Deaths of Grace Hughes and others in regional obituaries
Grace Hughes 76 former Marion resident died suddenly in Trail Oregon after four years there. Born Fort Scott Kansas March 2 1904 she married Ralph Hughes in 1922 in Iowa City. Survived by three daughters and three grandsons. Services Monday Davenport Range Funeral Home with burial in Davenport. Memorials to All Saints Church or charity of choice. Also noted are Obits for May Lawrence A Eldred C Teahen Wood A Verne and Velda Oshel with service details and burial plans. memorial gifts to Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children urged.
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Grace Hughes
Marion
Trail
Ore
Fort Scott
Kan
Iowa City
Ralph Hughes
Davenport
Lawrence A
All Saints Catholic Church
Edmund Becker
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Teahen’s
Schulte
Eldred C
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Fairfax
William Arquitt
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Teahen’'s
Wood
A. Verne
Turner Chapel East
Gordon Freeburg
E Kahir Shrine
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Shriners Hospitals For
el Kahir Temple
Fifth St
Cedar Rapids
Marion officials urge residents to bag leaves for pickup
Marion officials urge residents to avoid raking leaves into streets. Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock asks rakers to bag and place leaves on the curb for trash pickup, noting street sweeping schedules and one day notice for area work.
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Cedar Rapids
Murdock
Marion
Bross
Mount St Helens erupts again near Vancouver Washington
Mount St Helens unleashed a third eruption in two days sending a plume to 45 000 feet at about 11 14 p m CDT. Scientists warned of further activity as harmonic tremors preceded the blast near Cougar and Lone Fir Resort.
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Vancouver
Wash
Mount
St. Helens
Don Platt
Lone Fir
Cougar
Platt
Libertarian Rich Newell Addresses District 14 Senate Campaign
Libertarian candidate Rich Newell spoke at Washington High School about balancing individual rights with the needs of the group. He argued that most political groups align with collective interests except Libertarians and urged voters to consider consistency between personal liberty and community welfare.
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Rich Newell
Iowa
Senate
Washington High School
Newell
Assembly of Government and History Students
Rimrock Riders and Open Pleasure Results at Midway Arena
Results from October 1 at Midway Arena list multiple divisions led by riders in open and junior events. Notables include Dionne Hotel and Jarry Johnson with Open Western Pleasure, Priscille Minor in Open Men and Women Pleasure, and Jody Zellmer in Open tandem bareback. A political note follows about election rules and cost savings discussion by Chuck Lande at a Linn County gathering.
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Midway Arena
Weanling Nalter
Dionne Hotel
Amana
Ms Baby Ace
Open Holter
Scott Estling
Ely
Priscille Minor
Fairtox
Darcy DeCoster
Swisher
Poco
Jarry Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Jody Zellmer
Melissa Cockwood
Hiawatha
Warstorm
Walker
Nikki
Jerry Tennyson
Bess
Dort
Steve Riley
Scariett Kathy
LaVerne Fangman
Dyersville
Jube
Jim O'Sullivan
Rasph Washourn
Toddville
Seg
Fanbeit
Robin Norris
Commissioner of Elections
Chuck Lande
Linn County
Richard Youngs
H Ave
Reagan calls for face to face debate with Carter
Reagan urged a one on one debate with Carter while Anderson remains in the race and polling shows Carter gaining traction. ABC analysis places Reagan at 212 electoral votes across 26 states, Carter at 144 in 13 states with 11 states too close to call.
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Carter
Anderson
Reagan
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Ford
George Bush
New Hampshire
ABC News
District of Columbia
Iranian Prime Minister Rajai denounces Iraq invasion at UN
Rajai denounces the Iraq invasion as a tool of the United States and Zionism. He accuses Jordan, Morocco and Egypt of puppet regimes serving the U S. He leaves the floor with Iran's delegation amid UN veto limits and calls for exposing imperial plotting. Iran warns the world of dangers to its revolution. The Iraqi reply rejects a cease fire while Saddam rejects a UN waterway plan. Iran accepts Waldheim’s cease-fire proposal for the Shatt al Arab shipping lane.
