Deaths in Iowa and surrounding areas list local obituaries
A long obituary notice lists deaths and funeral details for Emma Miller 87 Marion formerly Weyauwega Wisconsin and Dorothy Drexler 78 Coggan resident Cedar Rapids. It names survivors and services with multiple churches cemeteries and funeral homes including Murdoch and Teahen. Additional notices cover Ethel L Myers Leroy Wart Penny Hickey Grace Gilson Clyde Mulford Ruth Dittmer and others with service times and burial places.
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Mary Salome
Sacred Heart Convent
David Remy
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen
Culver urges six SALT concessions from Soviets
Senator John Culver with Senators McIntyre and Bumpers submit a letter to President Carter proposing six specific concessions for SALT talks with the Soviet Union. They seek strict limits on Soviet technology, cruise missile range definitions, a type rule for non-cruise carriers, binding a SS-16 SS-20 issue, a three year protocol with U.S. consent, and timely follow on SALT III talks while pushing for pre expiration force reductions. Culver will travel to Geneva to monitor progress.
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Washington
John Culver
Iowa
Senate Armed Services Committee
Carter
U.S
Soviet Union
Culver
Thomas McIintyre
D-N.h
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Senate
Hearing on westside intersection plans set
An informational meeting on proposed street improvements at the Williams Boulevard Edgewood Road and Wilson Avenue SW intersection is slated for next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the City Council chambers. Jon Janda says the project stems from the 16th Avenue work and anticipates traffic when Westdale Mall opens in 1979 with work planned for next year. Residents will be invited to ask questions and share views.
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Williams Boulevard
Edgewood Road
Wilson Avenue
Jon Janda
16Th Avenue
Westdale Mall
Gasohol deemed costly and inefficient by IDOT officials
Rex Wiant of IDOT told the commission gasohol 10 ethanol blend costs 44 cents per gallon to produce at the refinery versus 35 cents for gasoline. He warned that even tax exemptions may not keep gasohol competitive if corn prices rise and energy demands for alcohol production remain high. A task force on gasohol funding and study may be formed with state cooperation.
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Ames
API
Iowa Department of Transportation
Rex Wiant
IDOT
Idot Commission
Wiant
U.S. Senate
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Doug Getter
Iowa Development Commission
IDC
Robert D. Ray
Transportation Department
Toastmasters Elect New Officers Led by Mandle
Louis Mandle was elected president of the Jaycee Toastmasters. New officers include Ken Reaser as educational vice president Tim Terry as administrative vice president and Mike Klappholz as sergeant at arms. The group meets Tuesdays at 7 am at Bishops downtown. Membership is open. The club aims to boost clarity and thoughtful speaking.
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Louis Mandle
Crescent St. SE
Jaycee Toastmasters
Ken Reaser
Tim Terry
Mike Klappholz
Bishops Downtown
Administrative shuffle at Linn Psych Unit
Elaine and Louie Hulseburg named co administrators of Linn County Health Care facility also taking charge of the Psychiatric Unit. Forbes Johnson becomes program coordinator and Shirley Holub moves to health services supervisor as the unit seeks an intermediate care facility license.
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Elaine
Louie Hulseburg
Linn County
Hulseburgs
Forbes Johnson
Johnson
Department of Mental Health Services
Shirley Holub
State Health Department
Linn County Board of Supervisors
East Carolina University Art Dean Wellington Gray Dies at 58
Wellington Gray longtime dean of the East Carolina University School of Art since 1962 and former Miss America Pageant judge died Tuesday at age 58 in Greenville North Carolina The death ends a prominent local figure in arts education and pageant history.
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Greenville
N.C
Wellington Gray
East Carolina University School of Art
Iowa Governor to push industrial tax assessment changes
Des Moines Iowa Governor Robert D Ray announced he will pursue reforms to how industrial property is assessed for taxation, citing a Department of Revenue study that under valued industrial real estate and shifted the tax burden to other property classes. He listed three possible options including state takeover of assessments, enhanced assessor training, or periodic state checks.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Department of Revenue
Revenue Department
Iowa
Ray
the Revenue Department
Carter signals energy policy support and tax plan delays
Carter backs administration energy program and says conferees can resolve differences without private deals. He pledges major tax cuts next year but may delay controversial reform items. He notes a 9,000 dam safety inspection program will begin and run nearly three years. overseas trip was postponed and will be rescheduled with details Thursday.
