Deaths of Dewey Floerchinger and others listed
Obituaries note Dewey H. Floerchinger 80 of New Hampton died Saturday at a care center born February 7 1897 in Watkins married Evelyn Hewitt in 1952 Cedar Rapids long employed by Universal Engineering Co veteran of World War I survived by wife daughter Pauline McGregor two grandchildren sister and two brothers services held at Conway funeral home New Hampton Also long obituary list covers Glenn L Walters 79 former Cedar Rapids police officer and two other local figures with service details and burial plans plus several other death notices from Belle Plaine Elkader Oelwein and surrounding areas including Orin Squiers Seifert Patten and Charlie Morgan with church and cemetery details.
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Dewey H. Floerchinger
New Hampton
Cedar Rapids
Watkins
Evelyn Hewitt
Floerchinger
Universal Engineering Co
Pauline McGregor
Pauline
Elroy
Lester Floetchinger
Conway Funeral Home
Glenn L. Walters
Hinkley Avenue
St. Paul
Minn
Walters
Nadine Traeger
Madeline Schnoebelen
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Belle Plaine
Orin H. Squiers
Hrabak’s
Chelsea
Elkader
Earnest F. Seifert
Peace United Church of Christ
Witt
S. Belle Plaine
Harry (Marietta) Patten
Oskaloosa
Central United Methodist Church
T.W. van Beck’s
Garland-Van Arkel’s
Hartwick
Oelwein
Charlie Morgan
Hintz Funeral Home
Stanley
Bettendorf Schools Run by C R
Federal lawsuit names Cedar Rapids Community School District in a case filed in a federal court. The labor department accuses the district of paying women less than men for equal work in Bettendorf since January 1973 and withholds compensation accordingly.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Department of Labor
Cedar Rapids
Bettendorf
Berg
Board of Education
Kansas City, Mo
Lash
Labor Department
Deborah Boody
Status Offenses Bring Juvenile Court Change Letter
Des Moines report on a statehouse vote to bar juvenile court jurisdiction over status offenses by children such as running away and truancy. Debates centered on keeping court oversight versus using community services, with amendments on counsel rights and jury trials debated and decided.
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Des Moines
Sowerhouse
John Pelton
Clinton
Felton
Gunman Surrenders After 16 Hour Bank Hostage Siege
Albert Powers, 22, who held two bank officers hostage in Downey for 16 hours, surrendered after police and FBI surrounded the Bank of America branch. His mother, distraught and missing, had threatened suicide if he did not give himself up, prompting radio broadcasts to announce the surrender. Police identified Powers and said he released the hostages and removed bullets before surrendering.
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Downey
Calif
UPI
FBI
Albert Powers
Powers
Bank of America
Council weighs rezoning for Center Point road project
City council debates a B and R Investment Corp rezoning on Center Point road NE to permit 20 apartments in three buildings. An initial 3-1 vote faced protests from residents. a three fourths majority may be required due to protests. Mayor Canney predicted the ordinance may fail at Wednesday’s meeting.
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B and R Investment Corp
Center Point Road
M and O Avenues
Stan Reinis
Don Canney
Dave McGuire
Canney
Reinis
Cedar Rapids Man Charged After Waterloo Hit and Run
Larry Douthit aged 30 of 1641 Thirty Fourth Street SW Cedar Rapids was charged with second offense drunk driving and driving with a suspended license after three hit and run incidents in Waterloo Elk Run Heights and on Highway 20. Bond set at 800 and he remained in Black Hawk county jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Larry Douthit
Thirtyfourth Street
Black Hawk County
Raymond
Elk Run Heights
Highway 20
Voter List Suit Eyed by Iowa Officials
The Iowa voter registration commission plans to sue counties refusing to share voter lists for state records. A Cedar Rapids data firm, Iowa Data Processing Corp, submitted registration records for 49 counties and may be accepted despite earlier issues. State Registrar Dale Nelson called previous submissions sabotage. Stan Zegel of Iowa Data demanded an apology and said cooperation continues.
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Des Moines
Voter Registration Commission
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Data Processing Corp
Dale Nelson
Iowa Data
Nelson
Commission
Stan Zegel
Traffic Signal Upgrades Sought for City Intersections
City traffic engineer Mel Meyer was instructed to address two hazards. A lack of signals at West Post Road and Highway 30 West has caused several injuries, and the mayor urged installing overhead lights with options including framed black signals or a new right side conventional set.
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Mel Meyer
West Post Road
Highway 30
Don Canney
State Department of Transportation
SDOT
Meyer
IDOT
Canney
City parking sign row over holidays and churchgoers
In Marengo, a court case led Magistrate Tom Buchanan to rule for the Plotz family, affecting unprosecuted tickets. The city painted over “and holidays” on parking signs to permit Sunday parking. Tickets were issued to church members on Good Friday, some paid fines. Critics say the signs are not clear, catching out of town churchgoers unfamiliar with the ban.
Carter Presses ethics reforms to curb revolving door
President Carter calls for public financial disclosures and a broader one year ban on contacts with former officials across agencies. He wants a presidentially appointed ethics director to issue conflict guidelines and supports a special federal prosecutor with jurisdiction over the President and White House staff.
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Congress
Carter
Senate
White House
Vandals Disrupt School Damage Sums Up To Minor Theft
Berg led a cleanup with staff and volunteers after vandalism at the school on Tuesday. Police questioned three youths aged 11 and 12, with no charges filed by afternoon. Classes resume Wednesday. theft limited to stereo equipment and about $15. Detectives and lab techs collected evidence.
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Berg
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Martin Laughlin
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Father Laughlin
Turner West
Heck
Otto C
Chapel of Memories
Wayne A. Shireman
First Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bartosh
Wesley L
St. Wenceslaus Church
Clarence Frana
St. John’s Cemetery
Brush Funeral Home
C.R
Bill Lavelette
Gazette
Newell Lash
Otto Wieders
Roger Munns
Statehouse
Thomas Higgins
D-Davenport
Betty Jean Clark
R-Rockwell
Joan Lipsky
Pelton
Higgins
Pete Stone
By Mike Deupree
C.R. Man
Ewellen
Florist
Cemeteryflower Shop
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Marengo
Taylor
Murdoch Is
Center Point Walker
Funer
Marion
Springville
Central
Coggon
Beatty Beurle Chapel
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