Deaths and services listed in Cedar Rapids area notices
Obituary notices for Harold McCord of Annapolis and several Cedar Rapids area residents list deaths from heart failure and long illnesses. Details include birthplaces, marriages, survivors, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements across multiple area towns with memorials to cancer research and hospital funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Jacob McCord
Annapolis
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Greensburg
Ind
Janann E
First Lutheran Church
Mizpah Lodge
Af&am
Sioux City
Carolyn L. Korb
Guy E. McCord
Seattle
Wash
Flora L. Lewis
Fort Worth
Texas
Hardesty Funeral Home
Elizabeth Egley
Mount Dora
Fla
Vermont
Florida
University of Vermont
Pi Beta Thi
Methodist Church
John H. Egley
William H
Irvington
N.Y
Ruth Gordon
Fort Meyers
Frank Sulloway
Fremont
Calif
Rehbaum-Hardin
Lee. van Sickle
American Cancer Society
Kirkwood Community College Spring Registration Opens
Kirkwood Community College sets spring quarter registration in Linn Hall with Monday and Tuesday sessions for arts and sciences and an evening slot for night classes. Tuition remains 160 dollars for full time students and 14.35 per credit hour for part time students. Call 398-6517 for the bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Mortgage Rate Hikes Push Up Housing Costs Across Market
Moon Landrieu notes higher rates cut into FHA and VA mortgage activity while 13 percent rates on new financing raise monthly payments by about 92 dollars for a 40 600 loan. Regulators cap savings certificate rates, signaling possible further bank rate moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
Thomas Parliament
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Landrieu
Mutual Savings
Savings and Loan Associations
Weather report highlights snow and frigid temperatures across regions
A morning weather summary notes new snow in several states, with Ohio Valley disruptions and travel advisories from Indiana to Maryland. It lists highs in the 20s and 30s, lows in the single digits to teens, and widespread cold across the northern and midwestern U.S. Readings show low winds NW at 13 mph and significant regional variations in precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
mid-Atlantic
West Virginia
Maryland Mountains
Piedmont
Virginia
Sacramento
Calif
Bellin
Wash
Ukiah
Califf
Olympia
North Dakota
Minnesota
Maine
Warroad
Minn
South Dakota
Mississippi Valley
North Atlantic Coast
Birth Announcements and Local Incidents Reported
Mercy Births records show Jody and Jack Swan welcoming a son at 1000 38th St SE on February 27. St Luke’s notes include a daughter for Janice and Gene Marre at 340 H Ave NW, and Connie and Allen Warner’s son at 817 Seventh St SE. Myra and Thomas Dricken announce a son in Center Point. Out-of-town birth: Virginia and Mark Randles welcomed a daughter in Houston on February 27. Grandparents listed in notices. Various gas, electrical, and medical incidents logged in the city through Wednesday and today, including a broken gas line, flammable fumes, overheating motors, and a medical emergency.
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Mercy
Jody
Jack Swanson
St. SE
St. Luke's
Janice
Gene Marre
H Ave
Connie
Allen Warner
Seventh St. SE
Myra
Thomas Dricken
Center Point
Houston
Texas
Virginia
O Avenue
Edgewood Road
Eighth Ave
Seventh Ave
18Th St
Southgate Court
Diplomats hostage siege at Dominican embassy in Colombia
Amid clashes in Bogota, Colombian forces surround the Dominican embassy where 30 attackers seized the building during a independence day ceremony. Ambassadors’ guards resist as negotiators press for safe release while international ministers urge protection of hostages.
Colombia embassy seizure sparks global diplomatic protest
The Colombia embassy in Bogota was seized by M-19 guerrillas with diplomats from many nations including Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti, Brazil, Austria, Switzerland, Uruguay, Egypt, Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, and Bolivia held. Israeli consul confirms Israeli ambassador Aliahu Barak also detained. Secretary Cyrus Vance condemns act as terrorist violence against foreign diplomats.
