Death notices from Cedar Rapids area list multiple passings
A batch of obituaries from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns reports deaths of Lester L Harford 65 of Marion Dorothy P Johnston 68 of Cedar Rapids Emil Ole Olson 55 Blanche Tajzler 74 George H Hammer Stauffer 78 Mabel LaVelle Blair 74 Ruth Rebecca Rugan Dose 83 and several graveside services. The notices name birthplaces spouses survivors and service details with church burial info and visitation times. Additional memorials and funeral home references appear for many entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy P. Johnston
Leisure Boulevard
Karl S. Johnston
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Johnston
Jessup
Karl D. Johnston
Springville
Kenneth L. Johnston
Marion
Robert A. Johnston
Belle Scott
C.O. Morris
Walker
Guy Fossett
Joseph Vondra
Pauline Carstens
Dubuque
Lester
Glenn Scott
Emil
Ole’’ Olson
Twenty-fourth Street
Doris Smittkamp
Nashua
Iowa Pipe and Supply Co
Olson
Hanford Post 5
American Legion
Teamsters Union
Trinity United Methodist Church
Trinity Church Men’s Club
Patrice Terry
Glenwood
Lisa
Lorri
Stacey
Thomas
Michael
Esther Price
Marjorie Burkhart
Wickenburg
Ariz
John
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Wilson Hyde
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Blanche T. Tajzler
Arthur Ferguson
Edward
Brush Funeral Home
Charles R. Mehaffey
Oak Hill Cemetery
George H
Hammer"’ Stauffer
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Center Point
Mary Wachal Stauffer
Stauffer
Navy
United Methodist Church
Dye-Benion American Legion
Machinists Union
Barbara Durow
Murdoch Chapel
Sheridan
Charlotte Mallet
Dye-Benion Post
Mabel LaVelle Blair
Fifth Avenue
Kirksville
Roy
Beulah Cary Foster
Noble Grand
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand Assn
Grant
Sharon) Frazier
Robert Blair
Glen W. Lamb
First United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Ruth Rebecca Rugan Dose
Edward F. Dose
Geneva Towers
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Norman Bales
Central Church of Christ
Teahen
Eleven Arrested For Drunk Driving In Linn County
Eleven people were charged with drunk driving in Linn County over Friday night and Saturday morning. The arrests include Gregory R. Karasek 37 of Kilborn Lane NE and Kenneth A. Richmond 30 of Stratford Lane SW among others with incidents across First Avenue SE F Avenue NW Blairs Ferry Road and surrounding areas. Authorities report multiple vehicles involved in collisions and roadside stops in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Center Point and Marion areas.
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Linn County
Gregory R. Karasek
Lane NE
First Avenue SE
Kenneth A. Richmond
Stratford Lane
First Avenue
David J. Woolstrchill
F Avenue NW
F Avenue
Robert W. Baird
Ellis Boulevard
Second Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Hiawatha
James M. Martin
Richmond Road
Willman Street
Charles R. Rinderknecht
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Dale E. Enos
Toddville
Center Point Road
Collins Road
Donald D. Rhodes
Center Point
David C. Burdick
Ninth Avenue
Marion
Philip D. Krumm
Robert A. Cole
C Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Forty-second Street
Gordon Avenue
Eleventh Street
Tenth Street
Bomb Explodes Damaging Shed at Metro Schools Truck Garden
A homemade bomb ripped a wall and roof from a small maintenance shed in the 4200 block of Trailridge Road SE Friday night. Police said officers were called around 9:30 p.m. after a neighbor reported an explosion at the shed serving a Metro Schools truck garden.
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Trailridge Road
Metro Schools
Three $400+ Items Stolen In Cedar Rapids Incidents
Cedar Rapids police received three reports of theft valued over $400. Patricia Mosbarger noted $180 worth of clothing taken from her yard clothesline, John Fields reported a $160 lawn mower missing from his yard, and Corrin Binger reported $70 cash stolen from a cupboard in her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Mosbarger
First Avenue SE
John Fields
Bel Air Drive
Corrin Binger
L Avenue NE
Smallest Mammal, the Etruscan Shrew, Noted
The Etruscan Shrew, measuring just three inches, is identified as the smallest adult mammal in nature.
