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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1966
Page
10
Friday night fire extensively damaged the William Calif residence at 2470 Third Avenue. Firemen estimated damage at $4,000. cause not determined. A bedroom and closet were heavily damaged and there was extensive smoke damage throughout the structure. A neighbor reported smoke and alerted fire crews. no one was home at the time.
Burglars broke into Kuba Distributing Co on Friday night stealing an undetermined number of beer cases. The building at 224 First Street NE was also burglarized Monday night with five double cases taken. Entry Friday was gained by smashing a window and the break in was found at 3 30 a.m.
Classified ads list transport drivers with top wages and benefits and require 24 years old. Janitors part time days or nights, and various positions including truck service, route salesman, and garden plowing. Numerous local businesses offer in person applications at 8th Avenue Citgo, First Street truck service, and other addresses with phone numbers and hours.
Fort Madison AP report says one man, Gerald Fraise 21, died in a two car collision on Highway 2 five miles west of town Friday night. Five others were injured, three critically, including Elizabeth Hendren 45 Willis Flullenkamp 19 and Joseph Link 20 all from nearby areas. Russell Starks 46 of Montrose and Larry Blunt 19 of near Fort Madison were listed in fair condition. Fraise’s car struck the Starks vehicle as it turned onto a graveled road. Hendren was a passenger with Starks and four youths were in Fraise’s car.
Bayne Freeland of Mt Prospect Illinois leaves Quaker Oats after a decade as public relations director to become director of college relations at Yankton College South Dakota. A Beloit College graduate, he joined Quaker in 1948 after reporting for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. He and Mrs Freeland have four children George Bayneeta Jill and Doug.
UPI reports a cholera outbreak in Khulna 250 miles southwest of Dacca has killed between 100 and 300 people. The toll range reflects early casualty estimates from Saturday coverage.
James Anderson, 23, remained in jail with no bail as Vallejo police prepared charges for the killings of two officers. Arrest followed an Oakland stop by Sgt. Carl Hurd. Fingerprints on the officers’ car hood were later identified as Anderson’s. He had a prior police record and worked in an Oakland restaurant.
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