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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1979

Page

2

Tragic Plane Crash Claims Julie Plueger in Fall Creek Area

Julie Marie Plueger 19 of 1716 D Ave NE died in a light plane crash near Fall Creek Wisconsin Saturday night. She graduated South Tama County High School 1978, studied at Kirkwood Community College, worked at Younkers, and belonged to St Paul Lutheran Tama and Kirkwood women's basketball. Her survivors include parents Ronald and Jean Plueger and siblings. Services scheduled in Tama and Lake Benton with burial in Lake Benton Cemetery. memorial fund established.

Julie Marie Plueger D Ave Fall Creek Wis Sioux City St. Paul Minn Tama Huron S.D Kirkwood Community College Younkers Department Store St. Paul Lutheran Church Kirkwood Rhonda Cedar Rapids Ronald L Jean Plueger Craig Brian Jewell Roy Plueger Verdi, Minn Clarence Knudsen Tyler John Luschen LeMars Grace Lutheran Marengo Otto G. Schumacher St. John’s Lutheran Church Hoover-Valentine’s. Clutter John Podhajsky Mason- Hand’s Toledo Joseph W. Zmolek Mason-Hand’s Monona Ray Wiethorn Garden City United Methodist Schultz’s. Chelsea Daniel J. Prusha St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Mason-Hand Belle Plaine C. Kluss First Lutheran Church Russell’s Lutheran Luzerne Vinton Harley McElhaney Campbell-Russell’s Oxford Junction L.C Laddie) Peckosh Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mayflower Cemetery Hayden’s Iowa City Helen Kern St. Patrick’s Church George L. Gay Hoover-Valentine’s Victor — Letha Eggert McAninds Gretchen C. Trumpp Mercy Hospital John and Amelia Witzke Trumpp Roosevelt Junior High School The King’s Daughters Zion Lutheran Church Cora Westermark

Mrs Lenore Blue Dies at 68 in Cedar Rapids

Lenore Blue aged 68 of 2623 Third St SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday night in a local hospital. Services are pending at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West.

John S. Skien Cedar Rapids Grant's Pass Ore Story City Fern DeFoe Shellsburg Westminster Presbyterian Church Grant’s Pass John Aurora Cole Wilaura Bradshaw Hull and Hull Funeral Home S. Earl Florea Springville Mount Vernon Blockton Grant City Floyd McShane Prugh-Dunfee Rosehill Murdoch Funeral Home Marion Lenore Blue Third St Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home

Entertainer of the Year honors go to Kenny Rogers

Hollywood AP Kenny Rogers has been named Entertainer of the Year by the Conference of Personal Managers West. The award cites his broad appeal and success alongside past winners such as Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra.

Hollywood Kenny Rogers Conference of Personal Managers, West Sammy Davis Jr Jimmy Durante Totie Fields Frank Sinatra Don Rickles

Weather Report and Extremes Across Regions

11 a m wind east at 12 mph. Sunrise 7 28, sunset 6 13. Year ago today high 54 low 51, no precipitation. Extended: March showers possible Wednesday and Friday, Thursday partly cloudy. Highs mid 50s to low 60s, lows in 30s. Sunday high 98 in Laredo and Presidio, Texas. Low this morning 11 at Alamosa Colo. Coralville Lake levels and river stages Cedar at C R 13 3 74.

Laredo Presidio Texas Alamosa Colo

Stormy Weather Sweeps Mississippi Valley With Tornado, Snow

A cold front brings thunderstorms across the Mississippi Valley with heavy rain in Missouri to Louisiana and snow in the Central Plains. In Missouri near Joplin storms overturned trailers and downed trees injuring five. A tornado hit a Joplin trailer park killing one and injuring two. Rainfall totals include 2.00 inches at Shreveport and 1.17 inches at Ottumwa.

