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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1977

Page

3

Deaths regionwide mark Cedar Rapids area obituary list

Obituary notices report the deaths of Donald A. Salisbury 70 of 408 17th St NE and Wallace J. Boddicker 65 of Newhall in traffic and illness cases. Other obituaries include Merle L. Kelley Donald John Hilton and Joe Teply with details on birth, marriage, survivors and funeral arrangements across Cedar Rapids Newhall Urbana and surrounding towns.

Donald A. Salisbury 17Th St Des Moines Cedar Rapids Burt Iowa Edna Ratliff Trenton James Zern Allen Salisbury Algona Howard Salisbury Ralph Salisbury Montana Ina Gramenz Silvis Ill Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Waterloo

Immunization plea as Linn County clinic struggles to meet goal

Health Department Director Al Ahern warns parents to act now as Linn County faces a shortfall in state mandated immunizations. Only 1 100 of an estimated 10 000 to 12 000 children have been immunized with 12 clinic days remaining.

Linn County Health Department al Ahern Ahern

Swisher Woman, 73, Struck by Car in Early Morning Incident

A 73-year-old Swisher woman, Elaine Ross, is listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after being struck by a car driven by Brent E. Meyer, 25, of Swisher around 6:30 a.m. on a Swisher street. The Highway Patrol noted Meyer was cresting a hill when the collision occurred. the crash remains under investigation.

Swisher Mercy Hospital Elaine Ross Brent E. Meyer Highway Patrol Meyer Ross

Cedar Rapids Woman Hurt in Center Point Road Crash

A Cedar Rapids woman Marie E Falk 21 and her 3 year old daughter Kaeleen were injured in a two car collision at Center Point Road and M Avenue NE. Falk is in good condition with head injuries at St Luke's Hospital. Driver Alvin L Onstott 60 of Mount Vernon faces a charge of failure to signal.

Cedar Rapids Center Point Road M Avenue Marie E. Falk F Ave St. Luke’s Hospital Kaeleen Alvin L. Onstott Mount Vernon Falk Onstott

Cedar Rapids Gazette Publishing Details and Rates

The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists offices at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 and outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail for noon and Sunday editions. It notes no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service and that the Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.

The Gazette Company Gally Third Ave. SE Cedar Rapids Iowa U.S Associated Press

Guilty Plea in Midwest Check Forgery Ring

Milwaukee man Tony Tolliver pleaded guilty in Cedar Rapids to one count of conspiracy in a check scheme that forged over 140000 dollars in three years from July 1974 through this year. He received a five year prison sentence and six related counts were dismissed.

Milwaukee U.S. District Court Cedar Rapids Tony Tolliver Midwest Iowa Asst U.S. Atty Alan Kirshen Tolliver Kirshen

Churchill's widow Lady Spencer Churchill dies at 92

London AP reports Lady Spencer Churchill widow of Sir Winston Churchill died at her London home after a heart attack aged 92. Her grandson Winston Churchill announced the death. The piece also notes that in 1944 Tokyo was partially evacuated due to American firebombing.

London Spencer Churchill Britain Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Tokyo

Couple injured in South America car crash in Andes

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McCue of Marion were injured last week in a crash in the Andes near Neiva Colombia. McCue was released but his wife remains hospitalized after their car struck a parked truck on a mountain curve during an extended South America vacation. Relatives say they hope to return to the United States once she is discharged.

Robert A. McCue Vine Ave Andes Neiva Colombia Marion South America McCue McCues United States

Iowa Citian Thrown From Bridge in Iowa City

Jones, 24, of Iowa City, is in serious condition at University Hospitals after two masked men allegedly threw him 20 feet from the College Street bridge in downtown Iowa City. Police say no robbery occurred and the assailants fled south on foot.

Iowa City Taylor A. Jones University Hospitals Jones College Street

Christmas Mail Delays Hit Des Moines Area

AP dispatch from Des Moines notes heavy snow in Iowa slowed holiday mail. Ronald Grant warns late mail could jeopardize delivery before Christmas while Peter Facciola reports lower year over year mail volume and adds no guarantee of on time arrival despite sending now.

DES Moines Iowa Ronald Grant Grant Peter Facciola

Thaw Teases Iowans With Warmer Break Ahead

A warm front moved through Iowa early Monday bringing southerly winds and slushy streets. A cold front was forecast to follow by evening bringing cooler temperatures but not as bitter as last week. Sunday midday near 20s, Monday expected upper 40s to low 50s. overnight lows ranged from 12 at Dubuque to 28 in Ottumwa, Sioux City and Spencer.

