Longtime Independence Fire Chief Paul Spener Dies at 78
Paul A. Spener, 78, of Independence, longtime fire department chief for 39 years, served on the city council and school board, co founded the Buchanan County Fireman's Association, and was active in several fire organizations. He died Friday at People's Hospital Extended Care Unit. Services Tuesday at White's Chapel. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Survived by a son, two daughters, 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren. Neighboring notices list other local deaths and funeral details.
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Paul A. Spener
Independence
People’s Hospital
Independence Fire Department
Effie Fox
Manchester
Buchanan County Fireman's Association
International Fire Chiefs Association
Iowa Fireman’s Association
Iowa State University
Federal Savings and Loan In
Chamber of Commerce
Carl A. Eden
Springville
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Anamosa
Helen Skeels
Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul Lutheran Church
George Wood
Richard
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Mary Hilligardt
Ida Ray
Wayne Zion Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Four Die In Iowa Highway Crashes This Weekend
Multiple Iowa accidents claim four lives over the weekend. A 23 year old Kevin Keough died at the scene near Wheatland after a single vehicle crash. Scott Newton 20 and passenger Susan Holt 19 injured in Waterloo motorcycle collision with a stalled car. Irene Sinn 54 of Williamsburg died when her car overturned on a gravel road near Williamsburg. Steven Brandt 11 died when a tractor overturned west of Mount Auburn.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Street
Scott Newton
Newton
Susan Holt
Holt
Scholtz Hospital
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Highway Patrol
Irene Sinn
LaPorte
Mount Auburn
Steven W. Brandt
Benton County Sheriff's Department
LaPorte City
St. Francis Hospital
Joseph Brandt
la Porte City
Vital Birth Announcements From Center Point and Nearby Areas
July 30 to Janell Ackerman Center Point a son. July 31 Marsha Novak Atkins a daughter and Susan Flaherty 248 21st St SW a son. July 31 Sherry Aschbrenner Monticello a daughter Lila Reed Center Point a daughter Janice Myers 1417 M St SW a daughter Mary Ellen Warhbasse 300 Tomahawk Trail SE a daughter Lois Birdnow Hazleton a son Shari Stephenson Vinton a son Shirley Giblin Central City a son Cynthia Roalf Ryan a son Joyce Locke Mount Vernon a daughter. Out of Town Births At Des Moines To Maureen Fry and Wayne Fry Urbandale a son July 30 Grandparents Mr and Mrs Bill Fry 4609 Jonathan Lane NW.
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Janell
Terry Ackerman
Center Point
Marsha
David Novak
Atkins
Susan
Thomas Flaherty
21St St. SW
Sherry
David Aschbrenner
Monticello
Lila
David Reed
Janice
Gary Myers
Mary Ellen
Steven Warhbasse
Tomahawk Trail
Lois
Brad Birdnow
Hazleton
Shari Stephenson
Vinton
Shirley
Dennis Giblin
Central City
Cynthia
Edward Roalf
Ryan
Des Moines
Maureen
Wayne Fry
Urbandale
Bill Fry
Jonathan Lane
Fire calls and incidents from Friday night to Saturday afternoon
The log lists multiple emergency events including a fire call at 11:20 p m investigative status at 1544 16th Ave SE a mistaken alarm at 350 First Ave NE an overheated conveyor at 717 16th St NE a gas flush at F Ave and Eighth St NW a medical emergency at 302 H Ave NW and a torch to siding at 1945 C Ave NE with times from Friday night through Saturday afternoon.
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16Th Ave
First Ave
16Th St
F Avenue
Eighth Street
H Ave
C Ave. NE
Troopers to Monitor IBP Strike in Dakota City
Nebraska State Patrol will monitor IBP plant activity in Dakota City as 2450 UFCW Local 222 workers strike over wages and benefits. National Guard units and troopers will stay at the scene to deter violence after arrests total 55 on picketing and assault charges.
