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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1979

Page

2

Deaths in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas services listed

Obituaries describe Mariam Wilson 58 of Cedar Rapids long illness died at a local hospital. Services 1 p.m. Monday Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Also listed are Lavena Andre 84 and Opal Rosdail 79 with service details and survivors, plus notices for Stanley Lubbock 84 and other local figures with service times and burial sites.

Mariam Marie Wilson Carter St Cedar Rapids Paul Harvey Wilson Paul M. Wilson Diana Svoboda Janice Miller Patricia Gardner Terri Stafford Mabel Crooks Donald Sheronick Commerce City Colo Emma Jean Solbrig Alhambra Calif Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery American Cancer Society Lavena Andre Mesa Ariz Olin Decatur City Leo Andre Anamosa Hiawatha Order of the Eastern Star Olin United Methodist Church Garden Club Donald Andre Davenport Lloyd Andre Phyllis Andre Fred Richardson Olin St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Opal G. Rosdail Fourth Ave Norway Calvin Rosdail Rosdail Trinity Lutheran Church Betty Stallman Mary Gerhold Atkins Janet Schanbacher Newhall Dennis Donald Marion Dennis Tow Toro Luck Richard Thompson Norway Cemetery Turner Chapel West Stanley Edward Lubbock Meadowbrook Drive Mr. Lubbock Charlotte Myers First Congregational United Church of Christ Pekomy Post American Legion of Fairfax Fairfax Fidelitas Lodge Iowa el- Kahir Shrine the Goodfellows Lubbock Fairest O.E.S. of Fairfax Coe College Cedar Rapids Business College Jane Gertrude Hughes Port Angeles Wash Turner Chapel Glenn N. Bender First Congregational Church Linwood Cemetery Fidelitas Lodge A.F Pekomy Post 572 The Fairfax American Legion Turner Chapel East Arlington Raymond Astor Church of Christ Taylorsville Cemetery Gleim’s. Elma Jacob Henry Nolda St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Conway's Sarasota Cemetery van Horne Euzella Barry Fellmer’s Keystone Dysart Wilma Bede Geneseo United Methodist Church Overton's Tipton Floyd Red” Rife Sheets and Son's Tipton Masonic Cemetery Independence Don Elaine) Hickman Immanuel Lutheran Church White's Belle Plaine William Palmer Belle Plaine Methodist Church Russell’s Oak Hill Cemetery Chelsea Steven Benda Hrabak’s Coralville Frances Grantham George L. Gay

Black high school player shot during Boston prep game

Darryl Williams a 16 year old Roxbury student was shot in the back of the neck during a Charlestown High versus Jamaica Plain High football game on Medford Street in Boston. He was hospitalized in critical condition as city wide athletic events were canceled amid ongoing investigations.

Boston UPI Darryl Williams Roxbury Boston City Hospital Williams Jamaica Plain High School Charlestown Medford Street Leo Ducey Robert Donohue Kevin White

Cedar Rapids Transit Center faces flood plain decision

The Natural Resources Council will hear Cedar Rapids officials and staff on Monday at the Wallace Building Des Moines about the Ground Transportation Center site. City leaders argue the plan fits flood risks while NRC staff prefer an alternate site, with UMTA funds and a $33 million project cost reliant on federal grants.

The Natural Resources Council Wallace Des Moines Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center Webb Don Canney Iowa Department of Transportation Canney NRC Cedar Rapids Center Urban Mass Transit Administration

Olin Farmer Dies in Tractor Accident

Donald Rummells, an Olin farmer, was killed Friday when his tractor with a manure loader overturned on a level driveway. His wife found him trapped beneath the wreckage as firefighters assisted and a wrecker lifted the tractor.

Olin Donald Rummells Steve Wink Rummells Wink

Pope Heads to Ireland and U S Tour After John Paul I Eulogy

The pope prepared for a nine day voyage to Ireland and the United States, after praising Pope John Paul I who died after 34 days in office. The journey spans six Irish cities in two days followed by stops in Boston New York Philadelphia Des Moines Chicago and Washington.

Russia Vatican Ireland United States Pope John Paul I Dublin Boston New York Philadelphia Des Moines Chicago Washington

Prairie High crowned Tammy Ray homecoming queen at halftime

Tammy Ray of Cedar Rapids was crowned homecoming queen at Prairie High School during halftime of the Prairie versus Regis game. Regis won 13 to 12 as king Scott Appleget of Shueyville was not on the field for the crowning or photo.

Tammy Ray Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids plant suspends worker over sludge disclosure

Cedar Rapids city employee Steve Wedderspoon, who alerted state officials to alleged untreated sludge discharge into the Cedar River, has been suspended for five days without pay. Plant superintendent George Milligan says the action, cited as a departmental rule violation, followed union procedures and allows a grievance. Results of the environmental review are pending next week.

Cedar Rapids Department of Environmental Quality Cedar River George Milligan the Gazette Steve Wedderspoon Wedderspoon American Federation of State Milligan

Realtors hear call for tax ceiling in Iowa

David Stanley president of Iowans for Tax Relief told the Iowa Association of Realtors convention in Cedar Rapids that the Legislature should cap property tax values and seek a constitutional limit on all state and local taxes. He warned that farmland and homes shielded by law push a rising burden onto business property.

David Stanley Iowans For Tax Relief Stanley Iowa Association of Realtors Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel Cedar Rapids

Kirkwood Alumni Meet and Banquet Set for Oct 18

Kirkwood Alumni Association schedules its annual meeting October 18 at 6 p.m. in Linn Hall room 211B, with board elections and a following Outstanding Alumnus Award Banquet. Reservations due by October 12. call Lori Gegner at 319-398-5623.

Kirkwood Kirkwood Alumni Association Linn Hall Lori Gegner

Weather Report for C.R. Area Winds NW 13 mph

The midnight wind is from the northwest at 13 mph. Sunrise is at 7 02 a m and sunset at 6 51 p m. Yesterday's high 66 and low 47 with .29 inches precipitation. Extended outlook calls for sunny mild days and cool nights Monday to Wednesday with highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.

Birth Announcements List from Cedar Rapids Area

Vital statistics report lists multiple births and parental names from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas including Solon Hiawatha Springville Marion Ely Davenport and Davenport. Families include Randall Nordengren Thomson Brucher Kruse Lathrop Davis Derby Holt Weberg Lewis and others with birth dates on September 28.

Lester D. Bryan Josephine T. Burkart Stephen S. Brucher Lois L. Kruse James D. Chamberlain Melonee J. Gisleson Dennis D. Lathrop Pamela J. Davis Dennis J. Pickens Deborah A. Derby Kim R. Holt Dana J. Weberg Lawson M. Little Coralie K. Lewis John F. Frazier Sandra J. Petersen Michael D. Barber Janice M. Michalek William N. Burks Candace A. Denny Richard A. Steggall II Linda M. Jones Brad L. Gohde Eva M. Hunt Robert J. Williams Monica L. Thomson Cedar Rapids Scott A. Armstrong Hiawatha Julie A. Goetzinger Springville David R. Baker Kathryn E. Blanchett Marion James R. Minor Ely Carlena C. Peterson Ted E. Smith Dorothy M. Smith Davenport

Local notices and service calls in Cedar Rapids area

A sequence of Friday city dispatches lists minor incidents including wiring trouble on First Street SW and a medical emergency on 13th Street NW. Other entries mention flushing fuel oil on Fourth Avenue SE, a false alarm on Johnson Avenue NW, and a smoke odor on A Avenue NW.

First Street 13Th St Fourth Avenue Seventh St A Ave Johnson Ave. NW Lot

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