Deaths: Maurice Coffman 64 former Cedar Rapids resident
Maurice Paul Coffman 64 died Friday in Rock Island Illinois after a sudden illness. He was born April 19 1913 in Keota Iowa and lived in Rock Island for two decades. He worked at Case Manufacturing Co. in Rock Island and served in World War II. He is survived by his wife Veronica two daughters Christine and Sandra Brown son James Coffman a grandchild sister and brother. Burial is in Keota Cemetery. Services held in Turner Chapel East with graveside rites today. Additional notices list other obituaries and funeral details.
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Maurice Paul Coffman
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Case Manufacturing Co
Keota
Elgin (Ill.) Academy
University of Iowa
Coffman
Veronica
Sandra Brown
Christine Coffman
James Coffman
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Richard R. Proctor
Roy W. Coffman
Abilene
Texas
Turner Chapel East
Thomas C. Aycock, Jr
Turner East
Utility pulls controversial ad amid protest in Iowa
The Linn County ABC pulled a 60 second environmental ad from KXIC and KQCR-FM after protests from Free Environment. It will still air on WMT though Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative ads are funded statewide. Ed Bomberger rejects calls to stop the campaign.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Free Environment
Lieve
REC
Jack Hicks
Linn County
ABC
KXIC
Town City
Kqcr-Fm
Cedar Rapids
Hicks
Ed Bomberger
Des Moines
Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
WMT
Iowa Rbc
Bomberger
May Births and Local Weather Report
Vital statistics note NW wind at 8 mph and clear extending forecast with highs in the low 80s. May births listed for several Marion area families with daughters and a son, plus out of town births in Lexington and Burlington. Accidents and weather alerts noted for 3 to 6 pm Friday events including downed wires and an accidental alarm.
Airmen Lewis and Hoyum Graduate at Chanute AFB
Assigned Airman Drew A Lewis son of Mrs Mary A Lewis Fairfax has graduated from the air force technical training course for aircraft maintenance specialists at Chanute AFB Ill. He is assigned to Pease AFB NH. Assigned Airman Dale N Hoyum son of Mr and Mrs Norman Hoyum 939 Fifteenth Avenue SW has graduated from the same course at Chanute AFB Ill and is assigned to Norton AFB Calif. He will serve with a unit of the Military Air Lift Command. Also notes mention a Kalona Historical Tour Decorah Nordic Festival and local ads for a talent show tickets and studio reopening.
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Drew A. Lewis
Mary A. Lewis
Fairfax
Chanute Afb
Ill
Air Force
Pease Afb, N.H
Dale N. Hoyum
Norman Hoyum
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Norton Afb
Calif
Military Airlift Command
Memorial observances honor Cedar Rapids fallen firemen
Memorial observances were held Friday afternoon for Cedar Rapids firemen Lt. Robert Simon and Pvt. Melvin Goebel who died a year ago in a Cedar River training exercise above the REA dam. Friends and families laid wreathes at the gravesites.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Rea Dam
Robert Simon
Pvt
Melvin Goebel
Property Tax Bill Approved With Shifts in Iowa
The Iowa senate approved house changes to a property assessment bill sending it to the governor. The plan imposes 6 percent annual growth limits on residential and agricultural property and alters farmland assessment away from market value. The measure affects 1978 and 1979 assessments and the 1979-81 tax years, with shifts that may impact urban and rural regions differently.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa
William Palmer
Palmer
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Senate
Ways-Means Committee
Rodgers
Linn
Johnson
Iowa House Approves Sunday Beer Sales and 19-Year-Old Drinking Age
Iowa lawmakers push through a 62 to 30 vote to raise the drinking age to 19 and advance a Sunday beer sales bill allowing grocery stores to sell beer noon to 10 PM. Gov. Ray signals support for the beer measure while the 19-year-old age bill faces an uncertain fate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Robert Ray
House
Ray
Innocent Verdict In Croy Case
Bruce Croy of Cedar Rapids was found not guilty by Associate District Court Judge Lynne Brady on a charge of keeping a disorderly place after a February incident at the Goldmine Lounge. The judge ruled the indecent exposure ordinance unconstitutional, dismissing the case.
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Bruce Croy
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Lynne Brady
Croy
Cedar Rapids
Brady
Man Held on Eight Traffic Charges After High Speed Chase
Daniel Lee Butterfield, 18, of 4316 Center Point road NE, held in Linn county jail on eight traffic charges after a Friday night pursuit in northeast Cedar Rapids. Police clocked 48 mph in the 3700 block of Oakland road NE before a chase reaching 85 mph ended in the 800 block of Thirty-fifth street NE. Charges include reckless driving license under suspension three counts of speeding and three counts of failure to stop at a stop sign. Bond set at 1500.
