Deaths mark Cedar Rapids area obituaries and services
Obituary notices list Joel B. Mann 85 of Grand Rapids Michigan and Thomas E. Carney Jr. 58 Cedar Rapids, among others, with family survivors and funeral arrangements. Additional entries include Jennie Mae Rooks and several other local residents with service times, burial details, and memorial suggestions.
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Joel B. Mann
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Mich
Old Washington High School
Charles
Detroit
Glenn
Lillian Purath
Grand Forks
N.D
Bertha Anzulovic
Beltsville
Ruby Eaton
Laurens
Iowa
Metcalf Funeral Home
Thomas E. Carney Jr
Regent St. NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Alta Waterman
Troy
Kan
Western Transportation
Carney
VFW
Thomas E
David I
Gary A
Tracy E
Kathleen Jones
Illinois
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Edwin J. Simon
Church of the Brethren
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Carter outlines MX missile racetrack plan and verifiability
President Carter presents a mobile MX missile system using a racetrack layout requiring about 25 square miles with shelters and periodic door openings for Soviet satellite verification under SALT II. He calls the system a permanent deterrent not a bargaining chip and compares it to SAC and Minuteman milestones.
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United States
Carter
Harry Truman
Strategic Air Command
John Kennedy
Defense Department
Iowa awards honor best newspaper advertising and pages
The Iowa Daily Press Association convention crowned winners including the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Dubuque Telegraph Herald in major categories. Judges from Kansas City Star & Times and others announced prizes for circulation groups, editorial pages, and sports sections with many papers cited across 13 advertising categories.
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Dubuque
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Spencer Daily Reporter
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Estherville Daily News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Quad-City Times
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Ames Daily Tribune
Oskaloosa Herald
Council Bluffs
LeMars Daily Sentinel
Damage alert issued for Rock Island railroad properties
Iowa state troopers and local officials issued a statewide alert after 16 vandalism incidents on railroad property. The Cedar Rapids post broadcast the alert at 11 a.m. with follow up reminders from Des Moines. Authorities warned to monitor crossings signal lights boxes and bridges and noted a bridge fire near Nevada may have been arson. No vandalism reported in Cedar Rapids area.
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Iowa
Rock Island
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
al Crystal
Crystal
Nevada
Iowans Seek White House Help to End Rock Island Strike
Iowa lawmakers push for federal action to resolve the Rock Island Lines stoppage. Rep. Berkley Bedell seeks a White House meeting as rail delays threaten 80 percent of state freight and grain storage pressures grow ahead of USDA forecasts. Kassel urges rapid, accurate briefing to federal officials.
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Washington — I
Iowa
Rock Island
Berkley Bedell
Bedell
White House
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ray Kassel
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kassel
U.S. Department of Transportation
Midwest
U.S. Senate
House
Weather Report and Forecast for the region
At 11 a.m. wind from the north at 14 mph. Sunrise 6 39, sunset 7 29. Yesterday high 92 and low 61 with no precipitation. Extended outlook partly cloudy Monday with a chance of showers Sunday and Tuesday highs in the 80s and lows in the low 60s. Mississippi River readings show scattered values with several towns reporting rises or falls. data for LaCrosse and Keithsburg unavailable. Frost in Minnesota. cool Canadian air moves into southern Plains and Ohio Valley. heavy frost in north central Minnesota to 26 degrees. Northerly winds bring fair skies and mild temps to Oklahoma and the eastern Ohio Valley. low humidity in north central region. light rain in upper Great Lakes. Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic coast partly cloudy with thundershowers. heavy fog in the South. near-zero visibilities from West Virginia to northern Alabama. driving hampered by fog. David weakening toward North Atlantic. Newfoundland-bound at 40 mph. Frederic weakened near Cuba and northwestward. Gloria a distant threat to shipping, ~1100 miles east of Azores. Light showers from Texas panhandle to Nebraska panhandle. western U.S. mostly quiet with fair skies and mild temperatures. Oregon partly cloudy. fog along Southern California coast.
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Minnesota
Plains
Ohio Valley
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
West Virginia
Alabama
David
North
Newfoundland
Frederic
Cuba
Gloria
Azores
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska Panhandle
Oregon
California
Iowa Electric refund plan rejected by state commission
The Iowa Commerce Commission rejected Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. plan to refund funds collected under a rate increase over a one year period ending July 1, 1977. It ordered a new plan using a single uniform rate and set an October 1 filing deadline.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
City Briefs and Local Adlets Bumper Page Highlights
A collection of small local notices and advertisements includes jewelry buyers Siebke Hoyt Jewelers offering cash for estates and precious items, plus multiple garden plant sales at Peck's Green Thumb Nursery. Also listed are events at Holiday Restaurant Mount Vernon, an ice cream social at St. John's Church, YWCA Arts and Potpourri, and a third annual Clark Road Garage and Yard Sale among other items.
