Longtime Cedar Rapids Lawyer Edwin H. Wadsworth Dies
Edwin H. Wadsworth 70 of 1826 Third Ave SE died Friday in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after a brief illness. Born May 22 1907 he practiced law here for 48 years with the firm Wadsworth Elderkin Pirnie and Von Lackum. He is survived by his wife and three children. Services set for Monday at Turner Chapel East. Private graveside at Oak Hill Cemetery. Donations urged to charity.
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Edwin H. Wadsworth
Third Ave
Rochester, Minn
Mary Donohoe
Council Bluffs
Wadsworth
Cedar Rapids
Wadsworth, Elderkin, Pirnie and von- Lackum
Phillips Exeter Academy
Williams College
University of Iowa Law School
Calvin de Vries
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner’s East
Robert W. Stitzel
Brooklyn Drive
Chicago
Firemens Insurance Co
Ruth Bartling
Kuba Funeral Home
Louis Trzl
St. John’s
William Michalek
20Th Ave. S
Fairfax
Pekomy Post American Legion
St. Ludmila’s
Lodge 400
Swisher
North Liberty
Frank Hart
Mount Vernon
Leonard
Alburnett
Brush Chapel
St. Ludmila’s Church
Robert Cizek
Fairfax Legion
Father Cizek
St. Ludmila’s Memorial Fund
Camp Good Health
Doris E. Warner
Second Ave
Wendl Warner
New Process Laundry
Gary
Ronny
Helen McMurrin
Larry
Marvin
Tom
Mary White
Linwood
Marguerite F. Taylor
10Th St
Marion
John Taylor
Taylor
Iowa City
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric
Mary Myers
Madge Klienick
Rockford
Ill
Ray Kent
Murdoch Chapel
Glen W. Lamb
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Murdoch
Mary M. David
Fourth Ave
Jimmy David
St. John’s Orthodox Church
Louis Shawie
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
William Leonard
Correction notes on self-help medical manual in Blanchardville
The Gazette reports that a self-help medical manual printed in Dr. clinic in Blanchardville Wis was discontinued before publication. Phillip Young pharmacist says many requests have come from the paper's area and that cash will be refunded while checks will be destroyed. The paper apologizes for any inconvenience.
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Gazette
Associated Press
Blanchardville
Wis
Phillip Young
Young
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette subscription terms and rates
Established in 1883 by the Gazette Company the Cedar Rapids Gazette lists pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions. It notes regional rates and exclusive AP republishing rights with details on editions and postage.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Muriel Humphrey Announces She Will Not Seek Senate Seat
Sen Muriel Humphrey D Minn says she will not run in the November election and plans to return to private life in Minnesota after serving about two months in the Senate as Hubert Humphrey's successor. She announced at a Hubert Humphrey dinner and emphasized family in retirement plans.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Muriel Humphrey
D-Minn
Minnesota
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Happy Warrior
Houser to Leave Mt. Mercy College for Chadron State
Dr. Travis Houser academic dean at Mount Mercy College will become vice president for academic affairs at Chadron State College in Nebraska effective July 1. Chadron State President Edwin Nelson praised his selection as a key addition to future plans. No Mount Mercy successor has been named. Houser previously served as assistant academic dean at Ithaca College in New York.
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Travis Houser
Mount Mercy College
Chadron
Neb
Des Moines Man Shot Dead In Truck
Des Moines police say 27 year old Stephen E. Gardner was shot to death early Saturday. His body was found slumped in the front seat of his pickup on the west side. Gardner is the 13th murder victim in Des Moines in 1978.
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Des Moines
UPI
Stephen E. Gardner
Gardner
Linn-Mar dominates junior high chess tourney at Harding
Linn-Mar collected the top trophies in the junior high chess event at Harding Junior High. Fifty seven players from eight schools competed. Linn-Mar won the seventh and eighth grade team titles. Benji Curran led seventh grade, John Kress led eighth grade, and Bob Swanson topped ninth grade.
