Deaths Jane A Weiss longtime UI sociology professor
Jane Alison Weiss 37 of Iowa City died from injuries in a car crash west of West Branch. She had been assistant professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Iowa since 1978. Born October 19 1943 in Baltimore she earned degrees at Penn State Stanford and was active in several scholarly groups. She is survived by two sons her parents three sisters and several relatives. Memorials to the UI Foundation for the Jane A Weiss Women’s Studies Dissertation Scholarship are requested. Cremation will follow services. Memorial services announced.
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Iowa City
West Branch
University of Iowa
Baltimore
Penn State University
Stanford University
Craig
Timothy
Santa Rosa
Calif
Thomas W. Weiss
Las Cruces
N.M
Christine Pedder
Casper
Wyo
Carolyn Weiss
Washington, D.C
Marcia Weiss
Estes Park
Colo
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
American Sociological Association
Sociologists of Women In Society
U of Women In International Development
George L. Gay Funeral Home
U of I Foundation
Jane A. Weiss
Reed pleads guilty in Marion apartment fire case
Linn County District Court fines Reed 100 dollars for reckless use of a fire connected to a Dec 19 Marion apartment fire at 390 10th Ave. No injuries, but heavy smoke damage occurred. Noting several drunk driving verdicts, the docket includes acquittals and suspensions for multiple defendants.
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Terry A. Reed
32Nd St. NW
Marion
Reed
First Avenue
Linn District Court
10Th Ave
Peggy
Larry J. Hanson
Route 3
Cedar Rapids
Hanson
Linn
John R. Wall
15Th Ave
Rita R. Morris
Ely
Mustang hits parked car as chaos hits Cedar Rapids
Bonnie Geesey planned to sell her Mustang for 600 dollars when a car struck it Friday night near Fifth Avenue SE and 14th Street SE. Police charged 26 year old David Sexton with drunken driving and failure to control. Vehicle damage was estimated at 1500 dollars for both cars. Other drunken driving charge filed against 31 year old David Kiecksee for speeding.
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Bonnie Geesey
Cedar Rapids
Geesey
First Ave
Fifth Avenue
14Th Street
David Sexton
17Th St
Fifth Avenue SE
Sexton
Hilda Walter
Fifth Ave. SE
David Kiecksee
Fourth Ave. SE
Hundreds of fibers link Williams case to victims
Atlanta investigators test hundreds of fibers from Wayne Williams home and car, seeking circumstantial evidence in the 28 slayings of young Black men. Williams, questioned 12 hours, says he was not charged and left voluntarily, while authorities consider possible requestions amid ongoing media stakeouts.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia Crime Lab
Wayne Williams
William
Mary Welcome
Williams
Brown
Chattahoochee
Public Safety
Free meal income limits near unchanged for families with kids
The bill would barely adjust income eligibility for families with children on free lunches next year. A four person family would see about 11 000 dollars versus 11 300 now. In reduced price category the cap would drop to under 15 600 from 17 600. Cedar Rapids Community Schools welcomed the news noting a small 15 cent increase helps keep costs under a dollar.
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Cedar Rapids
Food Service
Gladys Wathan
The
Gazette
Lunch prices in Cedar Rapids schools face 1981-82 changes
As the 1980-81 school year ends, elementary lunches cost 65 cents and junior high to senior high meals 70 cents. Prices for next year are undecided. Wathan notes many students receive free meals, with 13,000 to 14,000 daily lunches served and 22 percent free or reduced price.
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Wathan
Cedar Rapids
Mondale pledges up to 2 billion in Eximbank credits to China
Walter Mondale pledges as much as two billion dollars in Export-Import Bank credits to finance Chinese economic development. Haig plans a 15 day Pacific trip to Hong Kong China Philippines and New Zealand for talks with Southeast Asian and Japanese ministers. The trip touches on U S aims for a non communist Cambodian force and broader regional issues with China and allies.
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Haig
China
Reagan
Pacific
Hong Kong
Philippines
New Zealand
U.S
Phnom Penh
Vining Woman Dies In Tama County Crash
An 18 year old Vining woman Nina Shepard died in a one car crash Friday near Elberon Tama County. The car rolled onto its top trapping her beneath and she died at 1 34 p m. Daughter of Mrs Roger Zeman and John Shepard she is to be buried at Harrison Funeral Home Tama with services pending.
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Tama County
Nina Shepard
Jerry Jones
Toledo
Shepard
Dennis Mallory
Roger Zeman
Vining
John Shepard
Omaha
Neb
Harrison Funeral Home
Tama
Lefever Nomination Withdrawn Amid Human Rights Debate
The Ad Hoc Committee denounced Lefever as a victory for human rights after his withdrawal. Senators Pressler Kennedy Cranston Tsongas and others offered mixed praise, while Baker urged restraint, noting a possible full Senate defeat of the nomination for assistant secretary of state.
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Human Rights Community
Larry Pressler
Rs.d
Alan Cranston
Senate
Lefever
America
Reagan
Baker
Cranston
Weather Report for Friday and Weekend Forecast
A detailed weather summary shows Friday highs near 95 with a low around 80 and no precipitation. Humidity at midnight about 50 percent, wind from the north at 13 mph, barometer rising to 29.83. Sunrise 5 31, sunset 8 40. Extended outlook fair Monday and Tuesday with a chance of thundershowers Wednesday.
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Renee
Severe Weather Douses Texas and Louisiana with Tornado Damage
Rain and storms sweep the eastern half of the nation as a tropical low moves inland from the Gulf. Northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana receive 3 to 5 inches with locally higher totals near the Texas upper coast. Tornadoes strike LeCompte and Pineville causing injuries and property damage. flash flood watches extend into Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee and other regions.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Plains
Mississippi Valley
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
LeCompte
Pineville
Ohio
Gulf and
South Atlantic Coast
Upper Great Lakes
High Plains
mid-Mississippi Valley
Vital Statistics Entries and Local Incident Log
A series of birth announcements listing couples and addresses for new daughters and sons, followed by a collection of names connected to Cedar Rapids Marion Mount Vernon Ely and Swisher. The section ends with a Friday incident log noting a dryer fire at 1350 Waconia Ave SW a grass issue at Pierce Park NE a trunk fire at 2325 16th Ave SW and a mistaken alarm at 418 Second St NE.
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Noel R. Knight
Debra K. Bilden
Christopher J. Meadon
Sally K. Childs
Harry L. Hight Jr
Pamela S. Thee
Daniel L. Lakose
Marius K. Haigh
Michael S. Mumm
Martha E. Kerkman
Cedar Rapids
Stuart A. Dawson
Karen A. Hutchins
Robert R. Stephens
Tamara J. Eberhardt
Duane R. Hill
Teresa J. Trimpe
Marion
Douglas E. Lehnert
Cheryl J. Lewis
Daniel K. Gaines
Linda M. Conley
Mount Vernon
Jeffrey D. Wilkin
Debra J. Hoyt
Todd F. Rooks
Regina M. Gansen
Ames
Adolph F. Nezerka
Carlene M. Hazen
Ely
Steven M. Rupe
Roberta R. Finley
Thomas R. Martin
Connie Jo Vondracek
Swisher
Michael D. McCoy
Diane M. Quass
Central City
Waconia Ave
Pierce Park
16Th Ave
Second St
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscriptions Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription rates with weekly, quarterly, and yearly options. It notes state and territorial pricing, carrier service limits, and states the Associated Press retains exclusive news rights.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette Daily
Third Ave
Iowa
Associated Press
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