December weather and local public notices from Cedar Rapids
The bulletin lists forecast highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the 20s with partly cloudy skies through Thursday. It records December totals, past year comparisons, and a string of marriage licenses, births, and numerous court fines and traffic violations involving many residents and area locales.
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Atlanta
Miami Sea
Bismarck
Igapolis
Chicago
Denver
Duluth
Seattle
Angeles
Washington
Deaths and Services Across Iowa District Obituaries
Obituaries list multiple Iowa individuals with ages and service details. Margaret Besler 84 dies. services Thursday 10 at St. Pauls. Larry L. Kersten 67. services Wednesday 1:30 at Thornburgs. Iva S Topping 62. services Thursday 1:30 at Shellys. Harry K Moreland 81. services Thursday 11 at St Marys Catholic church with rosary Tuesday 8 and wake Wednesday 8 at Bahnenkamps. May DeLong Crist 75 of Bronson Fla. services Friday 1:30 at Campbells. Freddy Bergan 66. services Wednesday 2 at Peace Lutheran Ridgway. Josephine Stoec kel 93. services Wednesday 10 at St Marys. wake Tuesday 8 Kruessel Fawcett. Elmer E Hertzberg 64. services Thursday 2 at Immanuel Lutheran Church White.
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Gary Fleck
Route One
Marion
Iowa
Worthington
Margaret Besler
St. Paul’s Church
McBride’s
Dyersville
McGregor
Larry L. Kersten
Thornburg
S. Manchester
Iva S. Topping
Shelly's
Manchester
Harry K
St. Mary’s Church
Kruessel- Fawcett
Testimony on Haldeman notes and Watergate links
Higby testified in federal court about finding a December 1971 paper referencing money from dairy producers and following strict instructions to locate Haldeman's notes from the June 20 1972 Nixon meeting. Haldeman’s reaction to a Watergate line suggested concern, though he said it was not a problem.
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Higby
Haldeman
Nixon
PRF
Watergate
Vatican denies Milan report on Pope Paul VI heart condition
The Vatican on Tuesday rejected a Milan newspaper report claiming Pope Paul VI is suffering from a heart illness. Officials called the report unfounded and reiterated the pope's stable health.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Milan
Paul VI
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Marshall Harmon at 80
Marshall Forrest Harmon 80 of 1725 C avenue NW died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born August 5, 1893 in Astoria Illinois he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1920 and married Marie Charlton April 28 1923 in Cedar Rapids. He was a linotype operator for The Gazette for 40 years retiring in 1960. He served in naval aviation in World War I and belonged to First Lutheran church Typographical Union Local 192 Hanford American Legion post Gazette 25 Year club and the Senior Men's Bureau. Surviving are a son Tom Colorado Springs Colorado a daughter Mrs Harry Geoffrion Toledo Ohio a sister Florine Hill Lemon Grove California nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church. Burial Cedar Memorial with military rites by Hanford post. Memorials may go to First Lutheran church memorial fund. Friends may call Turner Chapel West until 9 p.m. Wednesday and at the church from 10 a.m. Thursday until 1:25 p.m. The casket will not be opened after the service.
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Marshall Forrest Harmon
C Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Astoria
Ill
Marie Charlton
Harmon
Cedar Rapids Gazette
First Lutheran Church
Typographical Union
Hanford American Legion Post
the Gazette
Cedar Memorial
Hanford Post
Turner Chapel West
June Diane Oliver dies after Cedar Rapids life
June Diane Oliver 21 of 1110 Eighth street SE Cedar Rapids wife of John Oliver died Monday in University hospitals Iowa City Born June 28 1952 in Cedar Rapids married here Dec 28 1968 Surviving include husband two daughters Jill and Amy parents Delbert E and wife Cedar Rapids four brothers John Donald Joe Jerry Jeff Hakes all Cedar Rapids six sisters Mrs Fred Rees Jackie Joni Jennifer Jodi Hakes all Cedar Rapids Janet Flickinger Virginia Beach Va and great grandmother Lucy Wenner Services noon Thursday Turner chapel east by Very Rev Canon D A Loferski of St Johns Episcopal burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call at Turner chapel east until 11 30 am Thursday casket not opened after service
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June Diane Oliver
Eighth Street
John Oliver
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jill
Amy
Delbert E. Hakes
John Donald
Joe
Jerry
Jeff Hakes
Fred Rees
Jackie
Joni
Jennifer
Jodi Hakes
Janet Flickinger
Virginia Beach
Lucy Wenner
Turner Chapel East
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial
Dorothy Winkler Soden dies at 56 in Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Mae Winkler Soden 56 of 412 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Monday at University Hospital Iowa City. Born October 20 1917 in Elgin she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1965. Survived by two sons John Winkler Cedar Rapids Clarence Winkler Jr Ossian four daughters Jennie Birdsell Ossian Janice Walton Ankeny Alyce Winkler Cindy Turner Cedar Rapids a brother Joe Brackin Elgin and six grandchildren. Services Noon Wednesday Turner Chapel West with Rev Ernest W. Larson Graveside 2:30 p.m. Elgin Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel West.
