Deaths Ruth Rooks and others in local obituaries
Ruth G Rooks 87 lifelong Nora Springs resident died after a long illness. Born Nov 13 1892 at Clermont she taught 50 years and was survived by a son Howard six grandchildren and a great grandson. Services Thursday at First United Methodist Nora Springs. Burial Spring Grove Cemetery. Murdoch Marion in charge. Also Harry D Provost Sr 51 of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy Hospital after a short illness born Jan 31 1928 in St Louis he married Vera Kramer in 1944. Survived by wife son Harry Jr daughter Sharon Dee Redeker four grandchildren a brother Earl and a sister Ethel McCann cremation follows with memorials to Linn County Cancer Society. Theodore Briggs Kooser 77 of Cedar Rapids died after brief illness born May 19 1902 in Ames married Vera Moser in 1937. Survived by wife daughter Judith Langmack son Theodore John two grandsons and brother D Charles. Services Wednesday at Turner Chapel East cremation with no visitation. memorial fund suggested. Frank J Fritz Pardubsky funeral service held at Janeba Kuba West with burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Patience G McNabb 91 Chelsea United Methodist Church Reynolds Funeral Home. Emma Zeman 92 Chelsea services pending at Hrabak Funeral Home.
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Ruth G. Rooks
Nora Springs
Cedar Rapids
Clermont
Albert S. Rooks
Nora Springs Seminary
Iowa State Teachers College
First United Methodist Church
National Retired Teachers Association
Howard
Marion
Spring Grove
Murdoch Funeral Home
Harry D. Provost Sr
Arrowhead Lane
Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
Vera H. Kramer
Hopkinsville
Apache Hose and Rubber Co
Harry Jr
Columbia
Sharon Dee Redeker
Shawnee
Kan
Earl
Greenville
Ill
Ethel McCann
San Diego
Linn County Cancer Society
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Theodore Briggs Kooser
29Th St
Mr. Kooser
Ames
Vera D. Moser
Clinton
Younkers Department Store
Younkers
Lindale Mall
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Lindale Merchants Association
Chambers of Commerce
Kiwanis
Judith Langmack
Theodore John
Lincoln
Neb
D. Charles
Des Moines
Turner Chapel
Eugene Hancock
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bus rental fuels New Year’s Eve celebration in Cedar Rapids area
Thirty Cedar Rapids Marion revelers pooled 110 dollars to hire a 57 passenger bus for five hours and up to 100 miles. Curt Brandt of Marion led the plan to shuttle partiers between homes and a Sheraton Inn dance, ensuring a sober driver and group togetherness.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Curt Brandt
Marion
Sheraton Inn
Brandt
Sheraton
Population hits 221.9 million as 1979 gains rise
The Census Bureau reports a year end population of 221,895,548 at one minute after midnight, up about 2 million for 1979. The total covers all 50 states, D C, armed forces and federal employees and dependents overseas, with the 1979 gain slightly above 1978’s 1.8 million and the peak baby boom year 1956 at 3.1 million.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
United States
District of Columbia
Armed Forces
Fed
Eral
Bureau
Iran hosts hostages' fate tied to Waldheim trip
Iran and its militants reject talks with Waldheim over hostage release. The UN Security Council backs sanctions on Iran if captives aren’t freed by January. Washington voices cautious hope as Iran plans a tribunal against the United States and pressures extradition of the shah.
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Security Council
Kuwait
Bangladesh
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Iran
Lan
Washington
State Department
Waldheim
Hodding Carter
United States
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
U.N
Islamic Revolutionary Council
Carter says Brezhnev trip hurts trust over Afghanistan invasion
President Carter described the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as a drastic shift in U S perception of the Kremlin. He said Brezhnev's explanations were inadequate and misleading and warned that actions beyond notes would follow. Carter cited risk to SALT and urged allies to re Examinew Soviet aims and impose severe political consequences.
