Multiple Iowa Deaths Include Butterfield and Zalesky
Obituaries list Carl E. Butterfield 68 of Route 3 Vinton and Forrest Shropshire 66 of Hideaway Manor Cedar Rapids, with service details. Additional notices include Charles B. Zalesky 91 of Cedar Rapids and Sophia Pernicka 95 of Cedar Rapids, plus Hazel Cairy 93 of Amana and Leo Currier 77 of Center Point, with service times and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Butterfield
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Vinton Hospital
Traer
Carlotta C. Weltch
Denver Chicago
Four Square
Barbara Sumner
Newhall
Maxine Noller
Hazel Prue
Marshalltown
Cortland and
Dale
Chet
Evelyn Ketley
Hasting, Minn
Marie Ealy
Belle Plaine
Milo
LeRoy
Arizona City
Ariz
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Myrle A. Horner
First Baptist Church
Winton
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Forrest
Frosty
Shropshire
Hideaway Manor
Mobile Home Court
Thompson
Mason City
Iowa Steel & Iron Works
Iron Worker’s Union
Merchant Marine
Los Angeles
Daryle
Orlando
Fla
William
Sioux City
Sondra Kay
Kirksville
Rebecca
Nebraska
Dawn
Karen
Vicki
Walker
Judy
Washington State
Marge Meyers
Vern
Glen
Clear Lake
Forest City
Turner Chapel East
Salvation Army
First Ave
Sophia Pernicka
Fourth Avenue
Provo
Okla
Kuba Funeral Home
Louis J. Trzil
St. John’s Cemetery
Hazel Fern Cairy
Homestead
Colonial Manor Care Center
Amana
Leo William Currier
Center Point
Rosamond Currier
Rosamond Carson
Jefferson County
King Crown Plaster
Eagles
Engineers Union
Doris Trinder
Lila Strait
Lucille Cooley
Charles Cassady
Laura Sejba
Teahen Funeral
Charlotte Mallett
United Methodist Church
Abscam case texts and Polish hijackings feature in US and European headlines
The article notes a Philadelphia judge dismissing Abscam convictions for two Philadelphia councilmen due to entrapment and government overreach, with DOJ planning an appeal. It also reports Poland facing purges and unrest amid a Soviet military buildup, plus a second Polish airliner hijack to Tempelhof, including details of a 1978 LOT flight and Detlev Tiede's release after threatening the pilot with an unloaded starter pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Thompson
Philadelphia
Abscam
FBI
Poland
Tempelhof
Detlev Tiede
Gdansk
U.S
New Jersey
Herbert Stern
Tiede
Hijack to Tempelhof Ends With Quick Handback
U S and German police removed the Antonov hijack aircraft, questioned crew and passengers, and towed the plane to a hangar. Two passengers received medical care, one for a heart attack and one for an allergy. Observers noted rapid transfer of the hijacker to German authorities and questioned extradition demands.
Weather Summary and Pacific Storm Impact Summary
A detailed weather report notes high temperatures and a light snowfall of about 1 inch with total December accumulation around 1.6 inches. It forecasts fair conditions then colder temperatures with rain or snow, and notes a Pacific storm moving inland affecting the Northwest Plateau and northern Rockies with winter storm warnings and watches across Montana Wyoming California Nevada and Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sceecseverenee
BROW
COGRF
Ccc
Cee
Uee
Pacific Northwest
Plateau
Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Pacific
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Maine
Minnesota
Texas
Florida
Plains
Southwest
Appalachians
Mississippi Valley
Anchorage
Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Chicago
Orleansville
New York
Lansing
Duluth
Phoenix
Dam
Honolulu
McGregor
Houston
Washgun
Guttenberg
Nwenne
Dubuque
Davenport
Cobo
Coolidge
Casa Keithsburg
Grande
Ariz. Keokuk
Cut Bank
Mont
Clinton
Coralville Lake Cedar
C.R
Eess
Heather Ridge Addition zoning plan for Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Planning and Zoning Commission weighs a 10.8 acre Heather Ridge Addition near Lisbon Road with 37 residential lots. Property owners John and Virginia Krob. Hawkeye Development Co. to develop. zoning change from agricultural to residential debated. drainage, access, and erosion concerns highlighted by city engineer and others. Jan 7 notices to nearby property owners will be mailed for objections and a council recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Jack Zazza
