Notable Cedar Rapids Writer Harold Matteson Dies
Harold L. Matteson 78 a Cedar Rapids resident and health foods pioneer died after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital. He authored Crackpot Remedies That Work and received multiple awards including a 25 year service honor from the National Dietary Food Association. He owned Harper Publishing Co and Matteson’s Health Products Store. He is survived by wife Verna, stepchildren, a brother and four grandchildren. Services scheduled at Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Harold L. Matteson
Teakwood Lane
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lincoln
National Dietary Food Association
Harper Publishing Co
Matteson’s
Health Products Store
American Dietary/Signet Laboratories
Verna
Sharon Peterson
Carol Hansen
Marion
Dennis Maudsley
Fay S
Portland
Ore
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Randolph Mueller
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bruce T. Clauson
Williams Blvd
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Leona Romer
Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Christian Church
Crescent Lodge No
Scottish Rite
el Kahir Shrine
Jolly Jokers Clowns
Rock Island Retirement Club
Robert B
Ithaca
N.Y
Ruth Brown
Rock Island
Ill
John
Turner Chapel West
Neville G. Clayton
Third Ave
Shriner Crippled Children’s Hospital
el Kahir Temple
Fifth St
Educators press for share in funding at Iowa forum
About 50 district leaders from 11 Eastern Iowa schools met with seven candidates for the Iowa House, two for the Senate, and one incumbent in Marion to press for more stable operating budgets. Speakers cited a prior funding squeeze and urged measures including a 3 percent minimum annual budget increase and adjustments to per pupil costs and enrollment cushions.
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Marion Independent
Eastern Iowa
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Eastern
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Senate
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Phil Dunshee
Iowa Association of School Boards
Dunshee
General Assembly
David Osterberg
Joanne Petrick
Mount Vernon
Andy McKean
Morley
Myron Oxley
Marion
Patrick O’brien
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Maurice Hennessey
Ryan
Hurley Hall
Harvey Fascher
Coggon
Merlin Hulse
R Clarence
Central City
College Community
Linn-Mar
Maquoketa Valley
Monticello
North Linn
Olin
Springville
West Delaware
Correction and clarification on go-cart crash report
The Gazette corrects a Tuesday story naming Rick Herring aged 16 of Route 5 Iowa City as killed in a collision between a go cart and a pickup truck. The error came from information supplied by the Iowa State Patrol and will be followed by a notice in this space.
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Rick Herring
Iowa City
The
Gazette
Iowa State Patrol
Cedar Rapids building official faces honorably suspension
Cedar Rapids building and zoning administrator Ed Winter, 66, is set for an honorably suspended position on Sept. 1 with City Council approval likely. Winter, cut to three days a week in August, would be placed on a three year civil service preferred list if laid off, with first right to return if a vacancy arises.
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Dick Hogan
Ed Winter
Cedar Rapids
Winter
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Iowa
Bergen
Civil Service
Kenneth McGee
Larry Thomas
Herman Frueh
Frueh
the Gazette
Gazette
Four Iowa families drown after Oklahoma Arkansas River trip
Four members of two Iowa families living in Muskogee drowned during a fishing outing on the Arkansas River east of Muskogee. Victims Randy Gillespie 25 and his son Randy Joel 3 Reuben Joslin 10 and Dale Roberts 29 died. A fund was opened at American Bank of Muskogee for survivors including two widows and six children.
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Okla
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Iowa
Arkansas River
Randy Lee Gillespie
Randy Joel Gillespie
Reuben Joslin
Dale Roberts
American Bank of
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Gillespies
Joslin
Roberts
Gillespie
Brault
Kim
Charles City
Jill
Gault
Randy
James Joslin
Sherry Joslin
Suspect held in Abilene hit and run death
A Salina resident was detained in connection with the hit and run death of Brian Goken a 15 year old from Dysart Iowa in Abilene Kansas. Goken was struck while walking along a street near dawn on Sunday authorities said a vehicle was seen operating erratically in the area. Officers with a search warrant arrested a former Abilene resident in Salina Monday night the name was not released.
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Abilene
Kan
Salina
Kansas
the Gazette
Brian Goken
Dysart
Iowa
Army Reserve unit reports hepatitis after Camp McCoy camp
Nine of 275 soldiers in the Third Battalion 14th Field Artillery at Camp McCoy Wisconsin were diagnosed with infectious hepatitis. The nine men were given inoculations Sunday and Monday after the outbreak was identified.
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Sioux City
UPI
Camp McCoy
Wis
14Th Field Artillery Unit
Local Births and Emergencies Reported Across Iowa Cities
Vital Statistics lists births at multiple addresses in Aug. 23 24 with names and relatives. Separate entries log medical emergencies and incidents at Kirkwood Community College 1051 27th Ave. SW 4747 First Ave. SE 202 Fourth Ave. SW 3301 Iowa Ave. SE. Locations include Tiffin Waterloo Marion Cedar Rapids and Fairfax.
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Tawana Madden
Fairfax
Rena
William Schmitz
Coggan
Joni Sullivan
Gateway St. NE
Ella
David Jackson
Anamosa
Shelly
Todd Dunker
Vinton
Janell
Jerry Dignan
Marion
Carla
John Rich
Ely
Sherri
William Michalec
27Th Ave
Laurie
Richard Church
28Th Ave
Melva
David Starr
Country Club Drive
Mary and
Lee Benfield
C Ave
Southland St
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
First Ave
Fourth Ave
Iowa Ave
Arkansas man dies in Iowa highway crash
A man from Arkansas was killed in a one car crash on Highway 3 west of Rowan Iowa. Authorities say the pickup left the road after losing control and rolled into a ditch. He was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. the victim's name has not been released pending relatives notification.
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Rowan
Iowa
UPI
Arkansas
Wright County
Safe Start: Parents urged to plan first school routes
Tip of the Day advises parents of very young children to identify the safest route to school and practice it several times to prevent getting lost during the excitement of the first day. It emphasizes guiding children through careful preparation for Thursday’s school start.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier 1.65 per week and mail morning editions and Sunday seven issues 8.05 weeks 85.80 52 weeks with restrictions on mail in carrier areas. 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
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