Deaths in Iowa and Illinois Claim Several Lives
Obituaries list Dallas Burgesser of Atkin, Kansas City native roots, Sue Ellen Thompson of Cedar Rapids, Clara Burge of Lisbon, Ann Gatens Eymil former Cedar Rapids resident, and others. Details include birthdates, spouses, survivors, and funeral arrangements across Goreville, Lisbon, San Jose, Bankston, and Des Moines areas. Memorials and services noted with locations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Carl Burgesser
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
Goreville
Ill
Iowa
Herrin
Ruby Thomason
Immanuel Baptist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Order of Easter Star
Dallas Carl, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Sue Ellen Thompson
Baptist
Vernon Mifflin
Cana Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Ann Gatens Eymil
Redwood City
Calif
Iowa City
Albert Eymil
Eagle Rock
Palo Alto County
Blue Valley Creamery
Denis
Visalia
Leon
Mountain View
Alicia Rodondi
Patricia Mortenson
Hayfork
Mary Templeman
San Jose
Robideau Would Rather Be Fingerprinted Than Beaten
Linn county trial details a May 7 1976 beating allegation against Wharton in Linn district court. Deputy Roseberry testified Robideau preferred fingerprinting to beating and sought a marshal prior to printing. Judge Eads will decide on admitting other fight reports before jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Roy Roseberry
Robert Robideau
Donald Wharton
Roseberry
Wharton
American Indian Movement
AIM
Robideau
Walter Grant
William R. Eads
Cyclist Injured In Four Wheel? Home Made Bike Mishap
Jerry Lee Bean, 29, of 710% Fourth Street SW, was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after his homemade three wheel motorcycle veered off the Sixteenth Avenue bridge at 6:25 p.m. Police say he ran up a curb crossed traffic and hit a wall, suffering head back and internal injuries. He was charged with failure to have control of his vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lee Bean
Fourth Street
Mercy Hospital
Sixteenth Avenue
Bean
Two Charged In Collision At Highway 218 Intersection
Two people faced charges after a two car crash at 3 45 PM Friday at highway 218 and Waconia avenue SW. Tim E Turner 20 Walford was charged with driving without a license. Gordon G Clausen 60 Sunrise trailer court was charged for making an improper turn. Clausen was treated and released at St Luke's hospital for neck lacerations. Officials say Clausen turned east onto Waconia from the southbound highway 218 and struck Turner’s northbound vehicle. The collision may have been caused by blocked vision from a northbound garbage or delivery truck. Estimated damage to each car was $1 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim E. Turner
Walford
Gordon G. Clausen
Sunrise Trailer Court
Clausen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Waconia Avenue
Turner
Escapees Captured in Portland After Three-State Crime Link
FBI agents arrested Earl Van Denton and Paul Ruiz, both life term prisoners, in downtown Portland as they attempted to enter a taxi. The men, linked to kidnappings and multiple killings across Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana, faced federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution with bail set at 250000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oklahoma
FBI
Earl van Denton
Paul Ruiz
Arkansas
Louisiana
Denton
Ruiz
Oregon
Kansas
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State
McAlester
U.S
Guardsmen Promote Eight in Iowa Army National Guard
Staff Sgt. K V Reevers announced eight members of Company C, 234th Signal Battalion were promoted. Promoted are SFC Donald A Reichenauer Monticello SSG Dennis Siegl Central City SSG Raphael A Schmidt Marion SGT Richard Randall Cedar Rapids SP4 Rodney F Blanchford Anamosa SP4 Fay E Ellwood Anamosa PFC Dennis R Hruby Anamosa PFC Raymond A Pierce Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
234Th Signal Battalion
Iowa Army National Guard
K.V. Reevers
Donald A. Reichenauer
Monticello
Dennis Siegl
Central City
Raphael A. Schmidt
Twentyfifth Street
Marion
Richard Randall
Cedar Rapids
Rodney F. Blanchford
Fifth Avenue SE
Fay E
Cedar Rapids Gazette publisher and pricing data
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Explosion Damages Home and Minibike in Basement
An explosion Friday afternoon at 821 Fourth Street NW damaged a minibike and clothing in the Ronald Cox residence basement. Mrs. Cox and seven of their children were home when gas fumes from a minibike ignited by a water heater caused heavy smoke damage to the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Cox
Fourth Street
First Avenue
Ourth Street
Skyline Drive
Miller Avenue
City Briefs and Local Notices
Community briefs list Tony’s catering for parties with a contact number 364-6125 and Decorah Nordic Fest on July 30 plus Travel and Transport tours on multiple July dates. A Recovery Group for nervous and former mental patients meets Mondays at 1 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 840 Third Avenue SE, open to the public, topic The Obsessive Fear of Dirt and Germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families
Birth notices list multiple newborns with parent names and city locations in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. The column also records weather notes, extended forecast, and a series of local incident callouts from Friday afternoon.
