Deaths list notes local notables and a Marion resident
A long obituary column lists numerous Cedar Rapids area deaths with ages, birthplaces, marriages, careers, and survivors. Notables include Thomas M. Farmer 59 former NFL players and Marine veteran. George R. Starman 76 longtime resident. Harry F. Jordan Sr. 73 Quaker Oats veteran. Frances Yansky 80 Marion immigrant and church member. Judith Lynn White 29 Cedar Rapids social services worker. Helen Stepanek 58 Owatonna. and other memorials with service details, burial sites, and charitable giving options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Mary Yansky
Marion
Crestview Acres
Czechoslovakia
United States
Charles W. Yansky
Iowa City
Yansky
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Elsie Matteson
Swisher
William Yansky
Louis
Judith Lynn White
G Ave
Flagstaff
Ariz
Topeka
Kan
University of Iowa
Iowa Department of Social Services
Cedar Rapids
William
Jessica Lynn
Alice
William Reed
Rockaway Beach
Virgil Smith Jr
Ricky Smith
San Diego
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home
Helen Fritz Stepanek
Owatonna
Minn
West Union
Edward Stepanek
Denver
Colo
Harry Fritz
Steven
Shakopee
Buffet concert canceled at Five Seasons Center
The Thursday night Jimmy Buffett show at the Five Seasons Center was canceled due to weak ticket sales. Only 1,164 tickets had been sold by Tuesday afternoon. refunds are available in person or by mail. Center manager Mike Gebauer noted it is the first cancellation of a co promoted show with Amusement Conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian P. Dvorak
Seventh St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Frank Dvorak
Rock Island, Ill
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Alexander George
St. John’s
Eastern Orthodox Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Jordan
Lyle Robert
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
J. Fred Fish
Eastview Christian Church
Slaybaugh
Clarence A
Glenn N. Bender
First Congregational Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Klemm
Leota “Lee
Murdoch
Marion
Rick Myers
Griffith, Charles
Chuck
Christian Church
Troy Mills
Tim Johnson
Leukemia Foundation
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jimmy Buffett
Five Seasons Center
Mike Gebauer
Center
Amusement Conspiracy
Malaysia Refuses New Vietnamese Boat People on Home Front
On this date in 1979 Malaysia rejected a thousand Vietnamese boat people as beyond its responsibility while relenting for 600 others as a favor to France, signaling regional asylum tensions and shifting burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaysia
France
Weather Summary and Extremes Across Regions
At 11 a.m. wind NE at 4 mph. Sunrise 5 36. sunset 46. Highs near 90s with lows in 60s to 70s. no precipitation. Extended outlook shows possible Friday thunderstorms and warm, partly cloudy weekend with 80s to low 90s highs. National highs 113 in Wichita Falls Texas and 39 in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Clinton (16) Cedar at C.R. (13).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Texas
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Honor America Words of Freedom Quote by Tom Paine
A quotation from Tom Paine on freedom and tyranny noting that hard conflicts yield glorious triumphs and that liberty should be valued highly. It contrasts earned victory with easy gains and reflects a civic sentiment about liberty.
Births in Mercy area and beyond report many new arrivals
Vital Statistics notes numerous births on July 1 and late June across Mercy, Eden Prairie, Cape Charles, and Cedar Rapids regions. Parents listed include Krzywicki Rennekamp Denlinger Anderson Zahradnik Wagner Berger Barrett Duda Moser Fisher Whitley McDonald with various addresses and grandparents named Moore Smith.
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Mary Kay
Roger Anderson
Kenrich Drive
Antoinette
Roger Zahradnik
11Th Ave
Debra Kay
William Wagner
Eighth Ave
Marsha
Michael Berger
Norway
Bertha
Willie Barrett
Fourth Ave
Cynthia
Dennis Duda
Seventh St
Eden Prairie
Minn
Gail
Tim Moore
Roy Moore
Brookland Drive
Cape Charles
Joan
Alfred P. Smith
Alfred E. Smith
26Th Ave
Marion
Court splits on right to attend criminal trials across states
The court divided over access to trials with Burger noting the First Amendment implies public attendance but allows time, place, and manner limits. Justices debated closure standards in a Hanover County murder case and OSHA enforceability, including benzene exposure rules and coke oven emissions.
