Weather data snapshot from Gazette ERNE station
Daily weather report notes high and low temperatures for Monday, rainfall totals, barometer and humidity readings, wind direction, sunrise and moon phases. Includes March normal totals, year-to-date rainfall, and specific readings for towns such as Mississippi Stages, Lansing, Dam No. 14, McGregor, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Davenport, and Keokuk with indicated changes.
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Gazette Erne
Mississippi
Lansing
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Multiple Obituaries and Local Notices Include Births Debts and Accidents
A cluttered page lists births at Mercy Coralville Lake and families in Marion Cedar Rapids and Monticello, with names and addresses. It also records Chapter 13 filings debts and assets, several fire and accident reports with times and locations, moving through Marion and surrounding towns, plus fines for traffic and public-safety violations. Obituary notices and funeral services for numerous individuals across Anamosa Oxford Junction Sigourney Decorah and Monticello conclude the item.
Armstong not awarded damages in Cedar Rapids lodge fall case
A Linn district court jury ruled Stella Armstrong not eligible for compensation from the Eagles lodge for a December 19 1969 fall at the Cedar Rapids old Eagles club. Armstrong sought 50000 with claims the floor condition and serving alcohol caused a partner to become intoxicated and she broke her right wrist limiting work at Collins Radio Co. The defense argued the fall resulted from her own lack of prudence. Jury verdict delivered Friday after 3% hours.
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Linn District Court
Stella Armstrong
Eagles Lodge
Old Eagles Club
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Co
The
Iris
Marlin J. Behel
Gladys E. Grange
Lillian Grigg
Carl F. Hawkins
Sandra J. Hess
William F. Kosina
Melanie E. Kraptl
James W. Livingston
Ilene R. Crabtree
Jean L. Royce
Marion
Phyllis L. Ammeter
Central City
Stephanie J. Frantz
Mt. Vernon
Bernard G. Struck
Mystery Writer Fred Brown Dies in Tucson
Mystic of mystery and science fiction Fred Brown, 65, died Saturday in Tucson Arizona. He wrote many novels and short stories shaping mid twentieth century speculative crime. Brown's work bridged puzzle plots with imaginative gadgets, earning a devoted readership and influence in genre circles.
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Tucson
Ariz
Freddie Brown
Memorial for Leland Phillips Jr. in Cedar Rapids
Leland Phillips Jr. 19 of 920 Twenty-second Street SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a sudden illness. Born March 19, 1919 in Black Hawk County, he was a World War II veteran and owner of Phillips Kirby Co. Survived by wife Ann, two sons Ronald and Craig, two daughters Barbara and Deborah, two sisters Anna Leven and Mrs. John McWalty, and four brothers. Services at All Saints Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The family suggests memorials to All Saints church memorial fund.
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Twenty-second Street
Phillips Kirby Co
Black Hawk County
Minneapolis
Cedar, Rapids
Ann
Ronald L. Phillips
Davenport
Craig R. Phillips
Barbara A. Phillips
University of Northern Iowa
Deborah K. Phillips
Anna Leven
Dusky
Waterloo
John McWalty
Kansas City
Lawrence
Edward
Alfred
Francis Phillips
Obituary: James D. Sample former Cedar Rapids deputy bailiff
James Donald Sample 56 of 455 Thirtieth Street NW died Sunday after a long illness. Born July 24 1915 in Ashton Missouri he spent most of his life in Cedar Rapids. He married Colonial L Miller Sept 26 143 (sic) Lit Town City. A World War II veteran he belonged to the American Legion and the 40 and 8. He served as post commander of Hanford post and was a district vice commander and Chef De Gare of the 40 and 8. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs. Harry Kelley his parents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Lorence a sister Mrs. Earl Mueller a brother Emory Sample and another brother Harry Sample of Ontario California and two grandchildren. Services at Turner Chapel West 10:30 a.m. Wednesday officiated by Rev. Neville Clayton of Cedar Christian Church. Burial Cedar Memorial with American Legion military rites. Friends may call Turner Chapel West until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
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James Donald Sample
Thirtieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Ashton
Colonial L. Miller
American Legion
Legion
Hanford
Sample
Harry’ Sample
Ontario
Calif
Turner Chapel West
Neville Clayton
Cedar
Christian Church
Cedar Memorial
Obituary notices for Lawrence R. Lyons and Brmll H. Leysen
Lawrence R Lyons 66 of 2875 Mt Vernon Rd SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a sudden illness. Services 10 30 am Tue Turner Chapel East with First Church of Christ Scientist reader. burial in Tiffin Ohio Wed 3 pm. born Nov 17 1905 Carey Ohio. married Beulah Wallar Feb 19 1937 Toledo Ohio. Marine Corps 1923 1927. survived by daughter Gene Rohn Toledo three sisters and a half brother plus grandchildren. Leysen Brmll H 73 former Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday in Minneapolis after sudden illness. Played for Cleveland Indians, known for pitching and winning a doubleheader in one day. Springville Springville Lodge AF and AM Cedar Rapids Consistory El Kahir Shrine Westminster Presbyterian Church Minneapolis. Surviving: daughter Betty Jeanne Franklin Maquoketa brother Paul Levyen Wyomblng sister Hetty Hawes Cedar Rapids. services Turner Chapel East 1 30 pm Wed Very Rev Canon D A Loferski Springville Lodge AF and AM. burial Wyoming Cemetery. Master Masons meet 1 15 pm Wed at Turner.
