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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1970
Page
50
Daily Record weather high temperatures and precipitation totals for December with normal year figures and year to date. Births and marriages notices list multiple names and addresses in Cedar Rapids and Toronto. Local incident notes include trash fires and backfires, with times and locations. no further context provided.
Debtors in La Porte City and nearby areas report debts totaling thousands with assets exempt. Municipal Court saw numerous fines for speeding stop sign and lane violations, plus minor license issues. Death notices list Cecil Ruepbel and several regional burials. bankruptcy petitions filed for Janes H. Cline, Jack W. Wethington, and others with assets and exemptions detailed.
Witnesses saw Donny Turner crying outside as flames trapped a baby inside. Turner attempted to re enter the home to save the child but was unsuccessful. Fire Lt Dougherty located the infant, who died despite resuscitation efforts by fire and medical crews. The fire heavily damaged the attic and residence as Turner had just returned from work with the city water department.
The death of a year old infant in Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning brought the city total of fire deaths to eleven for the year. James Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Turner, 2356 Blakely Boulevard, 8E, died Tuesday. Other fire deaths this year include Mrs. William Johnson, Jan 6, 40 Fourth Street BW, died Jan 6. Debbie Marburger, seven months, 1265 Fourth Avenue SE, May 18. Willie Breigster, 41, Kimberly Brewster, 4, and Sajina Brewsters, 38, 1024 Tenth Avenue SE, Oct 31. Lee Ann Moyle, 17, Gerald Dean Moyle, 2, and Dale Moyle, 11 months, 114 Tenth Street NE, Nov 18. James DeWitt, 64, 8th Avenue SE, Dec 4.
City briefs report a $300 theft at Ray Hunt’s residence 609 Fifth Avenue SH on Monday. Also, four young men struck Holland Stand, Inc. at 407 Second Avenue SE, fleeing with a stereo control center and an all wave cache valued at a total of gidd.
Obituary items note the death of Lester L. Johnson, Cedar Rapids native and former Harp er and McIntire Co. executive who later joined L H Kurtz Co in Des Moines, with extensive civic roles and a service in Cedar Rapids. Also listed are Alvah E Gersh and Lee C Weikal, detailing birthplaces, family, career, church and lodge affiliations, and funeral arrangements in Cedar Rapids area.
Cedar Rapids resident Joseph Franklin Parr 63 died Monday in a one vehicle crash near Palo. Born July 2 1887 in Rockton Illinois he served in World War II and was a member of Springville United Methodist church. He is survived by his wife Maxine Trowbridge and two daughters Gail and Lynne Parr. services set at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial.
Details show a 26.25 cent pay rise split with 25 cent retroactive to November 1 and 2. The total retroactive pay would average about 174.80 dollars per worker, with funding available before Christmas. Ford’s cost is quoted at 8.3 million for partial retroactivity versus 19.1 million if fully retroactive to September 15.
In Cedar Rapids, Judge Osmundson denied Mini-16 Inc an immediate trial on whether the city must issue a theater license and refused to allow remodeling of the 41 Second Avenue SE site without a permit while the case proceeds. President Richard L. Bayvis Jr. cited daily losses of about $100 from the idle theater. The ruling follows state rules favoring orderly trial schedules and cites prior Supreme Court guidance on speedy disposition of cases.
Weather outlook predicts showers and rain in most of California with snow flurries in the northern and mid Rockies and the Dakotas. Clear to partly cloudy skies expected across the rest of the country.
Obituaries and funeral notices list services for multiple individuals including Margaret Cepowski Joyce Pollack Richard Hahn Bay Rundle and Lon May. Services held at Cedar Memorial Kuba funeral homes and local churches with burial at St Johns Czech National and other cemeteries. Military honors noted for a veteran and rosaries planned at area funeral homes.
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