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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1978

Page

3

Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Memoriam Notices

Obituaries list Madge E. Fisher 88 of 1224 13th St NW Cedar Rapids with ties to Mount Vernon Iowa Falls and Cedar Memorial. Services Tuesday 3:30 PM Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. burial Cedar Memorial Park. Also listed are Jean Smith 60, Homer D. Sheeley 78, James J. Vanda 91, John Robertson 85, Bruno Otto Beckman 77, Eliot Heinze 26 and others with funeral details and burial sites across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.

Madge E. Fisher 13Th St Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Meth-Wick Manor Iowa Falls Charles M. Fisher Carroll Iowa State University St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Mayflower Dar Jean Smith Leonard Smith B Ave Marengo Mr. Smith St. Patrick’s Catholic Church St. Christopher's Circle Isabella Patrick Smith Michael Smith Ely Norene Hinkel Marguerite Butts Victor Luella Fant Williamsburg St. Patrick’s Church Martin T. Laughlin St. Joseph’s Stark Settlement Father Laughlin St. Catherine’s Circle Daughters of Teahen Funeral Home F Ave Robert Lisa Frett Apt St. SW St. Luke's Hospital Raymond Frett Edward Naughton George Peterson August Frett Clinton John Naughton St. Joseph's Cemetery Teahen Charlotte H. Faaborg Ave George E. Faaborg Anamosa First Christian Church Social Order of Beauceant Daughters of the Nile el Kahir Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Vinton Lena W. Potter Campbell-Russell Visitation Funeral Oak Hill Cemetery Nashua Earlville Minnie Goldsmith St. Joseph's Catholic Church Clifton’s Cloyd Cecil Fuller United Methodist Church Millersburg Best S. Elberon Margaret Hilton Fellmer's Keystone Edgewood Bert McClure Appleton-Vernon S. Tipton Robert E. Marks St. Paul's Lutheran Church Bennett Inland Cemetery Sheets and Son Tipton Iowa City Lawrence E. Mansfield Donohue’s. Shellsburg Homer D. Sheeley Presbyterian Church Phillips, Vinton Monticello John J. Pieray Sacred Heart Church Devaney-Reiff's James J. Vanda Second St Mercy Hospital Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion Charlotte Byers John Wilder Edward Haskins Kenneth Byers Brush Chapel William Harnish Linwood Cemetery John Robertson Geneva Towers Railway Express Olivet Presbyterian Church Crescent Lodge No York Rite el Kahir Shrine David M Sun City Ariz Turner Chapel West Nadim Saikaly Bruno Otto Beckman Cornell College Mount Vernon High School Insterberg Germany Purdue University Middlebury College Middlebury Beckman Ella Winckler Harrold S.D Robert Beckman Helen Hardle Portland Ore St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Martin R. Stahl Morgan Funeral Home Eliot Heinze Lutheran Church Dorothea Heinze Arthur Maas Turner Chapel East Roland Johnson Cedar Memorial Cemetery Eula Mae McDowell Emden Hannibal, Mo Truman L. McDowell Donald Community Baptist Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Karban Esther J Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home George B. McDill Hus Memorial United Presbyterian Church Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home Skinner Bertha Tapper Calvin DeVries First Presbyterian Church Theodore C. Lilley Coe College Department of Music

Residents protest First Avenue rezoning plan in city petitions

About 650 signatures oppose the proposed rezoning of blocks along First and A avenues NE to RT. If approved, eight houses housing 19 families would be removed. The move aims to lease a 15 000 square foot building to Job Service of Iowa for a 10 year term valued around 118 000 annually.

First Avenues Job Service of Iowa Morris Humke Corp Dubuque Job Service First Avenue Eighth Ave

Pope Paul VI dies as world mourns loss and rites begin

The Vatican confirms Pope Paul VI dies after a heart attack and prayer with aides. Cardinal Jean Villot takes temporary control as crowds flood St. Peter's to see the pontiff. World leaders and church figures laud his efforts toward unity and reform amid three days of mourning.

