Deaths of Richard H Kruger and Others in Area Obituaries
Obituaries record the death of Richard H. Kruger 62 of Marion after a long illness with survivors including wife two sons and three daughters and a memorial fund. additional notices list Patricia Ann Cutrt Hoover 42 of Sun Valley California and several other local figures with funeral details and burial plans across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Kruger
Fifth Ave
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Waukon
Oo Thoreson
Spring Grove
Inn
Laurance Press
Kruger
Anamosa
Dysart
Richard
David
Karen Tjaden
Joseph Larrimore
Vera Kruger
Jean Johnson
Murdoch
Patricia Ann Cutrt Hoover
Sun Valley
Calif
Burbank
Wilson High School
Jim
Eric
Jane Hoover
William Dytrt
Palos Verdes
Gary Dytrt
Gasoline conservation measures spread across state departments
The Iowa Department of Public Safety will curb fuel use after a memo from Deputy Director Robert G. Holetz noting possible costs up to 300000 dollars over budget. Conservation plans by the Department of Conservation keep weigh stations open more, IDOT will use lighter trucks, mow less, and carpools will be arranged. The Revenue Department directs auditors to fly commercial aircraft for out of state work, with other agencies asking employees to carpool or work by phone.
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Department of Public Safety
Robert G. Holetz
Department
Department of Conservation
IDOT
Iowa
Getty Diesel Fuel Cut to Iowa Teen Weeks Amid Shortage
Getty Oil Co. announced suspension of diesel shipments to Iowa through the Skelly brand due to extremely low distillate inventories. The move follows reports of buyers on the spot market offering twice wholesale rates for fuel oil. Iowa officials, including Rep. Tom Tauke and Ed Stanek, questioned the DOE allocation plan, noting 75 percent of diesel stock is depleted and urging investigations into possible misallocation and price gouging affecting farmers and jobbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getty Oil Co
Iowa
Skelly
Getty
Gulf Coast
Tom Tauke
Riowa
Today
ABC News
J.D. Marcum
Savannah
Tauke
Marcum
Ed Stanek
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Tom Miller
Department of Energy
Midwest
DOE
Weldon Barton
USDA
Office of Energy
Carter
Energy
Schlesinger
America
Bart House
Driving plan urged to ease gasoline shortages nationally
A high Energy Department official backed a six day driving plan asking Americans to leave their cars home one day weekly to cope with gas shortages. Bardin attributed the California squeeze to a worldwide crude oil shortfall and warned against overcharges at many stations. He testified amid congressional hearings as lawmakers pressed Administration energy policy amid rising prices and supply concerns.
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Washington
High Energy Department
David Bardin
Department
California
Bardin
Earth
Carter Administration
Mathew J. Rinaldo
R-N
Gulf Oil
Mobil Oil
Carter
William Tavoulareas
Mobil
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Montgomery Ward
Container Corp. of
America
Tavoulareas
Cresco Driver Charged With Drunk Driving
Leslie H. Perry, 27, of Route 4 Cresco, was arrested at 12:23 a.m. in the 400 block of Seventh Avenue SW and charged with drunk driving.
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Leslie H. Perry
Route 4
Cresco
Perry
Seventh Avenue
Dollar gains as oil prices rise lift markets worldwide
The dollar climbed in Tokyo and opened higher in Europe as rising oil prices increased demand for the U.S. currency. Gold prices also moved higher on European exchanges, with London fixing at 257.50 and Zurich reporting around 258.375 per ounce amid ongoing price highs.
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London
Tokyo
U.S
New York
Zurich
Pledge files appeal in purse snatching death case
Isaac Pledge, serving a 10 year term for theft and involuntary manslaughter in the May 28 1978 purse snatching death of 76 year old Jessie De La Mater, files notice of appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court in Linn District Court.