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Dorothy Mae Winkler Soden
Tenth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Elgin
Cedar Rapids
John Winkler
Clarence Winkler, Jr
Ossian
Jennie Birdsell
Janice Walton
Ankeny
Alyce Winkler
Cindy Turner
Joe Brackin
Turner Chapel West
Ernest W. Larson
Elgin Cemetery
Florence Largent, 77, Dies in Illinois Burial Plans
Florence C. Largent formerly of 2321 Mt Vernon Road SE died Saturday in Champaign Illinois. She had no immediate survivors. Private graveside services are set for 10 am Thursday at Rogers Grove Cemetery near Ely with Beatty Bearle Chapel in charge of local arrangements.
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Florence C. Largent
Mt. Vernon Road
Champaign
Rogers Grove Cemetery
Ely
Beatty - Bearle Chapel
Memorial Services for Geesey Isabell A and James KR
Memorial services were held at Beatty-Bearle chapel at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. Wayne A. Shireman and graveside rites at Oakwood cemetery Stratford at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Ronald Skoog. Burial at Palo cemetery. West until 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Lee Roy Collins presiding.
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Geesey
Isabell A
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Wayne A. Shireman
Oakwood
Stratford
Ronald Skoog
Thomas
James KR
Turner Chapel West
Lee Roy Collins
Palo Cemetery
Turner West
Energy shakeup and rationing debate dominate policy shifts
Energy Secretary Love resigns amid reorganization talks as his deputy DiBona also steps down. Disagreement over rationing versus taxes lies at the heart of the shift. Other fuel measures include a 55 mph limit threat and calls to halve energy growth. Yamani arrives in NY for private tour while EPA urges reduced energy growth. House weighs desegregation bus fuel ban, postponed.
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Simon
Treasury
George Shultz
Love
House
Interior Department
Edward Kuhn
Department
Oil and Gas Division
Saudi Arabia
Truckers block interstates in Pennsylvania and elsewhere
About 100 trucks halted traffic for up to five miles near the Blakeslee exit in Monroe County Pennsylvania in a peaceful protest against high diesel prices and low speed limits. Spokesman James Edwards cited demands for 65 mph nationwide and a 35.9 cent diesel cap with road funding tied to gas taxes. Smaller actions occurred near Pittsburgh and in Connecticut, with toll plazas and I 84 blockages ending after police intervention.
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Blakeslee
Monroe County
James Edwards
Edwards
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Danbury
Conn
Acceptance of Reduced Price is Recommended
Planning Director Don Salyer urged the city council to accept FHA reduced land price for NDP parcel bounded by Twelfth to Fourteenth Avenues and Eleventh to Fifteenth Streets SE. FHA cut the price from 47950 to 29950 due to fill dirt costs. Project engineer Dave Johnson of Shive-Hattery said fill dirt might lower costs and now finds FHA estimate fairly accurate. Bids set for December 12.
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Don Salyer
NDP
Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Fourteenth Avenues
Fifteenth Streets
Dave Johnson
Shive-Hattery and Associates
Bank workers in Bilbao heat woes spark coffee and brandy perk
In Bilbao Spain bank employees fighting a faulty heating system win a temporary warming plan. Twice daily they receive free coffee and a shot of brandy to cope with the chilly conditions.
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Bilbao
Spain
UPI
Power outage blamed on fallen limb near Washington high school
A fallen tree limb knocked out a primary power line Tuesday morning, causing a two hour outage on the southeast side near Washington high school at 8 30. The affected area stretched from First avenue East to Cedar Rapids Country club and from Twenty third street drive SE to Twenty ninth street drive. Repairs finished by 10 30. A wind related failure cut power briefly in Robing Albur nett Hiawatha and Center Point after 11. Restored by 11 40. KCRG TV was off air about 25 minutes while winds peaked. Radio KCRG was not affected.
