Death notices for Hucker and others in Cedar Rapids area
Obituary notices list Arthur M. Hucker 81 of Marion who died after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital and Valetta Irene White 60 of Cedar Rapids who died after a long illness. Also announced are multiple funeral services and callers for John E. Lafler Myrtle Holley Ben Wroblewski Anna Nekola Judy Wears Anna Calvert and others with service times locations and burial plans across Cedar Rapids Anamosa North English and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Hucker
5Th Ave
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Hucker
Cascade
Helen A. Womachka
East Dubuque
Ill
Johnson Gas
First United Methodist Church
James J
George
Geneva
N.Y
Donald
Hopkinton
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Nick Longworth
First United Methodist Church of
Valetta Irene White
Clive Drive
Britton
S.D
Gayle Kupps
Verna Hedrick
Libby
Mont
Frederick
Charles Couser
Melvin Couser
Garden Grove
Calif
Turner Chapel West
Nadim E. Saikaly
Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Turner’s
Brooklyn
Myrtle Holley
Neuenhoven
Chelsea
Anna M. Nekola
Hrabak’s
National Cemetery
Vining
Belle Plaine
Iowa City
Fred L. Mickel
George L. Gay
First Presbyterian Church
Hawkeye
Leslie
Pete) Metcalf
Milnes Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Fayette
Anna L. Calvert
Ottumwa
Powell’s
North English
Shellsburg
Nellie Coy
Campbell- Russell's
Vinton
GOP chief blasts illogical remap plan for Iowa
Des Moines Republican Chairman Ben Webster urged rejection of the reapportionment plan at a public hearing. He called the shift of Linn County to the 1st district and Scott County to the 2nd disruptive and illogical, arguing 330,000 people would be moved from longtime ties. He urged considering a second or third plan to avoid disrupting incumbents Leach and Tauke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ben Webster
Webster
Linn County
Scott County
Legislative Service Bureau
Iowa Senate
Linn
Bennett
Scott
James Leach
Tom Tauke
Tauke
Dubuque
Leach
Davenport
Cedar Rapids Burglary Spree Yields Cash Guns and Jewelry
Cedar Rapids authorities probe two home break ins with items stolen including 150 from a Cedar Rapids kitchen purse and four guns from a Marion residence. Police recover Johnson items and a stash of valuables from a wooded area as second arrests begin in a separate break in case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lynne Stimple
Forest Drive
Donald E. Johnson
30Th St
Russell Drive
Johnson
Donald McCrea
Route 1
Marion
Linn
Vera D. Perrin
Eighth Ave
Rod E. Mason
38Th St
Five Drivers Arrested on DWI Charges in Linn County
Five individuals were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Thursday and early Friday. Joseph A. Polzin, James B. Fitzsimmons, Dan A. Hupfer, Terry D. Hunter, and James R. Lemar were taken into custody at locations including First Avenue East, Edgewood Road and 42nd Street NE, Center Point Road and Collins Road NE, Parkview Drive, and First Avenue NW with times from 10:15 p.m. to 2:05 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte R. Norton
Norton
Linn County
Tina Sheston
B St. SW
Joseph A. Polzin
40Th St
First Avenue
James B. Fitzsimmons
North Towne Court
Edgewood Road
42Nd Street
Dan A. Hupfer
30Th St
Center Point Road
Collins Road
Terry D. Hunter
Veneta
Ore
Parkview Drive
Marion
James R. Lemar
38Th St
Mailbox explosion rocks 30th Street SE area
Police investigated a late Friday blast that blew apart a U.S. Postal Service mailbox in the 300 block of 30th St SE shocking nearby windows. A police bomb squad was dispatched. no injuries were reported and officials sought to determine the explosive type and whether a mailed package was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
30Th St. SE
Inmate Stabbed During Alleged Escape at Iowa Penitentiary
Gary Frazier, 31, of Oelwein, wounded in an apparent self injurious escape attempt at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Officials later found a handmade handcuff key formed from a ballpoint pen in his rectum. Frazier, serving a life sentence for a prior escape, was hospitalized in Iowa City in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Gary Frazier
Oelwein
Frazier
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Ron Welder
Buchanan County
Sands Near Death as Hunger Strike Enters 63rd Day
IRA convict Bobby Sands in Maze prison hospital suffers great pain and may die within hours amid fears of a Protestant Catholic firestorm in Belfast. He has eaten nothing since March 1, and visitors report his condition while clashes erupt nightly between Catholic youths and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Bobby Sands
Maze
Sands
Britain
Rosaleen
Owen Carron
Sinn Fein
IRA
Don Concannon
Labor Party
Londonderry
Lawmakers urge end to U S military aid to El Salvador
A House suit charges President Reagan and top advisers with violating the War Powers Resolution by backing El Salvador’s junta. Rep Harkin says sending aid to a government that tortures its own citizens is morally and legally wrong. Other named plaintiffs include Dellums D Dymally Edwards Frank Leland Mikulski Moffett Ottinger Weiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Harkin Harkin
Iowa
Harkin
Ronald V. Dellums
Dcalif
Mervyn M. Dymally
D-Calif
Don Edwards
