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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1976
Page
3
Birth notices and police blotter from The Daily Record
The Daily Record lists December births for Merle Kopel Marion Jeffrey Svejda Atkins Knoblauch Reynolds Solon Tack Huschka Yee Anderson and others with multiple surnames. A series of 10:54 a.m. and 12:55 a.m. calls follow, plus a long police blotter detailing speeding fines, disturbances, disturbing the peace, dog at large, traffic violations, jail sentence and other municipal penalties across Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey J. Svejda
Atkins
Charles M. Knoblauch
Meadowlark Lane
David Reynoldson
Solon
Ronald C. Tack
Hyland Drive
John J. Huschka
Fourteenth Avenue
Leonard A. Ye
Steven Stastny
Fifteenth Avenue
David Ohmstede
Park Towne Lane
Gregory Kann
Twenty-sixth Street
Marion
Judy Lefebvre
Union Drive
Richard Cemnoczolowski
Thirty-third Street
Suzanne Ames
Route One
Alan Port
Higley Avenue SE
Steven Freno
Fifth Avenue SE
Lee Sell
C Avenue
Royal Moss
Fifth Avenue
Terry Crawford
Fourteenth Street
Graig Nost
Lisbon
Patricia Martin
Twenty-first Street
Luis Rodriguez
Bever Avenue
Randy Hook
Twelfth Avenue
Mark Carpenter
Sixth Avenue
Harold Robinson
Urbana
Douglas Hobbs
Drinkward Street
Ronald Kloos
Twenty-second Avenue
Patrick Mullin
Regal Avenue
Eastern Iowa Obituaries Deaths in Numerous Cities
A list of deceased individuals across Eastern Iowa with ages and funeral details. Marquette Harold R. Weidenbach 62 service at Thornburg's McGregor. Dysart Hilda Bruger 77 Zion Lutheran Thursday. Decorah Albert Fulsons 85 Madison Lutheran Wednesday. Mrs Mel Erickson 62 Hauge Lutheran Thursday. Urbana Kittie M. Remer 84 United Methodist Wednesday. Vinton Horace E. Williams 87 formerly of Vinton grave side service Evergreen cemetery. Coggon Raymond A. Miller 59 Murdoch's Wednesday. What Cheer Esther F. Koch 69 Harden's Wednesday. Ryan Orland Frasher 63 Golden Congregational Thursday. Independence Ethyl G. Cahill 90 Mason-Howe's burial Quasqueton. Waukon Joseph Haas 67 St Marys Lycurgus Cath church. Harpers Ferry Fred William Goebel 74 Martin's Wednesday. Independence Frances Sand 75 St Johns Catholic Thursday. Knights Forester's Rosary Tuesday. parishes Rosary Wednesday. Catholic Wake service Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Hilda Bruger
Zion Lutheran Church
Overton’s. Decorah
Albert Fulsons
Madison Lutheran Church
Steine’s. Decorah
Mel Erickson
Hauge Lutheran Church
Steine’s
Urbana
Kittie M. Remer
United Methodist Church
Campbell-Russell’s
Vinton
Horace E. Wil
Independence
Ethyl G. Cahill
Mason-Howe’s
Quasqueton Cemetery
Waukon
Joseph Haas
St. Mary’s of Lycurgus Catholic Church
Hanson’s
Harpers Ferry
Fred William Goebel
Morals Charge Man Over Child Act in Hanna Park
Hugh W. Landa, 48, of 1610 Eleventh Avenue SW, was charged with lascivious acts with a child after an incident Friday in Hanna Park involving a young girl. He remained in the county jail pending arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh W. Landa
Eleventh Avenue SW
Hanna Park
Tonntay
Gerber Gets Jail Contract For Steam Pipe Repair
Linn supervisors awarded a jail repair contract to John M. Gerber Plumbing and Heating after reviewing a time and material bid plus overhead percentages. Gerber proposed $19.50 hourly for a journeyman steamfitter and $10 hourly for an apprentice plus material costs and 10 percent overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
John M. Gerber
Gerber
Fourth Trial Set In Alioto Libel Suit
Former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto faces a fourth trial in his 12.5 million libel lawsuit against Look magazine. Tentative date is March 14 following a November mistrial. Previous trials failed over malice and falsehood rulings stemming from a 1969 Look article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Look Magazine
Look
Alioto
Strike halts printing of London newspapers
London UPI reports news paper typesetters and handlers on strike over Christmas holiday pay halted publication of five national papers. The Times Daily Telegraph Daily Mail Daily Mirror and Sun could not print in London while The Guardian and Daily Express planned normal editions.
