Deaths: Margaret Litchfield and Ella Howe Obituaries
Obituaries list two Cedar Rapids area deaths Margaret Crosby Litchfield 75 and Ella Patschke Howe 84 with birth dates and survivor details. Litchfield long resident of Cedar Rapids taught in Iowa schools and was buried at Graceland Cemetery Webster City. Howe formerly of Chicago lived in Cedar Rapids since 1972 with multiple siblings listed. funeral arrangements at Cedar Memorial Chapel.
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Margaret Crosby Litchfield
J. Litchfield
13Th St
Coggan
Litchfield
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Ella Patschke Howe
Chicago
Marion
Frank Howe
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mildred Patschke
Oak Park
Ill
Robert Martin
Richland
Wash
George A. Patschke Jr
Mesa
Ariz
Donald M. Patschke
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Charles Moore
Parker’s Grove Baptist Church
Shellsburg
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Foster
William “Ted
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
Gordon Packard
St. James United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Tama
Royce E. Sturtz
el Paso
Texas
Maple Hill Cemetery
Montour
Harrison’s. Wellman
Tresa W. Yoder
Asbury United Methodist Church
Powell’s
Independence
George Dehning
Mason Howe
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Hanson Funeral Home
Carter signs largest appropriation bill in history
President Carter signed the 117.3 billion defense and related spending package, triggering rapid payroll disbursement for 1.5 million military personnel. Defense officials ordered overtime to ensure timely payments as Congress wrestled abortion rider language and other budget issues.
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Carter
Washington
Carter Friday
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
Congress
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Senate
HEW
Hubert Humphrey
Sen
Jacob Javits
RN Y
Shepard Turns to Business After Space Glory
Space legend Alan Shepard, after leaving NASA in 1974 while heading the astronaut office, pursues business ventures including a Coors beer distributorship in Houston. He notes the shift from rockets to profit is a different challenge and admits unease at managing his own money.
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Shepard
Coors Beer
Palo plant welders work 12 hour shifts under tough limits
About 200 skilled workers per shift toil on a Repair job with 12 hour days and 68 thousand dollars in daily labor costs. Average weekly gross nears 1500 dollars per worker while downtime and inspections cut welding time to two to four hours per eight hour shift. Utility officials call the cooling pipe end repairs a pioneering effort with no precedent.
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Ing
Tuthill
Iowa Electric
Weekend Specials and Local Advertisements
City briefs list diverse local ads including used pianos at 350 and 795, electric player pianos, Ear piercing deal, tennis clinics, cemetery decoration removal deadlines, new deli opening, Danish Club memberships, and a pre season book sale at Footnote near Paramount Theater.
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Carma Lou
House of Music
Center Point Road
Paramount Theater
Nixon cites Cuba as sanctuary for aggression and terror export
Ten years ago Richard Nixon asserted that Cuba could not remain a sanctuary for aggression and a base for exporting terror to other lands, signaling a strong US stance on Havana's global role.
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Richard Nixon
Cuba
Energy bill move prompts House vote split on gas pricing
The House backed a one package, one vote strategy for energy measures after energy secretary James Schlesinger said final passage seemed likely. Democrats and Republicans split on keeping or splitting the natural gas pricing section, with heavy lobbying influencing the rules committee reversal. Opponents warned of higher bills for gas heat while supporters argued modest increases.
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House
Congress
California
Charles Wilson
John McFall
Edward Roybal
Ethics Committee
Roybal
Wilson
Tongsun Park
James Schlesinger
Iowa
Mike Blouin
Neal Smith
Berkely Bedell
Tom Harkin
Charles Grassley
James Leach
Senate
B.F. Sisk
D-Calif
Weather and births highlight the week in vital stats
NW wind at 5 mph and sunset at 6 26 with sunny spell ahead. Births include a daughter born Oct 13 at St Luke's to Mr and Mrs Richard Burroughs and Mr and Mrs Michael Davies at Cedar Drive NW. other notices reference a Friday fires and a furnace defect around town.
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Molly Martens
Washington High School
Molly
Roger Martens
38Th Street Drive
Richard Burroughs
Bever Ave
Michael Davies
Cedar Drive
Auto makers start 1979 models with sales rise
DETROIT UPI The nation s automakers led by GM and Ford opened the 1979 model year with a near 2 percent rise in early October passenger car sales. The Big Four posted 271 685 units sold October 1 10, up 1 6 percent from last year. GM rose 2 5 percent to 150 592, Ford 2 1 percent to 84 951, Chrysler 31 428 down less than 1 percent, and American Motors 4 714 down 16 6 percent. Some firms had begun selling 1979 models earlier, but most campaigns started in this period.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Israel Drives into Syria as Jordan Joins War
On this date in 1973 Israel tank forces pressed into Syria while Jordan joined the Middle East conflict as the fourth Arab combatant against Israel, broadening the regional war.
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Israel
Syria
Jordan
Middle East
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publishing Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 reports daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Ave SE Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates by carrier and mail are listed with regional restrictions and AP republication rights noted.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Carter's Son Escorted from TIU Incident by Secret Service
Secret Service agents escorted President Carter's son Chip away from a hostile crowd of about 150 Iranian students at Texas Southern University. Police were called as the group briefly scuffled with officers during Chip Carter's visit to the Student Life Center.
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Houston
UPI
Secret Service
Carter
Chip
Texas Southern University
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