Deaths: Meader, Stourac, Alwine, and others
A Cedar Rapids area death notice column lists Walter R. Meader 61 of 524 Cobban Court SE who died at St Luke's Hospital after a long heart illness. It details survivors across several states and funeral plans at Shelly Funeral Home Manchester. Additional notices include mony Stourac 87 who died in a local nursing home with Czech society affiliations and services in Prague. Clarence E Alwine 76 of Route 1 Cedar Rapids died after a sudden illness with burial in Coralville Cemetery and Camp Courage contributions requested. Hazel G Bock 76 formerly of Marion died in Sacramento after residing there since 1949 with services held in California. Gladys M Sargent 63 formerly of Strawberry Point and Center Point died in Cedar Rapids with extended family and service at Murdoch Chapel Center Point. Wesley M Dostal 64 of Marion died in a Cedar Rapids hospital with services at Murdoch Chapel Marion.
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Walter R. Meader
Cobban Court SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Meader
Manchester
Nellie M
Earl
Stanley Holm
Ida
Cedar Rapids
Myron
Mechanicsville
Virginia Messmore
Clyde Messmore
Walter Jr
Mony Stourac
Hom
Praha Rebekah No
Lodge Prokop Vesky No
Czechoslovak Society of America
Ernest F. Sixta
Trenton
N.J
Frank
Clarence E. Alwine
Route 1
Iowa City
Coralville
Ruth Wade
Alwine
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Quarter Century Club
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kenneth
Daryle
Rainier
Ore
Marian Brown
Donna Alt
West Liberty
Dorothy Schneider
Ella Schneider
West Branch
Donahue’s
Coralville Cemetery
Camp Courage
Hazel G. Bock
Marion
Sacramento
Calif
Larry E. Bock
Winfred Connell
Beryl C. Newman
Tampa
Fla
Gladys M. Sargent
Strawberry Point
Center Point
Gladys Lamphere
Robert H. Sargent
Wayne Sly
Albuquerque
N.M
Ronald Alderson
Bruce Sandhagen
David Sargent
Alburnett
Irvin Corda
Dubuque
Arnold Lamphier
Kenneth Conner
Coral Springs
Harold Lamphere
Oelwein
Henry Lamphere
Epworth
Murdoch
Wesley M. Dostal
10Th St
Linn Junction
Dostal
U.S. Army
Hanford
American Legion
Russell Ehrenberger
Patricia Henderson
Iowa Deaths Notice Summary of Local Obituaries
Obituaries list for Iowa communities including Hawkeye Hawkeye Mildred Buhr 57 Ethel Stocker 70 Iva Heisdorffer 74 Frank Greaser 95 Charles Johnson 56 RLou Dixon 70 Sarah Newton Brouelette 93 August Thomsen 84 George H Chappell 62 Mae A Yeaman 81 Helen M Buresh 70 Sonia Ann Grom 9 months Mary Ellen Waldorf 86 with service times at multiple churches and cemeteries such as Trinity Lutheran Hawk Eye St Mary’s St Joseph’s Memorial Gardens IOOF Mayflower Evergreen and more cliënten hold Rosaries and visitations prior to burial.
