Death notices from Cedar Rapids area Chronicle
Multiple obituaries list Edward L. Price 72 of 1251 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids and several others including William H. DeGaris 47 of Marion Daisy H. Riley 60 of Cedar Rapids Elmer L. Moore 73 of Mountain Grove Missouri and Betty Neville Conyers 51 of Cedar Rapids with service details burial places and church affiliations for each. Additional notices cover Monika Koval Kenneth Weisley Heilman Florence Reid and regional memorials with church services and cemeteries across Iowa and Minnesota.
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Edward L. Price
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Waubeek
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Ramon E. Price
Merle W. Price
Howard Price
Marion
Nora DuPre
California
Murdoch Chapel
Lyle E. Greiner
Hope United Church
Mt. Clark Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Reid
Florence C
the Incarnations Catholic
Minneapolis
Thomson Brothers Funeral Home
Fort Snelling Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Bus Driver Told Kids To Walk After Bus Stall
Parents in Cedar Rapids raised concerns when bus No. 83 carrying 24 Jackson elementary students stalled on Chain Lakes road south of Palo. The driver reportedly told children to walk home while a battery cable short forced the stop. a relief bus arrived in seven to eight minutes.
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Cedar Rapids
Chain Lakes Road
Palo
Jackson
Lyle Johnson
Johnson
Richard Groley
Groley
Back Pay Ruling Upheld by Court
A Linn County district court upheld a Cedar Rapids human rights commission ruling against Harnischfeger Corp requiring $8,744.59 back pay to Marlene Jo Garrison for sex and race discrimination. The decision also mandates supervisory sensitivity training to enforce equal employment laws and remove unsatisfactory performance notes from Garrison’s file. Judge Harold Swailes ordered compliance, rejecting the company’s claims that the commission lacked proof, exceeded authority, or that Garrison’s probation negated the finding of harassment by coworkers.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Swailes
Harnischfeger
Garrison
Morley Man Dies By Own Action in Tragic Death
A 52 year old Morley man Herbert Duane Smith died by hanging at his home. The Jones County medical examiner ruled the death a death by own action. Services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Goettsch's in Anamosa. On this date in 1795 journalist James Gordon Bennett was born.
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William H. DeGaris
Twenty-seventh Street
Marion
Peoria
Ill
Marine Corps
Postal Service
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Evelyn DeGaris
Donald Dobson
Bellevue
Wash
Ronald Jackson
J. David Pepper
Oak Shade
Murdoch Chapel
Daisy H. Riley
Thirteenth Street
James E. Riley
Cedar Rapids
Riley
Don Randall
Center Point
Glenn Ashbacher
Toddville
Clifford McClean
Omaha
Lloyd Paulsen
Thomas
Donald West
Glenn Hunt
Buffalo Cemetery
Elmer L. Moore
Mountain Grove
Texas County
Houston
Cameron
Naomi Mentzer
Lordsburg
N.M
Paulson Construction Co
Cedar Rapid
D. Jensen
Iowa City
Carpenters Union
D. N. Doumas
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry E. Moore
Dubuque
George E. Moore
Brookfield
Wis
Oscar E. Moore
Kansas City
Tom Anthony
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Morley
Jones County
Herbert Duane Smith
Goettsch’s
Anamosa
James Gordon Bennett
Weight loss incentive sparks secret weigh-in at Mt Vernon
Becky and Chris plan to lose about 100 pounds each to earn money per pound shed. Becky says her husband conceived the idea and both admit they have long carried extra weight. An official weigh-in occurred Thursday at a Mt. Vernon doctor's office but the outcome remains confidential.
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Chris
Becky
Mt. Vernon
Hurricane Anita Watch Shrinks as Storm Shifts Toward Texas Coast
The report notes Anita's movement toward the south over 24 hours with a possible hit within 150 miles north or south of Brownsville. An NWS hurricane watch covered from Matagorda Bay to the Mexico border, then was cut back as the upper Texas coast was removed from the watch.
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Her
Brownsville
Matagorda Bay
Corpus Christi
Mexico
Texas
Weighing In For Band Trip Fundraiser
Chris Corbett and Becky Corbett weigh in as part of a district weight loss program to raise funds for sending the Olin high school band to a South Dakota trip. Coordinators Brett Easler and Clarence Tenley oversee the event with Becky’s father Charles Swaney a district principal and her mother Janet a Squaw Creek teacher. Chris hails from Lone Tree.
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Chris Corbett
Becky
Olin
South Dakota
Brett Easler
Clarence Tenley
Charles Swaney
College
Janet
Squaw Creek
Chris
Lone Tree
August wholesale prices show 5.9 percent yearly rise
The Labor Department reports August wholesale prices up 0.1 percent on adjusted basis, with lumber and wood products rising for the third straight month and furniture up 0.8 percent at the wholesale level. The overall 12 month increase is 5.9 percent, with a seasonally adjusted index of 194.6.
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Labor Department
City Orders Reissue Duplex Permit After Court Action
Linn district court ordered Cedar Rapids to reissue a building permit for a duplex at 2601 Sue Lane NW. Herman de Neuf sued after construction began June 20 following a June 14 permit, with stop-work notice July 8 for revocation. He sought an 18.55 foot setback variance from Twenty-sixth Street NW, noting a prior variance in 1976 for a different structure.
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Cedar Rapids Building Safety Department
Sue Lane
Linn District Court
Herman de Neuf
de Neuf
de Neui
C R Man Heads Prison Board
Donald J. Page of Cedar Rapids will chair the new prison industries advisory board formed by the Iowa Department of Social Services officials said Thursday.
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Des Moines
UPI
Donald J. Page
Cedar Rapids
Prison Industries Advisory Board
Department of Social Services
Note from Son of Sam killer to Breslin read aloud in courtroom
In Queens a hearing was set for Oct 12 as Leon Stern reserved the right to appoint a psychiatrist. David Berkowitz, writing from Kings County Hospital, invited columnist Jimmy Breslin to meet him while criticizing press coverage and joking about Beame. Breslin planned to respond at an appropriate time. Aaron Burr’s 1807 treason acquittal is noted.
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Queens
Sam
Leon Stern
Leo Brown
Breslin
Berkowitz
D. Berkowitz
Mr. Breslin
Kings County Hospital
David Berkowitz
Aaron Burr
United States
Thomas Jefferson
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Edward H. Glaza
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Dorothy Norris
Wabco Parts
Gerard Glaza
Eileen Bensch
Betty Neville Conyers
Larry Drive
Davenport
Laurens
Keith R. Conyers
West Des Moines
Ronald Conyers
Fort Dodge
John Conyers
Colleen Simpson
Wyoming
Iowa
Joe Neville
Saratoga
Calif
Ted Neville
Redding
Patricia Labonia
Maxine Newton
Springfield
Ohio
Gretchen Monica
St. Louis
Jane Hanish
Plover
Helen DeWolf
Eagle Grove
Peggy Jones
Downers Grove
Noelridge Baptist Church
Roy Tindal
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Monika Koval
John Koval
Lynch, Neb
Monika Sumik
Raskovice
Czechoslovakia
Emil J. Koval
Zofie Jirotkova
Ostrava
Farmersburg
Gus
Anna) Leath
St. John Lutheran Church
Schultz, Monona
Luana
Bohnenkamp’s
Manchester
Victor Glenn
Olin Methodist Church
Hayden’s
Alfred B. Snyder
American Legion
Ansel Chapman
Cedar Memorial Park
C.R. Man
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
2Ewellen
Florist
of Sam
Teahen Funeral Home
Lowa
John B. Turner & Son
East
Roland-Wilbert Vault Co
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