Obituary notices from several Iowa towns released
The notice column reports deaths of Mariam Emerson 68 of Marion Texas resident Robert Cram 56 and others from Martelle Anamosa Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Funeral times services and burial places are listed along with survivors and memorial funds. Names include Shaffer Pidima Gillen Theisen Michels Barrack Norris Nyberg Evans Light and others with dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariam E. Emerson
10Th Ave
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Springville
Robert M. Emerson
Waukon
First United Methodist Church of
Marion O.E.S
Hilda Kemper
Wapello
Esther B. MacMiell
Waterloo
Robert W. Cram
Duncanville
Texas
Memphis, Tenn
Houston
Cedar Rapids
Mable Miller
Cram
General Cigar & Tobacco Co
American Legion
Hanford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Anamosa
Glen E. Michels
Goettsch’s
Mount Clark Cemetery
Central City
Arlington
Ervin J. Barrack
Gleim's
Iowa City
Anne Marie Norris
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Cosgrove
George L. Gay’s
Cosgrove Cemetery
Postville
Allard S. Nyberg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Schutte’s. Sigourney
Esli M. Evans
Montezuma
Sigourney
Holm’s
Pennington
Wadena
Clara Light
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Elgin
Illyia
Muehlenthaler-Wright’s
Knott case revived after unauthorized documents used at trial
Joseph D. Knott, 34, convicted of first degree burglary, won a new trial when Judge Robert Bates granted the defense motion citing jurors pressured and use of unauthorized documents during deliberations. The documents included a dictionary page and a handwritten insanity definition. The judge overruled the state's objection but postponed proceedings, with Knott later pleading guilty to second degree burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Gerald Partridge
Partridge
Richard Bordwell
Knott
Duke Drops Nixon Library Talks
Duke University said negotiations to acquire the Richard Nixon presidential library have stalled amid a weak economy and political climate. Trustee meetings followed a Faculty Senate rejection of a large library plan, with officials noting limited fundraising and uncertain federal approval in an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
Duke University
Richard Nixon
Duke
Terry Sanford
Faculty Senate
Senate
Eugene J. McDonald
Duke Board of Trustees
McDonald
University
Nixon
Stan Mortenson
Washington
Mortenson
House
Sanford
Ex-sheriff Bert Elledge Jr. pleads innocent in Delaware County case
Former Delaware County Sheriff Bert Elledge Jr. pleads innocent to obstruction of justice and two perjury counts at arraignment. He appeared with wife Alice and attorney E Michael Carr. A speedy trial waiver was filed and bond of 1000 dollars continued. trial date to be set. The obstruction relates to a break-in probe during his tenure and the perjury charges concern grand jury statements about his resignation last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County
Bert Elledge Jr
Elledge
Alice
E. Michael Carr
Fire destroys farm building near Frankville
A pole building on Ron Ludeking’s farm, four miles west of Frankville, burned at 6 p.m. Thursday. Frankville Fire Department with Ossian and Decorah aid fought the two hour blaze. Damage estimated at 5000 dollars. Cause under investigation. a recently repaired electric fence is suspected. About 1600 bales of straw were destroyed per Roman Hageman of the Frankville Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankville
Ron Ludeking
Ossian and Decorah
Roman Hageman
Tip for Safe Driving Distances and Expressway Checks
Guidance on maintaining safe following distances of two or four seconds, stopping with visibility of the rear tires, and letting faster drivers pass. Also advises checking the blind spot over the left shoulder when entering expressways.