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Hawkeye
Mildred Buhr
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hawkeye Cemetery
Iowa City
Ethel Stocker
George
Frank E. Greaser
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Donohue’s
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Decorah
Charles S. Johnson
Steine’s
Union Prairie Cemetery
Visitation
Steine’s. Toledo
Rlou Dixon
First United Methodist Church
Maple Hill
Henderson’s. Brooklyn
Sarah Newton Brouelette
Dayton
Wash
IOOF
Neuenhoven
S. Wyoming
August Thomsen
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Hayden’s. Marquette
George H. Chappell
First Evangelical
McGregor
Thornburg
Blairstown
Mae A. Yeaman
First Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Hill
Hayden’s
Mayflower Cemetery
Hayden’s. Scotch Grove
Sonia Ann Grom
Gary Grom
Scotch Grove
Goettsch’s
Monticello
Vinton
Mary Ellen Waldorf
Evergreen
Campbell- Russell's
Obituary notices from Ja neba-Kuba and nearby churches
Obituaries list several services and burials. Libbie M Troyak set for 2:30 p m Tuesday at Ja neba Kuba Funeral Home with burial at Oakhill Cemetery and a non open casket. Vera L Blaine had services at Turner Chapel East followed by burial at Campbell Cemetery. Louis B Schoettmer’s service at St Pauls Catholic Church Newhall with burial at St Josephs Stark Settlement. A vigil prayer service was held tonight at Teahen Funeral Home with viewing hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Cemetery
Bertram
Schoettmer
Louis B
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Newhall
J. Robert McDonald
St. Joseph's
Stark Settlement
Father McDonald
Teahen Funeral Home
F Ave
Information requests are costly study in FOIA privacy act costs
Congressional investigators report U S law enforcement agencies spent nearly 36 million dollars to comply with Freedom of Information and Privacy Act requests over a three year period beginning in 1975 The GAO said 13 agencies handled 147000 requests during the study period The report prepared for a Senate subcommittee notes erosion of intelligence gathering capabilities The FOIA was adopted in 1966 and amended in 1974 to increase public access while the Privacy Act of 1974 aimed to provide access to personal records and prevent abuses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
General Accounting Office
Senate Judiciary
Smugglers Lose Whiskey Hoard in Sukkur Shootout
Customs police clashed with a smuggler near Sukkur Pakistan killing one officer and wounding two others. They seized 500 bottles of Indian whiskey, while the smuggler escaped. Whiskey fetches about 30 dollars a bottle on the black market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
Sukkur
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Information
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication details at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It notes second class postage and subscription rates including weekly and annual Mail options with regional pricing and carrier delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Rath wins 96,900 dollar DoD bacon contract
Rath Packing Co of Waterloo secured a 96,900 dollar Department of Defense contract for 102,000 pounds of bacon at 95 cents a pound to be delivered early next month. Senator Culver announced the award after Rath expressed renewed interest in military bids.
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Washington
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Department of Defense
John C. Culver
D-Iowa
Rath
Culver
Senate Armed Services Committee
Philadelphia
Defense Depot
Fire damages barn near Springville
A barn northeast of Springville owned by Grace Moyer was partially destroyed by fire about 4 30 p m Sunday. Fireman Bill Barnes said hay and straw on the second level caught fire for an undetermined reason and the top level roof was completely destroyed. The first floor had minor damage as Marion firemen helped haul water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Grace Moyer
Bill Barnes
Marion
Barnes
Air controllers to boycott Idi Amin flights
The International Federation of Air Traffic Control Associations urged its 50 member bodies to refuse air traffic control to Ugandan President Idi Amin’s planes. Canadian group vote prompted the move after a Canadian boycott was approved last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
International Federation of Air Traffic Control Associations
Idi Amin
Bill Robertson
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Amin
Iowa Governor Threatens Adjournment Over Usury Deadlock
Des Moines Governor Robert Ray warned he will use his authority to adjourn the General Assembly if lawmakers fail again to agree on usury. The two day special session ended July 1 with stalemate. The House passed a financial package, the Senate rejected it. Ray said a reasonable usury law would allow adjournment. He questioned constitutional challenges to a session that exceeded three days.
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DES Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
General Assembly
Ray
House
Senate
Iowa
Laverne W. Schroeder
R-Mcclelland
Rubber Gum Ingredient Sparked Bubble Gum History
A United Press International note explains that rubber forms the primary component of bubble gum enabling bubble blowing. The piece highlights rubber as essential to the gum’s texture and play value.
