Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Obituaries
A Cedar Rapids area death notice list includes Edward Stangler 83 of 1137 21st Ave SW who died after a long illness. The retired Quaker Oats millwright born 1894 in Amana is survived by two daughters a son four grandchildren five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services Monday at Brush Chapel burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Other notices name Rosalie Gundacker Billy Lawson Henry Jessen Gretchen Tenney Stella Smith James Bascombe Edith Fuller and related arrangements with Cedar Memorial and Turner Chapel locations.
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Edward Stangler
21St Ave
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
Amana
Rosalie Brusha
Order of Eagles
Gerald McArtor
Leonard Sterns
Edward
Romana
Calif
Brush Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Bascombe
James William
Turner Chapel West
Jerry
Madison, Wis
Sharon Langer
Garland
Texas
Luanne Marr
Gloria Mikkelson
Stoughton
Wis
Cedar Rapids hits 79 ties March record amid warm spell
Cedar Rapids and numerous Iowa cities posted record or near record highs as warm southerly winds pushed temperatures into the 80s. Des Moines 84 Mason City 83 Ottumwa 81 and Fort Dodge 83 joined the count while Sioux City hit 89 the day’s high. Winds gusted to 40 mph as officials warned the pattern would cool with steady rain possible Sunday.
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Cedar Rapidians
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Mason City
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Rail strike averted as New York talks continue
Talks aimed at avoiding a city-wide subway and bus strike extended past midnight as negotiators pressed on. An agreement averted a broader tieup of the Long Island Rail Road, the nation's busiest commuter line.
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New York
Long Island
Spanking Debate Divides Linn Welfare Board
The Linn County Welfare board opposes a proposal by the Iowa Council on Social Services to bar foster parents from spanking foster children, urging broader discipline approaches and noting foster care requires careful balance with natural children. The group also critiques a new state directive on phone answer responsibilities and approves adjustments to food stamp outreach hours.
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Linn County Welfare Board
Iowa Council On Social Services
Sara Fishel
Leda Wall
Fisher
Wall
Jean Oxley
Iowa Department of Social Services
Cedar Rapids
Judy Bentley
Third Ave
Marion
Executive Plaza
Department of Social Services
Bob Andrews
Linn Health Services
Bentley
Narrow escape for Independence man at dam on Wapsipinicon
Quasqueton 24 year old Quasqueton resident Quasqueton-Ray Temeyer nearly drowned when his canoe went over a dam on the Wapsipinicon River. A companion alerted authorities after the plunge. Fire department and law enforcement searched the swollen river about 20 minutes before Temeyer was found. He was treated for exposure and released from People's Memorial Hospital in Independence.
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Quasqueton
Ray Temeyer
Independence
Wapsipinicon River
Temeyer
People’s Memorial Hospital
Births at St Luke's and local weather summary
Vital statistics show wind direction at 10 p m WNW 18 mph gusts 29. Sunrise 5 48 sunset 6 33. Year ago today high 40 low 32 no precipitation. Extended forecast rain chances Monday mainly clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday highs mid 50s to mid 60s, lows mid 30s to mid 40s. Births reported from St Luke's March 31 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Bertte Blackford Alburnett and another daughter to Mr and Mrs Dallas Kibbe 3419 Bel Air Drive SE.
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St. Luke's
Burdette Blackford
Alburnett
Dallas Kibbe
Bel Air Drive
Two Die In Iowa City Parking Lot Shooting
Police report a fatal shooting at the Country Kitchen in Iowa City where a husband and wife were found dead in the parking lot. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. investigators consider it possibly a murder suicide.
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Iowa City
Country Kitchen
Coralville bomb scare called cruel hoax by police
A late night blast scare in Coralville prompted evacuations at two motels and a supermarket lot after a fishing line linked a cart to a suitcase. The Cedar Rapids bomb squad investigated, finding two radios and toys inside the case.
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Coralville
Mary Hain Jr
Randall’s
Clayton House
Cedar Rapids
Hain
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids Home Show draw tops 6 000 attendance
The 26th annual Cedar Rapids Home Show at Hawkeye Downs saw attendance surpass 6,000 with 6 184 total after Friday night. Officials credited 4 477 attendees on Friday and noted bright displays with multicolored balloons. Exhibitors reported giving away hundreds to children touring the building. The show runs 1 to 10 p.m. today and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Greater
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale Drive
Community notices urge book donations for the fall library sale at the main library and Kenwood Branch with contact 398-5123. Also listed are events: Fidelius Lodge Fairest Chapter Soup Supper on April 1 at Legion Hall Fairfax with prices and hours, plus antique glass clearance 363-1421 and Emerald Knights Games at the Montrose Hotel with doors opening times.
