Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Multiple notices list deaths and services for Frieda E. Graham 76 Rhetta Nabb 72 Lillian Kulhavy 83 Floy E O’Meara 1:30 p.m. Marion Shaw 81 Arnold Meder 81 John Siegele 81 Bertha Price 98 and others with burial, call times, and attending details across Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Marion McGregor Iowa City region, detailing churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhetta Nabb
Mount Vernon
Rhetta Dague
Rusk
Oklo
Maquoketa
Lester Nabb
Rock Island
Des Moines
Iowa City
Ralph Nabb
Baldwin
W.O. Taylor
Morgan Funeral Home
Dick Harberts
Mechanicsville
Morgan's
Lillian Marie Prochaska Kulhavy
Mallory St. SW
Mercy Hospital
Ely
Edward Kulhavy
Cedar Rapids
Everett Deihl
Marion
Milo Zahradnik
Leonard Kint
Arnold Conrad Meder
Donohue Lensing
Brick
Arnold Meder
McGregor
John T. Siegele
Thornburg’s
Pleasant Grove
Victor — Bertha Price
McAninch-Fremming’s
Martinez descriptions conflict with hijackers over Guerrilla claim
Martinez initially dismissed the hijackers as leftist guerrillas calling them mentally deranged. Later he said they had leftist sympathies but were emotionally disturbed and seeking publicity. The hijackers seized a Bogota airport flight to Cucuta, freed passengers for fuel, then troops blocked the runway with trucks and sharpshooters, halting the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinez
Bogota
Cucuta
Hijackers Seize Avianca Jet Then Move To Santa Marta
M-19 terrorists seized an Avianca domestic flight on December 15 and held passengers aboard as the jet traveled to Santa Marta on the eve of a Latin American presidents summit. The plane later reached Panama Mexico City and Havana where Cuban authorities detained the hijackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avianca
Santa Marta
Panama
Mexico City
Havana
Debt ceiling rise faces Senate party unity test
Senate Democrats rallied to Byrd with 40 of 41 voting for his amendment to set the debt limit at 963 billion. The move highlighted partisan unity as Republicans backed the higher ceiling and a narrow 52 to 41 defeat of Byrd's measure. Only Sen. Russell Long sided with the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Robert Dole
Akansas
House
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Queen Frederika of Greece Dies in Madrid at 63
Queen Frederika mother of Spain's Queen Sofia dies in Zarzuela Palace after a heart attack at 63. She had eye surgery hours earlier and was visiting with Sofia and Juan Carlos. Constantine, the exiled Greek king, travels to Madrid upon news of his mother’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
UPI
Frederika
Greece
Sofia
Constantine
EFE
Zarzuela
Juan Carlos
Victoria Luisa
Prussia
Ernest
Duke of
Brunswick
Felipe
India
London
Transit Union declines vote on tentative 1981-82 contract
Members of Local 638 Amalgamated Transit Union refused to vote on a tentative 1981-82 contract at a Friday meeting. A union spokesman cited unclear contract language and said details could not be specified. The union has 60 members. The city of Cedar Rapids and union had reached a tentative agreement earlier in the week, including an 8.5 percent wage increase and a $200 yearly uniform cleaning allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Transit Union
Cedar Rapids
Treasury Offers Three and Six Month Bills For Sale
The Treasury Department announces sales totaling about 8.6 billion dollars with new cash of 800 million. The 91 day bills dated May 27 1980 maturing May 21 1981 amount to roughly 4.3 billion and the 182 day bills dated Feb 19 1981 also total about 4.3 billion. Minimum purchase is 10 thousand dollars and bills are issued for cash or in exchange for maturing Treasuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
New Officers Named for Local Union P-3 Board
Ed Hill named president of the executive board of United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union P-3. Ed Neumann elected vice president and Robert Mahan named trustee. Re elected officers include Esther Kadlee recording secretary John Detweiler financial secretary Mike Ealy sergeant at arms John Kilpatrick John Coppess trustees and Bob Bender chief steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hill
1St Ave
United Food and Commercial Workers
P-3
Ed Neumann
Robert Mahan
Esther Kadlee
John Detweiler
Mike Ealy
John Kilpatrick
John Coppess
Bob Bender
Cedar Rapids seeks housing dept director within 30 days
Floyd Bergen, public safety commissioner, told the Housing Code Board of Appeals the city will hire a Housing Department director within 30 days. The post oversees housing code enforcement and rental inspections, with six inspectors planned by June 30, some paid via CETA. The board also may set annual inspection and license fees to fund operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Public Safety
Housing Code Board of Appeals
Bergen
Scott Ovel
Luther Trent
Barbara Montgomery
Joe Cook
Tom Zenisek
Gerald Powers
Wilburn Hollis
Scouts setup Lindale Mall exhibits and lock-in campout
More than 400 members of the Wapsiketa District Hawkeye Area Council Boy Scouts host an all day exhib it and overnight lock-in at Lindale Mall. Activities include Scouting Cinema, Pine Wood Derby, crafts and badges, an evening program with Order of the Arrow dance, campfires, and a Sunday breakfast and worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapsiketa
Hawkeye
Boy Scouts
Lindale Mall
Bob Thomson
Order of the Arrow
Linn-Mar Folk Singers
Cedar Rapids Police Vote On Tentative Pact With City
Cedar Rapids police officers within Teamsters Local 238 will vote Sunday on a tentative contract with the city. The agreement includes 5 percent pay raises on July 1 and January 1, reduced top to entry pay spread, 13 holidays, $4 uniform cleaning, a $100 monthly longevity pay after 25 years, probation extended for civilian staff, overtime call-in clarifications, and military leave section revisions. The bargaining unit covers 180 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters
