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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1979

Page

3

Deaths listed in Cedar Rapids area obituaries

Multiple obituary notices from Cedar Rapids area papers report deaths of Paul S. Kohl 75 of Cedar Rapids. John A. Wavra 83, formerly of Cedar Rapids. Mary E. Sebol 60. Vernon C. Kruger 65. David A. Shepard 93. Arlene H. Halstead 62. Bertha E. Steffenson 83. Robert A. Hruska 64. W. F. Bill Mitchell 94. Myrtle E. Duncan 74. Melvin Henry Waterbury 84. Brad Allen Fultz infant. and other memorials and funeral details. Burial, service times, and participating churches and organizations noted.

Brad Allen Fultz Robert G Shirley Fultz Ellis Road NW Linda Ames Lisa Robert Fultz Jr Hiawatha Agnes Heaverlo Cedar Rapids Martin T. Laughlin Mount Calvary Cemetery Teahen Funeral Home

Vietnamese invasion splits border and sparks refugee exodus

Reports say Chinese forces crossed into Vietnam pushing border defenders southward. Refugees flood from Vietnam as Dong Dang and Muong Khuong fall under Chinese control. Hanoi claims halt but Moscow warns Beijing to stop. Soviet naval readiness rises near Paracels. U S urges restraint while noting no immediate threat to its interests.

Lao Cai Vietnam Bangkok U.S Dong Dang Friendship Pass Hanoi Muong Khuong Moscow China Washington

Iran’s Bazargan Warns of Collapse Without Oil Exports

Prime Minister Bazargan warned that Iran’s revolution could fail unless petroleum exports resume quickly, as oil workers return to the job. Has san Nazih was named chairman of the National Iranian Oil Company amid efforts to restart production with foreign technicians largely fled. The government purged field officers, fired many generals, and Khomeini urged swift compliance while targeting anti Islamic and left wing elements.

Bell Helicopter Mehdi Bazargan Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Bazargan Iran United States Hassan Nazih National Iranian Oil Company Nazih Ernment Khomeini Fedayeen South

Oelwein native in early airlift

Leonard Bartels a 42 year old former Oelwein resident and his family were among the first Americans airlifted from Iran. Bartels his wife Medik and son Richard 13 arrived in New York Saturday after nine years with a Pan Am subsidiary. Two other sons William 19 and Ronald 18 were already in the United States. He described the experience as worse than a previous army service in Vietnam and said the family lost almost everything.

New York UPI Oelwein Iran Leonard Bartels Pan Am Medik Richard William Ronald

City Briefs Roundup of local notices and events

City briefs include acknowledgments from families of Mrs. Robert Wiles and others thanking friends and services after a death. Adv notes a flower sale by Piersons Florists. Public notices cover a Defensive Driving course hosted by Linn chapter of AARP at First Christian Church with contacts. Kiwanis Downtown to meet. UI swimming coach Glen Patton to speak. A correction updates Cedar Rapids Jaycee Ettes meeting location.

Linn American Association of Retired Persons First Christian Church Third Ave. SE Frank Hulbert Floyd Knupp Kiwanis Roosevelt Royale University of Iowa Glen Patton

Iowa Obituaries in Low Moor to Masonville

A list of obituaries with ages and funeral details across towns including Low Moor Melbert E Hofer 68 Visitation 3 p.m. Tuesday at Witt El kader Norwa Lutheran Church St Olaf Anna Samson 81 service at First Lutheran Decorah Delbert Walls 67 Ge neseo United Methodist Church Buckingham burial in church cemetery Delbert Walls Iowa City William Curran 82 St Marys Church visitation parish wake Shelly s Earlville J Charles Robinson 92 Congrega tional United Church of Christ Clifftons Christina DuToit 90 Harrison s Garwin Union Cemetery Dorothy Roeder 44 services pending Tama South English Joy Slate 70 Powell s Calista Yohn 74 St Josephs Cascade Marie Brockling 89 St Johns Catholic Church wake Mason Howe s David Rosen 68 United Christian and Baptist Church visitation Peterseim s memorial fund burial Rock Island National Cemetery Harry Wenger 80 Silver Creek Methodist Church visitation Bohnenkamp Vernon s.

Low Moor Melbert E. Hofer Norway Lutheran Church St. Olaf Witt's Elkader Decorah Anna Samson First Lutheran Church Steine's Dysart Delbert Walls Iowa City Geneseo United Methodist Church Buckingham Church Overton's Manchester William E. Curran St. Mary’s Church Shelly's Earlville J. Charles Robinson Congregational United Church of Christ Cliffton’s Tama Christina DuToit Independence Marie Brockling St. John’s Catholic Church Mason- Howe's Kalona David Rosen United Christian and Baptist Church Peterseim

Wrong figures on Linn County library tax collections

The Fairfax town clerk reports Fairfax collected 3700 dollars for library services last year with 250 from Fairfax Township. Ely collected 600 dollars and 289 dollars from its township. The minimum levy is 6.75 cents per 1000 valuation, which is also the maximum the county can collect for library services.

