Death notices span Mount Vernon to Iowa City region
S. Alta Neff 80 of Mount Vernon died at Anamosa Care Center. She taught in Stanwood and Sunday school 25 years. Survived by daughter Rosemary Roberts and son John B. Neff, among others. Services Monday 11 am United Methodist Church Mount Vernon. Burial Mount Vernon Cemetery. Visitation details provided. Also announced are obituary notices for Leo E. Vanous 65 Oxford. Monticello Paul M. Brokaw 47. Tipton Jerry H. Bell 30. Vinton Thomas Boddicker 24. Iowa City Louis Meka 68. Blairstown Letta Bross 78. Helen Mae DeWees 71. Charles P. Shank 41. Further service and burial details per location.
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S. Alta Neff
John G. Neff
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Stanwood
Rosemary Roberts
Vallejo
Calif
John B. Neff
Roy Johnson
Helen Cheek
Santa Clara
United Methodist Church
Thomas R. Stewart
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Baxter Chapel
Area Ambulance Fund
Leo E. Vanous
Oxford
Amana
Lillian Svoboda
Cedar Rapids
Amana Refrigeration Co
Ann Anderson
Fairfax
Alma Gray
Center Point
Brush Chapel
Hala
Swisher
Monticello
Paul M. Brokaw
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s Funeral
Tipton
Jerry H. Bell
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Vinton
Thomas B. Boddicker
Phillips Funeral Home
Iowa City
Louis Meka
St. Wenceslaus Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Solon
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Helen Mae DeWees
Tower Terrace Mobile Home Park
Houston
Texas
Pasadena
Thomas DeWees
Malta
CES
Beethoven Club
Ladies Kiwanis Club
el Kabir Shrine
Ellis Women’s Golf Club
Squaw Creek Golf Club
Camelot Club
Sweet Adelines
Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital
Twin City
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Charles P. Shank
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
N.Y
Roosevelt High School
University of Iowa
Elizabeth McDonald
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Presbyterian Church of
Weather and notices from a Hiawatha region page
Wind west-northwest at 6 mph at 10 pm. Sunrise 7 09 Sunday sunset 4 38. Highs in 30s to 40s with lows in 20s. Snow likely Wednesday in the Monday to Wednesday period. Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Gregory M Bressler a daughter. Mr and Mrs Andrew Kessell a son. Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson a daughter Carol L Lappe. Accidents and alarms reported: 418 Second St NE alarm. tank car cutting torch near 600 block Fourth St NE. accident scene assist at A Ave and Second. assistance call 818 10th St SE. gas odors on E Ave NW and Carriage Drive SW.
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Gregory M. Bressler
Blue Reef
Hiawatha
Andrew Kessell
C Ave
Douglas Robinson
Shellsburg
Carol L. Lappe
Ohio St. SW
Second St
Fourth Street
A Avenue
Second Street
10Th St
E Ave
Carriage Drive
Foster survives long hospital stay and charts new life
Sick patient recalls her husband facing possible death as doctors and nurses provided round the clock care. Foster's illness left him with arthritis and bur sitis after months of inactivity. he now uses a walker and plans physical therapy while considering a move into commercial art. His wife, a nurse, suffered stress and stomach ulcers, his children aged 6 and 9 felt the strain, and Foster says he never thought he would die while reaffirming his faith in God.
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Lynch
Foster
Snowstorm Drives Deep Drifts Across Southwest Mountains
A snowstorm piled deep drifts on Southwest mountains with eight inches in Arizona's White Mountains. Forecasters warned of up to three feet more in central and southern Colorado. Wind driven snow hit Utah Arizona and New Mexico as warnings extended from Utah to Colorado.
