Weather and births in Marion area extend February totals
The Daily Record reports February totals include 1.38 inches precipitation, 1.03 normal, 2.54 total for 1976 with a rising barometer at 29.69 and 80 percent humidity at 10 p.m. Saturday. Extended forecast calls for rain or snow early next week, highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s, then colder with teens to 20s. Birth notices list Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals, multiple families in Marion, Hiawatha, and Naperville with newborns born Feb 27 and Feb 28.
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Obituaries From Cedar Rapids Area Bury Multiple Residents
A Cedar Rapids area obituary list reports Olive M. McGrath 61 of 5720 Johnson Ave SW died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral mass at St Jude's with wake Sunday. burial Mt Calvary. Also noted are Joe Klinger 70 of 206 Twelfth Ave Hiawatha died Saturday after a long illness. Elwood H. Werning 58 of Des Moines died Friday. Mary Ellen Prout 75 former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday in Belair Maryland. Albert B. Meyers 90 former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday in Burlington. Robert C. Giltrap 91 Cedar Rapids resident and retired Iowa Mfg. Co. employee died Friday. and June M. Goheen 50 former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday in Mason City. Additional death notices list many local residents and funeral details across Iowa communities.
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Olive M. McGrath
Johnson Avenue
Ashton
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
St. Theresa’s Circle At
Immaculate Conception
Cedar Rapids Insurance Women
Hanford Post American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary Cancer Fund
Joe Klinger
Twelfth Avenue
Hiawatha
Standard Oil Co
Pinewood Inn
Cedar Rapids Tavern Association
Betty A. Triske
Ronald L
Emma Feyerabend
Bess Andrews
Libby Popelka
Rose Conrad
J. David Pepper
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Marion
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Elwood H. Werning
Newhall
Des Moines
Kemin Industries
National Feed Ingredients Assn
Des Moines Grain and Feed Club
American Feed Manufacturer's Assn
Mary E
Donna
Lincoln
Neb
Dennis
David
Lawrence Werning
Shellsburg
Edwin Werning
Vinton
St. Augustin’s Catholic Church
Glendale Cemetery
Dunn's
Grande Avenue
Mary Ellen Prout
Belair
Margaret Prout
E.B. Frykman
Felliston
Donald Boland
Oelwein
St. Margaret’s Church
Falliston
Stewart Funeral
John Friederick
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Heart Fund
Albert B. Meyers
Burlington
Morrell
Kan
Collins Radio
First Christian Church
Ray Hildebrand
Montezuma
Burton Wall
Phoenix
Ariz
A. D. Hill
Bonita Springs
Fla
Russell Freeze
Waterloo
Robert C. Giltrap
C Avenue NE
Iowa Mfg. Co
Anamosa
Margaret L. Graves
Grace Episcopal Church
Robert S
Cape Coral
Donald E
June M. Goheen
Second Avenue
Clear Lake
Mason City
William
Florence Swartzbaugh Goheen
Calvary Baptist Church
Florence Goheen
Monticello
Gerald McCreary
Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch Chapel
Wayne Peterson
Linwood Cemetery
Paul Simon Wins Two Grammy Awards Dozen honors at 18th annual ceremony
Paul Simon won two Grammys solo for Still Crazy After All These Years while Love Will Keep Us Together and Send in the Clowns earned top song and record honors. Janis Ian claimed best pop female vocalist for At Seventeen, Natalie Cole best new artist, and Ray Charles plus Linda Ronstadt won in other categories.
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Los Angeles
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
Simon
Captain and Tennille
Stephen Sondheim
Janis Ian
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Natalie Cole
Nat King Cole
Miss Cole
Linda Ronstadt
Ray Charles
City Briefs: Tools and Radio Stolen From NE Truck
Tools valued at 950 dollars and a citizen band radio valued at 150 dollars were reported stolen Saturday from a truck owned by Stephen R. Kearns of 2132 Northtowne court NE. He said the theft occurred sometime late Friday or early Saturday.
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Stephen R. Kearns
Northtowne Court
Farm Bureau Backs U S Grain Inspection Rules
WEST DES MOINES Iowa Farm Bureau supports proposed grain inspection standards by the Agriculture Department. In a UPI report a spokesman said the amendments would restore integrity to the grain inspection system and were backed in a written letter to the USDA.
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West Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Farm Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Farm Bureau
Man is Murder Victim in Davenport Slaying
Davenport police report .R. Man from Cedar Rapids shot to death at Davenport apartment Saturday night. Victim died from a .38 caliber chest wound. James Beyer arrested in connection with the case, Beyer’s wife held as a material witness. No further details available at press time.
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Davenport
Garland Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
James Beyer
Beyer
Zimmerman Wins Linn County Young Republicans Posts
Mark Zimmerman of 1634 Park Towne Lane NE was elected president of the Linn County Young Republicans. Mo Sheronick of 413 Thirteenth Street NW was elected vice president. Dave Travis of 2324 Mallory Street SW was chosen treasurer, and Mark Seidl of 300 Brentwood Drive NE became secretary.
