Death notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding area
Obituaries list Nellie L. Brink 70 of 818 Oakland Road NE Cedar Rapids died after brief illness. Survived by husband Edwin F. Brink two sons a daughter a brother and eight grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday Turner chapel east. Burial Cedar Memorial. Also Mary W. Richardson 69 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Tacoma Washington after long illness. Survived by two sons a sister three brothers and five great grandchildren. Services 2:30 p.m. Monday Nazarene church Bremerton burial Bremerton. Minnie Singler obituary notes 1:30 p.m. today Turner chapel east burial Wilmette National Cemetery Portland Oregon. Howard E. Campbell 61 of Vinton died day of report. Survived by wife one son one brother and three grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday First Presbyterian Church Vinton. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Vinton. Frank L. Kilberger 94 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Gainesville Florida. Survived by two daughters four grandchildren one great grandchild and sister Anna Hynek Cedar Rapids. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Brosh chapel burial Linwood Cemetery. Margaret Tipton 74 to be buried Evergreen Cedar Bluff with service at Brosh Solon. Visitation after 1 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie L. Brink
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Edwin F. Brink
Richard A
Simsbury
Conn
Torcom Chorbajian
Toledo
Ohio
Howard O’connor
Turner Chapel
Arnold Herbst
Cedar Memorial
Mary W. Richardson
Tacoma
Wash
Sigourney
John J. Richardson
Nazarene Church
Mr. Richardson
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Everette
John J
Bessie Edgmond
Laurel
Mont
Everette Moorman
Roy
Guy Moorman
Reseda
Calif
the Nazarene
Singler
Minnie
Turner Chapel East
D.A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Wilmette National Cemetery
Portland
Ore
Turner East
Wooster College
Mortuary
St. Louis
Olin
Army Air Corps
India
First Presbyterian Church
Vinton
Charles
Vinton Campbell
Davenport
Robert Wettstone
Harold Wagoner
Evergreen Cemetery
Campbell-Russell’s
Frank L. Kilberger
Gainesville
Fla
Swisher
Lillian Balanoff
Gainsville
Kermit Bridenstine
Albuquerque
N.M
Anna Hynek
Brosh Chapel
William Harnish
Linwood Cemetery
Youth Club Aims to Fill Idle Time in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids youths in grades four through six form a non profit organization led by Jerry Langfitt to provide good clean fun. The group uses the Teen club facilities at 1335 Ninth street NW with parent participation and fundraising to support activities like horseback riding picnics softball field trips and dances. A meeting for interested parents and youths is planned for Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Teen Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Langfitt
Thirty-second Street
Bob Dotzauer
Ninth Street NW
Langfitt
Dotzauer
Six Arrested for Drunken Driving in Linn County
Law enforcement officers arrested six persons for drunken driving in Linn county late Thursday night and early Friday. Averill D. Keith 62 Solon on highway 30 west of Mt Vernon Bert W Rommann 52 route two Walker on highway 150 south of Walker Merle A Pierce 23 2617 O avenue NW on Seventh avenue Marion Gaylen G Adam 28 1817 C avenue NE found slumped over wheel 1400 block Bover avenue SE James S Evans 30 1327 Sixth street NW at B avenue and Eighteenth street NW Irvin K Kail 25 813 Fifteenth street SE after driving 45 mph in a 35 zone on Mt Vernon road SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Averill D. Keith
C Avenue NE
Bover Avenue
James S. Evans
Sixth Street
B Avenue
Eighteenth Street NW
Irvin K. Kail
Fifteenth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Chapman Takes Out Papers For Cedar Rapids Finance Commissioner
Sheila A. Chapman of 1618 Bever avenue SE has filed nominating petitions to place her name on the ballot for Cedar Rapids finance commissioner this fall. She is the second candidate to take out papers for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila A. Chapman
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
C R Woman Arrested on Stolen Furniture Charge
Police charged Janet Wolfe 410 Second Street SW with receiving stolen property. Wolfe allegedly took furniture from Rollin Homes Sales 381 Hawkeye Downs Road SW between Aug 9 and Aug 12. She is held in Linn County jail on $5,000 bond.
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Janet Wolfe
Second Street
Wolfe
Rollin’ Homes Sales
Hawkeye Downs Road
Linn County
Dyersville Awarded Water Grant for System Upgrade
Washington D.C. The Economic Development Administration approved a $261,500 grant to Dyersville to improve and expand the water system. The city will provide a matching share, bringing the total project cost to $523,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
The
Economic Development Administration
Dyersville
Miss Black America Crowned On TV Debut
Claire Ford an 18 year old from Memphis Tennessee won Miss Black America during the first television broadcast of the 10 year old event. The Memphis State University English major stood 5 foot 10 and weighed 135 pounds and competed against 30 candidates from the United States and Puerto Rico. Miss Black Indiana Mary Bentley 20 of Indianapolis was first runner up.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Claire Ford
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Ford
Memphis State University
United States
Puerto Rico
Indiana
Mary Bentley
Indianapolis
Linn County Board Funds Credit Counseling Agency
The Linn County board of social services will provide up to 10000 dollars for the Consumer Credit Counseling Service from Oct 1 to June 30, 1978. The board covers 2500 dollars for the credit and budgeting service while the rest comes from state Title 19 funds for low income clients. The agency at 400 Third Avenue SE has previously been funded by creditors and client contributions.
