Deaths in Cedar Rapids area list several obituaries
Obituary notices for George Ernest Madison 77 Cedar Rapids and other residents include birthplaces, spouses, children, and survivors. Services scheduled at Turner Chapel East and Elmwood Cemetery with further funeral home details. Other deaths cover Leo Biskup, Richard Heckle and Gertrude Lefebure with church services, burial plans, and memorial contributions noted.
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George Ernest Madison
23Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Mr. Madison
Worthington
Elva Price
Morrison, Ill
Cedar Christian Church
Brotherhood of Railway
Norman E
Belle Plaine
Howard W. Madison
Keystone
Pauline McGregor
Harry
Ralph
Stella
Eva
Myrtle
Turner Chapel East
Neville Clayton
Troy Mills
Turner East
Webster C. Moss
Fort Dodge
Superior
Iowa
Lupes
Blairsburg
Ina Jamieson
Denver
Colo
Olive Ramsey
Clarion
Helen Denton
Houston
Texas
Elmwood
Waterloo
Douglas Hansen
Goldfield Church of Christ
Elmwood Cemetery
Memorial Fund of the Deaf Mission
Route 2
Council Bluffs
Kuba Funeral Home
Leo E. Bishup
Mount Vernon Road
Marie Henderson
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Valley Bible Church Memorial Fund
Richard C. Heckle
48Th St. NE
Mr. Heckle
Marshalltown
Long Beach
Calif
Howard Heckle
48Th Street
Richard Lee Heckle
Soquel
Gertrude Ellen Lefebure
Fairfax
Theodor A. Lefebure
Lefebure
Edward Teahen
First Ave
Senior Citizens
National Catholic Society of Foresters
Gay Farrell
Springfield
John R. Lefebvre
A.H. Hinkle
St. Patrick’s Church
William Arquitt
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Father Arquitt
Teahen Funeral
Haars
Theodore
Ted
Walker United Methodist Church
Barbara Westhoff
Friends
Murdoch
Walker
Allely
Florence S
David Larson
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
North Madison Cemetery
West Union
Eleanor Werhan
Burnham-Wood
S. Delta
H.L
Chuck) McBride
Reynolds
Sigourney
Colesburg
Clarence
Irene) Hartbeck
First United Methodist Church
Zion
Clifton’s
Earlville
Farley
Verna Lee Sullivan
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Reiff's
Court weighs religious exemption to school immunization
Judge Eads rules the religious exemption for immunization must reflect belief in the religion as a whole and that exemptions require a legally authorized applicant if the child is a minor. The decision upholds mass immunization and notes constitutional grounds, while considering whether the term adherent is tied to the religion and its tenets.
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Eads
Cretsinger
Internal Revenue Service
Local man charged in cocaine and marijuana possession case
Daniel Roy Snell aged 19 of 2620 Union Drive SW was arrested after a search warrant executed December 30 found cocaine and marijuana with intent to deliver. He faces three counts of receiving stolen property and two drug counts. Stolen items include two scales taken from National Oats on December 8 and Independence Community Schools on November 27.
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Daniel Roy Snell
Union Drive
Snell
Independence
Airport hearing on runway lighting bids planned
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission will open bids for a new runway and taxiway lighting system at 10 a.m. Thursday in the airport west meeting room. The regular commission meeting has been postponed until 10 a.m. next Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Homeowners freed from direct tax for Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids officials announce that 1977 property values in the downtown tax increment financing district rose 26.11 percent, removing the need for a direct tax to fund the Five Seasons Community Center. The TIF district now valued at about $35 million will cover most bond payments, with additional funds from interest. The city expects faster bond payoff and earlier tax relief for other agencies.
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Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons
Don Canney
Kirkwood Community College
Canney
TIF
State School Foundation
Innocent Plea in Six Killings Shock Rockford Family Tragedy
Simon Nelson pleaded innocent to bludgeoning and stabbing his six children in Rockford Illinois. As he stood arraigned, the six victims aged 3 to 12 were privately buried in Calvary Cemetery in white coffins amid snow and 10 below zero weather.
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Rockford, Ill
Simon Nelson
Philip Reinhard
Circuit Court
Calvary Cemetery
East Iowa Warms Slightly After Deep Freeze Night
Cedar Rapids records 8 below zero with other East Iowa towns in a deep freeze. National forecasts warn Arctic winds may linger 10 days while some warming expected later with lows 5 to 10 above and highs near 20 Thursday. light snow possible.
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East Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Elkader
Fayette
New Albin
Decorah
Oelwein
Waukon
Guttenberg
Weather Service
Iowa
Vandals strike at bank again in Springville
A sheriff report says vandals damaged a night deposit box at Exchange State Bank on Broadway, Springville. It is the second incident this month with sheet rock damage worth about 15 dollars between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday.
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Exchange State Bank
Springville
Sheriff's Department
Broadway
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its founding in 1883, publishing daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. It outlines carrier and mail rates for 7 issues weekly $5 174, 52 weeks $56, and out of state $80 per year.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Unemployment rates ease across groups as job gains rise
The Labor Department reports declines in unemployment for adult men women and teenagers. White and blue collar gaps narrowed with December blue collar at 7.3 and white collar at 3.9 percent. A 4.1 million 12 month employment gain marked postwar records. Average weekly earnings rose to 195.84 while hours fell slightly.
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Labor Department
Supreme Court allows foreign nations to sue American firms for triple damages
The court ruled 5-3 that a foreign government is a person under the Clayton Act allowing India Iran the Philippines and South Vietnam to seek treble damages in antitrust cases against six major U S drug companies Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol Myers Squibb Olin and Upjohn. Justice Stewart said this deters violators and protects U S consumers from inflation.
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Supreme Court
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
India
Iran
Philippines
South Vietnam
U.S
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Pfizer Inc
American Cyanamid Co
Bristol-Myers Co
Squibb Corp
Olin Corp
the Upjohn Co
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Linn County
American Cancer Society
Martin Myers
University of Iowa Hospitals Pediatrics de
Partment
J. A. Morris
University of Maryland
Mike Deupree
Gazette City Hall
Alan Paton
BROSH
Cedar Rapids Solon
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Cedar Memorial Park
Nader
Richey
Allegheny
Connecticut
John B. Turner
Second Avenue S.E
Turner West
First Avenue West
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