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Isaac Pledge
Cedar Rapids
Jessie de la Mater
Iowa Supreme Court
Linn
Teacher strike yields funding for summer school
DC residents gain for teachers salaries from the three week walkout. The Board of Education will reopen the summer program running June 25 to August 3 at 56 schools with about 700 teachers.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Board of Education
Assault charge filed against Billie L. Lint
Billie L. Lint, 18, of 1019 17th Ave SE, was charged by the Linn County attorney with assault. Police arrested him Thursday afternoon after a Oxford Junction woman reported being followed and threatened by a bicyclist who made obscene remarks while she walked in the 200 block of 10th Street SE. He was held in the Linn County Jail this morning.
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Billie L. Lint
17Th Ave
Linn
Lint
Oxford Junction
10Th Street
Linn County
Milwaukee hearing probes future of bankrupt railway
In Chicago the U S Bankruptcy Court heard extensive questioning by SORE and Milwaukee officials as Special Master Milton Gray weighs a plan to shut down three quarters of the system by end May including all Iowa trackage. ICC expects no carrier decision until McMillen rules on the cutbacks. Rock Island and Chicago and North Western seek Milwaukee operations in Iowa and the Cedar Rapids to South Amana line sale.
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Montana
Milwaukee Railroad
U.S
Chicago
Milton Gray
Thomas McMillen
McMillen
Milwaukee
Iowa
SORE
Save Our Railroad Employees
Booz, Allen and Hamilton
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Rock Island
Chicago and
North Western
Marquette
South Dakota
O.D. Woods
Crandie Railroad
Cedar Rapids
South Amana
Penick and
Ford Yards
Independence doctor sues Navy again over service promises
Dr Lan A Nelson of Independence filed a new suit in Cedar Rapids seeking 2.1 million dollars against the U S Navy alleging misrepresentation fraud breach of contract and harassment. He previously had a 1.5 million claim dismissed in March 1978 by Judge Edward J McManus who ruled administrative remedies were not exhausted.
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Independence
U.S. Navy
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. McManus
Lan A. Nelson
Nelson
Navy
Wisconsin
Naval Reserve
Indian Ocean
Dyersville Woman Sues Over Job Promotion Demotion
Linda Heid, of Dyersville, filed a sex discrimination suit in Cedar Rapids alleging the Ertl Co. promoted a man more qualified for a higher job, fired her after she complained, and seeks reinstatement, back wages, benefits, and costs.
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Dyersville
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Linda Heid
Ertl Co
The
Kidde Co
Eril Co
Towers empty during escape at Fort Madison prison
Gregory Jones, 24, escaped from the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison Sunday as several guard towers were unmanned due to staff shortages and renovations. Jones, serving a 50 year term for a 1975 Des Moines murder, used a rope and handmade grappling hook to climb the wall. he was recaptured on Thursday.
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Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Harry Woods
Gregory Jones
Des Moines
Billy O. Phillips
Jones
Thought for today quote from Benjamin Disraeli
A brief注 note cites Benjamin Disraeli 1804 1881 with the message that constant purpose is the secret of success. It preserves a historical quotation in a concise form.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Judge orders Iowa to pay sex change costs
A federal judge in Fort Dodge ruled the Iowa Department of Social Services must cover Verna H. Pinneke's Medicare benefits of 3024.52 and award 500 for mental anguish and denial of statutory rights after her sex change surgery in 1976. The ruling bars denying Medicare for medically necessary sex change operations.
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Fort Dodge
U.S. District Court
Donald E. O’brien
Department of Social Services
Verna H. Pinneke
O’brien
DSS
Penneke
Cerro Gordo County
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Mesa, Ariz
Jack Dytrt
Scottsdale, Ariz
Kay Frankowski
Leone Dytrt
Burrows
Richard W
St. Pius Catholic Church
William Burrows
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Iowa City
Helen Mulherin
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Donohue-Lensing’s
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Williamsburg
Arvilla McGill
Phoenix
Ariz
White’s
St. Olaf
Willis O. Jellum
Norway Lutheran Church
Church
Witt’s
Elkader
Monona
Irma Klinge Denning
San Leandro
Schultz's
Monona City Cemetery
Holetz
al Swegle
Kansas City
Williams Bros
House
Commerce Energy and Power
White House
Jody Powell
New England Economic Research Office
Los Angeles
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Frankfurt
Paris
Amsterdam
Milan
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
Cedar Park
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