Deaths of Cedar Rapids area residents in brief notices
Obituaries and notices for Freda Anna Jass 86 long Cedar Rapids resident died after brief illness. Also listed are Alred Knebel 65 Riverside, William H. Weeks, Harold William Hofmaster, Hazel M. DuBois, Chloris Jane Fitzgerald 53, Mary Lou Claus 41, A Mary Stanley 94, Airman Chris Close 19, Mabel Inman 82, Natalie Kearns infant, Mable Sterns 88, Barbara Ward 37, Cory Pilgrim infant, Gale Gritton 72, with service details and burial plans across local churches and cemeteries. Many relatives named. Memorials to Bethany Lutheran Church or other listed funds.
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Freda Anna Jass
17Th St
Cedar Rapids
Charles Jass
Aurora
Ill
Freda Kniewaser
Jass
Alden
Bethany Lutheran Church
Bethany Women’s Guild
Robert Mathes
Irene Jass
Emma Silke
Des Moines
Edna Haupt
Iowa Falls
Margaret Thelke
Fort Dodge
Elsie Anders
Fred Kniewaser
Ronald Pfluger
Cedar Memorial
Turner Chapel
Bethany Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Alred Knebel
Riverside
Francis
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sorden’s Chapel
Weeks
William H
Chapel of Memories
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hofmaster
Harold William
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard L. Thompson
DuBois
Hazel M
Murdoch Chapel
Central City
Paul R. Shelley
Lost Nation Presbyterian Church
Mount Clark
Chloris Jane Fitzgerald
Eighth Ave
Mercy Hospital
Boone
Immaculate Conception Church
Robert
Geralyn
Robert Kobbe
Florence Kobbe
William P. Leonard
St. John’s Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Joseph Mollner
Oelwein
Mary Lou Claus
Hintz’s
Whittier
Mary Stanley
Friends Cemetery
Anamosa
Chris Close
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Olin
Hayden’s
Mabel Inman
Holm’s
Sigourney
Vinton
Natalie Marie Kearns
Tim Kearns
Campbell-Russell’s
St. Mary’s
Shellsburg
Mable M. Sterns
Oakwood Cemetery
Center Junction
Terrance
Barbara) Ward
Goettsch’s
Greeley
Cory David Pilgrim
David Pilgrim
Shelly’s
Manchester
Oakland Cemetery
North Liberty
Gale T. Gritton
George L
Linn County supervisors award jail work contracts and study improvements
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a $109,090 package for jail facility improvements and awarded a $104,615 contract to Kinderknecht Associates with a $4,475 bid to Kirk Gross. They also consider adding a law library or legal assistants and a more consistent recreation program amid a pending class action.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
U.S
Larry H. Smith
David E. Hungerford
Jean Oxley
Board of Supervisors
Orlie Workman
Dennis H. Blome
Glenn Johnson
Johnson
William Faches
Walter Grant
YMCA
Faches
Oxley
Kinderknecht Associates Inc
Kirk Gross
Crime Commission
Ken Schriner
Bergen Offers Parade Compromise for MNB Request
Cedar Rapids safety commissioner Floyd Bergen proposed a compromise to Merchant's National Bank officials after the city council denied a parade permit for a 1:30 p.m. Saturday event. The plan restricts the parade to Council Street NE north of the fire station, limits it to one lane, and requires a $1 million insurance policy naming the city as additional insured with the policy on file by 3 p.m. Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Merchant’s National Bank
MNB
Bergen
Council St. NE
Noelridge Park
42Nd St. NE
Council Street
Down Council
Collins Road
42Nd St
Richard Holthaus
Holthaus
Jewelry missing at Reservation Trading Co and boat theft reported
Jewelry valued at 900 dollars vanished Monday from Reservation Trading Co at 4444 First Ave NE while a worker was in the back. Linn County Sheriff’s Department reports a boat and motor worth 725 dollars stolen from a residence in Central City. the aluminum boat’s securing chain was cut.
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Reservation Trading Company
First Ave. NE
Linn County
Inflation slows slightly as housing costs remain major factor
The August Consumer Price Index shows 0.9 percent rise in medical care with hospital rates up 1.5 percent and doctors fees 0.8 percent. Housing costs climb 0.7 percent while gas prices rise 1 percent. Cars ease ahead of new model year as electricity prices dip.
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Labor Department
Plane crash kills 136 on PSA flight and ground damage
After a midair collision a PSA jetliner exploded and crashed killing 136 aboard and injuring many on the ground. Marines guarded wreckage as coroner crews identified victims. a Cessna 172 carrying an instructor and Marine Sgt. David Boswell also figures in the tragedy.
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Andy Russell
PSA
David Boswell
Oceanside
Calif
Bruce Chambers
FAA
Chambers
Lindbergh Field
Boswell
University of Iowa Enrollment Rises 1 Percent
Iowa City registrar W A Cox reports fall enrollment at the University of Iowa up one percent. The registrar noted the gain reflects students returning and new arrivals, as the university maintains steady growth this season.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
W.A. Cox
Rail clerks strike disrupts Amtrak and NSF nationwide
Amtrak says about 26 000 passengers denied service as clerks strike disrupts rail traffic across the United States. Some Northeast routes spared while Chicago area commuter lines halt service. Supreme Court consideration delays injunction on picketing 73 railroads tied to a mutual aid pact. The N W strike triggers coal mine layoffs in Virginia and West Virginia. BRAC notes interchange issues fuel further action.
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United States
Amtrak
Washington-New York
Boston
Duff
New Haven
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Chicago
Clerks Union
Supreme Court
N&w
Warren Burger
BRAC
Union
Rail Strikes Prompt Court Injunctions and Emergency Legislation
Federal courts typically fast-track injunctions against strikes while Congress has repeatedly enacted emergency laws to curb labor actions.
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Congress
Strike May Curb Area Operations and Jobs
A Cedar Rapids strike by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks halts most switching and disrupts rail activity across the area. Quaker Oats, Cargill, and National Oats warn of possible layoffs and reduced output if service stays disrupted. Amtrak service in Iowa also halted for the day.
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Brotherhood of Railway
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
Don McKee
Quaker Oats
Dale Rodman
Manger
Cargill
Gromyko collapses at UN speech then resumes address
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko fell ill during a U N General Assembly address and was helped from the podium. After about 55 minutes of medical care he returned to continue reading the 16 page speech despite complaining about hot television lights.
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United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
Assembly
Indalecio Lievano
Colombia
U.N
William Buffum
Man Hurt When Truck Overturns In Linn County
An 18 year old Alburnett man Dan Enos was listed in good condition at St Luke s hospital after a one vehicle accident on a county road one mile west of Midway at about 11 p m Monday The pickup driven by Enos went out of control on a curve and struck a tree in a ditch trapping him There were leg and hand injuries reported.
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Alburnett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Midway
Linn County
Dan Enos
Enos
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Dial
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Joensy’s Village
Czech Village
Dave
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Rose
Marion
Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
Jack Shepherd
Milo Navy
Third St. SE
Mama Red
Johnny’s Parkway
Ray’s
Obstetrics and Gynecolog
P.C
C.R. Scholl
G.J. Shirk
G.G. Barker
Cedar Rapids Medical Center
10Th St
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Associated Press
NBC News
The
Virginia
West Virginia
Dale Kueter
Norfolk & Western
Midwest
Milwaukee Road
Chicago and North Western
Illinois Central Gulf
Rock Island
el McMickle
Cedar Rapids-Marion
United Transportation Union
National Oars
M.W. van Sickle
Milwaukee Railroad
North Western
San Francisco
Oakland
Flowers & Plants
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Pt. Rd
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
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