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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1980

Page

2

Deaths Sharon Bomkamp and others in Cedar Rapids area

Obituary notices list David Bomkamp born 1960 Cedar Rapids died of cancer at home after long illness. Also memorials for James Knight infant, Vernon Lien, Maude Huggins Avis, Doris Ferriter Henningsen and multiple services and burials in Cedar Rapids area. Names, ages, birthplaces, survivors, funeral details, and memorial funds noted.

David Donald Bomkamp High Ridge Drive David Cedar Rapids Regis High School Regis Creighton University Omaha Neb Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Nebraska Psychiatric Institute All Saints Church Donald Bomkamp Bradley Lisa Anderson Dana Bomkamp Kathryn Bomkamp Edith Heefner Edmund Becker Mount Calvary Cemetery Stewart Funeral Home All Saints Parish Council Knights of Columbus David Bomkamp Mercy Hospital 10Th St James Jimmy'’ Knight Charles E. Knight F Ave Charles Frederick Cleo Knight Charles L. Knight Fred Rhomberg Shellsburg Robert C. Abernathy Center Point Chapel of Memories Mark C. Urlaub St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Vernon M. Lien Veterans Administration Hospital Iowa City Decorah Melvin Lien Robert Navy Roxanne Lien Rhonda Lien Caldonia Minn Allan Jerry Waterloo Lorraine Scholl Ethel Deck Barb Burreson Hopkinton Steine Rolf Brende Phelps Cemetery Maude L. Huggins Avis Troy Mills Grant Avis Marion Troy Mills United Methodist Church Raymond Fern Starr Illinois Ruth Hockens McIntire Katherine Henderson Nancy Hofland Hiawatha Bernita Rusk Alice Albin Wanda Ford Paul Huggins Richard Huggins Thomas Huggins Dundee Betty Chapman Dorothy Chapman Velma Garrigus Oelwein Sharon Kula Sheridan Mallett Spring Grove Cemetery Murdoch Funeral Home Coggon Doris M. Ferriter Henningsen Arvada Colo Wheat Ridge Milwaukee James R James Jr Patrick Barbara Shead Los Angeles Melinda Henningsen Denver St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Chapel of the Flowers Funeral Home Fort Logan National Cemetery King Anne F Turner Chapel East Lloyd Brockmeyer St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Czech National Cemetery Friends Steele Lisa S Robert L. Bouton Christ Church United Presbyterian

Weather Highlights and Severe Storms Across Regions

A detailed weather report notes Saturday temperatures in the 30s to 40s with NW winds at 14 mph. An intense low pressure system over central New York caused up to 80 mph winds and several inches of rain, leaving 200,000 homes without power in NJ NY CT. High tides flooded parts of southern NJ prompting evacuations. storms prompted sea warnings from Maine to New Jersey and gale warnings for the Great Lakes.

New York New York City Bridgeport Conn New Jersey Connecticut North Atlantic Maine South Carolina Great Lakes

Weight limits threaten Iowa bridge traffic and harvest season

IDOT studies fixes for priority bridges as 20 and 30 foot structures face full truck embargoes. Officials say residents will feel higher transport costs and possible shortages, with harvest timing raising concerns for corridors and fuel deliveries. Industry groups warn the impact varies, some routes minor, others significant.

IDOT McLean Ingersoll Omaha Kent Kroger Agriindustries Des Moines Ray Kassel Iowa Kassell Ames

Kabul exile hopes for family’s Western reunion at airport

Paktiawal spoke after leaving Kabul hoping his wife and seven children could join him in the West. He sought the conference floor for a speech on a controversial UNESCO media resolution, seen as a Soviet line that could curb press freedoms worldwide.