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Daniel Jasper
Avenue
John Whaley
Eighth Avenue
Lester Bailey
Eighteenth Avenue
Charles Hodges
Parkcourt
Jay Hanken
Springville
David Beebe
Ames
Paul Hauber
A Avenue
Scott Walker
Ninth Avenue
Richard Hill
Mt. Vernon
Reinhold Weed
Waveland Drive
Jeff Glantz
Twenty-ninth Street
Larry Freerksen
Fourth Avenue
Dennis Kleitsch
Twenty-sixth Street
John Sheda
Bever Avenue
Robert Kenhead
Center Point Road
Kenneth Lahman
Hiawatha
Jack Shepherd
Thirty Second Street
Richard Kimbrough
Twenty-first Avenue
Henry Dinges
Central City
Harlan Witte
Mt. Vernon Road
Keith Jennings
Nilsen Road
Anita Adams
Park Avenue
Gary Schultz
Sixth Street
David Flanagan
Amana
Richard Nemec
Third Street
Charles Lewis
Richard Chapman
Hopkinton
Steven Varnum
Marion
Donald Karr, Jr
Lisbon
Steven Miller
Cedar Rapids
Hubert Haigh
Thirtysixth Street
Mary Green
Grand Mound
Richard Hopkins
Northbrook Drive
Tom Strait
Bob York
Evergreen Street
Judith Woods
Brentwood Drive
Ted Wilson
Fifteenth Avenue
Dennis Christensen
B Avenue NW
Washington High School
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Twenty-third Street Drive
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
Robing
Alburnett
Center Point
Light Company
Kcrg-Tv
KCRG
Water Department Scam PromptsID Checks
Water department business manager Ed Burrell warned residents Tuesday to demand identification from anyone claiming to be water department employees. Police investigate reports of callers trying to enter homes as officials stress all employees carry ID and residents should refuse entry without it.
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Water Department
Ed Burrell
Burrell
Iowa Weather Warns Of Ice and Snow Across State
Weather warnings describe ice in eastern two thirds and snow on north I 35 I 29. 2 to 4 inches expected central areas with lesser amounts elsewhere. A Fairfield bus incident due to driver heart attack none children aboard. I 80 semis jackknifed near Council Bluffs Ames cars off road. Des Moines power outage and antenna knocked down. Bridgewater Fontannelle Sheldah schools closed. other buses delayed. Snow to end west by Wednesday. winds strong and temps in the 20s.
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Fairfield
Council Bluffs
Ames
Des Moines
Bridgewater - Fontannelle
Sheldah
Johnson Quitting FCC Job Won't Await Successor
Washington based Johnson plans to resign this week from the FCC without awaiting Senate confirmation of Nixon’s nominee James Quello. A liberal Democrat, Johnson says hearings are stalled and will depart to actively oppose Quello, who he argues would bias the agency toward the broadcast industry. He may announce in Philadelphia Wednesday night and is eyeing a run for Iowa’s 3rd district next year.
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Washington
UPI
Nicholas Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
Nixon
Philadelphia
Johnson
James Quelle
Detroit
Quello
Senate Commerce Committee
Iowa
FCC
Gas Hoard Continues Fuel Tax Revenue Rise Debate
Commission Chairman Robert Rigler of New Hampton labels fuel reserve hoarding as industry and farmers stockpile fuel. Johnson notes a 50 mph speed limit could reduce fuel consumption and cut state fuel tax revenues by about five percent, citing national estimates.
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Johnson
Commission
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Christmas Wish: Shop the Want Ads for Effortless Gifting
A holiday note highlights using local want ads to simplify Christmas shopping. Shoppers search listings for gifts, deals, and quick options, aiming to save time and stretch budgets while finding thoughtful presents.
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West Drive
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Illawatha
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J Street
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Donald L. Stephenson
Duane L
Virginia L. Staebler
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E Avenue
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Magistrate's Court
Robert Doubek
Dennis Daubenberger
Independence
Burdell Staab
Wiley Boulevard
Mike Moores
Fourth Street
Wyllard Sales
Seymore
Susan Siebert
Mt. Mercy College
Robert Cole
Fourteenth Street
Douglas Allen
Russell Winegardner
Brooklyn Drive
Pat Wiley
Dana Serovy
Dalewood Avenue
Wendy Foust
Fifth Avenue
Leland Cox
Sixth Avenue
Kevin Paulsen
James Milke
Huston Street
Clifford Ayers
Sixteenth Street NW
Dennis McVay
M Street
David Gladwin
Mary Sedlacek
David McVay
C Street
William Greszek
Forty-second Street
William Flanagan
North Towne Place
Albert Henderson
Seventeenth Avenue
Paul Hamilton
B Avenue
Robert Dozier
A Avenue NE
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E'Ton Rundel
E Avenue NW
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Elmer E. Hertzberg
Immanuel Lutheran Church
White's
Haig
Buzhardt
Phillips Petroleum Co
William Keeler
Oil Company
Keeler
Marshall Harmon
Dorothy Soden
Florence Largent
Hek’s
Center Pt. Rd. N.E
John E. Lapes
Charles DiBona
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