Deaths Across Iowa Region Highlight Local Notables
Obituaries recount deaths of Neva Lillian Weitnauer Kaufmann Miller 68 Cedar Rapids. Arlington Newton 83 Newton Chevrolet owner. Gladys Heiken 61 Cedar Rapids. Garrett Eiben 73 Cedar Rapids. Erma M. Moore 56 Cedar Rapids. Durward Duke Tharp 65 Cedar Rapids. Florence Matheny 87 Toddville. Harry Burhenn Dysart. Frank Reasland 67 Iowa City. Charlotte Winfrey 87 Hopkinton. Ruth Yount 85 Monticello. Henry Hessenius 74 Tipton with services planned at multiple churches and cemeteries.
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Gladys Marie Heiken
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Rex Carl Heiken
Tipton
Kay Ann Johnston
Memphis
Keeran Heiken
Kent Arden Heiken
Gertrude Arthur
Hattiesburg
Miss
Florence Pospishil
Central City
Marguerite Tobiason
Mary Morning
Monticello
Edna Tarbox
Merle Postel
Robert Postel
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Dysart
Harry Burhenn
Dysart United Methodist Church
Overton’s
Iowa City
Frank E. Reasland
Donohue’s
Hopkinton
Charlotte Isbell Winfrey
Goettsch’s
Ruth G
Last Hostage Slips Out Bank Robber Surrenders
In Youngstown Ohio a bank robber released four hostages after a 24 hour standoff. Carla Blair 22 escaped unharmed when police brought burgers to the captors. The gunman surrendered after the final hostage was freed and was taken for FBI questioning.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Freedom
FBI
Charles McKinnon
Cleveland
Carla Blair
Cedar Rapids Officer Graduating Cum Laude This Spring
Mike Klappholz a 24 year old Cedar Rapids policeman will graduate cum laude from Mt. Mercy College this spring with a degree in criminal justice and sociology. He will be featured in Monday's Gazette highlighting the 1971 Regis High School graduate and his career path.
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Mike Klappholz
Klappholz
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Mercy College
Regis High School
Monday
Gazette
Senators demand answers from ICC chair Van Nostrand
Sixteen Iowa Senate members press Maurice Van Nostrand to address concerns over utility rate setting and energy policy. Redmond may support reappointment with conditions. Term ends June 30. confirmation requires two thirds.
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ICC
van Nostrand
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
James Redmond
D-C.r
Robert Ray
Senate
Redmond
Commission
New Orleans Becomes Capital of Louisiana Territory
New Orleans named after the Duke of Orléans became the capital of the French Territory of Louisiana in 1722.
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New Orleans
Duke of Orleans
Louisiana
Iowa Historical Society marks 120th anniversary meeting
On the 120th anniversary of the first organizational meeting the Iowa Historical Society held its annual gathering in the Old Capitol senate chambers at the University of Iowa. Rob Bowers, Tim Hyde, and Don Stout were nominated to a by laws committee while an 8 000 member mail in election selects society board members.
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Iowa City
Iowa Historical Society
Senate
Old Capitol
University of Iowa
Iowa State Historical Department
State Historical Society
Rob Bowers
Ames
Tim Hyde
Des Moines
Don Stout
Tipton
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates by carrier or mail vary with editions and durations. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news in this newspaper.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Gazette
Associated Press
Soviet Rhetoric Hardens in Pravda on China
Pravda issued a sharp commentary accusing China of planning for war against the West and the Soviet Union. Signed I Alek sandrov, the piece signals Moscow’s view that progress with Beijing has stalled under the new leadership eight months after Mao’s death and marks a return to a low point in relations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Pravda
Peking
West
Kremlin
I. Aleksandrov
Mao
Weather and Birth Notices From May Weekend Summary
Weekend weather notes show a high of 70s to 80s Tuesday cooling to 60s and 70s by Thursday with low 40s to 60s. Birth announcements list Mercy May 14 and St. Luke's May 14 with multiple families and newborns including twins. Also report of a mistaken alarm on Elmhurst drive and a river sighting near Sixteenth Avenue bridge.
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Hay Wishwieemateceasevetaris
Elmhurst Drive
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
A Avenue
Glass Road
Amber Drive
Two Convicted Murderers Escape From Ft Madison Prison
Two inmates serving life terms for murder escaped from the state penitentiary at Ft Madison Saturday. Identified as Robert Loney, 37, Davenport, and Warner Kelly, 34, a corrections officer killer with a 90 year sentence. They were missing from a 6:30 p.m. check and were described as possibly armed.