Check late Computer blamed for missed Social Security checks
A computer error at the Social Security Administration caused nationwide delays in first time recipients receiving their checks last week. An official said Baltimore headquarters mixed up the mailing list, but payments should arrive in the mail this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Five hurt in Iowa weekend crashes and DUI charges
Over the weekend five people were injured in separate East Central Iowa crashes. Cameron Miller, 6, West Union, remained hospitalized after being struck in his yard by a car driven by Donald Latham. In Clermont, three teens escaped with injuries when their car left the road, rolled and skidded. John McNeill was cited for careless driving. Quentin Hover, Ridgeway, faced drunk driving and careless driving charges after a ditch incident and was held overnight before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cameron Miller
Richard Miller
West Union
Donald Latham
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Clermont
John McNeill
Jeff Orth
David Smpehl
Elgin
McNeill
Quentin Thomas Hover
Ridgeway
Decorah Hospital
Navy plans to keep race program after Bakke ruling
Navy Secretary W. Graham Claytor says the Bakke decision allows continuation of affirmative action. He cites Navy goals of 12 percent black sailors and 6 percent black officers, with current figures at 8.9 percent enlisted and 1.6 percent officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Navy
W. Graham Claytor
Claytor
University of California At Davis Medical School
Brother of Cedar Rapids resident dies in Texas
Mrs. Willis G. Wilson of 349 20th St. SE reports the death of her brother Irwin E. Jenks in San Antonio after a long illness. Jenks and his wife Joyce were former Cedar Rapids Marion area residents.
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Willis G. Wilson
20Th St
Irwin E. Jenks
San Antonio
Texas
Jenks
Joyce
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Chinese Plane Sows Rice Boosts Yields, Saves Seed
Tokyo AP reports that the Chinese army finds sowing rice by plane is 21 times as efficient as hand sowing and saves up to 80 pounds of seed per acre, per Xinhua news agency.
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Tokyo
Hsinhua
Manson comments on fear and Van Houten trial
Charles Manson spoke about public fear, commenting on Leslie Van Houten's Los Angeles verdict after her third trial. He claimed she blamed him to escape prison and said her lawyers urged her to lie. He added he warned inmates not to target her as a snitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Leslie van Houten
Los Angeles
Tate-LaBianca
Soviet Trials Narrowly Reveal Blame and Secrets
A Moscow court spokesman said Shcharansky faces charges of treason for maintaining contact with foreign intelligence and revealing state secrets, while Ginzburg is accused of using abroad funds to aid prisoners and denounce the Soviet system. A third trial, that of A Filatov for high treason by espionage, is also announced. Separately a small bomb blast injures no one at Rockefeller Center near Intourist offices.
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Dubrovskaya
Moscow
Shcharansky
Ginzburg
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Tass
A. Filatov
Filatov
New York
Rockefeller Center
International Building
Rockefeller Plaza
Intourist
Parker Pen Co
Carter Plan Consolidates Crime Agencies and Shifts Funds
The Carter administration proposes absorbing LEAA into a new National Institute of Justice and a Bureau of Justice Statistics within the Justice Department. The plan reallocates funds to focus on high-problem areas, bypassing state planning agencies for direct city and county grants with fewer matching requirements, and adds accountability by evaluating program impact and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CJARS
LEAA
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Peter Rodino
D-N.j
Justice Department
National Institute of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Carter
National Conference of State Criminal Justice Planning Administrators
Congress
SEAA
Explosives Found in Cigarettes Spark Turkey Probe
In Sagmakilar Prison officials returned 9 000 packs to the manufacturer after detecting booby trapped cigarettes. A cigarette with a explosive device blew up in southern Turkey, killing a factory worker. Police suspect terrorists are placing explosives in cigarettes and the government tobacco company is checking its products.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Sagmakilar
Sive
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United Press International
Mark Reinertson
Mique Bruzek
31St St. SW
Microsoft
Liebke
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Charles Manson
Charlie Manson
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Crime Agency
Big George
Virgil Partch
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