Weekend weather and local notices from Cedar Rapids area
Extended forecast mostly fair with a chance of rain Monday highs in the 50s lows in the 30s. 2 p.m. winds from the north at 14 mph. Local fires, incidents and a long list of deaths and funeral notices across Iowa City Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with names, ages and funeral details.
Juror Confidence Grows in Wedelstedt Arson Verdict
The Linn County arson trial of Edward J. Wedelstedt moved toward a possible verdict as the 12 jurors told Judge Harold Vietor they could reach a decision with further deliberation. Foreman Leroy Kuffer indicated a brief hesitation before the panel expressed optimism after more discussion. The case centers on alleged arson at the Salty Dog tavern on West Post Road SW last Oct 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Wedelstedt
Linn
Harold Vietor
Leroy Kupfer
Vernon
Wedelstedt
Salty Dog
West Post Road
Grace Files Dies Former Women's Editor
Grace Files died unexpectedly Wednesday at University Hospitals. She was widow of Dr Edward Files and formerly the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s women's editor. Services are pending at Beckman-Butherus funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Grace G. Files
Edward Files
University Hospitals
Kirkwood Ag Center Futures Proposal Referred Back
Kirkwood Community College agricultural production center faced a referral back to staff for study on selling futures. Russ Wiley of Lamson Brothers proposed hedging to guard against grain and cattle price swings while legal opinion was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College Agricultural Production Center
Russ Wiley
Lamson Brothers
Kirkwood
Wayne Newton
Luzerne
State Boards Holds Hearing On C R Workers
DES MOINES Iowa Public Employee Review Board heard testimony from Cedar Rapids city officials and AFSCME and Teamsters representatives to determine bargaining unit make up for city workers. Examiner Mario Bagnano said the panel would decide which employees across departments are eligible to be represented and that police would be excluded from AFSCME but included by Teamsters. The hearing continued into Friday afternoon and a decision date was not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Bagnano
Scotts refuse FBI questions amid grand jury questions
Wal ton denounced U S government while Scott said no talk with the FBI now or later. If subpoena issued they will appear but not answer questions. FBI agent Bates noted lack of authority without warrants. U S Attorney Browning said subpoena chances depend on two grand juries in two states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
FBI
Charles Bates
Scotts
U. S
James Browning
Pennsylvania
Saigon Battle Reports Say City Cleared amid conflicting claims
Northern assault near Saigon faced heavy resistance with claims of 300 enemy dead and a fifth tank destroyed, while other sources warned of ongoing heavy attacks around the city core. Betty Tisdale announced 219 more Vietnamese orphans would be airlifted to the United States, and Cambodia prepared to move its first group of 52 orphans to U.S. shores as the conflict spread to Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Tisdale
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Thailand
Thung Chang
Nan Province
Laos
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Cambodia
Cedar Rapids Obituaries Chronicle of local deaths and services
Cedar Rapids notes multiple obituary notices including Eda Swenson Peterson 84 of 2030 First Avenue NE with service at St. Mark's Lutheran and burial Cedar Memorial. Winifred Zeithammel 89 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Miami with service at Turner Chapel East. Otto F. Wullner 69 buried at Linwood. Carrie Anne Coleman infant burial at Cedar Memorial. Lanorah E. Lanning 73 Marion and Cedar Rapids links. Henry C. Rathje 69 Cedar Rapids with Zion Lutheran service. Roy Weighels 74 Cedar Rapids meat cutter memorial at Antioch cemetery Anamosa. John E. Veronda 37 Cedar Rapids service at St Jude's. Claude Raymond Lacy 90 Cedar Rapids funeral at Turner Chapel East. additional small notices and historical item from 20 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eda Swenson Peterson
First Avenue NE
Ben H. Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Brandon
S.D
Peterson
Bever Valley
Martin Burkman
Garretson
Daisy Larsen
Sioux Falls
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
David F. Larson
Joseph McCabe
Cedar Memorial
Turner's East
Winifred Bane Zeithammel
Edward Zeithammel
Miami
Fla
Johnson County
Mary E. Zeithammel
Turner Chapel East
Turner’s East
Otto F. Wullner
Seventh Avenue
Germany
Mary
Lorraine Wickham Zacek
First Lutheran Church
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Donald Wallner
James Jacobson
Merle Wright
Gene
Eldon Zacek
Anton Zacek
Solon
Donald Heggedahl
Hayfield
Minn
Clarice Voshell
Des Moines
Carl Berhenke
Linwood
Turner Chapel West
Carrie Anne Coleman
Stanley E. Coleman
C Avenue NE
Eric
Calvin F Bemiss
West Union
Earl R. Coleman
Toddville