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Linn County Board of Social Services
Consumer Credit
Department of Social Services
Vivian Brendengen
Linn Department of Social Services
Linn Board of Supervisors
Third Avenue SE
Last Sunday farewell for Our Savior's pastor Hilker
The Rev F William Hilker pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran Church 3634 First Avenue NE will give his last sermons this Sunday at 8 and 10:30 am before leaving to start a business. Assistant Pastor Marvin Ehnen will lead services until a new pastor is chosen. A 7:30 pm program honoring Hilker is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. William Hilker
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
First Avenue NE
Hilker
Marvin Ehnen
Congress outlines farm price supports and aid measures
The package raises 1977 wheat support to 2.90 per bushel and corn loan rates to 2.00. It revamps the 5.6 billion food stamp program to allow free stamps without purchasing additional ones. The B 1 bomber production ends with final approval of a 110 billion defense bill and veterans benefits rise 6.6 percent, including clothing allowances.
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Carter
Senate
House
Lance financial scandal details emerge from 1970s audit
The report details overdraft manipulations at Calhoun First National Bank during Lance campaigns. It cites Bloom and Lance concealing a federal order, editing a press release, and storing bank files in the comptroller’s bathroom closet. Heimann notes Bloom sought “brownie points.”
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First National Bank
Calhoun
Comptroller of Currency
Lance
Comptroller
Heimann
Bloom
Births and weather update from local Vital Statistics
Weather shows wind from the west at 8 mph with a Sunday sunrise at 6 42 and sunset. Extended forecast calls for fair skies Monday with chances of rain Tuesday and Wednesday. Birth announcements list several new daughters and a son with residence details and dates, plus two accidental alarms and a stove fire incident.
Governors End Meeting With Welfare Vote
The National Association of Governors wrapped its 69th annual meeting with a 31 to 4 endorsement of President Carter's welfare reform plan. They urged a White House energy conference and opposed federal regulation of no fault auto insurance, while backing offshore oil exploration and energy emergency preparation guidelines.
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Detroit
UPI
National Association of Governors
Carter
White House
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Robert Ray
Lawmakers urge resignation of budget director Lance
Rep. Blouin says Lance should testify before a Senate committee and return to Georgia if proven innocent his credibility damaged. Rep. Leach and Grassley call for Lance to resign or be forced out. Rep. Smith doubts views, while Reps. Harkin and Bedell say Lance should go.
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Carter
Mike Blouin
Lance
Senate
Georgia
Blouin
James Leach
House Financial Institutions Subcommittee
Lance Matter
Charles Grassley
Neal Smith
OMB
Smith
Tom Harkin
Berkley Bedell
FBI ex-agents display marksmanship in Iowa shootout reenactment
A group of former FBI agents and associates, including Bill Kell and John Schwiebert, participate in a gunman display. Dick Pundt, Don Dodge, Dan Macken, and Gray demonstrate shooting accuracy while recounting past service and current roles. The event showcases skill, with comparisons to past bank robber chases and a humorous finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Don Dodge
FBI
Collins
Dick Pundt
Hrim
Linn County Republicans
Pundt
Dan Macken
John Schwiebert
Center Point
Schwiebert
Bill Kell
Bill Gray
Lawsuit Alleges Dr Van Slyke Caused Drug Abuse
The suit claims Marshall received medical care from Dr Van Slyke from May 1972 to Oct 15 1975 and was given Percodan and other drugs without proper prescriptions. It seeks 15000 actual and 50000 punitive damages plus additional medical malpractice damages.
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Marshall
van Slyke
Mercy Hospital
Tom Riley
Dr. van Slyke
Riley
Car Crash Kills Two at Indianapolis Nursing Home
An 81 year old man accidentally pressed the accelerator and struck a group picnicking on a nursing home lawn in Indianapolis. Two people died and 21 were injured, including 19 residents of Americana Healthcare Center and two volunteers. The driver, Leo Schulte, was to enter the facility Oct 1.
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Indianapolis
Americana
Leo Schulte
Alvin Dunkin
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Mechanicsville
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
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University City
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Margaret Palmer
Brosh’s
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Evergreen
Cedar Bluff
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Chapman
C.R
Miss Black America
Wisconsin
Apple Orchards
D.J
Buck Owens
Buckaroos
Illinois Opry
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Woodfield Mall
Chicago
Door County
the Ozarks
Travel & Transport
Tonite
Town House
Silver Dollar City
Ozark Opry
Pierson’s Florists
Avenue Floral
Sandra Lee
van Dura’s
Congress
Bloom Contributed
Calhoun First National Bank
C.R. Weather
St. Luke’s
Thomas
Foster
Inwood Lane
Brian Walshire
Tina Wilson
Fourth Avenue SW
Norman Smith
Pale
Mercy
Charles Long
Thirty-eighth Street
Twelfth Street
Third Avenue
Flowers
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
16Th Ave.s.w
John E. Lapes
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