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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1980

Page

2

Deaths: Briner, Castek, Canterbury among Iowa obituaries

Howard R. Briner Jr 50 of Marion dies in Waterloo after an auto crash amassing Navy Korean War service and business role. Frank J. Castek 91 of Swisher dies after long illness. burial near Swisher. Helen Canterbury 76 former Coggan area resident dies in Waterloo hospital after long illness. Clara Birch 91 formerly Cedar Rapids dies in Michigan hospital. Multiple notices include Shull Loftus Nalley Lynch Orpha Birch etc with services and burial plans. Memorials and arrangements noted by local funeral homes.

Howard R. Briner Jr Route 2 Marion Scholtz Hospital Waterloo Springville Los Angeles Calif Rosalee Weekley Cedar Rapids Briner Weco Engineered Sales First United Methodist Church Promenaders Square National Association of Credit Managers Howard Briner Rick Brouwer Terry Hawkins Paula Briner United Methodist Church of John Lippincott Murdoch Funeral Home Helen ‘‘Midge"’ Canterbury Coggan Helen Hall Cedar Bluffs Walter Canterbury Velma Brick Esther Steadman Inez Bartosh Mount Vernon Brush Chapel Gordon Freeburg Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Clara C. Birch Ann Arbor, Mich Michigan Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Opal Loftus Nalley Denver Colo Emmetsburg Oren Nalley Glendale St. John’s Episcopal Church Phyllis M. Dennison Cedar Memorial Chapel Steven B. Snider Cedar Memorial Mausoleum

Storm Rips Iowa Ice Packed Highways With Snow

Freightways terminal representative on scene as scores of trucks and cars lay in ditches across Eastern Iowa. Polls of authorities report few injuries, but one traffic death in Pleasant Hill, Des Moines suburb, with victim’s name withheld. Roads in eastern counties remained slick and slow, many under 40 mph, while north central areas saw mixed conditions from clear to winter driving. Fire crews responded to a window insulation failure caused by high winds at Mark IV apartments in Iowa City. A power outage east of Prairieburg affected eight customers from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Snow totals ranged from six inches in O’Brien County to about two inches in Waterloo, Sioux City and Des Moines, one to two inches in Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs. Temperatures dipped to near zero in the northwest to the low 20s in the southeast with wind chills to minus 20 to 40. Eastern Iowa may see more snow flurries tonight and Wednesday with highs in the low 30s.

Freightways Terminal Iowa Cedar Rapids Des Moines Pleasant Hill Johnson County O’brien County Waterloo Sioux City Council Bluffs

Rising rates push Dow lower while Fed reports easing signal

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 23.89 points as higher rates hit oil shares and a broad set of assets. Treasury bills yielded 13 weeks at 14.649 percent, the highest since late March, while the Fed noted a $1.9 billion drop in MIA for the week ending Nov. 19.

Washington Treasury Federal Reserve Fed

Weather summary and winter storm warnings across the U.S.

The report lists high and low temperatures, snowfall, and precipitation for Monday, notes December totals and normal levels, and records national temperature extremes. It also covers an extended forecast, travel advisories from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest, and storm impacts from Oregon to Michigan with several inches of snow and rain.

Toma cc Cevccv Cecc Washington Cascades Washington Wyoming Idaho Montana Oregon Coast California Colorado Rockies Lower Michigan Houghton Lake Alpena Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Lower Michigan Eugene Ore Salem Eureka Calif Anchorage Atlanta Miami Nashville Chicago N.orleans Denver New York Duluth Phoenix Honolulu Seattle Houston

Warsaw unrest prompts East German border clamp and Helsinki warning

Western observers note East Germany closed borders with Poland to 25 miles amid labor unrest. Nine EC heads of state warned in a Helsinki Pact communiqué that any Soviet intervention would threaten European détente and global relations.