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White Mountains
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Colorado Rockies
Alamosa
Gunnison
Durango
Pagosa Springs
Colorado Mountains
Nebraska
Iowa
New England
Midwest
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Virginia
Texas
Two Injured In Two-Car Crash At City Intersection
Rosemary Daye 30 of 926 Ninth Ave SE was admitted in good condition at Mercy Hospital after a two car crash at A Avenue NE and Second Street about 1 15 p m Daye pulled into the path of Timothy Schmidt 22 of Watkins who was driving the other car She was charged with failure to yield the right of way Willie Lightfoot 52 of New Orleans was treated for minor injuries after being struck by Velma Wolfe 71 of 2263 Sixth St SW and released from St Luke's Hospital No charges were filed
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Rosemary Daye
Ninth Ave
Mercy Hospital
Avenue NE
Second Street
Daye
Timothy A. Schmidt
Watkins
Willie A. Lightfoot
New Orleans
St. Luke's Hospital
Sri Lanka Cyclone Kills At Least 65 As Homes Fall
A cyclone struck Sri Lanka's eastern coast killing at least 65 people in landslides and collapses. Batticaloa and Trincomalee were badly hit with over 15 000 homeless in the Batticaloa area as flights were diverted from Colombo due to dangerous landings.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Bombay
Madras
Bahrain
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Batticaloa
Trincomalee
Pan Am Chief Faces Unease Over Airline Merger
Pan American World Airways Chairman William Seawell calls it disturbing that Alfred Kahn, the federal inflation fighter, questions Pan Am and National Airlines merger plans. The remarks reflect concern over regulatory scrutiny and industry consolidation.
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Washington
Pan American World Airways
William Seawell
Alfred Kahn
Pan American
National Airlines
Rural Vinton Woman Dies of Apparent Gunshot Wounds
Jeanette Berg Abernathy, 44, of rural Vinton, died from abdominal gunshot wounds after authorities were called to her home at 11 30 a m Friday. Investigation continues. husband Richard notified. Services pending at Campbell Russell Funeral Home.
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Vinton
Benton County
Jeanette Berg Abernathy
Pete Wright
Abernathy
Here
Richard
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Nixon names Herbert Klein as a super press agent
President elect Nixon announced the appointment of Herbert Klein to a role described as a super press agent. Klein is slated to handle publicity and media relations as part of the incoming administration.
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Nixon
Herbert Klein
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 prints daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions by carrier 1.15 weekly and by mail 7 issues 5.17 four weeks 00 52 weeks. AP rights reserved for local news and AP dispatches only.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Ten years on since Mannington mine disaster trapping 78
A West Virginia explosion 10 years ago trapped 78 miners underground in Mannington. Rescue workers faced a dangerous effort as the fate of the workers remained uncertain and communities remembered the event.
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Mannington
W.va
LEIU Mob Data Ties Spur FBI Concerns In 1960s Era Probe
Las Vegas LEIU chapter was expelled from the LEIU and a police official was fired after findings that organized crime data from the LEIU computer reached reputed mobsters. FBI notes reveal 1960s leaks involving Pueblo and Denver, with a 1966 report linked to Cosa Nostra membership. Dallas and Los Angeles officers are named in a chain of copy copies and disclosures. The LEIU program was funded by LAW DA until last spring as federal officials discussed a proposed state federal mob data clearing house, which the FBI opposed.
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Vegas
Las Vegas
FBI
John Yarnell
Los Angeles Police Department
SEIU
Dallas
Yarnell
Jack Revill
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEIU
Lipsky Describes Chilean Juvenile Programs and Iowa Comparisons
Mrs Lipsky outlines open and closed juvenile facilities in Santiago with stark contrasts in staffing and conditions. Open centers house about 18 staff for 300 youths and emphasize family meals and education, while police facilities with 300 youths use confinement and guards. She cites private service purchases as cost saving and Iowa reform potential, with plans to support juvenile program improvements locally.
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Santiago
Chile
Lipsky
Iowa
Government weighs costs as Jonestown deaths prompt repatriation plan
Bushnell estimates operation could end by Sunday if weather cooperates while training costs offset by need for specialized handling. Government faces criticism over funding for transporting bodies from Dover Air Force Base to victims’ hometowns, with relatives demanding coverage. Richard McCoy, a U.S. consular official, notes surprise at developments as funeral arrangements proceed in Indiana for Jim Jones and family.
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Dover Air Force Base
Del
Guyana
Dover
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Blairstown
Letta Bross
T.W. van Beck
Stoner
Rachel Ann
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mount Zion Cemetery
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Lake of the Isles
United Press International
Pan Am
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Home
Denver
Kansas City
Pueblo, Colo
Pueblo
Cosa Nostra
Mrs. Lipsky
Joan Lipsky
Bushnell
McCoy
Dean & Mills Funeral Home
Richmond
Ind
Jim Jones
Marceline
Lew
Agnes
Richard McCoy
Action
John E. Lapes
Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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