Deaths of Carl Lieb and Frank Lorence
Obituary notices report the deaths of Carl W. Lieb 81 of Atkins and Frank Lorence 89 of Center Point with details on birth, spouses, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Lieb served in World War I and held local memberships including the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church and Atkins American Legion. Lorence was a retired Cedar and Linn counties farmer with survivors in Center Point and Cedar Rapids. Burial and memorial options are listed for both.
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Carl W. Lieb
Atkins
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Esther D. Jacobson
Newhall
John N. Lieb
Atkins American Legion
Atkins Volunteer Fire Department
Kenneth L
Thomas C
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Harmer
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Dale Starr
Atkins Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Frank Lorence
Frank E. Vavricek
Center Point
Johnson County
Cedar
Linn
Eleanor Vavricek
Marcella Anderson
Alma Zenishek
Tracy
Calif
Gilbert
John
Marion
Doctors urged to spot polio cases in Iowa
Iowa physicians were warned to watch for polio like cases after a memo dated May 18 noted a 10 year old Independence girl in University Hospitals with polio like symptoms. The advisory stresses blood tests and early hospitalization while reassuring that immunization programs can be mobilized in 48 hours.
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Iowa
Clayton Pate
Johnson County
Norman Pawlewski
Russell Currier
Health Department
Currier
Woman awarded 12280 for wrong medicine in Cedar Rapids case
Yvonne Kirk won a Linn District Court verdict against Lucky Stores Inc owner of May's Drug Store for 12280 in medical expenses and suffering from receiving Coumadin instead of prescribed Enduron. The suit, initially seeking 500000 in actual and punitive damages, was pared to liability admission after the company acknowledged pharmacist error.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn District
Yvonne Kirk
Lucky Stores Inc
May’s
Sixteenth Ave
Sue Sivage
Hospital Patient Kathy McDonnell Remains in Iowa City
In the city briefs a patient identified as Kathy McDonnell of 4115 Falbrook Drive NE is listed as a surgical patient at University Hospitals in Iowa City, room SE528 with visitors permitted. The note also lists travel and local ads, including tours, insurance, and a June to August business closure.
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Kathy McDonnell
Falbrook Drive
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Boat Capsize Near Coralville Reservoir Claims Youth
A boat capsized near the Mahaffee Bridge on the Coralville Reservoir leaving one youth missing feared drowned and another injured. Rescue units from Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, its rescue squad, Coralville and Solon fire departments, and the State Conservation Commission conducted the search after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities withheld names of the missing boy and other youths aboard.
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North Liberty
Mahaffee
Coralville
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Johnson County
Sheriff's Department
Solon
State Conservation Commission
Cedar Rapids residents lose sewer damage claim
Linn District Court denied a group of Cedar Rapids residents’ bid for 12,200 from the city over basement backups blamed on rainfall. Judge August Hansell Jr ruled the sewer design was acceptable, city actions to fix it were reasonable, and negligence was not proven.
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Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Larry L
Dianne M. Scheib
Towne House Drive
Frederic
Rita Bedard
Noel Ehresman
August Hansell Jr
United resumption may spark fuel crisis, says Shell
Shell official warns resumed United flights could trigger jet fuel shortages. He notes allocations have stayed stable since March 31, while government and farm priorities shape June availability. Ozark and United face no confirmed cuts, though some trim may occur as schedules expand.
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Shell
United
United Airlines
Shell Oil Co
John Houser
Houston
Texas
Houser
Machinists’ Union
Ozark Air Lines
United Airlines Today
Marty Kloska
Cedar Rapids United
Kloska
Sharon Bateman
Ozark
St. Louis
Oil price controls and state energy plan debate
The article notes a presidential rejection of standby gasoline rationing and a bill by Sens Bennett Johnston and Domenici to require state energy plans during severe shortages. It also reports Gov Brown urging federal leadership and Illinois police dispersing a convoy amid a fuel conservation crackdown on I-80 near Joliet.
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Bennett Johnston
D-La
Pete Domenici
Rn.m
Illinois
Joliet
Fuel shortage fuels White House farm belt push
President Carter led a task force to review fuel supplies in Iowa and other hard hit states. He urged rapid refinery output, faster paperwork by DOE regional offices, and closer agency coordination to move diesel to farms. House lawmakers urged immediate allocations amid a 20 percent shortfall and wet planting season.
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Iowa
Carter
DOE
Kansas City
America
Supreme Court weighs further stay in Speakelink case
U S Supreme Court to decide if Speakelink received fair counsel after new issues on trial and appeal were raised by Ramsey Clark. Justices Marshall Stevens and Rehnquist considered but declined earlier stays. full court to review prosecutors conduct at trial in Tampa related to Darden case also noted with no date set.
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U.S
Ramsey Clark
Tuttle
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Speakelink
Supreme Court
High Court
Clark
Darden
W. Terrell Hodges
Tampa
Hodges
Iowa aunt's prayers delay Florida execution of Spenkelink
Lorena Gabel of Akron Iowa and other relatives prayed for a stay as integration of John Spenkelink's 1973 murder case prompted a federal court delay less than seven hours before the scheduled execution. Spenkelink had spent time on the Gabel farm in 1964 65 and earlier life details were discussed by family.
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Akron
Iowa
John Speakelink
Florida
Lorena Gabel
Spenkelink
Federal Court
Joseph Syzmankiewicz
Lois Gabel
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