Local obituaries and funeral details across Iowa towns
Death notices list multiple individuals with ages and hometowns including Clutier Parizek Jessica Renae, 2 months. Mass at Immaculate Conception Church and burial at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. Delta Moses Snodgrass 88 with service at Reynold’s Sigourney and burial at Springfield Cemetery, memorials to Iowa Veterans Home. Elkport Bond 74 with service at Appleton Vernon’s Edgewood and burial Brown Cemetery Colesburg. Keota Funston 89 with service at Wesley United Methodist Church and burial Keota Cemetery. Oelwein Miller 69 of Council Bluffs burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Oxford Brack 47 with service at St. Mary’s and burial Mount Calvary. Tipton Horr 66 with service Stanwood Union Church and burial Stanwood Cemetery. Lichlyter 68 with service Sheets and Sons and burial Stanwood Cemetery. Mittelstadt 85 with service Burnham-Wood’s and burial Postville Cemetery. Young 90 Mount Vernon died at home. Services pending.
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Clutier
Jessica Renae Parizek
Duane L
Michelle Martin Parizek
Mass of the Angels
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
St. Wenceslaus
Hand Funeral
Clutter
Mason-Hand’s
Delta
Earl Moses Snodgrass
Reynold’s
Sigourney
Springfield
Oelwein
Elizabeth Miller
Council Bluffs
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Brant-Kerns
Woodlawn
Oxford
Mary Teresa Brack
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
George L. Gay
Oxford Chapel
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Tipton
Lucile Horr
Stanwood Union Church
Stanwood
Chapman's
Clarence
Memorial Services for Carl H Schlemmer and Andrew G. Smith Jr
Memorial services are held today at 10 30 a m at Murdoch Chapel Marion for Carl H Schlemmer with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery. Andrew G Smith Jr and Winifred have a 2 p m service at Westminster Presbyterian Marion with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Caskets will be closed. donations may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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Schlemmer
Carl H
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Dick Watkins
First United Methodist Church
Oak Shade
Smith
Andrew G. Jr
Winifred
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John P. Woods
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Third Ave
Senate panel rejects immediate nuclear freeze on arms
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 9-6 to defeat a Democratic push for an immediate U.S. Soviet nuclear freeze. The panel backed a Percy resolution calling for deep cuts in ICBMs and SLBMs as a goal for START talks, removing any explicit freeze. Democrats criticized the move as sidestepping the freeze and pressing for verifiable limits during negotiations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Senate
Reagan
West Germany
Bonn
United States
Congress
Geneva
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
Pell-Cranston
Pell
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
Tsongas
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
John Warner
R-Va
Rail service revived on Rock Island line boosts Iowa grain trade
The Iowa Railroad restarts service on the Rock Island track linking Cedar Rapids and Marengo boosting grain shipments. Elevators save 2 to 5 cents per bushel and Midwest Color Printing cuts trucking costs by transporting newsprint to Marengo. Lawmakers discuss diesel fuel tax tied to rail upgrades and potential Amtrak prospects.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Whipple
Martin Borah
Midwest Color Printing
Marengo
Iowa City
Borah
The
Lloyd- Jones
Iowa
Polk County
Amtrak
Lloyd-Jones
Vital Statistics Bulletin of Births and Public Safety Times
Birth notices list numerous June births with names and addresses including Debra and Dennis Rahe and Jo and Larry Roling plus many Cedar Rapids and Marion couples. Additional citywide incidents note smoke odor, vehicle extrication, investigations, a stove fire, and a medical emergency with times and locations.
Gunman holds beauty salon hostages in Beaver County standoff
Stanley DiDolce, a former jail guard, seized the DuMaur Styling Center with nine inside to protest his wife Bridget’s jail status in a fraud case. He fired once and released several captives before surrendering after negotiations with federal officials. No one was harmed.
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Monaca
UPI
DuMaur Styling Center
Walter Weiner
Pittsburgh
FBI
Stanley DiDolce
Allegheny County
Weiner
DiDolce
GeeBee
Beaver County
Center
Bridget
Washington County
U.S
Richards
Hinckley case experts clash over mental state tests
A defense lawyer and a prosecution psychiatrist spar over Hinckley’s evaluation methods as the trial panels dispute how to assess his mental state at Reagan’s shooting. Dietz questions poetry and writings, citing lies and embellishments in testimonies and asserting that interviews and video evidence better reveal his state.
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Washington
John Hinckley
Reagan
Vincent Fuller
Hinckley
Park Dietz
Dietz
Ronald Reagan
Nancy
Jodie Foster
Yale University
William Carpenter
Dr. Carpenter
Carpenter
Tip on backyard mosquito control and electrocutor limits
Gene Rozenboom cites extended research showing blacklight insect electrocutors fail to reduce backyard mosquitoes and may raise female biting counts. Homeowners should rely on personal repellents, with various lotions aerosols and creams from multiple manufacturers proving effective when used as directed.
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Gene Rozenboom
Linn County Extension
Rozenboom
Undercover probe nets drugs and stolen weapons
A six month undercover ATF operation with Council Bluffs and Omaha police led to eight arrests and two search warrants. Officers recovered more than $60,000 in stolen property and numerous weapons including machine guns and grenades. Suspects include Robert E Johnson and Roderick LeBaron. additional arrests listed.
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Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Joe Vince
ATF
Vince
Robert E. Johnson
Johnson
LeBaron
Nebraska
Danny Clair Smith
Harry E. Cross
Missouri Valley
D. Nelson
John M. Lee
Glen Edward Thacker
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Noted
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists carrier rates at $1.65 per week and mail options for Morning Editions and Sunday editions. Annual pricing is shown as $8.054 weeks and $85.80 for 52 weeks, with higher rates for other states and territories.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Stanwood Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Julia Lois Lichlyter
Sheets and Son
Fred A. Young
Mount Vernon
Morgan Funeral Home
Illinois
Iowa Railroad
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Debra
Dennis Rahe
Minden Lane
St. Luke's
Larry Roling
21St Ave
Sandra Davison
Second Ave
Catherines
Rodney Merta
Second St
Sharon
David Eberle
35Th St
Susan Ann
Albert Coates
Northview Place
Elizabeth
George Binger
Dowker
Park Ave
Marilyn
Charles Moore
West Post Road
Jeanne
Max Nolte
Marhengo
Linda
Jim Hinshaw
Kent Berzinski
27Th St
William Hinshaw
Stephen J. Fiester
Melanie D. Wallerich
Russell W. DeHoedt
Zelda G. Netolicky
Phillip D. Peters
Maureen C. Dale
Kevin A. Galloway
Myrna J. VanDer Veen
Arnold C. Ekberg
Cynthia L. Collins
Wayne O. Walkner
Laurie M. Holub
Stephen C. Harrison
Juliane J. Spier
Joseph J. Dahm
Jeanne A. Chamberlain
Hiawatha
Robert G
Nina
Adli Roushdi
Grace Rose
Michael Dean Anderson
Julie Ann
Randy DeWayne Klouda Sr
Marilyn L
Dean A. Jandik
Sharon Lee Ann
David
Dwight Hartley
Judie
Ralph Bush
Joyce Eileen
Kenneth James Scott
Jacquelyn Kay
David James Nelson
Roberta I
Gordon M. Swearingen
Mildred Juanita
Jerry Lee Butterbaugh
Ronni Laverne
Jerry Lee Leaton
14Th Street
G Avenue
Eighth Avenue
First Street
First Street SE
E Ave
Sixth Street
L Avenue NW
Second Avenue Bridge
Beauty
New York Times Service
United Press International
Roderick LeBaron
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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