Poland BBC East Germany Foreign Ministry Potsdam West Germany Communist Party Kremlin European Economic Community Europe Czechoslovakia Moscow Charles Haughy

Correction issued on McKinney impersonation case details

The Gazette corrects the address and residency of Daniel L. McKinney 26 noting Tucson Ariz is his legal address per court records and that he faces a First Avenue Division Linn District Court appearance on December 3 in the impersonation charge. The newspaper invites complaints and will publish corrections as needed.

Daniel L. McKinney Tucson Ariz Cedar Rapids McKinney First Avenue Linn District Court the Gazette

Vital Statistics and Weekday Emergencies Noted in Update

The report lists numerous December births at addresses in various areas including 1002 11th Ave SE and 1119 Elmhurst Dr NE with multiple couples named. It also records a string of emergency responses on Monday including medical calls, an extrication at Mount Vernon Road and 38th Street SE, a faulty heating element at 1510 Spy Glass Rd NE, and a leaves and bush observation at 1718 B Ave NW.

B Ave Sixth Avenue Second Street Fifth Avenue Fifth Street First Ave Second St 16Th Avenue Williams Boulevard Mount Vernon Road 38Th Street Spy Glass Road

Evening events and concerts at local venues

Tonight at Hancher Auditorium Julian Bream performs guitar and lute at 8 p m with tickets 10 8 7 and 5. A personal development workshop Listen to the Body Fatigue runs 6 30 to 9 30 p m at Iowa Hall Kirkwood with 7 registration. Earth sheltered housing talk at Grant Wood Education Agency 7 30 p m 4401 Sixth St SW sponsored by Linn County Extension Service.

Iowa Hall Kirkwood Grant Wood Education Agency Sixth St Linn County Extension Service

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank J. Castek Route 1 Swisher Colonial Manor Amana Libbie Krejsa John Breckle Moline Milo Dyersville Leo “Duke Steffen Kramer’s Marengo Mary A. Schultz St. Martin’s Lutheran Church Hoover-Valentine’s Pleasant Hill Cemetery Blairstown South Amana William J. Schaefer Uhlmann’s Williamsburg Winnie Shull Park Towne Place Mercy Hospital Clinton Netherlands Emil R. Shull Jane Lamb Hospital Richard Kirsch Norman E Allen Heath Newport Richey Fla Melvin Cohen Snell Zornig Funeral Clinton Memorial Park Earl D. Luginbuhl Center Point Dye-Benion American Legion Post No Murdoch Walters Joyce Ann Cedar Memorial Chapel of Allen van Cleve Central Park Presbyterian Church American Cancer Society 10Th St. St. Pazour Stanley St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Louis J. Trzil St. John's Cemetery Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion Kyba Funeral Home Krejci John F All Saints Catholic Church Edmund J. Becker Knights of Columbus Kuba Funeral Home Cadets of Iowa City Fire Department Prairieburg Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Kevin Hurley Chase Econometrics Associates Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Philip Brinkerhoff Freddie Mac F.W. Dodge McGraw- Hill Information System Co Weather Report C.R. Weather McAllen Texas International Falls Warroad Minn Coralville Lake Travelers Bismarck PtCidy Cincinnati Windy Detroit Kansas City Cert Sunny Milwaukee St.Paul Omaha Orea National Weather Service NOAA U.S. Dept. of Commerce Lansing McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keithsburg Keokuk C.R Lake Huron Upper Michigan Pennsylvania Maine U.S Woodstock Othbay Pete Za Ie Joss Ronis Oaid At & U St. Luke's Elizabeth and Bailey Taylor 11Th Ave Linda Richard Harvey Elmhurst Drive Teresa Steven Detert O Ave Sandra Swore Mary Kay John Lund Newhall Sareta G Michael L. Roush Diane P Kevin T. Smith Joanne C Carolyn J Harold L. Boore Cynthia L Ronald E. Gage Deborah L David A. Kneeland Joyce A Francis M. Glowacki Steven J. Stone Joan M. Seeber Constance K Randall L. Ohrt Reuben C Paula L. Gentz Debra S Joseph L. West Julian Bream Hancher Auditorium U of 1 John. E. Lapes Third Avenue S.E
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