Death notices for Bemer Reeves Glass and others in Cedar Rapids
Death notices and funeral details for Almyra Irene Bemer 65, Helen Reeves, George Richard Glass 30, Dunlop Scott M., Ceynar Georgia, Kuba Funeral Home East arrangements, Jensen Elizabeth C., Fencl Joseph A. Sr., Walker Leonard S., plus multiple memorials across Postville and North English. Includes birthplaces, survivor lists, service times, and burial locations in Cedar Rapids, Covington, Linwood, Center Point, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almyra Irene
Dutch
Bemer
Jacelyn Drive
Louis Richard Bemer
Cedar Rapids
Covington
Vic Rowray
Louisa County
Eagle Discount Supermarkets
Palo Consolidated School
Rowray
Fred Mittan
Sharon K. Owens
Glenn Matson
Palo
Albert L
Denver
Iowa
Robert R. Benner
Lawrence Fulton
Monticello
Earl Fulton
Turner Chapel East
David T. Smith
Good News Baptist Church
Spring Grove
Turner East
Helen Agnes Reeves
Meadowbrook Drive
Grace Ann
Grace
California
Don Reeves
Moline
Grace Johnson
William Kuda
Mable Johnson
Long Beach
Calif
Dunlop
Scott M
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
John P. Woods
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
James Dunlop
Ceynar
Georgia
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home East
Jensen
Elizabeth C
Oakland Cemetery
Solon
Father Fath
Walker
Leonard S
Turner Chapel West
Martin T. Laughlin
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Mildred McGinnis
City Briefs and Local Incidents Plague Week in Review
NARFE plans a 12:30 p.m. luncheon at Sirloin n Brew with a Linn County Civil Defense director talk on tornadoes. Van thefts and property crimes reported across town include a Goodyear tires theft and a Goodyear plant car entry, with several cash or goods losses. ON THIS DATE in 1977 former Justice Tom Clark died in New York at 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NARFE
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Sirloin ‘N' Brew
Linn County Civil Defense
William Bjorenson
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
New York
State's cases in disarray at Linn shooting trials
Two Linn District Court cases faced setbacks as witnesses could not identify the defendants. Ray Cooper was acquitted on a terrorism charge after the state failed to prove he fired shots into a Cedar Rapids home. Mrs. Luter faced trial for allegedly shooting Cooper and Denise Sanders at a Cedar Rapids motel. testimony was disrupted by Cooper’s memory lapse and a subpoena issue for Sharon Novak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2 Linn
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Ray Cooper
Fifth Ave
Luter
Cooper
Denise Sanders
Waterloo
Sanders
William Eads
Mississippi
Lee H. Richmond
Syk Anderson
Sharon Novak
Cryovac Offer Rejected By Cedar Rapids Striking Teamsters
Striking Teamsters Local 238 members at Cryovac Cedar Rapids rejected a latest company contract offer informally. About 280 production workers are involved in a strike that began April 15, with Cryovac producing plastic bags film and packaging at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Cryovac
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters Local 238
Cryovac Co
W.R. Grace and Co
Cedar Rapids Man In Fair Condition After Early Morning Fight
Gregory Alan White, 22, of 823 Hamilton St. SW, Cedar Rapids, was listed in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital with multiple injuries after a 1:45 a.m. fight at the Knot Hole Lounge, 729 First Ave. SW. Police described the incident as the cause of his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gregory Alan White
Hamilton St
Knot Hole
First Ave
Lebanon clash widens as Phalangists seek killers
Phalangist militiamen attacked in Ehden after regional chief was killed, demanding Franjieh hand over the killers. A high Israeli source said Israel preferred handing over control in southern Lebanon to Christian rightist allies rather than relying on the 4000-man U N peacekeeping force. Israeli and Christian troops later staged arms displays on a dusty parade ground near Meis el Jebel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voice of Lebanon Radio
Ehden
Franjieh
Israel
Lebanon
U.N
Meis el Jebel
Israeli and U N forces agree on access in south Lebanon
Israel demands commitment to protect the Christian minority in south Lebanon while Maj. Saad Hadad says access in the U N area is free and can go anywhere. Maj. Gen. Avigdor Ben-Gal notes Palestinian guerrilla return downsizing from prior invasion with about 300 estimated south of the Litani River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Lebanon
Israel
Avigdor Ben-Gal
Maj
Saad Hadad
U.N
Hadad
Ben-Gal
Litani River
Jailbreak an airplane escape rattles Nebraska case
Three inmates fled a Douglas County jail by sawing from a barred window and lowering a rope built from bed sheets. They commandeered a light plane at Millard Airport, flew about five hours, and landed in Pembina. Federal officials traced the getaway to Anderson Hochstein and Abboud killer Lon Reams, with insiders under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hochstein
Pembina
Anderson
Douglas County
Millard Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Grand Forks
FBI
Omaha
Abboud
Espionage case links Russian accomplice to embassy murder
Izvestia named an unidentified local Russian as the killer’s accomplice in the espionage case. It also implicated Robert Fulton, former first secretary of the embassy’s political section, along with two Washington visitors in 1975. Mrs Peterson was not declared persona non grata until after departing. Washington sources say she was a CIA employee in a cover consular post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izvestia
Robert Fulton
Washington
S. Karpovich
J. Gruener
State Department
Moscow
Peterson
CIA
City approves two sidewalk plans for Cleveland and Wright schools
City Engineer Dick Ransom gains approval to study preliminary engineering for sidewalks on First Avenue West and Council Street NE. Projects aim to create safer routes for about 200 petitioners, with costs split between the city and property owners. Final action awaits a public hearing.