Dubuque Ottumwa Sioux City Spencer

Snow removal budget drew more this year says official

Plows clear streets, especially where snow remains. Unmotorized recreation vehicles are used as storage parts of the street, and will be ticketed. Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips notes there is no separate snow budget, but spending on snow removal already exceeds last winter.

Sioner Richard Phillips

Santa in Jail Hoax Stirs Belfast Ghetto

In Belfast's working class streets, a 4 year old asks if Santa is dead, injured, or jailed. Parents spin stories about bombs, soldiers, and the IRA as they cope with hardship and crowded terraced housing. The wreath of fear and poverty shadows Christmas.

IRA Irish Republican Army Santa Belfast

Supreme Court upholds pre 1968 retirements and 165 threshold rule

Burger overrides McMann precedent and says no per se economic purpose needed for retirement plans. Court upholds pre 1968 policies allowing 65 or earlier retirements and rejects wholesale invalidation of good faith pre existing plans. Separate opinions by White and Stewart. Other rulings include Miranda protections, Hughes estate trial, libel award, and guest passenger injury defense in Oregon law.

U.S. Circuit Court Richmond McMann Circuit Court Burger Congress United White California Houston Howard Hughes New York Times National Audubon Society 2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Oregon

Sadat Visit to Israel Prompts Mideast Diplomacy Push

Obse rvatore Romano prints two pages on Sadat’s address to the Israeli parliament and Begin’s reply calling the visit farsighted. Secretary Vance tours Jordan and Damascus urging a Cairo participants’ roll and pressuring Syria to shift toward peace. Begin signals readiness for a broader treaty scope with Egypt.

Sadat Israel Observatore Romano Today Middle East Menahem Begin Cyrus Vance Jordan King Hussein Cairo Egypt Vance Jerusalem Hussein Syria Khaddam Geneva Abu Dhabi Hafez Assad Zayed bin Sulan al Nahyan United Arab Emirates Damascus Assad Persian Gulf

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Wallace J. Boddicker Newhall Blairstown Randy L. McConnell Anamosa Helen Anderson Wallace Jr Ralph Jack Bradley Falls Church Mike Rinderknecht Anita Kramer Arleigh Harold Leone Wheeler Howard Johnson George Fairnle Larry Werning Shellsburg St. Paul’s Catholic Church SS Peter and Paul Watkins Fellmer’s Keystone Merle L. Kelley Palms Calif Audubon National Oats Co Elsie Ellen Laura Madrid Ivan Hoover Hubbard Donald John Hilton 12Th Ave Clare University Hospital VFW St. Jude’s Catholic Church Marguerite Berggren Mary A. Stepanek Cedar Vishsel Frank Brush Chapel St. Wenceslaus Church Louis Trzil St. John’s Cemetery Techay Siegfred Brosh Chapel Robert Rogers Clarence Peters Laurence Brosh Solon St. Mary’s Church J.J. Fath Joe Teply 18Th Ave Praha Czechoslovakia Emma Javourek Teply Willard Christophersen George Mollie Mary Michigan William Harnish Czech National Cemetery Rex Tracy Hersom Fifth Ave Oskaloosa Tschirgi Co Robert Devern Eldorado Springs Max Mason Frank Jenkins John Willett Chicago Teahen David Polk First Christian Church Burial Forest Cemetery Belwein Mary Hanlon Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hintz’s. Oelwein Clarence Struckman Brant Kern S. Independence Fred Smith Lindhart-Mason Funeral Home Humboldt North Lawn Fort Dodge Independence Merle H. Curry Jr Long Beach St. John’s Catholic Church Mason-Howe’s Victor — Harvey Voelkel McAninch-Freming Thornburg’s Pleasant Grove Vinton Lester B. Woolfson Phillips Wellman — Clark Gingerich Lower Deer Creek Dewey Chaffer Witt’s Elkader Hansel Garber Postville Norman H. Amundson East Clermont Lutheran Church Schutte’s. Sigourney Alice Brown Keota Ora E. Smith Powell’s Ralph Meer George L. Gay Churchill John E. Lopes 3Rd Avenue S.E Pierson’s Flower Shop & Greenhouses Inc Ellis Blvd Santa Claus Supreme Court Harry Blackmun Lewis Powell William Rehnquist John Paul Stevens Potter Stewart Byron White Maryland Maryland Court of Appeals Mideast Saudi Arabia Kuwait U.A.E Moshe Dayan Anwar Sadat Dayan
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