnson
Eileen Shaahan
Califano
Shanahan
Johns
United States
United Nations Security Council
Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
Two Speeding Counts After 100 MPH Chase
A 17 year old youth, Daniel Alice, was charged with two speeding counts after police stopped his car on highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids following a chase. An unmarked detective pursued at speeds up to 100 mph in a 45 mph zone on Ellis boulevard and 80 mph in a 30 mph zone on Avenue NW. A police helicopter joined the pursuit. a second youth and two girls were passengers.
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Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
Avenue NW
Daniel Alice
Route 1
Export Solar Energy Soon Could Replace Nuclear Power
Australian physicist Prof. Stuart Butler of Sydney University predicts solar energy could end nuclear power worldwide in 25 to 30 years. He envisions exporting Australia’s sun as liquefied hydrogen, potentially replacing new nuclear plants while noting global demand for nuclear power through the near term.
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Sydney
Australia
Stuart Butler
Sydney University
Butler
Grass Fire Threatens Five Seasons Mobile Home Park
A grass fire at the north end of Town House Drive NE burned out of control Friday afternoon in a vacant five acre area. Observers reported the flames moving north-northeast and threatening the Five Seasons mobile home park.
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Town House Drive
Five Seasons
Better Outlook For Iowa Farmers
Des Moines AP report says the 1977 Iowa crop season prospects improved in March as warm wet weather arrived. Topsoil moisture rose to adequate levels in southeast Iowa and about 40 percent elsewhere, but subsoil remained very dry outside a few southeast and south central areas. Most soils need two to five more inches of moisture for normal planting reserves.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oil spill traced to Muscatine sewer system
Coast Guard along the Mississippi River supervises cleanup after an oil spill thought to originate in Muscatine. The spill spread about 114 miles downstream, with cleanup estimated at three days for the pumping station and about 10 days for the river and shoreline. authorities may seek cost repayment from the responsible party.
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Muscatine
U.S. Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Iowa Conservation Commission Water Patrol
Cmdr
Wilbur Elkins
Coast Guard
Marine Safety Office
Elkins
Sinatra and Friends Taping for ABC TV in Hollywood
Frank Sinatra returns to television April 21 with Sinatra and Friends for ABC TV. Guests include Dean Martin Tony Bennett Natalie Cole Loretta Lynn Robert Merrill and John Denver. The special, taped in Hollywood, marks his first TV outing since October 1974 Madison Square Garden show. Paul Keyes produces and Nelson Riddle directs the music.
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Hollywood
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Abc-Tv
Dean Martin
Tony Bennett
Natalie Cole
Loretta Lynn
Robert Merrill
John Denver
Sinatra
New York
Madison Square Garden
Quake Hits Czechoslovakia
An earthquake of moderate intensity struck the Silesia region in southern Poland near Jawor. West German seismologists measured 4.5 on the Richter scale with the epicenter near Jawor, about 200 miles from Warsaw. No damage or casualties reported by the Prague Seismological Institute.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Silesia
Poland
Prague Seismological Institute
Jawor
Warsaw
Photographer Louis Zacharias Dies at 62 in Philadelphia
Photographer Louis Zacharias, longtime staffer for the Philadelphia Daily News and winner of the Philadelphia Press Photographers Association Memorial trophy, died Tuesday at age 62. He was a respected figure in the city’s press photography community.
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Philadelphia
Louis Zacharias
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Press Photographers Assn
Energy suggestions flood in as energy study nears completion
Readers send ideas to presidential adviser Schlesinger in response to the energy crisis. From William Black of Chock Full O Nuts to a Maine inventor building a windmill, letters urge fuel economy, recycling, and self reliance. An Energy Research and Development Administration team reads the submissions, with a final 100 page report planned.
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William Black
Chock Full O'Nuts Coffee Company
Schlesinger
Connecticut
Eloise Herndon
Shreveport
Washington
Maine
Energy Research and Development Administration
Early alcohol use found in West Coast students
A HEW funded survey of fourth to sixth graders in unidentified West Coast schools reports 45 percent consider themselves alcohol users and 8 percent drink weekly. Researchers say exposure begins early, mainly within families, with social occasions guiding older youths.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hard Work Cuts Heart Attack Odds
A 22 year California study of 3,686 longshoremen shows regular hard physical work dramatically lowers heart attack risk. High energy workers who lift and carry heavy loads had fewer fatal attacks than light energy workers, suggesting muscle exercise protects the heart.
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New York
UPI
California
American Journal of Epidemiology
Ralph Paffenbarger and Associates
California State Health Department
University of California At Berkeley
Chairman Meow advocates budget bus plan for Brighton commuters
Herman the cat known as Chairman Meow leads The Society for the Preservation of Old London Buildings which pushes Brighton to London shuttle buses to beat rail fares. Horace the parrot and Jaws the goldfish back the scheme as critics warn of legal action by British Rail.
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London
Herman
Meow
Society For the
Brighton
English Channel
Horace
Jaws
British Rail
Mike Land
Brighton Line
Crosby Suffers Ruptured Disk After Stage Fall
Crosby is hospitalized in Pasadena with a ruptured disk in the lower back following a fall from the stage while taping a 50th anniversary TV special. The 72 year old entertainer will be moved by air to Peninsula hospital, Millbrae, for possible surgery and a long convalescence, reporters said. He is in good spirits and mostly watching TV.
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Pasadena
Calif
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Peninsula Hospital
Millbrae
San Francisco
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Iowa City
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