Deaths in Iowa City and Surrounding Areas
Joe Dolezal 72 died Monday night after a long illness in an Iowa City hospital. He served 33 years with the Iowa City police, retiring as assistant chief in 1959. Surviving wife Helen and son Robert, among others. Services set for St Wenceslaus Church with burial at St Joseph's. Several memorial notices follow for area residents with service details.
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Iowa City
Joe Dolezal
James
Josephine Marcus Dolezal
Helen Rejman
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Iowa City Police Department
Iowa Policeman’s Assn
Chiefs of Police Assn
Memorial Services and Funerals Listed for Area Residents
Notices list memorial services and burials for Melenovsky, Kilberger, Hogan, Fagan, Mastin, Warren, Hassler, Brenner, and Long. Services occur across Janeba Kuba Cedar Memorial and other chapels with burial in Czech National, Cedar Memorial, and St. Peter's cemeteries. Churches involved include St Pius X Immaculate Conception, Asbury United Methodist, Olivet Presbyterian, and Toddville Free Methodist. Funeral homes include Janeba Kuba, Cedar Memorial, Stewart, Turner, and Kuba. May call times and rosary details accompany each service. The family requests donations to the American Cancer Society where noted.
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Melenovsky
Joseph
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Ely Ioof Lodge
Czech National Cemetery
Kilberger
Anna
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
William Harnish
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hogan
Catherine A
St. Pius X
Walter Kleinfehn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Marengo
Stewart Funeral Home
Catholic Daughters of America
Fagan
Margaret E
Immaculate Conception
Richard J. Hess
St. Peter’s
Temple Hill
Cascade
Knights of Columbus
Mastin
Frederick E. — Turner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hanford Post
American Legion
Turner West
Warren
Peggy Irene
Turner Chapel West
Nadim Saikaly
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Signature procedure triggers suspension in clerk’s office
A new requirement for clerk office employees at First Avenue District Court to sign affidavits asserting fines unpaid has sparked tension and led to a three day suspension for one employee. Deputy Clerk George Tresnak cites accountability for errors amid 60 files biweekly sent to the county attorney for contempt charges, whileCounty staff argue liability and procedure.
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First Avenue District Court
Trudy Elliott
George Tresnak
Tresnak
European South Moluccans seize Dutch train and school
South Moluccan gunmen held a school and a train near Bovensmilde, Netherlands, with shots fired at 9 and 10 a.m. Twenty hours into the siege, police recovered a woman escapee from a mental institution. Two hostage crises echo 1975 hijackings as Prime Minister den Uyl pledges elections proceed.
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Bovensmilde
Bovensmilde School
Bavensmilde
Ina Smit
Justice Ministry
Review of Linn County felony cases shows high dismissal rate
Students analyzing 151 Linn County felony files find 61 charges dropped about 40.7 percent often due to prior offenses or missing evidence rules. Jail sentences appeared in 37 cases, with 36 suspended, and plea bargaining common among judges studied.
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Linn County
Vietor
Brady
Scolaro
Eads
Carter
Chapman
Schultz
Hyland
Osmundson
Hansell
Linn
Voeltz Saga Continues with Ordered Psychiatric Evaluation
Scott Voeltz 25 of 4719 Twin Pine Dr NE was ordered by U S District Judge Edward J McManus to undergo a 60 day psychiatric study at a federal facility in Springfield Missouri before his federal fraud trial in Cedar Rapids The move delays the case by at least two months The government seeks the evaluation citing possible mental illness and inability to understand proceedings Voeltz disputes the charges and accuses the prosecutor of a vendetta He previously turned down probation to seek trial and expose alleged cover ups by the government
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Scott Voeltz
Twin Pine Drive
U.S
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Voeltz
J. Eric Heintz
Sikma
Robert Braumann
Glenn McClintic
Mt. Vernon
McClintic
Braumann
Judge Rules Jobless Pay in Strikes Illegal
U S District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled that state unemployment compensation for striking workers is unconstitutional under federal law. The decision, issued in New York, argued the New York Labor Law compels employers to fund their own strikers and conflicts with federal policy.
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New York
U.S
Richard Owen
New York Telephone
Owen
Equipment Move Planned at Westdale Mall Site
Ernest W. Hahn Co spokesman said heavy equipment will be moved to the Westdale mall site in the southwest quadrant this week. Dirt work and most utilities are finished, but a nearby resident complained to the city council that no work occurred for two months and blowing dirt disturbed residents, worsened by motorcyclists using the area.
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Westdale Mall
Ernest W. Hahn Co
Supervisors Set Vote On Prime Ag Land Zoning Bill
Linn supervisors plan a vote next Tuesday on a zoning amendment to protect prime agricultural land by barring new residences on tracts under 35 acres unless platted for development. Public hearings last month featured arguments for and against the measure. Chairman Oxley favors it while Ginsberg and Wenzel want more input before action. The proposal would restrict development on prime farmland, with a board meeting at 9:30 a.m. scheduled next Tuesday.
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Prime Ag
Linn
Stan Ginsberg
Richard Wenzel
Jean Oxley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
Kramer’s
Dyersville
Olin
Elva A. Brodersen
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Hayden’s
Wyoming
Lavern Urban
Elgin
Anna Schupbach
Apostolic Church
Muehlethaler-Wright’s
Hassler
Mamie E
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Chapel
Richard A. Rothe
Shiloh Cemetery
Brenner
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martin Laughlin
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home East
Long
Ray C
John D. Green
Toddville Free Methodist Church
Weirdos
Indonesia
Joop den Uyl
de Telegraaf
Wim van Nieff
van Nieff
Victor
Star Witness
Florist
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Westdale
By Roland Krekeler
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cemetery
John Karoules
John
First Avenue
N.E
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