Deaths of Mary Loukota and others in Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries list Mary Psotka Loukota 86 of Cedar Rapids died after a long illness in Hallmar. Born 1896 in Czechoslovakia she immigrated 1912 and lived in Cedar Rapids since 1923. Survived by family, services Thursday at Kuba Funeral Home East with burial at Czech National Cemetery. Also noted are multiple local death notices including Flint, Genevieve Dostal, George Hooker, Astrid Handshew, Nellie Hamer, Clarence Kitts, Emmett Fuller and others with funeral arrangements and burial plans in Cedar Memorial and local chapels.
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Mary Psotka Loukota
Lth Ave. SE
Hallmar
Stare Mesto
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cedar Rapids
Albert Loukota
Wilson Foods
Lodge
Czechoslovak Society of America
Mildred Anderson
Jennie Boyer
Albert
Anicka Lapcikova
Philomina Bednarova
Joseph
Frantisek Psotka
Kuba Funeral Home
Louis J. Trzil
Czech National Cemetery
Flint
Fifth Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Genevieve M. Dostal
Knox St
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Handshew
Astrid
Susie
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Robert A. Dennett
Trinity United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Emmett B. Fuller
Marion Road
Linn County
Rockford
Rock Falls
Beryl E. Smith
Galena, Ill
American Legion
Walker Draper
First Baptist Church of
Marion
Model Railroaders Club
Leonard Bouck
George Bouck
Blank Canyon City
Ariz
Cemantha Fisher
Mason City
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Lyle W. Lee
First Baptist Church
Hanford Post No. 5
The
14Th Avenue
29Th Street
Death notices from several towns list local burials and viewings
A sequence of death notices from Belle Plaine Blairstown Colesburg New Vienna Oelwein Spillville Toledo and Waukon records infant Edward Cornelis and seniors Anne Johnson Milton Brockmeyer Ted Althoff Louis Gremmels Helen Balik Agnes Goodhart Betty Anderson with funeral times places churches wakes calls and burials across multiple cemeteries including Oak Hill Pleasant Hill Woodlawn Mount Olivet and St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.
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Belle Plaine
Edward Lee Cornelis
Edward
Dean
Brenda Cornelis
Oak Hill
Hrabak's
Blairstown
Anne S. Johnson
Grace Lutheran Church
Russell's
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Colesburg
Milton J. Brockmeyer
Appleton-Vernon's
Edgewood
New Vienna
Ted H. Althoff
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Kramer's
Dyersville
Oelwein
Louis Gremmels
Guatemalan Army Accused of Razing Towns for Border Belt
Mexican Bishop Samuel Ruiz charged the Guatemalan army with destroying villages along the Guatemala Mexico border to form a depopulated military belt. He said 12 miles of border have been cleared since December to halt refugee and guerrilla flows into Mexico, where 15 000 to 20 000 Guatemalan peasants have fled.
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Guatemala
LA Sombra
Mexico
UPI
Samuel Ruiz
San Cristobal de Las Casas
Ruiz
Roland Girl Killed in Ames Area Head-On Crash
Sarah Elaine Crouch 16 of Roland died in a late Tuesday head-on collision on a Story County road near Ames. Injured were Sharyn Erickson 22 of Huxley driver of the other car and Lori Degiese 17 of Roland a passenger. Crouch lost control on the icy road crossing the center line.
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Ames
Sarah Elaine Crouch
Roland
Story
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sharyn Erickson
Huxley
Lori Degiese
Miss Crouch
Crouch
Erickson
Bremer to run for Congress in 6th District
Funeral home owner Al Bremer announces his candidacy for the Republican primary to challenge Rep. Berkley Bedell in the November election. Bremer, 51, will make formal announcements in Mason City Sioux City Cherokee Storm Lake Spencer Emmetsburg and Algona across the 23 county district.
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Mason City
al Bremer
Bremer
Berkley Bedell
Spirit Lake
Sioux City
Cherokee
Storm Lake
Spencer
Emmetsburg
Algona
Electrical safety tips for appliance use and handling
Prevent electrical accidents by drying hands before use and buying only U labels. Replace frayed cords and damaged plugs. Do not run cords under rugs or near heat. Grasp the plug to disconnect and keep appliances away from water.
