Death notices and funeral rites from Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries for Samuel R. Bingham and multiple others outline death dates ages and burial details. Names include Ethel Hamblin Grimm Agnes Enabalt Rose Hoefer Joseph Plotz Mildred Ostrander with service timings at various churches and cemeteries. Recipients list spouses children siblings and officiating locations in Manchester Chariton Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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Samuel R. Bingham
Tenth Ave
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lucas County
Betty Seddon
Betty Ann Rawlings
Palm Springs
Calif
Steve Bingham
Ethel Hamblin Grimm
Coggan
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Delaware County
Manchester High School
Warren Hamblin
Horace Grimm
Norton
Lela) Johnson
Malvin
Winifred) Pillard
Dorrence
Velda) Ross
Hudson
Shelly’s
Oakland Cemetery
First Baptist Church
American Cancer Society
Pie protest mars Iowa City ERA debate in front of Schlafly
More than 1,400 spectators attended the Schlafly DeCrow ERA debate at the University of Iowa. Pies were used by a few spectators and security confiscated three as a protest at the entrance. No arrests were made and the debate continued with sharp exchanges on breast feeding and employment rights. Schlafly defended breastfeeding limits while DeCrow cited existing laws and the need for broader protections.
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Iowa City
Phyllis Schlafly
Schlafly
Karen DeCrow
National Organization For Women
Iowa Memorial Union
Blevins
Barbie Blevins
Neal Berlin
Berlin
Linda Eaton
Eaton
U of I
DeCrow
Iowa
Team Electronics
Lindale Mall
Julie J. Polk
Gretchen Drive
Edwin L. Polk
Julie Polk
Cedar Rapids School Contract Arbitration Deliberations Continue
The Cedar Rapids Community School District and the education association wrapped up the 1979 80 contract arguments at a 34 hour arbitration hearing at the Federal Conciliation Service. The union backs a base of 11000 with a 300 career increment for top salary staff while the district maintains 10825 and 250. 1297 non administrative staff, mostly teachers, earn 10300 to 21178. Arbitrator J C Fogelberg will issue a binding decision within a week.
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Education Association
Cedar Rapids Community
Federal Conciliation Service Office
Cedar Rapids Education Association
J.C. Fogelberg
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions, with afternoon and Sunday editions. It notes exclusive AP republication rights and details about service areas and mailing addresses for Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Cosette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S Territories
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids to craft new noise ordinance
Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen announced work on a Cedar Rapids noise ordinance. He has consulted the EPA about the National Quiet Communities Act and will seek police and city staff input before presenting a draft for legal review. The goal is a summer ready ordinance, broader than the old failed measure.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C
EPA
Police Department
Anthony Scolaro
Scolaro
Saccharin safety report may end the FDA ban
A congressional report on saccharin in May likely renders the 18 month FDA ban moot if no new evidence emerges. The report notes labeling already warns of possible cancer risk and cites a five member minority opposing the saccharin recommendation and broader food safety law revision.
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Congress
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Forecastils Under Spring Thaw Caution Noted
The forecast describes 40 degree days then sub freezing nights with snowmelt feeding the river at night. Experts Johnson and Wiggins warn the 30 day outlook shows temperatures near or slightly above normal, suggesting a stretched melt season ahead.
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Wiggins
Flood Threat Looms Over Mississippi Crest Projections
Frank Mack of the corps warned the lower Mississippi could see two flood crests due to above normal rainfall. The first crest is expected mid to late March as swollen tributaries pour in, the second about a month later from melting snow. The emergency operations manager said the district now has 15 more pumps and ample sandbags and is prepared to respond in the flood fight.
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Mississippi
Frank Mack
Cedar Rapids Arboretum Plan Faces Center Opposition
Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis faces pushback from the Indian Creek Nature Center board which opposes placing the all evergreen arboretum in the meadow west of the center. They propose the Schledetsky Tract instead for better access and security, citing the meadow’s use by thousands of students and the center’s proximity to parking and trails. Reinis plans further talks before deciding.
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Cedar Rapids
Stan Reinis
Indian Creek
Schledetsky
Reinis
Nature Center
Iowa State University Forestry Department
Nature Center Board
Schledetsky Tract
Mike Earley
The
Eight arrested in Cedar Rapids drug crackdown
Metro Narcotics Squad rounded up eight more suspects Thursday and today as part of a six month probe into Cedar Rapids area drug trafficking. Forty people have been arrested since Wednesday morning with nearly 70 drug counts filed. warrants allege multiple deliveries of controlled substances.
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Metro
Cedar Rapids
Virgil L. Elsbury
Route 2
Donald D. Carsner
Ave
Marion
James A. Stull
Stull
Carter Begin hold second round of friendly Middle East talks
President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, buoyed by a constructive first session, continued peace talks with a calmer tone. Begin arrived at the White House for the second meeting and spoke of an important, encouraging exchange.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Begin
White House
Blair House
Cyrus Vance
Egypt
Israel
Powell
Officials weigh downtown mall legal questions
City officials and downtown business representatives met in the mayor’s office to discuss legal questions tied to a private funded project. The proposed Second Street SE mall would connect several businesses and parking ramps via an enclosed skyway system with city planning implications.
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Chicago
Don Canney
David McGuire
Tom Aller
Canney
Second Street
Second
Fourth Avenues
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Calvary Cemetery
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Martha McCarron
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Decorah
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Phillips
West View Cemetery
la Porte
Winthrop
Rose Hoefer
St. Patrick’s Church
Faucett’s
Gazette
Robert Heiderscheid
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Johnson
City Arboretum
Robert W. Stalkfleet
Grande Ave
William C. Warner
O Ave
Karen J. Schmidt
30Th St. Drive SE
Kathleen K. Klima
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Linn County
Elsbury
Julie
Edwin Polk
Jody Powell
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John E. Lopes
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16Th Avenue
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