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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1976

Page

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Weather outlook with partial clouds and warm highs

Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Saturday and Sunday, fair Monday, then partly cloudy again Tuesday. Highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Flood stage readings list LaCrosse 12 at 5.4 rising 0.1, Lansing 18 at 7.8 no change, Dam 9 at 18.0 rising 0.1, McGregor 18 at 6.4 no change, Guttenberg 15 at 3.4 rising 0.1, Dubuque 17 at 6.7 no change, Davenport 15 at 3.7 no change, Keokuk 16 at 2.4 falling 0.4, Cedar at C.R. 13 at 3.47 falling 0.03. Coralville Lake pool level.

LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk

Births Mercy July 1 a son and other notices

Birth notices from Mercy and St. Luke's list multiple families with births on July 1 and July 2 including Hunter Metcalf Roby Wenger Neuham Bray Dollenhauer Gordon Matta Baburek Bowman and others. Additional entries report a Lynchburg Virginia birth and a series of fire incidents and public notices with debts assets and exemptions for numerous individuals and businesses.

John Hunter Sixteenth Avenue William Metcalf Lisbon Clark Roby Owen Street Robert Wenger Atkins Eugene Neuham Fifth Avenue St. Luke's Robert G. Bray Fourteenth Avenue Marion Joe D. Mollenhauer Central City Charles Gordon Belle Plaine Terry Matta Thirteenth Avenue SW David C. Baburek Eighth Avenue SE

Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas

Edward Wesley Stepanek 78 of 1623 J avenue NE died Friday after extended illness. Former Iowa Manufacturing Co. employee born January 20 1898 Cedar Rapids married Mary Lois Berchenbuiter August 4 1920 Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife son Edward Eugene Stepanek Owatonna Minnesota and one grandson. Services 1 30 p m Saturday Turner chapel east Rev Allen VanCleve. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel east until 1 p m. Casket not opened after service. Also listed are other obituaries with joint services Monday at 11 Immanuel Lutheran church White's Arlington Sylvia Floyd 84 visitation and prayer details Ridgeway Henry Fielstul 84 Genevieve Reidy 68 and others with burial locations and church services. Mary Clare Holland 54 Cedar Rapids resident died after extended illness born May 1 1922 Anthon married May 9 1954 St. Pius X Catholic church survivor list includes sisters brothers stepson and stepdaughter with services St Pius X. Burial St Joseph's cemetery Anthon.

Edward Wesley Stepanek J Avenue Iowa Manufacturing Co Cedar Rapids Mary Lois Berchenbuiter Central Park Presbyterian Church Edward Eugene Stepanek Owatonna Minn Turner Chapel East Allen VanCleve Cedar Memorial Cemetery Mary Clare Holland Rushmore Drive Cmdr J. Graham Holland Anthon Rock Island Holland St. Pius X Catholic Church Susan Mack Omaha Edith Moore St. Paul Herma Cummings Denver Colo Marjorie Loyd Hernick Jeanette Kelley Davenport Lawrence Hudgel Casper Wyo Edwin F. Hudgel Tucson Ariz J. Graham Holland, Jr Silver Springs Andree Hickman St. Petersburg Fla St. Joseph’s Cemetery

Carpenters To Vote On Builders Offer In Cedar Rapids

Carpenters Local 308 workers for Cedar Rapids home builders will vote next Tuesday on a new contractor offer. The vote runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the union office 1266 Wilson Avenue SW. About 150 carpenters are involved after a strike that began upon expiry of a one year contract with wages cited as the main issue.

Carpenters Local Cedar Rapids Wilson Avenue Carpenters

C R Employes Ratify Contract With City

City AFSCME local 602 ratifies contract granting two extra holidays a year and a 35 cent hourly wage rise for 366 workers. Wage rise retroactive to July 1, life insurance improves. police receive similar gains. Fire department pending contract as city expands holiday plan to all nonrepresented workers. A separate baseball incident injured Betty Schoff at Kingston stadium.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Afscme Fire Department State Employee Relations Board

Ticket switch over city state charges under review

Cedar Rapids police officers increasingly issue state law tickets instead of city ordinances citing a less aggressive county prosecutor. Assistant Chief John Erger explains the change stems from policy aims and notes a new full time prosecutor will handle all city cases to restore consistency.

Cedar Rapids Jim Norris Erger

Helicopters to continue patrols in Cedar Rapids

Safety Commissioner Ed Colton said police helicopter patrols will not be cut, despite city budget limits that had proposed about seven thousand dollars for operations. Mayor Don Canney said flying about fifteen hundred hours yearly lowers the cost per hour and keeps pilots from transferring.

Cedar Rapids Ed Colton Nue Don Canney Colton Linn County Civil Defense Police Department Planning Department County Sheriff's Department

Cedar Rapids Gets 265 644 Year Federal Housing Grant

Cedar Rapids city officials announced a $265 644 annual federal grant to aid low income residents paying over 25 percent of income for housing. The program funds 20 elderly efficiency units and multiple one and two bedroom units for elderly and non elderly, with eligibility based on income and family size.

Cedar Rapids Don Canney Canney Nate Ruben Department of Housing and Urban Development Des Moines Department of Planning and Redevelopment Twelfth Avenue SE

Limousine Service Owner Files For Bankruptcy

Alvy Wolfe and his wife Anna filed for bankruptcy for themselves and Iowa Limousine Service Inc. The firm served Cedar Rapids airport passengers until lease termination last month. Debts total 101,881.05 with 20,400 assets. personal debts 76,052.05 with 2,895 assets and 2,145 exempt. The service, now replaced by Charter Coach, operated from September 1972 to June 11. 20 years ago a French military court sentenced seven Muslims to death by guillotine for derailing a train.

Iowa Limousine Service, Inc Cedar Rapids Airport Commission Alvy Wolfe Worthington Drive Charter Coache Iowa Limousine Service Wolfe Anna

All-Iowa Fair Opens For 10 Days

The 4th annual All-Iowa Fair opens at Hawk Eye Downs with a ten day run beginning Friday noon. Over 8,000 attendees are expected as grandstand shows and Mall entertainment unfold daily from 4 to 9 p.m. Eclipse, a UNI music trio, performs five times in addition to free daily acts.

Hawkeye Downs University of Northern Iowa Dian Opatz Lisbon Debbie DeWitt Rockwell City Dave Brown Cedar Falls Gregory's

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