Grant's Memoirs Finish Before Death in 1885
Ex president Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs while ill with cancer after the Grant & Ward collapse of 1884. He completed the work four days before dying on July 23, 1885. Grant and his wife are interred at a Riverside Drive tomb in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant & Ward Investment House
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Riverside Drive
N.Y
Administration lifts trade restrictions on Iraq and South Africa
The Commerce Department notified Congress that nonmilitary trade rules were eased for both Iraq and South Africa under the 1979 Export Administration Act. Iraq is removed from a terrorism list allowing nonmilitary sales, while South Africa may receive selected nonmilitary goods for military and police use on a case by case basis. Critics warn the changes bypass Congress and risk enforcement of apartheid-era restraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Administration
Iraq
South Africa
Washington
UPI
Congress
Commerce Department
House
Senate
Department
Iran
U.S
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
Middle East
State Department
Carter
Ancient amber fly may reveal genetic code evolution
University of California researchers study a 40 million year old fly fossil preserved in amber to test if DNA survived. They report well preserved cells and organelles including nuclei and mitochondria, raising hope to clone ancient DNA and compare with modern flies to trace genetic code evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
George O. Poinar Jr
Roberta Hess
Electron Microscopist
Science Magazine
Poinar
Hess
Russ Higuchi
Higuchi
Suspected Outlaws Charged in Richland Tavern Break-in
Keokuk County sheriffs report two men tied to the Modern Day Outlaws gang were charged with first and second degree burglary for the February 10 break-in at The Office tavern in Richland. Robert Earl Franklin, 19, Fairfield, is jailed on $35,000 bond on other counts. James Mervin Baxter, 20, rural Richland, held on $5,000 bond. Burglars forced the front door, took coins and liquor, cooked a pizza, and left a note thanking the hostelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Clarifications corrections on school schedule and WIC program
The Cedar Rapids Community School district will not have classes next Friday for senior high students due to an error in Friday's Gazette. Elementary and junior high will be in session. corrections also note calendar changes from a snow day January 11 and inaccurate WIC qualification details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell Wins Partial Rate Increase Granted
The Iowa State Commerce Commission approved 24 million of Northwestern Bell's 31.8 million requested rate hike. The company must file a refund plan by April 15 including tax and interest and present a conforming new rate schedule. A separate 1981 case seeks a 76.7 million increase still pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell
Twila Morris
ICC
Commission
Births and Vital Statistics February Entries
Listing of births for February including Angela Kirkpatrick at St. Luke's and several newborns to families in Belle Plaine Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Notable addresses shown for some families. Also records a series of calls and emergencies including an overheated stove at 5650 Ohio Street SW a gas odor report at 4900 Fourth Street SW and a medical emergency at 57 Clive Drive NW with times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio St
Fourth St
Clive Drive
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Helen Shaffer
Martelle
Linn County
Anamosa Community Hospital
Anamosa High School
Richard Shaffer
Buffalo Township
Lee
Dubuque
Dwayne
Macon
Verl
Ella E. Pidima
24Th Ave
Johnson County
Emil Pidima
Roman Vecerka
Brush Chapel
James DeSmith
Czech National Cemetery
Gillen
Joan D
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Frederick Fangmann
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Mulholland
David Terhune
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Herbert Rogers
First Church
First Church of the Nazerene
Linwood Cemetery
Hospice of Mercy
Smestad
Carl John
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Vernon Bundy
Free Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Chapel Funeral Home
Theisen
Donald M
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Ardel Barta
Turner Chapel West
Turner Chapel East
Iowa
By Mary Zielinski
Washington County
Kalona
Shiloh
Church of the Living Word
Baltic
Poland
Soviet Union
Scandinavia
Baxter
Burlars
Shur
Hawkeye Area
The
Gazette
Bell
Beverly
Donald Drakos
Belle Plaine
St. Luke’s
Angela Kay Kirkpatrick
Pine Wood Drive
Donna
Robert Cummings
R.R
Patricia Hofer
Kathy
Lyle Howell
Ripon St
Joann
Jon Janda
Buckingham Drive
Tammie
Glenn Wright
30Th St
Jim Hawkins
Mary
Robert Bixler
Mechanicsville
Cathy
Craig Foster
Harvest Hill
Linda
Daniel McNamara
Sixth Ave
Robert A. Piper
Janice K. Hubb
Jerry L. Irons
Clarence
Vickie L. Matheny
Andy L
Joan Rupin Andersen
Ronald P
Betty Jo Petsel
Suranne
Wayne F. Schnell
Danielle K
Kevin Dean Coppess
Roxann Hazel
Donald A. King III
Mark
Paula Neuhaus
Susan Marie
Roger Wayne Dickinson
Linda Joan
Donald James Crabl
Kathryn Sue
William Frederick Willis
Deborah Lynn
Bronislav Thomas Kowalczyk
Pauline Daisy
Sidney H. Johnson
Jacob G
Sandra K. Hiner
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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