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Friends of the Library
Kenwood
Fidelius Lodge
Legion Hall
Fairfax
Three‑way GOP lieutenant governor contest in Iowa races
The April 1 1978 Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a three‑way Republican primary for lieutenant governor with Terry Brandstad Lake Mills Brice Oakley Clinton and Willard Hansen Cedar Falls. Democratic contenders include Minnette Doderer Iowa City and William Palmer Des Moines for the nomination opposite the incumbent.
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Neal Hines
Story City
Melvin Synhorst
Des Moines
Lloyd Smith
John Brunow
Centerville
Maurice Baringer
West Des Moines
Robert Krause
Whittemore
Richard Turner
Iowa Senate Districts Party Leaders List
Democrats names are listed district by district with no candidate for some districts. Republicans named include Dale Tieden Elkader Steve Bisenius Cascade A R Bud Kudart Cedar Rapids Lloyd Humphreys Cedar Rapids Bart Basche Newton Don Baker Iowa City Victor Woolums Jr Iowa City Norman J Goodwin DeWitt Paul Willis Jr Camanche and others.
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Roger Halvorson
Monona
Terry Durland
Elkader
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Tom Jochum
Dubuque
J.L. Jack Felderman
Michael Connolly
Clem Walleser
Joe Welsh
John Bohy
Bellevue
Robert Steen
Monticello
Nancy Shimanek
Grace Zimmerman
Anamosa
Paul A.O. Ponder
Andy McKean
Morley
Herbert Hinkhouse
West Branch
Vic Stueland
Grand Mound
John Patchett
North Liberty
Kay Chapman
Cedar Rapids
George
Myron Oxley
Marion
Marlene Cebuhar
Monty R. Bertelli
Center Point
Harley Hanson
Vinton
Kyle Hummel
Kenneth Miller
Independence
Ed Armstead
Robert Anderson
Newton
Don Barton
Dale Tieden
Maurice Hennessey
Ryan
Steve Bisenius
Cascade
James Redmond
Walter McNamara
A.R
Bud) Kudart
Robert Rush
Lloyd Humphreys
Eugene Hill
Joe Brown
Montezuma
Arnold Brouwer
Monroe
Bart Basche
Arthur Small
William Hargrave
Iowa City
Don Baker
Victor Woolums Jr
Paul Willis Jr
Camanche
Norman J. Goodwin
DeWitt
Arafat Signals Peace Shift and Lebanon Invasion Critique
Yasser Arafat urged that Palestinian rights not be a precondition for peace and criticized U S support for Israel in Lebanon. He condemned Carter for backing the invasion, argued Palestinians view it as a military victory despite land loss, and emphasized guerrilla tactics and broader peace efforts amidst Begin's presence.
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Arafat
Carter
U.S
Israel
Lebanon
Begin
South
Carter’s Africa trip highlights Cuba and Eritrea tensions
Carter's tour to Nigeria and Liberia underscores U.S. focus on developing nations in Africa. Cuban troop estimates in Ethiopia rise to about 15 000 to 17 000 as Eritrean resistance continues, while Carter plans a speech calling for African solutions to African problems without outside entanglement.
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Carter
Obasanjo
Amy Carter
White House
U.S
US S
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Washington
State Department
John Trattner
Africa
Subcontinent
Liberia
South Atlantic
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Strawberry Point
Rosalie Gundacker
Roberson’s
Lawson
Billy W
Chapel of Memories
E. Wayne Ryan
Free Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Smith, Stella
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Louis Trzil
St. John's Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home East
C.R
N.Y
Linn Welfare Board
Lier
Independence Newspapers
C.R. Weather
Adv
Emerald Knights
Montrose Hotel
The
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Herb Haas
Senior Tofte
Decorah
Bill Dielman
Pella
Robert Hinshaw
Kellogge
Emil Husak
Toledo
Linda Svoboda
Phillip E. Tyrrell
North English
James Bosveld
Jean-Lloyd Jones
Wes Dunbar
Pat Gilroy
John Reichardt Jr
Don Schleisman
Dale Hibbs
Jim Kramer
Muscatine
Betty Hoffman
Walter Conlon
Clarence P. Smith
Clinton
John Pelton
Gene Garber
Hugo Schnekloth
Eldridge
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
George Swearingen
Sigourney
Fred Koogler
Oskaloosa
Harold van Maanen
James Middleswart
Indianola
Doug Shull
Yasser Arafat
Arab Front
Sadat
Horn of Africa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Casablanca
Edwin Barclay
Roosevelt
Lagos
Joshua Nkomo
Ian Smith
John E. Lapes
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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