Deaths and obituaries cascade in Cedar Rapids area
Multiple death notices and funeral details list James A. Swatosh and many Cedar Rapids area residents. Names include Thomas V. Haney Allen N Busse Lorrene Knott Barbara Woerdehoff George Alfred Blair Colesburg Alvina Barnhart Bertha Mitchell Hattie Smock Rhoda Kann William Miller Mary Pulfer George Carman Marie Strand Blanche Machemer Mary Towne Lois Fortune Neisslie Nola Secrist Will Secrist Shields Sandra Boat Hollingsworth Ida Pearl Lamb Willis Lamb Mae Smart Mary Summers Mary M.Tonne with service times, cemeteries, and memorial funds specified.
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Colesburg
Alvina Barnhart
Tuecke’s
Guttenberg
Tipton
Bertha Mitchell
Dye’s
Evergreen
Cedar Bluff
Wadena
Hattie Smock
Wadena Presbyterian Church
Grandview
Fayette
Burnham-Wood’s
Brooklyn
Rhoda Kann
10Th Ave
Marion
Nevenhoven’s
Vinton
William John Miller
Trinity Lutheran Church
Phillips
Elgin
Mary Pulfer
the Apostolic Church
Muehlethaler-Wright’s
Neisslie
Nola E
Murdoch
Central City
West Prairie Cemetery
Secrist
Will C
United Methodist Church
Viola
Springville
Masonic Temple
Shields
Sandra Kay
Immaculate Conception Church
William P. Leonard
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Friends
Turner Chapel East
Father Leonard
Hollingsworth
Ida Pearl
Paul A. Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
Oak Shade
Lamb
Willis Dudley
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Arnold Herbst
Theodore Lilley
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Coe College
Smart
Mae
Turner Chapel West
Norma Bales
Central Church of Christ
Linwood Cemetery
Turner West
Summers
Mary M
Chapel of Memories
Paul C. McManus
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids plant specs decision delayed for FMC bid
Public Improvements Commissioner Dick Phillips said a final decision on the third stage sewage plant specifications will not come for at least a week. FMC Corp will prepare a written argument, after meeting with Phillips and the project engineers Howard R Green and Associates, seeking a change to qualify their bid. Only Air Products and Union Carbide currently meet the requirements. Phillips welcomed the delay, saying it allows more time to assess the issue.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Improvements
Dick Phillips
FMC Corp
FMC
Phillips
Howard R. Green
Air Products
Union Carbide
The Delong Ruby Ransom and MacArthur’s Simple Life
A Cedar Rapids Gazette snippet recounts a 1965 Delong Ruby ransom from the underworld, notes a 1972 eviction role for a wealthy landlord, and highlights MacArthur’s frugal lifestyle. He shunned jets, mansions, and secretaries, living quietly at the Colonnades Hotel in a modest two bedroom apartment.
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Delong Ruby
Underworld
MacArthur
Colonnades
Billionaire MacArthur’s Frugal Style Masks Vast Empire
The late MacArthur lived simply dressed as a handyman and used a coffee cup and cigarette to greet hotel guests. He said wealth could be obtained but he chose to stay with his existing lifestyle. Born in 1897 in Pittston Pa he built Bankers Life via mail order and acquisitions.
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MacArthur
Associated Press
MacArthur Was
Pittston
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Violence and theft in schools rise in past decade
A study based on 4,000 principals surveys details extortion risks among junior high students, widespread theft from unlocked lockers, and that 2.4 million monthly thefts occur among secondary students. It notes violence patterns differ by grade, urban setting, and school governance.
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Cedar Rapids
Rainbow
President warns of Soviet strategic nuclear war risk
The Times reports an interagency study warns the United States and allies would struggle against conventional attacks in Western Europe and the Far East. NATO could barely halt a Soviet strike in Europe without territory loss, guiding a shift toward conventional forces, echoed in Carter’s NATO briefing after talks with Giscard dEstaing and Mitterrand.
