Long list of obituaries and funeral notices in Cedar Rapids area
Deaths and services noted for Tina Van Antwerp and numerous others, including Rev. Lawrence Bryant, Esther Bryant, Carrie Stearns, and George Branch, with birthplaces, marriages, survivors, and burial details. Notices list church ties, cemeteries, funeral homes, and visitation times across Cedar Rapids, Mount Vernon, Center Point, and surrounding towns.
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Edwin L. Park
Cedar Rapids
Judson Daniels
Bena
Lawrence Bryant
Seventh St. SE
Bryant
Waterloo
Church of God and Christ Gospel Temple
Russellville
Ark
John Deere Tractor Works
Cornelus Thomas
Oliver
Edna Bowdy
Los Angeles
Mary Thompson
Kansas City
Louise Micou
Detroit
Roth
Church of God and
Christ Gospel Temple
Fairview Cemetery
Kern-Dykeman Funeral
Carrie Marie Stearns
Harrison Court
Edgar L. Stearns
St. James United
Judge Denies Pantini Reinstatement as Marion Coach
Linn County District Court refused to order Marion Independent School District to restore Anthony Pantini Jr. as head girls basketball coach. Judge Osmundson cited school board authority to assign coaching duties and public employers’ right to direct work. Pantini remains a social studies teacher at Marion High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Marion Independent
Anthony Pantini Jr
Pantini
John Allan
Robert Osmundson
Osmundson
Iowa Supreme Court
Bergen proposes emergency number for Linn County
Floyd Bergen, candidate for Cedar Rapids safety commissioner, urged establishing a 911 emergency number in Linn County. He said a central countywide system is crucial and noted Cedar Rapids, Marion and Hiawatha area officials are close to implementing it.
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Floyd Bergen
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Bergen
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Killian’s Tea Room
Marion
Hiawatha
Traffic Crash Leaves Three Hurt In Marion Intersection
Curtis Duffield 19 remains in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after a Tuesday crash at First Avenue and 14th Street East. Mark Olson 21 and passenger Ken Vine 24 were treated and released. Olson was charged with failure to stop at a stop or yield intersection. Ann Duffield 18 was involved in the collision.
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Curtis Duffield
Lauren
Third St
Marion
Olson
British voters sweep Labour out of office in landslide
Thirty years ago British voters swept nearly 700 Labour Party members from office in a historic election landslide. The mass defeat reshaped UK politics as the Conservative Party gained control across multiple regions.
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Labor Party
Animal mutilation reported in Linn County calf death
Linn County deputies investigated the death of a nine month old half Holstein half shorthorn bull calf found Sunday with the tongue, tail, testicles and rectum mutilated. Ray mond Whittle of Route 1 Fairfax reported the calf missing Oct 23 and officials noted a similar case in Black Hawk County nearby. No further details were available.
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Linn
Raymond Whittle
Route 1
Fairfax
Whittle
Hudson and Remick to star in Wheels drama
Los Angeles AP reports Rock Hudson and Lee Remick will headline a ten hour television dramatization of Arthur Hailey's Wheels about the auto industry.
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Los Angeles
Rock Hudson
Lee Remick
Arthur Hailey
President plans TV energy talk
President Carter plans a national TV radio address to push his energy program, with timing not fixed but likely soon. Rex Granum said a possible later this week. Congress moves on to other energy issues while talks assess auto fuel use and shifts toward coal and alternative fuels.
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Washington
Carter
Rex Granum
Congress
House Senate
House
Senate
Extension Granted on Roof Work for Two Fire Stations
City council grants Cedar Rapids Roofing Co. a time extension on a $15,000 contract to replace roofs at two fire stations. Work, originally due Sept. 30, has not started after delays in signing and document submission. The firm billed about $5,200 for materials, and a termination notice will be pursued if work does not commence within 10 days.
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Cedar Rapids Roofing Co
Lynda Thomson
Thomsen
Four charged with larceny in Hiawatha construction theft
Linn county deputies arrested four young men Terry Lee Claypool Alan B. Claypool David A. Hubbel and Donald R. Spencer on nighttime larceny charges for stealing building materials from a Hiawatha construction site. Earl D Norton faces assault and battery charges after a separate arrest.
