Deaths: Gartha Robison and others in Cedar Rapids area
Obituary notices for multiple Cedar Rapids area residents. Gartha Jane Robison 92 of Cedar Rapids died after a short illness, with services at Wesley United Methodist Church Keota. Other deaths include Charles Gordon 80 Marion and Mary Church 70 Cedar Rapids, with service details, burial sites, and callers’ arrangements noted. many memorials, church affiliations, and family survivors listed.
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Gartha Jane Robison
Cedar Rapids
Thomas O. Robison
Iowa County
Robison
Washington
Iowa
Christian United Methodist Church
Keota
Wesley United Methodist Church
Eugene Blake
Yakefield Parish
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Charles K. Gordon
Eighth Ave
Marion
Paralta
Mary E. Newman
Martelle
Conrad
Mont
Gordon
Farmers Co-Op
Ralph N
Joyce Wieringa
Carmen Pesek
Clarksville
Kessler
Hilda
Murdoch Chapel
Clifton Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Dunkard Cemetery
Mary Church
21St Ave
Glenn C. Church
Mary Kyselka
Mercy Hospital
Helen Downey
Rudy Straud
Roy
Mildred Serbousek
Joseph
Brush Chapel
Louis Trzil
Czech National Cemetery
Frances A. Moorman
18Th St
Thomas F. Moorman
Earlville
Manchester
Moorman
Frances Haas
Temple Hill
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Harley Malone
Olin
Ed Quint
Oelwein
Ernest Davis
Clarence Becker
Joe Klien
Dundee
Dorothy Moorman
Harold
Gerald
Des Moines
Leo
Eldon
Vincent
Jerome
Evalyn Fank
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
John Gallagher
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Canal Treaty Fight Grows As Radio Debate Looms
Senate debate over the Panama Canal treaties intensifies with two key developments. Byrd unveils two amendments with 78 sponsors while Stennis presents a defense and economic report warning potential costs up to 1 billion through 2000. Debate could run 5 to 7 weeks as NPR plans live coverage from gavel to gavel.
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Senate
Robert Byrd
U.S
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Panama
National Public Radio
Carter
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Canal Zone
Exeter Water Leak Drains Two Million Gallons
Exeter New Hampshire faced a weekend water loss when nearly two million gallons escaped from a fire hydrant pipe near the water treatment plant. Officials traced the leak to a broken pipe, with the water pooling into a pond that feeds the town supply. ON THIS DATE in 1974, three Skylab astronauts completed an 84 day orbit.
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Exeter
N.H
Nelson Belanger
Water and Sewer Department
America Skylab
Earth
Kenne dy Charges Johnson Vietnam Policy Illusions
Ten years ago Senator Robert Kennedy charged that President Johnson pursued Vietnam policies based on illusions, signaling sharp critique of official strategy and credibility in wartime governance.
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Robert Kennedy
President Johnson
City briefs and notices span thefts, education aid and local events
Police report a stolen Labrador valued at 1000 from 3017 Center Point Road NE and a rear fender taken from a garage at 804 14th St SE. Dorothy Prosser reports a diamond ring stolen from Carlton Trailer Court in Springville. Community notices include Mike Gebauer speaking at Bishop Cafeteria and January graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. The article also outlines proposed increases in federal aid for higher education, including grants, loans, and work study programs totaling about 1.46 billion, with targets for more students and higher average grants, amid other budget details and policy notes.
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Dorothy Prosser
Carlton Trailer Court
Springville
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Tax credit plan gains Senate backing for college aid
Sen. William Roth R Del has 50 sponsors for a bill to give a 250 dollar tax credit to parents of all full time college students at a 1.2 billion cost. The credit would rise to 500 in three years and then cost 2 billion annually. HEW plans 3.25 billion in grants and loans this year for 2.4 million students and 3.7 billion next year. Pell and basic grants face changes as lawmakers seek to boost aid for lower income families with targets like 25 000 income and 250 grants for four person families. President Carter voices concern that low and middle income families risk losing access to college.
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White House
Carter
Califano
Senate
William Roth
R-Del
American Council On Education
HEW
Claiborne Pell
Springville School Board Sets Salary Proposal Meeting
A Springville Community School Board special meeting is set for 6 30 tonight in the superintendent's office to prepare a salary proposal for presentation to the Springville Education Association and to evaluate the superintendent.
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Springville
Springville Community School Board
Springville Education Association
Madhubuti Speech Time Corrected for Black Awareness Week
The correction notes poet-educator Haki R. Madhubuti also known as Don R. Lee will speak at Cornell College during Black Awareness Week at 2 p m Saturday not 1 p m as earlier reported in The Gazette. The Gazette apologizes for the error.
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Haki R. Madhubuti
Don R. Lee
Cornell College
Gazette
Iowa officials cite Medicaid rate and indifference in nursing home problems
Iowa health officials blame low Medicaid reimbursement of 19.50 daily and lax enforcement for nursing home difficulties. They note pending legislation to raise the rate to 21 dollars may help. A recent license revocation showed some owners delaying improvements while considering exiting the business. Officials say leniency has allowed many violations. 15 licenses revoked last year versus over 100 variances granted.
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Pawlewski
Middleton
Iowa
Blizzard Across New England and Nation Struggles
Rhode Island welcomed 350 soldiers at T F Green Airport as planes prepared to move troops and supplies into the storm zone. New York City saw a cautious recovery from the worst snow since 1947 with airports reopening and transit returning. States of emergency stretched from Massachusetts to Maine as coastal towns faced 25 foot waves and record snowfalls in Providence, Boston, and Hartford.
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Rhode Island
J. Joseph Garrahy
T.F. Green
Warwick
New York City
Newark Airport
States of Emergency
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maine
North Dakota
Montana
Gulf States
Texas
New Mexico
California
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Ash Wednesday Observed Sunday in Providence Diocese
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence postponed Ash Wednesday observances to Sunday and Saturday due to the blizzard, announced by Bishop Louis Gelineau on Tuesday.
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Providence
R.I
Louis Gelineau
Egypt Involves Survey Team In Requests For Military Aid
The Carter administration clashes with Israel over new settlements as Egypt calls for disbanding them for peace. Sadat lobbies for American weapons while the State Department lists Carter to Begin messages labeling settlements illegal. Begin defends Israel's right to build and Syria reports Assad to visit Moscow amid arms shopping talk.
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Egypt
Carter
Israel
Sadat
Capitol Hill
State Department
Begin Today
Geneva
Sinai Desert
Hafez Assad
Moscow
Libya
Assad
Anwar Sadat
Gas rate hike announced for Iowa Illinois customers
Iowa Illinois president Dean R Stichnoth says the March rise is a straight pass through with no profit increase. A 300 CCF monthly bill climbs about 6.45 dollars, while 134 CCF monthly use rises 2.88 dollars. total changes reflect higher gas from new wells and imports from Canada. The company notes most past increases occurred over five years, with refunds and rate shifts totaling 34.49 dollars for 300 CCFs since 1973.
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Cedar Rapids
Quad Cities
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Dean R. Stichnoth
Iowa-Illinois
Iowa- Illinois
Canada
Stichnoth
Iowa Commerce Commission
Novelist Raffello Brignetti Dies at 57 in Rome
Italian writer and journalist Raffello Brignetti, age 57, known as Italy s Herman Melville for sea life tales, died Tuesday in Rome. His notable works include La Deriva The Blue Seagull The Golden Beach and Death at Sea.
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Rome
Raffello Brignetti
Italy
Herman Melville
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