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State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
Robert Loney
Davenport
Henry Clint
Loney
Warner Kelly
Correction eyed in Daily Iowan doctor misrepresentation case
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports on a brewing controversy over a Daily Iowan story in which a doctor’s role was misrepresented. Attorneys for the plaintiff challenge edits by the editor and promise a possible correction as the lawsuit advances.
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Hayek
Casey
Daily Iowan and Union Settle Salary Levels in Arbitration
The Daily Iowan and its editorial staff union reached a binding arbitration settlement for next year’s salaries. Department editors will earn 390 dollars monthly and assistant editors and full time reporters 280 dollars, up from 350 and 250 respectively.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Daily Iowan
Ant
Student Publication Inc. Trustees
Board of Trustees
Privacy Panel Proposes Broad Employee and Insurance Data Rules
The panel recommends damages capped at 10000 and requires employers to inform workers about data use. Workers would access copy and amend their records, while polygraph use would be banned. Insurance firms would must disclose inquiry responses and allow data access and correction. Health information would be tightly controlled. Credit grantors would reveal data types collected and let applicants view information used in decisions. Social security number use unchanged pending final guidance.
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Insurance Companies
Commission
Nuclear strategy debate shapes missile program plans
Administration officials discuss shifts in nuclear doctrine affecting programs like the M X mobile missile and the B 1 bomber. Rumsfeld outlines two retaliatory models focusing on population cities or military and economic recovery, with varying targets and damage levels guiding U S postures.
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Brown
Miss Texas Kim Tomes Wins 1977 Miss USA Title
Kim Tomes of Texas was crowned Miss USA 1977 at Charleston. Finalists included Pam Gergely Miss California Debbie Cossette Miss Minnesota Mary O Neal Contino Miss Nevada and Lynn Herring Miss Virginia.
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Charleston
S.C
Kim Tomes
Texas
Pam Gergely
California
Debbie Cossette
Minnesota
Mary O’neal Contino
Nevada
Lynn Herring
Virginia
Four charged with drunk driving in weekend arrests
Robert James Berends 44 of Independence was arrested at 9 10 p m Friday in the 3300 block of Center Point Road NE and charged with driving with revocation. Rickie Lee Miller 21 of 428 Blairs Ferry Road NE was picked up at 1 45 a m Saturday in the 800 block of Eighth Avenue Marion. Roderick Allen Shearer 23 of 118 Thirty third Street NE was arrested at 10 51 p m Friday near Bever Park SE. Timothy Lee Yukl 21 resident of the YMCA was taken into custody at 11 24 p m Friday in the 500 block of Avenue NE and charged with speeding.
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Robert James Berends
Independence
Center Point Road
Rickie Lee Miller
Blairs Ferry Road
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Roderick Allen Shearer
Thirty-third Street
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Neva Miller
Robert Moore
Neva Lillian Weitnauer Kaufmann Miller
Lawrence Miller
Bryantzburg
Hiawatha
Miller
Zion Lutheran Church
Delia Caldwell
Oelwein
Arleta Bartosh
Mare
Turner East
Hintz
Dick Newton
Arlington
Newton Chevrolet
Strawberry Point
Newton
Agnes McClarknon
Masonic Lodge
LeRoy
Blanch Clute
Arlington United Methodist Church
Gleim
Taylorsville Cemetery
Mrs
Rex Heiken
Garrett William Eibeen
Garrett William Eiben
Twenty-third Street
Stewart Funeral Home
Lutz
Laura E
Murdoch Chapel
Erma M. Moore
Reynolds Avenue
Robert F. Moore
Patricia Kelley
John W. Miner
Glenn Schultz
Kuba Funeral Home
Wilson Hyde
Trinity United Methodist Church
Durward
Duke"’ Tharp
Feasterville
Constant Tharp
Los Angeles
Carl Berhenke
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial
Florence E. Matheny
Florence Elson Matheny
Toddville
Alburnett
Linn County
Luther McCreary
John W. Matheny
Dren
Danielle
Isaac
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
Historical Society Meets
Christopher Wren New Vort
C.R. Weather
Mercy
Dennis Northland
Westwood Drive
Gary McGlashing
Seely Avenue
St. Luke's
Dean Richardson
Shellsburg
Lawrence Janda
Ninth Street
Gary Paulsen
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Jeffrey Morris
Marcelino Hivento
Fifteenth Street
Chicago North Western Railroad
Edgewood Road
Iowan
Daniel Boyle
Union
Rumsfeld
United States
U.S
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Pierson
Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
16Th Ave
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