Death notices and obituaries span Marion and area
Obituaries list Fred J. Lang 82 of Marion died in Cleveland after living in Marion since 1920. Longtime heating engineer at Marion High School and St. Berchman’s. WWI veteran. survived by wife Grace and son James with grandchildren and siblings. Memorials and services planned at Murdoch chapel. Additional notices: Birger A. Kleppe 71 of Cedar Rapids. Marjorie Sieck 63 of Marion. various services, burials, and callers across Cedar, Oelwein, Elkader, Anamosa, and surrounding towns with churches named and funeral homes listed.
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Fred J. Lan
Fourth Avenue
Marion
Veteran's Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Lang
Joseph
Mary Richards Lang
Hopkinton
Grace H. Snell
Monticello
Lang
Marion High School
St. Berchman’s Academy
Marion Christian Church
Marion Post
American Legion
James Lang
Fredda Ketelsen
Center Junction
Carrie Poeschel
Chicago
Margaret Glantz
William Lang
Edward Lang
Cuba City
Wisc
Richard Lang
Platteville
Murdoch Chapel
Thomas Anthony
Oak Shade
Robert Hess
Eleventh Street
Marjorie Sieck
Seventeenth Street
Baxter Funeral Home
Riverboat Kappa Ann to Leave Cedar Rapids for Dubuque
The 1952 riverboat Kappa Ann is moved from Cedar Rapids on Monday to Dubuque after the Cedar Riverfront commission rejected a plan to turn it into a floating restaurant. Owners Arnold and Mrs. McDowell will tow the vessel via trailers and county roads. supervisor Bob Newmeyer will oversee the move.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Dubuque
City Riverfront Commission
Arnold McDowell
Johnson Avenue
Cedar
Riverfront Commission
McDowells
Kappa Ann
McDowell
Clinton
Bob Newmeyer
Newmeyer
Rain and Lightning Hit Cedar Rapids With Minor Damage
A late Saturday storm drenched Cedar Rapids with 0.19 inch of rain in about 15 minutes and caused limited power outages. Lightning struck a Fowler Electric air conditioner and a residence at 1503 Fourth Street NW, with minor damage reported. Burglar alarms tripped, and outages affected mainly the southwest side, plus West Branch and several other towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Mohawk Park
Highway Patrol
Fowler Electric
First Avenue NW
Nancy Wattes
Fourth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power
West Branch
Durant
Atalissa
Stanwood
Alburnett
Vinton
Cedar Rapids girl runs away after getting hurt
A 14 year old Cedar Rapids girl fled Friday night after being hurt. Police say she was walking a northwest city trail when confronted and left a note for her parents saying she would return if they wanted her to. Authorities continue their search for her and the person involved.
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Cedar Rapids
Record deer harvests mark Missouri peaks in 1975 76
Jefferson City Missouri 51 823 deer killed in 1975 and 42 656 in 1976 set state harvest records according to the Conservation Commission. The figures reflect the two most productive seasons in Missouri history and come amid advertising notes.
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Jefferson City, Mo
UPI
State Conservation Commission
Allergy season hits Cedar Rapids readers in April report
Gazette intern D Anne Dodd spoke with a Cedar Rapids allergist to explain hay fever causes and other allergies. The feature previews her report in Monday's Gazette and notes 31 million Americans suffer allergy symptoms annually.
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Gazette
Anne Dodd
Cedar Rapids
Injured Cyclist Barry Morris In Cedar Rapids
Fifteen year old Barry Morris of route three Cedar Rapids was listed in fair condition Saturday night at St Luke s hospital. Morris was injured Friday night when struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Blairs Ferry road NE about a half mile west of Edgewood road.
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Barry Morris
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Morris
Blairs Ferry Road
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids Gazette details 1883 publication data
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. It is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options with various weekly and multi week terms. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
No Word On Ozark Strike Talks
Negotiators for Ozark Air Lines and its 600 mechanics continued talks past the midnight deadline with no agreement as of 12:30 a.m. The union’s final proposal was given at 11:10 p.m. with no pensions concession and potential for a long strike. Cedar Rapids could feel the impact if a stoppage occurs.
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ST. Louis
Aircraft Mechanics
Ozark Air Lines, Inc
Cedar Rapids
United Airlines
Minnesota
Supertanker ARCO Juneau Reaches Valdez Oil Terminal
The 120000 ton ARCO Juneau was berthed at Valdez Alaska by numerous tugs. Its ballast will soon be replaced by Alaskan crude oil, advancing the Prudhoe Bay flow toward markets in the Lower 48.
