Deaths and funeral notices from Carlisle and vicinity
Theresa Marie Norton 15 died in a Thursday car crash on Highway 5 west of Carlisle. Survived by parents Frank and Norton. three brothers Tom Patrick Todd and two sisters Pam Paula at home. Services Monday 10 a.m. Christ the King Des Moines. rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. Richardson Funeral Home Carlisle. Burial Mount Calvary Marengo. Also noted are Rose E Frey services Center Point and Andrew Lorraine Kurovski 54 burial Calvary Cemetery with rosary McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home.
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Theresa Marie Norton
Highway 5
Carlisle
Cedar Rapids
Frank Norton
Carlisle High School
Tom
Patrick
Todd
Pam
Paula
Christ the King Catholic Church
Des Moines
Richardson Funeral Home
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Marengo
Victor
Andrew
Lorraine) Kurovski
St. Bridget's Catholic Church
McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home
Calvary Cemetery
Train, truck collision kills youth at Shellsburg crossing
An Independence youth, Paul Erickson 13, was killed and his brothers Tim 14 and Steve 7 were injured when a Rock Island freight train struck a semi loaded with shelled corn at the Canton Street crossing in Shellsburg. The crossing lacked signals. the truck driver froze before impact. The crash closed the scene for responders as authorities investigate.
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Shellsburg
Independence
Rock Island
Paul Erickson
Tim Erickson
Steve Erickson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Tim
Steve
Tom Erickson
Edwin Erickson
Maynard
Canton Street
Erickson
Pearl Street
O. M. Smith
the Gazette
Larry Kolpek
Mason City
Halloween safety urged for area trick or treaters
Cedar Rapids police and Iowa Public Safety urge caution on Halloween. Tips include watching for cars, using clear vision in masks, reflective costumes, adult supervision for young children, neighborhood trick or treating, lighting porches, and carrying lights. Extra officers will be on duty. call 398-5353 for problems.
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Cedar Rapids
Susan Halm
Mary Ann Halm
Fleetwood Lane
Fatal Buchanan County crash sparks $1.3 million suit
A $1.3 million lawsuit filed in Buchanan County District Court names the county as defendant over an April 22 1977 accident that killed James R. Baldridge Kathryn Baldridge and Alicia Lewis and injured Mrs. Johnson. Plaintiffs are Robert J. Johnson of Cedar Rapids Terrance P. Baldridge executor of the Baldridge estates and Mrs. Johnson appears as a claimant. The petition charges county road negligence after Baldridge driving through a curve was hit by Alicia Lewis crossing the center line.
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Independence
UPI
Buchanan County
Robert J. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Terrance P. Baldridge
James R
Kathryn Baldridge
James Baldridge
Alicia A. Lewis
Chicago
Baldridge
Coralville case prompts governor’s self service gas rule
Coralville operator Bill Birtcher sparked a statewide directive from Governor Robert Ray urging state employees to refuel state cars at self service pumps. The governor ordered training cards and reminded agencies to save tax dollars by using self service, tracing the incident to a Coralville station attendant who praised a state employee pumping own gas.
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Coralville
Bill Birtcher
Iowa
Robert Ray
Birtcher
Susan Mickelsen
Mickelsen
Iowa City
Ray
Department of Transportation
Iowa Power ordered to refund and cut rates
The Iowa State Commerce Commission ordered Iowa Power and Light Co. to refund about 8 million dollars and reduce rates starting December 1. It found excess revenues from June 1, 1976, through 1977 and set return on equity at 8.76 percent for 1976 and 8.79 percent from 1977.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Iowa Power and Light Co
Iowa Power
Iowa
Births and weather notes from local area report
Birth announcements list several couples from Mount Vernon Central City Center Junction and Westover Road SE with new daughters and sons on October 28. Extended forecast shows occasional showers Monday to Wednesday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 60s. Wind at 11 p.m. from the east at 8 mph. sunset at 6:37. Gas flush incident reported at Third Avenue and Nineteenth Street NE Friday evening.