Vital Statistics Births Mercy and local areas update
Births announced at Mercy with multiple families listing addresses and newborns a daughter or a son. Grandparents named, plus an Aug 27 Tarkio Missouri birth. Observations include street incidents and a medical emergency at 1004 Regent Street NE with times noted.
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Tarkio
Ken Lee
Chester Mau
24Th St. NW
16Th Ave
Seventh Street
Third Street
16Th Avenue
Regent St
Solon School Board Accepts Duct System Bid
The Solon school board approved a $3,885 bid from Universal Climate Control of Iowa City to install a duct system in the industrial arts classroom to remove dust.
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Solon
Solon School Board
Universal Climate Control of
Iowa City
Armed robbery reported at 7 Eleven on J St SW
Police investigate an armed robbery at the 7 Eleven located at 3301 J St SW. Two white males in their late 20s entered about 3 29 a m demanding cash in a paper bag. One suspect reportedly carried a knife.
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J St. SW
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Jennie Mae Rooks
14Th St
Linn County
Monroe Township
Donald Lee Rooks
Robins
Syndicate and Martins Clothing
Robert D
Marvin L
Douglas L
Marilyn J. Fontana
Cedar Memorial
Edge
Kenneth N
Cedar Christian Church
Neville Clayton
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
Cedar Christian Memorial Fund
American Cancer Society
Looney
Cecil D
Turner Chapel West
Rogers Grove Cemetery
Ely
Fort Atkinson
Mary Martinek
St. John’s
Chekal’s
Henry Nolte
Gay’s
Memory Gardens
Sigourney
Vernie A. Schimmelpfennig
Phil Morgan
The
Iowa Development Commission
Burlington Hawk Eye
Sioux City Journal
Michael J. Davies
Kansas City Star & Times
Waterloo Courier
Bob Gallagher
Press-Gazette
Green Bay
Wis
Cherokee Daily Times
Burlington
Hawk Eye
Davenport
Curtis C. MacDougall
Cedar Falls
George Pica
Post-intelligencer
Seattie
Cedar Falls Record
Eee
Bill Millsaps
Times- Dispatch
Richmond, Va
Oelwein Daily Register
Yunan Province
China
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
National Weather Service
Atlanta
Anchorage
Er Miom
Coneweenes Eoneenee
Bismarck
Evseerenees
Nashville
Chicago
N.orleans
Neerconn
New York
Phoenix
Honolulu
Houston
Washington
Coralville Lake
Travelers
Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
Adv
Peck’s Green Thumb Nursery
27Th Street
Clark Road
Mount Vernon
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Park Avenue
19Th Street
Ywca Arts and Potpourri
Riverside Roundhouse
Marion
Buchwald
U.S. A
Steve Campbell
Kingswood Lane
St. Luke's
Gregory Hayslett
12Th Ave
John Maske
Linwood St
Mare McCoy
Hanover Road
Bruce Brisbin
Johnson Ave
Joseph Ironside
Victoria Drive
Mark Wilden
19Th Ave
Clinton Bruce Steele
Alpine Road
Keith Sorenson
Eisenhower Road
Hiawatha
Annie Mullinex
B Ave
Steven Smith
Center Point
Harlan J. Hanson
Barbara Gayle Henze
Douglas J. Kula
Penny R. Alger
James M. Damisch
Mary B. Lange
Stephen W. Sandquist
Sandra M. Frerichs
Michael D. Franck
Tami R. Hamilton
James M. McAfee
Cheryl J. Dick
Gene W. Lewis
Leanne J. Morrow
Central City
Arlen R. Jackson
Mechanicsville
Patrice G. McDaniel
James M
Jeanette L. McAfee
Mary Deborah
Douglas Richard Steichen
Jessica I
Steven P. Struck
Velva Lorraine
Leslie Gene Untiect
Luann
Brad Murray Newhard
Frankie J
Charles D. Monroe
Kathryn Joan
Russell Scott Reinhold
Marilynne Anne
Melvin Louis Neal
Wayne F
Esther M. Tate
Laura Marie
Thomas B. McBath
Julie Ann
Douglas Lee Nodurft
Susan R
Rick A. Ketchum
U.S
Britain
Canada
John E. Lapes
Cedar Park
Pierson’s
Ellis Blvd
W Avenue
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