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Lawrence R.lyons
Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Henderson Manufacturing Co
Turner Chapel East
Church At Christ
Scientist
Tiffin
Ohio
Turner East
Carey
Lyons
Beulah Mae Wallar
Toledo
Ile
Marine Corps
Fir
Gene Rohn
Harvey Kersehner
John Borer
Franklin Shoemaker
John
Dull
Fastaria
Society of Design Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Federation of Architects and Technicians
American Ordnance Assn
International Platform Assn
Marine Corps League
Military Order
Devil Dogs
Brmll
Kahir Shrine
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Iowa
Betty Jeanne
Franklin
Maquoketa
Paul Levyen
Wyomfling
Hetty Hawes
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Springville Lodge
Turner
Brown’s Career Spans Film TV After Move from Cincinnati
Brown, who moved from Cincinnati Ohio in the 1950s, wrote movie scripts and television plays after relocating. The note highlights his shift into screenwriting following his early career in Ohio.
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Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kennedy Thomas J 84 Former Collins Radio employee dies
Thomas J Kennedy 84 formerly of 402 Fourteenth Street SE died Sunday in a nursing home after a long illness. Born August 13 1907 he was a retired Collins Radio Co employee and a member of Immaculate Conception church. Surviving are seven daughters Rita Puth Mrs Dick Haberle Mrs George Brems Mrs Edward Eynott Mrs George Benning Madaline Kelsh all of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Henry Heitmeyer of Fort Bragg California two sons Joseph Kennedy Houston and Tim Kennedy Chicago 33 grandchildren six great grandchildren Services Tuesday at 1 pm in Immaculate Conception Church burial Mt Calvary Rosary Monday at 1 30 court 1768 Catholic Daughters of America parish Brady Kuba funeral home where friends may call
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Thomas J. Kennedy
Fourteenth Streets
Collins Radio Co
Immaculate Conception Church
Rita Puth
Dick Haberle
George Brems
Edward Eynott
George Benning
Madaline Kelsh
Cedar Rapids
Henry Heitmeyer
Fort Bragg
Calif
Joseph Kennedy
Houston
Texas
Tim Kennnedy
Chicago
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Charles Custer
Mt. Calvary
Catholic Daughters of America
Brady
Kuba
James F Daly 76 dies after brief illness in Cedar Rapids
James F Daly 76 of 447 Ninth avenue Sw Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness born Cresco Feb 27 1096. A World War I veteran he worked for Wilson-Sinclair Co and was a member of Hanford American Legion post. Survived by wife Lillian Ratliff married May 28 1920 in Marion a son Roger A Daly seven grandchildren two sisters Nell Daly and Mrs William Lusson and a brother Thomas Daly. Services Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West Wednesday at 10 30 am Very Rev Canon Dominic Loferski burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marlos with military graveside by Hanford post. Friends may call at Janeba Kuba after 7 pm Monday
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James F. Daly
Ninth Avenue
Cresco
Cedar Rapids
Wilson-Sinclair Co
Hanford American Legton Post
Lillian Ratliff
Marion
Roger A. Daly
Nell Daly
Minneapolis
William Lusson
Igwe
Thomas Daly
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Dominic Loferski
Oak Shade Cemetery
Marlos
Hanford Post
Janebba-Kuba
Breimagen obituary of Fred E Breneman in Cedar Rapids church
Fred E Breneman age 80 of 1727 8 avenue NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness He lived in Cedar Rapids 64 years formerly Sigourney Born January 50 1892 at Sigourney married Margaret Starr September 22 1914 in Marion He was a landscape gardener retired 1965 Member of St Pauls United Methodist church and Senior Fellowship club Surviving wife Margaret daughter Geraldine Taylor Cedar Rapids granddaughter and three great grandchildren Services 1 pm Wednesday
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Fred E. Breneman
Avenue NE
Sigourney
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Starr
Marion
Brenemant
St. Paul's United
Memorial service and burial details for Arnold Herbst
In Chapel of Memories Dr The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Arnold Herbst of St Pauls Church. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home after joining Tuesday. Family suggests gifts to American Cancer Society. The casket will be closed at 12:36 p.m. Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mum
Arnold Herbst
St. Paul's — Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Joovn
American Cancer Society
Iowa Proposes Program to Retain Engineers in State
Iowa moves to keep aerospace technicians and engineers by proposing a federally funded public service job program. Governor Ray signed the preliminary plan March 1 and sent it to Kansas City March 11 seeking 1.8 million dollars to fund 13 positions across the state, with support from Gov. Ray, Cedar Rapids leaders, and lawmakers. Michigan? Dennis Fetters notes tentative federal approval but no commitments yet.