Bell Won’t Prosecute FBI Agent In New York Case
Attorney General Griffin Bell will not seek an indictment against John Morley former head of the FBI New York security division believed linked to illegal wiretapping and mail opening Morley supervised the agent charged in the case Morley and fellow official John Kearney are retired and story notes speculation about broader investigations into high ranking FBI officials
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Washington
UPI
Griffin Bell
New York
FBI
John Morley
Bell
Justice Department
Morley
John Kearney
Kearney
Squad 47
Drive Safely Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883 by The Gazette Co., publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options. no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Ten hours of Son of Sam tapes put up for 600000 dollars
Literary agent Scott Meredith says ten hours of Berkowitz interviews are for sale at 600000 dollars. The material reportedly covers his sex life childhood family life and reaction to the shootings and arrest. Proceeds would go to victims or their estates under New York law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Point
N.Y
David Berkowitz
Sam
Scott Meredith
Meredith
Berkowitz
Kings County Hospital
New York
Local Weather and Birth Announcements from Marble Rock Area
The report notes calm wind at 10 p.m. and a 62 degree sunrise forecast for Monday with showers possible Tuesday and Wednesday in the southeast. It lists numerous birth announcements including daughters for Prult Tipton Behrle Olson and several more in Stanwood Marion Central City Manchester and Marble Rock with accompanying dates and addresses.
Voyager 2 mission details and Sounds of Earth record
The article explains Voyager 2’s distant planetary flyby plan with Jupiter in 1979 and future targets Uranus and Neptune. It notes Voyager 1’s faster pace and the possible 25 000 photos from Voyager cameras. Carl Sagan urged including a Sounds of Earth record with messages from Carter and various audio bits.
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Earth
Voyager 2
Jupiter
Voyager 1
Voyager
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Solar System
Space Agency
Carl Sagan
U of Iowa Says Voyager Equipment Works Beautifully
Iowa City officials report Voyager spacecraft equipment from the University of Iowa is functioning well as plasma wave detectors collect space data. Richard West notes initial readings show good results and Cape Canaveral teams will send an 8 to 10 hour tape for analysis as Dr. Donald Garnett returns to assist.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Voyager
Richard West
Department of Physics
West
Cape Canaveral
Donald Garnett
Moothart Family Wins State Fair Grand Champion Steer
Doug Moothart of Jefferson County earns state fair grand champion with a 1,200 pound Maine Anjou Angus crossbred. Joliet Livestock Center buys the steer for auction profits to beef promotion. Gov. Ray presents the banner as judge Gary Minish lauds the win amid a full pavilion.
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Jacque
Doug
Gary Moothart
Joliet
Moothart
Iowa
Robert Ray
Gazette Area Fair Winners Highlight Producers and Animals
Three Gazette area exhibitors claimed championships at the state fair livestock judging in Des Moines. Brad Olson of Atkins showed the reserve champion production barrow, a 230 pound Yorkshire-Duroc crossbred gaining 1.82 pounds daily. Krug Brothers of Atkins exhibited the reserve champion Iowa bull Advancer in the polled Hereford show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Brad Olson
Atkins
Krug Brothers
Iowa
Mideast Talks See PLO Attendance Debate at Geneva
U S and Soviet co chairs face a veto risk as Israel demands excluding the PLO from a Palestinian delegation. Vance proposes four approaches to handling the PLO with Jordan or a unified Arab group. Arab leaders push for full PLO invitation.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Syria
United States
Soviet Union
PLO
Vance
Geneva
Eight Charges After Chase In Linn County
A 23-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Steven Dutch er, remained in Linn county jail on a 1550 dollar bond after a hit and run and a pursuit that led to eight charges including drunken driving speeding and evading police. A 19-year-old, Randy Decious, faced four larceny counts linked to auto parts. a 15-year-old Cedar Rapids boy was charged with the same crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Steven Charles Dutcher
Twenty-seventh Street
Paul Brauer
Seventeenth Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Randy Lynn Decious
Zimmerman Ford Co
First Avenue
Carolyn Pollard
Fort Madison
Mike Cain
Grovecourt
Conrad Johnson
Decious
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Lester L
Mick’’ Harford
Twenty-sixth Street
Ruth Oliver
Anamosa
Harford
Iowa Lumber Dealers
Kenneth
Joe
Sandra) LaBudda
Apple Valley
Calif
Donald
Hazel Lint
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Tama
Dolores (Duncan) LaDoucier
McIntosh
Mesquakie
Mason-Hand
Bricie Gray
Oak Hill
Mason-Hand’s
Toledo
Adolph
Violet) Benda
Keswick
Clarence L. Wilhite
Powell’s
Sorden
Monticello
Henry B. Boner
Goettsch’s
William (Bess) Hellberg
Congregational Church
Funeral Home
Tipton
Helen Tisinger
South Bethel Cemetery
Dye’s
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
James Prult
Hinkley Avenue
Johnnie Behrle
Michael Olson
Thirtyfirst Street
St. Luke's
Jarold Hughes
Stanwood
James L. Newman
Vernon
Gary J. Humble
Central City
Jeff J. Naber
Manchester
Ralph M. Leapheart
Thirty-second Street
Robert L. Sackett
Twenty-first Avenue
Marble Rock
Marvin McBurney
C.R
General News
Sun
Cordings
Carter
U of Equipment
Iowa State Fair
Chris Maier
Eagle Grove
Woody
Minish
Chris
Mideast
Chase
Dutcher
Harrison School
R Avenue NW
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
16Th Ave
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
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