Deaths and notices from Tipton and surrounding towns
Obituary items list Howard A. Hamilton 69 former state legislator of Tipton and dozen other local deaths from towns like Postville Brooklyn Keota Tama Mason Ridgeway Lamont Fawcett Dysart Iowa City Jesup and Swisher with service and burial details. Hamilton born April 5 1909 is survived by wife Edna and three sons. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Tipton First United Methodist Church. Burial Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Additional notices provide names ages birthplaces and funeral plans for local residents and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Hamilton
Tipton
Hampton
Edna
Iowa State University
Mr. Hamilton
Iowa
Monroe County
Albia
Cedar County
Dennis R
Naperville
Ill
James A
San Diego
Helen Rank
Spirit Lake
Barbara Driscoll
Lillian Seidell
Iowa Falls
Betty Bay
Alexandria
First United Methodist Church
Glenn Parrott
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Dye Funeral
Postville
Ethel Sanders
Schutte’s. Brooklyn
Marie Porter
Grace United Methodist Church
Highland Cemetery
New Sharon
Neuenhoven
S. Keota
Raymond Ritchey Lewis
Keota
Powell's
Tama
Michael Wanatee Sr
McIntosh Cemetery
Mesquakie
Mason-Hand’s. Ridgeway
Agnes Brekke
Olsen-Fjeistal
Shari Lynn Dean
Overton’s
Iowa City
Ted Hamilton
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rosary
Donohue’s
Memorial Services For Eddie Henderson and Dr George Gilbert
Memorial services are scheduled for Eddie Henderson at 1 30 p m Friday at Zion Presbyterian Church with burial at Coggon Cemetery and Masonic services to follow Friends may visit Murdoch Chapel in Coggon after 7 p m today A memorial fund is set up A service for Dr George W Gilbert is at 11 a m Friday at St Matthew s Catholic Church with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery Wake service is at Stewart Funeral Home from 3 to 9 p m today Contri butions may be made to St Matthew s Church or Mercy Hospital Memorial Fund
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filbert J. Vondracek
Swisher
Fairfax
Helen Pospisil
Cedar Rapids
Vondracek
Swisher Feed and Lumber Company
Iowa District of Western Fraternal Life Association
Lodge No. 400
Western Fraternal Life Association of
Bohemian Farmers Mutual Insurance
Swisher Telephone Co
IOOF
Ely
Edna Turnipseed
Alvin
Godfrey
Brush Chapel
Glenn Hunt
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ronald Friedel
St. Matthew’s Church
Mercy Hospital Memorial Fund
Man jailed after talking to prisoners at Linn County Jail
Jeffry Wise, 23, of 938 Belmont Parkway NW, drove to the jail and spoke with inmates despite warnings. Deputies arrested him after he refused to leave, charging him with intoxication and illegally conversing with prisoners. He was released by court order today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffry Wise
Belmont Parkway
Linn County
Wise
Craig Smith
Smith
Waterloo mayor chief named in Moonies suit
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union filed in Cedar Rapids federal court against Waterloo Mayor Leo Rooff and Police Chief Robert Benner on behalf of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. The suit challenges a Waterloo solicitor license ordinance, seeks a temporary injunction to allow a week-long Moonies fundraising campaign, and aims for a permanent injunction plus attorneys fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Robert Benner
Leo Rooff
Moonies
Moon
Rooff
Benner
Nero
Ron Troyer
Sioux Falls
S.D
Iowa
Troyer
Edith Halpert
Des Moines
Mark Turegano
Church
Pravda Slams Carter for Sermons in First 100 Days
On this date in 1977 Pravda criticized President Carter saying he gave the American people sermons rather than concrete action in his first 100 days in office.
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Pravda
Carter
Salt Lake City to Offer Courtesy Tickets for Illegally Parked Tourists
Out-of-state license plates parked illegally near Temple Square will not be ticketed this summer. Instead, drivers will receive courtesy tickets exchangeable at the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce for coupon books worth about 25 dollars. The books cover ice cream, Great Salt Lake salt crystals, and local attractions. The initiative is funded by the Public Works Department the Chamber of Commerce and the Utah Travel Council to encourage longer tourist stays.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Public Works Department
Chamber of Commerce
Utah Travel Council
Public Works
Jess Agraz
Utah
Injured Tree Worker Fractures Back in Cottage Grove Fall
James McKiernan aged 33 of 520 I Ave NW was listed in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after fracturing his back in a fall from a tree on Cottage Grove Avenue. He fell while working in the tree about 10 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.