Winegardner
Commission
Lee Schoon
Jean Tompkins
Heather Ridge
Rystrom
Schoon
Lisbon Road
Candlestick
Robert Sautter
Sautter
Fire at hotel kills and injures dozens in Westchester
Officials reported a blaze at a three story Stouffer hotel with a bolted exit door and heavy smoke. Emergency crews evacuated hundreds as many jumped from a second story window. up to 40 injured, with victims treated at Port Chester and White Plains hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Vergari
Vergari
Valhalla
Alfred DelBello
Mark Nylander
Stouffer's Chain
Cleveland
Ann Vogt
New Rochelle
United Hospital
Port Chester
Carol Frankel
St. Agnes’ Hospital
White Plains
Gerry Fitzgibbon
Nations approve Trans European North South Motorway plan
Ten nations including Austria Bulgaria Greece Hungary Italy Poland Romania Turkey and Yugoslavia approved a 6200 mile network from the Baltic to Italy and to Turkey's Middle East frontiers to be built by century's end. Czechoslovakia signed last joining the plan with Gdansk as northern terminal and routes toward Iran Iraq and Syria. ON THIS DATE in 1975 Chinese leaders and Ford met in Peking without major shifts in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Baltic
Italy
Austria
Turkey
Middle East
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Greece
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
U.N. Economic Commission For Europe
Gdansk
Local Births and Emergency Calls Reported
Vital statistics note four new births on December 3 including Patricia DeSotel in Oak Valley Drive NE a daughter and Carolina Shields a son along with Rosemary Houston a son and Wendy Roberts a son. In Aurora Illinois Janeen Schultz and Michael Schultz a son on December 2. Office records list several medical emergencies and a short auto wiring issue at local addresses with ambulance assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Bruce DeSotel
Oak Valley Drive
Carolina
Keith Shields
Fifth St
Rosemary
Robert Houston
Hanover Road
Wendy
David Roberts
Redbud Road
12Th St
16Th Ave
Center Point Road
Glenbrook Drive
Oakland Road
Luther Varsity Band Plays Tonight at Luther College
The Luther College Band, the Varsity Band, performs tonight at 8 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life in Decorah. Local listings note an event page 8B and reference to Cedar Rapids Gazette content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles B. Zalesky
Elks
Bedford
Mr. Zalesky
Pennsylvania University
Clara B. Halloway
Sanford, Fla
The
Elks Club
Mount Hermon Lodge
Sanford
Nettie
Tony'’ Vavra
Prescott
Arizona
Upice
Theodora Miller
Teahen Funeral Home
Joseph Moellner
Czech National Cemetery
Herbert S. Pugh
Geneva Tower
Travis
Anne M
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
T. Don Collins
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Just
Anthony
Tony
Murdoch
Merle Pederson
Walker Bible Church
Walker Cemetery
Iowa
Anamosa
Charles J. Tyler
Goettsch’s
Clara Ostby
Decorah Lutheran Church
Olson Fjelstul’s
Lutheran Cemetery
Garber
Grace M. Scheffert
Garber Catholic Church
Witt's
Elkader
St. Joseph’s
Iowa City
Dorothy C. King
Donahue-Lensing’s
Memory Gardens Mausoleum
Martha E. Schultz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Visitation
Hoover-Valentine's
Tipton
Merl Carroll
First United Church of Christ
Dye’s
Stanwood Cemetery
Virginia
V. Evans
Garrison Church of the Brethren
Friends
Campbell-Russell’s
Evergreen Cemetery
Williamsburg
Merlin Stahl
Uhlimann’s
Justice Department
Sen
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Rep
Raymond Lederer
D-Pa
U.S. Air Force
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
National Weather Service
Ageeceer
Angeles
Denver
New Orleans
Egend
Ston
Gretchen Sutherland
Joseph Butler
Westchester County Police Department
Ten Nations OK
Gerald Ford
Peking
St. Luke's
Aurora
Ill
Janeen
Michael Schultz
Roger Schlotfelt
Fleetwood Road
John E. Lapes
Anney
Dial
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