Deaths: Obituaries from Cedar Rapids area
A string of death notices includes Dorothy J. Stevens 82 longtime Cedar Rapids teacher and community volunteer. Emil H. Seber 78 meat locker operator. Myrtle Vesper Pappas 81 former Linn County resident who moved to California. Sharon Lynn Sills 11 cancer victim. Donald T. Opperman 49 Collins Radio employee. Marie Arnett 82 longtime Center Point resident. Ilva W Heartwell Cedar Rapids resident with distant family. Services listed at local churches and funeral homes.
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Dorothy J. Stevens
B Ave
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
George Stevens
Corvalis
Ore
Kuba Funeral Home
Arnold Herbst
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Emil H. Seber
Newhall
New Vienna
Marie Jannette Kean
Hilda Dondelinger
Seber
Robert
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frances Goerdt
Dubuque
Emma Luensmann
Farley
Jean Neuhaus
St. Paul's Catholic Church
J. Robert McDonald
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Watkins
Father McDonald
Teahen Funeral Home
Myrtle Vesper Pappas
Eagle Rock
Calif
James Pappas
Glendale
Pappas
Linn County
California
Center Point
Jacob G
Carrie Booth Miller
Isaiah Booth
College Township
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Danny Thomas
Muriel Myers
Burbank
Ruth Moody
la Crescenta
Turner Chapel East
Steven Willsey
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
Sharon Lynn Sills
Rantoul
Ill
Larry R. Sills
First Ave
Marion
Judy Sills
Shirley Innman
Hoopeston, IN
Donald T. Opperman
Collins Radio
Walker
Iowa City
Oelwein
Leona B. Dvorak
Judy Opperman
Darwin Opperman
Wilbert Glass
Ely
William McCalley
Kenneth Opperman
Independence
United Methodist Church
Danny Lemons
Walker Cemetery
Murdoch
Marie Arnett
Lawrence D. Arnett
First Christian Church
Joe Jones
Ilva W. Heartwell
Fifth Ave
Carl Heartwell
Hoxie
Kan
Heartwell
Salina
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Robert N. Donaldson
Paul W. Galloway
Phoenix
Ariz
Turner Crematory
Memorial services and obituaries for multiple Iowa residents
Memorial services are announced for Wilsey and Arthur Koehn with burial details and veterans honors by Hanford Post. Separate notices list Stanwood-Clover Sander, Traer Claude Mask, Leona Vogt, Allison Darey, Juanita Fisher, and other survivors with church, funeral home and burial details in multiple towns.
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Wilsey
Howard Ordell
Turner Chapel East
Mary White
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Debbie Howrey
Stanwood
Clover Sander
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Chapman’s
Clarence
Traer
Claude Mask
Erickson
Elkader
Leona L. Vogt
Witt’s
Manchester
Allison A. Darey
First Lutheran Church
Shelly’s
Garwin
Kenneth T
Juanita) Fisher
Henderson's
Toledo
Turner Cemetery
Two Teens Involved In High-Speed Chase And Shotgun Incident In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police faced a busy night with a shotgun firing during a brief chase leading to the arrest of John Musgrove 17 for discharging a firearm and other charges for the car driver and two juveniles. A second chase ended with Timothy Morse 15 being arrested after a stolen car crash and multiple traffic violations. Police noted a potential link to a bomb threat at Cedar River Tower but found no damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River Tower
First Avenue East
John Musgrove
Grande Ave. SE
Musgrove
Cedar River Tower Apartments
First Ave
C.C. Birr
Timothy J. Morse
Fourth St. NW
First Avenue Bridge
Morse
Man pinned under vehicle in Cedar Rapids backyard
A 20 year old Cedar Rapids man Allan Lee 20 1527 E Ave NW was injured when a car he was working under fell on him in his backyard just after noon Firefighters jacked the car off him and he was taken to St Luke's Hospital for emergency treatment condition not yet known.
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Cedar Rapids
Allan Lee
E Ave
Lee
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gazette Corrects Deferred Sentence Error
The Gazette notes an error naming Cedar Rapids man Noel G. Ehresmann as receiving a deferred sentence for drunken driving and misstating an Aug. 10 charge. He was not charged and was wrongly listed in Tuesday's Linn District Court notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Noel G. ‘Ehresmann
Towne House Drive
First Ave
Linn
Grand jury decision on Cedar Rapids brutality probe delayed
Linn County Attorney Eugene Kopecky said a decision on whether to bring the Cedar Rapids brutality allegations before a grand jury will come next week at the earliest. The council voted to have the matter reviewed by the county attorney after an internal probe found no proof against officers. Mayor Don Canney defended the move, while Hawkeye Area Chapter of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union urged broader scrutiny and questioned jail practices.
