Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Deaths listed for Hubbell Pat Anderson Kenneth LaMarr Shimek William Montgomery Caroline Irene Theodosia Wagner Tipton Emil Mahlstedt Iowa City Rose Sedlacek with burial sites Cedar Memorial Linwood Shueyville Laramie and St. Joseph Cemetery services and arrangements noted incl Rosary and parish rites. Families may call at funeral homes and chapels prior to services.
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Hubbell
Pat
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
William B. Harnish
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Anderson
Kenneth LaMarr
Glen Hunt
Eden United Church of Christ
Linwood Cemetery
Shimek
William
Turner Chapel West
Richard Thompson
Shueyville Cemetery
Montgomery
Caroline Irene
Stryker Mortuary
Laramie
Wyo
Laramie Cemetery
Turner
Tipton
Emil Mahlstedt
Chapman's
Clarence
Iowa City
Rose Sedlacek
St. Wenceslaus
George L. Gay Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
C R man faces charges after high speed chase
A Cedar Rapids man Terry Jon Watkinson aged 25 of 5040 Harrier Ave NW was charged with six offenses following an off duty Linn County chase. He faced drunk driving two speeding violations two improper passing violations and one wrong way on a four lane road. The pursuit began around 6 45 pm near Fairfax and Highway 149 with speeds reaching 90 mph before the suspect was arrested near 2300 block of 16th Avenue SW and jailed.
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Cedar Rapids
Terry Jon Watkinson
Harrier Ave
William Serbousek
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Serbousek
Church Street
Fairfax
Highway
Highway 149
Westdale Mall
16Th Avenue
Watkinson
Linn County
Fight the Blight tour planned for Cedar Rapids southeast side
Concerned Citizens United to Fight the Blight will escort U S Sens Roger Jepsen and John Culver Congress man Tom Tauke and local officials on a 1 p m walking tour of Cedar Rapids southeast side starting at the Jane Boyd Community House. The group aims to show conditions and concerns about rundown properties and community impact. This marks the second such tour this month.
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Cedar Rapids
Southeast Side
Concerned Citizens United
U.S. Sens
Roger Jepsen
John Culver
Tom Tauke
Floyd Bergen
Ed Winter
al Ahern
Linn County Health Department
Mark Doolin
City
Boyd Community House
Fire guts apartment on Second Ave SW no injuries reported
Fire Friday evening gutted a lower apartment at 714 Second Ave SW in a three unit house. Firefighters arrived at 6 27 p.m. and found flames from the Wadell apartment with smoke throughout the building. Overheated grease on the stove listed as the cause. Second Avenue remained closed for over two hours.
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Second Ave
Bret Waddell
Waddell
Waddells
Second Avenue
Wild Turkey Art Winner Named For 1979 Print Series
Kenneth Carlson, a wildlife artist from San Francisco, won the National Wild Turkey Federation 1979 wild turkey stamp print art contest with Morning Roost an opaque watercolor of two Merriam's turkeys at sunrise. He topped 127 entries while Rod Lawrence Kalkaska Mich took second and Gary Lucy Gerald Mo third. Carlson’s design will be used on the 1979 limited edition art prints and the wild turkey stamp. Information requests should be sent to NWTF Wild Turkey Building Edgefield SC 29824.
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Kenneth Carlson
San Francisco
Calif
National
Wild
Jim Brooks
Greenville
S.C
Lee Cable
Tampa
Fla
Ted Blaylock
Mesa
Ariz
Carlson
National Wild Turkey Federation
Wild Turkey
Edgefield
Richard T. Jordan Named to Cedar Rapids Air Terminal Steering
The Gazette corrects a Friday report on the Cedar Rapids airport project noting that Richard T. Jordan of 366 Woodland Drive SE was omitted from the community steering committee list. Eight others were named by Airport Commission Chairman J. John Chapman.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Richard T. Jordan
Woodland Drive
Airport Commission
J. John Chapman
Cedar Rapids Library approves county wide service expansion
Cedar Rapids Public Library board approves a county wide service contract costing 40 564 based on six months usage. The Linn County Supervisors must decide on funding while pilots show county usage 14 011 loans to county card holders out of 294 172 total items.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Carney
Carney
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Jerry Elsen
Board of Trustees
Library Board
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Marion Public Library
Boards of Supervisors
Linn County
Black Hawk
Scott
Polk
Johnson
Oil markets drift as Iran resumes exports easing prices
Oil and gas markets show a downturn as Iran restarts shipments and long term contracts loosen spot prices. Ashland Oil faces talks on price setting with Iran while OPEC eyes a March meeting in Geneva for potential price moves. Carter officials discuss decontrolling domestic oil prices amid fuel-saving pressure.
