Deaths in Cedar Rapids Area Leave Several Families Mourning
A sequence of obituaries from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns notes deaths of Hazel G. Shean 80 and John F Woods 71 with details on births, marriages, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Other notices list James Lodge Carter Jr Taylor Nemecek Landry Mounce Heins Dye and many more with service times and burial sites across Cedar Rapids Center Point Springville and Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Alexander
United Presbyterian
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
The
American Heart Fund
Bomb injures 20 in Israeli market
A bomb hidden in a pickle can exploded in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem wounding at least 20 as U S mediator Alfred Atherton opened talks with Israeli leaders The Palestinian Liberation Organization claimed responsibility naming the unit after Abu Ali Iyad and police said injuries were light to medium with no deaths reported
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Jerusalem
U.S. Mideast
Alfred Atherton
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Israel
Abu Ali Iyad
al Fatah
Jordan
Mahane Yehuda
Sadat Orders FM Home as Talks with Israel Resume
On this date in 1978 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ordered his foreign minister back from Israel and briefed President Carter that talks would resume after Israel shifts its position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Jerusalem
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Carter
Polite Would-Be Bank Robber Arrested in Norfolk
In Norfolk a would be robber demanded cash from a drive in teller behind bullet proof glass. He took $1 as good faith, then let the bank manager summon police and directed a director’s car ahead. Police captured Lawrence White, 20, charged with robbery and jailed on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Raymond Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Lawrence White
White
Ben Franklin Rubber Stamp Offers Fast Service
City briefs note a 1 day service for rubber stamps by Ben Franklin Rubber Stamp with contact 362-7262. Also listed is auctioneer Jack Shepherd with many years’ experience and phone 366-6061.
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Ben Franklin
Jack Shepherd
Snowbound Trains Strain Chicago System as Toll Rises
Chicago transit workers cleared tracks with shovels and ice scrapers after a blizzard left more than 20 inches of snow. The toll reached 72 deaths nationwide with Illinois reporting 24, Wisconsin 19, and other states summing the rest. CTA bought 2100 shovels and 600 scrapers as trains ran late and cars were scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Transit Authority
Weather Crisis Strains U S Transport and Schools
Snow and freezing rain crippled travel as crews in Chicago and across states battled the storm. O’Hare opened a fourth runway after a brief closure, while Buffalo sent snow removal teams and equipment. Governor Thompson sought disaster relief for 22 counties as roofs collapsed and temps edged above freezing.
Solonman 56 Injured in Johnson County Crash
Billy Workman 56 of Route 4 Solon is in good condition at Mercy Hospital after a two vehicle collision in Johnson County on Wednesday morning. Kevin Ecker 18 of Cedar Rapids caused the crash while attempting to pass a farm tractor and was not injured. He faces a charge of not yielding half the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel G. Shean
Oakland Road
West Chester
Cedar Rapids
Bryan N. Shean
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Alice Korteling
Silver Chain Circle of Kings
Tom Menary
St. Louis
Hoyt Barrick
Riceville
John F. Shean
David B. Shean
Anna Lilia
Ross Henry
Lilburn
Walter Flynn
Hawarden
Ervin Wasta
Turner Chapel East
Allen van Cleve
Central United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Shrine Hospital
Billy Workman
Solon
Mercy Hospital
Johnson County
Workman
Ely
Kevin Ecker
Second Ave
Ecker
Iowa Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Joint study on strokes to explore geographic factors
American and Egyptian scientists will launch a three year international program to study how water supply altitude and environment affect stroke high blood pressure and blood vessel disease. Dr James Toole of Bowman Gray Medical School cited higher stroke in low altitude southeastern U S and in North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia. Data from Egypt will be compared with U S findings to assess risk factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Head Island
S.C
James Toole
Bowman Gray Medical School
Winston-Salem
N.C
United States
Toole
American Heart Association
Science Writers’ Forum
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Egypt
U.S
Wild Bunch robs Ireland in IRA drive to end Britain rule
In Donegal authorities pursue a heavily armed IRA unit nicknamed The Wild Bunch. The gang has allegedly stolen about 16 million dollars in two years to fund its guerrilla campaign to unite Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic. Intelligence sources see the raids as compensating for shrinking U S sympathies and donations.