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Valdez
Neighborhood mugging ends with theft after early morning attack
Witness recounts a man named Grove being struck from behind near Shaheen's while a cream colored car waited for a getaway. The assailant took a billfold and fled. no arrests reported. A second assault in the 500 block of Fifth Avenue SE left LeVerne Henderson robbed with minor injuries. three suspects fled in a car, no arrests yet.
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Grove
Fifth Avenue SE
LeVerne Henderson
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Roscaline
Ninth Avenue SE
Henderson
Weather and Birth Announcements Digest
Weather at 11 p m shows wind from the south southwest at 6 mph with sunrise 6 00 and sunset 8 26. Year ago today highs reached 78 and lows 66 with no precipitation. July 29 reports three births and July 30 reports four births in Iowa locations including Marion Vinton Center Point and Toddville.
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John Hiner
Starry Drive
Marion
Richard T. Bildstein
Vinton
Joseph A. Carpenter
Oakland Road
Steven J. Kriz
I Street
Donn Ashlock
Center Point
Delmar W. Smith
Toddville
Barbara Lentner
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Fires Roast Across West Coast and Alaska in Weekend Blazes
A major highway fire on Interstate 5 north of Lake Castaic prompted 250 firefighters to battle a Newhall blaze in California. Meanwhile in Riverside county flames blackened over 5 000 acres, with 150 Mabey Canyon residents evacuated. In Alaska 40 tundra and timber fires spread across 750 000 acres, amid 80s heat and low moisture as crews struggled to contain several fast moving blazes.
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Interstate 5
Newhall
Lake Castaic
U.S. Air Force
Corona
Riverside County
Mabey Canyon
Alaska
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Shungnak
Kotzebue
Flexible work life urged by Kreps in Social Security talk
Kreps advocates flexible schedules to let older workers stay employed beyond 65 and allow younger people to take extended leaves. Carter supports raising retirement age for most to 70 or eliminate it for federal workers, with Marshall backing the House labor bill. Kreps argues a longer working life reduces poverty across ages.
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Kreps Long
Shall
House Labor Committee
Kreps
King of the Hobos Funeral Eulogy In Ogden
Atmosphere at the funeral includes 150 mourners in Britt and Ogden as Steam Train eulogizes the Kid a popular wanderer with claimed Colorado mining past. Father Brickley offers a graveside prayer while rain gathers and the red bandana is tied to the coffin symbolizing the deceased’s freight train life.
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Britt
Bob Carson
Ogden
Kid
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Karl B Schmidt
Karl B Schmidt 27 of 316 Stratford lane SW faces a drunk driving charge after a 3 15 a m Saturday stop on Sixteenth avenue SW. He was also charged with speeding following the traffic stop.
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Karl B. Schmidt
Stratford Lane
Sixteenth Avenue
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Birger A. Kleppe
Nassau Street
Norway
Betty Ruppert
Kleppe
Quaker Oats
Marjorie Woodward
Ruth Kaufman
Morris Kleppe
Alma Longfield
Denver
Colo
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
William Harnish
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Glessner
Harry J
Turner Chapel East
Walden Askren
Calvary Baptist Church
Boy Scouts of America
Baker
Ernest
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Reuben J. Tjaden
Strawberry Point
Anna Akets
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Roberson
Elkader
Willis Lamphier
Congregational United Church of Christ
Witt’s
Hillcrest Cemetery
Volga
Oelwein
Emil Bratten
Brant-Kerns
Floral Hill Cemetery
Hazleton
Anamosa
Carlton Brainard
Congregational Church
Goettsch’s
Clutter
Louis Kolash
Mason-Hand Funeral Home
Tama
City Hall
Mississippi
Dial
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Ave
Ozark
Supertanker
C.R
Shaheen
YMCA
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Victor Daman
Tamara Drive
Minneapolis, Minn
James Price
Price
Ernest R. Thompson
Bever Avenue
Harlin Price
Soutter Avenue
Tenth Avenue
First Street
K Street
Harrier Avenue
Eighth Avenue SE
General News
Sun
King of the Hobos
J.J. Brickley
Herron
Colorado
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta & Charles, Jr
Pocobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
John E. Lopes
3Rd Ave
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Cedar Memorial Park
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