Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Memorial area
E D Mac McCullough 85 of 852 A Ave NE died Monday after a short illness. Born July 2 1892 in Kincardine Ontario he was a Cedar Rapids resident 40 years and a retired salesman. Surviving half brother Gordon McCullough Ingersoll Ontario. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Turner Chapel East. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel East.
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E.D
Mac"’ McCullough
A Ave. NE
Mount Vernon
Kincardine
Ontario
Canada
Cedar Rapids
McCullough
Gordon McCullough
Ingersoll
Turner Chapel East
Floyd J. Conroy
Knox Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Blomme
Dorine Ellen Wiggins
St. Joseph’s Church
Chelsea
National Cemetery
Vining
Hrabak
Lester Formanek
Elberon
Fay
David S
John Woods
Halse
Anna Johnson
Conservation Board backs two areas for state preserve system
Linn County Conservation Board proposes adding Rock Island Preserve west of Hiawatha and the Palisades-Kepler south of the Cedar River to the state preserve system. Board adopts 1979 budget of 725 500 with no new staff and funds 130 000 for Squaw Creek Lake while pursuing a county state partnership for a Palisades trail and management agreement.
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Linn County Conservation Board
Central City
County Board of Supervisors
George Hamilton
Squaw Creek Lake
Dean Roosa
Sylvan Runkel
State Preserve Board
Conservation Board
Rock Island Preserve
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Cedar River
Rock Island
Hiawatha
Hamilton
Palisades
State Conservation Commission
Alley lighting plan still alive in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids plan to light alleys and paint walls white is under study after a downtown group asked the city to cooperate. Police data show about 500 crimes in the area this year during darkness, including 43 violent acts. Estimates place monthly electricity costs around 400 dollars, or 275 to 300 dollars if limited east to Seventh Street.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Police Department
A Avenue
Fifth Avenue
First Street
10Th Street
Seventh Street
Last day to register for Dec 6 cable election
Linn County notice reminds Cedar Rapids residents to update addresses or register by Wednesday for the December 6 special cable television election. Changes may be made with the city clerk, a mobile registrar, or the county voter registration office in the courthouse basement, before 5 p.m.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Cedar Rapids
Suit Seeks $3.35 Million in Cedar Rapids Fire Case
A Linn County District Court suit seeks 3.35 million dollars over a November 27 1975 Cedar Rapids southeast fire that killed two girls and injured three other family members. Plaintiffs Melvin and Georgia Showalter their daughter Georgia Ann and the estates of Jessica Louise and Roxann sue Land Merchants Inc Novak Heating Janitrol division Midland Ross Corp Holland Furnace Co and Honeywell Inc. Punitive damages are sought from the landlord only. The others face 750000 dollars less in total claims.
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Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Melvin
Georgia Showalter
Georgia Ann
Jessica Louise
Roxann
Land Merchants Inc
Novak Heating Inc
Dar Rapids
Janitrol Division
Andro Corp
Janitrol Aero
Midland-Ross Corp
Holland Furnace Co
Honeywell Inc
Fire damages North Towne Court apartment. wall ornament blamed
Fire officials investigate several possible causes after a Monday blaze in apartment No. 7 at 2047 North Towne Court NE. Investigators say a decorative wall cross made of wooden matches, taped to the wall, could have fallen and ignited on the concrete surface. The Arnold sisters rented the unit and were at work when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Towne
North Towne Court NE
Executive Affiliates
Big Rock, Nl
Terri
Deanne Arnold
Arnold
Coffee Boycott Targets Amin Regime In Uganda
Melady and others push a plan to ban Ugan dan coffee imports as a sanction against Idi Amin. They cite Amin's income reliance on coffee and note Uganda's tea and sugar sectors have already collapsed. Amin decries imperialists and warns of retaliation toward Americans in the country.
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Idi Amin
U.S
Donald Pease
Ohio
Amin
Melady
Uganda
Washington
Economic highlights show rising beef prices and taxes
Four months into the period, beef prices rose for the second straight month. The Commerce Department reported average family property tax climbed 10.7 percent last year as local and state assessments increased. Fiscal 1976 totals reached $57 billion, the largest rise since 1971–72. Inflation ran about 6 percent in 1976.
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Commerce Department
Linn County Board Rejects Pipeline Regulation move
The Linn County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposed zoning amendment regulating pipelines after backing a county zoning panel recommendation. The decision followed objections from Iowa-Illinois and Gas and Electric Co. and paused on issues like soil separation and a five foot cover rule, with a unanimous vote against the plan. The article notes a 1943 Cairo wartime conference between Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
County Zoning Commission
Iowa-Illinois and Gas and Electric Co
Commission
Iowa Illinois
Cairo
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Public probe notes support and doubts on police handling
The Citizens Aide report details a pursuit of McNeal, his uncooperative behavior, and a jail confrontation. It cites video evidence and officer accounts while noting no evidence of kicking or brutal attack. Officials call for accountability and consider legal options as the ombudsman findings are endorsed.
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Clift
Iowa
Naggatz
Dix
Police Department
McNeal
Nejedly
Linn
Tive
OMVAS
Citizens’ Aide
Downtown Christmas lights in doubt over lease costs and mall integration
The Yale decorations lease with a Minneapolis firm expired as the owner required a five year term. Miller cited the downtown mall concept and construction as factors preventing re leasing. Costs rose from 7000 to 12500 annually, threatening merchants in Sioux City and Marshalltown. no street decorations will be erected this year. The Retail Bureau endorses individual store decorating and has arranged piped Christmas music downtown.
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Yale
Minneapolis
Miller
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber
Ewoldt
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Energy strategy ads spur conservation push and regulation idea
Iowa civic group CARG urges utilities to fund conservation programs and new buildings meet insulation standards before energy supply. They seek rate or permit conditions tied to conservation, citing investor owned utilities as better at reducing demand, while court action looms over the commission ruling. The piece notes Hoagy Carmichael's 1899 birth and Apollo 12 return date in parentheticals.
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Iowa
Laitner
Commission
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Heline) Oberbroeckling
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette
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Jean Oxley
Richard Wenzel
Wenzel
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Third Avenue S.E
Citizens
Robert Ray
Ray
CARG
Commerce Commission
Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group
Common Cause
Energy Research and Information Foundation
Hoagy Carmichael
America
Ewellen
Florist
Cemetery Wreaths & Mounds Peck’s
Green Thumb
Center Pt. Rd
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