Longtime Cedar Rapids area resident Verle Ford dies at 52
Verle L Sonny Ford 52 of rural Delhi died at his home Monday from a personal safety related gunshot wound per a Delaware County medical examiner. He was a Navy World War II veteran, worked 30 years at Cedar Rapids tile firm Appleby and Horn, and survived by four sons two daughters and several relatives. Services set Thursday at St Josephs Marion with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery. Memorial fund to follow.
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Sonny"’ Ford
Delhi
Delaware County
Marion
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Cedar Rapids
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Michael
Hiawatha
Thomas
Hopkinton
Timothy
Daniel
Gerald Modwinkle
Jenni Sue Dietrich
Alburnett
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J.R. Ford
Lisbon
Wilbur Young
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Monticello
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Forest Park
Clinton
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Ann Picray
Patricia Kuhns
Glenn
Erie
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Goettsch’s
Melvin R. Schmidt
Maplewood Drive
New Hampton
Nashua
Judith E. Hall
Waterloo
Turner Microphone
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Otto R
Charles City
Sharyl Kopecky
Marilyn Lampe
Waverly
Glendora Oudekerk
Lucille Roth
Lawrence
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Chico
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Minn
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Sunnyside Memory Gardens
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Solon
Johnson County
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Coralville
Leonard
Gary
Ind
Brush Funeral Home
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Oakland Cemetery
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Obituaries for Schweitzer Barry Oestmann Johnson
Obituaries note Fern Schweitzer 60 died Thursday with visitation after 9 a m Wednesday at George L Gay's Memorials to First Mennonite Church. James Barry 75 memorial to Heart Fund at St Marys Church with rosary Wednesday. Frederick Oestmann 87 visitation at Schutte s burial Postville Cemetery. D Dale Johnson 73 funeral Thursday at First Church United burial Lowden Cemetery memorial fund established.
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Oxford
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Oxford Chapel
Heart Fund
Postville
Frederick W. Oestmann
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Schutte’s
Postville Cemetery
West Liberty
D. Dale Johnson
First Church United
Lowden Cemetery
Snider
Custody Battle Ends as Mother Wins Boy's Return
In a lengthy Iowa custody hearing, Judge Osmundson ruled the natural mother should regain custody of her three sons from the Rogersons, who had helped her but refused to adopt. He acknowledged past help yet cited Iowa law favoring the mother. The middle section of the story notes the estranged husband’s involvement and the couple’s petitions to terminate parental rights, while the emotional scene outside the courthouse followed as the child was taken by his mother and grandparents.
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Louisiana
Hochstedler
California
Reno
Nev
Rogerson
Iowa
Correction notice on May 30 1980 Driscoll appeal ruling
The Gazette corrects a Monday story misstating the original ruling was in Linn District Court. The May 30 1980 decision was by a U S District Court jury in Cedar Rapids. The paper lists sponsors for two Clarifications and omits two Norway boys Steve Brecht and Steve Garkow from post 234.
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Cedar Rapids
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Gazette
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American Legion Boys State
The
Steve Morgan
Reserve Officers Association
Gene Nassif
Legion Lanes
Norway
Steve Brecht
Weather Summary and Historic Rainfall Note
Wind direction and velocity at 11 a.m. N at mph. Sun rises 5 31 and sets at 341. Year ago today high 85 low 55 precipitation none. Record high today 102 in 1911 record low 41 in 1913. Extended forecast partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday with showers and thunderstorms Friday and Saturday highs mid 70s to upper 80s lows mid 50s to mid 60s. Weather: upper Midwest storms weaken as they move east bringing heavy rains in western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh and Du Bois areas with near flood stage rivers in Wyoming and New York state. 2.41 inches at Du Bois 1.22 at Pittsburgh 0.93 at Philipsburg 0.91 at Youngstown 0.83 at Mount Washington N H. On this date 1972 Black Hills cloudburst 14 inches rains caused Canyon Lake Dam collapse and Rapid City flood drowning 237 and $100 million in damages.
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Record Heat Shatters Records Across Southwest States
High Monday reached 113 degrees in Blythe California and in Bullhead City and Lake Havasu city Arizona. Low morning reading was 40 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana. Coralville Lake pool level near 680.21 feet in Bismarck Chicago area, with decline noted. Travelers forecast indicates continuing heat and variable conditions.
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Calif
Bullhead City
Lake Havasu
Ariz
West Yellowstone
Mont
Births and emergencies reported in Marion and nearby areas
Vital statistics list multiple births across Marion, Evanston, Rochester with names and addresses. Separately a series of incidents include a hexane leak at 10th Avenue and 10th Street SW, medical emergencies near the Eighth Avenue bridge and Ellis Park, a car fire on Ellis Boulevard NW, and an emergency at 340 Lewellen Drive NW.
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Two Die, One Hurt at Fort Madison Fertilizer Plant
At the Chevron Chemical Fertilizer Division in Fort Madison two Merrillville Indiana workers, contractors for Furmanite Inc., were inspecting an ammonia vessel leak when a platform and a pipeline failed. One man died on impact and the other suffered burns, later listed in satisfactory condition at Fort Madison Community Hospital. Identifications are being withheld pending relatives notification.
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Merrillville
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New Linn jail gets new 46,701 telephone system
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a 46 701 Teleconnect telephone system for the sheriff's department and jail after a miscommunication. Supervisor Joe Rinas, home ill, had intended to delay a recommendation and possibly cover the courthouse. The Teleconnect package includes 45 phones and installation with an estimated monthly saving of about 750 over Northwestern Bell.
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Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
Teleconnect Co
Joe Rinas
Rinas
the Gazette
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Sheriffs Department
Cole Porter Born in 1893
On this date in 1893, American songwriter Cole Porter was born. His career began shaping Broadway and Tin Pan Alley with chansons and stage scores that blending wit romance and sophisticated melodies.
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Cole Porter
California man charged after Iowa woman's fatal Keystone crash
Duane Plucker said Bruce Dove, 23, was charged with manslaughter in a Keystone crash that killed Anna Symonette, 18, Cedar Rapids. The motorcycle left a bridge and fell into a creek. Symonette died at the scene and Dove was hospitalized in Rapid City. Both were summer employees in the Keystone area near Mount Rushmore.
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UPI
California
Iowa
Pennington
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Bruce Dove
Anna Symonette
Cedar Rapids
Dove
Rapid City
Plucker
Symonette
Iowans for Tax Relief victory blocks Iowa criminal case
A district court judge blocked criminal prosecution of Iowans for Tax Relief in Polk County. The ruling allows an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court and involves a Muscatine based group linked to Yes for Less Taxes. The case centers on campaign finance disclosures and contributor secrecy.
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Des Moines
Tom Werner
Polk
High Court
Max Werling
Tipton
Werling
Davenport
Tax Relief
Muscatine
Iowans For Tax Relief
Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Iowa
Yes For
Iowans For
Iowans
Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Peter Riley
Cedar Rapids
Tonight Music Lamanite Generation at Coe College
Brigham Young University presents a 7:30 p.m. program by the Lamanite Generation at Sinclair Auditorium Coe College featuring native American Indian songs and dances Tickets at the door 1.50 for individuals and 5 for families Movies list on page 8B
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Brigham Young University
Sinclair Auditorium
Coe College
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