Deaths of Jean Sage and Mary Snoble noted in memorials
Jean R Sage 67 of Solon died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a short illness. She was editor and chief organizer of Iowa Prime Time. Surviving husband Norman Sage two daughters Linda Hamilton and Katherine Redeker, three grandchildren, and siblings. Services at Brush Funeral Home Solon with burial Oakland Cemetery. Mary Snoble 79 of Cedar Rapids died on arrival at St Luke's Hospital. She worked 18 years for Quaker Oats and was AFL CIO Local 110 member. Surviviors include two daughters, a son, three grandchildren and siblings. Services Monday at Brosh Chapel with burial Center Hill Cemetery Crockett Texas. Anamosa Leonard Norton 74 and Independence John Muench 74 are listed as pending.
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Jean R. Sage
Norman Sage
Solon
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Sage
Adel
Mary Snoble
Route 3
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kopece
Czechoslovakia
Frank A. Snoble
Lovelady
Texas
Helen Boyd
Bess Caldwell
Glendale
Calif
Frank Snoble
Rena Adamek
Anna Sieffek
Bessie Farek
Crockett
Aldrich Rosenbaum
Weimar
Brosh Chapel
William Harnish
Center Hill Cemetery
Crockett, Texas
Turner vote Monday as plant stays in Cedar Rapids
Conrac Corp moves to cushion anticipated losses at its Turner Division Cedar Rapids plant while not planning closure. Union members at Local 1354 will vote Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Machinists Hall. About 220 workers have been on strike since June 1 amid CB radio market slumps and inventory write-downs.
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Conrac Corp
Turner Division
Cedar Rapids
John Higgins
Conrac
Putnam
Turner
Higgins
Senate to reexamine Iowa gift and bribery law
Des Moines Iowa Lt Gov Arthur Neu says the senate will reconsider a gift and bribery law after an attorney general opinion. Attorney General Turner states the Constitution requires reconsidering vetoed bills, though practice often ignores this. Neu disputes the need for reconsideration and argues it fosters partisan posturing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Arthur Neu
Senate
Robert Ray
Richard Turner
Ray
Nell
Turner
Seven men cited on drunken driving charges in Linn County
Seven persons were arrested on drunk driving charges in Linn County Thursday and Friday. The group includes Wendell R. Mathes 35 of Murray at 1 20 a.m. Friday on County Road X 20 Denny M Snow 26 of 23 Summer Circle Drive NE at Highway 13 near Central City Douglas M King 27 of 1113 Second Ave SE at Interstate 380 Charles W Ogden 44 of Lafayette at Sixth Street and 10th Avenue SE Donald D Hartman 25 of 2129 33rd Ave SW at 1800 block of 16th Avenue SW Earl R Decker 47 of 1203 Ninth St NW arrested at 8 35 p m Thursday near Fourth Street and 14th Avenue SW Decker also charged with speeding Horace W Annis 65 of 864 12th St Marion arrested at 9 50 p m Thursday in 1400 block of 29th Street NE He was charged with failure to control a motor vehicle.
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Linn County
Wendell R. Mathes
Murray
Whittier
Denny M. Snow
Summer Circle Drive
Central City
Douglas M. King
Second Ave
Charles W. Ogden
Lafayette
Sixth Street
10Th Avenue
Donald D. Hartman
33Rd Ave
16Th Avenue
Earl R. Decker
Ninth St
Fourth Street
14Th Avenue
Decker
Horace W. Annis
12Th St
Marion
29Th Street
Redmond Reportedly Considers Withdrawing From Race
DES MOINES State Sen. James Redmond D Cedar Rapids signaled a withdrawal from reelection during a senate floor moment while discussing a veto override. He declined to confirm or discuss the matter with AP reporter Don Beman and The Gazette. Redmond faces challenger Art Kudart in November.
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Des Moines
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
Senate
Redmond
Don Beman
Beman
The
Gazette
Teen in Crash Trapped After Pole Hit Near Johnson Ave
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids boy was driving a car that lost control and struck a utility pole near the 4200 block of Johnson Avenue NW around midnight. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital with injuries not released. The car then hit a tree at 4220 Johnson Ave NW before rescue personnel freed him.
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Johnson Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sheriff's Rescue
Johnson Ave. NW
Correction notes mix up officer and youth in Gazette report
The Gazette corrects an error where Cedar Rapids Police Officer Roland J Achey was misnamed as Duane Nelson in a Friday story about Achey appealing a one day suspension from June 28. Nelson, 16, faced three auto theft counts after escaping custody June 21. he was later captured in Kentucky.
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Cedar Rapids
Roland J. Achey
Gazette
Duane Nelson
Achey
Nelson
Police Department Youth Bureau
Kentucky
The
Lea ruling withdrawn in Cedar Rapids police clash case
A Linn District Court judge vacated a judgment upholding the conviction of Rufus Lea on interference with official acts. Lea, 33, faced a 35 dollar fine for a confrontation outside the L H Lounge in southeast Cedar Rapids. The judge gave the defense 10 days to seek retrial or oral arguments in the appeal.
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Linn
Rufus Lea
Cedar Rapids
Louis Schultz
Schultz
Rompot Street SE
Carib Island Officials Tie Low Crime to Juvenile Punishments
Tortola officials in the British Virgin Islands attribute the region's low crime rate to a policy that punishes offenders under eighteen the same as adults. The approach aims to deter youth crime by enforcing equal penalties.
