Notable Cedar Rapids educator dies after long illness
Georgia Nye 69 longtime Cedar Rapids education advocate dies in Iowa City after a long illness. Her service on Cedar Rapids School District board from 1957 to 1966 and as Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission member from 1964 to 1972 highlight a career spanning local and state education leadership. Memorials suggested to Grinnell College or a university.
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Georgia Nye
Thunderbird Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Nye
The
Gazette
Iowa Association of School Boards
Educational Commission of the States
Nye
Cedar Rapids
Linda Poulos
Toronto
Canada
John Hoover
Santa Fe
N.M
Deborah Nye
Iowa City
Frank Bazar
Red Oak
Robert Caldwell
Laguna Hills
Calif
Sydney Edwards
Clermont
First Congregational Church
Glenn Bender
Jerry Stevenson
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Grinnell College
Memorial Services and Obituaries for Local Residents
Memorial services announced for Joseph C Vondracek and related arrangements at Cedar Memorial. burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with Masonic and American Legion honors. Separate notices include Raymond J. Gogel and Elsie Kacer with pending services and local funeral home arrangements. Donations suggested to Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church or American Cancer Society.
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Mount Hermon Lodge No
Alma Koehn
Atkins
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Schaeffer Drive
American Cancer Society
10Th St
Betty Parks
Marguerite Stark
Cedar Rapids
Raymond J. Gogel
Springville
Mercy Hospital
St. Isidore Catholic Church
Murdoch Chapel
Elsie Kacer
Jerry Kacer
Jacelyn Dr
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Iowa Deaths Roundup Includes Hart Behan Blakley O'Brien Crooks Burghart
Obituaries from multiple Iowa towns list Independence Clare nce L Hart 96 at Hoover Wesleyan Church and other services and burials for Shannon Leigh Behan Julia R Blakley Alta O'Brien and Ethel Burghart with memorials and calling hours in McGregor Vinton Traer and nearby areas.
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Independence
Clarence L. Hart
Hoover Wesleyan Church
Quasqueton
Mason’s
Church
Shannon Leigh Behan
John Behan
White's
Iowa City
Julia R. Blakley
George L
Vinton
Phillips
Traer
Ethel Burghart
Overton’s
Buckingham Cemetery
Mother accused of recruiting son to murder her millionaire father
Frances Bernice Schreuder 43 of New York is charged with first degree murder in Utah for allegedly plotting with her 16 year old son to kill her Salt Lake City father Franklin Bradshaw to cut them from his estate valued around 10 million. Her son Mark Schreuder now 20 was charged with shooting their grandfather.
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Salt Lake City
Frances Bernice Schreuder
Frances
Marilyn Reagan
New York City
Mrs. Schreuder
Utah
Franklin Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Mark Francis Schreuder
Ernie Jones
Salt Lake County
US accuses Soviets of chemical warfare in Southeast Asia
The United States released a 32 page declassified report accusing the Soviet Union and its Southeast Asian allies of conducting hundreds of chemical attacks in Laos Cambodia and Afghanistan since 1975. It links Soviet involvement to weapon development and a 1981 Ho Chi Minh City shipment.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Afghanistan
Congress
United Nations
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
U.N
Tass
Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
U.S.S.R
Lang Son
Robbery Suspect Arrested in Key City Bank Heist
Dubuque police detained Randall Fowler 20 of Toledo after an armed robbery at a Key City Bank branch around 3 PM. A warrant was issued for Rodney Smith 18 of Tama. Fowler was jailed by 5 PM with authorities pursuing Smith for the crime.
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Dubuque
Key City Bank and Trust Company
Randall Fowler
Toledo
Rodney Smith
Tama
Fowler
Furnace blast dents Maynard home after gas spark
A malfunctioning gas furnace caused a Sunday explosion in a rural Maynard house f sending the two story structure off its foundation. Ralph Dulin his wife and four children were inside but unharmed as a small fire and window damage followed.
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Maynard
Duane Cushion
Ralph Dulin
Dulin
Cedar Rapids Job Draws Surging Applicants
The city of Cedar Rapids received a flood of applicants for a street maintenance worker post paying $5.80 an hour. Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday more than 300 filled forms at the armory, with another 100 filed at the Job Service of Iowa in two days, and applications will be accepted through Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Job Service of
Iowa
Property taxes due March 31 in Linn County
Linn County officials remind property owners that their last half 1980 81 taxes are due March 31. Taxes may be paid by mail or in person at the treasurer office on the second floor of the Administrative Office Building 930 First St SW. Payments postmarked after April 1 incur a 1 percent per month penalty.
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Linn County
First St
Davenport optometrist dies after 1981 crash and dram shop award
David W. Bedell an optometrist from Davenport died at Mercy Hospital at age 31 after a January 7 1981 crash on Interstate 380 left him paralyzed. The lawsuit against two Iowa City bars Airliner and Vine resulted in a 55 million settlement, believed largest dram shop award in the state, with Bedell's family’s claims for loss of support and care. He is survived by his wife Kristy and three children.