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Daniel Lee Butterfield
Center Point Road
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Butterfield
Oakland Road
Thirty-fifth Street
Water shortage threatens Iowa wells and supplies
Dr. Grant warns that below normal rainfall and higher consumption are lowering water tables in shallow wells across Iowa. He notes many municipal and domestic wells are marginal, with causes including sediment buildup and the need to deepen or relocate wells. Regular depth checks enable early rationing and planning for options such as cleaning, lowering pumps, or drilling new wells.
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Grant
Iowa
Legislature Moves To Reconsider And Send Bills Back
Lawmakers agreed to approve reconsiderations and ship bills to committee for active status next year. Intense pressure focused on a gasoline tax increase bill approved by the house to relieve road funding burdens through three cents per gallon. Gov Ray may call a special session after a short adjournment to address state employee contracts under the new collective bargaining law.
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Chamber
Senate
House
Robert Ray
SALT Impasse: Prospects of a Joint Framework Revealed
Informants described talks blending American and Soviet proposals ahead of a Saturday news conference. The likely framework would cut arsenals on both sides, limit U S cruise missiles and the Backfire bomber, and commit to broader future reductions. Carter’s human rights stance added souring pressure.
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Washington
U.S
Carter
Soviet Union
Hijack Attempt Thwarted on Iowa Bus to Chicago
Twenty two passengers on a Greyhound bus from Des Moines to Chicago halted at Little Amana after a man named Steve Nagy of Chicago threatened to hijack the vehicle. He shoved a bag toward the driver and vowed to shoot unless the bus stopped at a liquor store. passengers overpowered him and he was detained by troopers. Nagy, described as epileptic, reportedly mixed medication with alcohol. a hospital evaluation followed and charges are pending.
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Williamsburg
Greyhound
Chicago
Des Moines
Little Amana
Iowa Highway Patrol
the Gazette
Steve Nagy
Nagy
Gerald Hilgemann
Norwalk
Hilgemann
Amana Holiday Inn
Highway Patrol
FBI
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Woman Hurt by Auto In Rain During Crosswalk Collision
Marie Jamesson, 62, of 5531 Klinger Street SW, listed in good condition at Mercy hospital after head injuries from being struck in a crosswalk by a car driven by Robert Roy Randall, 39, of 319 Fourteenth Avenue SE. Randall left on Third Street to Eighth Avenue SE around 3:30 p.m. No charges filed due to heavy rain and poor visibility.
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Marie Jamesson
Klinger Street
Mercy Hospital
Jamesson
Robert Roy Randall
Fourteenth Avenue
Randall
Third Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Flint Charged In Wire Theft In Linn County
Christopher K. Flint 18 of 615 Third Avenue SW held on 5000 bond after arrest Friday afternoon on charges of injury to roads railroads and utilities. Flint and a 17 year old were charged with stealing wire from Rock Island telegraph lines on Edgewood Road Bridge. The juvenile was sent to the police youth bureau.
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Christopher K. Flint
Third Avenue
Linn County
Flint
Rock Island
Edgewood Road Bridge
Police Youth Bureau
Choir Bus Crash Kills 28 In Martinez California
On this date in 1976 a bus carrying 28 high school choir members crashed in Martinez California. Local authorities investigated the collision and mourned the students as the community faced a tragic loss.
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Martinez
Calif
Cedar Rapids Gazette subscription and mailing details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail for various regions and states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
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Ryan
Jason Kirk
Russell C. Strifler
Turner West
Tipton
Florence E. Irving
Sheets and Sons Funeral Home
Vinton
Harold D. Haye
Omaha
Neb
Phillips Funeral Home
Marengo
Dorthea Bergman
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
Belle Plaine
Marie Woodruff
T.W. van Beck’s
Utility
Chuck Hawkins
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
James W. Casper
Fifteenth Avenue
Tommy E. Jackson
Weston Avenue
Gary Sauerteig
Clark Road
Robert M. Lovelett
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercu
John Games
Twenty-fifth Street
Marion
Lexington
David Morris
Morris
Ed Strand
Toddville
Allen Morris
Burlington
Wesley A. Schultz
Schultz
Guy L. Ames
Red Fox Road
Raymond Schultz
Fifteenth Street
Tenth Avenue
Edgewood Road
Kalona
Decorah
Off
Adv
Armstrong
Murray
Ashcraft
Hansen
Philip Hill
Kelly
Nystrom
Ramsey
Shaw
Calhoun
Carr
Doderer
Gallagher
Glenn
Eugene Hill
Kinley
Charles Miller
Malting
Orr
Redmond
Robinson
Rush
Slater
Willits
Terry Dyrland
Elkader
Dyrland
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Durland
Legislature
John E. Lapes
Retail Florist
Avenue Floral and Botanicals
16Th Ave
S.W
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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