Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Cast Broad Obituary Light
A Cedar Rapids obituary list reports Bessie Mae Novotny 85 of Mount Vernon Road SE died after a sudden illness. Also noted are infant Angela Ruth Baty death at birth and Albert Schmuecker 75 former Watkins banker with service details. Additional notices cover Earl George Grissel formerly of Cedar Rapids dying in Spooner Wisconsin. Cremation and burial details given for each, with private or church services and local funeral home arrangements.
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Bessie Mae Novotny
Mount Vernon Road
Edward F. Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Novotny
Faith United Methodist Church
Cedar
Gethsemane White Shrine
Audubon Naturalist Society
el- Kahir
David
Manitoba
Canada
Don Pratt
Sedona
Ariz
Turner Chapel East
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Angela Ruth Baty
Neal
Judith Baty
Daniels Street
Matthew Neal
Aaron Inger
Marion
Minor Baty
Coggan
Sidney Hawkins
Mae Baty
St. Luke’s Chapel
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Albert Joseph Schmuecker
Watkins
Loretta Brecht
Schmuecker
St. Berchmans Academy
Cedar Rapids Business College
van Horne, Marcus and
Walker
St. Patrick’s Cemetery Association
St. Clair Township
Watkins Fire Department
Catholic Order of Foresters
Melvin
James
Vinton
Edward
Ivan
Katherine) Byrd
Richard
Colene) Callan
Donald
Virginia) Becker
van Horne
Bertha Brecht
Norway
Hawkins
Earl George Grissel
Spooner
Wis
Iowa City
Coe College
University of Iowa
Springbrook
Episcopal Church
Eee Wis
Memorial services and obituaries across Iowa town notices
Memorial services are announced for Dennis J Healy at Westminster Church with burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Donations to the Dennis Healy Memorial benefit Ducks Unlimited. Obituaries include Winnifred Joyce 81 of Oelwein, Mary Ann Martin 84 of Independence, Hugh L. Cummings 60 of Independence, Frank Fogel 48 of Manchester, John W. Cole 68 of Delaware, Nathan Frederick 72 of Springdale, with services scheduled at various churches and cemeteries and visitations at local funeral homes.
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Oelwein
Winnifred Joyce
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant-Kerns
Independence
Mary Ann Martin
First Baptist Church
White’s. Independence
Hugh L. Cummings
Mason-Howe’s. Manchester
Frank
Lullabell) Fogel
Bahnenkamp’s
Delaware
John W. Cole
Shelly’s
Manchester
Oakland
Springdale
Nathan Frederick
Springdale Methodist Church
North Liberty
Barker’s
West Branch
Linn jail facilities praised with noted maintenance gaps
The Linn County grand jury reported on its jail and related facilities noting overall favorable conditions. It criticized maintenance in remodeled areas and suggested an inmate incentive program for housekeeping. It also praised the Community Correction Center and County Care Facility and discussed exercise-room considerations.
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Linn County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Linn County
Darold Smith
Board of Supervisors
Jean Oxley
Former Guard chief under federal criminal probe
Adjutant Gen. Joseph May former head of the Iowa National Guard is the subject of a federal criminal investigation. U.S. District Attorney Roxanne Conlin said she is seeking complete government files, while the Army report cites a civil reimbursement and potential further amounts. A Polk County grand jury is examining possible Iowa law violations.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Joseph May
U.S
Roxanne Conlin
May
Florida
National Guard
Army
Gen
Polk County
Dan Johnston
Grand Jury
Iowa
Derailment Halts Milwaukee Road Freight Train
Five coal cars of a Milwaukee Road train derailed on Ninth Avenue and 10th Street SW after a track break near Crandie rail yards. The cars slid off the rails without overturning, while several rails were torn up and the incident disrupted nearby traffic.
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Milwaukee Road
Ninth Avenue
10Th Street
Crandie
Derivation of Xmas
The term Xmas comes from the Greek chi letter used in early Christian times to abbreviate Christ. The X stands for Christ, with the full word Christmas implied by context.
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Christ
Man Convicted of Robbery with Aggravation Faces Sentencing
In the 600 block of Fifth Avenue SE a figure attacked Grove from shadows as a neighbor watched from a window. Officials say Madden awaits sentencing after a robbery with aggravation conviction. Earlier in January 1975 Madden was convicted of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury, later reduced from assault with intent to murder after Madden shot a man in the face, receiving a one year prison term.
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Fifth Avenue
Grove
Madden
FBI Files Reveal Hoovers View On Oswald And Cuban Ties
The documents show Hoover doubted definite conclusions on Oswald’s Cuba ties, labeled some letters to Oswald as an attempted hoax, and noted Ruby’s assertion of no other accomplices. Hoover feared a broader conspiracy and directed rapid tracking of suspects while Oswald’s bid to return to the Soviet Union surfaced in Soviet embassy files.
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Son
Hoover
Oswald
Cuba
State Department
Havana
FBI
Ruby
Dallas
Justice Department
Lyndon Johnson
Anatoly Dobrynin
Soviet Union
Russia
Minsk
Marina Nicholaevna
United States
Oswalds
Marina
Cedar Rapids cable ordinance talks advance with city and firm
League of Cities in San Francisco discussed timing for a Cedar Rapids cable TV ordinance. Cable Television Information Center of Washington recommended by the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers could draft in about four weeks for $600. Dowden and Canney note FCC paperwork and local approval needed, with first customers 10 months to a year after start. The franchise covers the whole city within three years.
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League of Cities
San Francisco
Cable Television Information Center
Washington, D.C
National Institute of Municipal Law
McGuire
Canney
Iowa Commerce Commission
Ney
Cable Company
Tom Dowden
Cable
FCC
Dowden
Cox
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Kcrg-Tv
Apartment stripped by mistake
A London borough admits a gross error as public housing tenants Noel and Mrs Haynes return to a nearly emptied apartment. City workers, told to clear shed rubbish, entered the flat and destroyed contents, later discarding items at a municipal dump. Authorities take statements from the workers.
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London
UPI
Richmond
Noel Haynes
Haynes
Council
Soviet military leader Vasilevsky dies at 82 in Moscow
Soviet leader and wartime general staff head Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky, later defense minister, died Monday in Moscow at age 82. The article notes a separate ten year old reflection on tributes to Francis Cardinal Spellman.
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Moscow
Alexander Vasilevsky
Defense
Egypt Moves Against Soviet Ties Amid Peace Push
Egypt expels Soviet advisers and escalates tension with Moscow as Sadat presses his Israel peace initiative. U S diplomat Vance backs Sadat and signals shift away from Geneva talks while Sadat says he will negotiate with Israel alone if Syria blocks further talks.
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Egypt
Sadat
Israel
Cairo
Moscow
Vance
Middle East
United States
U.S
NATO
Brussels
Menahem Begin
Jerusalem
Geneva
Syria
Woman found murdered near apartment in unclear stabbing case
Police would not release the victim’s name. Beverly Wortmann planned to go out for cigarettes near three nearby grocers when she was attacked outside her apartment. No forced entry or stolen items were found, and authorities questioned a roommate, with no charges expected.
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McDaniel
Beverly
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Troy Mills Man
A drunk driving charge was filed against 64 year old Harry H. Hedges of Troy Mills after his arrest early today at the intersection of First Avenue and First Street West.
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Harry H. Hedges
Troy Mills
Hedges
First Avenue
First Street West
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Robert Kennedy
James Walsh
Department of Justice Communications Section
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Algeria
South Yemen
Hussein
Jordan
Damascus
Europe
Mamdouh Salem
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Salem
Johnson
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Mideast
Yugoslavia
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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