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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1968

Page

14

Grading Starts Wednesday On Cedar Valley Apartments

186 unit Cedar Valley apartment project to cost 2.8 million begins grading Wednesday at Thirty third and J streets SW. Monroe announces FHA governed, FNMA financed, low rent units under Sec 221 D-3 with 40 year term and integrated housing in Topeka and other cities.

Cedar Valley FHA Monroe Federal National Mortgage Assn R. D. Monroe Construction Co., Inc Topeka Wichita Kansas City Kan

Marion Company Seeks Bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids Case

The owner of V and R Blackton Co at 3055 Tenth Avenue Marion filed for bankruptcy in a Cedar Rapids federal court. Verle L. Ralston is president of the asphalt business and requests more time to file schedules. Debtors include Lonnie E. Baker with 10529 debts and 2100 assets and Max and Janet Dyson with 14509 debts and 395 assets.

V and R Blackton Co Tenth Avenue Marion Cedar Rapids Verle L. Ralston Ralston Lonnie E. Baker Second Street Max and Janet Dyson Sixteenth Street NW Leslie and Shirley House Blairs Ferry Road

Timely Quotes on Errors From Editors and World View

A quotation about errors from Sir William Haley who became editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica. It notes life as a process of plugging holes and minimizing new ones. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak comments that the end of man may come as a rude shock but not a surprise.

Sir William i Haley Encyclopaedia Britannica Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan United Nations General] Assembly

Wounded Viet Nam action marks 27 year old Galesburg native

Lt. Dennis Healy son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Healy of 3600 Elmwood court NE is recovering from gunfire wounds in the Mekong Delta. The 27 year old Washington high school graduate was wounded March 27 and is at the 249th General Hospital in Tokyo awaiting transfer to the United States. Five Gazette area marines have left for Vietnam after leaves at home.

Dennis Healy Vietnam Don Healy Elmwood Court Mekong Delta South Vietnam Healy Cedar Rapids 249Th General Hospital Tokyo States Washington High School Gazette Area Larry ‘Kimm Marengo Robert Tecklenburg Keystone Kenneth Vargason Mike Mullane Brian Gage Blairstown Steve R. Gilliatt Robert Gilliatt Twenty-seventh Street Ft. ‘Benjamin Harrison Ind Tech Franklin Forsythe FW. Forsythe Eighteenth Street Beal Air Force Base Calif Freeman L. Forsythe F.W. Forsythe Hawaii Terry N. Marks Richard F. Marks Highland Drive Ft. Benning Thomas Jost W. W. Jost Thirteenth Street Walter Reed Hospital Washington Max T. Hahn Max Hahn Maplewood Drive Pearl Harbor David C. Moore Mildred Moore Dorothy Goettle Iowa City

Court Orders Bond Paid to McVille Bank

The Iowa Supreme Court ordered Hawkeye Security Insurance to pay Mechanicsville Trust and Savings $120,000 plus interest for embezzlement by bank officer Laverne Paulson beginning in 1958. Paulson stole $141,909, repaid $26,458, leaving a net loss of $115,451. The bond was deemed liable. 5 percent interest accrues from Sept 19, 1965.

DES Moines UPI Supreme Court Hawkeye Security Insurance Co Mechanicsville Trust& Savings Bank Mechanicsville Laverne Paulson Paulson High Court Cedar County District Court Supreme Bonding Company Hawkeye

McCabe Challenges Christians to Join the Cause of Equality

Dr. Joseph McCabe spoke at First Presbyterian during Holy Week, urging Christians to act for equality. He tied Christ’s love to confronting personal bias and referenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, urging solidarity with Black Americans and women.

Joseph McCabe First Presbyterian Church Martin Luther King, Jr McCabe Memphis Atlanta

Dr King Sermon Played At King's Funeral Services

A recording of Martin Luther King Jr last sermon was played at the conclusion of his funeral. The message urged simplicity in eulogies and emphasized loving others over awards, amid an atmosphere of dramatic reverence among attendees.

Dr. King Atlanta UPS Martin Luther /King King Martin Luther King, Jr Martin, Luther King, Jr

Hiawatha Optimists Plan Youth Center Work Night

City brief notes work on the Youth Center scheduled for Wednesday night with no dinner provided. Local volunteers from the Hiawatha Optimists group will assist.

Hiawatha

Washington high students cut visit to riot shaken capital

Eighty two Cedar Rapids Washington high school students shortened their stay in Washington to travel to New York City. A Jefferson high group of 47 stays, revising sightseeing to visit the White House and FBI before bus home. They arrived Sunday and Monday respectively, with the trip cut short due to funeral closures.

Washington Cedar Rapids Washington High School New York City Jefferson High School White House Federal Bureau of Investigation Mt. Vernon Jefferson National Airport Martin Luther King Don Bee D Avenue NE

Kennedy High School Tour Stages Washington Visit

Thirty seven Cedar Rapids Kennedy students arrived in New York and planned a lengthy UN visit. They toured the bureau of engraving and met with Rep. John Culver on Capitol Hill for a Q A session, with Mt. Vernon on the day’s schedule.

New York United Nations Washington Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Bureau of Engraving Capitol Hill John Culver Mt. Vernon

Widow of Author Phil Stong Dies

Mrs. Phil Stong, 69, widow of the Iowa rooted author of State Fair, died Sunday after years of illness. Stong, who died in 1957, and her husband worked as Des Moines reporters in the 1920s before moving to Connecticut about 35 years ago.

Washington, Conn Phil Stong Iowa Stong Stongs Des Moines Connecticut

10 O Clock News Sports and Channel 9 Weather

Dave Carter reports on KCRG TV covering Monday through Friday broadcasts of local sports scores and weather updates tied to the 10 o clock news on Channel 9.

Channel 9 Kcrg-Tv Dave Carter

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