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Iowa
Department of Labor
Cedar Rapids
Callins Ratio Co
Gov
Ray
Kansas City
Washington
Dennis Fetters
State Office of Planning and Programming
Congressmen
Felters
Fetters
Michael Ster
Gedar Rapids
Iowa State Employment Service Office
Leon M Beecher Dies After Brief Illness at 66
Leo M Beecher 66 of Cedar Rapids route died Saturday after a brief illness. Born November 2 1905 in Solon he farmed there until 1952. He married Viola Mercer in Cedar Rapids June 3 1929. Burial Cedar Memorial. Funeral services Brush chapel Tuesday at 2 a.m. Rev Paul J Maguire to officiate. Rosary will be recited Monday at 7 30 p.m. Friends may call after noon Monday.
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Leo M. Beecher
Cedar Rapids
Solon
Viola Mercer
Marguerite
Brush Chapel
Paul J. Maguire
Cedar Memorial
Father Maguire
Friends
Memorial Services for Johnson Vernie deRoy Sealty Beurle Chapel
Memorial services are planned at Sealty Beurle Chapel for Vernie Johnson at 1 40 pm Monday with Canon D A Loferski of St Johns Episcopal Church officiating. Interment will be Cedar Memorial. A second service for Margaret Lewis Beatty Beurle Chapel at 1 30 pm Tuesday by Rev Mary A White of Bethany Congregational Church. interment Dun Icard Cemetery. Henry F Wagner service Tuesday at 10 am Immaculate Conception Church by Rev Willan P Leanare. Rosaries Monday 4 pm St Rita circle 7 30 pm Father Leonard at Stewart funeral home.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Willan P. Leanare
Rosartes
St. Rita Circle
Father Leonard
Stewart Funeral Iorae
Reparation Plan Demands By Black Community Group
A convention continues with demands for an education program for all Black people, proportionate Black employment in federal government, a minimum annual income of 95,500, and a presidential commission of Black members to set a reparations framework in land, capital, and cash.
Airport petition signers can withdraw
City Clerk John Arthurs said signatures on a petition blocking a $5 million airport improvement bond sale can be withdrawn by writing to the clerk. The petition, filed with about 1,200 names, cannot be deleted from the original record but signers may disassociate themselves by submission of a statement.
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Ibonds
John Arthurs
Arthurs
Coloneil
Labor
Burials and tensions rise after Belfast blasts
In Belfast two IRA officers buried after Thursday’s explosion at a house described as an IRA bomb factory. The funeral for John stone, 0, was private while Gerard Crossan, 21, led a quiet procession beneath the Irish tricolor at Milltown Cemetery. An Army spokesman cited firearms found in the Lower Falls yard near Mrs Hynd man’s death. Harold Wilson visited Dublin for talks with Prime Minister Jack Lynch amid Ulster crisis discussions.
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Lower Falls
John Johnstone
Gerard Crossan
Milltown Cemetery
Republic
Lator Party
Harold Wilson
Dublin
Jack Lynch
Trish Television
Lynch
Ulster
Edward Heath
Yugoslavia Grants Amnesty to Political Relatives Abroad
Yugoslavia’s communist government announced amnesty for 150000 political refugees living abroad and 1000 political prisoners inside Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Yugosavia
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Dutch" Leysen
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