Deaths in Iowa City and Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices list Birdie Hall Culver 83 Center Point. Lovella Ewoldt 78 Cedar Rapids. Francis E London 60 Cedar Rapids. James E Hinton Sr. private service. Floyd L Kurth 66 Coggon. Henry L Anderson 98 Ridgeway. Henry Kleinmeyer 93 Williamsburg. plus extended survivors and service details across multiple towns including Urbana Fairfax Anamosa and Clarence with memorial funds and military graveside rites referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Hall Culver
Center Point
Nebraska
Guy Hall
Galena
Ill
Marion Culver
Urbana
van Horne
Fairfax
Shellsburg
Alburnett
Dale E. Hall
Orlando
Fla
Donald W. Hall
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Culver
Harold Carson
Douglas
Wyo
Walter Schwartz
Houston
Texas
Christian Church
James Sorensen
Fairfax Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Brooklyn
Richard L. Neitzel
Davenport
McAninch-Fremming
Victor
Guernsey Cemetery
Hazleton
Kathern Nelson
Trinity Methodist Church
Brandt-Kern
Oelwein
Independence
Gladys C. Holt
White's
Marengo
Russell D. Gerard
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hoover-Valentine’s
Marengo Cemetery
North Liberty
Ben Doseldo
Gay's
Iowa City
Friends
Westgate
Ridgeway
Henry L. Anderson
Peace Lutheran Church
Olson-Fjelstul
Decorah
Lincoln Cemetery
Traer
Anna M. Kanis
Overton's
Dysart
Buckingham Cemetery
West Liberty
Marjorie G. Luse
First Church United
T. Don Collins
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Teahen Funeral Home
Hinton
James E. Sr
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Leroy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Camp Good Health
Kurth
Floyd L
United Parish Church of
Coggon
Nancy Nichols
Coggon Cemetery
Yardley
Leo F
The
Amvets
Symphony rocks May's Island with cannons and fireworks
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Tiemeyer led a lively "Pop Goes the Symphony" at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May's Island. A forty piece youth band, bells and cannon blasts accompanied Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, delivering a colorful, entertaining if not entirely serious program. The main floor buzzed with tables, drinks, popcorn, and a rousing encores including Stars and Stripes Forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Tiemeyer
Births and incidents listed in Vital Statistics briefing
The notice records multiple births for families including Patricia and David Pisney Sieglinda and Russell Hamilton Cheryl and Craig Parker Debra and Brent Munson and Andreina and Adrian Melendez. It also lists various late night and Sunday incidents such as a mistaken alarm a faulty smoke detector medical emergencies and a false alarm with locations including Second Avenue SE Blake Boulevard SE Leisure Blvd NE Trailridge Road SE Fifth Ave SE 20th Ave SW and First Avenue NE.
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Patricia
David Pisney
Brookland Drive
Sieglinda
Russell Hamilton
Towne House Drive
Cheryl
Craig Parker
Homewood Lane
Debra
Brent Munson
36Th St
Andreina
Adrian Melendez
Park Towne Lane
Second Avenue
Blake Boulevard
Leisure Blvd
Trailridge Road
Fifth Ave
20Th Ave
First Avenue
Six injured in Quasqueton head-on collision
A two vehicle crash 50 miles southeast of Quasqueton left six people hospitalized. David J. Flack 22 Independence drove a 1977 Oldsmobile southbound when it collided with Joe P. Moore 16 Walker in a 1979 Chevrolet four wheel drive. Dusty conditions contributed to the wreck. Flack was in fair condition at St Luke's Cedar Rapids after air transport. Three Flack passengers from Independence were treated and released. Moore's truck occupant Jimmy Wilson 12 Walker was taken to People's Memorial Hospital. Damage totaled about $11 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quasqueton
Oldsmobile
David J. Flack
Independence
Joe P. Moore
Walker
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Flack
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
People’s Memorial Hospital
Daniel L Flack
Randy W. Spece
Perry David Bradigan
Moore
Jimmy Wilson
Deregulate Broadcasts Says FCC Chief in Raleigh Speech
