Deaths Aboard Iowa Highway Collision Claims Several
The page reports multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Michael D Ford, 19, of Mechanicsville, died after a collision with a school bus on U.S. Highway 20 near Jesup, Iowa. Gladys G Cabalka, 76, Cedar Rapids area resident, died after a long illness. Viola G King, 82, Cedar Rapids area resident, died after a long illness. Other notices include Robert L Galloway, 46, in Pine Bluff Arkansas, and Ethel Baumgartner, 86, in Long Beach California, plus numerous service details, burial sites, and memorial fund suggestions.
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Michael Duane Ford
Mechanicsville
Jesup
Buchanan County
Clinton
Washington High School
Dave and
Gary
Mount Vernon
Maurice Ford
Cedar Rapids
Janet Rybolt
St. Louis
Julie
Harlan White
Hazleton
Ralph Ford
United Presbyterian Church
Greene
Morley
Horner’s
Gladys Genevieve Cabalka
Wildwood Drive
John K. Cabalka
First Congregational Church
Calif
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Glenn Bender
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Cedar Memorial Funeral
First Congregational Church Memorial Fund
Viola Grace King
Lee King
Ninth St. NW
Oelwein
Belle Plaine
King
Cedar Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Oelweix
Eastern Star
Robert Lee Galloway
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Eolia
Kathryn Schodt
Fort Madison
Robert
Kathy
Debbie
Brenda
William
Ben Galloway
Ethel Baumgartner
George Baumgartner
Long Beach
California
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Asbury
D.A.R
Colonial Dames
Cultus Club
Hazel Brunsmann
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Inglewood
Dietz
Frank W
Turner Chapel West
Gordon Packard
St. James United Methodist Church
Fidelitas Lodge AF
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner West
Victor Phillip Liercke
Marion
Clarence
Lena Kalous
Evangelical Church of
Paul Grimes
Center Point
Marion Anderson
Melvin Boots
Richard
Ray Liercke
Riverside
Tipton
Forrest Arnold
la Fayette
T. LeRoy Scott
Marion High School
Scott
Leona Smith
Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church
Linn County Farm Bureau
Murdoch
William H. Olmstead
Coe College
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Olmstead
American Diabetes Association
Wash— University School of Medicine
Ruby
Richard G. Irwin
Chesterfield
George C. Johnstone
San Fernando
Immaculate Conception Catholic High School
Air Force
Dorothy Hawks
Newspapers Offered to Legislators Under Bribe Question
Iowa lawmakers face scrutiny as The Gazette and other papers freely distribute editions during the session. State Senator Gene Glenn notes gifts could violate new bribery provisions and urges subscription or refusal. Senate ethics committee will review the issue.
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Des Moines
Iowa
the Gazette
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Gazette
General Assembly
Waterloo Courier
Dubuque
Senate Ethics Committee
Carter renews oil import fee threat amid energy impasse
President Carter threatens oil import fees if Congress does not pass his energy package. Energy Secretary Schlesinger met with Carter before trips to Morocco and Saudi Arabia to discuss energy and development. Jackson and aides aim for a whole new effort to end the deadlock on gas price ceiling and energy measures.
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Washington
Senate Energy Committee
Carter
Congress
James Schlesinger
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Schlesinger
Jim Bishop
Henry Jackson
Sen. Jackson
House
Senate
Jackson
City briefs and community notices from Cedar Rapids
Local briefs list sales at Hiawatha Garden Center and a cash heist at Gary Brown and Sherry Lindeman residences. Community events include Temple Judah games weekly, Alcoholics Anonymous with Dan B as guest, Overeaters Anonymous at Westminster Church, Labor Retirees lunch meeting, and a Cedar Rapids Consumer Credit talk by Dr. Duane E. Thompson at Longbranch Supper Club.
