Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Include Several Obituaries
Obituaries list Gerald M Krouse 62 of Hiawatha, Harold L Miller 55 of Cedar Rapids, Edward A Bye 70 of Cedar Rapids, and others. Notices note military honors, funeral times, burial sites, and surviving family. Additional death reports include Ottilie Kucera 88 Cedar Rapids and Jerry Sullivan 67 Marengo with services planned.
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Gerald Marvin Krouse
Sunset Lane
Hiawatha
Iowa City
Toddville
Gertie Petersen
Topeka
Kan
Krouse
Pickwick Co
American Legion
Arthur
Cedar Rapids Sign Firm Sues IDOT Over Billboards
Electra Sign Co. seeks review in Linn district court of IDOT actions and a highway advertising statute. The suit claims property rights were violated by blocking billboards along I 380 near Cedar Rapids, with completed signs dated before 1972 and delays in permit decisions cited as factors.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Interstate 380
Electra Sign Co
Linn District Court
U.S
Iowa
William Barta
Lester Horak
Melvin Modracek
Electra
Hanford Post No 5 Hosts Don Miller Band at Evy’s Lounge
City briefs note events at Evy’s Lounge next to Paramount Theatre with Don Miller Band for Hanford Post No 5 Saturday May 7 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Also listed are Dixieland All Stars and Tropical Plants for Mother's Day from Pierson’s Florists and Czech Cottage gifts at 16th Ave at C St SW with gift wrap offered.
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Hanford Post
Don Miller
Dixieland All Stars
Marilyn
Tony
Evy’s
Paramount Theatre
Pierson’s Florists
16Th Ave
C St
Two Arrested in Linn County Assault and Minor Beer Charge
David Ames Kroohn 25 of 1003 D avenue NW faces an assault with intent to do great bodily injury charge after allegedly attacking Tom Smith at Smiths Route 1 Palo home following a Cedar Rapids trip. Kevin James Rife 18 of 1010 Eighth street SW is charged with making beer available to a minor after arrest near First avenue and First street NE. A juvenile was released to parents.
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David Ames Kroohn
D Avenue NW
Linn
Kroohn
Tom Smith
Smith
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Kevin James Rife
Eighth Street
Rife
First Avenue
First Street
Girl 16 Arrested in Taylor School Vandalism Case
Cedar Rapids police report ongoing inquiry into vandalism at Taylor elementary school and rehabilitation center. A 16 year old girl, Betty Jane Lacey, was arrested for breaking and entering and is held at Linn county detention center. Her brother Bill Lacey 13 is jailed for related crimes. Witnesses noted damage including broken windows and ripped conduit. Chuck Taylor, the school engineer, found the incident early Tuesday at 5 45 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Taylor School
Betty Jane Lacey
Tenth Street
Linn County Detention Center
Bill Lacey
Kingston Stadium
Chuck Taylor
Taylor Elementary School
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Private Wine Sales Defeated In Iowa Senate Vote
Iowa senate defeated a proposal to allow wine sales in grocery stores and other outlets by 24 votes to 25. Senator Eugene Hill warned it would erode the state liquor control system while costs for alcoholism rehabilitation remain high. The bill, backed by 20 senators, failed despite GOP and Democratic support.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Eugene Hill
Newton
George Kinley
Alton Dam Plan Approved By Senate Committee
The U.S. Senate Public Works Committee approved a bill to authorize user fees on waterways and fund a $420 million lock and dam at Alton Illinois. The measure passed 14 to 1 and advances to the Senate Commerce Committee for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Senate Public Works Committee
Alton
Ill
Senate Commerce Committee
Two C. R. Men Arrested on Malicious Injury and Larceny
Police arrested Willy Moore 22 of 3321 Pioneer Ave SE Thursday on a larceny of a motor vehicle charge linked to a May 3 complaint filed by Walter Schneider 360 Forest Dr SE. Edward Allen Lee 44 of 1113 Seventh St SE was charged with malicious injury to a pool table at Shaheen's tavern.
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Willy Moore
Pioneer Avenue SE
Walter Schneider
Forest Drive
Edward Allen Lee
Seventh Street SE
Shaheen
Lee
Sunday beer sales bill sparks Iowa debate
A Cedar Rapids Gazette summary notes Iowa lawmakers discuss Sunday beer sales with estimates of lost local revenue at 110 550 dollars yearly. Critics say the bill would not allow taverns to open Sunday unless qualifying for a class B permit. The 18 senators opposed included five Democrats and thirteen Republicans. Absences and votes are listed for all parties.
