Deaths: Clifford L. Underdahl led religious and business ventures
Clifford L. Underdahl 55 of rural Hawkeye died in a Westgate area car crash. A longtime Masonic leader, he was the 74th potentate of El Kahir Temple Cedar Rapids in 1978, and owned a Jesup Chevrolet dealership with real estate holdings in West Union. Survived by his wife Lois, two sons, a daughter, six grandchildren and multiple siblings. Services Monday in West Union with Masonic rites. Burial at West Union Cemetery. Nine other local obituaries note deaths in Mount Vernon Marion Lisbon and nearby communities with pending services.
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Clifford Leroy Underdahl
Hawkeye
Iowa
Westgate
Mr. Underdahl
Cedar Rapids
Jesup
West Union
Independence
Middle River
Minn
Underdahl
Lois Thomas
Oelwein
Hawkeye Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Hawkeye American Legion
Tim
Rod
Reid Martin
Glen
Bismarck
N.D
Lavern
Curt
Harvey
Elton
New Folden
Arvid Anderson
North Branch
West Union United Methodist Church
Burnham and Wood Funeral Home
West Union Cemetery
Iowa Deaths Briefs in Multiple Municipalities
Obituaries list several local deaths with ages and funeral details. Coralville JoAnn S. Kleese 34. Fayette-Victor E. Dahl 76. Guttenberg Alberta Handke 66. Iowa City Clara A. Shimon 70. Monticello Agnes Fagan 77. Tama Kathryn Jacobsen Williard 81. West Liberty Dorothy Kephart 46. Burial sites and memorials noted. services pending and rosaries scheduled.
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Coralville
JoAnn S. Kleese
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Gay’s
Iowa City
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Riverside
Mercy Hospital
Tama
Henry
Kathryn Jacobsen) Williard
Mason-Hand’s
West Liberty
Dorothy Kephart
Snider’s
Specialty schools proposed as desegregation plan
The Justice Department urged a plan of 14 specialty schools to attract black students to white neighborhoods and whites to black areas as an alternative to busing in East Baton Rouge Parish. If approved, the plan would delay court action and replace mandatory busing, allowing students to choose neighborhood schools or transfer while focusing on computer science math languages music art and extended-day options.
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East Baton Rouge
William Bradford Reynolds
Iowans and others indicted in cocaine marijuana deal case
A federal grand jury in Minneapolis charged two Iowans Dennis Fish 29 Vinton and Robert McCue 29 Marion and seven others with attempting a marijuana for cocaine trade involving two cocaine distributions. Indictments name Gregge Johnson 31 Elk River Arthur Peterson 35 Bloomington Raul Marin 27 Upper Saddle River Michael LaFaurie 23 Bloomington Scott Knowlton 27 Elk River Jose Espinal 36 New York City and Javier Ospina-Morales 38 no address. Conviction could bring 15 years and 25000 dollars fines. The undercover probe began in Minneapolis and spanned Minnesota Texas and Iowa.
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Minneapolis
Vinton
Dennis Fish
Robert McCue
Marion
Gregge K. Johnson
Elk River
Minn
Arthur L. Peterson
Bloomington
Raul Marin
Upper Saddle River
N.J
Michael A. LaFaurie
Scott Brian Knowlton
Jose DeJesus Espinal
New York City
Javier Luis Ospina-Morales
Clinton Men Convicted in Cocaine Distribution Case
Three Clinton men Jetter Fisher and Randy Maniccia were convicted by U.S. District Judge Harold Vietor on one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine after extradition from Costa Rica. Jetter also was convicted of distributing 8.5 ounces of cocaine with sentencing set for January 7.
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Des Moines
UPI
Clinton
Iowa
Costa Rica
U.S
Harold Vietor
John Jetter
Terry Fisher
Randy Maniccia
Jetter
Joe Beck
Driver faces charges in hit and run fatality
A 29 year old Council Bluffs man faces drunk driving and involuntary manslaughter charges in a hit and run that killed 35 year old Kenneth L. Clayton in Council Bluffs near the I 480 bridge. Clayton died at the scene after being struck as he walked in the eastbound lanes. Ronald J. Harkin, an Army Corps of Engineers draftsman, turned himself in and was arraigned. He posted a $5,000 bond and a Dec. 29 court date was set.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Neb
Kenneth L. Clayton
West Broadway
Ronald J. Harkin
Pottawattamie County
Gordon Abel
Harkin
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vital Statistics Report Notices and Birth Announcements
Dec 8 9 10 births listed for Cedar Rapids Atkins Newhall Marion Central City Denver Colo and Cedar Rapids names include DeBow Benish Gavin Vargason Usher Poohl Oberthien Mara Craven Dziewa Brown Palmer Most Meyers Wolverton Tuecke Pitsch and others. Local emergency and service calls logged with times and locations.
