Deaths of Myrtle Trinka and others in Iowa area
A Cedar Rapids area notice reports Myrtle B. Trinka 86 of 1714 C Ave NW died after a sudden illness at an El Kader hospital. She owned the Springer Hotel in Decorah and was active in multiple organizations. Also noted are obituaries for Emma Krob Stahle 84 of Solon and several other regional farewells with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle B. Trinka
C Ave
Otto A. Trinka
Elkader Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Baraboo
Wis
Mr. Trinka
Springer Hotel
Decorah
Decorah For Several Years. Mrs. Trinka Was A Member of St. Paul’s
Chapel of Memories
Emma Krob Stahle
Marvin A. Stahle
Solon
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Stahle
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Mary’s Church
Frank Jirinec
San Diego
Bell System
Quaker Oats Company
Ada Roczy
Navy
Margery Harrington
Houston
Texas
Mary Martin
Reedsport
Ore
Mary Jordan
Celia Karns
George
Burlington
James
Patricia Ann Sasek
John A. Sasek
16Th Ave
John Sasek
Walhala
S.C
First Church of the Nazarene
Sheila
Toni
Richardson
Rick
Kenneth
Glen
Monterey
Calif
Anna Bruce
Anna Mae Perez
Kay Hunter
Robert Bruce
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Herbert Rogers
Fredrick Burdette Fankhauser
Lisbon
Mr. Fankhauser
Cedar County
Amanda Dircks
London
Wilson Sinclair
Roy
Cleburne
Mary Carter
Anamosa
Elvin
Port Austin
Mich
Federated Church
Fred Austin
van Horne Cemetery
Morgan Funeral Home
Mount Vernon
Dayhoff seeks detailed budget review at Iowa Commission for the Blind
Cedar Rapids driven newcomer Arlene Dayhoff pressed for a line by line budget breakdown and detailed travel and per diem costs at the Iowa Commission for the Blind meeting in Des Moines. She noted the audit by HEW and questioned past fiscal disclosures while stressing human services remain a priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Commission
Arlene Dayhoff
Cedar Rapids
John Taylor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare Audit Agency
Kenneth Jernigan
Dayhoff
Mercury
Taylor
Jeanette Eyerly
Elwyn Hemken
Cedar Rapids Education Association dinner meeting announced
A dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids Association of Teacher Educators is set for September 27 at 6 p.m. in Stuart Memorial Lounge at Coe College. Reservations are 3.75 and due by Friday at 398 2247. Helen Tange will speak on Human Awareness and Non-Sexist Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Association of Teacher Educators
Stuart Memorial
Coe College
Helen Tange
Mideast Leaders Brace for Damascus Counter Summit
Reports from Damascus show gathering to oppose Camp David accords as Vance plans a five hour visit with limited impact. Syrian media ignored the visit while officials called the meeting a polite gesture to Carter. Across the region strikes and clashes disrupt Lebanon and southern towns as Arab press criticizes Camp David. Sadat vows to push peace efforts with Moon and travels to Rabat to meet King Hassan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Vance
Assad
Jimmy Carter
Audits Scrutinize Preisser Travel as IDOT Director
Iowa State Auditor Lloyd Smith questions travel expenses incurred by Victor Preisser while head of the Iowa Department of Transportation. The audit cites weekend and holiday trips for relaxation, seeks clarification on 34 items, and notes use of state cars and a motor home with personal components. Preisser offers family travel justification and says trips aimed to inspect facilities in nine states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lloyd Smith
Victor Preisser
Iowa Department of Transportation
Preisser
Iowa Department of Social Services
Smith
IDOT
Idot Commission
State Executive Council
State Department of Transportation
Iowa
Aspen
Colo
South Africa backs Namibian election timetable
The South African government aims for a Namibia election by December 31 and says it will not prescribe to Namibia's internal choices. It views the SWAPO guerrilla movement as not strong enough to win among the 900,000 Namibians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namibia