Ing Police
Gardens for profit meeting on commercial vegetable farming
A Thursday 7 30 p m meeting for those interested in commercial vegetable production will be led by Dick Freeman former Linn County extension director at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency facility. Dr Hank Taber ISU extension horticulturist will discuss sweet corn tomatoes and melons including varieties weed control irrigation and trial results. Attendees may ask questions and publications will be provided free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Freeman
Linn County Extension
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Sixth St
Iowa State University
Honors today for Iowa Guard maintenance unit
The 13 Cedar Rapids members of Headquarters Company and Company C of the Iowa National Guard will be honored as the state's 1980 Outstanding Maintenance unit. Maj. Gen. Roger Gilbert will award certificates and present a trophy after inspection by a National Guard panel. The unit maintains 305 trucks and 100 radio and teletype systems. The Cedar Rapids group includes John Hartnett Jim Jacobson Jim Hickman Paul Brown Lloyd Rus bult Robert W. Bender Jr. Christian Newman Alan Kakek Barry Schaley Russel Aarhus Ronald Hruby Dwane Hampton and Andrew Akins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gilbert
State National Guard
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
John Hartnett
Jim Jacobson
Jim Hickman
Paul Brown
Lloyd Rusbult
Robert W. Bender Jr
Christian Newman
Alan Kakek
Barry Schaley
Russel Aarhus
Ronald Hruby
Dwane Hampton
Andrew Akins
Pioneer Seed Sues Holdens for Seed Corn Rights
Pioneer Hi Bred International files in Des Moines federal court charging Holden Foundation Seeds Hawaiian Research Limited and Corn States Hybrid Services with wrongfully acquiring and distributing Pioneer seed corn line H3H. The suit seeks an injunction to stop sales of at least two lines and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Pioneer
Holden Foundation Seeds of
Williamsburg
Hawaiian Research Limited
Holden
Corn States Hybrid Services of
Dale Porter
Fat Cell Counts Vary Widely Across Body Types
United Press International reports that the average person contains about 27 trillion fat cells, while an obese individual typically holds at least three times that amount, highlighting substantial differences in adipose tissue between individuals.
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United Press International
Weather: wind south 17 mph at midnight
North sunrise 7 12 am Sunday and sunset 5 30 pm. Year ago today high 26 low 8 with trace precipitation. Extended forecast shows a chance of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday otherwise partly cloudy. Highs in upper 20s northeast to upper 30s southwest. Lows 5 to 15.
Winter storm warnings sweep western central North Dakota
A strong cold front from Canada drives winter storm warnings for western and central North Dakota with expectations of one to four inches of snow and high winds. Eastern North Dakota and North Minnesota face a winter storm watch for late Friday into Saturday, while travel advisories span the Rockies and adjacent plains as arctic air advances southward.
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North Dakota
Canada
North Minnesota
Rockies
Plains
Northern Plains
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Georgia
California
Middle Atlantic Coast
Tennessee Valley
Great Basin
Pacific Coast
Florida Peninsula
Texas
Southwestern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic
Plateau
Apalachicola
Fla
Tallahassee
Aberdeen
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Vital Statistics Birth Notices Stored With Local Addresses
Multiple birth announcements dated February 6 list families from Marion Vinton and Newhall with daughters and sons. Notable entries include Rita Greif Lerita Hauschildt Penny Massel and a son born to Gail and Gary Stenerson in Santa Cruz California. Emergency calls and alarms are logged at 1506 10th St SE and Goodwill Industries 1200 16th Ave SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie
Stephen Thomsen
Sharon
Terry Oge
First Ave
Lori
John Hitchcock
18Th St
Doris
Donald Carsner
Sixth Ave
Marion
Lerita
Leo Hauschildt
Lynda Drive
Betty
Robert Swehla
Newhall
Penny
Michael Massel
42Nd St
Santa Cruz
Calif
Gail
Gary Stenerson
Charles Law
Springville
LeRoy Stenerson
19Th Ave
10Th St. SE
Fourth Ave. SE
Goodwill Industries
16Th Ave
The Gazette Cedar Rapids Address and Rates Notice
The Gazette Cedar Rapids established 1883 by The Gazette Caty publishes daily from 500 d Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates by carrier 1.65 per week mail afternoon editions and Sunday 7 issues 8.05 4 weeks 85.80 52 weeks US territories 123.00 52 weeks no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. Associated Press license holder for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Caty
D Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
AP News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frieda E. Graham
Edgewood Road
Russ Graham
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Social Order of the Beauceant
Eastern Star Malta Chapter
The
Daughters of the Nile
Ruth Ulm
Richardson
Mary Carson
Walter Maurer
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Gary C. Hess
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Angela Rabot
President Reagan
William Armstrong
Colorado
John East
North Carolina
Mack Mattingly
Transit Union
Moon
Housing Department
C.R
Lindale
Gardens For Profit Meeting
Hank Taber
Iowa Guard
Iowa National Guard
Pioneer Seed
C.R. Weather
James Schulte Jr
Oakland Road
No. 402
Rita
Loras Greif
18Th Ave
Kathleen
Frank van Steenhuyse
Vinton
St. Luke's
John E. Lapes
Retail Florist
3Rd Ave
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