Deaths of four Cedar Rapids area residents listed
Frederick Ted O'Brien 75 of 3030 Weing Road NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness in a local hospital. He was born 1902 in Oklahoma and married in 1924 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife Anna daughter Virginia Giblin son Edward and several siblings and grandchildren. Services Saturday at Cedar Memorial Chapel. George Kovarik 77 of 1640 11th St NW Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness. A former barber and Century Engineering employee, he helped dedicate the Anton Dvorak monument and is survived by wife two sons a sister and grandchildren. Services Saturday at Chapel of Memories. Richard Vogel 66 of 1414 M St SW Cedar Rapids died Thursday in a Racine Wisconsin hospital after a sudden illness. Survived by wife two daughters two sons and many siblings and grandchildren. Services Monday Turner Chapel West. Arthur Lyons 80 of 745 Blairs Ferry Road Marion died Thursday after a long illness. He was a former Carroll resident and longtime plumber and electrician. Survived by wife two sons a daughter a brother and five grandchildren. Services Saturday Chapel of Memories.
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Frederick
Ted’’ O’brien
Weing Road
Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma
Anna
Virginia Giblin
Edward
Raymond
Lummi Island
Wash
Robert
George
Renton
Ruby Oeberg
Scotch Grove
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Ralph B. Colton
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
George R. Kovarik
11Th St
Spillville
Elma Rouse
Marion
The
Machinists Union
Anton Dvorak
Riverside Park
Leonard
Leon
Otilla Haug
James
North Carolina
William B. Harnish
American Cancer Society
Richard F. Vogel
Racine
Wis
Waukesha
Kearney McMahon
Vogel
Acme Electric Co
Fred Klaus
Downers Grove
III
Kenneth Greiner
Toddville
Richard
John Vogel
Eli Plank
Milo Kasparak
Roy
Eagle River
Bert
William Vogel
Turner Chapel
Arthur R. Lyons
Blairs Ferry Road
Carroll
Mary Putnam
Lyons
Marion School Board
Charles
Midland
Mich
David
New York City
Mary Parker
Tullahoma
Tenn
Sherman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Memorial Service for Ethel Belle Butterfield Set
Memorial services are planned for Ethel Belle Butterfield at 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner Chapel East led by Rev Nadim Saikaly of Olivet Presbyterian Church Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may visit Turner Chapel East prior to services
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Terry Slinde
Hope Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Butterfield
Ethel Belle
Turner Chapel East
Nadim Saikaly
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Obituaries and Visitation Notes Across Multiple Iowa Towns
Obituaries and funeral notices list ages and service details for residents in Marengo Toledo Montour Clutier Decorah Wyoming Keota and Monticello. Dates times and church or chapel locations anchor visitations and services with morose references to burial or final rites.
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Marengo
Harriett Hoyt
First Presbyterian Church
Hoover-Valentine’s. Toledo
Loyal D. Beery
Henderson’s. Montour
Ernest E. Downs
United Methodist Church
Henderson’s
Toledo
Clutier
Joseph F. Dvorak
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Holy Trinity
Vining
Mason-Hand
S. Decorah
Gladys Albertson
Olson-Fjelstul’s
Wyoming
Margarite Wilker Johnson
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Methodist Church
Haden’s. Keota
Walter R. Bennett
Powell’s
Monticello
Edna Harris Spencer
Davenport
Goettsch’s
Cedar Rapids Studies Transit Center for Federal Grants
Cedar Rapids officials advanced plans for a multi million dollar ground transportation center with Barton Aschman Associates proposing downtown sites. Three Iowa cities will be chosen to receive federal grants covering 80 percent of center costs with IDOT contributions and private investment encouraged. Plans hinge on traffic flow, skyway links and potential airport chopper access as consultants evaluate seven cities for funding.
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Iowa
IDOT
Federal
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Cedar Rapids
Metro
Canney
Barry Lundberg
Lundberg
State Department
Scott McDonald
Barton Aschman
U.S. House
Senate
MacDonald
Sioux City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Dubuque
Davenport
Council Bluffs
City Hall
Dam Break Kills Seven At Lake Keowee Site
A temporary coffer dam near Duke Power’s Lake Keowee nuclear plant collapsed killing seven construction workers. Five died inside the structure and two on top were presumed drowned. Six others were initially reported trapped, but were accounted for. The plant itself was unaffected.
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Duke Power Company
Transplant scheduled in South Africa
A Des Moines man Rick Anderson 24 will receive a heart implant in Cape Town South Africa Dr Christiaan Barnard will perform the operation Anderson earlier sought help from Stanford University Hospital but was refused due to funds Mercy Hospital Dr Steven Phillips requested permission after a three week advisory committee review and Barnard has completed 20 of 21 implants.
