Deaths and funeral notices in Cedar Rapids area
Obituaries for Emma Rathje Doris Burt and multiple local residents list birthplaces, spouses, and survivors. Services are scheduled at Zion Lutheran Church Palo Cemetery Center Point St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and other area churches with burial details and visiting hours.
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Emma Gertrude Rathje
Keith Drive
Cedar Rapids
Iowa County
Henry C. Rathje
Atkins
Newhall
Robins
Glen
Lee
Esther Moeller
Boone
George Haerther
Zion Lutheran Church
Larry Brelje
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Hiawatha
Franklin B. Smith
Dawson
N.M
Amelia Frazer
el Paso
David J. Smith
Alamogordo
Maxon-Futrell
Texas
Las Cruces
Turner Chapel East
Rose E. Frey
John Frey
Center Point
Kansas
Margaret George
Joliet
Ill
Earl Frey
Murdoch
Sheridan Mallett
Boubin
Jerry F
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Paul C. McManus
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Caleren
Frish
Edwin Lesinger
Turner Chapel
Earl A. Huebner
Calvin-Sinclair Presbyterian Church
Campbell Cemetery
Hanford Post
American Legion
Friends
Turner St. Arnett
Marie
First Christian Church
Vanda
Henry J
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Stone City
St. Joseph’s
Teahen Funeral Home
Association of Retarded Children
Abandonment Fight Over Central Iowa Railroad
The Central Iowa Railroad Company faces federal abandonment action after SBA filed June 15 to foreclose a $350,000 loan delinquent since October 1974. A Kalona meeting noted inflated rehabilitation costs and possible loss of rail service across an 80 mile area, with salvage as the expected outcome.
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Kalona
Central Iowa Railroad Company
Small Business Administration
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan Stubbs
CIRC
Stubbs
SBA
William Shirley
Davenport
Shirley
U.S
Six men charged with drunken driving after accidents
Six persons were charged with drunken driving from Thursday night into today. Donald E. Yates 38 of 225 29th St Drive SE was arrested after a collision at First Avenue and 16th Street East at 9 30 p m. Russell E. Andersen 28 of Route 4 Solon arrested on Highway 218 south of Highway 84 at 2 15 a m. Ned H. Kohl 29 of 224 23rd St Drive SE arrested at 3 a m in the 900 block of Seventh Avenue Marion. Bob L. McFall Sr 50 of 4420 Bowling St SW arrested at 2 35 a m west of Sixth Street and 33rd Avenue SW. Robert J. Jackson 60 of Fairfax arrested at 10 40 p m Thursday on Highway 149 north of Fairfax. Billy D. Baum 53 of 1440 Bever Ave SE arrested at 8 15 p m Thursday in the 100 block of 14th Street SE. YOUR LOCAL government is covered regularly in The Gazette.
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Donald E. Yates
29Th St
16Th Street
Yates
First Avenue
16Th Street East
Willie Jackson
Sixth Ave
Russell E. Andersen
Route 4
Solon
Ned H. Kohl
23Rd St
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Bob L. McFall Sr
Bowling St
Sixth Street
33Rd Avenue
Robert J. Jackson
Fairfax
Billy D. Baum
Bever Ave
14Th Street
Linn County voter registration office open Saturday
The Linn County Courthouse registration office will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for registration address changes and absentee ballots. Auditor Merle Kopel warns unregistered residents or those with address changes must act by the deadline for the November 8 municipal elections. Office is in the southeast courthouse corner with east entrance access.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Love Kisses for Ed and a Sympathy Card Incident
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton faced taunts during his term with derogatory slogans. A sympathy card reading deepest sympathy for your loss signed Love and kisses Wally LaPeters appeared on the door of his outer office. LaPeters, then Sanford Florida police chief, was fired by Colton in 1976 after ongoing clashes.
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Ed Colton
Colton
Wally LaPeters
LaPeters
Sanford, Fla
School Board Faces Court Over High School Coach Fight
In Linn County Iowa a 1972 federal ruling is cited as guiding the Marion Independent School Board in dividing duties between two coaches for the girls basketball team. Pantini seeks a court order reinstating him as head coach while the district argues the board can assign coaching responsibilities pending appeals and state law.
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Iowa
Marion Independent School Board
Linn
Anthony Pantini Jr
Pantini
Keith Jensen
Jerry Edwards
Edwards
John Allen
Linn District Court
C. Robert Bennett
Bennett
Bennet
Mercy St Luke's Fight Antitrust Charge Amid Hospital Cost Claims
Mercy Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital deny antitrust charges from the Iowa attorney general. Officials cite shared labor market, low room rates, and regular data audits to defend pricing. They pledge court action to contest the case while stressing patient dollars fund the defense.
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Grahek
Mercy Hospital
B.L. Anderson
Mercy Board of Trustees
Anderson
Attorney General’s Office
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Grabek
Albert Curtis
St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Correction on William Hunt's arrest record
Correction indicates William Hunt aged 25 was arrested on a criminal trespass charge Sunday with address listed as 219 Sixth Ave SW. Police later corrected to 216 Sixth Ave SW, a discrepancy officials say was incorrect.
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William Hunt
Sixth Ave
Origin of Boers as South African small farmers
The term boer refers to the first white settlers in South Africa who arrived in the early 17th century and were Dutch small farmers, establishing the naming basis for the term.
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South Africa
Labor wage settlements ease in early 1977 contracts
The Labor Department reports wage increases in major contracts negotiated so far in 1977 average 7.8 percent in the first year and 5.8 percent annually over the life of the contract. By comparison 1976 settlements averaged 8.4 percent for the first year and 6.4 percent over the life of the contract.
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Labor Department
Department
Carter Holds Tax Reform Talk at National Convention
President Carter spoke at the National Newspaper Association meeting in Houston and reaffirmed support for U N sanctions on arms sales to South Africa. He noted concerns on South Africa’s nuclear program, said Vorster denied a binding pledge, and indicated SALT progress with the Soviet Union while delaying tax reform to year end.
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National Newspaper Association
Houston
Texas
U.N
South Africa
Carter
John Vorster
Vorster
Soviet Union
Capitol Hill
Congress
Incumbents Skip Forum Draws Fire From Union
AFSCME and Citizens United for Responsible Energy sponsored a candidates night at the People's Unitarian Church. The absence of the mayor and three re‑electing councilmen prompted union officials to call attendance an unfair labor practice under Iowa law. Jackson said the city attorney will be asked for an opinion to share withDes Moines attorneys. Pignatari Dies at 61 Brazilian industrialist Baby Pignatari, once linked to Princess Ira von Furstenberg, dies in jail era charges in Brazil.
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People’s Unitarian Church
American Federation of State
Afscme
Citizens United For Responsible Energy
Des Moines
Gordon Jackson
Iowa Afscme
The
Gazette
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Francisco
Baby” Pignatari
Ira von Furstenburg
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Doris Elizabeth Burt
Palo
Francis Burt
Farley
Missouri
Avon
Lee Roy Collins
Palo Cemetery
Homestead
Vernon
Ann) Sandersfeld
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Uhlmann’s. Postville
Lenora Ruckdaschel
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Schutte’s. Ossian
Leland Franklin
Ossian Lutheran Church
Hamad
Mary Ann
Brush Chapel
George McDill
R.R
Mary Zielinski
Larry Raid
Raid
Mike Deupree
Gazette City Hall
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
Lake Mills Case
Lake Mills
Robert Osmundson
Curtis
31St St
Mt. Vernon Rd
Skip Forum
Union
Jackson
Dave McGuire
Playboy
John E. Lapes
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