Deaths Include Rivera Rivera Peck Janko Carman Rites
Obituary notices list Louis R Rivera 56 of Santa Fe NM and formerly Cedar Rapids died May 23 after short illness. Jeff H Konard 58 Cedar Rapids died after long illness with services in Trinity Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids. Other notices include Lester H Peck 78 Marion, Jack R Viall, Minnie Alt, Cecil Zimmerman, Irene Janko 70 Oceanside CA, Grace Carman 86 Tacoma WA, and numerous memorials with service details across Iowa towns and churches.
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Louis R. Rivera
Santa Fe
N.M
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Rivera
MGD Graphic Systems
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Alice
Andres Rivera Sr
Andres Rivera Jr
Priscilla Hedges
Albuquerque
Terry Johnson
Coralville
Anna Maria Rivera
Jeff H. Konard
Williams Blvd
Lamont
Patricia Selk
Nashua
Vinton
Burd Siding Co
Trinity Lutheran Church
David
Doug
Julie
Richard L. Thompson
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen Funeral
Irene Drapela Janko
Oceanside
Calif
Frank J. Janko
Fritz
16Th Avenue West
Eternal Hills
Grace Snell Carman
Tacoma
Wash
Fairfax Area
Mrs. Carman
Alva
John (Sedonna) Crawford
Christ United Methodist Church
Hrabak’s
Humeston Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Orlo H. Benner
Oak Hill
Brooklyn
Vera Roeder
Nevenhoven’s
Wyoming
Anna Lazare
Zion Lutheran Church
Hayden's
Independence
Kathryn M. Keller
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mason-Howe’s
Sigourney
Irma Mae Sinclair
Tracy
United Methodist Church
Visitation
Garland- VanArkle Chapel
Oskaloosa
Holm Funeral Home
Second suit in water heater blast
A civil action seeks more than 2.1 million in Cedar Rapids federal court over a 1977 water heater blast. Marcella and Jack Wisehart, former Cedar Rapids residents now in California, allege the heater spark caused injuries after repeated landlord complaints remained unaddressed.
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U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Marcella
Jack Wisehart
California
Marcella Wisehart
Verlin
Isabelle Sedrel
Rudd Manufacturing Co
Linn-Jones FS Services, Inc
Rudd Manufacturing
Byse guilty in Linn District Court verdict
Rebecca M. Byse a 19 year old Marion resident was found guilty on two of three charges of false use of a financial instrument for withdrawing more than 900 dollars from three Willow Gardens Nursing Home accounts between January and July last year A document expert testified he could confirm two signatures and Byse denied signing them Sentencing is set for July 31 at 1 15 p m
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Rebecca M. Byse
Marion
Linn
Byse
Willow Gardens
Sears ordered to return profits from socket wrench sale
In Chicago AP report, U S District Judge George Leighton requires Sears Roe Buck and Co to repay all profits from selling inventor Peter Roberts socket wrench. Attorney Louis Davidson says awards may exceed 60 million dollars including interest. Roberts previously won 1 million from a jury ruling fraud in patent transfer.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears
Louis Davidson
Peter Roberts
U.S
George Leighton
Roberts
Leighton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Davidson
Drowning Victim Found After Mississippi River Search
Authorities recovered the body of Leo Schmohe a Clinton Iowa man presumed drowned in the Mississippi River. His boat was found near Cambridge and his body washed ashore Thursday at Illiniwek Forest Preserve in Rock Island County Illinois.
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Rock Island, Ill
Clinton, Iowa
Rock Island County
Ill
Leo Schmohe
Camanche Sunday
Illiniwek Forest Preserve
Report urges global ban on tobacco ads
A Geneva based WHO expert committee urges a worldwide ban on tobacco advertising and a reduction in production. The 88 page report calls governments to treat non smoking as normal behavior and to strengthen anti smoking legislation to prohibit all tobacco promotion and reduce exports and growing. It emphasizes not punishing smokers but making non smoking the norm.
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Geneva
Switzerland
World Health Organization
WHO
Expert Committee
Khomeini Forces Repel Arab Assault on Iran Port City
Iranian security forces repelled an Arab minority attack in Khoramshahr and Abadan as clashes killed at least 25, with 22 dead in Khoramshahr and three in Abadan. Arab sources claim up to 80 deaths and 102 wounded reported at Khoramshahr hospital. Oil refinery operations at Abadan reportedly unaffected.
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Khoramshahr
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Abadan
National Iranian Oil Company
Gun Display Justified To Break Traffic Tie Up
An Iowa state trooper drew and pointed a gun as a last resort to disperse two stalled semi trailers blocking Interstate 80. Lt. Richard Reddick said the move aimed to prevent harm as traffic piled up and lives could be endangered. No charges were filed.
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Iowa
Highway Patrol
Richard Reddick
the Gazette
Charles Hooper
Hooper
Highway 149
Reddick
Inflation guidelines clash over federal contract penalties
A federal court challenge contends that President Carter's wage and price guidelines impose mandatory controls beyond congressional authority. The suit argues the program compels compliance by threatening $5 million or more in federal contracts and covers an estimated $40 to $56 billion in contracts. The judge labels the program as mandatory, while proponents argue it is voluntary, noting inflation’s broad domestic impact.
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Carter
Congress
Parker
Economy shows gradual slowdown as orders fall and imports rise
April data reveal a 6.1 percent drop in new manufactured goods orders to 141.1 billion while shipments hit the largest decline in a decade. The trade gap widens as imports climb 5 percent to 16.04 billion, oil and auto imports drive the increase and US deficit with Japan widens to 1.04 billion.
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Commerce Department
Department
Japan
Northern Pipeline Gets Iowa Route Approval And Eminent Domain
The Iowa Utilities Board granted Northern Pipeline the right of eminent domain for 25 years to build a proposed pipeline. The commission outlined safety and environmental requirements, route considerations, and plans for inspections, surveys, and archeological work while noting limited surface disturbance during construction.
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Commission
Northern
Northern Pipeline First
Iowa
Standoff Over Gas Lines Heightens Calls for Guard Action
Richard Maullin, head of the California State Energy Commission, says the state cannot rule out National Guard involvement to keep gasoline stations open on weekends. A separate domestic dispute ends with a suspect facing assault charges as he planned to kill Miss Selensky after a troubled breakup. The sister of the bride fainted, minor injuries were reported to an officer.
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Richard Maullin
State Energy Commission of California
National Guard
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Lester H. Peck
14Th Ave
Central City
Laura L. Bateman
Peck
Allis-Chalmers Co
Marion Christian Church
Knights of Pythias
C.F
Charles Towers
Tremont
Robert
Anamosa
Gerald
Hiawatha
William
Dubuque
Murdoch Chapel
Tom Anthony
Bruce Dobyns
Cedar Memorial Park
Viall
Jack R
Brush Chapel
Charles Mehaffey
Cedar Memorial
Mike) Viall
Alt
Minnie B
Turner Crematory
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Marvin L. Ehnen
Our Savior Memorial Fund
Turner Chapel East
Monona
Cora Moore
Schultz’s
Council Hill Cemetery
Kalona
Esther Miller
Omar Gingerich
Peterseim’s
National Association of Manufacturers
William Cox
Kansas
Minnesota
Johnson
Gene Johnson
O’brien
Miss Selensky
Cynthia
O'Brien
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
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