Death notices from area churches list several services
Multiple obituaries dated today and upcoming services note services at Turner Chapel West East Trinity Lutheran Church and Harrison s for John Allan Myers Leona Eleanor Wisely Albert J Kreutner Hazel Fern Dairy Morris Holven Jude Bailey and others Burial places include Linwood Cedar Memorial St Stephen s Atkins Oakhill and memorial funds or calls at various funeral homes.
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Albert J
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard Thompson
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Cemetery
Atkins
Turner Chapel West
Turner Chapel East
David Polk
First Christian Church
Cedar Memorial
Turner’s East
North Liberty
Morris Holven
North Liberty United Methodist Church
George L. Gay
East Germany weighs Poland crisis and its own political risks
East German officials assess the Polish upheaval, warning that Polish unions threaten regime stability while emphasizing shortages and border controls. They note West Berlin visitor declines, explain propaganda against Poles, and project possible outside intervention if Poland fails to restore work and order within weeks.
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East Germany
Poland
Communist Party
Germany
Polish Communist Party
Warsaw
United Workers’ Party
Communist
Czechoslovakia
Willi Stop
Prague
Gustav Husak
Bucharest
Health gains offset by rising costs and risky behaviors
The report from the Department of Health and Human Services outlines progress against heart disease and stroke while warning on rising health costs and risky trends. It notes a near tripling of Cesarean deliveries from 1970 to 1978, a growing birth rate among women 30s, a slight fall in homicide after 1974, and persistent black disadvantage in infant mortality. Hospital stays remain short, while Medicare and Medicaid widen access. life expectancy rose to 73.3 years in 1978 and death rates from heart disease and stroke fell substantially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health and Human Services
Richmond
Congress faces potential delays as housing bill debate drags on
Byrd warned the leadership may kill the housing bill as more than 200 amendments loom. The pact raised hope Congress could adjourn next week though some senators favor delaying until after the Christmas week. Lawmakers can stay in session until January 3, even after plans to adjourn on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cardinal condemns El Salvador killings of nuns
Archbishop John Roach denounces the slayings as the military vows to pursue killers. UN Secretary-General Waldheim says he is shocked by the murders including three Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford Maura Clarke in El Salvador. Two of the women are to be buried in Chalatenango where they served.
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John Roach
National Conference of Catholic Bishops of
United States
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
el Salvador
Maryknoll
Ita Ford
Maura Clarke
New York City
Chalatenango
Maryknoll Order
Woman charged in shoplifting case at Cedar Rapids mall
Krystal A. Cambridge, 21, of 2267 C St. SW, was charged with first degree robbery in a shoplifting set at Montgomery Ward in Westdale Mall. A security guard was assaulted as the suspects fled in a car. Cambridge remained jailed pending a court appearance.
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Krystal A. Cambridge
C St
Cedar Rapids
Montgomery Ward
Westdale Mall
Cambridge
Linn
Record budget boosts military spending and new bomber plan
Congress approved a record 160.1 billion military budget sending the bill to the White House. It funds a new strategic bomber, MX missile system development, CX transport plane work, Trident submarines, attack submarines, cruise missiles, and defense purchases in high unemployment areas. Senator Hatfield opposed. Stennis exits as appropriations leader.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate House
Pine Bluff
Ark
Reagan
U.S. Defense
Rabies Shot Series Begins For Lake City Youths
Up to 70 youths in Lake City start a five shot rabies vaccination sequence after exposure to a raccoon kept as a pet. A temporary clinic at Lake Shore Hospital operates under state county and city health officers as Gov. Graham arranges extra serum from Tennessee.
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Lake City
Fla
UPI
Lake Shore Hospital
Florida
Bob Graham
Tennessee
Marion Fire Destroys One Story Home in Marion
A Marion house at 150 31st St. SE was declared a total loss after a Friday fire started in the basement near a water heater. No injuries were reported. investigators will press to determine the cause. Looters reportedly stole electronic games after flames were halted.
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Stame
Gary Holub
31St St
Marion
Wayne Carver
Marion Fire Department
Holub
Cedar Rapids
31St St. SE
Marion Department
Carver
Holubs
Boston transit shuts down as deadline looms
Boston area public transit shut down after lawmakers failed to meet a midnight court deadline to bail out the bankrupt system. Governor King mobilized the National Guard to assist security and aid stranded riders as House and Senate negotiators raced to find a rescue plan.
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Boston
Edward King
National Guard
Transportation Security
State Public Safety
George Luciano
House
Ways and Means
John Finnegan
House Senate
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Forged prescription arrest in Cedar Rapids
Kenneth M. Barnes, 23, of 1551 Seventh Ave SE was arrested by Cedar Rapids police for attempting to fill a forged prescription for a pain killer at Paramount Pharmacy on Mount Vernon Road. Barnes was released from Linn County Jail after posting a $1000 bond.
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Kenneth M. Barnes
Seventh Ave
Cedar Rapids
Barnes
Paramount
Mount Vernon Road
Linn County
Weather Report and Arctic Cold Spread Across Regions
Midnight calm winds. Sunrise 7 21 sunset 4 35. Arctic air produced subzero readings in Wyoming and Montana with 24 below at Cutbank Montana. Snow and drizzle spread in the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes while the Pacific Northwest saw light rain and snow. Kansas City set a 70 degree high at the airport with the downtown 72, a new record.
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Rockies
Wyoming
Montana
Cutbank Mont
Plains
Great Lakes
Bellingham Wash
Ohio Valley
New England
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas City International
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Reported
Dec 5 births listed for multiple Cedar Rapids area families with addresses in Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha and Belle Plaine. A 12:55 p.m. Friday medical emergency at Clive Drive SW followed by a 2:32 p.m. Friday backfire at Mount Vernon Road SE and a 4:22 p.m. Friday smoke odor investigation at Southgate Court SW. On this date in 1917 Halifax disaster killed about 1600 in Belgian French ammunition ship collision.
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Clive Drive
Mount Vernon Road
Southgate Court
Halifax
Nova Scotia
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Iowa
U.S
Byrd
Waldheim
Rudolf Stajduhar
New York
Senate
Mark Hatfield
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Pentagon
Oscar Sussman
State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Sussman
Boston Transit
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Deborah
John Millard
Ave. NE
Carolyn
Charlie Morgan
Eighth Ave
Karen
Tom Jedlicka
Jacelyn D. NW
Virginia Sue
Terry Stech
N St. SW
Mary and
Terry Lord
Jeff Stierler
J Ave
Todd C. Driscoll
Terri J. Curtis
Lloyd D. Sanders
Virginia R. Prochaska
Robert W. Fowler Waddell
Karen K. Joss
Randolf W. Malloy
Nancy C. Pesek
Steven P. Brown
Monica L. Champion
Paul A. Hahne
Barbara J. Juett
Hiawatha
Kevin E. Shaw
Springfield
Ore
Theresa J. Snell
Vincent J. Hamilton
Belle Plaine
Kandie K. Reeves
Jeffrey A. Coberly
Sharon K. Robinson
Patricia A
Christopher W. Stark
Charles D
Delores J. Farris
Vernon P
Stelleda Shrout
Susan J
Dennis R. Becker
Janet A
Duane P. Kramer
Bill B
Loulette M. Hood
Robert W
Sandra K. Waddell
Eighth Avenue
Second Street SE
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Teth
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