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Soviet Union
the Times
Interagency
United States
Europe
Far East
NATO
Carter
Brussels
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Francois Mitterrand
French Socialist Party
Hiawatha installs 1978 officials in brief council meeting
In the shortest meeting on record the Hiawatha City Council reappointed and swore in City Clerk Joan Biederman and named two year terms for new and returning officials. Appointees include Betty Binning Michael Donohon Tom Theis Robert Wheeler Keith Jenison Thomas Patterson Jack Wyrick and Donald Mohler.
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Hiawatha City Council
Joan Biederman
Betty Binning
Michael Donohon
Tom Theis
Jack Wyrick
Donald Mohler
Clinton Moyer
Larry Gutz
Robert Koncher
Archie Conklin
David Saari
Recreation Commission
Don Seivers
Police Department
Cedar Rapids Gazette Presents Worth To You
The Cedar Rapids Gazette highlights a feature titled Worth To You exploring community needs and local impact. The piece surveys reader priorities and profiles residents shaping neighborhood well being and services.
Century Cab Driver Robbed by Two Suspects
Police seek two black men aged 18 to mid-20s who demanded money from Century Cab driver Larry Crowley in the 1200 block of Fourth Avenue SE around 2 a.m. One man brandished a sawed-off shotgun before they fled north. The cab company had a call to pick up a customer in the same block before the robbery.
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Fourth Avenue SE
Larry Crowley
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James A. Swatosh
Iowa Ave
Iowa City
Agnes M. Roshek
Belle Plaine
J Street
Cherry Burrell
Swatosh
Crescent Lodge No. 25
American Legion
Hanford
UAW
U.S. Army
Blanche Swatosh
Agnes Horak
Alicin Ferree
Lillian Wheeler
Seattle
Wash
Crescent Lodge
American Legion Hanford Post
American Heart Fund
Thomas V. Haney
Graceville
Minn
Rose Holtz
Haney
U.S. Navy
Hennessey Brothers Inc
Patrick T. Haney
Toddville
Sandra Taylor
Muriel Wold
Marcella Kinzell
Loveland
Colo
Ann Allen
Arcadia
Calif
Monica Haney
St. Paul
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
John F. Ryan
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Father Ryan
Allen N. Busse
Randolph
Wis
Monona
Mr. Busse
Portage
Bernice Young
Busse
Iowa
Aplington
Readlyn
John O’laughlin
West Bend
Randolph United Methodist Church
Lorrene Knott
Tucson
Ariz
Lorrene Miner
Olin
Anamosa
George Knott
Paul
Shirley
Jean
Mississippi
Cecil Miner
Buena Vista
Bernice Gardner
Marie Wait
Barbara Woerdehoff
Solon
Joseph Woerdehoff
Mount Vernon
Luxemburg
Mildred Ambdenstock
Alphonse Linck
Chicago
Brosh
St. Mary’s Church
J.J. Fath
George Alfred Blair
Omaha
Neb
Brandon
Mildred Cornell
World Herald
Blair
International Printer and Graphic Union
Mildred
Katheryne Haines
Willis Blair
Carl Blair
Jordan Jaeger
The
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Bear Creek
Cedar Memorial Funeral
George Dunlap Carman
Towne House Drive
Adams, Minn
Dorothy J. Wiese
Lincoln
Collins Radio
Carman
Kenwood Park
Cancer Society
Marie E. Strand
22Nd St
Oelwein
Marvin S. Strand
Arlington
Morris Sanford Company
Cedar Rapids Credit Women
Beatrice Gardner
Mary E. Nelson
Washington
Maxine van Daele
Fairbank
Donald Gardner
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Jerald Swanberg
United Methodist Church of
Blanche Elizabeth Machemer
15Th St. SE
Louis E. Machemer
Salem
Mr. Machemer
Mary Tonne
Walter Tonne
Lisbon
Towne
Loren
Warren
John
Marshalltown
Harold Davis
Charles Williams
Edna Clark
Clear Water
Fla
Morgan Funeral Home
Thomas Stewart
Lois Fortune
John H. Fortune
Carroll
William
Georgia MacArthur
John MacArthur
Alfred
Chicago Herald Examiner
Royal Canadian War Corps
Worldart
Hiawatha
Fire Department
Rapids Gazette
Century
Ellis Blvd
N.W
16Th Avenue
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
Chevrolet & Ton
John Coonradt
Gazette
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