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Donegal
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
United States
Four charged with resisting in Cedar Rapids incidents
Police report four men resisted arrest in three Cedar Rapids incidents Tuesday night and Wednesday. James Stull faced shoplifting intoxication and interfering with official acts charges. James Schlotfelt was charged with intoxication and interference after resisting arrest. John Ginsberg and Thomas Buxton, both 19, were charged with fifth degree theft and interfering with official acts after leaving a restaurant without paying.
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First Avenue NE
James A. Stull
Stull
Linn County
James R. Schlotfelt
Wilson Ave
Johnson Avenue NW
Schlotfelt
John D. Ginsberg
Thomas K. Buxton
Iowa City
First Avenue SE
Ginsberg
Buxton
Cedar Rapids
Picket planned at Stouffer's hotel over Nestle formula
Cedar Rapids INFACT chapter members Darrell Walters Jr and Adrienne Berryhill plan a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. January 29 protest at the Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel. They urge a Nestle boycott citing infant formula harm in developing nations and advocate leafleting with potential permits. Walters notes police approval and no blocking of entrances.
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Cedar Rapids
Infant Formula Action Coalition
Stouffer's
Five Seasons
Darrell Walters Jr
Coe College
the Gazette
Nestle Corp
Nestle
Walters
Infact
Minneapolis
Adrienne Berryhill
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Berryhill
Mount Mercy College
United States
Europe
First Avenue
Compromise Reached in Linn Deputy Beating Case
Robert Robideau, an American Indian Movement member, reached a compromise with Linn County Deputy Donald Wharton in a $40,000 civil suit filed in U S District Court Cedar Rapids. Terms not disclosed, but Robideau acknowledged receiving some money for dropping the action.
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American Indian Movement
Robert Robideau
Linn
Donald Wharton
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Wharton
Robideau
Linn County
FBI
South Dakota
Tauke Receives Committee Posts in Congress
Rep. Tom Tauke of Alowa is named to the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Science and Technology Committee after requesting membership in both. Also noted is a 1912 date when Robert Scott reached the South Pole and found Amundsen had beaten him there five weeks earlier.
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Washington, D.C
Tom Tauke
Alowa
House Education and Labor
House
Science and Technology Committee
Robert Scott
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Pole
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John F. Woods
Mount Vernon
Margaret A. Pitlik
Lisbon
City of
St. John’s Catholic Church
Shirley Simmons
Monticello
Kay Wolvers
John
Leo
Edward “Bud
Deming
N.M
Georgia Ferguson
Muscatine
St. John’s. Visitation
Baxter’s
John Barnes
Lisbon Catholic Cemetery
James Lodge Carter Jr
22Nd St
Morris Sanford and Company
Hannibal
Marion Martin
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
James Carter Sr
David
Atlanta
Forrest V. Mounce
G Ave
Center Point
Mounce
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Vienna Lodge
AF & AM
Eagles Lodge
Harmony Lodge
Murdoch
Margaret Minor
Heins
First Christian Church
Kathleen Heins
Virgil Heins
Joe M. Jones
Center Point Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Esther Dye
Fred Dye
Center Point Road
Midland
Mich
Bess Wagner
Milwaukee
Wis
Kuba Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pilot Parents Fund
Linn Association of Retarded Citizens
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Frank E. Wiley
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Roberson’s
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Tama — Laird Kaisand
Mason-Hand’s. Manchester
Virgil D. Rissler
Shelly’s
Elkader
Grace E. Hale
Witt’s
Volga — Reynold C
Bud” Wolf
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Visitation
Independence
Casper J. Ortner
Mason-Howe’s
Anamosa
Howard
Grace) Soper
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s
Mary Arndt
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Hills
Donohue-Lensing’s
Shaarei Zedek Hospital
Jaffa Road
Old City
Teddy Kollek
Kollek
Lebanon
Maalot
Flowers & Plants
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Pt. Rd
Midwest
Chicago Transit
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ohio
Nebraska
CTA
Buffalo
N.Y
New York
Massachusetts
Quebec
O’hare International
Federal Aviation Administration
James Thompson
Florida
West Palm Beach
Chicago
O’hare
Okla
Solonman
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Maquoketa
Cansen
Belmond
Des Moines
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Eeeseesers
Atlantic Son Neemeee
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
Swellen
Florist
C.R
Tauke
Cedar Park
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