Deaths in region mark string of obituaries
Obituaries and notices list multiple deaths in Iowa communities including Dallas H. Roseberry 74 of Newhall and Frank Blozvich 78 Cedar Rapids resident, with services planned and survivors detailed. Additional memorials note Thomas Davison 56 Shellsburg and Marion Fitzgerald 79 Cedar Rapids, among others, with burial and service plans across Cedar Memorial and local churches.
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Dallas H. Roseberry
Newhall
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Caroyl Houser
Charles
Enfield
Conn
A.A. Roseberry
Robert
Roy
Bert
Paul
Max
Urbana
Violet Elgin
Claribel Cross
Onslow
Evadene Keith
Massachusetts
Turner Chapel West
Frank Blozvich
Linn County
Austria
Edith Foster
Mystic
Centerville
Wyoming
Robert Glaspie
Kalamazoo
Mich
Junior Perrin
Joe Polich
Rock Island
Ill
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Alexander George
St. John’s Orthodox Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Thomas Edward Davison
Shellsburg
Portage
Wis
Century Engineering
North Star Steel Co
Wilton
Zion Lutheran Church
Chapel of Memories
John Schmidt
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Democratic unit urges rail passenger service for Cedar Rapids
A 19 member Iowa Democratic task force recommends state funding of a second passenger route from Council Bluffs through Cedar Rapids to Clinton, plus a tax break for railroads. It seeks federal matching funds, a 75 000 dollar state appropriation, and a 10 million dollar expansion of branch line aid, plus creation of an Iowa Rail Finance Authority and a Midwestern railroad compact.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Chicago and North Western
Burlington
Iowa Rail Finance Authority
Weather summary with wind and temp notes and coastal forecasts
Wind direction variable at 11 a.m. with 15 mph velocity. Sunrise 7:28, sunset 4:36. Year ago today high 40 low 14, no precipitation. Extended forecast clear to partly cloudy with no rain Sunday through Tuesday. highs 20s to 40s, lows 15 to 25. National highs 86 in Fort Myers and Isla Morada. low 17 below in International Falls. Coralville Lake and Mississippi River stages shown. many gauges steady or fall. Fog and freezing rain advisories. high wind watches in Wyoming and warnings on Montana eastern slopes. Snow showers in New England and Great Lakes. rain along Atlantic coast and Gulf coasts. Six hours to 7 a.m. EST: Lubbock 2 inches, Syracuse 1 inch. rainfall highest at Bellingham 0.52, Charlottesville 0.37, Quillayute 0.24.
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New England
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Oklahoma
Atlantic
Virginia
Gulf Coastal
Gulf Coast
Washington
Lubbock
Syracuse
N.Y
Bellingham
Wash
Charlottesville
Quillayate
Hosts in Iran hostage crisis loom large in Christmas mail effort
The State Department reports thousands of Christmas cards sent to the hostages, with officials noting a surge in mail to the U.S. Embassy Tehran. Diplomatic activity continues as ambassadors from a dozen countries meet Iran’s foreign minister and Iran announces a full ambassador to the UN. The Hague court will rule Saturday on the US request for hostage release. Japan agrees to cap Iranian oil purchases to pre-crisis levels.
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State Department
Iran
U.S
Tehran
Department
Thomas Reston
United States
Takhte Jamshid Avenue
International Court of Justice
the Hague
United Nations
Japan
America
Marine Held in Iran Sends Call to Mother
The mother of Marine Sgt. Rodney Rocky Sickmann, one of 50 Americans held in Iran, says he phoned to say he is safe and doing his job. He reported reading letters, sitting on his bed, and getting enough to eat.
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Washington, Mo
U.S
Iran
Toni Sickmann
Marine Corps
Rodney
Rocky” Sickmann
Sickmann
Mrs. Sickmann
Vital Statistics and Emergency Reports Detail Local Births and Incidents
A summary line lists numerous birth announcements from families in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas including Kathyrn and Lawrence Janda in Iowa City and several other couples with newborns. The report also lists multiple emergency responses on Thursday morning to local addresses including medical emergencies, mistaken alarms, a gas leak investigation, furnace and chimney malfunctions, and a fire incident. Grandparents are named for several births.
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Blairs Ferry Road
First Ave
Eagle
Lindale Mall
Richmond Road
Hollywood Boulevard
16Th Ave
Glenwood Drive
Shasta Drive
Joseph Wilson returns home from hospital after long disappearance
The Frederick Douglass school and Philadelphia officials confirmed Joseph Wilson’s residence. His father Joseph and stepmother Marie Wilson spoke by phone and shared the boy was in good spirits, with hospitals planning farewell parties as he returns home. He had last been seen November 26 in a school library and had travelled toward New York via train stations.
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Frederick Douglass
Philadelphia
Joseph
Marie Wilson
Wilson
New York
North Philadelphia
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Fruitland Blvd
Muscatine
Penick and Ford Ltd
Lillian Zaruba
Calvin-Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
Woodmen Camp
Western Fraternal Life Association
American Federation of Grain Millers
Eunice Stanley
Orville M
Martin C
Helen Carzis
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles A
Davis
Calif
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Charles R. Mehaffey
Linwood Cemetery
26Th Ave
Brown
Clara W
Brush Funeral Home
Solon
Dennis Tevis
Oakland Cemetery
Hahn
Linda A
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Dean Hoferer
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Larry Weston Donegan
Colorado Springs
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Joyce Sundberg
Marion
First United Methodist Church
Washington High School
Donald F. Donegan
Rebecca Dee
Nicole Teresa
Frederick
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Vaunita Edgington
Donna Mae Barrows
Fort Worth
Ray LeClerc
Sylvester Ralston
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
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Coggan
Manchester
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Cherokee Village
Ark
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Tom
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United Zion Presbyterian
Aurora
Robert Howe
West Linn
Fayette
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Decorah
Marie M. Anderson
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Lutheran Cemetery
Olson Fjelstul
S. Independence
Zola Firth
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Iowa City
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George L. Gay
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Owen
Amy) Wright
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