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Rajai
Iraq
United States
Jordan
Morocco
Egypt
Saadoun Hammadi
Iran
United Nations
Ali Shams Ardakani
Tehran
New York
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Waldheim
U.N
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Hussein
Four Wheeler Damages Cedar Rapids Fresh Concrete
More than fifteen thousand dollars in damage occurred to a 240 by 12 by 15 inch section of newly poured concrete on First Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids at about 8 p.m. Friday when a blue and white Ford Bronco drove over it. John R. Barron, 22, of 206 Lincoln Height Drive SE, is charged with drunken driving, driving without a license, driving on fresh cement, and criminal mischief in the first degree. Barron was jailed and later released on court order.
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First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
John R. Barron
Lincoln Height Drive
Barron
Linn County
15Th Street
First Avenue
D Avenue NE
Weather Summary with Frost Warnings and Tornadoes
Midnight wind from the southwest at 10 mph. Sun rises 7 23, sets 6 19. High 69, low 56, .50 precip year ago. Extended forecast clear to partly cloudy cool, no precipitation Monday to Wednesday highs 50s 60s lows 30s. Frost warnings posted for lower Colorado western northern Kansas Texas panhandle western and southern Texas. Light frost in Oklahoma. Thunderstorms swept Great Lakes to Gulf Coast Friday night with two tornadoes in east central Mississippi. No injuries reported from a trailer overturn in central Mississippi. Flash flood watch in Tennessee. Heavy rain Friday at Greenwood Mississippi 1 55 inches, Bowling Green Kentucky 1 inch, Cincinnati Ohio 1 05 inches, Lufkin Texas 9 inches, Shreveport Louisiana .87 inches. Raleigh Durham tied high of 83 Friday as record 1953, New Orleans 91 tied 1947.
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Colorado
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Florida Panhandle
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi
Scott City
Morgan City
Tennessee
Kilmichael
Middle Tennessee
Middle
Greenwood
Miss
Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Lufkin
Shreveport
Raleigh
Durham
N.C
New Orleans
Daughters Born to Several Families in Local Area
Vital Statistics lists multiple births including Oct 17 announcements for Sullivan in Springville a daughter. Fry in Marion a daughter Priscilla Guthrie in Marion a daughter. Johnson in Hiawatha a son. O'Brien in Center Point a son. Ryan in Sixth Street SW a daughter.
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Ann
James Sullivan
Springville
Barbara
Martin Fry
Valley Park St
Marion
Priscilla Guthrie
Sherman St
Mary
David Johnson
Hiawatha
Janet
Michael O’brien
Center Point
Shirley
John Ryan
Bowling St. SW
Solon man not charged in Aug. 19 accident
Robert J. Prochaska of Solon said he took medication on August 19 when his car ran off Third Street and struck a curb and a parked car. Deputies found he was affected by the medication but not intoxicated, and Linn County authorities confirmed no drunk driving charges were filed.
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Robert J. Prochaska
Prochaska
Solon
the Gazette
First Street
Third Avenue
Third Street
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Cave-in Kills Four Children Near Garden City
A cave-in at an excavation site on a farm east of Garden City Kansas killed four children two pairs of siblings. The victims were William Minet 10 Wendy Lou Minet 9 Lisa Chappell 11 and Christopher Chappell 12. Louis Minet and his wife alerted authorities after noticing a shifting dirt mound and helped dig with emergency teams and a doctor.
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Garden City
Kan
UPI
William Minet
Wendy Lou Minet
Lisa Chappell
Christopher Chappell
Louis Minet
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Manchester
Velda B. Oshel
Shelly’s
United Church of Christ
Orient
Orient Cemetery
C.R
Mount St. Helens
Oregon
Judy Hunt
Geophysics Center
University of Washington
Rimrock Riders
Saddie Club
Bedlam
Coe
Gazette
Duane Crock
Coe College
Lambda Chi Fraternity
Grinnell
Kingston Stadium
League
Chicago
Jimmy Carter
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
St. Luke’s
North Park Place
Fourth St
Otis Road
Quail Court
Mount Vernon Road
John E. Lapesedar
Pierson’s Flowershop
Ellis Blvd
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