Mississippi Valley Missouri Louisiana Central Plains Joplin Shreveport Little Rock Ark el Dorado Ottumwa Georgia Carolinas Gulf Coast Kentucky Indiana Southwest California Pacific Northwest Quillayuthe Wash Astoria Ore New Port Rockies Warrensburg Des Moines Fort Polk Lamont Iowa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Mason City Rochester, Minn Harrison, Ark

Weather lashes Iowa with heavy rain and damaging winds

An active weather system drenched Iowa with heavy rain across most sections while a south central to eastern band saw over two inches. A Fort Madison area house lost its roof in gusts above 60 mph, causing $15 000 to $20 000 in damage as cold air and a strong low pressure center moved through.

Creston Des Moines Iowa Ames Waterloo Fort Madison Larry Roberts Four Seasons

Nevada executes Bishop in first in 18 years

The condemned man, married twice and father of two, faced a death by cyanide in the Nevada death chamber after a 1977 Las Vegas casino robbery murder. About 50 protesters gathered outside the prison as Supreme Court justices rejected a late ACLU appeal.

Bishop Nevada United States John Spenkelink Florida Electric Chair Gary Gilmore Gilmore Utah Baltimore Las Vegas U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist Warren E. Burger ACLU

Sears Sued in Chicago Over Sex and Race Bias

EEOC charges Sears with a pattern and practice of discrimination denying equal opportunity to women and minorities across multiple stores and a Memphis distribution center. Suit filed in U S District Court Chicago after a 14 month conciliation failed.

U.S. District Court Chicago Sears EEOC New York City Montgomery Memphis Atlanta William Brown

Vital Statistics Births Oct 20 21

A list of births recorded in Ottumwa and Vinton area towns. Names include Olson Sparano Hoffman Cramer Downing Wall Danson Di Van Gorp Bunce Daoud Gluben Schneider Baumgarter Woods Miller Anderson Neumeyer, with addresses and grandparent credits provided where available.

Scott Olson Hickory Hill Lane James Sparano Atkins Marvin Hoffman Highland Drive Roger Cramer Eastern Blvd Daniel Downing Tsaile Ariz John M. Wall 11Th St Marion Henry M. Danson Summer Circle Roger di van Gorp Twin Pine Drive Gary D. Bunce Blake Blvd George Daoud Northbrook Drive Joe H. Gluben Ninth St. NW Donald Schneider Lost Nation Allen P. Baumgarter Amana Edward Woods Walker Ottumwa Rick Miller Arnold W. Glaser First Ave. NW Vinton Ivan Anderson Ryan Neil Neumeyer Ernest Anderson 31St St. SE

City Briefs and Community Meetings Planned This Week

Friendsmobile stops at five city locations Tuesday including Tiny Tots Preschool and Northbrook Manor from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Workshop by Legal Services Corp of Iowa runs Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church for aid programs and agency guidance. Czech Groups meet Thursday 7 p.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church basement.

Turner Chapel East First Church of Christ Scientist Cedar Memorial Mausoleum Mizpah Lodge Shriners Crippled Childrens Hospital Cabalka Wesley A Brosh Chapel Gordon Freeburg Shueyville Basker Anna Glenn D. Hunt Buresh Cemetery Ely Eden United Church of Christ Friendsmobile Friendsmobile of the Public Library Tiny Tots 30Th St Commonwealth 2Nd Ave C.R. Parents Forest Drive Lovely Lane 42Nd St Northbrook Manor Council St Legal Services Corp. of Iowa St. Wenceslaus Church Fifth St Mari Davis Federation of Czech Groups

Gazette Ad Awarded for 1979 Best Advertising Idea

The Gazette earned a prize from the International Newspaper Advertising Executives organization for a 23 full page January ad series commemorating the Five Seasons Center opening. Judging occurred in July in Kansas City. Plaques were given at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel to Munsell, Liffring Zug, Gebauer, and The Gazette.

The Gazette Five Seasons Center International Newspaper Advertising Executives Organization Kansas City Stouffer’s Five Seasons Hotel Bill Munsell Creswell, Munsell, Schubert and Zirbel Advertising Agency Joan Li

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