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Angelo Cervi
Guatemala
el Salvador
Haiti
Brazil
Austria
Switzerland
Uruguay
Egypt
Mexico
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
Bolivia
Aliahu Barak
M-19
Colombia
Movement 19
Cyrus Vance
Bogota
Railroads eye Cedar Rapids trackage takeover plan
Ken Cunningham notes rail confusion but says both Crandie and Illinois Central are ready to operate Milwaukee tracks in the Cedar Rapids area. Illinois Central officials visit Cedar Rapids to push the plan while Milwaukee Road schedules early March meetings for laid off workers to explain options with no fixed Cedar Rapids date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Cunningham
Crandie
Ilinois Central
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Mlinois Central
ICC
McMillen
Milwaukee Road
Fire destroys Washington Skateway in Iowa
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Washington Skateway roller skating rink at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Washington Iowa. Reported at 11 p.m. the blaze left a 40 by 80 foot single story building in ashes, but crews prevented spread to a nearby civic center.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington County
James Cottrell
Keota
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Frank Paula
Seventh St. SW
Amana
Albia Kucera
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Turner Chapel West
Neville Clayton
Cedar Christian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Camp Courageous
George Franklin Miller
Yakima
Toddville
Ione Alicia McQueen
Miller
Cedar Rapids College of Business
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Iowa Bank
Merchants National Bank
Richard M
Turner Chapel East
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Crescent Lodge No. 25
Gertrude M. White
E Ave
Orlando
Dundee
Douglas M. White
Chicago
White
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Robert Williams
Douglas
Atlantic
Anita Fuehr
Eleanor Fuehr
Dorothy Fuehr
Ted Fuehr
Sunnyvale
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
St. Luke's Hospital
Susan Lynn Houser
Hertz Drive
Frederick Houser
University of Iowa
Detroit
Mich
Mount Mercy College
Sally Ann
Sarah Jane
Harry Houser
St. Petersburg
Henry Kern
Highland Beach
Research and Development Fund
University of Iowa Foundation
van Allen
St. Paul’s
Milford Naabholz
West Union Jersey
West Union
Rose Pirillo
Oelwein
Nabholz
Jersey
Tri-State
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Amerian Jersey Cattle Club
Dairy Shrine Club
Peter Krejci
Palatine
Ill
Norman
Marshall
Euelah Wilson
Fairbank
Lela Sullivan
Manchester
Burnham Wood Funeral Home
K.G. Rumpe
Wesleyan Methodist Church
West Union Cemetery
Hawkeye Legion
Gladbrook
Charles Jindrich
Garwin
Goettsch-Perrin
Fayette — Elizabeth
Bessie" Shaffer
Belles-Wright’s
Illyria
Independence
Eldon O. Cook
White's
Iowa City
Kathryn C. Kelley
George L. Gay
Oakland Cemetery
Strawberry Point
James Patrick Morris
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Roberson's
Cox Creek
Tama
James F. Herink
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Mason-Hand’s
St. Wenceslaus
Clutter
Vinton
George L. Bridge
Dubuque
Hoffmann’s
Four Square
Evergreen Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Frank J. Zangerle
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Hrabak’s
Iinterest
Federal Reserve Board
Moon Landrieu
Housing and Urban Development
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Gila Bend
Yuma
Ariz
New England
Gulf of Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington State
BORON
Washville
Lew York
Orleans
Dravot Sricerssane Wudien
Jonoluty
Coralville Lake
Bismarck
Sreesseasissarssearoveree
Sriscove Show
Cincinna Sonuneevens
PtCidy
Sue PtChdy
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. P
Omaha
National Weather Service
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Deni
Coto
Dallas
Soowans
UPI
St. Louis
Cccerscvsesevee O
Daven Rt
Sss Aveneses
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Ccosses Evcessessey Fao FC
Clinton
S.r Cedar Gat
Mark Randles
Warren Williams
Eighth St. NW
Bruno Randles
Devonwood Ave
12Th St. NE
J St
Foreign Ministry
Vasquez
Julio Cesar Turbay
Diogenes Magil Burgos
Asencio
Papal
John B. Turner & Son Muir
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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