Obituary notices across several Iowa towns recall long illnesses and services
Deaths listed include Benita G. Smith 81 of Marion with service at Murdoch Chapel and burial in Oak Shade Cemetery. Also Esther Peck 85 and Steven Ladeburg 31 with memorial funds and local burials. Cedar Rapids resident Howard Snyder 73 with service at Beatty Murdoch Chapel and burial Cedar Memorial Park. Additional notices cover Marie Anderson 1:30 Tuesday service in Cedar Rapids, Tessie Martens funeral in Urbana, Eulalia Reyhons in Solon, and Andrew Charipar 81 at Americana Healthcare Center.
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Benita G. Smith
Crestview Acres
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Benita G. Grote
van Horne
Marion High School
Iowa State University
First United Presbyterian Church
Tennyson Club
Jina Luise
Los Angeles
Murdoch
Anamosa
Ralph
Esther Peck
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Goettsch
Oelwein
Margaret Hannon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brandt-Kern’s
Woodlawn
Rowley
Blanche A. Stary
White's
Independence
Tipton
Marie V. Wagner
First United Church of Christ
Sheets and Son
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Howard M. Snyder
Second Ave
Preston
Minn
Iva M. Wilson
Rock Island
Ill
Snyder
Harding Glass Industries
Omaha
Neb
Photo Printing Inc
Carlisle
Iowa
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cynthia Kirkland
Escondido
Calif
Beatty-Beurle- Murdoch
Eugene Hancock
Cedar Memorial Park
Beatty-Beurle-Murdoch
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
T. Don Collins
Urbana
Teahen
Reyhons
Eulalia
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Solon
Francis Lenoch
Church Cemetery
Andrew J. Charipar
39Th St
Americana Healthcare Center
Turner Chapel East
Photo reunites long lost relatives across years and oceans
A UPI photograph featuring Don Pape in California triggers Christmas joy as he reunites with his mother Eva St Onge and connects with son David D Jones in Memphis. Jones, adopted in California, learns Pape is his father after 40 years of searching, while Pape had believed his wife Jessie Pape died in 1942.
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Memphis, Tenn
Pape
Eva St. Onge
Alaska
Memphis
UPI
California
Jones
Jessie Pape
Navy
Dubuque Plane Crash Kills 2 On Final Approach
FAA says twin engine American Central Airlines jet crashed while on a final approach to Dubuque. Pilot Kurt Gannon 23 and co pilot Katheryn Ann Mitchell 22 died. No passengers aboard. Investigators will forward scene findings to a Washington panel to determine cause. Flight originated from Des Moines.
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Dubuque
American Central Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Wall
Kansas City
Des Moines
Kurt Gannon
Colfax
Iowa
Katheryn Ann Mitchell
Oak Lawn
Ill
Wall
Washington
Chinese-American editor among China air crash victims
23 people died when a CAAC Ilyushin-18 crashed on landing near Canton Christmas Eve. Among the dead: Neil David Konheim, 31, of Los Angeles, and Madame Liang Tong-ji, editor of Express, a Chinese language newspaper. A third American was believed dead. Professor Donald P. Heins was "assumed dead" pending confirmation. Janette Range, 26, hospitalized for smoke inhalation, was Konheim’s wife. Investigators sought cause as 69 aboard were on board.
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Peking
California
Canton
U.S
Neil David Konheim
Los Angeles
Madame Liang Tong-ji
the Express
United States
Changsha
Hunan
Janette Range
Konheim
Xinhua
Neil Konheim
Panda Travel Service
Panda
Donald P. Heins
Heins
China
CAAC
The Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa with second class postage. Subscriptions by carrier are $1.95 per week and mail rates vary by edition and duration, including $9.20 for 7 issues per 4 weeks and $95 for 52 weeks, with exceptions for certain areas. The Associated Press is used exclusively for republication of local news and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Lowe
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Peach Bowl tabloid to publish in The Gazette
Hawkeye football fans headed to the Peach Bowl and home viewers will find a special Peach Bowl tabloid in Wednesday morning edition of The Gazette. The issue will cover the bowl game itself as well as related facts and statistics.
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Hawkeye
The
Gazette
Vital Statistics Saturday Medical Emergencies and Incidents
A sequence of local emergency events reported from 11:58 am Saturday to 3:36 pm Sunday includes medical emergencies at multiple addresses such as 527 Second Ave SW and 307 Cherry Hill Road SW, plus a gas flush at 4620 First Ave NE and an alarm malfunction at 200 Clive Drive SW.
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Second Ave
Brookview Lane
Cherry Hill Road
Sidney St
Clive Drive
Fifth St
32Nd St
First Ave
Waterloo Man, 31, Dies in One-Vehicle Crash
Waterloo police report Ronald Gene Robert, 31, of Waterloo died in a Sunday morning one-vehicle crash when his car lost control and struck a tree.
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Waterloo
UPI
Ronald Gene Robert
Robert
Divine fuse halts Cairo sedition trial amid darkened court
In Cairo the Muslim sedition trial faced a noon recess after a fuse explosion caused a blackout in a makeshift courtroom. Defendants shouted God is great amid the outage as 279 defendants pleaded innocent to belonging to the Al Jihad group.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdel-Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed
Ahmed
Troom
Al-Jihad
Holy War
Anwar Sadat
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Abboud el-Zomar
Abdel-Rahman
el-Zomar
Sadat
Army
Khaled al-Islambouly
Abdel- Rahman
Record High Marriages and Divorces Rise in 1981
Preliminary figures from the Health and Human Services Center show marriages reached 2,438,000 in 1981 up 1 percent from 1980, while divorces climbed for the 19th straight year to about 1,219,000. Births totaled 3,646,000, up 1.3 percent, and deaths rose slightly with life expectancy at birth at 74.1 years. California led in marriages with 214,708, followed by Texas and New York.
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Washington
UPI
Health and Human Services Department
National Center For Health Statistics
California
Texas
New York
Winter Driving Prep List for Cars
Before hitting winter roads, ensure a car carries a spare tire with chains a shovel sand a booster cables a fire extinguisher a windshield scraper a tow rope or chain gasoline antifreeze windshield cleaner flares a flashlight batteries tools pliers screwdriver adjustable wrench pocket knife sunglasses bright cloth nylon cord and a plastic whistle.
Labor costs lag prices signal global economic pick up
The Conference Board reports labor costs in the United States and elsewhere are rising more slowly than prices, suggesting a worldwide economic recovery may be under way. It notes progress in Britain and stabilization in West Germany and Japan, with price labor cost realignment seen as a recovery prerequisite and bullish stock-market signals.
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New York
United States
Conference Board
Britain
West Germany
U.S
United Kingdom
Two Drivers Charged With Drunk Driving In Linn County
Dennis J. Morgan, 25, of 373 17th St SE, arrested 7:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of Fourth Ave SE, charged with drunk driving plus improper backing, no Iowa license, and a vehicle equipment violation. Bradley J. Vander Sanden, 22, of 3847 Tomahawk Trail SE, arrested 12:50 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of 44th Street SE, charged with drunk driving and speeding.
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Linn County
Dennis J. Morgan
17Th St
Fourth Ave. SE
Iowa
Bradley J. Vander Sanden
Tomahawk Trail
44Th Street SE
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Merchant Marine
Skagway
St. Onge
Vancouver
B.C
FAA
19Th St. NE
Jazette Phot
O Mellis
Westdale Mall
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
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