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Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Terry Lee Claypool
Ninth St. NW
Alan B. Claypool
Fifth Ave
Marion
David A. Hubbell
F Ave
Donald R. Spencer
Eighth St
Hiawatha
Earl D. Norton
12Th St. SE
George Farah
Bever Ave. SE
Pentagon issues two page plan for terrorist hostage events
The Defense Department issued a two page directive guiding Pentagon employees on actions if terrorists break in and take hostages. It instructs staff to contact security forces, report the number of terrorists and hostages, and have security police notify the FBI once the situation is identified.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
FBI
Bus Kidnapping Trauma Recalls Hope Amid Escape
Bus driver Ed Ray described comforting 12 children as they were trapped for 27 hours in a buried moving van at a gravel quarry. Victims, including 15 year old Mike Marshall, cried for parents while some fainted and others hallucinated during the harrowing ordeal.
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Jodi
Mike Marshall
Marshall
Ed Ray
Ray
Brezhnev open to broad nuclear test ban and cuts
Brezhnev said the Soviet Union would cut its nuclear arsenal by 10 to 50 percent if the United States would do the same. He supported a moratorium on all underground tests and a ban on explosions for peaceful uses. Carter urged a comprehensive test ban and restraint on arms exports. Diplomat comments note the proposals lacked detail.
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United States
Carter
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Geneva
Sturgis denies links to Oswald assassination plot
The article reports Sturgis denying any meeting with Oswald or involvement in the Kennedy assassination. It notes Lorenz testimony fits conspiracy theories about multiple shooters. Lawyer Rothblatt calls Lorenz story nonsense and accuses her of setting up Sturgis with money to fly to New York.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Sturgis
Oswald
Henry Rothblatt
Miss Lorenz
New York
Miami
Monica Mercedes Perez
Jiminez
Castro
CIA
Rothblatt
Community Cable petitions reach deadline for ballot spot
Dowden praised Community Cable officials as enthusiastic and outlined an education program. The group had filed 715 of about 1,800 signatures needed to place its name on the December 6 ballot, with today the petition deadline.
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Cable
Dowden
Community Cable
Brezhnev Nuclear Test Ban Proposal Praised by Vance
Secretary of State Vance hailed Brezhnev’s moratorium on peaceful nuclear explosions and a ban on testing with missile deployment limits as a major step. He noted the negotiation on ban duration remains open, with the United States seeking four to five years and the Soviets favoring a shorter term.
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Brezhnev
Moscow
Vance
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publisher Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded 1883 announces daily and Sunday edition at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates listed include carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly figures. USPS and Associated Press rights noted for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tina M. van Antwerp
C St
Ralph van Antwerp
Rock Island
Ill
van Antwerp
Glenn
Norma) Davis
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
New Sharon
Glenn Davis
Dubuque
Spragueville
Maurice Adkisson
Ottumwa
Don Adkisson
Donners Grove
Peggy Duhr
Clinton
Madge Adkisson
Ellen Shroyer
Fort Dodge
Morgan
Union Mills
John W. Ashlock
Center Point
Beltone Hearing and Service Co
Frankie L. Waterbury
Chicago
Everett Ashlock
First Christian Church
Joe Jones
Murdoch Chapel
Turner East
Esther Martha Bryant
Victor W. Bryant
Johnson Ave
Vinton
Luzerne
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fern Werning
Davenport
St. Louis
Richard L. Thompson
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner West
George C. Branch
Marengo
Wandling-Wendell Post
American Legion
Branch
Margaret Wren
Edith Reed
Bloomfield
Gilbert Reed
Sigourney
Hoover-Valentine’s
Lena Fear
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Reynold’s. Toledo
James H. Bostian
First United Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tama
Henderson’s. Elkader
Ben F. Meyers
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Witt’s
Clermont
Edward F. Krueger
First Baptist Church
Elgin
Elgin Cemetery
Muehlethaler-Wright
Sandusky
Ohio
Perkins-Bogart
Harry Wickenkamp
Reynold’s. Kalona
Anna Miller
Glen Beachy
Kalona
Peter Miller
Beachy Home
Peterseim’s
Hassle
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Oto E Ta
Hudson, Remick
Democratic National Committee
Richard Nixon
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
13Th Ave
Harry Julsgard
Gazette
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