Guilty Verdict For OConnell In Cedar Falls Tragedy
A Black Hawk district court jury found Thomas OConnell guilty of first degree murder in the death of his seven month old daughter Colleen and of second degree murder in the death of his wife Carole. The bodies were located in the Cedar Falls trailer after a fire report on March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
UPI
Black Hawk
Thomas O'Connell
Cedar Falls
O’connell
Colleen
Carole
Charges Filed After Accident Involving Thomas Manos
Thomas Edward Manos, 34, of 6516 Brookview Lane NE, charged with failure to stop in assured clear distance after a car motorcycle crash on Blairs Ferry Road NE near C Avenue. Cyclist Manos, Westbound, collided with John Wilson Murphy, 37, who was stopping to turn into a private drive. Manos declined treatment for minor injuries at St. Luke's Hospital. Patrolman Michael Klappholz, directing traffic, was grazed by debris from a passing truck but not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edward Manos
Brookview Lane
Blairs Ferry Road
C Avenue
John Wilson Murphy
Crandall Drive
Manos
Murphy
St. Luke’s Hospital
Michael Klappholz
Eastern Iowa streams among state’s cleanest
The state water quality commission lists twelve Iowa waterways in eastern Iowa as the cleanest. Tubers should verify water use rules before paddling and expect lively encounters as tubers drift downstream in a laid back summer scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Water Quality Commission
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Clayton County
Winneshiek County
Delaware County
Iowa River
Waterloo Creek
Allamakee County
Yellow River
Trial details stain evidence in Williams case
Testimony describes semen and blood stains on clothing and bedding with disputed origins. Experts discuss sperm degradation, injuries, and possible causes of death by suffocation. The state readies its case as defense hints Williams found the girl dead and could implicate Albert Bowers, exhumed for possible involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
McWright
Williams
Davenport
YMCA
Missouri
U.S. Supreme Court
Albert Bowers
Bowers
Minnesota
Plane Hijacked by Crew Brought to Kuwait Port
Beirut sources said 47 people boarded the plane including hijackers and a 707 crew of eight to twelve. Kuwait officials reported contact with the hijackers through Mohammed Youssef al Adasani from the control tower. The hijackers demanded Algeria Libya Morocco Iraq South Yemen and Tunisia ambassadors arrive before revealing their demands. Ached passenger Jamileh Akel recalled the group claimed nationalist motives. This hijacking followed two other Kuwait incidents within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Kuwait
Mohammed Youssef al-Adasani
Adasani
Lebanon
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Iraq
South Yemen
Tunisia
Jamileh Akel
Gulf Airlines
London
Oman
Gulf
Doha
Qatar
Firefighters approve first contract with Cedar Rapids
Local 11 of the International Association of Fire Fighters members ratified a wage deal with Cedar Rapids city. The pattered contract for the fiscal year starting July 1 provides an average annual raise near 936 dollars with a 7.5 percent overall salary increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Assn
Cedar Rapids
Fred Nordengren
Nordengren
Woman Charged With Forgery Norma Arrington Arrested
Norma Arrington, 23, of 216 Sixteenth Street SE, Cedar Rapids, was arrested at home Friday afternoon and charged with forgery. She is held in Linn County jail on a $10,000 bond. police released no more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Arrington
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clara Burge
Lisbon
Lisbon High School
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Ellsworth Burge
Irene Ardre
George McCall
Morgan’s
Lisbon Cemetery
Dubuque
Clarence B. Brazen
Bankston
St. Clement’s Catholic Church
Behr’s
Visitation
Reiff's
Farley
Knights of Columbus
Keystone
Ralph Griesy
Fellmet’s
van Horne
Hazel Thompson
Steve Helle
Timothy White
Sheriff's Office
Highway 218
Tony’s
Decorah
Travel & Transport
Adv
Tut Tours
Travel and Transport
C.R. Weather
Mercy
James Nevinski
Second Street
St. Luke's
William P. Crawford
M Street
William R. Wehner
Williamsburg
Donna Valght
Center Point Road
Cheryl Lee Kohler
Nicholas David George
Jan Tucker
Darrell L. Luedeman
Patricia Ann Fritz
Mark Robert Fitzsimmons
Sylvia Clarissa Fisherman
James Lawrence Ferguson
Navada Pearl Johnston
Loren Lee McNeal
Shirley Ann Brosh
Stuart Edgar Riey
Susan Diane Clark
Harold A. Jagerson
Monica Ann Murillo
Gilbert Junior Morley
Kristal M. Williamson
Randy L. Zieser
Lorie Ann Gilbertson
Robert LeRoy Moody, Jr
Connie S. Kipping
Raymond J. Barta
Fairfax
Julie Ann Cook
Oxford
Robert Carle Waite
Debra Kay Walker
Douglas Scott Nietect
Springville
Marilyn Kay Hupfeld
Dysart
Daniel Marvin Ward
Vero Beach
Fla
James Daniel
Bonnie Jean Glandon
Donna Carol
Donald Lee Freese
W. Russell
Martha M. Gardner
Janet Ann
Maurice King Vaughan, Jr
Gloria J
Charles T. Bartholow
Leon S
Mary B. Rude
Betty Jane
Douglas Lee McGowan
Fourteenth Street
Tenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Eden Hee
O'Connell
Luka
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
16Th Ave
S.W
John E. Lapes
Aria
3Rd Ave
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