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Mark Zimmerman
Park Towne Lane
Linn County Young Republicans
Mo Sheronick
Thirteenth Street
Dave Travis
Mallory Street
Mark Seidl
Brentwood Drive
Cedar Rapids Students Qualify for State Speech Finals
Fifteen Cedar Rapids area students earned top ratings at the district contest at Jefferson High School and qualified for the state high school speech association finals. Names from Kennedy, Washington, Jefferson, and Linn-Mar schools include Hutchings, Young, Behtren, Ristola, Kula, Sankot, Swain, Deaver, Meloy, Vandercook, Powell, Steen, Mills, Read, and Patrick. The district drew over 660 students from 85 northeast Iowa schools, with state finals set for March 18 and 19.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Jefferson High School
Kennedy
John Hutchings
Reed Young
Shelly Behtren
Steve Ristola
Washington
Tom Kula
Darrell Sankot
Jefferson
Mike Swain
Dean Deaver
Julie Meloy
Jane Vandercook
Linn-Mar
Vicky Powell
Craig Steen
Don Mills
Brad Read
Greg Patrick
Iowa
Multiple Saturday Fire and Incident Reports Across City
A sequence of Saturday incidents includes a dryer motor fire on Sugar Pine drive NE, trains on grass at several crossings, a gas flush at First avenue and Thirty third street SE, a debris fire at 226 Twenty seventh street NW, rekindled fire at 2340 Forty-ninth street NE, kids with matches at 27th street NW, drainage sewer danger at Sky lark lane SE, and unknown incidents at Third avenue Fifteenth street SE and Blair's Ferry road.
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Sugar Pine Drive
Forty-ninth Street
Milwaukee Tracks
Blair’s Ferry Road
C Avenue
Five Seasons Mobile Home Park
First Avenue
Thirty Third Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Skylark Lane
Third Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Glass Road
Blair's Ferry Road
GOP Convention Sprints in Iowa Debates Platform and Age Rule
At Linn county GOP gathering delegates weigh Reagan Ford yields. Straw polls show Ford leading in Winneshiek and Reagan in Allamakee. Debates overturn planks on noise, abortion, pornography, and 19-year drinking age. Debate stretches into late evening as platform slimmed down.
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Linn County
Iowa
Stanley
Reagan
Ford
Winneshiek County
Connolly
Robert D. Ray
Allamakee County
Linn
Congress
Glenn Jensen
Marion
GOP
Nuclear plant order notice hints at refueling schedule
An Te wa Electric spokesman said Saturday that they probably would get official notification of the order Monday. The Palo plant is currently shown for refueling. The process hastes February 16 and takes about six weeks.
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An Téwa Electric
Palo
Percy says Ray good running mate for Ford
Sen Charles Percy said in Des Moines that Iowa Governor Robert Ray would be a credible and acceptable vice presidential running mate for President Ford. Percy cited Rays leadership since 1968 and outstanding record as governor as reasons for high consideration at the Polk County Republican convention.
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Percy
Ray
Des Moines
Charles Percy
Ill
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ford
Polk County
Mans Charged With Drunk Driving On Bridge
Christopher R. Hugberty, 20, of 1220 Third Street SW, was arrested by Linn deputies on Saturday and charged with drunk driving. He was taken into custody on the Third Avenue Bridge on a warrant.
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Christopher R. Hugberty
Third Street
Linn
Third Avenue Bridge
Gazette Co Cedar Rapids Daily Established 1883
The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with subscription rates by carrier and mail. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lynsey Morn
Associated Press
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Seventh Avenue SE
James DeGreif
Eastview Avenue
St. Luke's
David Dunshee
South Nineteenth Street
William Krescar
Larry Lumm
Mango Drive
Naperville
Stanley A. Quass
Mr. Quass
Alfred Quass
Thirtieth Street
Uhl
George Robert
Turner Chapel
Wayne Shireman
C.F
Brooklyn
Turner East
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Mabel (Bess) Lewis
Oak Hill
T.W. van Beck
Monona
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Schultz
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Best’s
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West Liberty
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West Unit First Church United
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Emerson-Milnes
Hawke
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Chapman's
Wheatland
George Stankee
Presbyterian Church
Chapman’s
T. Vernon
Karen Knudsen Travis
Baxter’s
Mt. Vernon
Lorenz
Ginger) Dulin
Guy P. Adams
Dye’s
Lamont
Edith Ward
Kreussel-Fawcett Chapel
John E. Lapesement
3Rd Ave
Simon and Garfunkel
My Little Town
The
Eagles
U.S
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Zimmerman
Linn Gop
C.R
C.R. Fires
Novak Monument CO. E
SINC
Jim Brady
Cedar Memorial
Pat Kenney
State Department
Quad Cities
Northeast Nuclear Energy Co
Millstone I
Northern States Power Co
Philadelphia Electric Co
Peach Bottom II
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
Georgia Power Co
Hatch I
Nebraska
Cooper
New York State
C.R. Mans
N.E
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr
Pochobradsky
MT Vernon RD
Wilbert
Roland Wilbert
Lowas
John B. Turner and Son
Second Avenue S.E
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First Avenue West
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