Deaths of Wilburn Colby and others listed
Obituary notices memorialize Wilburn Colby 71 of Anamosa who died of cancer in a local hospital. Details cover his Cedar County birth, Mechanicsville farming, auctioneering career, family, church and clubs, with service at Mechanicsville United Methodist Church and burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Wilburn Colby
Anamosa
Cedar County
Sylvia Switzer
Mount Vernon
Mechanicsville
Iowa
United Methodist Church of
The
Moose Lodge
Modern Woodmen
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bobbie Duane Horning
35Th St
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mardline Adele Roach
Lakewood
Calif
Rockwell-Collins
Garren D
Jeremy L
Michael J
Maxine Horning
Robette Trimble
Greg Hapgood
Terry Herbert
Richard Trimble
Center Point
Alfred Busenhard
Don Nemec
Dike
Paul Seifferlein
Mount Clemens
Mich
al Capaldi
Madison Heights
Jack
Gale
Michael
James
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
James Sorenson
Katerina Vrzal
13Th Ave
Nedanicky
Czechoslovakia
Charles Vrzal
Quaker Oats Co
Lodge Karel IV No
Western Fraternal Life Association
Rose Rikkels
Mary Berka
Kuba Funeral Home
Arnold Fluge
Czech National Cemetery
Atalissa
Emma C. Crees
Rochester United Methodist Church
Snider's
West Liberty
West Branch Cemetery
Local News Summary Page Listings and Section Guide
The paper outlines page designations for sections including Deaths Editorial Marion Tow a Sports Finan Trend Farm Older Show Scrabble Horoscope and Want Ads. It lists page ranges for each topic and notes editorial and feature placements across sections D and F as well as region Ard Town and travel content.
Community Briefs and Club Gatherings Announced
EX Club-Dick Waggoner of the new Westdale Mall will speak Tuesday noon at Mimm's. C.R. Evening Optimists hold a breakfast meeting Tuesday at Ellis Park by the river at 6 30 a.m. Downtown Kiwanis meets Wednesday noon at Roosevelt Hotel. Two Cedar Rapids bomb squad members will attend.
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Dick Waggoner
Westdale
Mimm’s
C.R
Optimists
Ellis Park By the River
Kiwanis
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Women in College Reach Parity with Men
A government survey shows more than 11 million students enrolled across 3,173 colleges with men still a narrow majority of 3,718. The rise in women on campus is linked to part time attendance as they work or raise families.
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Washington
OAU warns Britain and U.S. on Muzorewa regime
The 49 nation OAU declared Muzorewa’s Rhodesian government illegal and recognized the Patriotic Front as Zimbabwe’s authentic representation. It urged Britain and the United States not to recognize Muzorewa or lift sanctions, warning such acts would be seen as provocation. Tanzania warned such moves would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Africa.
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Monrovia
Liberia
UPI
Organization of African Unity
Britain
United States
Abel Muzorewa
Tanzania
Africa
OAU
Muzorewa
Middle East
Uganda
Idi Amin
Rhodesia
U.N
Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe
U.S. Congress
Pope John Paul II to visit White House and Ireland
Pope John Paul II plans a late September to early October tour visiting Ireland and the United States, possibly including the White House in Washington and a trip to New York for a United Nations General Assembly address. The trip aims to urge peace in Ireland and will include meetings with President Carter.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
United States
Ireland
White House
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Vatican Radio
Washington
Thomas Kelly
U.S. Conference of Catholic
Vatican
Chicago
Philadelphia
Carter
John Paul
U.S
Paul VI
General Assembly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pontiff
Northern Ireland
Culver Speaks at Cedar Rapids Democratic Picnic
U.S. Senator John Culver headlined a 2nd District Democratic Party workshop and picnic at Mohawk Pavilion Cedar Rapids. Earlier he addressed a 1st District meeting in Iowa City focusing on President Carters Cabinet shakeup and its impact on inflation and energy challenges. Photographers show Tom Miller Doris Peick and Ed Campbell alongside Culver.
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U.S
John Culver
Mohawk Pavilion
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Carter
Tom Miller
Iowa
Culver
Doris Peick
Linn County
Ed Campbell
Democratic Party
Weather and notices from a midweek city update
Wind SE at 5 mph at 11 p m sun rises 5 51 Monday sun sets 8 35 for the week scattered showers and thunderstorms likely Tuesday and Thursday with highs near 90 Tuesday and in the 80s midweek lows 65 to 70. Plus birth notices and local incidents including gas flush and a road accident update.
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Bever Ave
First St
16Th Avenue
L Street
Rockford Road
Eighth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
32Nd St
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options including carrier 1.20 per week and mail plans for Afternoon Editions and Sunday 7 issues at 5.17, 4 weeks at 56, 52 weeks at 80, with regional restrictions. The paper confirms AP exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
Associated Press
Senate approves new foreign trade bill tightening oil swaps
The Senate passed a foreign trade bill 74 to 3 to tighten oil swap restrictions among Alaska Japan and Mexico replacing the 1969 act. A Stevens effort to drop a consumer cost saving clause was defeated 52 to 32. Amendments on technology exports and defense oversight were debated and adjusted with Jackson proposals largely adopted.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Alaska
Japan
Mexico
Ted Stevens
United States
Stevens
California
Panama Canal
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Riegle
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
South Korea Sinks North Korean Spy Boat in Naval Clash
The South Korean navy sank an armed North Korean spyboat after a two hour gun battle off Tongyoung. Seven people died including five North Koreans and two South Korean policemen were killed with one wounded. The incident followed President Carter's plan to freeze U S troop withdrawals.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Defense Ministry
Tongyoung
Coast Guard
Carter
Quiet anti-nuclear rally outside IE Tower in Iowa
About 50 participants gathered outside IE Tower from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to protest the Duane Arnold Energy Center shutdown. Speakers urged the utility to shut down the plant, arguing ongoing problems with nuclear operation.
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IE Tower
Iowa Mobilization For Survival
Duane Arnold Energy Center
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Gaskill
Beulah M
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Gerald Condon
Immaculate Conception Church
Gilbertville
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hickey
Harland
Ridgeway Cemetery
North Liberty
Earlville
Pearl Timmons
Manchester
United Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
West Union
Leo Meyer
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
St. Lucas
Burnham-Wood’s
McGregor
Herman J. Friedlein
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thornburg’s
Garnaville Cemetery
Lamont
Hubert Reiger
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Masonville
Fawcett’s Chapel
John
Helen Marie) DeSutter
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
McAninch-Fremming’s
William K. Black
George L. Gay’s
Cancer Fund
Sigourney
Frank Brown
Holm’s
Pennington Cemetery
Chelsea
Edward W. Prusha
Hrabak’s
National Cemetery
Vining
Maynard
Steven Reynolds
Wadena Presbyterian Church
Belles-Wright’s
Fayette
C.hall
Focus
Gazette
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
St. Luke's
Robin Kolisik
Ely
Thomas O. Miller
Southland St
Joel K. Zimmerman
Blue Mound Drive
Jeffery LaPalm
Newhall
Rafael A. Martinez
Ave
Gale Jordan
Alburnett
Timothy J. Wilson
Jacelyn Drive
Danny L. Mahan
C Ave
Joseph J. Jellison
B Ave
Robert Hall
Sandra J. Pratt
E St
Abdul Abed
D Ave
David McAnally
Stoney Brook Lane
C.R. Weather
Wonneseone
Pen Ceese Cosns Ancestesooes
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Defense
Stevenson
Jackson
Defense
Funeral Home
Flower Shop
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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