Death notices shorten Cedar Rapids area loses several residents
Obituaries report Ida M. Knock 91 of Cedar Rapids dies after lengthy illness with surviving son Clarence in Arizona and daughter Viola in Cedar Rapids. Also listed are Harold Harvey Kemper 76, Mary Marie Grubhoffer 91, Victor Gerald Butts 69, Elgin William Larson 81, Lance A. Smith 86, Stanley O. Looby 63, Anna Baumgartner 89, and Scott Squier 14 with service details and memorial funds in each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Knock
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Knock
Millersburg
Iowa County
Louis H. Knock
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Clarence A
Tucson
Ariz
Harvey H
Viola Schoenfelder
Richard L. Thompson
Linwood
Turner Chapel West
Mary
Marie) Grubhoffer
Schultz Drive
Winslow House
Marion
Tabor
Austria
Milo Grubhoffer
Grubhoffer
C.S.A
Lodge 13
Western Fraternal Life Association
Edward F
Johanna Novotny
Jerry Kofron
Czechoslovakia
Brush Chapel
Claude Jones
Czech National Cemetery
Victor — Gerald Butts
Hoover-Valentine’s
Marengo
Marengo Cemetery
Elgin
William Larson
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Muehlethaler-Wright’s
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Visitation
Sheets and Sons
Tipton
Stanley O. Looby
Elmhurst
Strawberry Point
Anna Baumgartner
St. Sebast Lutheran Church
Roberson Funeral Home
St. Sebast Cemetery
Coralville
Scott Squier
George L. Gay
Prosecution rests in Mark Inger murder trial
The prosecution in the Mark A. Inger second degree murder trial rested its case after an eyewitness testified about the Sept 3 altercation that allegedly killed 16 year old Robert Neve in a Hy Vee parking lot. Medical witnesses linked Neve’s death to brain damage from a blow to the temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark A. Inger
Cedar Rapids
Robert A. Neve
William Olinger
Inger
Patricia Reid
Denver Dillard
Neve
17Th Ave
Oakland Road
Thirty-Second Street
Reid
Kennedy High School
Weather and life events wrap up a week
Wind NW at 12 mph. Sunrise 7 28 Sunset 5 07. Year ago today high 17 low 3 no precip. Extended forecast variable clouds with snow possible midweek. Jan 19 adds eight births from various Iowa city locations. Emergency calls listed with times and locations.
Elderly sniper fires from window in San Francisco
A 70s era shooter in a two story four unit apartment near Golden Gate Park killed one and wounded four others, three critically, prompting a heavy police response and a tense stand off with sharpshooters. Victims were identified as Joe Blackman Mimi Rosenblatt and Catherine Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Park
Frank Puglisi
Mission Emergency Hospital
Puglisi
Joe Blackman
Mimi Rosenblatt
Catherine Henry
Two Michigan plane crashes kill ten at separate airports
Two air crashes in Michigan killed ten people within ten minutes. A private jet at Detroit Metropolitan Airport exploded on landing, with no survivors. A twin-engine plane at Kent County Airport in Grand Rapids overturned during landing, killing four and injuring two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kent County
Grand Rapids
Frederick Kelsey
Massey-Ferguson Inc
Des Moines
Farm Implement and Tractor Company
Michigan
Toronto
Kelsey
Metro
Wayne County
Tims
Munro verdict reviewed as trial moves to sentencing
The defense argues Munro acted under circumstance and was in the neighborhood after taking his gun from pawn while the state cites ballistic doubts and scratches in the gun barrel to imply premeditation. Trial moved from Polk to Linn County with sentencing tentatively set for February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro
Linn County
Polk County
Fenton
Roger Owens
Winter storms sweep Central U S with heavy snow and freezing rain
Eastern Iowa faces near normal travel with highs in the upper 20s as a storm system shifts east. The same system dumps snow sleet and rain across a wide area from the Great Plains to Missouri and Illinois, prompting National Guard, flood watches, and school closures while Wisconsin declares an emergency for heavy snows. In Nebraska Indiana Missouri Illinois Texas Minnesota Wisconsin Durango all report travel disruptions and weather-related impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Great Plains
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Missouri National Guard
Texas
National Weather Service
Carter
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Durango
Shah, Egyptian hosts at Aswan prayer event amid exile talk
The shah attended Moslem Friday prayers with Sadat in Aswan as he remains in Egypt after leaving Iran on an extended vacation. Officials characterized Zahedi’s stance as problematic while noting Sadat’s hospitality and gratitude for Iran’s wartime aid. The shah plans further travels before possibly settling in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadat
United States
Aswan
Egypt
Middle East
Shah
U.S
Gerald Ford
Morocco
Knoxville Woman Beaten and Robbed in Early Morning Attack
A 70-year old Knoxville resident Thelma Oliver was assaulted by a robber who grabbed her by the throat and demanded her purse after she let her dog out. When she resisted the thief beat her face, took the purse, and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville (Ap
Knoxville
Thelma Oliver
Staggers in to serve jail term for drunken driving
Dale Edgeton, 39, of 1522 D Ave NE, reported to Linn County Jail Friday night to serve a one day sentence for intoxication driving. He stag gered in and may face a longer stay as deputies assess the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Edgeton
D Ave
Linn County
Linn
Edgeton
Linn County driver indicted for involuntary manslaughter
Ronald L. Stambaugh, 22, of 226 27th St NW, is held in Linn County Jail on 10000 bond after pleading innocent to involuntary manslaughter. Indictment tied to Dec 9 death of Robert G. Hess, 26, of the same address after an auto crash on F Avenue NW. Authorities say he drove the car that spun and stopped in a driveway at 3905 F Ave NW after striking a parked car. He faces additional charges of leaving the scene, intoxication, and driving while license suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald L. Stambaugh
27Th St. NW
Linn County
Stambaugh
Robert G. Hess
Hess
F Avenue NW
F Ave. NW
Acci
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Harold Harvey Kemper
Belle Plaine
Adeline Whitney
FMC Corp
Mr. Kemper
Blairstown
Connie Prochaska
Barbara Young
Cecil Kemper
Marysse Rich
Turner Chapel East
Louis Cronbaugh
Oakhill Cemetery
Turner’s East
Heins
Harry F
First Christian Church
Center Point
Joe M. Jones
Murdoch Chapel
Mark Inger
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Rogelio Lindo
Olinger
Tom Peffer
Peffer
Dillard
C.R. Weather
Mark Latta
Samoa Drive
Hiawatha
St. Luke's
Blain Crock
Mechanicsville
Carroll Henkes
23Rd Ave
Vernon Dvorsky
Palo
Neal Johnson
16Th St
Mike Dahm
Second Ave
Mark George
Southland St
Thomas Paulson
Fifth Ave
Steve Frendle
12Th St. NE
Randal Heinle
St. SW
Chandler St
6Th St
Highwood Drive
Elea Aiatenabis
Reed
Gazette Classified
Owens
Daniel R. Munro
Orlie Workman
St. Joseph
Northern Illinois
Chicago
Tabatabai
Zahedi
Homayoun
State Department
Al-Nasr
Lran
Sayed Marei
John E. Lapes
Cedar Rapids Senior Citizen and Handicapped Bus Service
John B. Turner & Son
Turners East
Second Ave. SE
Turner's West
First Ave
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