Kabul Paktiawal U.N. Educational, Scientific Cultural Organization

Afghanistan delegate pledges freedom and return home

UNESCO report quotes 45 year old Paktiawal from Afghanistan declaring the right to live and self-determination. He says Afghans seek friendship with the Soviet Union but accuse Moscow of human rights abuses. He vows to return to Kabul and tell the government what he told the audience, not seeking asylum, and leaving wife and seven children.

Afghanistan Soviet Union Paktiawal Kabul

Reagan shifts on farm programs in campaign talk

Carter aides cite Reagan comments in 1976 and a Nevada Iowa speech signaling a shift toward supporting farm programs while keeping price supports. Newsweek poll shows Carter 41 percent to Reagan 40 percent among registered voters, with Anderson at 10 and 9 undecided. among likely voters Reagan leads 42 to 39. Carter leads in eight of eleven leadership questions.

Reagan Carter California Price Danville Iowa Nevada Gallup Newsweek Magazine John Anderson Newsweek Anderson

C R man killed in crash on I 80 near Iowa City

A Cedar Rapids man Randall Trash age 25 was killed and Martin Fritz 35 from Iowa City in critical condition after a one car crash on Interstate 80 east of Iowa City. The car went out of control during a high speed pass, rolled over and ejected both occupants. University Hospitals Air Care transported them. Trash died at 5 05 p m. The crash occurred about 1 30 p m Saturday according to the Iowa Highway Patrol. Five other traffic deaths occurred over the weekend including three from a Monona County two car collision.

Cedar Rapids Iowa City Randall Trash G Ave University Hospitals Trask Martin Fritz Leisure

Hostage talks swirl as Iran hints staged release

A Khomeini aide says the Majlis will meet Sunday to set conditions for the hostages fate, while Tehran signals a gradual release after 357 days in captivity. US officials say no formal plan exists though Washington demands all hostages freed together. Carter warns against expecting an early release.

U.S Khomeini Majlis United States U.S. State Department Iran Washington

Vital Statistics and Local Incidents Report

October births list Molly and Elmer Vavricek 2555 M Ave NW a son and Lori Jane Hogan 1824 B Ave NW a daughter. October 24 Cheryl and Nicholas George 2036 Park Ave SE a daughter. Susan and Gale Heitmann Keystone a son. Incident notes include mistaken alarm at 18th Ave and J St SW 8:40 p.m. Friday and gas leaks at Third Ave and 10th St SW 7:16 a.m. Saturday and 180 Collins Rd NE 10:41 a.m. Saturday and medical emergency at 615 Sixth Ave SE 2:27 p.m. Saturday.

Molly Elmer Vavricek Ave Vicki Marek Wilcox 30Th St Cheryl Nicholas George Park Ave Susan Gale Heitmann Keystone 18Th Avenue J Street Third Avenue 10Th Street Collins Road Sixth Ave

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Independence John Grill White’s Mount Hope Cemetery Nina Peterson St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Schultz's Lamont Cemetery Dorothy Reisner Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hintz’s Woodlawn Williamsburg Maurice J. Carney St. Mary’s Catholic Church Uhlmann’s St. Joseph’s Cemetery Parnell Weather Report C.R. Weather New England Desert Pacific Northwest Plateau Northwest Tahoe Basin Montana Wyoming Plains Mercury Indiana Ohio National Weather Service Seattle Dallas New Orleans Miami UPI Weather Forocast Unesco C.R. Man Monona County James Booten Whiting Sterling Woody Onawa Woody Ruby Turin Iowa 175 Iowa Highway Patrol Booten Edward M. Stegmiller Stegmiller Taylor Ridge Tony C. Mapu U.S. 6 Altoona THE Gazette Company Third Ave. SE Gazette Associated Press Thomas Moore St.Luke’s Lori Jane Hogan Business Stories Daily Novak Monument CO 14Th Ave Rowse Drnkitl Floral Co 2Nd St John E. Lopes 3Rd Ave Pierson’s Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc Ellis Blvd James F. Stewart Stewart Funeral Stewart Guneral First Avenue
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