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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1979

Page

2

Dying notes and memorials fill Cedar Rapids area obits

The obituary column lists Debora Lynn Clark 19 who drowned at Whidby Island Washington. Robert Dale Fountain 53. Arthur Leland Wilcox 76. Walter M. Brown 71. Herman C. Richmann 81. William D. Victorine 63. Raymond L. Kibbie 66. Ruby Opal Schindler 79. Included are service details, burial sites, family survivors, and memorial requests.

Debora Lynn Clark Iowa Whidby Island Wash Monticello Kennedy High School Cedar Rapids Mead High School Mead, Wash Spokane Community College Northview Bible Church Fellowship For Christian Women Campus Life Keith V. Clark Spokane Marshall Kerry Donald Clark Kenneth Parks Fairfield

Memorial Services for Cleo Marie Emry Saturday

Memorial services for Cleo Marie Emry will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Turner Chapel East with Rev. Neville Clayton of Cedar Christian Church officiating. Burial follows at Green Grove Cemetery in Center Point. Friends may call at Turner Chapel East which is handling arrangements.

Robert Dale Fountain Waveland Drive Cedar Rapids Wellman Theresa Adams FMC Michael Charles Sam Marion Iowa City Clifford Edna Texas Harold Kansas Enos Luzerne Cedar Memorial Chapel of Don Caspers Linwood Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Arthur Leland Wilcox Belmont Parkway Mitchell S.D Avon Bessie Matheny Mount Mercy College Free Methodist Church Alvin Oak Park Ill Myron Charles E Corning Ark Ina Voigt Viola Jensen Lee Don Bundy The Larry Bringman Four Square Gospel Church E. Wayne Ryan Free Methodist Church of Columbus City Free Methodist Church Memorial Fund Cascade Joseph A. Klocker Devaney-Reiff's Dyersville Leona) Ungs Kramer’s. Edgewood Virgil Frances) Meese St. Mark’s Catholic Church Church Appleton-Vernon’s Farley Herbert H. Kramer St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Reiff's Giard Oscar Mike” P. Allert Thornburg’s McGregor Oak Hill Harrison's Toledo Floyd A. Whitmore First Presbyterian Church Woodlawn Henderson’s West Liberty Clarence Crees Snider’s Oak Ridge Cemetery Harold H. Wilkerson First Church United Williamsburg Ernest Inez) Wallace Uhlmann Walter M. Brown Longwood Drive Aurora Helen Oliphant St. Charles, Ill Colonial Bakery Colonial St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Mount Hermon AF & AM el Kabir Shrine Turner Chapel East Lloyd Brockmeyer St. Paul's United Methodist Church Turner Crematory Brown Herman C. Richmann West Alexandria Ohio Richmann U.S. District Court Black Hawk County Minnesota Iowa Business Mankato Minn Bremer County Laura Rausch Richmann Margaret Unger Helen Kerr Lake Bluff Herbert Woodbridge Salem Lutheran Church J. Herman Bassler Fairview Cemetery Raymond L. Kibbie Las Vegas Benton County Phyllis Ainsworth Lorraine Criger Kibbie Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Trinity United Methodist Church Ruby Opal Schindler 11Th St St. James United Methodist Church Allen Howell Garden Grove Calif Donald D Roy E Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Gordon B. Packard Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Emry Cleo Marie Neville Clayton Cedar Christian Church Green Grove Cemetery Center Point

Iowa College Republican Convention Set for Grinnell Campus

Republican State Chairman Stephen W. Roberts and 1st District Rep. James Leach address Iowa College Republican Convention at The Forum Grinnell College Grinnell Saturday. Red China released two Americans after nine months held captive ten years ago.

Des Moines Stephen W. Roberts James Leach Iowa Iowa College Grinnell College Grinnell Red China

Christmas Celebration in Mechanicsville for Children

The Mechanicsville Commercial Club sponsors an annual Christmas celebration for children at the Sievers Memorial Building beginning 1 30 p.m. Saturday with a magician and Santa arriving at 3 p.m. A dance follows from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. City council coverage noted. Eisenhower greeted a foreign visitor in Ankara 20 years ago.