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Iran
Persian Gulf
United States
Carter
Kremlin
ABC News
Oval Office
Brezhnev
Afghanistan
Amin
Frank Reynolds
Senate
Soviet Union
Celebrants welcome new year new decade at many celebrations
Americans welcomed 1980 with parties parades and salutes to days gone by In Colorado fourteen AdA ma n Club members and 16 guests climbed Pike's Peak The 91st Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena drew an expected 1 3 million spectators The Rose Sugar Cotton and Orange bowls plus Bluebonnet and Peach bowls filled New Year football schedules Times Square hosted large festivities Police planned extra security to manage crowds An Lexington Ky group prepared a New Year run and Jamestown Calif rail buffs planned a Sierra Railroad nostalgic journey ending in 1980
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Pike’s Peak
Colorado
AdAmAn Club
Pasadena
Calif
Music of America
Frank Sinatra
California
New York
Times Square
Todds Road Stumblers
Lexington
Alex Campbell
Harry Hoppen
Bogalusa
Jamestown
Sierra Railroad
Vandalism hits Cedar Rapids cars and teens seen
Police report nearly two dozen automobiles damaged by pellet gun blasts in Cedar Rapids. Allen Motor Co says 10 rear windows of 1980 models damaged in a fenced yard. Five juveniles observed near 18th Street SE and two teens seen shooting at telephone poles near Fourth Avenue SE. Associate Judge Koehler was among complainants.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen Motor Co
Thomas Koehler
Knollwood Drive
18Th Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Mondale to Visit Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Dubuque
Vice President Walter Mondale will spend two days in Iowa this week to bolster President Carter's campaign. Campaign officials said he will visit Waterloo Thursday and Friday with Cedar Rapids and Dubuque on Friday as tentative stops. exact times and order were not available.
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Walter Mondale
Iowa
Carter
Carter-Mondale
Waterloo
Mondale
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Weather Report for 9 p.m. today
A partial weather summary records 9 p.m. barometer and humidity, wind from N at 12 mph. Sun rises 7:35 and sets 4:46. December total precipitation 0.61 inches. Forecast: partly cloudy Thursday to Saturday with little precipitation. Highs in the 30s and lows around 10 to 20 degrees.
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Rorsessersesssee
Births and notices from St Luke's and other towns
Birth announcements list Kathryn and Kenneth Bacher and several other couples from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with newborns and addresses. Also noting December 31 birth at Marion and a son for Doug and Janet Winfrey at Theford Nebraska with grandparent details. Police log notes two incidents: smoke odor on Buckingham Drive NW and an overheated oven on K Avenue NE.
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Buckingham Drive
K Ave
Juveniles Detained After Golf Course Green Ramp Incident
Three youths aged 13, 14, and 17 were taken into custody Monday after riding bicycles over the 16th green at Ellis golf course. They landed on the green using an adjacent berm as a ramp and were released to their parents.
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Ellis Golf Course
Assault charge follows fight in alley incident
Police filed an assault charge against Henry Parrish, 27, after a fight in an alley in the 700 block of Fourth Street SW. Roy Tamayo, 22, was knocked down. Parrish allegedly kicked him in the head, leaving facial and head injuries. Tamayo was hospitalized. Parrish detained at Linn County Jail. 10 YEARS AGO New York averted a threatened transit strike.
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Henry Parrish
Eighth Ave
Fourth Street
Roy Tamayo
Seventh Ave
Parrish
Tamayo
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
New York
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Pardubsky
Frank J. ‘Fritz
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
John P. Woods
William B. Harnish
Crescent Lodge
A.F
A.M
Oak Hill Cemetery
Delta
Patience G. McNabb
United Methodist Church
Reynolds Funeral Home
Chelsea
Emma Zeman
Hrabak Funeral Home
Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Ghotbzadeh
Revolutionary Council
Babrak Karmel
Leonid Brezhnev
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Kathryn
Kenneth Bacher
Walker
Judith
Bartley Burk
Third St. SW
Patricia
Gary Morehouse
18Th St
Susan
John Ramsey
Brandon Ave
Hiawatha
Donna
Jon Sholes
Center Point
Jilda
Maurice Weech-House
Memorial Drive
Luann
Kris Yarbrough
Lisbon
Mary
Chanh Phan
Seventh St
Theford
Doug
Janet Winfrey
Vernon Winfreys
Staub Court
Douglas B. Beck
Lynda M. Pisney
John C. Clyde
Terri L. Connel
Sidney H. Johnson
Pauline D. Girsch
Joseph C. Smith
Joy J. Josephson
Oshkosh
Wis
Dennis A. Newman
Toddville
Rhonda L. Snow
Edgar L. King
D.J. Smith
Guaranty Bank
Farrington
Las Vegas
Kacere
Gazett Company
Gally
Icles
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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