South-West Africa People’s Organization
Namibian election plan divides SA and UN
Vorster warns that a longer SWAPO campaign could rally Namibia’s black majority behind it while South Africa backs the DTA- a coalition of 11 tribal groups and white supporters. The UN recognizes SWAPO and seeks a 7500-strong troop deployment during the transition, which Vorster opposes as an impasse breaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SWAPO
Namibia
South Africa
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
DTA
United Nations
Vorster
U.N
Rain Causes Flood Watch Across Southern Iowa
A flash flood watch covered much of southern and central Iowa after heavy rains statewide. The National Weather Service logged the heaviest totals in southwest and south central Iowa with Oakland at 3.4 inches and Lamoni at 3.3. Rain lingered into Wednesday morning with Cedar Rapids at 0.66 inches by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
National Weather Service
Oakland
Lamoni
Fayette
Waukon
Vinton
Sigourney
Walford
Coralville
North English
Iowa judges face retention plebiscite results in 1960s
In 1962 Clinton Judge David Halbach was removed by public vote in a retention ballot while 1964 saw the bar association start plebiscites. The 6th Judicial District voters reflected support for Osmundson and Vietor with wide margins for several district and associate judges. Statewide, strong margins supported retaining Warren J. Rees, Robert Allbee, James Carter, Allen Danielson, Leo Oxberger, and Bruce Snell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
David Halbach
Iowa Bar Association
11Th District
Ames
E.J. Kelley
Kelley
Halbach
Osmundson
Harold D. Vietor
Cedar Rapids
Clinton E. Shaeffer
John L. Hyland
Toledo
Robert C. Ford
Harold Swailes
Belle Plaine
Scolaro
Siebenmann
Lynne Brady
Linn
Iowa
Tama
Benton
Jones
Johnson Counties
Louis W. Schultz
Ansel J
Associate District Court
Vietor
Shhaeffer
Hyland
Ford
Swailes
Brady
Marshalltown
Roger R. Halleck
Dubuque Area
Dubuque
Frank D. Gilbon
B.C. Sullivan
Rockford
Phillip T. Steffen
Jack F. Broderick
Davenport
Supreme Court
Warren J. Rees
Anamosa
Robert G. Allbee
Des Moines
James Carter
Allen L. Danielson
West Des Moines
Leo E. Oxberger
Bruce M. Snell Jr
Ida Grove
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Jiruska
Belle
Czech National Cemetery
George B. McDill
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West
Hummel
Pauline M
Glenn Hunt
Eden United Church of Christ
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Crippen
Theodore J
Brush Funeral Home
Dennis Tevis
Ridgewood Cemetery
North Liberty
James Hrabetin
San Gabriel
Czechoslovakia
California
Dorothy
Tacoma
Wash
J. Rains
Westminster
Mary Kroupa
Manchester
Gertrude M. VerDerber
St. John’s Catholic Church
Delhi
Shelly’s
St. John’s Cemetery
Lewis Lockwood
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Bellas-Wright’s
Worthington
Doris Ament
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Rosary
Kramer’s
Dyersville
Willis Brown
Best’s
Ida Sorenson
Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church
Stevne’s
Phelps Cemetery
Karl Doane
Morgan's
Stephen Snider
Greeley
William Schlagel
Greeley Methodist Church
Commission For the Blind
C.R. News
King’s Gard Dry Cleaners
1St Ave
Hawkeye Downs
Adv
Kirkwood
First Lutheran
Little King
Lucken
St. James United Methodist Church
Ellis Blvd
St. George
3Rd St. SE
Mideast
PLO
Lebanon
Beirut
Nabatiyeh
Israel
Baghdad
Iraq
al Thawra
Anwar Sadat
Washington
Middle East
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
West Bank
Sadat
Camp David
The
Icon
Weber
Motor Home
Chapman
William Eads
August Hansel
Muscatine
Robert K. Stohr
Maquoketa
Allan Keck
Margaret Stevenson Briles
Jack L. Burns
Don Petrucelli
Ottumwa
Arthur A. McGiverin
Ira Morrison
Phillip R. Col
Independence
William G. Klotzbach
Cedar Falls
Forest E. Eastman
Waterloo
Everett H. Scott
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Brush Chapel
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