Deaths of Merritt Edaburn, Stoddard, Usher span Linn County
Obituaries report the deaths of Monecia E Edaburn 85 of 4443 C Ave NE in Marion widow Vernon Edaburn relation to four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Joseph W Stoddard 86 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Santa Ana after service in Linn County deputy recorder and longtime musician honors. Dorothy Bernice Usher 62 Cedar Rapids resident dies after brief illness survived by one daughter and two grandchildren. Funeral services noted for all with Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monecia E. Merritt Edaburn
C Ave
Linn County
Winslow House
Martelle
Vernon Edaburn
Marion
Pauline Curtis
Hildajune Parker
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Jay Miller
Marion United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Joseph W. Stoddard
Santa Ana
Calif
Fern Scott
Knights of Pythias Lodge
American Federation of Musicians
American Legion
Joe
Los Angeles
Fairhaven Cemetery
Stoddard
N. Flower
Apt
Dorothy Bernice Usher
19Th St. SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marland Usher
Paul A. Lynott
Manassas
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
American Heart Association
Seventh Ave
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Obituary notices for several Iowa residents
Multiple death notices and pending services across Iowa communities. Mary K. Hlubucek 75 of 2222 First Ave NE died after a sudden illness. services pending. Lumir A. Cuhel 79 of Route 2 Cedar Rapids died after a sudden illness. services Friday 11 a.m. Brush Chapel, burial Czech National Cemetery. Joyce Loyola Eakle Lint 50 of Route 1 Ely died after long illness. services Friday 2 p.m. Beatty Bearle Murdoch Chapel, burial Linwood Cemetery. Additional notices list funeral details for Arlington Elmer Nus, Cascade Edgar Bahl, Clermont Willis Lyon, Monona James Peters, Oelwein Herald G. Loban, Postville Gerhard Halverson, Strawberry Point Pod Emery Sargent, Waukon Florence Knudtson, West Amana Mrs Ivan Graesser, Williamsburg Frieda Baack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumir A. Cuhel
Route 2
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
Fairfax Senior Club
Libbie Novy
Iowa City
Brush Chapel
Charles Mehaffey
Czech National Cemetery
Joyce Loyola Eakle Lint
Route 1
Ely
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Falls
Kenneth Lint
Lint
Square D Co
Rickie Tuckery
Russell Lacher
Shueyville
Robert Bouton
Christ Church United Presbyterian
Linwood Cemetery
Arlington
Elmer Nus
Sun City
Ariz
Cascade
Edgar V. Bahl
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Church
Devaney-Reiff's
Clermont
Willis Lyon
First Baptist Church
Elgin
Pleasant Grove
West Union
G. Loban
Brant-Kerns
Grandview Cemetery
Fayette
Postville
Gerhard S. Halverson
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Schutte’s
Strawberry Point
Pod” Emery Sargent
Roberson
Tornadoes, Flooding Hit Texas and Plains States
A twister touched down in Wichita Falls Texas during a heavy storm causing injuries and street flooding. Another tornado was observed near Archer City. widespread damage and fatalities were reported across the Plains as storms spanned Texas Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas New Mexico Minnesota and California with numerous injuries and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Archer City
Archer County
Plains
Air Force Base
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
California
Minnesota
Hoyle May Quit Iowa City School Board Over New Dubuque Job
Iowa City board member Classie Hoyle plans to resign from the school board by summer end after accepting Clark College's vice president for academic affairs post in Dubuque. She will finish the current term through August 31 and suggests the seat be filled by another. Phelps and Cannon undecided on seeking re-election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyle
Iowa City Board
Ove County
Iowa City
Classie Hoyle
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Clark College
Stan Aldinger
U of I
Dorsey Phelps
Lynne Cannon
Cannon
Phelps
Transport plane crash near Judsonia Ark kills seven aboard
A C 130 transport plane from Little Rock Air Force Base exploded and crashed in a field near Judsonia Arkansas during a local training mission. Seven people were aboard with no immediate word on their condition. The four engine turboprop went down at 8:35 p.m. in a field after the aircraft exploded in the air and on impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judsonia
Ark
Little Rock Air Force Base
Arkansas
Joseph Cotton
Air Force Base
Cotton
Junior McCuiston
State Police
Newport
Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Reported
May 12 births include a son for Vital Statistics couple at 800 Wellington SE and other births listed across Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding areas. Police logs note false alarm on Ridgeview NW, arson at 2115 North Towne Lane NE, odor check on 27th Street NW, outhouse fire at Collins Road and I 380, and a medical emergency at 2222 First Ave NE. 1975 U.S. Mayaquez ship seizure details state 41 servicemen killed and 50 wounded during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeview Drive
North Towne Lane
27Th Street
Collins Road
I-380
House Budget Committee Tentatively Approves 780 Billion Budget
The Democratic led House Budget Committee tentatively approves a 780.6 billion fiscal 1983 plan cutting defense and boosting taxes to shrink the deficit. A 103.8 billion 1983 deficit is planned with 147 billion in new taxes over three years, while Social Security is left untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House Budget Committee
Senate
Reagan
Senate Budget Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Bull Weevils
Congress
Phil Gramm
D-Texas
Charles Stenholm
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
House panel approves military aid to El Salvador
The House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed the Reagan administration plan for 60 million dollars in foreign military aid to El Salvador for fiscal 1983. The panel rejected proposals to cut or end aid and urged dialogue with insurgents willing to join the constitutional process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador
New York Times Service
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
el Salvador
Edward Derwinski
R-Iii
Toby Roth
R-Wis
Benjamin Gilman
R-N.y
Defense Department
Gerry Stubbs
D-Mass
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Iowa High Court to rule on paternity suit rights
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in a Clinton County case over whether defendants in paternity actions have a constitutional right to counsel. The indigent defendant seeks a court appointed lawyer, challenging a civil case principle. The ruling will set precedent for future paternity disputes.