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James McKiernan
I Ave. NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
McKiernan
Cottage Grove Avenue
Custody Hearing Nears Decision in Maltreatment Case
In Linn County Juvenile Court a custody hearing continued for Adam Ray Tietz 10 months in state care after the death of his 10 month old brother Edwin on February 21. Robert Elmore 27 faces a murder-related psychiatric evaluation before his trial. Ann Kopf of the DSS urged Barbara Tietz to complete 16 conditions within four months to regain custody while Adam remains in foster care. Judge Brent Harstad presides. verdict not expected today.
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Coggan
Adam Ray Tietz
State Department of Social Services
Edwin
Robert James Elmore
Linn County
Ann Kopf
Adam
6Th Judicial District
Brent Harstad
Missing street lines back soon in Cedar Rapids
Street lane markings in Cedar Rapids will be repainted by Century Fence Co under a federal demonstration program. The scope covers First Avenue from Sixth Street W to Cedar Memorial, the Downtown loop, west side streets, and Second and Third avenues to 19th Street, plus crosswalks. The epoxy paint mix includes glass beads, with weather delaying completion.
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First Avenue
Loop
Cedar Rapids
Century Fence Co
Waukesha
Wis
Sixth Street
Cedar Memorial Complex
Lindale Plaza
19Th Street
Rev. Deaver to Present Holy Land Slides at Amana
City briefs note a Friday program by the Rev. Leonard Deaver showing slides of the Holy Land at 6 45 p m at the Ox Yoke Inn Amana a ladies night event. Burglary reports list a cash box with over 3000 in cash and checks stolen from Direct Mailing and Printing Co 520 Fourth Ave SE and sound equipment valued at 1270 stolen from the Sheril Curtis residence 113 Crescent St SE.
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Leonard Deaver
The
Holy Land
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Direct Mailing and Printing Co
Fourth Ave
Sheril Curtis
Crescent St
Ugly Mug History From 18th Century Drinkware
An exploration of how faces carved on drinking mugs in the 18th century gave rise to the term mug for a face. The note traces the linguistic link and the cultural use of grotesque imagery on tableware.
Kirkwood veterans repayment dispute over course clock hours
Kirkwood Community College faces questions from the Veterans Administration over overpayments to veterans enrolled in a truck driving course. The issue traces to a 1975 hour reduction and a 1977 VA audit, with veterans like LeGrand potentially losing or repaying living allowances alongside course payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood
Community Education Division
Page
Stevens
LeGrand
Terry Jordan
Veterans Administration
Dissident Orlov Found Guilty in Kremlin Court
Dmitri Orlov 53, physicist and Helsinki group founder, was sentenced after a two-year crackdown. Western reporters had been barred. Sakharov and wife clashed with police outside as Orlov was hauled away amid chants of Yura. Irina Orlov described a calm reaction from her husband and a turbulent court scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlov
Irina
Dmitri Orlov
Dmitri
Yura
Sakharov
Yelena
Sakharovs
Omsk
Siberia
Mustafa Djemilev
Kremlin
Tass
Cist
University of Illinois Hospitals Rates Rise Despite Low Costs
A university report shows hospital rates, environmental and medical supply costs rising as Colloton notes U of I hospitals will still have the lowest rates among midwestern teaching hospitals. From 1972 to 1979 the U of I rates rose 51.6 percent while the national average climbed 73.7 percent. The hospital joins a voluntary cost containment program to curb increases, with a 9.9 percent rise versus a 14 percent national goal for 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colloton
U of I
Abortion legalized in Italy by Senate vote
Italy approved a law making abortion legal for the first time in its history in a 160 to 148 Senate vote. The ruling Christian Democratic Party opposed the bill while Archbishop Ersilio Tonini denounced the move in L Osservatore Romano, calling it a transformation of homicide into a right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
UPI
Italy
Vatican
Senate
Spain
Portugal
Ireland
Greece
Europe
Christian Democratic Party
Ravenna
Ersilio Tonini
L’osservatore Romano
Nationwide I Am an American Day honors new citizens
In 1941 a national I Am an American Day celebrated 300000 aliens who became U S citizens during the previous year. The event marked a wave of naturalizations and reinforced patriotic identity across the country.
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I Am
U.S
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