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Long
Carter
Cascade Woman Dies in Home Fire
An elderly Cascade woman died in a bedroom fire Tuesday afternoon. Olivia V. Hosch 78 was found by her daughter Pauline Green. Cause under investigation. the home suffered heavy damage. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St Marys Cascade with rosary tonight. Survived by two daughters three sons ten grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers and one sister.
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Cascade
Olivia V. Hosch
Pauline Green
Devaney-Reiff’s
Mel Green
Jane Hosch
Sioux City
Edward
Robert
James
George Klinkner
Clinton
Charles Klinkner
Toronto
Leo Gavin
City council blocks duplex plan on Williams Court NW
The City Council rejected a rezoning ordinance to allow Williams Court NW from single family to multi family after protests over storm water runoff. The proposal, requested by Coe College and developer James McDonald, failed for lack of a second. Williams Court runs east from 24th Street NW near E Avenue NW.
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Williams Court NW
Coe College
James McDonald
Williams Court
24Th Street NW
E Avenue NW
Three people charged with drunken driving in Marion
James P. Gelski, 62, of 3902 First Ave NE, arrested 5:51 p.m. Tuesday on Seventh Ave Marion. Kevin J. Northway, 23, of 700 35th St Marion, arrested 11:08 p.m. Tuesday in 3400 block Seventh Ave Marion. Thomas E. Overly, 26, of 1134 16th St SE, arrested 1:05 a.m. today near 16th Ave and J St SW.
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James P. Gelski
First Ave
Seventh Ave
Marion
Kevin J. Northway
35Th St
Thomas E. Overly
16Th St
16Th Ave
J St
Korean scandalinvolving Park Chung Hee fallout and espionage plot
A Korean scandal spans Seoul and Washington as Park Tong-jin signals an imminent settlement while a U S House subcommittee reveals KCIA plans to implant collaborators in the White House Congress and top agencies. A former KCIA chief in New York, defector John Ho Young, cast doubt on the plan’s execution.
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United States
Park Tong-jin
Park
U.S. House
South Korea
White House
Congress
Telligence
New York City
House International Relations Subcommittee
KCIA
John Ho Young
State Department
Pentagon
U.S
Park Chung Hee
Rapids Presses Inclusive Recruiting For Police
Cedar Rapids officials conducted a Chicago recruiting trip to boost minority hires. Three vacancies exist with three expected retirements by Sept 1 1978. department may seek Budge increases. Luther Trent NAACP praised the effort while stressing reach over numbers. Kevin Weiss Juan Cortez Hinzman attended the drive.
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Rapids
Civil Service Office
City Hall
Police Department
Gareth Clift
Clift
Ment
Luther Trent
NAACP
Chicago
Trent
Cedar Rapids
Kevin Weiss
Juan Cortez
A. Phillip Randolph Institute
Hinzman
Blouin Education Bill Heads to President Carter
The Career Education Act from Mike Blouin and Carl Perkins clears the House 372 to 20 and moves to President Carter. It authorizes 325 million dollars over five years for career education in K-12 and 75 million for postsecondary projects, with Iowa receiving 662 thousand first year and rising funds for the next years.
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Washington
Mike Blouin
Dubuque
Carl Perkins
Kentucky
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Carter
Christmas 30 Years Ago Palestine Partition Vote
The U N General Assembly backed a plan to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states marking the holiday period with a historic vote.
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U.N. General Assembly
Palestine
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Emma Miller
28Th Ave
Weyauwega
Wis
Carl J. Miller
Dorothy Drexler
Ralph P. Drexler
Coggan
Manchester
Drexler
Waterloo
Zion Presbyterian Church
Coggon
Coggon American Legion Auxiliary
Mecca
CES of
Jordan Jacks
Kenneth Square
Joe Toms
Verna Hermann
Aaron Koskamp
Coggon Cemetery
Murdoch
Central City
Mount Clark Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Hickey
Penelope
Penny
Brush Chapel
Gordon Freeburg
Shueyville Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Benjamin Neuenkirch
Roberson
Henderson’s. Hopkinton
William Reggentine
Goettsch’s. Hopkinton
Anamosa
Carl Otten
Goettsch’s
Bertha Driscoll
Devaney-Reiff's
Vinton
William C. Nichols
Campbell-Russell’s
Evergreen
Harland E. Harper
Prairie Creek Christian Church
Bear Creek
Lamont
Grace Gilson
Baptist Church
Fremont
Winthrop
Fawcett’s. Winthrop
Clyde Mulford
Fairview
Leo T. Brickley
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Fawcett’s
Westside
Mandle
Louis
Linn
Blouin
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Gazette
Swisher
Dannette Price
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