Memorial notices fill Iowa obituaries in cluster
Deaths listed for Lester Merkel 69 Iowa City veteran and family man with multiple survivors including wife Clara and children. Will Hayek 85 longtime attorney. Victor Bryant 83 former bank cashier. Harold Peterson 79 Marion. Eli Birky 83. numerous other local deaths with services and burial details across Iowa communities. Memorial gifts noted for Camp Courageous and Davenport/Trinity funds.
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Lakota
Clara J. Specht
Cedar Rapids
Carpenters Union No
American Legion Post
Klemme
Moose Lodge
Order of Eagles
Rick A
Ashville
Ala
Gary G
Sharilyn J. Forcst
James Glynn
Donald Glynn
Tucson
Ariz
Robert
Austin
Texas
Gilbert
Fruitport
Mich
Joan Hinton
Clare Wiesender
Karen Kleinmeyer
Freda Lass
Mason City
Marie Gahan
Garner
Ann Christians
Camp Courageous
P.O. Box
Monticello
Turner Chapel East
Turner Chapel West
Will J. Hayek
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Marjorie Kurtz
Des Moines
First Iowa Cavalry
France
University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa Cavalry
Inspector General’s Department
113Th Cavalry
Johnson County
State
American Bar Associations
The
Elks, Moose and Eagles Clubs
American Legion
Roy Wingate
Oakland Cemetery
Donohue-Leasing Mortuary
Mercy Hospital Foundation
E. Market St
Victor William Bryant
Johnson Ave
Davenport
Garrison
Esther Martha Radeke
Luzerne
Merchants National Bank
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fellowship Club
Cedar Rapids Traveling Mens Club
Merchants
Davenport Lutheran Home
W. 53Rd
Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
First Ave
Harold O. Peterson
McGowan Blvd
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Murdoch Funeral Home
Eli Birky
Leola Birky
Teahen Funeral Home
Coeds at ISU Eye Playboy Shoot in September
Iowa State University female students discussed appearing in Playboy magazine’s September layout “Girls of the Big Eight Conference.” A preliminary session in an Ames hotel collected questionnaires and Polaroids of clothed upper torsos. Playboy photographer David Chan and his assistant will select the top contenders for final review.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Playboy Magazine
Playboy
David Chan
Chan
British Argentine Talks in Washington on Falklands Crisis
British Foreign Minister Francis Pym arrives in Washington to meet Secretary of State Haig to discuss Falklands stalemate with a possible three way talk including Argentina. European Parliament condemns Argentina's seizure. Costa Mendes to attend OAS meeting. Comodoro Rivadavia residents drill for blackout scenarios as Argentine forces base near the Falklands.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Francis Pym
Alexander Haig
Falkland Islands
Reagan
Argentina
Pym
Falklands
Haig
Hermes
Britain
European Parliament
Strasbourg
France
Nicanor Costa Mendes
Organization of American States
White House
Larry Speakes
Budget talks stall as negotiators end session without deal
Washington sources say Congress and the Reagan administration broke up after over three hours of bargaining with no compromise in sight. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill pressed for specifics, citing deficits of 175 billion, 215 billion and 240 billion in successive years, while Reagan pledged to go the extra mile.
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Thomas O’neill
Massachusetts
White House
O'Neill
O’neill
Reagan
Van Allen Questions Shuttle Costs and Policy
In a 1980s seminar, Van Allen warned that U.S. space dollars are shrinking with support wavering. He argued shuttle economics are weak versus conventional boosters and urged a dual effort in space research. He noted Europe and others are advancing while U.S. leadership declines.
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Shawhan
U.S
van Allen
Congress
U of I
America
Delta
United States
European Space Agency
Soviet Union
France
Germany
Japan
Iowa
Cooper Evans
Federal
Office of Technology Assessment
Births and incidents listed in April vital statistics and alerts
April births include a son for Mary Kahle and Ted Pruden in Marengo and daughters for Marjorie Geers in Marion Suzanne Overman Jones Dalton Locke in various locations plus a Omaha birth to Lurae and Joseph McCloskey. Fire, medical emergencies, and an alarm malfunction are recorded across multiple addresses with times from Tuesday to Wednesday.
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Mary
James Kahle
Marengo
Ted Pruden
Hopp Lane
Suzanne
James Overman
13Th Ave
Catherine
Joseph Jones
Simpson St. SW
Connie
Greg Dalton
Golden Court NE
Belinda Kay
David Locke
Vasey Ave
Marion
Omaha, Neb
Lurae
Joseph McCloskey
Ernest Fear
27Th St
16Th St
Grande Ave
L1th St. NW
H Ave. NW
12Th Ave
Third Ave
Park Ave
Non-resident workers face Iowa tax hike measure
Iowa Senate committee advances a plan to tax non residents and part time Iowa workers on income earned outside the state. The bill seeks an extra 8.5 million dollars in 1983, affecting about 45,000 taxpayers with an average rise of 190 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette details and subscription rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 and subscription prices including carrier 1.65 per week morning editions and Sunday 7 issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks. Foreign rates 123.00 52 weeks. The Associated Press license and USPS info noted.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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Lester D. Merkel
29Th St. NW
Veterans Hospital
St. George Antiochian Building Fund
10Th St
Stewart Funeral Home
Zitt
William M
Lee Roy Collins
St. Mark’s United
Ill
Bowman
Bessie Belle
George W. Carlson
First Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Kingston Hill
12Th St
Mervil A. Powlishta
Oxford Junction
Grace Paterson
WMT
Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Vernon
Edward
Foristell, Mo
Iowa Diabetes Association
North Park Place
Charlotte M. Holubar
H Ave
Rapid City
S.D
Harold Holubar
Robert H. Northrup
Rockport
Ind
Betty Joyner
Catherine Murphy
Downey
Calif
Jess L. Mershon
23Rd St
Green Bay
Wis
Olin
Dorothy Husak
Lois Taylor
Vigortone Products
Cecil
Delmar
Richard L. Thompson
Olin Cemetery
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Fred House
West Union
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Fayette County
Eldorado
Mabel Book
Mildred
Donald Moe
Cedar Falls
Ralph
Dubuque
Anamosa
Hazel Anderson
Goettsch’s
Oak Shade
Cascade
Matt V. Manternach
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Devaney-Reiff’s
Colesburg
Lillian Fern Houlthaus
Colesburg United Methodist Church
Appleton-Vernon’s
Edgewood
Zion Cemetery
Decorah
Beatrice M. Tufte
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie’s
Lutheran Cemetery
Dorchester
Cletus
Phyllis) Schulte
Hanson
Aaron William Nolan
John
Vicky Rogers Nolan
George L. Gay
Bethany Baptist Church
Manchester
Mildred Harwick
United Methodist Church
Bohnenkamp-Vernon’s
Masonville
Donald F. Ruddlesdin
Casa Grande
Reynold’s Funeral
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Vinton
James E. Anderson
Wesley United Methodist Church
Phillips
Evergreen Cemetery
American Cancer Society
ISU
Islands
London
Costa Mendes
Reagan Administration
Comodoro Rivadavia
South Atlantic
St. Luke’s
Marjorie
Gerald Geers
Ridge Drive
Braska
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
Dial
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