Longtime Sisters of Mercy leader dies at 93 in Cedar Rapids
Sister Mary Xavier Reilly 93 died after a long illness at Sacred Heart Convent. Born 1885 at Reilly Ridge she joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1903 and later became Mount Mercy College dean and registrar. Survivors include two sisters in Spokane. Services at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Stewart Funeral Home in charge. Vera C. Dixon 78 of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. She was a former northeast Iowa teacher and All Saints Church member. Burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery after services at All Saints Church. Leo C. Bouska 60 of Cedar Rapids died. longtime custodian of Immaculate Conception Church. Survived by wife and children. services at St. Wenceslaus Church with multiple rosaries and burial at St. John's Cemetery. Additional notices list multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements for area residents, with wake times and burial sites across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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Mary Xavier Reilly
Queen of Angels
Sacred Heart Convent
Reilly Ridge
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
St. Joseph’s Convent
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Mary Xavier
Sisters of Mercy
Sister Mary Xavier
Mount Mercy College
Creighton University
University of Iowa
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Marquette
Catholic
Mount Mercy Academy
Immaculate Conception School
Cedar Rapids
St. Benedict’s
Decorah
Sacred Heart
Delwein
Waterloo
St. Joseph’s
DeWitt
T.E. Lavin
W.S. Smith
Spokane
Vera C. Dixon
32Nd St
Mercy Hospital
Littleport
Iowa
All Saints Church
George
Viola Curran
Chicago
Edmund J. Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Msgr. Becker
Leo C. Bouska
14Th Ave
Spillville
Lucy Dostal
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Wenceslaus Church
Bowen General Assembly Knights of Columbus
Legion of Mary
Ronald L
Steve C
Donald Freeberg
Joe Shileng
Lawler
Martha Hadacek
Garner
Louise Panosh
Belle Plaine
St. Wenceslaus
Stormy morning in Linn County with limited damage
An early morning thunderstorm battered parts of Iowa with heavy rain and lightning but caused little damage. Lightning likely hit a Des Moines power substation cutting central business district power. IE officials cited outages near Oxford and Bertram. Flood risk remained modest as rivers rose only slightly.
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Linn
Iowa
Des Moines
National Weather Service
Oxford
Bertram
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Pat McPartland
KCRG
Bill Bjorensen
Linn Civil Defense
Wapsipinicon
Bjorensen
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Detroit Eyes New Hotel Construction Boom
Detroit convention officials urge new hotel building to meet surging demand from record convention attendance. In 1978 visits rose 28 percent over 1977, says Ronald Steffens, president of the Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Detroit
UPI
Ronald Steffens
Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau
FMC contract vote set for Cedar Rapids plant workers
UAW Local 299 representing about 1200 FMC Crane and Excavator Division employees will vote Saturday on a proposed contract. Members gather at 9 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Coliseum for details and the ballot. The current pact expires Sunday. Last weekend IBEW 1362 ratified a three year deal with Rockwell-Collins in Cedar Rapids.
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United Auto Workers Local 299
FMC
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ibew 1362
Rockwell-Collins
Schamberger ends car sales shifts to motor homes
The Duffy Schamberger AMC Jeep dealership at 1919 Collins Road NE will end Sunday but will continue to sell new motor homes and van conversion units in April. The service department will close except for internal use, and used car inventory will be disposed of in April. Cedar Rapids Dodge moves to Collins Road May 1, and Bruce McGrath Pontiac takes over the AMC Jeep franchise Sunday. The Schamberger family has run in the business since 1940 while negotiating another Cedar Rapids company purchase.
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Duffy Schamberger Amcjeep
Collins Road NE
Schamberger
Cedar Rapids Dodge
Collins Road
Bruce McGrath
Pontiac
AMC Jeep
Cedar Rapids
Nuclear accident details linger amid Three Mile Island probe
Investigators detected 5 to 7 millirems per hour radiation 2 to 3 miles from Three Mile Island after valve failure. Sen Gary Hart says the plant shut down four times since its 1979 start due to malfunctions. Human error remains a possibility as officials assess equipment failure and regulatory compliance.
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Three Mile Island
Herbein
Gary Hart
Senate Public Works
Colorado Democrat
NBC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Land use policy talks eyed to curb lake overdevelopment
Johnson County supervisors and state officials debate land use around Lake Macbride to reduce state land acquisitions. Scheffler and Stokes say zoning and cooperation could ease sewer and drainage problems, with a possible 25 percent cut in land askings. Supervisors express willingness to meet and pursue conciliatory talks.
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Scheffler
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Commission
John Stokes
Land and Water Division
State Commission
Stokes
Herb Reed
Winterset
Reed
Shipton
SIDS ruled as cause of baby's death
Linn County medical examiner concludes investigation into the Feb 25 death of Center Point infant Billy Jack Martin. Officials say pneumonia caused by bilateral pneumonia led to SIDS being listed as the cause, clarifying that suffocation was not the cause.
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Linn County
Center Point
Billy Jack Martin
Jack Martin
Kathy Hale
David Kresnicka
Kresnicka
Linn
Martin
MP Sues Over Libel in Mock Conversation
Sir Nigel Fisher, a Conservative MP, filed a libel suit claiming his name was used in a fictitious dialogue in a book on English usage. The authors of Contact English II allegedly used an example featuring a grammatically incorrect conversation with a member of Parliament bearing the same name.
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London
Nigel Fisher
Appeal set of ruling on Amana land use
Owners of three Amana Colonies businesses appeal a district court ruling that one business must close while two may operate under Amana Society guidelines. The Iowa Supreme Court allowed current operations to continue during the appeal.
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Amana
Amana Colonies
Iowa Supreme Court
Amana Society
Ansel Chapman
Iowa County District Court
Society
James Hall
Supreme Court
Don Shoup
Hall
Bou.u
Donald Krauss
Adolph Schmieder
James Roeniig
Chapman
Younger Students Score Better In Early Grades
Washington AP reports that first through fourth graders show consistent gains in basic skills while middle and upper grades lag. Patricia Albjerg Graham cites waning parental involvement as teachers and grade inflation as possible factors.
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Washington
Patricia Albjerg Graham
National Institute of Education
Senate
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Anaconda
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Clutier — Friends
Abe Mochal
Clutier
the Gazette
Monona
Harvey J. Debes
Garden City
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Oelwein
Earl Duffy
Brant-Kerns
Mae Raftis
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Epworth
Paul “Winkie” Hoerner
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Lisbon
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