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Dakota City
Neb
Nebraska State Patrol
Iowa
Patrol
Gene Morrissey
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Morrissey
National Guard
IBP
Anamosa Man Wins Union Election Presidency
Don McKee of Anamosa won the presidency of council 161 of the AFSCME union on Saturday. He defeated Tom Fortner in a vote that represents more than 24,000 public employees statewide. McKee is a senior correctional officer at the Anamosa Men's Reformatory.
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West Des Moines
UPI
Don McKee
Anamosa
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
McKee
Anamosa Men’s Reformatory
Tom Fortner
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Information and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dates from 1883 and publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions by carrier are 1.65 per week and by mail 7 issues 8.00 weekly rates listed with territorial restrictions. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Schleswig Wins Best Band Title In Iowa Parade
Harvey Schwarz of Davenport salutes a color guard as thirteen high school bands compete in the American Legion Parade on Third Avenue. Schleswig stands as overall best band winning $4,000 for a Chicago trip, with Western Dubuque Cascade Lynnville Sully Schleswig taking division titles in A B C classes. Color guard and float winners to be announced today.
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Harvey Schwarz
Davenport
Third Avenue
American Legion
Shriner
Schleswig
Chicago
Western
EPA to tighten lead in gasoline rules expected soon
The EPA plans to phase down lead in gasoline by 31 percent from 1983 to 1990, setting a 1.1 gram per gallon limit and ending averaging of leaded and unleaded fuels. Small refineries could add up to 2.5 grams per gallon but with a lower qualifying cutoff, while opposition to weaker standards prompted the reversal.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Anne Gorsuch
Kathleen Bennett
Ellen Silvergeld
Environmental Defense Fund
One-car crash injures passenger north of Rossville
An Alla makee Sheriff's Department spokeswoman reports a Saturday morning one vehicle accident three miles north of Rossville on a county gravel road. Passenger Patrick McGeough sustained arm and head injuries and was taken to Waukon Hospital. Driver Richard Jones, 23, of Waukon, allegedly lost control on the corner, causing the vehicle to crash through guardrails and fall about 20 feet into a creek.
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Rossville
Harpers Ferry
Patrick McGeough
Waukon Hospital
Allamakee
Pilot Fran Gary Powers Dies In Los Angeles Helicopter Crash
On this date in 1977, U-2 pilot Gary Powers, famous for being shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, was killed when his weather helicopter crashed in Los Angeles.
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Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
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el Paso
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Diane Moore
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Houston
James
Ben
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Betty Fowler
Rita Stanek
Harding, Orr and McDaniels
Eleanore Ann Adamson
Stanley
First Baptist Church
Marion
Lyle Lee
Oak Shade
Murdoch Funeral Home
Rayman
Emil John
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Claude Jones
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
VFW
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
Robert Russell Smith
Jackie L
Trudy Rhoads Smith
West Ninth Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke's
Kempton Smith
Marshalltown
William Rankin
Lakeland
Fla
Russell Rhoads
Stanwood
Robert Smith
Eldora
Howard Coppess
Ruth Rhoads
Cedar Memorial Park
Lowell Knauss
First United Presbyterian Church
Hubert
Ruth) Metcalf
St. Louis
Riverside Cemetery
Dysart
Stephen Brandt
Geneseo United Methodist Church
Church
Overton’s
John Klaren
Trinity United Methodist Church
Waterloo Memorial Park
Brant-Kerns
Clarence F. Gudenhauf
Route 3
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Shelly’s
Oelwein
Fern Schneider
Zion American Lutheran Church
Woodlawn
Hintz
Olin
Sophia D. Gilmore
Olin Methodist Church
Olin Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Edith Kramer
United Methodist Church
Roberson’s
Irene Linn
Pilot Grove
Uhlmann’s
Denver
Wheatland
Bremer County
Kevin James Keough
Keough
St. Luke’s
Anamosa Man
People Stories Daily
Peck’s
F.I.D. Mlertet
Blairs Ferry
Edgeweed Rd
Fou Ae
Chris Young
John E. Lapes
Averiue
S.E
Ellis Boulevard
Center Pt. Rd
Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue N.E
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