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Janet
Darrell Benish
Cedar Rapids
Bonnie
Jerry Sherman
39Th St
Kelly
John Gavin
C Ave
Marsha
Steven Vargason
Newhall
Betty
Terry Usher
27Th St
Marion
Kimberly
Arnold Poohl
Northwood Drive
Hiawatha
Tracy
Johnny Oberthien
Ellis Road NW
Marie
Richard Mara
10Th St. NW
Patricia
Joseph Craven
S. Seventh St
Kathy
Alan Dziewa
A Ave. NW
Rebecca
Tom Brown
Seventh Ave
Marjorie
H. Earl Palmer
Central City
Reagan accuses World Peace Council of steering nuclear freeze
President Reagan repeated that the Soviet Union manipulates the nuclear freeze movement and originated it through the Soviet backed World Peace Council. He cited articles and a House Intelligence Committee report while Caldicott said the White House meeting did not change minds.
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Washington Post
Washington
White House
Helen Caldicott
Reagan
Soviet Union
World Peace Council
National Conference of State Legislatures
Oval Office
House Intelligence Committee
Edward Boland
D-Mass
FBI
CIA
Freeze
Council
Caldicott
Patti Davis
High gas costs lift Sheriff department above county rates
County budget notes show the Sheriff’s Department paying about 1.35 per gallon for small loads while the Health and Engineering and Road departments report roughly 1.22 and 1.15 per gallon. Lt Kolz says jail construction limits large deliveries. saving 10 cents per gallon is possible with an 8 000 gallon tanker.
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Mary Burke Gazette
Sheriff's Department
the Gazette
Health Department
May’s Island
Karl Kolz
Kolz
Moore Oil
Sheriff
Keith Erickson
Erickson
Amoco Oil
North Liberty
al Nelson
Nelson
Amoco
Forbes Johnson
Department of Mental Health Services
Sinclair
Moore’s
Iowa sex abuse law challenged as unconstitutional
Waterloo businessman Hope Martin “Buzz” Anderson appeals a 10 year sentence for third degree sexual abuse of a 13 year old girl arguing the law is unconstitutional and punishes him for acts by a non innocent victim. His lawyers claim due process and equal protection were violated.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
Hope Martin
Buzz” Anderson
Black Hawk County
Anderson
Wallace Parrish
Ann Fitzgibbons
Parrish
Fitzgibbons
Joseph P. Weeg
Weeg
Three Day Cancellation Right Warned For Holiday Purchases
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller reminds shoppers of a three day right to cancel and refund on purchases of 25 or more from temporary sellers. A California stereo company selling from a hotel agreed to refund buyers and notify them of the right. Miller urges consumers to insist on the provision during the holiday season to guard against fly by night outfits.
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Tom Miller
Iowa
Miller
Des Moines
California
New Vienna Man Dies in Farm Tractor Accident
Dennis Willenbring, 40, of Route 1 New Vienna, died at the scene when he fell into a tractor power takeoff while working about 200 yards from the barn. A neighbor found him between noon and 1 p.m. The Dubuque County sheriff’s office investigated and the medical examiner confirmed the death after ambulance involvement.
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New Vienna
Dennis Willenbring
Route 1
Willenbring
Dubuque County
Dubuque
The Gazette information notice from Cedar Rapids
The Gazette announces its establishment in 1883 by The Gazette Company and provides publication details. It lists address at 500 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids Iowa, postage rates, and subscription options for carrier and mail editions with varying term prices.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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Mount Vernon
Morgan Funeral Home
Anna M. Lilja
Crestview Acres Nursing Home
St. Luke’s Hospital
Turner Chapel East
Light
Karl H
Federated Church of Lisbon
Kenneth Glover
Lisbon
Drzycimski
Florence M
Turner Chapel West
Paul Hasel
Salem United Methodist Church
Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery
First Ave
aTthTare
Fayette
Victor E. Dahl
United Methodist Church
Becker-Milnes
Grandview Cemetery
Clara A. Shimon
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Donohue-Lensing’s
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Monticello
Agnes Fagan
Devaney-Reiff’s
St. Peter Cemetery
Temple Hill
Mum
Minnesota
Texas
United States
Jon Maniccia
Clayton
Monty Montagne
Delores
Larry DeBow
Sixth St. SW
Constance
James Jacobsen
Atkins
St. Luke’s
Denver
Colo
Ruth
Bruce Most
Norton Most
40Th St
Mark E. Tuecke
Regina R. Pitsch
Virgil W. Meyers
Marjorie S. Wolverton
Sylvia Ave
Ardsley Lane
Ninth St
Gateway St
Fourth St
21St St
Elmcrest Country Club
Republican Party
Barbara Roche
St. Louis
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Boston
Linn
County Engineering Department
John E. Lapes
Wess
Ellis Boulevard
EAS
Center Pt. Rd
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