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Cleveland and Wright
Dick Ransom
First Avenue West
Council Street NE
21St Street
Edgewood Road
Council Street
Golfview Drive
Wright School
46Th Street
Ransom
First Avenue
City
Woman injured in fall on street
Lila Pinckney a 74 year old resident of 117 33rd St Drive SE was listed in fair condition at St Luke’s Hospital with a fractured right hip and right wrist after a fall on Monday afternoon. Police say she hurried across 29th Street SE near First Avenue when she stubbed her toe and toppled onto the sidewalk around 3 30 p.m.
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Lila Pinckney
33Rd St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pinckney
29Th Street
First Avenue
Marion cyclist injured in morning motorcycle crash
Daniel Smith age 31 of 900 West 14th Ave Marion was listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital after an 8 a.m. motorcycle accident. Smith suffered a fractured leg and no other details were released by hospital officials.
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Daniel Smith
West 14Th Ave
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Smith
Soviet Arrest Details Spark New Espionage Fallout
Izvestia reports that Mrs. Peterson was arrested after a July scheme in Moscow involving a hidden cache in a stone. The cache contained cameras gold money and poison equipage as well as instructions tied to CIA shipments. The article ties her case to a broader espionage network uncovered by Soviet counter intelligence.
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Moscow
Central Intelligence Agency
Izvestia
Tragic Canoe Trip At Canadian School Sparks Reflection
The St John’s experimental wilderness school tragedy marks its first serious accident after over 100 trips. Founder Ted Byfield notes the program’s purpose while assistant headmaster Mike Maunder defends the approach as essential for fostering adventure in students.
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Canada
St. John’s
Ted Byfield
Mike Maunder
Manchester firm seeks Cedar Rapids wastewater move
A Manchester corporation proposes relocating part of its oil processing to Cedar Rapids to reduce local pollution. The Hide Service Corp. asks city council approval to use Cedar Rapids wastewater facilities for its effluent from a 8000 square foot site at Penick and Ford Ltd. The process involves brine, oil, and flesh removal from cowhide, with the oil sold commercially. A chemical analysis of the effluent is promised in a few days to aid a council decision within about a week.
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Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Hide Service Corp
Don Wasylk
Wasylk
Corporation
Penick & Ford Ltd
Penick & Ford
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Fire damages Holiday Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Vernon
A fire reported around 1 p.m. Tuesday damaged the Holiday Restaurant and Lounge at the Highways 1 and 30 intersection in Mount Vernon. Bystanders said the kitchen may have started the blaze. the restaurant was closed at the time and employees might have been inside. Firefighters were on the scene but could not be reached for further details at press time.
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Mount Vernon
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George Richard Glass
Missisippi
Davenport
Frank Lines
Fairfax
George Glass
Kansas City
David Mitchell
Robin Glass
Steven Hynek
Grace Episcopal
Paul Traeumer
Center Point Cemetery
Friends
Postville
Louise Kahle
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Burial
Schutte’s
Belle Plaine
Lee B. Martin
T.W. van Beck
Blairstown
Elkader
Azel W. Pratt
Peace United Church of Christ
Witt's
Quasqueton
George W. Buck
Stickney
Ume
Christine Moore
26Th St. SE
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Ill
Johnny’s Parkway
Dave
Ben Franklin
Kenneth Cable
Grande Ave
MGD Graphics
Rockwell-Goss
Bowling St
Edward Lane
Regal Ave
Goodyear Co
Second Ave. SE
Frank Teslik
Fourth Ave
Harnischfeger Co
Harnischfeger
Roland Krekeler
Arette
The
Mideast
Tony Franjieh
Nebraska
Sheppard
Lathrop
Council
United States
U.S
New Jersey
United Nations
C.R
John. E. Lapes
Third Avenue
S.E
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
Second Ave
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