Deaths mark long life in Central City and beyond
Obituary notices report Grace R. Ball Mosher 86 of Central City and Clearwater Florida died after a short illness in Marion. Also Peter Shaffer 52 of Lisbon killed near Tipton in a work accident. Multiple memorial services listed with burial sites and memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace R. Ball Mosher
Central City
Clearwater
Fla
Winslow House
Marion
Hopeville
John A. Mosher
Marshalltown
Mosher
Hollis K. Sweet
Ben O’meara
Murdoch Chapel
Rolland Towell
Mount Clark Cemetery
Rumors of FMC Layoffs Hit Cable Crane and Excavator Division
Rumors claim downsize of 25 to 30 percent across FMC Cable Crane and Excavator Division offices tied to new Illinois division HQ and Lexington Kentucky site. Reported cuts may begin Friday next week with data processing and personnel departments expected to bear large shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FMC
Illinois
Bannockburn
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Lexing
Vital Statistics May 12 to 13 births and incidents
Date line records several births in Solon Marion and Redmond with parents and addresses and mentions multiple medical emergencies and a trash incident at A Avenue and Center Point Road NE with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Wieneke
Edgewood Road
Susan
Loren Zumbach
Coggan
Carl Mayberry
Anamosa
Colleen
Lawrence Hadrava
Ninth St
Cynthia
James Aspectis
Marion
James Jacobi
Belle Plaine
Judith
Larry Edwards
41St Ave
Redmond
Wash
Jayne
Jeff Myhre
C.A. van Berkum
24Th St
First St
A Avenue
Center Point Road
E Ave
Judge denies moving trial of former sheriff
MANCHESTER The obstruction of justice and perjury trial of former Delaware County Sheriff Bert Elledge Jr. will not be moved out of Delaware County as requested by the state. District Court Judge Forrest Eastman denied the move citing video tapes showing television coverage was not excessive.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Bert Elledge Jr
Forrest Eastman
Jim Kim
Eastman
Elledge
Hinckley jurors hear morose New Year message tape
The tape recorded December 31 1980 shows John Hinckley expressing thoughts of death and loneliness as defense lawyers argue he was mentally ill at the time of Reagan’s 1981 shooting. He voices love for Jodie Foster and laments life as he envisioned a grand fantasy role.
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Hinckley
Los Angeles Times
Washington
John Hinckley
Reagan
William Carpenter
Evergreen
Colo
Young Hinckley
John Lennon
FBI
Denver
Foster
Carpenter
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Columbia
The
American Front
Miss Arkansas wins Miss USA pageant
Terri Lea Uttley of Hot Springs Ark becomes the first Miss Arkansas to win Miss USA. The 20 year old is a Cabot native and will go on to represent the United States at Miss Universe in Lima Peru on July 26.
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Biloxi
UPI
Terri Lea Uttley
Hot Springs
Ark
Kim Seelbrede
Ohio
Miss Uttley
Cabot
Texas
Elizabeth Ann Caughey
Utah
Susan Lorraine Gasser
Kim Ann Weeda
Kentucky
Kristina Leah Chapman
Vermont
Georgia Davis
Tennessee
Nise Levy
Maryland
Angie Boyer
Hawaii
Vanessa DuBois
Massachusetts
Janet Marie Flaherty
Michigan
Diane Marie Arabia
Virginia
Sondra Jones
Bob Barker
Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum
Donny Osmond
United States
Lima
Peru
Endloader accident kills Lisbon man in Cedar County
Paul R Shaffer 52 of Lisbon died when an endloader tipped while he tried to load it onto a flatbed truck three miles northeast of Tipton on a Cedar County gravel road at 9 55 a m. He worked for Manatts Concrete Co and the truck belonged to Liercke Construction Inc. Officials said he helped free tiling equipment before the fatal incident.