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Consumer Credit
Duane E. Thompson
College of Business Administration
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Consumer Credit Assn
Longbranch
Court rebukes FCC order on broadcasting limits
The U S Court of Appeals finds the commissions rules targeting content to protect children exceed First Amendment protections and threaten classic literature and Bible passages. It calls the action a dangerous overreach and warns rules must be carefully tailored to constitutional requirements. The court also leaves in place rulings on Miller Brewing trademark use and housing integration, among others.
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Commission
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Harold Leventhal
Carlin
Miller Brewing Co
Soviet Lawmakers to Visit United States on 11 Day Tour
Ten members of Russia's Supreme Soviet will spend 11 days in the United States starting January 22. They will stay four days in Washington before traveling to Houston Los Angeles Detroit and New York in an ongoing exchange with U S lawmakers that began in 1974.
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Washington
Russia
Supreme Soviet
United States
Houston
Los Angeles
Detroit
New York
U.S
Frostbite Cases Reported as Cold Snap Hits Iowa City Area
Arctic air causes frostbite in Iowa City and Coralville with at least one confirmed case. Medical officials link injuries to attempts to start cars in frigid conditions as residents briefly expose hands.
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Iowa City
Coralville
Consumer trends predict stronger economy and product innovation
A Cedar Rapids Gazette excerpt notes a longer term outlook for consumers as quality minded with higher income scrutiny. It cites cosmetics advances, a 7 percent tobacco growth, and brisk new home construction driving appliance and furniture purchases amid unemployment easing from 7 percent to about 6.5 percent.
Knievel Surrenders to Sheriff in Hyped Escape Incident
Evel Knievel, after surrendering, is held in a private cell in the county jail’s maximum security wing. He admits facing trouble and recalls daily drive in a $100,000 Stutz to a San Fernando Valley office where he worked on movie and toy deals and planned a 40,000 foot parachute-free haystack jump.
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Knievel
San Fernando Valley
Justice Brennan Faces Cancerous Tumor on Vocal Cord
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., age 71, has a small squamous cell carcinoma on his left vocal cord. Biopsy on December 14 confirmed the cancer. cobalt radiation began December 22. He is not hospitalized, travels to a nearby hospital for treatment, and is expected to make a full recovery with care.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Brennan Jr
Brennan
Barrett McGurn
McGurn
Cobalt Ra
Thurgood Marshall
New Jersey
Legislature Opens With Prison Population Debate
Lawmakers opened with talks on expanding or building prison capacity as Iowa debates crowded facilities. Nell favors enlarging existing sites while Gov. Ray prefers renovations. The session also swore in three new legislators, including Lind Arnould and Holden.
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Neu
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Nell
Robert Ray
Iowa
Ray
Nel
the Gazette
Ren
Edgar Holden
R-Davenport
Elizabeth Shaw
Japanese Reinforcements Reach Philippines Early in Pacific War
On this date in 1942 Japanese reinforcements were pouring into the Philippines signaling the early phase of the Pacific War as Allied defenses faced intensified Japanese offensives and rapid territorial advances in the region.
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Philippines
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Donohue’s
Rosary
Monona
John H. Krambeer
Schultz’s
Luana Lutheran
Schultz’s. Garrison
Minnie Eaton
Garrison Church of the Brethren
Friends
Campbell-Russell’s. Traer
James G. Pavelka
St. Paul Catholic Church
Overton’s. West Liberty
Walter F. Erwin
Snider’s
Mission Temple
Cretsinger
Glenn
Richard Turner
James Redmond
Iowa Supreme Court
Hiawatha Garden Center
Temple Judah
Lindsay Lane
32Nd Street
Gary Brown
Carter St
Sherry Lindeman
Ave
Alcoholics Anonymous
Dan B
Trinity Lutheran School
Seventh Ave
Third Ave. SE
Labor
Hawkeye Labor Council
14Th Ave. SE
American Cancer Society
Pennsylvania
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Arctic
Man
Evel Knievel
Justice Brennan
Dale Cochran
D-Eagle Grove
Cochran
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
16Th Ave. S.W
Frank Dietz Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Avenue Floral & Botanicals Environments Ltd
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