Weather and notices from a daily record page
Weather data include barometer 30.32 inches humidity 51 percent and wind N at 14 mph. Extended forecast notes very cold days with possible snow midweek and below normal highs. Birth announcements list Mercy Jan. 8 daughter to Mr and Mrs James Harding and a San Antonio birth to Mr and Mrs Richard Klouda. Several weekend incident notes report smoke odor, stove to curtains, overheated fireplace, gas heater issue and an ambulance assist at various addresses.
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San Antonio
Texas
Richard Klouda
Klouda
Milo Klouda
Route 1
Palo
First Avenue
Sixth Avenue
B Avenue NW
Johnson Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Norwich Drive
Obituary of Josephine Russo 95 Cedar Rapids Resident
Josephine Russo 95 of Cedar Rapids died Saturday in a local nursing home after a long illness. Born March 19, 1881 in Termini Italy she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life and was a member of St Patrick s Catholic Church. Survived by son Marion Cedar Rapids two daughters Helen Zapf Elfrieda Burlingham Kenosha Wis ten grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Services 9 30 a m Tuesday at St Patrick s with Rev Martin Laughlin burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Rosary Monday at 7 30 p m at Teahen chapel with viewing after 1 p m Monday.
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Josephine Russo
B Avenue NW
Termini
Italy
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Marion
Helen Zapf
Elfrieda Burlingham
Kenosha
Wis
St. Patrick’s
Martin Laughlin
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Laughlin
Teahen Chapel
South and West Hit Majority of U S Population
Census figures show for the first time this century more than half of Americans live in the South and West. Growth data from 1970 to 1976 highlight Arizona, Alaska, and Nevada as leaders, with California remaining the most populous state at 21.5 million.
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U.S
South
Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
New York
Rhode Island
Arizona
Nevada
Alaska
Florida
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
New Mexico
Oregon
District of Columbia
California
Iowa
West
Northeast
North Central States
Eastern Iowa Deaths List Remembers Dozens by Parish
Obituaries notice of multiple Eastern Iowa residents with ages and service details. Includes Mrs. Charles Rickels 68 Anamosa at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church and others in Blairstown Oelwein Waterloo West Union Littleport Dyersville Peosta Manchester Luzerne Vinton with church services, rosaries, and calling hours noted.
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Anamosa
Charles Rickels
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s
Watkins
Clayton C. Schmidt
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
T.W. van Beck’s
Blairstown
Oelwein
Paul T. Ramos
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant- Kerns
Waterloo
Otto
Ilen) Schultz
Janesville
Wis
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Parrott Wood
West Union
Charles Swale
United Presbyterian Church
Burnham Wood
Victim and suspect jailed after October shooting
The October shooting victim Monte Dochterman and suspect Craig Gardner, 21, both held in Linn County jail after Gardner was extradited from Clovis New Mexico. Dochterman later linked to a Cedar Rapids robbery and charged with robbery with aggravation and later uttering a forged instrument. Gardner held on $105000 bond while Dochterman faced $120000 bond.
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Linn County
Craig Leslie Gardner
Clovis
N.M
Monte Dochterman
Sixth Avenue SE
Gardner
Dochterman
St. Luke's Hospital
Gard
Ner
New Mexico
NCIC
Iowa
Curry County
Linn
Cedar Rapid
Curry
Cannon Air Force Base
Bearded Robber Uses Knife At Deep Rock Station
A masked man with a nylon stocking and a hunting knife robbed Knot's Deep Rock service station at 820 First Avenue SW on Saturday evening. Attendant De Nell Hyke, 17, said the man ordered her into a restroom, tore out the telephone wires, and fled after taking an undetermined cash amount around 6 20 p.m. The description matched a Friday Sultan's Palace massage parlor robbery.
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Knot
Deep Rock
First Avenue
Sultan’s Palace
DeNell Hyke
Police Add Sex Charges In Kidnaping Case
Clark Bailey 24 faces criminal sexual conduct and two counts of sodomy in the LeAnn Erickson case beyond aggravated assault and kidnapping. The 13 year old victim disappeared December 18 and was found December 23. Bailey led investigators to the scene and admitted taking her there. He allegedly molested the girl at his home and involved others, including a 13 year old, with beer and marijuana. A witness said he later called Edward Mins to join sexual acts. Mins admitted fondling the girl but not sexual relations. Bailey allegedly disposed of a gun in the Mississippi River.