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Linn County
Eugene Kopecky
Cedar Rapids
Kopecky
Gareth Clift
John Erger
Clift
FBI
Don Canney
John Ely
23Rd St
Ely
Hawkeye Area
Iowa Civil Lib
Erties Union
City Human Rights Commission
Sheriff's Office
Canney
Grand Jury
Citizens’ Committee
United Way nears 1978 goal with 841500 pledged
Linn County United Way reports 841500 pledged toward a 1611500 goal as the campaign nears the halfway point. Groups with 100 percent participation include Perpetual Savings and Loan and Sanger Manufacturing. 90 percent clubs include Hiawatha School Iowa Lumber Dealers and many local firms.
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Linn County United Way
Fund Drive
James Davidson
Davidson
Perpetual Savings and Loan
Sanger Manufacturing
Iowa Lumber Dealers, Inc
Garfield
Kenwood
New England Life
Pepsi- Cola
Baker Manufacturing
Rexco Equipment
Hiawatha School
Pierce School
Washington High School
Iowa National Mutual Insurance
McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Company
Lattner Manufacturing
Sieg- Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Welding
F and W Truck and Equipment Company
Dain, Kalman and Quail
Acme Greeting Card Company
Fares for Florida air travel shelved by CAB
The Civil Aeronautics Board suspended three airlines plans for 55 dollar no-frills Aero-Bus fares between New York and Miami. The move delays Dec 1 start dates and January 28 review amid complaints from Eastern National Delta Braniff and others. The CAB cited concerns on cost based versus short term profit pricing and overall fare policy.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Miami
Florida
Civil Aeronautics Board
Delta Air Lines
Greyhound
Delta
Eastern Air Lines
National Airlines
Aero-Bus
Eastern
National
Braniff Airways
Neighbor Sues Store Over Nuisance at Johnson Ave Site
Johnson Plaza, owner of a building at 4990 Johnson Ave, sues Southland Corp. alleging at least 5,000 dollars in loss of rental value and damages. The petition claims 7-Eleven patrons discard debris on the front lawn and parking area and drive across the lawn with bicycles and vehicles. The suit seeks compensation for property damage and cleanup costs citing nuisance under Iowa law.
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Johnson Ave. NW
Johnson Plaza
Johnson Ave
Linn District Court
Southland Corp
Iowa
Swihart killings tied to family conflict and bat use
Medina County authorities ordered Michael Swihart held without bond after a fatal confrontation with his father. The Plain Dealer reports the suspect allegedly struck his father with a baseball bat and then killed his mother and brothers, with autopsies pending. Neighbors recall prior tensions and a rejected football attempt by Michael.
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Medina County
Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
Medina
Carroll McClure
The
Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Michael
Swihart
Swihart House
Roger Ingra
Skateboard Safety Push Faces Possible Rules
The safety commission weighs options from a ban to safety campaigns as skateboard use grows. Kitzes says a ban is unlikely and notes the trend toward safer skating. He urges helmets and pads while the full commission reviews the issue in three to four months and may ask the Interior Department for funding to convert park lands into federally run skateboard parks.
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The
Safety Commission
Kitzes
Interior Department
Cinzano and Lebon Trade Owners in South American Racing Shuffle
The 'dead' horse in June and Morgan became Le bon's new owner before routine quarantine and shipment to Gerard's farm. Gerard acted as purchasing agent for Cinzano and Lebon, with Lebon a five year old who had one win in six Uruguay starts and Cinzano a four year old with seven wins in nine starts and earnings of 49119.
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Morgan
Lebon
Gerard
Cinzano
Lemmy
Uruguay
Tudor Park
Belmont Park
Roberto Forne
Pablo Gelsi
Walter Baez
Fire erupts at Elk Hills oil well trapping workers
The well blew after a packing device jammed during installation. Three workers were trapped as flames spread with no other wells endangered. Howard Schlieman of Williams Brothers Engineering cited likely human error or mechanical failure and said lines were shut down to contain the blaze.
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Howard Schlieman
Williams Brothers Engineering
Tulsa
Okla
Elk Hills
Schlieman
Dan Hulsey
Congress Attacked Statue of Liberty Protest Leader Granted Clemency
A crowd at the Statue of Liberty site defied a U.S. District Court order to disperse and refused a prosecutorial offer. Leader Andres Figueroa Cordero returned to Puerto Rico for cancer treatment after clemency weeks earlier. Demonstrators were brought ashore in three city police boats amid staged publicity.
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House of Representatives
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Puerto Rico
U.S
Energy compromise on outlawing gas guzzlers and mileage rules
Congress weighs three paths on cutting gas guzzlers. A proposed energy conservation bill would raise penalties for low mileage cars and set a ban on 1980 models under 16 mpg. The energy tax bill would tax cars by efficiency while conference talks delay a full ban to allow compromises.
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Congress
House
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Ray Brooks
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Mount Vernon Road
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Bertram Road
United Way
Ham
Andrew Karson
Richard Wilson
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Wilson
Gary Reffert
Reffert
Brian
Statue of Liberty
Senate
Jesse Helms
R.N.C
Helms
Senate Finance Committee
President Carter
Finance Committee
Russell Long
D.la
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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