Vatican Jean Villot Chiara Montini Francesco Sen Ludovico Montini Italy Papal Chamber St. Peter's Rome Paul College of Cardinals Carter Pope Paul Billy Graham Canterbury Donald Coggan Iakavos North South America Church of Rome Terence Cooke New York John Sullivan Kansas City-St. Joseph Missouri

Nine charged in Linn County for drunk driving

Nine people were arrested on drunk driving and related charges in Linn County over the weekend. Individuals include Chet Abernathey of Vinton, Carl Rambo of Vinton, Carles Long of Swisher, John Armbruster, Brian Weber, Don Dobbins, Brenda Jandik, William Grafton, and Robert Raue, with multiple accompanying offenses and one nonfatal collision involving Susan Cox.

Linn County Chet Duane Abernathey Vinton Sixth Street 33Rd Avenue Carl Allen Rambo First Street Vinton Street Palo Carles Fay Long Swisher 15Th Avenue C Street John Francis Armbruster 17Th St. SE Fifth Avenue 15Th Street SE Brian Thomas Weber Seminole Ave First Avenue East Don Michael Dobbins E Ave Seventh Avenue Marion Dobbins Third Street Susan Cox Waterbrook Lane Cox St. Luke’s Hospital Brenda Jo Jandik Fairfax 20Th Avenue William Richard Grafton 34Th St Second Street Robert LeRoy Raue First St

Linn jail weighing contract with Iowa City dietitian

The Linn County sheriff’s office negotiates with an Iowa City dietitian for meal planning and bid specifications at the county jail. Jailer Dennis Blome expects a contract to be signed this week and aims to cut costs by using cheaper bids. The nutritionist, holding a doctorate, would set menus and bid specs if hired.

Linn County Blome Orlie Workman

Prairie Junior High registers new and returning students

City briefs note registration windows for Prairie Junior High students this week. New students register 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. August 16 17. Returning students register 7 30 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. August 16 17. Other ads list jewelry buyers studio apartments floral arrangements and a beauty shop move with contact numbers.

Prairie Junior High

Trial opens in Cedar Rapids over chemical fumes injury

Dale Borcherding, 47, of Rockwell sues Varco Chemical Co in U S District Court Cedar Rapids claiming serious health harm from inhaling fumes from a Varco product during August 1973 while employed by Iowa Beef Processors Inc. Damages of 1 750 000 sought.

U.S. District Court Cedar Rapids Cerro Gordo County Illinois Dale Borcherding Rockwell Varco Chemical Co Borcherding Iowa Beef Processors Inc

Insurance costs and disclosure rules under review

The text notes concerns over life insurance sales practices and regulator policing of rate disclosures. It recalls Hart hearings from 1973 74 showing up to 300 percent cost variation in similar policies and cites the NAICs model disclosure as deemed inadequate by the FTC. A NAIC representative is set to testify next week.

Hart National Association of Insurance Commissioners FTC Association

Nixon admiring teen wins meeting with Nixon 1971

Wayman, a Nixon admirer since age 13, saves for years after high school to meet Richard Nixon. He writes to Nixon and aides, secured help from Gov. Jim Thompson and senators, and on August 1 meets Nixon in a pivotal moment of his life. On this date Apollo 15 returned to Earth after splashdown in the Pacific following parachute failure.

Nixon Wayman Col Jack Brennan Illinois Jim Thompson Charles Percy U.S Pacific

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Ann Schrader Gazette City Hall the City Planning Commission Lois Keller Doris E. Larson Garden Drive Larson Polk School B Avenue 14Th Street John XXIII Sandro Pertini Castel Gandolfo Pope Lake Albano St. Peter's Square Great Basilica The Sacred College of Cardinals Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri Cardinal Jean Villot Linn Liebke Avenue Floral Pierson’s Florists Adv Madeline Mt. Vernon Rd John B. Turner & Son Turner's East Boo Second Ave Turner's West First Ave John E. Lopes 3Rd Avenue S.E Senator Percy Brennan Gazette Company Third Ave. SE Amerncan Associated Press
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