Deaths Mary Hojka and Frances Klepach Listed in Local Notices
Obituaries note Mary Hojka 74 of Venice Florida formerly Cedar Rapids died Monday at Venice Hospital. Frances Rose Klepach 80 of 431 19th St NW died Friday at St Luke's Hospital following a short illness. Services and burial details provided for both, with additional funeral notices for several other individuals and pending services across various towns.
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Mary Hojka
Venice
Fla
Cedar Rapids
Venice Hospital
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
National Association of Telephone Pioneers
Robert Hojka
Joyce Hughes
Leo Loftus
Bernice Wetmore
Syracuse
N.Y
Lemon Bay Funeral Home
Frances Rose Klepach
19Th St. NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frances Janko
William Klepach
Freeport
Ill
Hus Memorial Church
Jean Zazza
Younkers
Frank “Fritz” Janko
Oceanside
Calif
Two Women Freed After Rapes and Kidnapping
In Dallas two women freed after being repeatedly raped and beaten by Leonard Williams who held them hostage. One escaped through a window after nine months. the other after a week. Williams, 39, held on aggravated kidnapping charges with $200000 bond.
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Dallas
Leonard Williams
Zona Minnieweather
Williams
Bob Shaw
Concert Crowd Flees Over Freight Train Risking Injury
After the April Wine concert at Five Seasons Center hundreds swarmed the stopped 48 car freight train on Fourth Street tracks. A Chicago and North Western Railroad clerk warned the crowd that the knuckles could crush feet or sever a hand and urged people away as engineers hesitated to move the train.
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Five Seasons Center
Fourth Street
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Freer
Railroad
Rock Island
First Avenue
Sixth Avenue SE
Beverly Yards
Vital birth notices and family announcements
Births and adoptions listed with dates September 23 to 24 at various locations including Cedar Rapids Algona Highwood and Denver. Names include Sheryl and Rick Davis a daughter and Gwendolyn and Dan Lewis a son among many other families. City events note emergencies on 12th Street Wilson Avenue and B Avenue Northeast with locations and times.
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Sheryl
Rick Davis
Sixth St
Gwendolyn
Dan Lewis
35Th
12Th Street
Wilson Avenue
B Ave
Gazette corrects sales chief and Iowa football dates
The Gazette notes corrections to a Friday story naming James B. Oetken as general sales manager of KCRG TV and to Iowa football dates for 1983. UI opens Sept 24 versus Ohio State and ISU plays Sept 10 in Ames. The paper will publish clarifications in this space after checking accuracy.
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James B. Oetken
Kcrgtv
Gazette
Central States
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Ohio State
Iowa State
Ames
Body of Milford High student found west of Spirit Lake
The body of 14 year old Shawn Lee Jacobsen, Milford High School freshman, was found on a farm west of Spirit Lake Friday evening. The Dickinson County Sheriff's Department said cause of death is not yet known and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation joined the investigation with sheriff's officers and Milford Police. A search across the Milford area followed his disappearance after he did not appear at school Monday.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Shawn Lee Jacobsen
Milford
Dickinson County Sheriff's Department
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Milford Police Department
Jacobsen
Portion Guide for Kids by Age from Family Circle
Nutritionists advise a tablespoon per year of a child’s age for portions up to age 10. A four year old would have about four tablespoons or a quarter cup of carrots as a healthy serving.
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Family Circle Magazine
Treasury reports 1982 deficit nears record level with one month left
The Treasury confirms an $108.95 billion 11 month deficit through August, with Septembers final month likely widening the total. Corporate tax declines, slower individual tax growth, and higher unemployment and debt costs drive the record deficit, while 1981 saw a September surplus.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Ford Administration
Department
Congressional Budget Office
Bail set for 7 indicted on slavery charges
Seven of ten suspects in an international slave ring case faced bail Friday in Los Angeles. Nasim Mussry and Moses Aslan had set bail at 250000 and 100000 respectively, while five others were ordered to post 10000. The 52 count indictment accuses conspiracy and related slavery and visa fraud charges tied to Indonesian workers brought to the United States for presumed low wages and later deprived of their documents.
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Los Angeles
UPI
U.S
James McMahon
Nasim Mussry
Beverly Hills
Moses Aslan
Justice Department
United States
Grand
FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Iowa Natural Heritage book becomes best seller says promoter
Des Moines reports Iowa's Nature book selling well with over 10 000 copies bought by banks and customers. The 352 page volume from the Iowa Academy of Science features 32 scientists and images covering geology soils climate and conservation. A first printing of 27 500 volumes was issued and a reprint decision will come soon.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gerald Schnepf
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Iowa Bankers Association
Foundation
Association
Partici
Schnepf
Iowa Academy of Science
Two Die In One Vehicle Crash Northwest Of Marquette
Two Monona residents Cheryl Barker 23 and James Johnson 33 died when the car struck a rock embankment on Clayton County Road B 45 northwest of Marquette. Four others were injured two in critical condition at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse. Driver Dennis Wagner 23 and Carla Schlitter 19 had minor injuries. Investigators said high speed contributed to the crash.
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Deep River
Jennie Yeo
Welsh
Johnson County
George L. Gay
Martin’s
Oakland Cemetery
West Liberty
Kathryn A. Grouwinkel
West Liberty United Methodist Church
Wapello United Methodist Church
Snider's
Wapello
Williamsburg
Walter
Grace) Talbot
First United Presbyterian Church
Uhlmann’s
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marquette
Monona
Cheryl Barker
James Johnson
Clayton County Road
Pauline Dettmann
Donnie Scheffert
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Dennis Wagner
Carla Schlitter
Luana
Prairie Memorial Hospital
Prairie du Chien
Clayton County Sheriff's Department
Wagner
McGregor
Iowa State Patrol
Sarah Churchill Dies in London at 67
Sarah Churchill dies in London after months of illness. Daughter of Sir Winston Churchill she was 67 and known for a stage and film career across the Atlantic. Born October 7, 1914, in London she began acting as a chorus girl at age 21 and had three marriages.
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Sarah Churchill
Sir Winston
London
Miss Churchill
Britain
Atlantic
Lamb
Winston
Mule
West End
Hollywood
Admiralty House
the Admiralty
Winston and
Clementine Churchill
Accidental Shotgun Fatality In Des Moines
A 4-year-old girl died after a sawed off shotgun discharged while she and her brother John Ochoa played with the gun in Des Moines. The weapon belonged to Teresa Ochoa, mother Margaret Kelly, and the boy was treated for minor injuries. No charges have been filed.
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Des Moines
UPI
Teresa Ochoa
Des Moines Ag
Margaret Kelly
John Ochoa
Foreclosures rise as Linn County hits 101 for 1982
Seventeen mortgage foreclosures were recorded by the Linn County Recorder’s office Friday, boosting 1982’s total to 101 with three months remaining. Recorder Pat Kane noted earlier years had 20, 67 foreclosures, and said he did not know when the mortgages were written or the rates. He added that unemployment makes payments unaffordable.
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Linn County Recorder
Linn County
Pat Kane
Kane
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Policy Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions priced by week and year with varying rates for in state and out of state, no mail subscriptions where carrier service exists. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local and AP news dispatches. USPS 095680
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Korea
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