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Tortola
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Islands
Weather and local notices from Cedar Rapids area
Wind SSE at 5 mph. Sunrise Sunday 5 45 sunset 8 40. Year ago today high 100 low 72 with no precipitation. Extended forecast partly cloudy Monday to Wednesday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday highs in the 80s lows in the 60s. July 14 announcements list multiple births and names from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with addresses and familial details. 1 35 p m Friday accidental alarm Prospect Place and a backfire on First Avenue details provided.
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Prospect Place
First Ave
Iowa Usury Bill Faces House Senate Clash Over Mortgage Ceiling
The Iowa legislature haggles over a usury bill to raise the mortgage interest ceiling from 9 percent with quarterly adjustments and a possible 10.5 percent cap. Key fights include sunset timing, redlining language, share drafts, and points charges. Conference committee named as House and Senate dispute persists.
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House
Senate
Iowa Supreme Court
Superintendent of Banking
Four youths arrested in Cedar Rapids burglary and fire
Four youths, three 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old, were arrested Friday afternoon in Cedar Rapids on burglary charges linked to a break–in at 1816 D Ave NE. A fire gutted the second floor after the burglars used matches to find their way in. Police say items stolen included a movie projector a television set a tape recorder and a beer mug. Two youths were placed in county detention while the others were returned to their group home.
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Cedar Rapids
D Ave. NE
Campus International Ltd
Pentagon faces $30 billion arms sales accounting mess
Pentagon auditors warn of a major bookkeeping foul up affecting up to 30 billion dollars in foreign arms sales. Army Navy and Air Force accounts lack a central system to separate orders for U.S. use from foreign purchases, possibly requiring five years to resolve.
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Pentagon
Washington
Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
U.S. Army
Israel
U.S
Armed Services
Two ICC Officers Freed After 12 Days Held in Vietnam
On this date in 1973 two Canadian officers of the International Control Commission were released after being held 12 days by communist forces. This mark ends a brief detention amid ongoing Vietnam War tensions.
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International Control Commission
Vietnam
Accident at races shocks crowd during mid-sea son championship
Witness Nalley described a rider slumping as he sped toward the track, a freak crash that halted the midsea son championships for 45 minutes while ambulances rushed the injured to the hospital.
Energy bill fight reshapes Senate vote timing
Energy debate catches Democrats off guard as Schmitt urges delay and then accepts a compromise scheduling a pivotal vote. The proposal would curb oil and natural gas plants shifting to coal, ban outdoor gas lamps by 1982, and follows Carter's 1977 energy program amid ongoing Senate rebukes of the president.
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Schmitt
Senate
Carter
No word on Cedar Rapids youths after Italy van crash
Nine travelers from Cedar Rapids area on a seven week Europe tour were in a van accident near Italy. Driver Greg Kempel and seven others, seven teens and two adults, were reported, with some treated and released. Officials could not confirm exact location or condition for all. Quaker Oats and embassy staff were involved in gathering details.
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Italy
Cedar Rapids
Florence
Rome
Europe
Marilyn Brown
Greg Kempel
Wanda Steitz
Greg Garbers
Tammy Riley
Maggie Milota
Bruce Wills
Scott Stones
Michael Eye
Wrong day traffic death correction appears in Gazette
A traffic accident killing a 22 year old Andover man near Clinton occurred Thursday night, not Tuesday as reported. The Gazette regrets the error. Brother Dies Mrs A R Locke 1502 Fourth Ave SE has word her brother Joseph I Coulter III of Denton Texas died Friday.
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Andover
Clinton
the Gazette
A. R. Locke
Fourth Ave
Joseph I. Coulter III
Denton
Texas
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Edward S
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Clifton W. Ellerbeck
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Leonard P. Norton
Goettsch’s. Independence
John Muench
White’s
Donald H. Putnam
Neu
Boman
Art Kudart
Lea
St. Luke's
Charles Havel
23Rd St
David Jeck
Amana
Ted Knoll
D Ave
Catherine Traylor
Apache Trail
Dean Young
Mount Vernon Road
Thomas R. Lekin
Katherine M. Hemminger
David L. Heard
Cynthia R. Shackleford
Robert L. Santee
Mary R. Glaus
Donald W. Cowger
Julie A. Janey
Jeffrey L. Merrell
Debra A. Hewitt
Leonard F. Webster
Janice M. Bell
Michael C. French
Theresa J. Jeffrey
Martin R. Robertson
Sheila A. Bumgarner
Jeffrey B. Houtz
Dawn L. Patten
Michael B. Baker
Marcia M. Herrick
Richard A. Fetelsen
Jessie M. Prult
David L. Trimble
Erin S. Hootman
Blairstown
Kent W. Baumann
Brooke-Ann C. Kepros
Donald J. Snell
Fairfax
Helen I. Orrick
Stephen G. Heidtke
Spring Valley
Minn
Sally J. Hart
C.R. Weather
Rierierriers
Jerome Fitzgerald
D-Fort Dodge
House Republicans
John E. Lapes
Nalley
Schitt
Lowans
Department of State
Washington D.C
Eye
Jack Eye
Palo
Stones
Brown
Wilson Junior High School
Kennedy and
Jefferson High
Taft Junior High School
Dick Clark
Joe Stones
Juniper Drive
Quaker Oats Co
the Flo
Cedar Park
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