Deaths in Cedar Rapids area claim several residents
Obituaries report the deaths of Leland Rea Grimes 57 of 1633 Wildwood Dr NE Cedar Rapids a Cherry Burrell employee for 30 years Army major WWII Pacific theater survivor member of St Pauls United Methodist Church and Lions Club. Loren J Edgeton 41 of 1630 Park Towne Ln NE Cedar Rapids a former auto body repairman. Maxine L Roman 60 of 2631 Fifth Ave SE Cedar Rapids wife of Edward Roman All Saints parish member. Edward R Cones 51 of 1556 Sixth Ave SE Cedar Rapids Cryovac employee World War II veteran. Anna Zamastil Brush Chapel and Richard C Kottmeir Trinity Lutheran references and service details follow.
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Leland Rea Grimes
Wildwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cherry Burrell Corp
Mr. Grimes
Colesburg
St. Paul’s
Loren J
Jake” Edgeton
Park Towne Lane
Mr. Edgeton
van Horne
Donald Horn
Iowa City
Lynette
Lorna
Irene
Stacy Edgeton
Reno Edgeton
Francis R
Bob
Ronald A
Dale M. Edgeton
Delmar Bear
Edward R. Cones
Sixth Avenue SE
Cryovac Co
Donna Mae Elarton
Howard
Paul
John Cones
Laura Cones
Myrtle Cones
Catherine Nemec
Marge Hale
Portland
Ore
Richard Cones
Belton
Albert Cones
Limestone
Maine
Turner Chapel East
John Little
Ellis Park
Trinity Lutheran Church
O’brine
Clifford Malvin
Clarence Rosene
McCloud Springs
Jehovah’s Witness
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner East
Coppock Rites Set In Springville Church
Alfred W. Coppock 78 a lifelong Springville resident and retired farmer died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Springville United Methodist Church with burial in Springville cemetery. Memorial fund established. Also noted are obituaries for J Edwin Hotle Minnie K Matyk and others with funeral details listed.
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Springville
Alfred W. Coppock
Cedar Rapids
Wilma M. Carnahan
Coppock
Whittier Friends Meeting
J. Edwin Hotle
Americana
Dutch Creek Township
Washington County
Valley Rural
Hotle
Maye Mayer
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Washington County Farm Bureau
Franklin Roth
Antone E. Hotle
Lombard, Ill
Arthur le Roy Hotle
Davenport
Jim Hotle
Howard Leacox
Powell Funeral Home
Don Callen
Keota
Minnie K. Matyk
K Avenue NE
Harvey Matyk
Oxford
Matyk
C.S.A. Lodge 324
Lydia
Sharon United Methodist Church
Greene Square
Cedar Chapter
Eastern Star
Roosevelt Hotel
John Hay
Lettie Sponar
Brush Chapel
Everett Burham
Linwood Cemetery
Turkish teens surrender after Beirut hijack
Two Turkish teens hijacked a Turkish Airlines 727 with 182 aboard over Turkey and forced a Beirut landing. Co-pilot Turaki Otem was the only fatality? no, the only casualty, pistol-whipped and shot in the leg. The hijackers sought $285000 and safe conduct to a Palestinian refugee camp but surrendered to police with weapons surrendered and demands unmet.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Turkish Airlines
Turkey
Turaki Otem
Gazette Advertises Rates and Publication Details
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. the Cedar Rapids paper prints daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE. It lists subscription costs by carrier and mail with specific editions and territorial rates, and notes AP news rights and limitations on mail subscriptions.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Patty Hearst Found Guilty of Bank Robbery in 1976 Case
On this date in 1976 the San Francisco heiress Patty Hearst was convicted of bank robbery charges in a highly publicized trial. The verdict marked a dramatic turn in the long-running saga surrounding Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Snow To Return After Brief Clearing In Iowa Sunday
National Weather Service forecasters expect a short lull with no precipitation on Sunday in much of Iowa after a Saturday snowstorm. Snow and cloudiness will return Sunday night, with highs Sunday in the north and east in the upper 30s and central to southwest Iowa in the mid 40s. Travelers advisory ends in western Iowa but remains eastern. Visibilities drop to under a half mile in heavy snow and fog.
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National Weather Service
Hawkeye
NWS
Iowa
Four Charged With Drunk Driving
Four persons were charged with drunk driving Friday night and Saturday morning. Lester L. Bell 60 of 919 N street SW arrested 1004 p m near Forty second street NE and First avenue. Keith D. Wright 23 of route 2 Marion arrested 945 p m in 1200 block of Blairs Ferry road. Felix V. Ramirez 36 of route 2 Springville arrested 220 a m on highway 151. Ronald L. Benesch 18 of Coggon arrested 2 a m Saturday five miles west of Coggon on a county road.
