Deaths of Foster and others highlight Cedar Rapids area obituaries
Death notices list Marvel A. Foster 76 of Grinnell formerly Cedar Rapids who served 38 years as associate director of the Jane Boyd Community House, plus a sequence of services and burials for Mary A. Calvin Marguerite S Miller Millicent M Mit Roeder and other local figures with funeral times and locations across Iowa communities.
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Marvel A. Foster
Grinnell
Cedar Rapids
Wellman
Jane Boyd
Miss Foster
First Congregational Church Circle and Guild
Chapter DE
PEO
St. Paul’s
Millicent M
Mit’’ Roeder
12Th St
Andrew
Miss Roeder
Andrew High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Star Printing Co
Sieg Co
Gerald
Maqu
Pope John Paul II Greets Mexico City Crowd in Historic Visit
Pope John Paul II arrived in Mexico City greeted by millions as President Jose Lopez Portillo welcomed him at the airport. The Pope and the president held private talks on peace, disarmament, and aid for the poor. The event followed a day of earthquakes and minor violence as crowds cheered with flowers and song.
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Mexico City
UPI
John Paul II
Mexico
Juan Pablo
John Paul
Jose Lopez Portillo
Lopez Portillo
Senor
Pope
Los Pinos
National Cathedral
Red Cross
Latin America
Fire alarms at Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
Fire crews were called to the Five Seasons Center auditorium in Cedar Rapids Friday at 12 52 p m when boxes containing seats ignited from a stray cigarette. Workmen extinguished the fire with a portable extinguisher before arrival of fire trucks. minor seat damage and light smoke odor reported. An off duty lieutenant aided. off duty firefighters patrol the buildings during ongoing work.
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New Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
Phil Saunders
the Gazette
Saunders
Stouffer Hotel
Five Seasons Center
31St St
First Ave
Kirkwood Blvd
Puckett Arrested After Altercation At 320 Club
Cedar Rapids police arrested Daniel Roger Puckett 43 of the Allison Hotel after an altercation in the rear of the 320 Club. Officers say he struck a woman named Margret Puckett who was treated and released at Mercy Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniel Roger Puckett
Allison Hotel
Second Ave. SE
Puckett
Margret Puckett
Mercy Hospital
Weekend weather and local birth announcements blur into notices
Wind NE at 7 mph at midnight. Saturday sun rises 7 25 sets 5 16. Year ago today high 11 low 5 precipitation .02. Extended forecast variable clouds Monday to Wednesday with little snow. highs in 20s lows zero to 10 above. Jan 26 births to Heins Marion Route 3 and Sternowski Marion 2550 Larick. Hereford Arizona Frasher Jr. a son. Spencer Paul Lair a son. grandparents Frasher and McLachlan named. Fire calls list trash fire and other incidents downtown.
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Hereford
Ariz
Robert Frasher Jr
Robert Frasher Sr
D Ave
Leonard McLachlan
Iowa City
Spencer
Paul Lair
Alfred Schwers
Raney St
Hiawatha
Winter Storm Ravages Midwest and Northeast
Fronts move across the region as Nebraska faces an extremely critical cattle crisis with cattle dying and feed airlifted to isolated farms. Cattle losses and exhausted ranchers are joined by deadly shoveling accidents in Vermont and a roof collapse in Auburn Maine.
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Nebraska
National Guard
Stewart
Safety critics urge shutdown of 16 nuclear reactors
The Union of Concerned Scientists urged closing 16 reactors in 10 states due to safety defects found in the Rasmussen Report. They argued NRC oversight allowed operation despite risks, while operators dispute the impact on energy supply.
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Washington
UPI
Union of
Mississippi River
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Rasmussen Report
Robert Pollard
UCS
NRC
Alabama
California
Connecticut
Michigan
New York
Oregon
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
U.S
Carolina Power and Light Co
Duke Power Co
North
Joseph Hendrie
Farmers seek court injunction over I 380 project
A Cedar Rapids group, Farmland Preservation Assn, seeks a federal injunction to stop the Iowa Department of Transportation from purchasing highway right-of-way for Interstate 380 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. They claim the Environmental Impact Statement is inadequate and ask the court to halt land purchases until the suit is decided. IDOT has already bought some right-of-way and says it will continue unless ordered otherwise.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
U.S. District Court
Farmland Preservation Assn
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Sadat to Meet Carter in Washington on Middle East Talks
One year ago President Anwar Sadat announced he would travel to Washington for a meeting with President Carter to discuss stalled Middle East peace talks.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Washington
Carter
Middle East
Carter signals cautious stance on Taiwan China ties
President Carter defends ongoing U S links with Taiwan and rejects a hard line against Beijing while warning against Soviet opposition. He says SALT talks progress, vows verifiable treaty terms and keeps defense spending up to counter Soviet gains amid inflation debates. He dismisses claims of harming the elderly and notes modest Social Security cuts. He will not meet Nixon privately on these issues.
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China
Peking
Taiwan
Carter
Teng
Asia
Senate
U.S
America
Richard Nixon
Tony
Nixon
Tentative agreement reached in Penick discrimination case
A tentative agreement on a charge of disability based workplace discrimination against Penick and Ford Ltd of Cedar Rapids led to cancellation of an Iowa Civil Rights Commission public hearing set for next week. Barr, a stencil maker and former layoff 12th in seniority, alleges he was not recalled after a layoff due to disability. Barr’s attorney Bob Fassler did not reveal terms of the agreement reached Thursday afternoon.
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Penick and Ford Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Glenn R. Barr Sr
30Th St. SE
Barr
Bob Fassler
Fassler
Ployee
Van collision kills four junior high players in Chehalis
A van carrying 11 Portland Oregon junior high basketball players collided with a car in a snow storm in Chehalis Washington. Four boys were killed and three others were critically injured.
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Chehalis
Wash
UPI
Portland
Ore
Gunman frees hostages and surrenders in Texas standoff
In San Antonio a man who shot Officer Richard Lama and held a woman and three children hostage for almost 24 hours released them unharmed and surrendered. Lama, 34, a childhood friend of the suspect, was wounded when he arrived at the scene to investigate a disturbance. Negotiations continued by telephone.
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San Antonio
Texas
UPI
Richard Lama
Lama
Tel
City Briefs and Police Siege Echo in Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College schedules community education classes to begin next week if weather allows. A separate item notes a police siege where Richard Jimenez, 33, shot Lama, released hostages, and surrendered after police surrounded the house. Susie Guerrero and her children were held. the gunman had prior prison time and threats over a personal relationship.
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Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Susie Guerrero
Oscar
Mike
Dian
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Iowa
Marguerite S. Miller
Bucklin
John J. Pershing
Brookfield
Macon County
Louis V. Scudiro and Son Funeral Home
Linwood
Hyman Rickover
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Mikhail Baryshnikov
C.R. Weather
David Heins
Marion
Robert Sternowski
Larick Drive
PRN E Peer
Lowa
Ohio
New England
Vermont
Maureen Carrow
East Arlington
Auburn, Maine
Ed Becker
Ashby
Jim Bader
Bill Thurston
Loup River
Becker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sue Offenbecker
Milwaukee
John E. Lapes
Washington-Peking
Carter Also
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
Iran
Penick
Republican National Committee
Hugh Scott
THE
Gazette Company
Third Ave SE
Gazette
Associated Press
Cedar Park
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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