Death notices list Emma Modracek and Rose Fowler
Emma Mary Kadera Modracek 37 Cedar Rapids died Friday at Colonial Care Center Amana after a long illness Born Oct 27 1894 near Oxford married Frank Modracek Feb 16 1915 He died 1966 Surviving Leo and Melvin nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Memorials to United Parkinson Foundation Services 10:30 a.m. Monday Brush Chapel Burial Shueyville Cemetery Rose Fowler 87 former Marion resident died Friday in a San Diego California hospital Born Dec 15 1894 in Cedar Rapids married William G Fowler July 8 1928 He died 1969 Surviving two sisters one brother one son seven grandchildren seven great Services Monday Oceanside Burial Eternal Hill Cemetery Anamosa-John Kelsey Hanna Sr 90 Salem Oregon formerly Anamosa Graveside Monday Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids Brooklyn- Ivan A Means 72 Pending Nevenhoven's Iowa City Thomas E Miltner 41 Monday St Marys Church Burial St Joseph Cemetery West Branch Eva Hughes 98 Monday Barker s Burial West Branch Cemetery West Branch Delia Miner 79 Monday 11 a.m West Branch United Methodist Church Burial West Branch Cemetery Arrangements by Barker s
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Route 2
Cedar Rapids
Colonial Care Center
Amana
Oxford
Frank Modracek
Western Fraternal Life Association
Gold Star Mother of Legion Auxiliary
Ely
Leo
Melvin
Brush Chapel
James DeSmith
Shueyville Cemetery
United Parkinson Foundation
South State St
Chicago
Ill
Rose Fowler
Marion
San Diego
Calif
William G. Fowler
Marie Haerther
Hilda Schminke
Atkins
Harry G. Fox
Dale Lowe
Oceanside
William Fowler
Hollis Wagner
Eternal Hill Cemetery
Anamosa
John Kelsey Hanna Sr
Salem
Ore
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Brooklyn
Ivan A. Means
Nevenhoven’s
Iowa City
Thomas E. Miltner
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Beckman-Callahan
West Branch United Methodist Church
Barker’s
West Branch Cemetery
Memorial Services for Thatcher Fred E Sr Today
Memorial services at 1 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Marion conducted by Revs Lyle Lee and Don Glazier. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Call time after 12 30 p m at church. Memorial fund established. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home Marion. Marilyn Wilson service 10 a m today at Immaculate Conception Church officiated by Revs Joseph J Griffin and Robert Shine. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements by Stewart Funeral Home.
McDonald's Loses Bid to Halt Burger King Ad Attack
A federal judge denied McDonald’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop Burger King’s $20 million ad campaign claiming McDonald’s hamburgers are 20 percent smaller. Judge Atkins found no irreparable harm and allowed the campaign to continue while a permanent injunction is considered. Wendy’s has filed a separate $25 million suit over the ads.
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McDonald
Burger King
U.S
C. Clyde Atkins
McDonald's
Gary Senner
Senner
Atkins
McDonald's Corp
Barry Davidson
NBC
CBS
ABC
Davidson
Wendy's International
Ad Campaign
Wendy’s
McDonald’s
Poland moves to curb Solidarity with new union law
The bill tightens control over unions, bans Solidarity style titles, allows strikes only with limits, and sets factory level organization first. Interned leaders remain detained while some dissidents object as observers warn the party will monitor union growth. The United States maintains sanctions until stability returns.
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Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Communist Party
Sejma
Vital Statistics births and local incidents listed
Vital statistics list multiple births in Marion and North Platte with names of parents and locations. Additions include numerous Cedar Rapids area grandparents. The section also notes a series of emergency and incident calls in Council Street area near Boyson Road NE and other Cedar Rapids addresses with times from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon.
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17Th St
Council Street
Boyson Road
Floor squeak fix with soap and wax mixture technique
A tip suggests rubbing a thin bar of soap into the floor crack to silence a squeak. Alternatively melt paraffin with light brown shoe polish and work the mixture into the gap to reduce noise from hardwood floors.
Fernando Lamas dies after four week cancer battle
Los Angeles AP reports Latin lover star Fernando Lamas died at UCLA Medical Center at 2 45 p m after a four week illness described as generalized cancer. He was 67 and had been hospitalized for back pain before withdrawing from NBCs Gavilan TV series. His career spanned 40 plus films and 60 TV credits with directing work and stage appearances including a Tony winning Broadway run.
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Los Angeles
Fernando Lamas
Lamas
Ucla Medical Center
al Hicks
Hicks
Carol Fleisher
NBC
Gavilan
Robert Urich
Caesar D. Tortuga
Patrick MacNee
Hollywood
Esther Williams
Heavies
Dolores del Rio
Starsky and Hutch
Lorenzo Lamas
Ethel Merman
Lillian
Roy Huggins
Ben Gazzara
Lorenzo
Arlene Dahl
Christina
Alexandra
Teachers reprimanded after student drinking on canoe trip
Vinton High School reprimands three teachers for failing to act during a school canoe trip where 40 outdoor literature students drank alcohol. Nordgren was suspended a day. Petersen and Brown receive reprimands for inadequate supervision and failing to notify. Forty students, four teachers, and three chaperones participated. 21 students had six week suspensions.
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Vinton
Vinton School Board
Diicuss
Iowa River
Dennis Brown
Eric Petersen
Gordon Nordgren
Nordgren
Everett Hidlebaugh
Brown
Hidlebaugh
Petersen
Gunman on Train Threat Leaves City Officials Uncertain
Carmelo Acezedo, a sewer department worker, spoke to the gunman using a bullhorn for 5 to 10 minutes around 7 30 p.m. amid a standoff. Officers reported no responses from the suspect, while a train attendant noted shots fired about 40 minutes from Raleigh and holes in a sleeping compartment floor.
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Carmelo Acezedo
Acezedo
G.A. Cristos
Heineman
M.L. Smith
Raleigh
Smith
Kellogg man murdered in Iowa. police seek witnesses
Jasper County authorities identified Ross Lloyd Miller, a 37 year old Kellogg man, found dead on his living room couch by his wife. Autopsy pending to determine cause. Investigators seek Penny Miller, 15 or 16, and her boyfriend Daryl Joe Fannin, about 25, for questioning. they are not labeled suspects.
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Kellogg
Iowa
UPI
Division of Criminal Investigation
Gerald Shanahan
Jasper County
Ross Lloyd Miller
Carol
Shanahan
DCI
Penny
Daryl Joe Fannin
Fannin
Mail services suspended Monday for Columbus Day holiday
USPS and local offices observe Columbus Day with no residential or business mail delivery on Monday. Expedited services run through the weekend. holiday pickup applies to collection boxes. Lobby windows close except main post office lockbox at 615 Sixth Ave SE and Northwest Station at 2300 Johnson Ave NW. Most city county offices stay open. two Cedar Rapids banks Merchants National Bank and United State Bank closed.
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Sixth Ave
Northwest
Johnson Ave
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Merchants National Bank
United State Bank
Cedar Rapids in the 1880s: law, vice and street justice
A historical sketch recalls Cedar Rapids teens to the Old West as arrests spanned horse theft larceny to concealed revolvers. Gunplay, domestic disputes, gambling, prostitution, drunkenness and delirium tremens populate jail records, with cops issuing fast driving penalties and prisoners awaiting trains.
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Cedar Rapids
Rapids
Washington County
The Gazette Daily Subscriptions Note
Subscriptions and rates for the Gazette printed at Cedar Rapids Iowa list editions and mail options. Details include weekly and Sunday issues with costs for local and out of state subscribers and note about mailing constraints.
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the Gazette
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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