Death notices list local passings across Iowa towns
A long column records numerous deaths and memorial arrangements in communities including Cedar Rapids Riverside Decorah Manchester and Tama. Obituaries note ages birthplaces spouses survivors service details funeral homes churches and burial sites across multiple towns with arranged services and memorial funds.
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Golda Grace Strauser
Sandalwood Drive
Waynesville
Ill
Earl
Riverside
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Erlene Mills
Earl J. Strauser
Mary Evans
Arizona
Ernest Smith
Minnesota
Gertrude Fuhrman
Ruby Pennington
Illinois
Bethany Baptist Church
Riverside National Cemetery
Akes
Iowa City
Betty Fairbank Kaufman
Congregational Church
George L
North English
Archibald Butler
Powell
Tama
Amos E. Lenning
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Harrison’s. Traer
Jennifer Seda
Michael and
Gweneth Seda
St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
Overton's
Wellman
Walter K. Immel
Norwegian oil rig capsizes in North Sea disaster
Rescue teams from Britain Germany Denmark and Norway battled to locate survivors after the Edda platform capsized in the Norway Continental Shelf. About 230 workers were aboard, with 170 Norwegian and 35 British nationals among those recorded. 46 ships searched 4000 square miles as weather threats loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Boys
Phillips
Norway
Lloyd's of London Insurance Company
Edda
Britain
West Germany
Denmark
Tony Sylvester
Sylvester
Grimsby
England
Olav Forsheim
London
Foreign Office
U.S
North Sea
Eruptions Spawn Steam Vents After Mountain Event
Earthquakes of up to 4.6 on the Richer scale shake a sparsely populated area in southwestern Washington about 40 miles northeast of Vancouver. The Oregon Air National Guard reports 20 steam vents with 14 at the peak after Thursday's eruption. Don Mullineaux of the USGS notes a 1,000 yard ice fracture arc moving slowly downslope. Austermann calls the seismic activity furious in tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vancouver
Oregon Air National Guard
Don Mullineaux
U.S. Geologic Survey
Austermann
Crater of Volcano Expands as Cracking Walls Move
Scientists observing the eruption described a growing crater measuring about 200 by 250 feet with cracks and heaving on the north side. Ice and rock fell into the crater as black smoke and ash erupted shortly after noon, prompting the FAA to close airspace within 10 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austermann
Rock Island rail takeover reshapes Iowa trackage operations
The North Western will operate Rock Island routes in Iowa including a main east west line through Des Moines and Cedar Rapids area branches. About 300 Rock employees will transfer systemwide with 20 in Cedar Rapids. hiring by seniority. Interim Rock service runs to June 1 while purchase talks continue with trustee William Gibbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Rock
Iowa City
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
North Western
Jim Mann
Madison St
Chicago
Ill
Kansas City
Rock Island
ICC
Iowa
McDonald
William Gibbons
Kansas City Southern
Iowa Department of Transportation
Lawsuits Seek 2.5 Million in Tipton Death
Two Cedar County suits in Tipton seek 1.25 million each against Marlin Firearms Co and Coast to Coast Stores Inc over Neva Melvina Danson of Lowden shot Aug 27 1978 when a .22 rifle discharged allegedly due to a defect. Guardians of her son Dan and executors of her estate file the actions. Danson bought the rifle from Coast to Coast in Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Marlin Firearms Co
Coast To Coast Stores Inc
Cedar County
Neva Melvina Dawson
Lowden
Arthur
Ruth Littrel
Blizzard Conditions Grow In Nebraska Plains Snow Drifts Shut Roads
A spring storm moving from the Texas Panhandle into the central Plains dumps heavy snow across western Nebraska and parts of Nebraska Panhandle and northwest Nebraska. Blizzard conditions close highways as northerly winds pile snow into drifts up to four feet.
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Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Central Plains
Kansas
Scottsbluff
Neb
Goodland
Kan
Ree
Yoming
Nebraska Panhandle
Mobile
Ala
Ava
Louisiana
Huntsville
Tenn
Southland
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Births and residents listed in vital statistics report
The column lists births from St. Luke's and out of town places including Elliott Lake Ontario Lenexa Kansas and Cedar Rapids area with names of parents and addresses. Grandparents are named for several newborns and incidents include multiple alarm and mechanical malfunctions with times.
Census privacy pledge aims to ease public fears
Census officials promise strong privacy protections for individual data with sworn confidentiality duties and penalties for disclosure. The bureau notes that no personal information enters government computers while forms are microfilmed for 72 years before transfer to archives and the originals are destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau
Census Bureau
Michael Farrell
House Census Subcommittee
National Archives
Cedar Rapids Gazette Details and Subscription Info
The item lists subscription and delivery details for the Cedar Rapids Gazette, noting a weekly rate and carrier service. It references the paper’s long history and AP dispatch content, with scattered OCR errors and mis-typed lines.
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Arlington
Elma Jane Ross
Church of Christ
Gleim’s
Taylorsville Cemetery
Brooklyn
Golda Walker
Nevenhoven's
Decorah
Harry H. Falck
Burr Oak Lutheran Church
Steiie’s
Garnaville
Jay R. Matt
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Tuecke’s
Chris
Lelia) Streif
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Reiff’s
Dyersville
St. John’s Cemetery
Delhi
Independence
Ira G. Hayes
Mason-Howe’s
Kathleen M. Kubik
Holy Family Church
Peosia
Siegert Funeral Home
Dubuque
Shantz
William Carlson
Turner Chapel
Glen Lamb
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Cedar Memorial Park
Taylor
Charles
Walter
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Joe M. Jones
First Christian Church
Dunkard Cemetery
Moershel
Marie F
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Charles Selzer
Amana Church Society
Murdoch
Central City
The
Federal Aviation Administration
Contiguous
United States
California
Rock Island Takeover
IDOT
KCS
Marlin Firearms
Weather Report
Homestead
Eediis Matuinty
Coralville Lake
C.R
Srvenseneneene
Seecsereverssversensesserse
Anchorage
Atlanta
Miami
Mashville
New York
Seattle
Seeseresesessene
Cincinnati
St. Paul
St. Louis
National Weather Service
Lex
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Clinton
Cindy
Randy Andrews
1000 Cross Parkway
Hiawatha
St. Luke's
Martha
Jewel Smith
Fifth Ave
Kathy
Jeffrey Strain
Sixth St. NW
Kim
Gary Bazal
Sunset Lane
Anne
Raymond Brecht
Bilairstown
Pauline
Kim Long
Belle Plaine
Elliott Lake
Ontario
Canada
Linda
Daniel Bachelder
Albert Wilderman
Oakland Road
Lenexa
Sandi
David Harris
Herman Frueh
Lori Drive
William T. Woods
Kathy J. Sheets
John M. Hinrichs
Ann E. Hubbard
Robert E. Bos
Kathy A. Carder
Terrance A. Wright
Marshalltown
Chery
A. Douglas
Grinnell
16Th St
29Th Street
Blairs Ferry Road
Arrowhead Lane
Mount Vernon Road
Jane Austin
Joseph Ross
Laguna Hills
Aspeq Colo
Alaska
Mendenhall Ene
Juneau
Ralph Bwithams
Ree Ee Inc
Word
Neighbo
Bianes Daily
AP News
John E. Lapes
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