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Paul “Red’’ Shaffer
Lisbon
Tipton
Sharon Center
Donna Richert
Nashua
Oxford Junction
Manatt’s Concrete Co
Federated Church of Lisbon
Karla
Keevin
Wayne
Traer
Walter
Iowa City
Mervin
Grand Island
Neb
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Delmar
Kalona
Alverta Williams
Tiffin
Edith Shaffer
Paul Raymond Shaffer
A.m
Cedar County
Shaffer
Walter Kopsa
Liercke Constructon Inc
Liercke Construction
Man Arrested in Cedar Rapids Cactus and Plant Theft
Vincent A. Gatto, 23, of 1628 C Ave NE, was arrested Thursday evening on two counts of third degree theft. Police linked him to May 5 thefts of cactuses, plants and macrame hangers. Stolen items valued at over $400 from Allen Vredenburg and $150 from Merrill Klemm were found at Gatto’s residence after a May 4 search warrant. He was held at Linn County Jail Thursday night.
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Vincent A. Gatto
C Ave
Gatto
Allen Vredenburg
Second St
Merrill Klemm
Washington Ave
Linn County
Wage Stabilization Board Caps Oil Wage Increases
Thirty years ago the Wage Stabilization Board imposed a 15 cent per hour ceiling on wage hikes in union contracts already reached within the oil industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wage Stabilization Board
Amana board votes to keep district identity
The Amana school board voted 5 to 2 to remain as Amana schools, ending any move toward reorganization with another system. Retiring Superintendent Charles Selzer noted the decision supports an incoming superintendent as the district seeks his replacement after more than 40 years. Petitioners had circulated two measures, one with 318 signatures April 14 and another with 247 signatures, urging reconsideration.
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Amana
Amana Schools
Charles Selzer
Selzer
Graduation ceremonies for St Luke's nursing school
Clarifications correct the Gazette on May 21 at 7 30 p m for St Luke's Methodist Hospital School of Nursing graduation at St Paul s United Methodist Church The Gazette will publish corrections or clarifications for any earlier inaccuracies by phone at 398 8313
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Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
George B. McDill
Hus Memorial United Presbyterian Church
Czech National Cemetery
Vernon M. Clark
35Th St
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eileen Marsden
Wiltshire
England
Clark
Ryan Leasing
First United Methodist Church
Roger A
Rodney L
Tim Cable
Kenneth
Cedar Rapids
Murdoch Chapel
Nick Longworth
Coralville
Adele C. Prehoda
Zion Lutheran Church
Iowa City
Beckman-Callahan’s
Riverside Cemetery
Decorah
Peter S. Knudsvig
Decorah Lutheran Church
Steine’s
Stavanger Lutheran Cemetery
Ossian
Festina
Edwin Kipp
St. Mary's Catholic Church
French’s
Calmar
Guttenberg
Raymond F. Werges Sr
Keota
Leonard P. Sieren
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Powell’s
Stanwood
William Plate
Chapman’s
Clarence
Rose Hill
Mechanicsville
Waterloo
Dorothy M. Nissen
Independence
Parker’s
Jesup
New Barclay
West Liberty
Gladys Mae Mills
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Gazette
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list Carrier 1.65 weekly Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues 8.05 4 weeks 85.80 52 weeks. Rates for Other States and U S Territories 123.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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Mary K. Hilubucek
First Ave
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Garner
Mr. Hlubucek
Chicago
Sbor Sokolice
Renata Tyrs
Western Fraternal Life Association
Karla Masaryk
Martin E. Clark
Westfield
Wis
Divine Savior
Michael
Luella Clark
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Harrisville
Steinhaus Funeral Home
Ton, Ky
UAW
Bonnie
Gary Obadal
Solon
Ruth
Stephen Runde
21St St. SE
Linda
Richard Barrett
Indiana St
Victoria Dixon
Fifth Ave
Jane
Billy Herwig
Cottonwood Lane
St. Luke’s
Thomas W. Lidd
Paula J. Chesley
Kenneth L. Kray
Mary K. Gorius
Peoria, Ill
Todd R. Ohlheiser
Julie A. Adams
Miss Arkansas
16Th Street
Mercy Hospital
C.R. Cactus
Amana Board
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
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