Boris the Gypsy arrest triggers Soviet political scandal
Moscow reports a flamboyant circus performer known as Boris the Gypsy has been arrested, prompting the top circus official’s arrest and the seizure of diamonds and foreign currency worth 1.2 million rubles. A broader graft crackdown led to the dismissal of Konstantin Zotov, head of the migration permits bureau, amid alleged black market permit sales.
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New York Times
Moscow
Boris the
Kremlin
Konstantin Zotov
Boris the Gypsy
Anatoly Kolovatov
Leonid Brezhnev
Galina
Zotov
Miss Brezhnev
Yuri Churba
Social Security unveils five year rescue plan for computer system
The Social Security Administration announced a $479 million five year modernization plan to avert a perceived disaster in its aging computer system. The effort aims to cut overpayments, speed up card issuance, and upgrade data processing across 240 million wage records and 36 million beneficiaries.
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Social Security
Washington
Social Security Administration
John Svahn
Svahn
Inspector General of Health and Human Services
Antitrust Official Accused of Hiding IBM Ties
U S District Judge David Edelstein accused William Baxter head of the Justice Department antitrust division of failing to reveal past ties with IBM before a government case against the company was dropped. Baxter denied wrongdoing and a ethics review was urged.
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New York
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
International Business Machines Inc
U.S. District Court
David Edelstein
IBM
Congress
Office of Government Ethics
William Baxter
Edelstein
Baxter
Washington
J. Jackson Walter
Department
Office of Professional Responsibility
Peter Rodine
D-N.j
House Judiciary Committee
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Metzenbaum
Senate
O'Melveny & Myers
Los Angeles
Robert Erickson
Memorex Corp
Erickson
Memorex
O’melveny & Myers
Iowa City Firm Plans Expansion at Industrial Park Plant
The H P Smith Co of Iowa City will start construction in April to expand operations at 2000 Industrial Park Road. When finished in early 1983 the plant will add 10 full time jobs, bringing total employment to 83. The Phillips Petroleum subsidiary processes adhesive backed paper for decals and labels, with Ward Thompson noting rising demand despite a weak economy.
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Iowa City
H.P. Smith Co
Planning and Zoning Commission
Industrial Park Road
The
Phillips Petroleum Co
Thompson
Officials probe prison farm fire in Iowa facility
Officials continued their inquiry into an explosion and small fire at the No. 3 prison farm of the Iowa State Penitentiary in Montrose. No injuries were reported. Firefighters arrived after 6:15 p.m. and the blaze was out. investigators suspect paint thinner used to clean the kitchen floor sparked the incident.
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Montrose
UPI
No. 3
Iowa State Penitentiary
Montrose Fire Department
Births and incidents underway in Marion and Shellsburg regions
Vital Statistics notices list births at Mercy on March 1 and 2 including daughters and sons to Hartman Ashley Kacere Wilson Riegsecker and others in Mechanicsville Marion Center Point Shellsburg and Hiawatha. Police logs report two calls a faulty carburetor at C Street and 16th Avenue SW and a medical emergency on Third Ave SE plus an investigation at Sixth Ave SE all Monday evening
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Mary
Carl Ashley
Norwich Road
Julie
Scott Kacere
Ninth St
Marion
Karla Rae Wilson
Coggan
Glenda
Corwin Riegsecker
18Th St
Lisa
Bradley Simoons
Fifth Ave
Shari
Paul Glenn
Olin
Brenda
Hobee Hansen
Solon
Rebecca
C Street
16Th Avenue
Third Ave
Sixth Ave
Gazette Corrects Marion Break-in Count With 147
A Gazette note corrects an earlier story claiming over 1,000 home break-ins in Marion last year. The Neighborhood Watch spokesman and police clarified the actual reported total was 147. The paper plans corrections if reports are wrong.
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Marion
Neighorhood Watch
The
Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hooker
George “Albert
Urbana Christian Church
James C Sorensen
Urbana
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Hamer
Nellie
Brush Chapel
Mexico City
la Hamaca
General Accounting Office
Ward Thompson
People Stories Daily
Peck’s
F.I.D. Florist
Blairs Ferry
Edgewood Rd
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Judy
Robert Hartman
Mechanicsville
St. Luke's
Roy M. Fish
Jean D. Beatty
Shellsburg
Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Wes
Ellis Boulevard
Tsi
Center Pt
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