Sam Farrington
Monticello
John Cline
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Lanorah E. Lanning
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Center Point
Erwin L. Lanning
Iowa City
Lanning
Younkers Department Store
First United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women
American Legion Auxiliary
Ray Jiruska
D.H. Hagerbaumer
Brussels
Belgium
Irvan Oliphant
James Oliphant
Olive Hepker
Glen Lamb
Lafayette Cemetery
Murdoch
First United Methodist Church Building Fund
Henry C. Rathje
Henry Carl Rathje
Keith Drive
Atkins
Emma Gertrude Haerther
Zion Lutheran Church of Hiawatha
Jack Merritt
Henry Charles
Robins
Glen Edward
Newhall
Lee Arthur
John C
Marvin J
la Mesa
Calif
Zion Luthern Church
Hiawatha
Larry Brelje
Turner's West
Zion Lutheran Church
Roy Weighels
Broadway Drive
Anamosa
Flossie Allen
Vinton
Weighels
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
E.L. Braumann
Roland Brown
Gerald Weers
Scotch Grove
Larry Ortgies
Alvin Byerly
Arnold Herbst
Antioch Cemetery
Baxter Chapel
John E. Veronda
Atwood Drive
Rock Island
Ill
Yvonne Conger
Omaha
Veranda
Collins Radio Co
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Air Force
Toni
John W
Travis
John J. Veronda
Don Sharp
Milan
Edward Sutterman
Joseph Veronda
John M. Gregory
Father Gregory
Claude Raymond Lacy
Fifth Avenue SE
Boone County
Hazel Ford
Hale Charged With Assault After Street Stabbing
Ronald Richard Hale aged 18 of 703 Seventh street SW was charged with assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm after a stabbing of James Edward Krejci 24 in the 800 block of Third avenue SW. Krejci was stabbed above the left knee during a struggle over a disputed $800 and admitted to Mercy hospital before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Richard Hale
Seventh Street
Hale
James Edward Krejci
Avenue NE
Krejci
Third Avenue
Mercy Hospital
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Daily Record
C.R. Weather
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Lansing
C Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
C.R
Coralville Lake
Cheryl Decker
Michael Shaw
Dennis Hrabak
Hamilton Street
St. Luke's
Douglas Butler
Sharon Jane
David E. Tigan
Cris H. Sell
Regent Street
Ronnie Cassady
Lee C. Lewis
Gateway Street
Charles Smith
Thirtieth Street Drive
Lir Whitmore
Ronald W. Schope
Coralville
Schope
Charles R. Parazil
J Street
Russell A. Schope
Fifteenth Avenue
Second Street
Oakland Road
Miami Drive
Magistrate's Court
Jimmy van Deusen
Peace Avenue NW
Richard Daly
Colorado Drive
Michael Steffes
Pepperwood Hill
Diane
Wegmuller
Blairs Ferry Road
Eugene Williams
Clover Drive
Deborah Beller
Cedar Falls
Darrell French
Cedar Terrace
Robert Buntz
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Jonas Harnish
E Avenue
Brent Abele
Dennis Miller
White Pine Drive
Don Tallon
Barbara Pfeiffer
Thirty-second Street
Sandra Tillman
Twelfth Street
Patrick Hennesey
Brentwood Drive
Roger Davis
George Sheriff
Kesler Road
Paul Bazyn
Brooklyn
Gayle Hewertz
O Avenue
Dennis Starke
London
John Nost
Twenty-seventh Street
Rick Cowman
Sixth Street
Angelette Schneider
Anthony Martin
Ottumwa
William Bright
Fourth _ street
Charles Stuelke
Parkview Drive
Ralph Kinkead
Whittier
Jerry Larson
Fifth Street
Orville Okken
First Avenue
David Turner
Ninth Avenue
James Levy
Tenth Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Jerry Kennett
Randy Boots
Louisa Street
Rose Williams
Tenth Street
Andrew Meyers
Stanwood
Dorothy Knoke
Thomas Digney
Brockman Avenue
Michael Crandall
Thomas Giblin
Marjorie Brinkman
Twenty-first Street
George Ensminger
Mt. Pleasant
Gregory Baird
Harold Drive
Judith Garwood
Sherbrook Drive
Benjamin Orr
Park Towne
Lowell Neer
B Avenue
Burrell Rupe, Jr
Magnus Hotel
James Steffen
Waveland Drive
William Geary
Marengo
Tony Trusty
Mallory Street
Robert Fowler
F Avenue
Kevin Licht
James Edwards
Ozark Street
Douglas Gipson
Marilyn Drive
Douglas Embretson
Inwood Lane
Joan Stoneking
Eighth Avenue SE
Danielsendahl
Prairieburg
Chris Mayfield
Twentieth Avenue
Daniel Rosendahl
Beckman-Butherus
Norway
Gertrude Plotz
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael's School
Brosh
Chapman’s
Clarence
James Oe Eiler
Tipton
Mountain View Memorial Park
Boulder
Colo
Sheets and Son’s
Manchester
Raymond (Marie) Kauffman
Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Bohnenkamp
Monona
William S. Seglar
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Schultz
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Third Avenue S.E
Grace Files
Women's
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John Blong
Iowa Hall
Blong
Data General Corp
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board of
Grant Wood Agency
Hearst
Walton
Florist
Cis Shop
China
Long Khanh
Mrs
Ben Peterson
Coleman Infant
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Blairsville
Claude R. Lacy
Phelps
Hugh V
Joseph Schneider
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Fairfax
Pierson
10Th Ave
Ewe
Town and Country
Wilbert
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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