Deaths Wilbur E. Drexler 83 Central City resident
Wilbur E. Drexler 83 lifelong Central City resident died Saturday at St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Born March 7 1899 he married Opal Brown December 1 1934 in Marion. He worked at Iowa Manufacturing and Collins Radio before retirement. Surviving are his wife daughter Joyce McShane and three grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Chapel Central City Rev F William Hilker. Burial Coggan Cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today.
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Wilbur E. Drexler
Central City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Opal Brown
Marion
Iowa Manufacturing
Collins Radio
Joyce McShane
Murdoch
F. William Hilker
Coggan
Murdoch Funeral Home
Memorial Services and Funerals Notice Summary
Multiple memorial services and funeral arrangements listed for Henry Earl Booth Blanche Gavan Charles W. Sellers Helen M. Brandon Wes Leath Lawrence F. Deutmeyer Donald Crow Omar G. Dolezal Lester R. Dixon Hugh Snyder Pearl M. Taylor and others. Dates times churches cemeteries and funeral homes included with burial locations and visitation details.
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Brandon
Helen M. Rogers
Brandon United Methodist Church
Brandon Cemetery
Campbell-Russell’s
Vinton
Farmersburg
Wesley C. Leath
St. John Lutheran Church
Farmersburg-Wagner Cemetery
Witt’s
Elkader
Luxemburg
Lawrence F. Deutmeyer
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Visitation
Kramer's
Dyersville
Monticello
Donald Crow
United Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Tama
Omar G. Dolezal
Mason-Hand’s
Maple Grove Cemetery
Montour
Lester R. Dixon
Protesters greet Princess Anne during Colorado visit
COFEIN members protest outside St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Denver as Princess Anne attends services. The royal visitor to Colorado stays six days, plans trips to Santa Fe New Mexico and Texas, and leaves Houston for home on Thursday.
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Cofein
Coalition For Freedom Equality
Ireland
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral
Denver
Britain
Princess Anne
Colorado
Santa Fe
N.M
Texas
Houston
Washington calendar previews a busy political week
Major events in the nation’s capital include Reagan and Begin talks at the White House about Lebanon, Senate hearings on foreign aid, Gen. John Vessey sworn in as Joint Chiefs chair, and the Fifth Annual National Food Policy Conference. The week features economic data, a possible nuclear freeze vote, and preparations for the Democratic midterm gathering in Philadelphia. The House and Senate recess plans run through early July.
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Reagan
Menacham Begin
Israel
White House
Lebanon
Summer
Begin
Capitol Hill
Senate Foreign Relations
John Vessey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Food For Thought
Community Nutrition Institute
The
Food Market Institute
Arthur Hull Hayes
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Commerce
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
C R man jailed on drug charges
Ronald W. Martin 35 of 2400 B Ave NE was arrested early Sunday after his red Chevrolet wove through traffic. Police found cocaine in a container and three more packets in his boot, plus over $1,200 cash. He faced DUI charges which were dropped and was jailed in Linn County.
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Ronald W. Martin
B Ave
Martin
17Th Street NE
Linn County
Vital Statistics Entries for June
June 19 Stephanie Cooper of 204% First Ave NW reports a daughter. June 20 Susan Dunkle of Springville and Richard Dunkle, with Susan and Robert Moore at 1586 Fifth Ave Marion, report a daughter. Lori Garin and Robert Garin of 170 Miller Ave SW welcome a son.
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Stephanie Cooper
First Ave
Susan
Richard Dunkle
Springville
Robert Moore
Fifth Ave
Marion
Lori
Robert Garin
Miller Ave
Properly Beaten Egg Whites Check Tip
Easy test for stiff peaks is to tip the bowl. When the whites no longer slide, they are ready.
Post office projects $400 million surplus this year
Post master General William Bolger says the U S Postal Service will post a roughly four hundred million dollar surplus in fiscal 1982, far above early forecasts, and hints a postage rise may be delayed to early 1984. He notes inflation easing and outlines a three year cycle for rates and profits. He also backs nine digit zip plus four codes and welcomes private competition in overnight delivery.
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Washington
UPI
William Bolger
Bolger
Potomac
Congress
Federal Express
Mayors push nuclear freeze as cities face survival threats
Leaders of the U S Conference of Mayors move a resolution urging a bilateral, verifiable freeze on testing production and deployment of nuclear weapons. The effort, backed by Mayors from Salt Lake City and Phoenix, seeks renewed negotiations with the Soviet Union amid opposition from President Reagan and internal party debates.
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Minneapolis
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Ted Wilson
Salt Lake City
Resolutions Committee
Reagan
Margaret Hance
Phoenix
Republican Caucus
Dianne Feinstein
San Francisco
Soviet Union
United States
New York Times
Richard Williamson
Intergovernmental Affairs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Williamson
Inmate Breaks Jaw in Fight at Iowa State Penitentiary
Tom Goldsworth a 26 year old inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary was sent to University of Iowa Hospitals with a broken jaw after a Sunday fight with at least one other prisoner. Prison officials investigate the incident and confirm Goldsworth’s transfer from the prison infirmary at 8 30 am. He is serving two years for second degree burglary in Marshall County and a separate 10 year term for breaking and entering in Tama County.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
University of Iowa
Tom Goldsworth
Iowa City
Goldsworth
Marshall County
Tama County
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
France
United States
Congress
Jefferson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Monticello
Clinton Boy Drowns Jumping For Lost Boat
Todd Templeton 15 of Clinton died after jumping into the Mississippi River to recover a drifting boat used by four youths on a camping trip on an island near Clinton and Fulton Iowa. The others aged 14 to 17 watched as the boat carried away.
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Clinton
UPI
Mississippi River
Iowa
Todd Templeton
Fulton
Record ISU summer session enrollment tops prior year
Ames Iowa State University reports a summer session enrollment of 8 550 students, up 4 8 percent from last year s 8 161. The shift to a single summer session and the move from quarters to semesters contributed to the rise, with most gains in engineering business administration and computer science.
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ISU
AMES
Iowa State University
College of Engineering
School of Business Administration
Computer Science
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 issued daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier 1.65 weekly morning editions and Sunday eight 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks by mail to certain areas and no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier zones.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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