Deaths in Cedar Rapids area include Bickal and Owens notices
Obituaries report Cedar Rapids resident Glenn L. Bickal aged 60 dying after illness with service plans set at Cedar Memorial Chapel and American Legion rites. Also noted is Earl H. Owens 62 of Riceville, killed in a Woonsocket SD crash with services at St. Peter's Lutheran Riceville and burial Cedar Rapids, plus several other funeral notices across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn L. Bickal
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Mary Jansen
Bickal
U.S. Army Airborne Division
Christ Church United Presbyterian
American Legion
Hanford
Hanford Post No. 5
Mary Jean
George Bickal
Norwalk
Calif
Ruth Townsend
Dayton
Ohio
Marian Gadberry
Honduras
Central America
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Robert L. Bouton
Cedar Memorial
American Legion Hanford Post No. 5
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Earl Henry Owens
Huron
S.D
Woonsocket
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Riceville
Iowa
Lynwood
Lindstrom Funeral Home
Senate bars military unions and civilian grievances nationwide
The Senate voted 72 to 3 to prohibit military unions and ban strikes and collective bargaining by armed forces, extending to week end cadets and civilian workers on active duty. Debates centered on civilian union rights with Abourezk and Javits urging broader protection, while the House rejected a broader foreign aid compromise and passed a human rights based anti loan substitute by Harkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
United States
James Abourezk
D-S.d
South Dakota
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Army Reserve
Abourezk
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Javits
Supreme Court
Truman
Tom Harkin
Diowa
Free Boating Course Offered at Iowa City High School
A free ten week boating course for all interested persons will be held Tuesday evenings at West High School in Iowa City starting next week. The Cedar Rapids Power Squadron conducts the classes in room 104, and registration begins at 7 p.m. No ownership required. open to men, women and youths 12 or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
West High School
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Patton
Wayne Housel
Linn County residents gain free library access through Cedar Rapids system
Cedar Rapids public library trustees review Linn County service expanding film offerings. County residents can obtain library cards with ID at any library facility or the bookmobile. 793 children attended summer film showings, 210 park showings, and 124 adult showings. board supports continuing and expanding the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
The
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Carney
Doris Wilcox
Honored-Second Lieutenant Allen A June Wings at Fort Rucker
Second Lieutenant Allen A June son of Mr and Mrs Paul M June Jr of 3102 Bowling Street SW graduated and received his wings from pilot training at Fort Rucker Alabama He will report to the 37th Aerospace Rescue Squadron at Little Rock AFB Arkansas for permanent assignment as a pilot on January 31 1978 The brief also lists Nashville Country Gold Tour Grand Ole Opry events and Buck Owens appearances with contact numbers for charter coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen A. June
Paul M. June
Bowling Street
Fort Rucker
Alabama
Fairchild Afb
Washington
Kirtland Afb
N.M
37Th Aerospace
Births and corrections in local vital statistics report
The notice lists wind at 10 p m from east and southeast at 6 mph and outlines a weekend rise time at 6 48 a m with sunset. It records births at St Luke s on Sept 15 and Sept 16 with corrections for a prior error, plus a brief extended forecast and a few fire incidents including an electrical short and a backfire at a parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
James Dugger
Twentieth Street
Duggers
The
Gazette
Howard Garrison
McGowan Boulevard
Marion
Dennis Crouse
Avenue NW
Joseph Edgington
Park Towne Lane
Eight Arrested on Various Charges in Linn County
Police report eight individuals detained Friday on counts including malicious damage drunken driving and larceny. Notable arrests include Charles DeShaw 22 for malicious damage at Paul’s Lounge and Williams 39 for drunk driving near Center Point Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles DeShaw
Circle Drive
Paul
Joseph G. Molitor
Twenty-first Street
Larry Lamar Williams
Avenue NE
Forty-second Street
Center Point Road
Linn County
Danny Youngbear
Ellis Park
Third Street
Water Ball contest marks Fire Prevention week in Cedar Rapids
