Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries list Frank E. Rhea 61 of 329 39th St NE and Edward S. Sheeh 58 of Hazelwood MO with service details, survivors, and memorial funds. It also notes multiple funeral times across towns including Elkader Amber Muller 82 Rock Island IL, Ted Shifflett 67 Garrison, Marvin Selk 66 Glendale CA, and others with burial sites, call times, and churches involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward St. Clair Sheeh
Hazelwood
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Buffalo
N.Y
McDonnell-Douglas Airplane Co
Lucy Randolph
Randolph
Henrietta Sheehy
Richard
Washington Island
Wis
Charles
Russell W. Hadley
Long Boat Key
Fla
Turner Chapel East
Fredrick Fangman
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Elkader
Amber M. Muller
Rock Island, Ill
Witt’s
Brown Cemetery
Colesburg
Garrison
Marvin Selk
Glendale
Calif
Overton’s
Dysart
Dysart Cemetery
Independent truck strike fails to shift vast economy
Independent truckers who halted work to protest diesel prices did not produce the expected economic damage. Officials note only limited impact, with some observers estimating a temporary gain in time while few sectors suffered widespread losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mills
Department of Agriculture
Carter
Bill Hill
National Guard
Forrest Baker
Transportation Research and Marketing
Ensulting
Salt Lake City
Baker
Mike Parkhurst
Associated Press
Gene Eidenberg
Agriculture Department
Weather and local notices from Cedar Rapids Gazette
Wind W at 4 mph at 1 pm and daily forecast shows fair from Tuesday to Thursday with highs in the 70s to 80s. Includes July birth notices for Schechak Lincoln and Bennett Lincoln, and local incidents like lightning strikes, downed wires, and alarm malfunctions with street addresses and times.
City Briefs and Local Notices
EX Club speaker Jack Woods to address Tuesday noon at Mimm's. Arlene Kacher of 2414 J St SW back home from Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Six garages and cars sprayed with black paint in Bever Avenue SE areas 1800 and 1900 blocks. obscenities sprayed on some garages. Lee Strait reports burglary at 1512 K Ave NE. silver coins valued at 106 and a wrist watch taken. Truman Thompson 74 Cylinder dies. survivors include daughter Mrs. Richard Geiger 3227 Ridgemore Dr SE. services held Saturday. Harry Kreul of 2825 Second Ave Marion hospitalized at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. visitors permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Rhea
39Th St. NE
Minneapolis
Harriette Wyllie
Wayland
Penick and Ford
Merchants National Bank
Rhea
St. Paul’s
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Eugene Hancock
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
American Cancer Society Research Fund
Post
Bever Avenue SE
Lee Strait
K Ave
Truman Thompson
Cylinder
Richard Geiger
Ridgemore Drive
Harry Kreul
Second Ave
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Steel announces union contract agreement reached
Iowa Steel and Iron Works Cedar Rapids reported a settlement after union negotiators accepted a proposal aligned with the presidents wage guidelines. The statement notes differing terms from prior offers and that details remain to be finalized before signing. Molders and Teamsters drivers still lack settlements with potential pickets expected Monday. Machinists at the plant are already on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Cedar Rapids
Joe Loufek
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Raytheon
Loufek
Teamsters
Iowa Steel and Iron
Iowa Steel
Molders
NORAD chief urges space role in military planning
Gen. James E. Hill, NORAD commander, told the Iowa American Legion Convention that space should be a full part of defense planning. He noted NORAD's warning role, cited 25 minutes for ICBMs, and stressed modernizing the aging defense network and the need to balance peaceful space use with military capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Skylab
James E. Hill
North American Air Defense Command
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Colo
NORAD
North America
Canada
Hill
United States
Strategic Air Command
SAC
U.S
Legionnaires
Soviet Union
NASA
the Gazette
Oil refineries may help clouds turn to rain
NOAA researchers studied Los Angeles area clouds noting smog reduced rain by forcing many small droplets. In areas with refinery effluent, pollution partly offset this, yielding larger droplets and restoring rain formation similar to natural clouds. Farn Parungo led the study effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Farn Parungo
NOAA
Iran to segregate schools by sex and ban foreign languages
Iran's revolutionary government announced segregation of all schools by sex and a ban on foreign language teaching in primary schools. The decrees take effect at the new term in September. Reports also note executions and whippings for prostitution crimes, with 311 total executions since February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Education Ministry
Kermanshah
Revolutionary Guards
Revolutionary Justice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milke
Michael J
Teahen Funeral
Donald Schmidt
Anderson Cemetery
Swisher
Sigourney
Ted Raymond Shifflett
Holm’s
Dyersville
Robert Ovel
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Kramer's
Earlville
Robert E. Young
United Methodist Church
Shelly’s
Manchester
Fairview Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Alice Kenna
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Roberson’s
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Masonville
Oelwein
Barbara Blair
Sacred Heart School
Burnt-Kern’s
Kansas City
Monticello
Matt E. Muller
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Devaney-Reiff’s
Anamosa
Brad L. Bickford
Goettsch’s
West Union
Margaret Grafenberg
West Union Cemetery
Burnham-Wood’s
Vinton
Grant W. Hull
Canon City
Howard Cemetery
Howard, Colo
Belle Plaine
Anina Jackson
Hrabak’s
Herbert Johnson
Branford, Conn
California
Reagan Brown
Texas
Brown
United van Lines
St. Luke's
Kevin Maschek
34Th St
Steven Keith
Ave
Jerry Lincoln
James Bennett
25Th St
27Th St. NW
17Th St
Third Ave. SE
E Avenue NW
26Th St. NW
16Th Street
Second Avenue
29Th Ave
25Th Ave
First Ave
Clive Drive
First Avenue
10Th Street
30Th St
C.R
Jack Woods
Mimm’s
Arlene Kacher
J St. SW
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Dwight Eisenhower
Lebanon
Middle East
Stewart Funeral Home
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Turner's West
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Gazette
Michael Milke
Bode Optical Dispensary
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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