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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1979

Page

2

Turner Infant Died At Birth In Marion

Infant Jonathan Michael Turner died at birth at St. Luke's Hospital. Graveside services 3 p.m. Friday at Mount Calvary Cemetery with Rev. Bernard G. Collins officiating. Stewart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Jonathan Michael Turner Diane John Turner Fifth Ave Marion St. Luke’s Hospital Eli Heinemann Vinton William Turner West Union Ted Spella Milwaukee Wis Mount Calvary Cemetery Bernard G. Collins St. Pius X Church Stewart Funeral Home George H. Murphy Tama Veterans Hospital Des Moines Murphy Lawrenceburg Bettie Ann Winniger Waterloo U.S. Navy Norman Ohlo Lincoln Chiropractic College Indianapolis Ind Jesup St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Holy Name Society Tama American Legion Michael P Louisiana James D Tom P Davenport Timothy J Joseph D David G Kathleen Moesch Rebecca A Susan Young Fairfield Ohio Ann E Clarice Weepie Mary Dillavoy Richard Murphy New Cumberland W. Va Donald R. Murphy Clermont John W. Stark Dominic Cassidy Mason-Hand’s St. Patrick’s Cemetery Turner Chapel East Neville Clayton Cedar Christian Church Green Grove Cemetery Center Point Funeral Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Pierce, Forest Teahen Funeral St. Joseph Cemetery Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion Knolk Hazel B Immaculate Conception Church William Leonard Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Teahen Funeral Home Sullivan Francis J Immaculate Conception Catholic Church McFadden Margery G Cedar Memorial Chapel Jay A. Miller First United Presbyterian Church of Belle Plaine Norman C. Johnson Hrabak’s Oak Hill Farley Katherine J. Hoefer St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Reiff’s Epworth Iowa City Ella Mae Chennell Donahue Lansing’s Memory Gardens Lansing Arvid E. Sadler Hot Springs Ark Burke-Thornburg’s Mount Hope Cemetery

Weather summary with broad U S reports and regional data

A broad weather bulletin reports normal conditions for RNTa through December and lists temperatures barometric readings humidity wind and sun events. It covers river levels in multiple cities and coastal and inland forecasts with warnings for high winds on the Montana Wyoming eastern slopes and gale warnings on Lakes Superior and Huron. It also notes rainfall totals in the six hours ending 7 a.m. EST across Florida Alabama Georgia and Louisiana and summarizes national temperature trends.

Rockies Florida South Carolina Mississippi Valley Tennessee Gulf Coast Florida Panhandle Texas Ohio Valley Great Lakes Minnesota North Dakota Montana Rockies Wyoming Lakes Superior Huron North Pacific Pacific Northwest North Atlantic California Southern Plains Missouri River Valley Great Basin Plains States

Vital Statistics and Local Fires Report

Dec 5 births announced for Debra and Thomas Sheldon Rose and Thomas Brunow Sue and Dennis Pearson. Dec 5 Michele Rompot Day Kadlee. Dec 3 Cindy Osborn son. Grandparents listed from Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids. Fire calls logged Tuesday and Wednesday across Cedar Rapids areas including gas line, auto fire, garage blaze and unknown rear Kennedy High School scene.

Debra Thomas Sheldon 21St St. SW Rose Thomas Brunow C Ave. NE Sue Dennis Pearson Anamosa Iowa City Cindy Rick Osborn Mount Vernon Charles Babcock Frank Osborn

City Briefs Burglars Net $1065 In Local Thefts

Cash taken in a burglary at John Ziehr residence 3524 Red Bud Road NE totaled 365. A Joyce Kurt residence 174 16th Ave SW lost a 700 microwave in a separate break in between 4 and 11 p.m. Wednesday. St George Church hosts Lebanese Christmas bake sale December 15 at 9 00 a.m. at 12th Avenue Tenth Street SE.

John Ziehr Red Bud Road Joyce Kurt 16Th Ave St. George Church 12Th Avenue Tenth Street

Energy and food prices rise while ads push inflation

The Labor Department reports November wholesale prices up 62.7 percent from a year earlier with food at 8.9 percent and other goods at 9.3 percent, leaving the Producer Price Index at 225.9. A Labor economist notes meat and staples surged while some fruits and fish fell. Alfred Kahn says beer and soft drink firms will spend 65 percent more on advertising this year, complicating price dynamics.

Labor Department

Cedar Rapids police seek support for higher pay

A Cedar Rapids Police Officers Action Committee letter urges business leaders to back higher patrol salaries, citing Cedar Rapids as among the state’s lower paid in the field. The campaign follows a rejected 14 percent demand and parallels a 7 percent city offer with mediation ongoing after an impasse with Teamsters Local 238 and other unions.

Des Moines Bettendorf Clinton Coralville Cedar Rapids Iowa City Don Canney Iowa McClurg Police Teamsters Teamsters Local

Cedar Rapids Police Pay Ranks in Iowa Revealed

Iowa city pay scales show Cedar Rapids officers start at $11,000s with annual steps to $14,600s, while Des Moines and other cities post higher initial salaries and stepped increases. The figures, from Gazette staff, exclude benefits and rise with the contract’s second phase on December 29.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Gazette Des Moines Seeopee « Police Iowa City Dubuque

Marshalltown Fire Claims Woman and Child

A Marshalltown apartment fire killed a unidentified woman and a 16 year old girl. The blaze began around 9 35 am when Dennis Ferris fled his unit with hair and beard on fire and neighbors called the fire department. The fire gutted the front apartment and heavily damaged three others in the two story frame building converted to apartments.

Marshalltown Dennis Ferris Viola Brown Ferris

Eisenhower Presses Allies on Russian Disarmament

Twenty years ago President Eisenhower urged the United States and allies to maintain defenses until Russia agreed to disarm with controls inspection and safeguards.

Eisenhower U.S Russia

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