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Des Moines
Smithville
Mercy Hospital
South Africa
Iowa
Christiaan Barnard
Cape Town
Rick Anderson
Anderson
Stanford University Hospital
Steven Phillips
Mercy
Barnard
Building Department Inspectors Meet in Closed Session
Four chief Building Department inspectors appeared before an ad hoc committee in a closed Thursday night session. Jim Beastrom Lester Dvorak Robert Safely and Vercell Chestnut discussed personnel matters as part of an inquiry into alleged department problems led by Floyd Bergen. The panel, formed in September, held its second meeting.
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Ad Hoc
Building Committee
Jim Beastrom
Lester Dvorak
Robert Safely
Vercell Chestnut
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Cedar Rapids teen reports assault behind Donut Land shop
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids girl told police she was assaulted behind Donut Land at 4307 Center Point Road NE around 11 30 p m Wednesday. She escaped by kicking the attacker in the groin and he ran south from the store. Police are investigating the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Donutland
Center Point Road
ERA Extension Passes Senate Amid Debate Over Time Limits
Opponents call the extension illegal arguing it requires two thirds for a constitutional amendment. supporters say a simple majority suffices since the extension is not part of the amendment. The measure would push the ERA ratification deadline from March 22 1979 to June 30 1982. A historic move as Congress extends time limits for amendments.
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Congress
Inflation and debt shift as 1978 outlook grows tense
The administration worries about inflation as wholesale food prices threaten new grocery increases. Inflation runs near 10 percent while unemployment is expected at 5.7 percent in late 1978. The Federal Reserve notes consumer debt payoffs totaling 19.6 billion in August, with 22.6 billion in new loans and a 3 billion rise in total debt, the smallest monthly gain since February. Economists foresee a fall shift to debt repayment after heavy spring borrowing.
Osterberg faces health board ruling amid activist support
Osterberg, a Mount Vernon professor, says activists from a station offered backing but he does not expect listener donations. He has received six calls from across the country, plans to appeal the health board decision, and may host a weekend party with a band and bonfire while open houses occur. He lives in a converted shed renting for 40 dollars monthly and relies on salvaged goods.
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Mount Vernon
Health Board
Osterberg
New Mexico
Whidbey Island
Wash
al Ahern
Linn Health Department
Philip Crew
Discrimination suit filed by two former Cherry Burrell workers
Two Cedar Rapids men Elmer Mims and Charles Hodges sue Cherry Burrell Corporation in U.S. District Court alleging race discrimination. Each seeks 27000 dollars for lost wages after harassment and unjust firing or suspension in 1976. Mims says hostile treatment and false personnel-file reports. Hodges cites improper suspension and firing for medical excuse.
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Cherry Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
U.S. District Court
Elmer Mims
29Th St. Drive
Charles Hodges
Park Court SE
Cherry Burrell
Mims
Hodges
College Finds New Arts Degree Graduate
Christine Anne Caryl of 2304 Meadow Lane NE has completed requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri. The item appears in City Briefs on page 13A along with local ads and notices.
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Christine Anne Caryl
Meadow Lane
Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Shelling Escalates as Beirut Coasts Hit by Israeli Fire
Witnesses report Israeli gunboats exchanging shell fire with Syrian troops and Palestinian guerrillas off west Beirut. Five to seven shells hit Ramlet Al Beida and a refugee slum area, while Phalangist radio cites potential heavy casualties in the past 24 hours. Tel Aviv says the bombardment was a warning to deescalate the fighting with Christians in Lebanon.
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Phalangist Radio
Beirut
West
Ramlet-Al- Beida
Ramlet-Al-Beida
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Defense Ministry
Senate approves Kennedy Bumpers tax cut expansion
The Senate voted 52 to 43 to add 3.8 billion more in tax cuts for middle and low income earners beyond the Finance Committee plan. The Kennedy Bumpers amendment would push the total cost to about 26.7 billion, with most benefits for those earning under 30 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Roth Kemp
East West Conference Opens in Belgrade 1977
On this date in 1977 a 35 nation East West conference opened in Belgrade Yugoslavia to review advances in human rights and European security and economic cooperation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Transportation Center
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Barton- Aschman Associates Inc
Evanston, Ill
Iowa Department of Transportation
Heard City
Don Canney
Canan
Don Beman
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
National Organization For Women
Jake Garn
Utah
ERA
United States
Eleanor Smeal
Federal Reserve
Pat Kelly
the Gazette
Chickenhouse
Margo MacKay
Salvation Army
Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
Adv
George C. Starr Jr
Woodside Drive
U.S. Marine Corps
Bradman Service & Sales
Center Point Rd
Jounieh
Aley
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
Frettus
Ellis Blvd
N.W
16Th Avenue
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