FCC Chairman Mark Fowler calls for freeing broadcasters from all federal regulation including licensing and content rules to align radio and TV with newspapers. He argues a market based approach with user fees could secure broad deregulation and ownership flexibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Mark Fowler
Fowler
Raleigh
N.C
Federal
The
National Association of Broadcasters
Congress
United States
Bogus Times insert attacks Koch Lehrman and Cohn
A fake 12 page section imitating the New York Times was distributed mainly in Manhattan and Queens. It carried personal attacks on Mayor Ed Koch governor candidate Lewis Lehrman and attorney Roy Cohn. The Times denounced the pamphlet as a scandal sheet and said it would prosecute those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
New York Times
Ed Koch
Lewis Lehrman
Roy Cohn
Leonard Harris
The
Times
Manhattan
Queens
Harris
Lehrman
Lehrman, Koch and Cohn
U.S
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
Jetsetters
Barbara Walters
ABC
David Brinkley
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
the Times
Siberian tiger mauls 2 year old boy at Irvine park
A Siberian tiger escaped an unlocked Lion Country Safari cage and mauled a 2-year-old boy, injuring him severely. Trainers used a fire extinguisher to make the tiger drop the child, who survived surgery for head and leg injuries and remains in critical condition but stable. Investigators question why the cage was open as authorities review the incident and show operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire Services
Irvine
Calif
Lion Country Safari Animal Park
Mission Community Hospital
Anthony Stepani
Upland
Jim Broomfield
Anna Jimenez
Anthony
Naomi Stepani
John Campolongo Jr
John Molnar
Eastern Iowans dodge gunfire during rural burglary
WAPELLO Iowa two Eastern Iowans Chet Fuller and his son Tim of Muscatine narrowly escaped injury when they interrupted a burglary in progress at Sandra Adams residence. A rifle fired five rounds as the Fuller pickup was struck but no one was hit. A microwave oven TV stereo and money were reported missing. no arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello, Iowa
UPI
Fullers
Chet Fuller
U.S. Orders Precautionary Military Alert in 1973 Middle East Tension
On this date in 1973 the United States ordered its military to a worldwide precautionary alert amid fears that the Soviet Union planned to deploy troops to the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Train Strike Hits Church Bus Near Montrose Iowa
A Burlington Northern freight train struck a Calvary Baptist Church bus at a Highway 61 crossing a mile north of Montrose. Ten people escaped serious injury with Gladys Cooper of Keokuk and two children treated for minor injuries. the bus carried eight church members plus the driver and attendant. The accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. as the bus pulled onto the crossing from a trailer park. no speed estimate was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Iowa
Burlington Northern
Calvary Baptist Church of
Gladys Cooper
Keokuk
David L. Jeffers
Warsaw
Ill
Two Teens Hurt After Car Rolls Far Five Times
Two youths were seriously injured when the car they rode in left Land Road W-66 near Iowa City about 1:15 am Sunday. Driver Sharon Morrissey 19 and passenger Karina O Leary 15 were ejected as the vehicle rolled five times. Morrissey was airlifted to University Hospitals in critical condition, O Leary remained in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Sharon A. Morrissey
Sixth Ave
Coralville
University Hospitals
Karina O'Leary
Bon-Aire Trailer Court
Iowa State Patrol
Morrissey
Land Road
W-66
O'Leary
State Patrol
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virgil Day
Mount Vernon Road
Turner Chapel East
Lovella Ewoldt
Elmhurst Drive
Heritage Acres
Paullina
St. John's Episcopal Church
Leland W. Ewoldt
Sacramento
University of Iowa
Turner Chapel West
Francis E. “Frank” London
C Ave
Mercy Hospital
Castle Grove
Velma C. Anderson
Mr. London
Universal Engineering
Air Force
Immaculate Conception Church
Marion
Alfred Brosius
Holy Cross Cemetery
Anamosa
Stewart Funeral Home
Immaculate Conception Memorial Fund
May’s Island
St. Luke’s
Phony N.Y. Times
Gentle Jungle
Lion Country
Virginia Bauer
Ralph Helfer
Campolongo
Helfer
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Lee County
Ellis Bouleverd
Center Pt. Rd
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