Deaths and funeral notices from various Iowa communities
Obituaries list multiple brief death notices with dates and venues. McFall T D dies today at First United Methodist Marion. Wodtke Griffeth M cremated and buried later. Brock Walter E Jesup 72 services pending. Coppock Alfred W 78 Springville. Carney Joseph P 66 Williamsburg. Otto Emmett W Bennett 71. Burgess Jenette 74 Waukon. Hotle Jacob Edwin 90 Keota. Wehrman Harold A 73 Belle Plaine. Mossbarger John. and other services and visitations noted across Keota Belle Plaine Williamsburg and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Walter E. Brock
First United Methodist Church
Parker's
Independence
Springville
Alfred W. Coppock
Springville Methodist Church
Murdoch's
Williamsburg
Joseph P. Carney
Uhlmann’s. Bennett
Emmett W. Otto
Powell's
Belle Plaine
Harold A. Wehrman
First Congregational Church
T.W. van Beck
John Mossbarger
T.W. van Beck’s
Nebraska Sets Three Death Row Executions Dates
Nebraska Supreme Court assigns June 27 for Holtan and June 29 for Rust with July 1 for Simants, beginning a run of executions in the electric chair after 18 years. The court upholds the capital punishment law and sustains the three death sentences while reducing Rodney Stewart’s to life in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
UPS
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Erwin Charles Simants
Sutherland
Richard Dean Holtan
John Edward Rust
Omaha
Holtan
Rust
Simants
Charles Starkweather
Simants, Holton and
Rodney Stewart
Marion Girl In Serious Condition After Delaware County Crash
Diane Novak age 18 of Marion was listed in serious condition at Mercy hospital after a Delaware county roadside crash Friday night. State troopers said she rode as a passenger in a car driven by Douglas E. McDonough age 20 of Ozark street NE whose vehicle failed to negotiate a curve at high speed, went into a ditch and rolled over. McDonough and a second passenger William D. White age 19 of Rio Wisconsin were treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Novak
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Delaware
Delhi
Douglas E. McDonough
Ozark Street
McDonough
William D. White
Rio
Wis
Mother Charged In Assault Case
Frieda Blackcloud, 52, is charged with assault with intent to commit murder after she shot her 20 year old son Norman at their home at 702 Seventh Street SW Friday around 12 30 p m. He was in serious condition at St Luke s hospital Friday evening as detectives continued the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Blackcloud
Norman
Seventh Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Probation Revoked for Delane Rocarek in Linn County
Linn district Judge John Hyland revoked the probation of Delane B. Rocarek 18 of 1205 Third street NW. Rocarek faces a prison sentence up to ten years on the Feb 8 judgment. Also in court Thursday Douglas R. Driscoll 18 of 1617 Eighteenth street NW pled innocent to receiving stolen property with trial set April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
John Hyland
Delane B. Rocarek
Third Street
Rocarek
Douglas R. Driscoll
Eighteenth Street NW
Donald E. Randall, Jr
First Avenue NE
East Side
Sixteenth Street
Randall
Metro School
Randall P. Robertson
Robert Melsha
Mt. Vernon Road
Gerald L. Bohren
Route Two
Central City
C R Man Enters 3 Guilty Pleas
Robert L. Maddox Jr of Cedar Rapids pled guilty in Linn district court to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury conspiracy to murder and delivery of a controlled substance with out profit He agrees to testify against two Cedar Rapids men Joseph Zalesky and Gary Lekin charged with conspiracy to commit murder and other offenses The bond was reduced to 10000 with 10 percent needed and he was released from jail The drug charge says he sold heroin on November 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Maddox, Jr
Linn District Court
Ronald Hopp
Cedar Rapids
Maddox
Hopp
Joseph M. Zalesky
Gary P. Lekin
Three Arrested in Theft from Parking Meters Case
At 1:35 am Friday officers caught Andrew Gaal 26 and Marie Dame 43 of the Montrose hotel and a 14 year old juvenile in the 300 block of Fifth avenue SE. They were charged with larceny from parking meters after meters were broken into.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Gaal
Marie Dame
Montrose Hotel
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Briefs Open Meeting Announces Events
Local briefs list a recovery group meeting Monday at 1 p.m. in the basement of First Christian church and Hawkeye Bicycle Assn general meeting Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. at Linn Co-Op Oil Co building. Other items include obituaries, fund announcements, sales ads, and several crime reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Third Avenue SE
Hawkeye Bicycle Assn
Linn Co-Op Oil Co
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Social Services agency Ends Emergency Care Pilot
The agency terminated the emergency caretaker service effective March 31 due to low utilization and high costs. Future provisions will rely on day care or foster care programs. State day care funds were allocated to several centers, bringing this year’s total to 25,938 and three-year total to 81,470. A decision on funding the medically indigent program was postponed to April 1 to include Health center director Madge Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hes Agency