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Adrian M. Hogan
Apache Trail
Mercy Hospital
Kerrick
Minn
St. John’s University
Collegeville
University of Minnesota
Mary Erickson
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Swiss Valley Farms
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
James M
Mark J
Iowa City
Ryan Mulcahy
Madison
Wis
Jerry Wareham
Norfolk
Mary Margaret Hogan
Francis Hogan
Foley
Phyllis Nyrod
Willow River
Edward Sexton
Franklin Lunberg
Duluth
Owen Kelly
Edina
John Dalton
Hagland Funeral Home
Sandstone
St. Michael's Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Bedell
Interstate 380
Charles Campbell
Campbell
Vine
Taverns
Jack Bedell
Spirit Lake
David Bedell
Berkley Bedell
Iowa
Kristy
Corrections issued for theft arrest and library demolition misreports
The Gazette corrects a Friday theft warrant arrest for Cynthia Lagerquist 25 who gave an incorrect address published Sunday. Residents say 1223 First St. SW is not her residence. The Hiawatha Library demolition was not approved though bids were requested. Friday's report had misstated council action. Michael Robinson spoke on Imperial Media at Coe College. his first name was wrong in Thursday's Gazette. The paper invites complaints and will publish corrections for accuracy and fairness.
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Cynthia Lagerquist
First St. SW
Lagerquist
Hiawatha
Michael Robinson
Imperial
Coe College
Gazette
Births listed in Mercy area and Des Moines notices
Vital statistics announce multiple births from March 17 to March 22 including Lisa and Todd Schultz a son Pam and Leland Nor dine a daughter Elizabeth and Scott Cacherell a daughter DAnne and Daniel Hoover a daughter and Patricia Pollock a daughter at Marion. Also births at Buffalo Grove Ill Des Moines and Cedar Rapids with several named grandparents and parent pairs.
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Karla
Dennis Ruther
Clarence
Lisa
Todd Schultz
Washington Ave
Dixie Williamson
L St
Margaret
Mark Weber
25Th St
Marion
Pamela
Leland Nordine
Falcon Drive
Elizabeth
Scott Cacherell
Tipton
D’anne
Daniel L. Hoover
Memorial Drive
Patricia Pollock
26Th St
Buffalo Grove
Ill
Susan
Tom Hutchinson
Arthur Kouba
Center Point
Des Moines
Louise
Rich Hay
van Meter
Billett
15Th St
Leather care tips for stains and cleaning
Tips include not placing sticky name tags on leather or suede. Use cold cream to clean and soften leather by rubbing in with fingertips then wiping dry. Remove grease with a thick Fuller's paste and water, brush away when dry. Use baking soda to lift ink, applying until the stain disappears as the powder darkens.
Movement of Japanese Americans to inland camps begins
On this date in 1942 Japanese Americans were moved from Pacific Coast homes to inland relocation camps as a wartime precaution.
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Pacific Coast
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Myrtle A. Sherren Stickney
North Liberty
University Hospitals
Winthrop
Charles E. Stickney
Rock Island
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
First Lutheran Church
William C
Peter Solar
Charles Woods
Charles Cain
Shell Rock
George W. Carlson
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
University of Iowa Hospitals
Third Ave
Turner Chapel East
Edward F. Zobac
Route 3
Rose Bousek
Clara Hammond
Bessie Macha
Murray, Ky
Louis
William
Mount Vernon
Brush Chapel
Charles Mehaffey
Campbell Cemetery
Clarence A
Clemmy” Clemenson
Elm Ave
Gonvick
Elizabeth Anna
Nashua
Rock Island Railroad
Allis Chalmers
Patricia Clemenson Browne
Fairfax
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Vera L. Bucher
Omaha
Neb
Marshalltown
Nebraska City
Walter Bucher
Trinity Baptist Church
Albion
Ruth Faulkner
Elmer Frazier
Effie Evenger
el Paso
Texas
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Mike Gibbs
Grace Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mrs. Reagan
Reagan
Mike George
Schreuder
Mason Drukman
Manzanita
Ore
George
Joel Campbell
California
American Council of Life Insurance
C.R
Ron Kuhlman
Kuhlman
Davenport
David W. Bedell
Lee Ann and
Michael Mitchell
D St. SW
St. Luke’s
Wayne E. Clark
Darla A. Holtz
Gregory D. Frye
Cynthia A. Somerville
Curt J. Visek
Deng Thi Dao
Larry L. Kuzela
Julie L. Musser
Robins
Dallas S. Turley II
Colleen M. Gardner
Wichita
Kan
Shannon K. Johnson
San Mateo
Janet M. Ortina
Scott W. Gerth
Solon
Deborah A. Kessler
John E. Lapes Sinre
Third Avenue S.E
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