Deaths and obituaries feature Smerles and others
George Smerles 88 Cedar Rapids dies after brief illness in Iowa City hospital born February 8 1891 in Greece married 1952 to Georgia Papadopoulis Miller she died in 1969 survived by two sons Eli Miller and George Miller a daughter Anthoula Karras a sister and four grandchildren services at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church burial Linwood Trisagion services Sunday Turner's Chapel East and church Monday visitation details for relatives and memorial fund noted also mentions deaths of Beatrice F Herman Lewis J Clark and Wilbert A Hoffman with service details and funeral home arrangements Elkport note of W Mount Harmony Cemetery Elkport.
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George Smerles
Daniels St. NE
Iowa City
Mr. Smerles
Koutsopodi
Argous
Greece
Georgia Papadopoulis Miller
Cedar Rapids
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Eli Miller
South Bend
Ind
George Miller
Anthoula Karras
Joe Makrin
Nick Pastrikos
Linwood
Turner Chapel East
Father Pastrikos
Air service costs and schedules shift for Cedar Rapids route
The discussion compares United and MVA flight costs and crew on Cedar Rapids Chicago service. MVA projects 150 seats to Chicago lost due to United cutbacks but could gain up to 300 seats if they add multiple daily flights. Experts stress hourly frequency may boost demand.
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MVA
Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
United
Windfall tax sparks month long battle in Congress
The windfall tax bill, $138 billion, faces filibusters and 200 amendments as Sen. Russell Long argues it targets 29 percent of oil profits from 1980 to 1990. Provisions earmark about $70 billion for relief, $23 billion in credits for energy savers, and $15 billion for urban transit. Senate debate expected to run into December.
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Sen
Russell Long
Treasury
Carter
Senate
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
House
Long
D-La
Two treated after separate crashes
Two people were released from St. Luke's Hospital after minor injuries from separate crashes Friday. Bertha E. Taylor 64 and April L. Kirkpatrick 34 of 3940 Crestwood Drive NW were involved. Taylor suffered back injuries in a three car collision on Center Point Road NE. Kirkpatrick drove on Wave land Drive NW near Westwood Drive and hit an embankment. her three week old baby was not injured. Investigation continues.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Bertha E. Taylor
April L. Kirkpatrick
Crestwood Drive
Taylor
Center Point Road
Larry D. McBurney
Frank Vanbuskirk
Keys Stolen From Mental Health Center Lockbox
Police investigate theft of 10 to 15 keys for various locks from a locked lockbox in a basement custodial closet on the third floor of the Mental Health Center at 400 3rd Ave SE. The janitor says the lockbox lock was not broken.
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Mental Health Center
3Rd Ave. SE
Brown to Campaign in Iowa After All
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr will visit Iowa over the next four weeks for the January 21 caucuses. He will appear in Cedar Rapids and Drake University in Des Moines before returning to California, marking a shift from prior plans and signaling renewed efforts to gain support.
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Des Moines
UPI
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Iowa
Brown
Don Lesser
Cedar Rapids
Des
Energy ministers push voluntary steps to cut oil use
Governors pressed for energy saving measures including enforcing a 55 mph limit to trim about 100000 barrels daily and boosting ride sharing to save another 50000 barrels. They backed reducing state energy use by 5 percent and cutting gasoline in vehicles by 10 percent.
Ray backs Carter energy plea whiledodging sacrifices
Des Moines Governor Robert Ray endorsed President Carter's energy conservation push but said Iowa will not face unusual sacrifices. He urged obeying a three mile daily travel cut and 55 mph limit, while not proposing odd even gasoline plans or state enforcement of the energy program. Ray praised Carter's appeal to the states and will monitor conservation in state government.
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Brown
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Lesser
Register and Tribune
James Gannon
Iowa
Duncan
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
U.S
Iran
Iran hostage story and exiled families amid U S tensions
The report covers Iran hostages in Tehran and a Baltimore airport arrest of eight Iranians on firearms charges with a Washington map. It notes deportation checks on Iranian students, Senate reactions, a court ruling on demonstrations near the White House, and a Bechtel site pullout of Iranian engineers. Syria urges Arab support as Iran-US tensions rise and a 1974 Ford Asia trip noted.
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Italy
ANSA
Salvia
Tehran
Baltimore
Washington
U.S. District Court
Iran
U.S
Herbert Better
Baltimore-Washington International
Stanford
Federal Office of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATF
Fred Smalkin
Smalkin
Carter
Senate
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Aubrey Robinson
White House
House
John Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
Khomeini
San Onofre
Calif
Brian McCullough
Bechtel Corp
Syria
Weather Snapshot With Limited Details
Weather report notes wind direction and velocity at midnight 9 mph. Sunrise Sunday 7 00 am with sunset 4 43 pm. Year ago high 39 low 30 with 0 66 precipitation. Extended forecast shows a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday. Partly cloudy Wednesday with highs in the 50s Monday cooling into 30s and mid 40s by Wednesday.
Births and incidents reported in Mercy St Luke's area
Birth announcements list a Mercy hospital birth on November 16 for Diane and Gerald Driscoll a son. St Luke's reports a November 16 birth for Vicki and Garth Gar demann a daughter. Out of town, Mrs Daubenberger the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Stechon announces a November 2 daughter born in Dubuque. Several emergency incidents include a car fire at 5610 Klinger St SW and various calls with times Friday.
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Dubuque
Mary Ellen
Douglas Daubenberger
A Daugher
Klinger St
Glass Road
First Ave
Edgewood Road
2Nd Ave
LeFebvre Corp
29Th St
Center Point Road
Lincoln Avenue
Stouffer's
Trench Collapse Sparks Injury Near Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids construction worker Mark Long escaped serious harm after a section of an old foundation gave way into a 15 foot trench at LeFebvre Corp. He was struck by concrete while preparing footings and taken to St Luke’s Hospital for scrapes and bruises. Long works for Chester Construction Co. and the incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark Long
Circle Hill Court NE
LeFebvre Corp
St. Luke’s Hospital
Long
Chester Construction Co
Kiwanis to view bloodhound demonstrations at Roosevelt
Linn County Sheriff's office representatives will demonstrate activities of several bloodhounds Wednesday noon at the Roosevelt. Hollis Austin, 77, of Waukegan Indiana and Cedar Rapids resident, dies Sunday at his home after a sudden illness. Survived by a sister, Clara Briles of Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Hollis Austin
Waukegan
Cedar Rapids
Clara Briles
Venus Atmosphere Hides Surface Yet Reflects Bright Light
Venus is enveloped by a thick white cloud layer that hides the planet’s surface. This atmosphere reflects sunlight efficiently, making Venus the third brightest object in the sky when conditions are favorable, after the sun and the moon.
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Venus
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Czech National Cemetery
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Lewis J
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Lee Roy Collins
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Linwood Cemetery
William F. Biederman Jr
Lemon Grove
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
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Edmund Brown
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General Accounting Office
John Dingell
D-Mich
GAO
John McCarroll
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INS
Verne Jervis
Gerald Ford
East Asia
Abby
Marion
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
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Norway
St. Luke's
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Garth Gardemann
Rt. 2
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