Barney Frank
D-Mass
Mickey Leland
Dtexas
Barbara Mikulski
D-Md
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Richard L. Ottinger
D-N-Y
Ted Weiss
el Salvador
Reagan
Haig
Weinberger
U.S
Children’s forum on gun control and family issues
Dodd led a post presentation Q and A where youngsters backed strict gun laws aid to El Salvador and passage of the Equal Rights Amendment drawing little opposition from boys and strong approval from girls. Some spoke on taxes custody divorce and parental responsibility urging tests for future parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
el Salvador
Williams verdict tested by predisposition defense in Abscam case
After the verdict in Williams Abscam trial jurors weighed the predilection issue, aided by the judge’s instruction on predisposition. Wary bystanders argued entrapment, while Williams’s legal team plans a due process challenge as the probe’s broad corruption prosecutions face appeals over overturned city council rulings and ongoing government appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zullo
Williams
John Coke
Abscam
Thomas Puccio
U.S
Glaziers Local 581 vote to strike over two year deal
Glaziers Local 581 rejected a two year contract and voted to strike. Pickets will line union glass shops Monday in Cedar Rapids Iowa City Dubuque and Quad City areas. Journeyman Glazier wage is 12.86 per hour plus fringe benefits to 14.63. A tentative meeting with contractors is set for next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaziers Local 581
Union Glass
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Quad-City
Teamsters Hall
Glaziers
Steam enthusiasts discuss West Liberty Cedar Rapids rail line plans
Ellerhoff outlines a plan to lease right of way buy steam locomotives and rail cars and arrange end of line turnarounds with West Liberty. Rowland notes steam engines are scarce but collectible and that donations will fund operations. May 13 meeting invites all railroad enthusiasts and potential volunteers.
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Ellerhoff
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Rowland
Carson
Cedar Rapids Rock
Box 128
Tipton
Iowa
Weather Forecast At Airport Shows Mild Temperatures
Wind calm at midnight. Sun rises Sunday at 6 00, sets at 8 07. Year ago high 79, low 47, no precipitation. Extended outlook: chances of showers and thundershowers Tuesday night and Wednesday. Otherwise partly cloudy Monday to Wednesday with highs in the 70s to around 80 and nightly lows in the 50s.
Severe storms blaze across southern to central regions
Thunderstorms developed Friday afternoon from southern Texas across the southern and central Rockies into Arizona and the northern intermountain region. A school in Kearney Arizona was roofed by strong winds. Tornadoes damaged homes near Lawrenceville Illinois and Nada Texas, with golf ball size hail at Wheatland Indiana and heavier rain in Baltimore Miami Wilmington Del Tucson Atlantic City. Chilly air lingered in the Great Lakes with near 50s, Michigan issued freeze warnings, while plains and Mississippi Valley stayed sunny in places and southwestern deserts reached 90s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Rockies
Arizona
Intermountain
Kearney
Ariz
Illinois
Lawrenceville
Wheatland
Ind
Nada
Daytona Beach
Fla
Washington, D.C
Great Lakes
Michigan
Plains
Mississippi Valley
California
Baltimore
Miami
Wilmington
Del
Tucson
Atlantic City
Daughters Born To Several Area Families
Vital statistics list multiple births including Amber Miller in Hiawatha and Ana Draager in the same area. Other births include Solon resident a daughter to May Finucane and James Finucane and a daughter to Paulette Goodken and Joseph Goodken in Solon area.
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May
Marsha
Richard Miller
Amber
Debra
Terry McCarthy
Tiki Terrace
Hiawatha
Cynthia
Jerry Draager
Anamosa
Rique
James Finucane
Solon
Paulette
Joseph Goodken
E Ave
Kilburg and Thomas Nominated for Sixth District Judge
Two Cedar Rapids attorneys, Paul Kilburg and William Thomas, have been named by the Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the Sixth Judicial District vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Clinton Shaefer. Nine applicants sought the post. The governor will select the new judge from the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Judicial Nominating Commission
Paul Kilburg
William Thomas
Linn County
Clinton Shaeffer
Correction and clarification on Brumbaugh arrest details
Alvin R Brumbaugh, 60, provided an incorrect address at his Wednesday drunk driving arrest. His correct address is 1446 Bever Ave SE. The Gazette will publish corrections or clarifications for any errors in reports or headlines. Phone 398 8313.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin R. Brumbaugh
Hamilton St
Bever Ave
the Gazette
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Currell
Benjamin F
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Lafler
John E
Murdoch Chapel
Charles Moore
Troy Mills
GOP
John McCarroll
Ses Aureau
Metro Roundup
C.R
Kevin Kilgore
Westport
Conn
Philadelphia
St. Luke's
10Th Ave
Sixtieth Avenue
Locust Road
First Ave
Kilburg
Thomas Get
The
Gazette
John E. Lapes
Vreweragreds
3Rd Ave
Pierson
Walang
Sixteenth Avenue
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