Deaths and funerals in Cedar Rapids area obituaries
Multiple notices detail deaths of Alvin T. Anderson 85 of Cedar Rapids and Grace Agnes Meek 84 of Cedar Rapids with service details. Other obituaries include Sister Mary Xavier Reilly, Leo C. Bouska, Vera C. Dixon, Clyde E. Hurst, Harold F. Bair, Anna Neumeister Andrie, Herbert Miller, and regional memorials with burial and church service information across Lisbon, Cedar Rapids, and nearby communities.
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Grace Agnes Meek
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Reinbeck
Stanely Robert Meek
Waterloo
James E. Meek
Anne M. Parks
Solon
Harry G. Williams
Bettendorf
Court Ogle
Turner Chapel East
Glenn Bender
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mercy Hospital Remembrance Fund
Dixon
Vera C
All Saints Catholic Church
Edmund J. Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Hurst
Clyde E
Walker Cemetery
Joe M. Jones
Murdoch Funeral Home
Anna Neumeister Andrie
Indian Hill Road
Oldris
Czechoslovakia
Frank Andrie
Mary Sandstrom
St. Wenceslaus Church
Louis J. Trail
Memorial Book Fund
EPA funds study to halt toxic waste leaks in Iowa dump
Senator Culver announces EPA will finance a 100000 study to assess stopping leakage at the LaBounty dumpsite near Charles City. If successful, up to 1 million could fund further work using a solidifying solution to protect the Cedar River watershed and Iowa aquifer.
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Washington
UPI
John Culver
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
LaBounty
Charles City
Culver
Cedar River
EPA
Senate Resource Protection
Cedar Valley
Hartin Trial Closest to Railroading Says Defense
Hartin’s closing arguments liken the trial to a railroading and accuse officers of planned evidence. Pitchlynn tells jurors to honor the dead girls with truth while Isaacs notes defense witnesses pointing to a Kansas convict as a stronger suspect than Hart. Prosecutors say William Stevens was eliminated as a suspect.
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Pitchlynn
Isaacs
Kansas
Hart
William Stevens
Fires and arrests amid Boston hotel blaze spree
Boston hotels faced rapid-fire blazes with 1400 guests fleeing the Sheraton and Copley Plaza as investigators probe missing alarms. Rodrigues, linked to both properties, was arrested off a New York bus. police labeled him a suspect while fire officials cite alarm failures.
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Copley Plaza
McDonald
Rodrigues
Greyhound
Sheraton
Barry Knowles
Hermon
Maine
Tornadoes cause damage in Union County and scattered injuries feared
Reports describe damaged outbuildings in rural Union County and several houses near Lorimer destroyed or damaged. A deputy sheriff noted a half county swath with no injuries reported. Eastern Iowa escaped major damage as a nearby sighting did not reach ground and air traffic stayed normal. The storm brought rain, fog, and a 60 degree high in Cedar Rapids with cooling later. Power outages affected 100 customers near Marion for about 34 hours due to a burned distribution wire. River levels rose slightly but stayed out of flood range.
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Union County
Lorimer
Jule Sturzenegger
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Marion
Iowa 13
Cedar Rapids
Bill Bjorenson
Linn County Civil Defense
Cedar River
Wapsipinicon
Bjorenson
Microwave hazard rise prompts standard for medical diathermy devices
The General Accounting Office urges a prompt performance standard for microwave medical diathermy machines to protect patients, operators, and the public from microwave radiation hazards. The item notes rising concerns and calls for enforcement.
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Washington
UPI
General Accounting Office
Proclamation Signs Big Brother Big Sister Week in Iowa
Fifteen representatives of the local YMCA Big Brother program attended Gov. Robert Ray’s Des Moines proclamation signing designating next week April 17 as Big Brother Big Sister Week in Iowa. Also notes mid semester report cards for Cedar Rapids junior high students and ADA move details.
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YMCA
Robert Ray
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Nuclear plant accident prompts debates on evacuation and safety
Harrisburg area residents flee or head indoors as officials report 1200 millirems per hour at the vent and consider four-county evacuations. NRC and state agencies clash over radiation levels while cleanup plans focus on sealing or evaporating contaminated water.ived
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Richard Klingaman
Generation Engineering
Nuclear power debate grows with film and energy worries
The article links a documentary to rising interest in nuclear power amid oil-price spikes and a recent Harrisburg PA incident. It notes Palo and Cordova plants use boiling water reactors while Harrisburg operates a pressurized water reactor. Officials consider emergency plans, including evacuations, near plants in Harrisburg and Linn County.
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Harrisburg
Palo
Cordova
Linn County Civil Defense
Clark Nomination Confirmed Amid Refugee Focus
Senator Clark, confirmed after opposition from Humphrey and others, plans to push refugee relief. He aims to urge governments to increase resettlement and financial contributions while coordinating with international bodies to boost refugee aid worldwide.
Detroit gun battle leaves one officer dead in 1969 clash
On this date in 1969 in Detroit a policeman was killed four black militants wounded and 135 people arrested after a gun battle following a meeting of the New Republic of Africa, a militant group.
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Detroit
New Republic of Africa
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Alvin T. Anderson
20Th St. SE
Viola
Stella Kubik
Minneapolis
Minn
Anderson
Iowa Steel
Cedar Rapids Community
Mount Hermon Lodge
American Legion
Hanford Post No
VFW
Cedar Rapids Eagles
A.C. Ridge
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Palm Desert
Calif
Glenn McMichael
Hanford Post No. 5
Friends
American Cancer Fund
Harold Franklin Bair
Lisbon
University of Iowa
Cedar County
Bair
June Ohrt
Silvis
Ill
LeRoy
North Liberty
Earl
Larry
Ronnie
U.S
Randy Wiltz
Mechanicsville
Frank
Julia Parker
Tipton
Stanley Svatosch
Mount Vernon
Richard Ohrt
Carl
Darrell
Arnold
Missouri
Morgan Funeral Home
Robert Wilcox
Lisbon Cemetery
Herbert Miller
Redondo Beach
Covington
Blue Valley Creamery
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
California
Mabel
Virginia Thompson
Cecil Miller
Lloyd Eckert
Gale Postel
Iona
Marengo
Lester Samuel Petty
Hoover-Valentine’s. Brooklyn
Claire Meyers
Nevenhoven’s Decorah
Dean L. Colby
Congregational Church
Olson-Fjelstul
S. Manchester
Nils Edwin
Ed” Malmgren
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Delaware
Boston
The
James McDonald
George Paul
Paul
Cunard
Laconia
New York City
Ers
Braddyville
St. Charles
Madison County
Winterset Hospital
Jerry Harman
Harman
Madison-Union
Sheriff's Office
Partment
Quasqueton
Soviet Union
Red China
Town House
Eagle
Lady Lee
Pierson’s Florists
Wie Blvd
6Th Ave
ADA
American Diabetes Association
Witwer
North Towne Place NE
Suite N
Shelley Harris
Jan and Boyd Harris
Valley Brook Drive
Prytanean
University of California, Berkeley
Thornburgh
John Comey
Pensylvania Emergency Management Agency
David Milne
State Department of Environmental Resources
E.C. McCabe
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
McCabe
York
Dauphin
Lancaster
Cumberland
Charles Gallina
NRC
Clark
Roger W. Jepsen
Senate
Carter
Humphrey
Congress
Angola
New Hampshire
State Department
Douglas J. Bennet Jr
Sen. Clark
Auto Mart
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Home — Cemetery
John E. Lapes
Ellis Bivd
N.W Avenue
Sisnis
16Th Avenue
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