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London
UPI
Daily Express
The
Guardian
Times
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Sun
Illinois Services For C R Crash Victim
Services will be held Wednesday in Elgin for Thermon Stephens Jr 42 of Elgin died Sunday night in a truck crash at the intersection of highways 13 and 30 east of Cedar Rapids He was employed by Rex Barker Trucking Co and Central Concrete Co and was a Teamsters member Survivors include parents wife Lettie two sons two daughters a sister and a brother Service 3 pm Wednesday at Schmidt funeral home Elgin Burial Bluff City Cemetery Elgin Turner chapel east in charge of local arrangements
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Maxine E. Manatrey
Ford Avenue
Wayne
Dick) Manatrey
Creston
Killian’s
Manatrey Gas and
Tipton
Donald W
Sterling
Ill
Joe
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Easler
Clermont
Gladys Powers
Scottsdale
Ariz
Teahen Funeral Home
Lee Roy Collins
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
American Cancer Society
George J. Rance
Green Bay
Wis
Green Bay Press Gazette
Mildred Vlasek
Roger Compton
William Snider
Susan Rance
Jeffrey
California
Elmer Karasek
Frank
Sioux Falls
S.D
Janeba- Kuba
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Clarence Frana
St. John’s
Ralph B. Robison
Blakely Boulevard
Marengo
Independence
Walker
Wilson and Co
Robison
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Paul L. Garvin
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Memorial Fund
Elgin
Thermon Stephens, Jr
Fourth Avenue
Stephens
Therman Stephens, Jr
Chicago
Elgin Public
Rex Barker Trucking Co
Hiawatha
Central Concrete Co
Teamsters Union
St. James Ame Church of
Lettie
Floyd Brown
William Stephens
Schmidt Funeral Home
Bluff City
Turner Chapel East
Soviets Plan Major Increases in Salaries
MOSCOW. The government states about one third of the Soviet workforce will get pay raises averaging 18 percent from now to end of 1980. Tass says 31 million workers will gain, many in Siberia and Central Asia. The boosts align with state social development plans and higher living standards from the 25th party congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Tass
Siberia
Central Asia
Communist Party
Chicago mayoral rift tests Daley machine grip
Continued coverage says uncertainty over a deal with Frost leaves him acting mayor and denied council approval due to race. The split threatens the Daley machine as black voters grow in influence in a city where 40 percent are Black. The Cook County central committee chair race pits George Dunne against Edmund Kelly, shaking old alliances in Chicago politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frost
Daley
Chicago Democratic
Cook County Central Democratic Committee
George Dunne
Cook County Board
Edmund Kelly
Chicago Park District
Injured milkman avoids worse fate after crash and surgery
A milkman suffers severe injuries to the bowling hand in a crash while on route. He undergoes surgery to repair tendons and a nerve and will be absent from work for two weeks and the cast for four. His employer arranges another driver to cover the route, and the writer contemplates a career change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Cedar Rapids to raise parking ticket fine to $1
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids contrast on fines and ticketing. Cedar Rapids officers issue more tickets than Des Moines, with a $2 fine in Des Moines and a $1 proposed in Cedar Rapids. City officials expect revenue from reducing violations and plan a three month continuation of the current fee schedule before an ordinance to raise to $1 is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Des Moines
Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carterin talks on growth tax policy and Brezhnev summit
President-elect Carter met with top economic advisers to set priorities for growth and efficiency while seeking new funds for federal programs. He discussed plans for a possible Brezhnev summit and a fresh SALT agreement before the current pact expires. A Washington Post report cited Laurence Woodworth as a potential tax czar, which he denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Califano
Carter
Plains
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
The
Washington Post
Laurence Woodworth
Russell Long
D-La
French Police Question 2 in Prince's Death
Paris police say the Prince de Broglie killing was likely done by a professional killer hired by a business associate of a former cabinet minister. Four men remained in custody and three more youths resembling the gunman were questioned as officers followed the description of the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Prince Jean de Broglie
de Broglie
Pierre Ottavioli
New Signs Considered At Fatal Cedar Rapids Curve
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant said signs may be added at the highway 13 and 30 intersection east of Cedar Rapids after a fatal Sunday night crash. A semi driver died and investigators believe speeding contributed. The DOT is studying the curve and may install a tight curve sign and possibly lower the limit to 35 mph with an amber light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Walter Grant
State Department of Transportation
Grant
Department of Transportation
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