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Lester L. Bell
N Street
Forty-second Street
First Avenue
Keith D. Wright
Marion
Blairs Ferry
Felix V. Ramirez
Springville
Ronald L. Benesch
Coggon
March Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families
Births announced for multiple couples across towns including Miller in Fourteenth Avenue SW a boy and a girl Whitlatch in Ardsley Lane SW a girl Sparrgrove in Marion a boy Rask on First Street SW a boy Floyd on Johnson Avenue NW a boy Benesh in Belle Plaine a boy Jenkins on Twenty third Street NE a girl Ackermann in Monticello a girl Dunham on Hickory Drive SW a son Hord sworth Mt Vernon Road a son Corrected report notes Goodken daughter born March 18 with address 2111 E avenue NW as the proper residence.
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Donald Miller
Fourteenth Avenue
Allan Whitlatch
Ardsley Lane
Eric Sparrgrove
Fourth Street
Marion
Edwin Rask
First Street
Robert Floyd
Johnson Avenue
Neal Benesh
Belle Plaine
Larry Jenkins
Twenty-third Street
Ronald Ackermann
Monticello
Gerald Dunham
Hickory Drive
Edward Hollandsworth
Orchard Trailer Court
Mt. Vernon Road
Joseph Goodken
East Avenue NW
E Avenue NW
Carter proposes shifting student loans from direct to guaranteed program
The Carter administration plans to halt new direct student loans and let colleges lend with government backed guaranteed loans. Students would pay 7 percent interest, with the government covering interest if family income is under 25 000. About 335 000 students could be affected and average loans would drop from 690 to 500. Defaults run 15 to 18 percent.
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Carter
Ford
Nixon
Plane Missing After Erratic Sound Sparks Hesitant Search
Neighbors Kruger and his wife Peggy Sass report hearing an erratic aircraft sound and a thud near their rural area. They alerted the sheriff after a brief search in blowing snow hindered by dwindling daylight. The missing plane reportedly had a nonworking automatic location finder.
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Kruger
Sheriff's Department
Donald Sass
PCB Contamination Warns of Near Iowa Disaster
DEQ investigates a Cedar Falls delivery of a solvent with six parts per thousand PCBs that was mistaken for crankcase oil. About 10,000 gallons were found after EPA KC warned shipments headed to Omaha. Schmitty's Road Oiling Co. faced the exposure risk.
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Pete Hamlin
Iowa
Schmitty
Road Oiling Co
Cedar Falls
Hamlin
DEQ
U.S
Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co
St. Louis
Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas City
Ment
Omaha
Neb
St. Paul
What About The Victims story preview
The Gazette previews a feature on crime victims focusing on medical expenses and damages, with input from victims and an Iowa legislator seeking victim aid. It outlines a forthcoming Monday Gazette investigation by Tom Alex into victims of beatings during robberies.
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The
Gazette
Tom Alex
Iowa
Carter considers Abzug for national Women’s Year panel
Former Rep. Bella Abzug is President Carter's pick to head the National Commission on Observance of International Women’s Year, a 34 member body to draft a national conference next fall. The commission, created by Ford, aims to map barriers to women’s full participation and advise Congress on remedies.
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Washington
Bella Abzug
Carter
National Commission
National Commission On Observance
Ms. Abzug
Ford
U.N
Beck pledges to provide personal records to rackets inquiry
Twenty years ago Teamsters President Dave Beck said he would bring his personal financial records before the Senate committee investigating organized crime and rackets.
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Teamsters
Dave Beck
Senate Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leland R. Grimes
Coe College
University of Iowa
Jeffrey Lee Grimes
Joel Christopher Grimes
Bernita Wessell
Dubuque
Emma Osborn
Cape Coral
Fla
Turner Chapel
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Samuel J. Ervin
United Methodist Church
American Cancer Society
Easter Seal Society of
Loren Edgeton
Edward Roman
Maxine L. Roman
Fifth Avenue SE
Roman
All Saints Catholic Church
James McGinnis
L. Dolan Roman
Air Force
England
Julia Wadden
George Jilek
Bradenton
Jack Jilek
Muskegon
Mich
Charles Teply
Fairfax
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Edmund Becker
Cedar Memorial
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
James Blocklinger
Mrs. Harvey Matyk
Toledo
Peter Fries
Mason-Hand’s
Tama
Oak Hill
Cascade
Verdon
Helen) Gavin
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Devaney-Reiff's
Decorah
Eugene
Clara) Howe
Calmar
St. John’s
St. Mary’s Church
George L. Gay
Oxford Chapel
Visitation
Anamosa
Ivy Meredith
Goettsch Funeral Home
Tipton
Daran FE. Stout
First United Church of Christ
Woodbridge Cemetery
Buchanan
Sheets and Son
Associated Press
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
United Press International
St. Luke's
C.R
Reneewe
General News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sun
Krugers
DES Moines
Department of Environmental Quality
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Ote
Peck’s Flowers
Center Pt. Rd
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Oerson
Ellis Blvd
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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