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Iran
Ashland Oil
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly
Marshall Thomas
Thomas
Geneva
Ashland
Weather and notable births and events on this date
Wind SE at 12 mph at midnight. Sun rises 6 16, sets 6 15. Year ago today high 31 low 22 precipitation .43. Extended forecast rain likely Sunday and rain or snow Monday and Wednesday with highs in 40s and 50s Sunday and 30s to 40s Monday through Wednesday. Lows mainly 30s Sunday and Monday and 20s Tuesday and Wednesday. On this date March 16 births include Mr and Mrs Jeff Peterson with a daughter and several other births listed at multiple addresses. In Guam Staff Sgt Richard Rice and Mrs Rice welcomed a daughter on March 10. Incidents include elevator belt slip at National Oats Co and a grease fire at an apartment. In 1776 British troops evacuated Boston by ship after siege since Bunker Hill.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
No Strike at United as Talks Resume in Washington
Talks between United Airlines and the Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union resume in Washington after workers rejected a three year contract. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall urged restraint as negotiations begin with the National Mediation Board. The initial pact covered about 18 000 mechanics ground crew and food service staff and offered a 30 percent wage increase with cost of living raises.
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United Airlines
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union
Washington
Ray Marshall
National Mediation Board
America
Meredith Buell
United
Trans World Airlines
Carter
TWA
Machinists
John Peterpaul
United Today
Peterpaul
Learn resources talk at Linn Association meeting
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission Director John Foens will speak Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Brenton Bank on Community Resources for Leisure Time Activities. Mt Calvary Cemetery spring cleanup is April 1. Flower Show ad notes Chicago venue. Senior Citizen Day on March 30 costs 22 dollars. contact C J at 396-5481. Charter Coaches phone 366-1835. Kirkwood Disco Class starts next week, 10 dollars, call 398-5435. Ad summary.
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Learning Disabilities
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
John Foens
Linn Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Brenton Bank
Foens
Chicago
C.J
Kirkwood
Durant teacher seeks year long maternity leave over baby care
Teresa Clifton, a first year Durant schoolteacher, asks the Blue Grass board for a full year off to breast‑feed and care for her baby. The board cites policy, costs of unemployment benefits, and enrollment declines as reasons to deny. The vote on April 9 will decide if she can stay home.
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Durant
Teresa Clifton
Blue Grass
Reggie
Dale Lilienthal
Richard Lovelace
Clifton
Sheriff Cleared in Contempt Over Service Delay
Independence Iowa AP First Judicial District Judge William Klotzbach ruled Buchanan County Sheriff Duane Domer did not act willfully when failing to serve a civil writ within nine days. The writ of attachment had halted a $400,000 divorce-property sale.
Million mark for Hancher auditorium audience
Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City will surpass one million attendees Sunday at the 8 p.m. performance of Rossini's The Barber of Seville by the New York City Opera Theater. Since opening in 1972, Hancher has hosted about 660 events in its 62-year history.
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Iowa City
Hancher
University of Iowa
New York City Opera Theater
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publishing Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with subscriptions by carrier and mail options. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodosia Wagner
10Th St. SW
Hugh R. Wagner
Teahen Funeral Home
C.R. Man
Fight the Blight
Lundberg
Camp David
U.S
American Petroleum Institute
Russell Long
D-La
United States
Mexico
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Department of Energy
Jeff Peterson
Gretchen Drive
William Huggins
Pioneer Ave
Jack Evans
Forest Drive
St. Luke's
Steven Ament
Robert Fite
Shellsburg
Jim Hinning
Cherry Hill Road
Ricky Nash
Old Marion Road
Guam
Richard Rice
Rice
Norman Rice
26Th St
Marion
National Oats Co
16Th St
C.R. Weather
Renee
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
John E. Lapes
John B. Turner & Son
Turner's
East Boo Second Ave
Turner's West
First Ave
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses. Inc
Ellis Blvd
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