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Minneapolis (Ap
Clark Bailey
LeAnn Erickson
Minneapolis
Erickson
Fertile
Iowa
Bailey
LoAnn
Steven Wolney
Young Wolney
Edward Mins
Wolney
Mins
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Circulation Note
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates by carrier 0.05 per week and by mail varying with edition. prices listed for 7 issues, 4 weeks, 52 weeks and international locations. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news.
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the Gazette Co
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Ceder Rapids
Iowa
Horoscope and Crossword Relocated in Gazette
A rearrangement shifts the Horoscope to page 14 in the first section and the Crossword to page 20 in Family Focus, with both features appearing in their new places today.
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Gazette
First Black Woman Ordained in Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church ordained its first black woman priest, Pauli Murray, at Washington Cathedral amid multiple Saturday ceremonies nationwide. Beverly Messinger Harris and Natalia Vonnegut also entered the priesthood in Rome New York and Crawfordville Indiana, as the church plans about 30 women to be ordained this month.
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Washington
Episcopal Church
Washington Cathedral
Pauli Murray
Beverly Messinger-Harris
Rome
N.Y
Natalia Vonnegut
Crawfordville
Ind
Carter eyes economic summit and foreign talks
President elect Carter said a late spring or early summer economic summit is possible with six nations as France and others discuss timing. He expected a meeting with Leonid Brezhnev before fall and hoped for a SALT progress before any such talks. Mondale would engage leaders of Mexico, Canada and NATO allies to align economic policy and aid Cyprus peace efforts.
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Puerto Rico
Ford
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
France
United States
Great Britain
West Germany
Japan
London
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Vance
Anatole Dobrynin
Mexico
Canada
Mondale
United States Congress
Rhodesia
Africa
Kirkwood to Offer Downtown Education Classes
Kirkwood Community College will run daytime non credit classes in downtown Cedar Rapids at the YWCA starting Feb 1 with courses in Customer Sales and Human Potential. A second term begins March 21 adding Sales Performance and Career Decision Making. Tuition ranges from 20 to 30 dollars.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Culver Urges Shifting B-1 Funds to Education
Senator John Culver of Iowa argues at the Iowa State Education Association meeting that the 22 billion dollars planned for the B-1 bomber would better serve education and health programs. He notes federal aid to Iowa education last year was far below the bomber cost.
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Des Moines
UPI
John Culver
Iowa
Pentagon
Will Leonard Dies Chicago Drama Critic at 64
William Will Leonard, 64, noted drama critic and nightlife columnist for the Chicago Tribune, died Thursday after apparently suffering a stroke on December 28.
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Will Leonard
Chicago
William “Will” Leonard
The
Chicago Tribune
Leonard
Officers Charge Two With Drunk Driving
Two people face drunk driving charges after separate arrests on Saturday night. Donald Lawrence Falcon, 46, of Central City, was stopped by a state trooper on Highway 13 near Highway 151 at 7 10 p.m. Craig Norris, 21, of Fairfax, was arrested by Cedar Rapids police in the 3300 block of Sixth Street SW at 9 15 p.m. Norris also faced a speeding charge.
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Donald Lawrence Falcon
Central City
Craig Norris
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Norris
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Mercy
James Harding
Park Townecourt NE
Littleport
Mildred Liddy
Witt’s
Elkader
Dyersville
Loretta Reittinger
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
McBride’s
Peosia
Catherine Chapman
St. John the Baptist
Reiffs
Farley
Manchester
Elva M. Dunn
Shelley
Luzerne
Arnold Kramer
McAninch’s
Victor
Vinton
Paul
Ruth Ann) Fix
Phillips
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Tom Alex
Gazette Police
Associated Press
AP News
Novak Monument CO
Pierson’s Steelnoser
Etlis Bivd
Brezhnev
Congress
Assn
Vernon Pickett
Pickett
Culver
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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