Deaths and funeral notices from area in brief
Obituary list notes Wilbur E. Drexler 83 Central City died at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Services Tuesday Murdoch Chapel Central City. burial Coggan Cemetery. Also listed are Henry Earl Booth Blanche Gavan Charles W. Sellers Helen M. Brandon C Leath L Deutmeyer D Crow Omar G. Dolezal Lester R. Dixon Hugh Snyder Pearl M. Taylor with funeral details and pending services across Iowa locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Brandon
Helen M. Rogers
Brandon United Methodist Church
Brandon Cemetery
Campbell-Russell’s
Winton
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
Vinton
Lester R. Dixon
Campbell-Russell's
Hugh Snyder
Center Point Road
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Pearl M. Taylor
Frankfort
Ind
Wesley Manor
Turner Chapel East
Protest outside cathedral as Princess Anne visits Colorado
Members of COFEIN protest outside St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Denver during Princess Anne's Colorado visit. The princess, in the state for six days, is set to travel to Santa Fe New Mexico and Texas before departing Houston 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 signals varied week with Lebanon and politics
Capitol Hill set to hold hearings on a 20 million request for Lebanon aid as Reagan and Begin meet at the White House. Gen Vessey to be sworn chairman of the Joint Chiefs. House and Senate debates loom on nuclear freeze and foreign affairs. Festival of American Folklife opens on the Mall as Congress recesses.
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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
House Foreign Affairs Committee
C R man jailed on drug charges
Ronald W. Martin, 35, of 2400 B Ave NE, was arrested early Sunday after weaving at high speed on 17th Street NE. He faced possession with intent to deliver cocaine, plus alcohol impairment, with three more cocaine packets found in his boot and over $1,200 cash. He was released after a court appearance.
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Ronald W. Martin
B Ave
Martin
17Th Street NE
Linn County
Vital Statistics News Brief
June 19 Stephanie Cooper at 204 First Ave Northwest born a daughter. June 20 Susan Dunkle and Richard Dunkle of Springville reported a daughter. Also Susan Moore and Robert Moore of 1586 Fifth Avenue Marion welcomed a daughter. Lori Garin and Robert Garin of 170 Miller Avenue Southwest welcomed a son.
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Stephanie Cooper
First Ave
Susan
Richard Dunkle
Springville
Robert Moore
Fifth Ave
Marion
Lori
Robert Garin
Miller Ave
Post office expects large surplus and no stamp hike soon
Post master General William Bolger predicts a 400 million dollar surplus this year, triple earlier projections, and says a 20 cent first class stamp hike likely not before 1984. He outlines a cycle of profits and losses tied to rate changes and mentions advancing the nine digit ZIP code and ZIP plus four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
William Bolger
Bolger
Potomac
Congress
Mayors urge frozen nuclear build up to shield cities
Leaders of the U S Conference of Mayors preliminarily approve a resolution calling for a bilateral, verifiable freeze on nuclear testing production and deployment. Mayors argue city survivability and budgets hinge on ending the nuclear arms race while Republicans urge caution.
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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 Fort Madison
UPI reports an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate Tom Goldsworth, 26, was moved from the prison infirmary to the University of Iowa Hospitals with a broken jaw after a Sunday fight with at least one other prisoner. Goldsworth faces two years for second degree burglary and a 10 year term for breaking and entering. Prison officials investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
University of Iowa
Tom Goldsworth
Iowa City
Goldsworth
Marshall County
Tama County
Clinton boy drowns while retrieving boat in river
Todd Templeton, 15, of Clinton, died after jumping into the Mississippi River to fetch a drifting boat during a camping trip with three other youths on an island near Clinton and Fulton. The other teens, ages 14 to 17, remained on the Iowa side below a lock and dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
UPI
Mississippi River
Iowa
Todd Templeton
Lowa
Fulton
Record enrollment for ISU summer session rises to 8550
Iowa State University reports 8550 students enrolled in the summer session, up 4.8 percent from last year’s 8161. The shift to a single summer term and the move from quarters to semesters boosted enrollment, with the gain concentrated in engineering, business administration, and computer science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISU
AMES
Iowa State University
College of Engineering
Computer Science
Thomas Jefferson a Renaissance Founding Father
Thomas Jefferson 1743 to 1826 shaped the United States as author of the Declaration of Independence and early architect of government. He served in Congress and as minister to France secretary of state and vice president and was elected third president in 1800. His era saw the Louisiana Purchase and the founding of the University of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
France
United States
Congress
Jefferson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Monticello
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with carrier rates 1.65 weekly and mail options 7 issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks. Subscriptions exclude areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Gavan
Blanche
All Saints Church
Edmund J. Becker
Osceola Memory Gardens
Kissimmee
Fla. Stewart
Sellers
Charles W
George McDill
Oak Hill Cemetery
Belle Plaine
New York Times Service
Luis Alberto Monge
Costa Rica
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Legislative Conference of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Walter Mondale
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
House
Senate
C.R. Man
St. Luke's
Federal Express
Postal Service
Virgin Islands
Samoa
50 States
U.S
Lee Alexander
Syracuse
Democrats’ Caucus
Alexander
Clinton Boy
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue S.E
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