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Iowa High Court
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Clinton County
Michael Eugene Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Charles Pelton
Supreme Court
Joe Thornton
Murder trial opens in Wapello County
Testimony begins in the first degree murder trials of Sherry Snodgrass and Michael Hood over the death of Gregory Snodgrass. Prosecutor James Ramey says the couple premeditated the killing at a rural Ottumwa farm, then dumped the body in the Mississippi River near Blytheville Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello County
Ottumwa (Ap
Sherry Snodgrass
Michael Hood
Gregory Snodgrass
Ottumwa
Mississippi River
Blytheville
Ark
James Ramey
Hood
Ms. Snodgrass
Ramey
IRS warns against impersonators posing as agents
The IRS cautions taxpayers about scam calls and visits from people claiming to be IRS employees. Impostors may demand payment for alleged back taxes and pressure taxpayers for credentials. Real agents carry distinctive ID and verification should be sought at the nearest IRS office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bettendorf teen pleads innocent to murder charge
Tony Holbrook 17 of Bettendorf pleaded innocent in Jackson County Circuit Court to first degree murder in the Easter death of Thelma Straker 71 of Independence Missouri. A jury trial date will be set later. Holbrook held on 50000 bond in Jackson County Jail. Three other Quad Cities teens are detained in Kansas City on related matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tony Holbrook
Bettendorf
Jackson County
Independence
Holbrook
Thelma Straker
Straker
Quad Cities
Corrections issued for Center Point man in Gazette report
The Gazette corrects Ernest A. Mollenhauer 69 from Center Point. He was injured in a car crash north of Center Point. An incorrect address appeared in the Wednesday edition. The newspaper will reply to complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections in this space. Phone 398 8313.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Mollenhauer
Center Point
Gazette
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Feller
Fred C
Charles Moore
Mary K. Hlubucek
First Ave
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Vicki
Timothy Meier
Wellington St. SE
St. Luke’s
Ann Marie
Ron Cook
Wiley Blvd
Gail Ann
Leonard Jentz
26Th St
Mary Lynn
Douglas McGaffey
Anamosa
Deborah
Dennis Zabokitsky
Renee
Larry Pinkston
27Th St
Charles Karr
Northbrook Drive
Dixie
D. Michael Clancy
Clarence
Marie
Daniel Henderson
Coggan
Debra
Donald Krall
25Th St
Jolene Ann
Larry Hartgrave
Rollingwood Drive
Jane
Steve Upmeyer
Jeanette
Joel Rodriguez
Northview Drive
Jo Ellen
David Dixon
30Th St
Robin
Nathan Barrett
Fifth Ave
Robert A. Mitchell
Stephanie A. Morris
Ronald M. Thompson
Jane R. Edmunds
Keith L. Vanous
Lesley B. Engler
Howard R. Miller
Nancy J. Hungerford
Ronald L. Holtzman
Deanna M. Borchardt
Hiawatha
John C. Teager Jr
South Bend
Ind
Phyllis A. McPartland
Sheldon
James A. Peterson
Susan R. Woellert
Steven E. Lowe
Mary K. Schutt
Swisher
David P. Benderson
Susan G. Cook
Waterloo
Second Street
10Th Avenue SE
United States
Mayaguez
U.S
Gulf of Siam
Bob Heimer
Help Legal Assistance
Davenport
John E. Lapes
Ave. S.E
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