Nixon Interview Reveals Mixed Guilty Shielding Remarks
Nixon told Frost he would present the case for the defense and warned viewers he was not admitting guilt. He said he did not believe criminal activity was being covered up and admitted some statements were not true about the June 17 1972 break in at the Democratic headquarters. He insisted most big issues were fundamentally true and that the cover-up claim was a stretch. He grew contrite as the interview ended, saying his political life is over and he will never again hold office.
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Nixon
Frost
Democratic National Committee
White House phone hoax rounds Time magazine roundup
Neal, 64, believed a phone call from the White House after a hoax impersonating President Carter circulated in Time magazine. Harrington and a friend imitated Carter, delaying verification. officials acknowledged no policy breach though investigators review possible statutes. Neal, hearing impaired, says he will be cautious about future calls.
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Time Magazine
Neal
Jody Powell
White House
Harrington
Carter
Gazette
Dale Kueter
Kueter
The
Time
U.S
Chicago Tribune
Dorothy Collins
Collins
Amana Countersues Litton Over Microwave Patent
Amana Refrigeration filed a federal suit in Cedar Rapids against Litton Systems of Beverly Hills. Amana seeks to invalidate Litton’s patent and asserts the Litton system was in public use before grant.
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Amana
Cedar Rapids
Litton Systems, Inc
Litton
Chicago
Beverly Hills
Calif
Khrushchev Claims U2 Spy Plane Down in Russia
On this date in 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev angrily announced that an American U2 spy plane had been shot down over Russian territory, escalating Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
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Gerald M. Krouse
Frank Kucera
Harold L. Miller
Mound Avenue SE
Springville
Patricia L. Boots
Miller
U.S. Army
Miller Metal Finishing Co
Linn County
Wilbert Hughes
Marion
Patricia L. Miller
Harold R
H. Eugene Miller
Randall L. Miller
Norman Miller
Murdoch Chapel
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church
Oak Shade
Murdoch
Edward A. Bye
Fourth Street
Dorothy Erickson
Bye
Collins Radio Co
Eden United Church of Christ
Boy Scouts
Don Bye
Howard Bye
Martha Lowery
Isanti
Minn
Turner Chapel West
Lyle Greiner
Glenn D. Hunt
Linwood Cemetery
Cline
Albert D
Chapel of Memories
Marion H. Williams
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Thirteenth Avenue NW
Shatter
Erma Veone
Turner Chapel East
Canon D.A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Walters
Glenn L
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martin Laughlin
Turner West
Father Laughlin
Ottilie Kucera
Nineteenth Avenue
Javornice
Czechoslovakia
United States
Kucera
Karla Masaryk
Czechoslovak Society of America
Damska Matice
Pomnenka
Vlasty
J.C.D.M
Mildred Jepson
Seattle
Wash
Joseph F. Kucera
Minneapolis
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Czech National Cemetery
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
W. J. Sullivan
Marengo
W. J
Jerry) Sullivan
University Hospitals
Eagle Grove
Velma Thines
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Iowa County Conservation Board
Sullivan
Velma
Denis
Omaha
Kenneth Klein
William J
Vista
Allie Paulson
Belvedere
Zona Cunningham
Largo
Fla
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Ferris E. Biggart
Ferris Edward Biggart
Nineteenth Street
Anamosa
Helen Walker
Prairieburg
Biggart
Sanitary Dairies
Immaculate Conception Church
Regis Booster Club
International Assn. of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, Inc
Iowa State Assn
Richard Kula
Carl Poppe
William Norton
Clifford Bright
Oildale
Cloyd Biggart
Richard J. Hess
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Father Mollner
Strawberry Point
Roy Moyle
Roberson’s
County Corners
Wilbur J. Conner
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Donohue’s
St. Mary’s
Newport
Decorah
Ruth Waters
Olson- Fjelstul
Olson- Fjelstul’s. Mechanicsville
Elsie Nie
Presbyterian Church
Horner
Hoover-Valentine’s
C.R
Transportation Department
Geewell
Florist
Alton Dam
Eeereeereerneese
Medical Society
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
Fred Morrow
DIAL
Hill
Jasper
Jenkins
Merritt, Miller
Cerro Gordo
van Gilst
Bergman
Briles
Burroughs
Craft
DeKoster
Hulse
Hultman
Marshall
Nystrom
Ramsey
Schwengels
Shaff
Taylor
Coleman
Priebe
Curtis
Hansen
Shaw
Tom Fruehling
Federal Courthouse
John B. Turner and Son
Turner East
Second Avenue S.E
First Avenue West