Deaths fill list from Mount Vernon to Cedar Rapids area
Clarence Graden Hayes 90 of Mount Vernon died Saturday after a sudden illness. Surviving daughters and a son, 26 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren and 20 great great grandchildren. Funeral at Morgan Funeral Home and burial at Campbell Cemetery. Kenneth B. Davis 69 of Cedar Rapids died Saturday at St Luke's Hospital. Memorial services at Burnham Wood West Union. Multiple notices follow for Sophie Vasby, Jessie Sharp, Addie Quandahl, Cletus Weber, Austin McDowell, Frances Moore, Lester Smith, Norma Glandorf, Robert Gaumon, Fred Jones, George Burke and others with service times and burial plans.
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Clarence Graden Hayes
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Hayes
Donegal
Linn County
Northwestern Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Lemon
Ivanhoe
Wayne Wasta
Mount Vernon United
Kenneth B. Davis
Summer Circle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Waucoma
Bernice Haines
Hawkeye
Davis
West Union
Bethel Presbyterian Church
George E
Manchester
Carol A. Davis
Norine Bemis
Waverly
Burnham-Wood Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
Clermont
Sophie Vasby
West Clermont Lutheran Church
God’s Acre
Schutte’s
Postville
Elkader
Jessie Sharp
First Congregational Church
Witt’s
East Side
Decorah
Addie M. Quandahl
Hauge Lutheran Church
Rural Decorah
Stevie’s
Springwater
Harper — Cletus J. Weber
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sigourney
Powell's
Keota
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Parnell
Iowa City
Austin L. McDowell
Beckman-Callahan
Community Presbyterian Church
Friends
Schutte’s. Williamsburg
Norma K. Glandorf
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Uhlmann’s
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Williamsburg
Robert E. Gaumon
Julia A. McFarlen
Dependable
American Association of Retired Persons
The
Farm Bureau
Doug
Decatur, Ill
Dennis
Cedar Falls
Jeannette Goforth
Suzie Gaumon
Cindy Gaumon
Turner Chapel West
Neville Clayton
Cedar Christian Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
George J. Burke
10Th St. NW
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Memorial Services and Burials for Local Residents
Memorial services are planned for Michael P Collins at St Patrick s Church at 9 a m with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. John Francis Sanger s service is at St Jude s Church at 11 30 a m with burial at St Joseph s Cemetery and military honors by American Legion Hanford Post 5. Velma Smejkal s service is at Brosh Chapel at 1 30 p m with burial at Czech National Cemetery. brother George of Cedar Rapids survives. Teahen Funeral Home handles arrangements. Memorials to Camp Courageous and American Lung Association are noted.
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Sanger
John Francis
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
William Goltz
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
American Legion
Hanford
American Lung Association
Walnut St
Des Moines
Teahen Funeral Home
Smejkal
Velma
Brosh Chapel
Czech National Cemetery
George
Cedar Rapids
Slain convict linked to Brink's terrorists
Rockland County District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz said ballistics tests showed a .38 slug from Nyack Sgt Edward O Grady Jr weapon in the pocket of Sam Smith, the slain convict, tying him to the Brink's ambush and Weather Underground links. The case includes Burns and others, with security moves for suspects and possible federal grand jury action.
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New York
Weather Underground
Rockland County
Kenneth Gribetz
Sam Smith
Nyack
Edward O'Grady Jr
O’grady
Gribetz
New City
Brink
Katherine Boudin
Smith
Nathaniel Burns
Queens
Gribett
Burns
Dogs and search for jail escapees in Nevada
Story County officials used dogs to search for two men who escaped from the county jail by cutting a hole in the ceiling of a jail room. The escapees Urban Ardister, 42, and Richard Saunders, 22, were trustees and fled Sunday night through a back room ceiling into a hallway. Ardister faced false use of a financial instrument and Saunders a sexual abuse charge.
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Nevada
UPI
Story
Urban Tony Ardister
Richard Eugene Saunders
Ardister
Saunders
Permit revoked saloon closed in Linn County
The Alias Smith and Jones Saloon at 835 Center Point Road NE was closed after its sales tax permit was revoked. Linn County records show nearly $5,000 in unpaid sales tax from February to July by owner College Park Corp. The revocation occurred months ago with a possible appeal period. Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858.
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Smith & Jones
Linn County Sheriff's Department
State Revenue Department
Bill Howard
County Recorder’s Office
College Park Corp
Center Point Road
Oscar winning designer Edith Head dies at 73
Hollywood designer Edith Head, eight time Oscar winner who outfitted Mae West to Elizabeth Taylor, died at 73 from a rare bone marrow disease. She finished work on her final film and died last Saturday. funeral planned for Wednesday on her 74th birthday.
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Hollywood
UPI
Edith Head
Mae West
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Head
Good Samaritan Hospital
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Reagan fights to sway Senate on AWACS sale to Saudis
President Reagan launches an 11th hour push to win enough votes for the 8.5 billion AWACS arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Senator Leahy urges withdrawal while leaders warn of limited time to block the disapproval resolution as opposition solidifies with at least 54 votes against.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
Reagan
White House
William Armstrong
R-Corp
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Senate
Leahy
House
Larry Speakes
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Sen. Baker
Baker
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Congress
Israel
Linn County offers 4 percent wage and benefit package
County representatives presented eight bargaining proposals to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, including a 4 percent wage offer to counter a union demand for about 24 percent. The union seeks a 15 percent hike plus medical and vacation benefits. The county favors a three year contract, limits for part-time eligibility, overtime procedures, ending compensatory time off, and clarifying personal days and long-term leaves in a 500-employee workforce.
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Linn
American Federation of State
Trude Elliott
Elliott
Fire Starts in Halfway House at Community Corrections Center
A fire in a wall at the Community Corrections Center on Fourth Avenue SE was reported at 4 43 pm Monday. Investigator Lawrence Spielbauer said damage was limited to a small wall area and could have been worse if it reached the attic. A resident, 18 year old Leroy Nell, was jailed that night with no charges filed yet. The occupant blamed an accidental cigarette ash flicked into a hole in a window frame.
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Community Corrections Center
Fourth Ave
Leroy Nell
Linn County
Fire Department
Lawrence Spielbauer
Spielbauer
Nagel Named U of Iowa Lobbyist Successor
Dennis J. Nagel 32 a former administrative assistant to Governor Ray will become a lobbyist for the University of Iowa succeeding Max Hawkins who retires November 30. Nagel from Edgewood joined Rays staff in 1974 and left last May to enroll in law school.
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Des Moines
Dennis J. Nagel
Robert Ray
Nagel
Max Hawkins
University of Iowa
Hawkins
Ironmen
U of I
Edgewood
Ray
U of I College of Law
Clarifications and Corrections Policy Update
Former Delaware County Sheriff Mike Barr completed his term in 1972 and retired. The Gazette invites complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space. Contact 398 8313.
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Delaware County
Mike Barr
Barr
The
Gazette
Phone
South Korea Bid Collusion Cost U.S. Military
Five years ago U.S. Army investigations found South Korea condoned, if not controlled, collusive bidding by South Korean contractors that cost U.S. military units about $20 million a year.
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U.S. Army
South Korea
U.S
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