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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1979
Page
2
A cascade of death notices from Cedar Rapids area obituaries lists Eleanor Majewski Sterenchuk 92 and other local residents aged 63 to 89, detailing birthplaces, marriages, church affiliations, survivors, service times, burial places, and funeral home visitation. Included are Beatrice Ulbricht, Maxine Fauchier, Lena Stephenson, Albert Fleisher, and many others with cemeteries in Cedar Rapids, Marion, Delhi, and surrounding towns.
Florida delegates showed strong support for Carter in Miami area and for Kennedy in Broward and coastal zones. Voter pools tallied 1,727 for Carter and 1,672 for Kennedy, with labor and uncommitted delegates shaping the statewide bloc. Kennedy won 116 delegates in Broward. Carter carried several other counties.
Cuban President Fidel Castro settled in for an indefinite stay in the United States and held court at the Cuban UN mission in midtown Manhattan. A large police guard and Secret Service presence protected Castro as guests included Rep Ronald Dellums Rep Charles Rangel former AG Ramsey Clark and three Puerto Rican nationalists recently freed by President Carter. The visit was estimated at $100,000 daily in police overtime to be reimbursed by the federal government.
Fred Clifford Crawford 1 p.m. Monday Cedar Memorial Chapel by Rev. Don Maple. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Rose A Milota 10 a.m. Monday Janeba Kuba West. Burial Czech National Cemetery. Caryl Jane Robinson 3 p.m. Memory s by Rev. Landis Olson at St. Stephen's Lutheran. Cremation after service. Gerald Clyde Eggleston 10:30 a.m. Monday Cedar Memorial Chapel. Masonic service. inurnment Cedar Memorial Mausoleum. Memorial fund established. Wilhelmina Myrie Bremer Powers 1 p.m. Monday Turner Chapel East. Burial Blodgett Cemetery Central City. Henry Ernest Schilling 11 a.m. Monday Turner Chapel East. Burial Shiloh Cemetery. Memorials to First Lutheran Church. Friends may call at various times. caskets may be closed.
Charles D. Gable 74 of 1025 B Ave NW Cedar Rapids died Saturday at a local hospital after a brief illness. Services pending at Turner Chapel West.
Richman Men s Wear opens a new store at Westdale Mall offering suits sport jackets sportswear outerwear and furnishings. Selected merchandise goes on sale through Oct 27 to celebrate the event as Richman plans to double its outlets in five years while Ohio based company operates over 200 other stores nationwide.
Iowa City council heard proposals for a third major downtown department store or a store hotel complex at City Plaza. An estimated 60 000 to 70 000 square foot department store could anchor the east end of City Plaza with a hotel nearby, potentially making the complex six to eight stories tall. Younkers and Penney's have plans for major stores in a different downtown location.
Edward L. Schenkenberg, general counsel for MetLife Farm Loan Division in Kansas City, will address the Cedar Rapids Estate Planning Council at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Roosevelt Hotel. His topic is Farm Mortgage Loan Business Past and Present. Graduate David P. Woodruff of Cedar Rapids has earned a Beloit College B A in comparative literature.
The page lists the day's newspaper sections including Deaths Editorial Marion Iowa Pol Notes R Card and multiple sections across A B C D E F with topics like sports finances trend TV farm features home arts travel and a crossword plus horoscopes.
Wind direction and velocity at 11 p.m. calm. Monday sunrise 7 19 AM, sunset 6 26 PM. Year ago today high 52, low 40, precipitation none. Extended forecast mild with a chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Partly cloudy and turning cooler Thursday. Highs in the 60s and lower 70s Tuesday, then 50s and lower 60s Thursday. Lows generally in the 40s.
Oct 12 and 13 births reported for families in Ely Hiawatha Marion Anamosa North Liberty and Anamosa with several daughters and sons. Fire and gas incidents logged: malfunctioning furnace 221 Sixth Ave SW and gas flush at First Ave and 27th St East. Heat tape short at 25 Dartmouth St SW and odor investigation at Third Ave and 12th St SE.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 and notes daily and Sunday publication. It outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail for various regions and states, and states Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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