Loren Jansa
Kirkwood
St. Wenceslaus
County Poor Fund
Linn County Health Center Fund
Madge Phillips
March 18 Birth Announcements And Local Weather
March 18 reports births in Fairfax Center Junction Mallory Street SW Thirty fifth Street NE Gordon Avenue NW and East avenue NW with multiple couples noted. Extended forecast calls for little precipitation Monday to Wednesday with highs in the 40s and 50s and lows in the 20s to low 30s. Incidents include a 1:54 p.m. report of unknown ignition at 1201 Second Street NW and a 4:05 p.m. extrication at 5225 C Avenue NE plus a 4:33 p.m. fire residue at 1219 Thirty-fifth Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derrill McDanel
Fairfax
David Soper
Center Junction
Robert Pattison
Mallory Street
Larry Severn
Thirty Fifth Street
Franklin D. Suffin
Gordon Avenue
Robert A. Sharp
Shellsburg
Two Men Charged for Acting Maliciously in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police arrested two men Friday evening. Steven M. King, 31, is charged with malicious threats to extort after allegedly threatening Donald Eis for 4000 dollars over alleged motorcycle damage at a tavern in southwest Cedar Rapids on March 8. Harold R. Orr, 38, is charged with malicious injury to a building related to an incident at the Grand tavern on Fourth Street SE. Orr is held on $1000 bond. King is in Linn County jail on $15000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Steven M. King
Donald Eis
King
Eis
Linn
Harold R. Orr
Twenty-second Avenue
Grand Tavern
Fourth Street
Orr
Gardner Trial Skewered as Shoddy Prosecution Says Junkies Testify
Attorney Craig Warner labeled the Cedar Rapids investigation into the shooting as shoddy and attacked most prosecution witnesses as junkies or pathetic. The defense argued Dochterman was shot with his own gun in a scuffle, while the prosecution pursued evidence of a gun sale and theft. Judge Hyland denied an X-ray review and a Wisconsin-waiver bid. Jurors listed with addresses include Cedar Rapids residents and others in Palo, Marion, and Hiawatha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Warner
Cedar Rapids
Warner
Dochterman
Gardner
Mona Dochterman
Hyland
Wisconsin
Fense
Thomas
Robert Ray
Pat Lucey
Sandra K. Sonka
Joanne S. Bierbaum
Martha N. Hines
James A. Johnson
David L Kolsrud
Mary L. Rausch
Administration Backs Wilmington Busing Plan
The Carter administration backed busing of students between Wilmington Delaware and nearby suburbs as part of a desegregation effort while saying schools need not mirror racial balance. The brief argues three trial judges erred in calling for 10 to 35 percent Black representation in each school.
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
U.S. Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Carter
Gerald Ford
Atty
Drew Days
Department
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Griffin Bell
New Castle County
Cultural exchange pact signed by U S and Soviet Union
On this date in 1966 the United States and the Soviet Union signed a two year cultural exchange agreement. The accord aimed to foster mutual understanding through arts education and people to people contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Info
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, including weekly and annual prices. It notes edition times and service areas and credits the Associated Press for exclusive local news republication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
McFall
T.D
First United Methodist Church of
Glen W. Lamb
Linwood
Turner West
Wodtke
Griffeth
Chapel of Memories
Thomas Aycock
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Charles City Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Marion Girl
C.R. Man
Cedar Rapids Briefs
Grand River
Harland G. Greenland
Lloyd Clauson
Route One
Newhall
Cancer Society Memorial Fund
16Th Ave
C St
Sound of Country
Dean Lake
Buttery
Adv
Chicago
D.J
Woodfield
Nature Center
Cedar Rapids Paint and Design Studio
3Rd Ave
Styling Hutch
Buck Grange
Baumhoefener Nursery
Johnson Ave
Ernie Hidder
Mandel, Long, Luce & Sullivan, Realtors
Diabetes Assn
East Central Unit
Irene Cramer
Boone
Khouri
16Th St. NE
His and Hers
Klinger Paint Co
5Th Ave
Roberto E. Rodriguez
2Nd St. SE
Washington High School
Avenue Floral
Pierson’s Florists
Veterans Coliseum
Betty Toman
Shaver Road
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
St. Michael’s
Leo F. Plotz
Teresa Drive
Wagamon
Travel & Transport
Strempke
Kyle Skogman
Plumwood Street
Skogman Construction Co
Olive Drive
Social Services
St. Luke's
James Krapff
E. Clark Street
Hiawatha
Michael Chmelicek
Silver Spring Drive
Joseph Goedken
East Avenue
Larry Klotzbach
Eastern Avenue
Second Street Nw
C Avenue
C.R. Weather
Darevstssuat
Jefferson High School
Flower Shop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
John E. Lapes
Srd Ave
Associated Press
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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