Linn County Fairfax Fairfax Township Ely the Gazette

Former Marion doctor killed in Curlew area

Donald Hurlbut, a former Marion physician now living in Emmetsburg, died Saturday night in what authorities describe as an apparent accidental shooting at a farm residence near Curlew in Palo Alto County. The Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation preliminary findings call the incident accidental.

Curlew UPI Donald Hurlbut Emmetsburg Hurlbut Marion Palo Alto County Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation

Iowa jobless benefits rise in January

Job Service of Iowa reports unemployment insurance payments to Iowans climbed by about 6.9 million dollars in January to a total of 17,160,681. December payments were 10,277,879 and January 1978 payments were 15,062,291. Winter weather layoffs in construction, agriculture and trucking drove much of the increase, according to Robert Schutt.

DES Moines Job Service of Iowa

Also Mentioned on This Page

Paul S. Kohl 25Th St. SE North Liberty Wylma Villers Davenport Kohl Kohl-Buechel Insurance Agency Occidental Life Insurance Company Turner Chapel East Landis Olson St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church Cedar Memorial Cemetery John A. Wavra Phoenix Ariz Phoenix Hospital Riverside Hospital Riverside Calif Grace Doris Shranko Robert Mary E. Sebol Ellis Blvd Naples N.Y Harry D. Sebol New Cambria Amana Gary Morgan Harim Pate J.T. Jones LaPlata Turner Chapel West Ramon Booth Central Assembly of God Linwood Cemetery Vernon C. Kruger Eighth Ave Waukon Margret Duvel Iowa Steel Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Robert Swalley Dale Roseville David A. Shepard Walker Urbana Center Point Thelma Arlene Hess Christian Church James Sorensen Shepard Arlene H. Halstead Springville Harold E. Halstead Central City Alburnett High School Paris Beauty Academy Marion Christian Church R. Terry Keokuk Steven K Bondurant Thomas D Reinbeck Bernice L. Miller Thomas Anthony Clive Cook Cedar Memorial Park Murdoch Chapel American Diabetes Association Bertha E. Steffenson Jewell Carl T. Steffenson Blue Earth Minn Steffenson First Methodist Church W.S.C.S Omega Club Ladies Progressive Club The Hobby Club John M. Cuthbertson Stella Mae Basker Dallas Texas Mae Caltvedt Forest City Wilma Brekke Story City Jasper Olson Bella Vista Ark Robert A. Hruska D Ave Renata Kralik James J. Hruska Mr. Hruska Old Washington High School Iowa State University Johnson Gas Appliance Co St. Paul’s Robert J Shawnee Mission Kan Ted J Thomas P Glenn Hruska Belmond Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home Lloyd Brockmeyer St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Czech National Cemetery Sokol Association Linn County Heart Fund W.F Bill'’ Mitchell Monticello Waubeek Velma Conley Mitchell Spring Myrtle E. Duncan Mount Vernon H. Ralph Duncan United Methodist Church Thomas Johnson Omaha Paul Croy Joyce E. Haars Carter Lake Dale R Roy W Columbia Merle Earl Caraway Center Point United Methodist Church Sheridan Charlotte Mallett Melvin Henry Waterbury Ave Toddville Beatrice Tylee Waterbury Glen Johnson Donald Eveland San Diego Richard Newland Waukegan Etta Powers California Flora Peters Inez Franks Ursula Miller John Waterbury Tom Clark Central Church of Christ Norman L. Bales Dunkard Cemetery Rhinehart Coe B Allen S. van Cleve Central Park Presbyterian Church Hartwick Cemetery Hartwick John E. Lopes 3Rd Avenue S.E Kremlin Peking Soviet Union South China Sea Paracel Island China Frontier Tehran Revolutionary Lan Ayatollah Bartels Robert Wiles Edward Sandlers Arlen Gerholds Ronald Thenaus Ron Sandler Adv Shiloh B. T Bun” Howell Jane Boyd Police Department Area Ambulance Service St. Luke's Hospital Murdock Tanner Immanuel Baptist Church Masonic Lodge Heart Fund Pierson’s Florists Cedar River Towers Iowa Joan B. Turner & Son Turner's East Boo Second Ave Turner's West First Ave Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc Avenue Floral and Botanicals 16Th Ave S.W
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