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Pennsylvania
Kansas
Rhode Island
Indiana
Alaska
Virginia
Michigan
South Carolina
North Dakota
Florida
California
Montana
Vermont
Burger
Gannett Newspapers
Hanover County
William Rehnquist
Lewis Powell
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Congress
OSHA
Mrkvicka Faces Embezzlement Indictment in Cedar Rapids
Lodge F. Mrkvicka, 60, of 2619 Southland St. SW, is charged in a 19 count federal indictment with embezzling about $19,000 from First Trust and Savings Bank while he was executive vice president. He pleaded innocent at arraignment. Aug. 25 set for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Mrkvicka
Officials Discuss Ticket Limits Amid Complaints
Swore defended ticketing policies while acknowledging public frustration over sales methods for Rogers events. He noted past limits, like 10 tickets per person for a KISS concert that sold out quickly, but warned against overregulating sales. Scalping occurred despite limits, and authorities caution it is not illegal in Iowa.
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KISS
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas M. Farmer
Sue Lane
June Svee
Wilson High School
Washington Redskins
Los Angeles Rams
Guam
Hope Lutheran Church
Steve
Richard
Novato
Calif
Castaic
Brush Chapel
David Young
Czech National Cemetery
George R. Starman
C Ave
Americana
Mildred Janish
Central Park Fuel Company
E! Kahir Shrine
Malta
Harry F. Jordan Sr
Johnson Ave
Quaker Oats Co
Alberta Jayne
Harry Jr
Carl F
Bruce A. Sr
Paul Horner
Mechanicsville
Milo
Kuba Funeral Home
William B. Harnish
Charles P. Barrett
Blue Springs
Independence
Mr. Barrett
Owaneco
Ill
Ruth J
Charles P
Jennie M. Bishop
Central City
Paris
M.H. “Huck” Bishop
Center Point
Bishop
Walter O’connor
Fleeta Hintz
Louis Kapfer
Oxford
Eldean Fisher
Martia
Sara Ann O'Brien
George F
Sara Ann O’brien
Toddville
Tom Troxel
Murdoch Chapel
Huberta Livingstone Adams
Hopkinton
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Chicago Medical School
Lenox College
University of Iowa Medical School
University of Chicago
William E. Adams
First United Presbyterian Church
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
American Heart Association
Girl Scouts
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Sigma Xi Medical Fraternity
American Retired Physicians Association
Houston Stokes
Harriet Green
Sutherland
Wilmer Wernecke
Hopkinton Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Gladys Skeets
Sixth St
Baxter Chapel
Olin
Mary Virginia White
St. Petersburg
Fla
Olin Cemetery
Waterloo
Ann M. Kaltenbach
Fayette County
Oppold
Shaulis Cemetery
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Coralville Lake
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
Anchorage
LA Alionto
Bismor
Nash
New York
Phoenix
Washington
Bismarck
Eossonee
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Dubuque
Ecsesvio Seevere
Daven
Keiths' A
Keokuk
HONOR
Tom Paine
Margaret
Robert Krzywicki
36Th St. SE
Rosemarie
Steve Rennekamp
North Liberty
Susan
Robert Denlinger
Robins
St. Luke's
Christine
Gregory Moser
Oak Brook Court
Hiawatha
Faye
Roy Fisher
Elberon
Theresa
Mark Whitley
Mount Vernon
Sandra
Thomas McDonald
Ninth Ave
Michael R. Tallman
Debra L. Sisco
David A. Wells
Margaret V. Robeson
Jon L. Merchant
Roxanne M. Gamber
Ronnie J. Warner
Anita J. O'Neal
Eric G. Borseth
Patricia L. Oster
Alvin L. Boots Sr
Daisy M. Day
Donald W. Cain
Patricia L. Fox
David D. Hall Jr
Kay F. Bronson
Ely
David A. Hoke
Mount
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue S.E
Rogers
Swore
Raisin
Gebauer
The
Gazette
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses Inc
Ellis Blvd
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Avenue
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