The second annual Water Ball event runs October 8 from 1 30 to 4 p m in the Lin dale Plaza north parking lot. Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee sponsors with volunteer departments industries and teams. Prizes trophies for winners and displays of antique fire gear along with Cedar Rapids and Linn County equipment. Students from third through sixth grades invited to sign up for a Fire Prevention week day in a Cedar Rapids fire station and airport station October 10 14. Sparky the fire dog will greet attendees. Hotel executive Willard Marriott is 77 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindale Plaza
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Cedar Rapids
Airport
Sparky
SBA disaster loans delayed in Iowa as Kansas City declaration aids relief
Regional SBA officials describe delays in disaster loan processing after Iowa's flood request. The presidential declaration for Kansas City prompted immediate aid due to 23 deaths and about 50 million dollars in damage. Red Cross officials urge timely action while noting community resource steps if loans are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SBA
Kansas City
Hinman
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Hartwigs
Nash
Red Cross
Lance Lance Lance overdraws at Calhoun bank threaten confirmation hearing
The article reports Bert Lance facing questions over overdrafts at the Calhoun Georgia bank he once led. It notes confusion over whether staff informed senators before January 18 19 hearings and predicts Lance may survive the controversy despite calls for testimony under oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun, Ga
Lance
Watergate
John Dean
John Mitchell
Carter
Bert Lance
Spenkelink appeals Florida death sentence over alleged racial bias
Spenkelink, a 28 year old white defendant from Buena Park California, scheduled for execution at Starke prison, asks the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to review his death sentence arguing discrimination in Florida's death penalty administration. His attorney Tobias Simon cites racial disparity as the core issue. Stafford plans to hear the defense on constitutional questions. If carried out, it would mark Florida's second execution of the year and the first electric chair use in a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Fifth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Spenkelink
Tobias Simon
Miami
Florida
Buena Park
Calif
Starke
Florida Supreme Court
Simon
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado
Telephone workers approve local contracts amid wage gains
Three of 33 local agreements were approved while units who rejected their pacts include clerical workers at New England Telephone and delays at Western Electric centers in Morgantown Birmingham and Wichita and the Richmond plant. The national deal lifts average operator pay from 209 to 257 by 1980 with immediate 7.79 percent rise and 3 percent bumps in years two and three. COLA boosts push second year to about 7.05 percent and third year to about 6.68 percent, plus enhanced pension health benefits and job security provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
Morgantown
W.va
Birmingham
Ala
Wichita, Kan
Richmond
Iowa selects Conlin for top federal post in southern district
U S Attorney nominee Consin of Des Moines faced a competitive field including Polk County public defender Roger Owens and labor backing from Edris Owens. A bipartisan commission was created by Senators Clark and Culver to review candidates as Conlin prepared to move from state to federal service and focus on white collar crime anti trust enforcement and equal protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consin
Des Moines
Justice Department
Roger Owens
Polk County
Edris Owens
Carter
Iowa
Dick Clark
John Culver
Man Escapes From Custody At Local Center
Rick Geiger 19 of Vinton escaped at 8 45 p m Friday from the Community Correction center 519 Fourth avenue SE. He was held on forgery charges awaiting a court appearance and fled from the first floor southeast exit in a white T shirt blue jeans. He was last seen in a Ford Falcon station wagon and is described as unarmed 5 feet 5 inches tall 130 pounds brown hair blue eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Geiger
Vinton
Community Correction Center
Fourth Avenue SE
Geiger
Cen
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Marengo
Elmer J. Kuch
Hoover-Valentine’s
Toledo
Ralph M. Castiello
First Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Henderson’s. Luzerne
Adolph M. Roth
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
T.W. van Beck’s
Belle Plaine
Ossian
Ole B. Hendrickson
Ossian Lutheran Church
Hillside
Schmitz
Tom Merryman
Keith Komnick
University of Iowa
Normal
Ill
Jeff Fawcett
Iowa State University
Fort Dodge
Sixth Street
Sigma Chi
Ames
American Cancer Society
Harkin
Library Board
Linn Service
Wilcox
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
D.J
Adv
Buck Owens
Buckaroos
Illinois Opry
Ninth Street
Center Drive
C.R. Weather
Oreo
Willard Marriott
John E. Lapes
Fred McLain
McLain
Ribicoff
U.S
Hultman
Conlin
Man
Ter
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
16Th Ave
S.W
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