Mechanicsville Commercial Club Sievers Memorial Santa Claus Eisenhower Ankara Turkey

The Cedar Rapids Gazette Admits Newspaper Details

The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its long history since 1883 and lists mailing and subscription basics, including carrier rates and weekend editions. It notes mailing privileges and service areas with Gazette carrier coverage and pricing.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Om Bay Third Ave Iowa

Windy start to the day with NW gusts 31 to 39 mph

11 a.m. conditions show northwest winds at 31 to 39 mph. Sun rises at 7 22 and sets at 4 35. Year ago today high 15 low 9 with 02 precip. Through to mid 40s. Warmer Monday and Tuesday with mid 40s to mid 50s highs. Lows Sunday in the teens, Monday and Tuesday in the 20s. National high Thursday 91 at Spring Valley California. This morning: 3 above at Gunnison and 0 pool level.

Spring Valley Calif Gunnison

Snow Threatens Great Lakes Coasts With Snowstorms And Warnings

A strong Wisconsin centered low brings snow to the western upper Great Lakes with 3 to 6 inches in north central Wisconsin and heavier bands along Lake Superior. Snow squalls may reach Michigan shores with up to 6 inches, triggering heavy snow warnings. Gale and storm warnings cover Lakes Superior and Michigan as winds reach 40 to 50 mph offshore. Rain fell in Florida and scattered spots in New England and the Midwest, with snowfall piling up at Lewistown Montana and Marquette Michigan.

Great Lakes Wisconsin Upper Great Lakes Michigan Lake Superior Upper Michigan Lower Michigan New York Pennsylvania Erie Ontario Lakes Superior Lake Erie Cleveland Florida Peninsula Fort Myers Fla Homestead Afb Key West Miami West Palm Beach Tallahassee New England Ilinois Indiana Nebraska Panhandle Maine Rumford Nebraska South Dakota Lewistown Mont Marquette Mich Sault Sainte Marie Park Falls Wis Mississippi Valley Pacific Coast

Social Security panel proposes tax and funding tweaks

A council suggests trimming the 1980 payroll tax from 6.13 to 5.6 percent and holding 1981 at 6.4 percent. It would cap wage base increases, earmark corporate and income taxes for Medicare if possible, and proposes a 7.25 percent payroll tax by 2005 to improve solvency. It also warns taxing half of Social Security benefits would tax about 10.6 million elderly by an average $350 annually.

Congress

Hostage Crisis Updates Include Visitation Plans and Court Claims

Iran's Ghotbzadeh says hostages will be visited to dispel mistreatment claims as some captives remain unseen since the Nov. 4 seizure. Shah reportedly convalesces in Texas after surgery. Carter aides meet hostage families while San Antonio limits protests around Lackland. Williams and Quarles, released hostages, sue for damages from Iranian funds frozen in the U.S.

Ghotbzadeh Carter Administration Department Washington Peter Michael Curry San Antonio Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio College Shah Khomeini Iran U.S Tehran Wlliams Albany N. Y Quarles Washington, D.C

Tractor overturns kill Epworth farmer on his farm

Herbert AH. Kramer 58 of rural Epworth died Thursday afternoon when his tractor pulling a trailer overturned on a field at his farm. Authorities say a front wheel hit a hole causing the rollover about 4 p.m.

Epworth Herbert AH. Kramer Kramer

Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Summary

A December vital statistics update lists multiple births for couples in Marion Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Separate incident notes report a short pump motor problem on Marilyn Drive NE an overheated stove on Crestridge Drive SW and a medical emergency on Waveland Drive NW. The piece also catalogs many local residents and couples with full names and addresses.

Marilyn Drive Crestridge Drive Waveland Drive

City Briefs Highlight Local Advertisements and Theft at Businesses

Cash or loans from Siegel's jewelry and pawn shop. Scandanavian Gifts and Decor advertises Lindale location. Gift certificates from the Iowa Connection at Westdale Mall. Siegel's buys estates diamonds and gold jewelry. Theft at Electric Sign Co. reports 20 gallons fuel and tools stolen from 140 30th St Drive SE.

Electric Sign Co 30Th St. Drive

Government reports varied unemployment by group November

The government released seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for population groups. Adult men 4.3 percent unchanged from October. adult women 5.5 percent down from 5.8. teenagers 15.9 down from 16.6. minority teenagers 33.1 down from 35.7. whites 5.2 unchanged. non whites 10.8 down from 11.7. Full time workers 5.4 down from 5.5. part time 8.2 down from 9. White collar 3.1 down from 3.5. blue collar 7.5 up from 7.3. service workers 6.6 down from 7.0.

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