Iowa Deaths Notice and Funeral Details
Tama Henry Bru age 73 of rural Gilman died recently. Funeral at Harrison Funeral Home Monday at 1 30 p m with burial in Prairie View Cemetery Gilman. Independence Louis Luckel age 83 funeral Monday at 2 p m at White's with viewing after 7 p m. A military memorial service 7 30 p m Sunday at the funeral home and burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Tama
Henry Bru
Gilman
Harrison Funeral Home
Prairie View Cemetery
Independence
Louis Luckel
White’s
Mount Hope Cemetery
Park Assassination Ends South Korea Leader's Repressive Era
In Seoul armed troops sealed press offices and tanks surrounded the Blue House after President Park was shot during a dinner at KCIA HQ. He died at 7:50 p.m. as martial law covered the country and a state funeral was planned.
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Seoul
Blue House
Cheju
Park
South Korea
North Korea
Library site proposals sadden Armstrong urging remodeling
Cedar Rapids businessman Robert Armstrong of Armstrong's department store opposes moving the library. He advocates expanding the present Cedar Rapids Public Library, proposing a connected addition and notes his concern over using his 106 car parking lot for a new site. He cites a 1978 survey support for renovation and argues savings of 700000 to 1 million by remodeling. Armstrong predicts the board will favor a new library rather than preserving the current building.
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Cedar Rapids
Armstrong
Library Board
Frank Magid
Linn County Board of Supervisors
NRC Panel Faults Safety Culture After Three Mile Island
A presidential panel finds that signers engineers operators and owners failed to acquire and analyze safety information at Three Mile Island. It says quicker attention to early warning signals by builders and operators could have prevented the accident and details operator training emergency readiness and reactor monitoring shortcomings.
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NRC
Babcock & Wilcox Co
Harrisburg
Joseph Hendrie
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pennsylvania
Mining Blast Traps 128 Miners Near Seoul
An underground explosion at the Unsung coal mine 95 miles southeast of Seoul trapped 128 miners about 4,448 feet underground. Fire and toxic gas hindered rescue as officials feared all were killed, with police saying survival was almost hopeless.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Unsung
Milwaukee Road faces suspension of western lines after court ruling
Richard Ogilvie, the court appointed trustee for the Milwaukee Road, says the order signals a new day as losses may be cut. Edward Friedman warns suspending western services would be a tragic mistake amid pending Congress bailout talks. The railroad sought permission to suspend after failing to obtain a $15 million loan. the government refused. The ICC has limited funds as it directs Rock Island operations and faces cost estimates of $10 million to restart Milwaukee service plus ongoing $10 million monthly costs.
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NRC
Metropolitan Edison
Victor Stella
Three Mile Island
Stella
Congress
Parsippany
N.J
Middletown
Richard Ogilvie
The
Milwaukee
Railroad
Edward Friedman
Railway Labor Executive’s Association
McMillen
Friedman
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Milwaukee Road embargo plan may limit grain routes in Iowa
Federal court approval allows the Milwaukee Road to embargo about 500 miles of Iowa lines as part of a reorganization. Iowa Transportation Director Raymond Kassel expects the ICC to order other railroads to take over service on embargoed routes with minimal disruption, citing decades of grain movement on remaining lines and a core system stretching from Savannah Illinois to Davenport and Kansas City.
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Kansas City Railway
Rock Island
McCarthy
Milwaukee
S Ames
UPI
Milwaukee Road
Iowa
Raymond Kassel
Iowa Department of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kassel
Thomas McMillen
Chicago
Savannah
Clinton
Mississippi River
Davenport
Ottumwa
Kansas City
Eldridge
Sheldon
Mason City
McGregor
Dubuque
Calmar
Austin
Minn
Chicago & North Western
Weather Summary and Extended Forecast
SE wind at 15 mph gusting to 21 at midnight. Sunset 5 08, sunrise 5 34 Sunday. Year ago today high 61 low 31, no precipitation. Extended forecast Monday through Wednesday partly cloudy with highs in the 60s cooling to the 50s and lows in the 40s.
Vital Statistics and LocalIncidents Summary
Vital statistics record births for multiple families including Gassmann Cummings Erger Hunt Ehret Miller Omer and Schwartz with locations Anamosa Marion Atkins Center Point Norway Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis. Lansing Michigan reports a birth to Kent J. Tisdale with grandparents James M. Tisdale. Local incident notes list alarms at Center Point Road NE Spin City Laundromat downed wires at 19th Street Bever Ave SE a defective carburetor at Lindale Ave NE and a medical emergency on Fruitland Blvd SW.
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Douglas Erger
Atkins
James Hunt
Center Point
Anthony Ehret
Central City
Paul Miller
Norway
Robert Omer
Franklin Ave
Alan Evan Schwartz
Twin Pine Drive
Lansing
Mich
Kent J. Tisdale
James M. Tisdale
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Spin City Laundromat
Bowling St
19Th Street
Bever Ave
Lindale Ave
Fruitland Blvd
Three Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges
Three persons were arrested Friday night and charged with drunk driving. Kevin T. Smith, 25, of 804 18th Ave SW, was taken into custody at 6 20 p.m. at 15th Ave and Sixth St SW. Jerome C White of Center Point was arrested at 10 15 p.m. one mile north of Midway on Highway 150. Douglas F Kay of Rural Route 1 Marion was arrested at 10 30 p.m. in Hiawatha.
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Kevin T. Smith
18Th Ave
15Th Ave
Sixth St
Jerome C. White
Center Point
Midway
Douglas F. Kay
Marion
Hiawatha
College reps to visit Cedar Rapids meet alumnae
Sister Joyce Rowland president of the College of Saint Teresa in Winona Minnesota and Sister Martha Mathew nursing instructor at the college in Rochester will visit Cedar Rapids next Saturday to meet with college alumnae. The meeting will be at Mrs David Jardine 868 21st St SE.
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Joyce Rowland
College of Saint Teresa
Winona
Minn
Martha Mathew
College
Department of Nursing
Rochester
Cedar Rapids
David Jardine
21St St. SE
Gazette corrects Benton County sentencing error
The Gazette clarifies that attorney Larry Schlue was not charged or sentenced in Benton County District Court last week and regrets the mistaken listing.
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Gazette
Larry Schlue
Benton County
Schlue
the Gazette
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