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Linn-Mar
Harding Junior High
Benji Curran
John Kress
Bob Swanson
Harding
Three Arrested for Possession in Quail Hollow Drug Raid
Metro Narcotics Unit served a search warrant at 1630 Quail Hollow NE apartment 11B and charged Willard E. Moore Jr. and Julie A. Dusterhoff with possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to deliver. Clifford E. Rice charged with possession of cocaine. Substances believed to be cocaine, marijuana, and LSD were seized. Four other people were arrested on various charges including burglary and weapon possession in separate incidents surrounding the same period.
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Quail Hollow NE
Metro Narcotics Unit
Willard E. Moore Jr
Julie A. Dusterhoff
Clifford E. Rice
April births and local weather update
Weather at 11 p.m. shows east wind 14 mph, sun up 5 35, sun down 6 42. Extended forecast calls for clearing Tuesday, fair Wednesday, increasing clouds Thursday with highs in 55 to 70 and 30s to 40s in lows. Birth notices include several families: Slaughter at 4551 Midway Drive NW a son. Sonka Route 2 a daughter. Aller 1108 29th St NE a daughter. Bothwell Route 2 Martelle a daughter. Johnson 3107 Johnson Ave NW a son. Otto 2220 B Ave NE a daughter. Wright 912 Ninth St SE a daughter. plus Altoona Randy Cech son. Cech is Elmer F. Cech’s son of Cedar Rapids Route 1. Also various emergency calls listed with times and locations such as wiring, resuscitation, and a hydrochloric acid tank car leak.
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Howard Slaughter
Midway Drive
Thomas Sonka
Thomas Aller
29Th St
Loren E. Johnson
Johnson Ave
Roger Otto
B Ave
Arthur E. Wright
Ninth St
Altoona
Randy Cech
Mr. Cech
Elmer F. Cech
Cedar Rapids
Triplet lambs born on Ka Rakul breed on family farm
On a northwest of Alburnett farm seven year old twins Rodney and Roxanne Kuehl cradle day old triplet lambs while their father Doug notes the birth is unusual. The sheep are thought to be Ka rakuls from Argentina, spotted by the farm family.
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Rodney
Roxanne Kuehl
Alburnett
Doug Kuehl
Argentina
Neutron bomb debate centers on public opinion and politics
The report notes the United States aims to generate favorable Western Europe opinion for neutron weapon deployment while facing protests. It cites Byrd on European leaders avoiding warheads on their soil due to unpopularity. Brezhnev accuses Washington of using the neutron bomb as a bargaining chip in arms talks.
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United States
Europe
Tass
Washington
Byrd
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
Israel Peace Talks Momentum Cited In Letter
In a letter cited by Shapiro, Vance says no further action toward Israel is recommended to the president given ongoing momentum for peace negotiations and Israel's pledge to withdraw from Lebanon.
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Israel
Shapiro
Vance
Lebanon
Fourteen Laued with Drunk Driving in Linn County
Fourteen people were charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Friday night and Saturday. Names span ages twenty to sixty four and include residents of Marion Central City Hiawatha and Walker with arrests on streets highways and hotel ramps.
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Linn County
Kirk P. Chambers
Windsor Drive
Marion Boulevard
Marion
Michael R. Carson
Alburnett
Main Street
Central City
Larry E. Steele
Wilson Ave
Second Avenue SE
June M. Valvada
Second Ave
Hatta M. Banassou
North Towne Lane
Blairs Ferry Road
Hiawatha
Dennis E. Ireland
Coggan
Quaker Oats Maintains Three Year Contract Approval
Quaker Oats Co. maintenance and craft workers, about 180 employees represented by Machinists Local 831, approved a three year contract effective Saturday. The deal includes uncapped cost of living escalator in years two and three, plus dental and medical care improvements, enhanced retirement plans and vacation schedules. Production workers earlier approved a separate three year pact in February.
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Quaker Oats Co
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