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Mercy
John Larkin
Mount Vernon
St. Luke's
Mark Reinhart
Westover Road
Gene Hassman
Cottage Grove Parkway
Joseph O. Barber
Central City
James A. Kohout
Center Junction
Third Avenue
Nineteenth Street
E Avenue
Three arrested in Cedar Rapids for drunken driving and theft
Calvin D. Crosby, 23, of 1105 11th St NW, charged with drunken driving after arrest at 12:38 p.m. in the 1300 block of Ellis Boulevard NW. Steve Tobin, 30, charged with larceny for allegedly taking clothing valued at $380 from JC Penney, 109 2nd St SE. Robert E. Armstrong, 21, rural Shellsburg, jailed Friday night for being absent without leave from the Marine Corps.
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Cedar Rapids
Calvin D. Crosby
Ellis Boulevard
Steve Tobin
JC Penney
Robert E. Armstrong
Shellsburg
Marine Corps
Shotgun Threat Prompts No Charges After Northeast Encounter
Police responded to a report of a person threatening others with a shotgun on Regent Street NE. A runaway girl returned home to grab a stereo, her brother pursued on foot with an unloaded gun, and no charges were filed.
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Regent Street
Senate energy talks push tax on crude oil debated
The article reports Senate and House conferees clashing over energy policy including a potential crude oil tax favored by Carter and opposed by many GOP leaders. It notes votes on credits for oil from shale, tar sands, and natural gas, and details standoff over a gas mileage ban for autos starting 1980 and rising targets to 21 mpg by 1985.
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Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Carter
House
Long
Gary Hart
D-Coro
Carter Says White House Works Closely With Sen Long
President Carter praises Sen. Russell Long as a powerful, hardworking ally who plays a key role on the Senate Finance Committee. He notes good relationships with Long Sparkman Eastland and others and says media focus on debates is natural, yet a sense of partnership persists. The president anticipates a congressional inventory of accomplishments.
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Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
House
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter
Clinch River
Jim Sasser
Dtenn
White House
Russell Long
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Long
Congress
Sen
Long
Sparkman
Eastland
Four hunters fined for early duck season violations
Otter Creek Marsh near Chelsea hosts a roundup of fines from October 22 opening day of Iowa’s split duck season. Marshalltown men Blaine Vawter John Andrews and James Ellis plus Des Moines Derald Phillips face penalties for sunrise shooting and wild ducks possession. others from Cedar Rapids Tama Waterloo and rural Toledo pay fines for boat registration shell count gun compliance and migratory waterfowl stamps.
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Iowa
Blaine Vawter
John Andrews
James Ellis
Marshalltown
Derald Phillips
Des Moines
Andrews
Ellis
George Stein
Vawter
Phillips
Otter Creek
Hubert P. Ebsen
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Cove
Tama
Marvin Shepard
Waterloo
William Dunton
Toledo
Dunton
Monies extend Kirkwood College prison classes
The Iowa Department of Social Services awarded Kirkwood Community College a 44564 grant to extend reading and mathematics instruction for inmates at Anamosa Men’s Reformatory. Three instructors will be financed and a terminal leased to link with Westinghouse Learning Corp. Iowa City for progress records. About 400 inmates received instruction last year and the extension runs through February 15, 1978.
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Iowa Department of Social Services
Kirkwood Community College
Anamosa
Westinghouse Learning Corp
Iowa City
Lowell Rutz
Kirkwood
Ana
Hedgehog Rolls Into Ball When Attacked
The hedgehog curls into a ball to shield its body with spines, exposing no vulnerable areas and deflecting potential harm. This defensive behavior creates a protective shield using its sharp spines.
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Gazette
Paul Jensen
C.R
Baldridges
Ms. Lewis
C.R. Weather
The
Otter Creek Marsh
Chelsea
John E. Lapes
Kirkwood College
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