Weather and records from Cedar Rapids area update
Extended forecast calls for cloudiness with possible showers Friday to Sunday and seasonal temperatures. Normal April figures shown with recent rainfall totals and barometric readings. births and marriage licenses listed for Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Bankruptcies and traffic fines feature in city notices
Petitions for bankruptcy list Freddie and Nancy Koontz with debts of 23725 and assets 16310, LeRoy and Patricia Hanna Gan with debts 9752 and assets 8230, while Louis Krambeer’s incident journal notes multiple car and fire events. A long roster of fines follows for speeding disobeying traffic signals and other violations, plus obituaries and service notices for several Iowa communities.
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Freddie
Nancy Koontz
Twelfth Avenue
LeRoy
Patricia Hannagan
Atkins
Louis Krambeer
London tests remote control bus signal system
London officials test an electronic system that would let public bus drivers switch traffic signals from red to green remotely and pass through intersections without stopping.
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London
North Vietnamese Armor Advances Reported Near Saigon
A Western press dispatch notes four North Vietnamese tanks sighted and bombed 40 miles north of Saigon near highway 13. Three tanks were destroyed and one damaged in the closest armored penetration toward Saigon reported to date. Ongoing harassment north of the city affected districts from Ben Cat to An Loc as Lai Khe base camp faced shelling and a convoy ambush with light casualties reported by the Saigon command.
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Saigon
Highway 13
Ben Cat
An Loc
Lai Khe
Joint County Upholds Dismissal of Teacher
Michael Roe, a controversial ex-instructor in the Iowa City school system, had his dismissal upheld by Joint County Superintendent Dwight Bode. The ruling states the school board had cause and conducted a fair, complete hearing following incidents including conflicts over sex education material.
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Michael Roe
Iowa City
Joint County
Dwight Bode
Bode
Roe
Center Point Woman Sues for 35000 Over Truck Crash
Anna M. Buck of Center Point files a federal suit in Cedar Rapids seeking 35000 from Jerry W. Gibson of Moline Illinois over a April 30 1970 rear end truck collision in Scott County. Buck alleges Gibson reckless negligent driving caused damages including her husband Dale Buck’s hospital costs and loss of consortium.
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Anna M. Buck
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Jerry W. Gibson
Moline
Buck
Dale
Scott County
Gibson
Ryan Transport
Sage backs repeal of right to work law
Tom Sage, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 28th House district, urged repeal of the right-to-work law. He spoke to Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council at the carpenters union hall, arguing the law hurts urban industry by letting non-union firms underbid local employers.
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Tom Sage
Iowa
Sage
Iowa House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Carpenters Union Hall
Cedar Rapids
Three medical examiners resign over Iowa licensing rules
All three members of the state board of medical examiners stepped down in protest of the attorney general’s opinion regarding proposed licensing rules for displaced physicians in Iowa.
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State Board of Medical Examiners
Attorney General
Iowa
Obituaries for Barbara Pycha and Agnes Threlkeld
Cedar Rapids residents Barbara Pycha aged 79 and Agnes Threlkeld aged 85 died after long illnesses. Pycha’s survivors include husband Joseph and six grandchildren with services at the Chapel of Memories and Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Threlkeld’s survivors include two daughters and five sons with services at Turner Chapel East and entombment in Chapel of Memories. memorials to Central Park Presbyterian Church are suggested.
Cedar Rapids widow Blanche Goerdt 84
Blanche Anna Goerdt 84 of 812 Ninth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids widow of Frank T. Goerdt died Tuesday after a long illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids 50 years born February 13 1888 in Dyersville married October 10 1917 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by sister Ethel Stewart. Services 1 p.m. Thursday Chapel of Memories with Rev. Walter Kellison. Burial Cedar Memorial. Visitation at Cedar Memorial after 4 p.m. Wednesday and at chapel after 9 a.m. Thursday. Casket will be closed at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Blanche Anna Goerdt
Ninth Avenue
Frank T. Goerdt
Cedar Rapids
Dyersville
Walter E. Kellison
Peoples Unitarian Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Widow Laura Phennicie 87 dies after long illness
Laura Phennicie of 1823 B avenue NE died Monday after a long illness. Born March 28, 1885 in Scranton Pennsylvania she moved from Lincoln City Oregon four years ago to Cedar Rapids. Survived by daughter Mrs Leonard Beers of San Diego six grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and sister Mercy Sealy of Pittston. Visitation at Teahen chapel until 2 45 p m Thursday prior to services Thursday at 3 p m with Rev Allen S Van Cleve of Central Park Presbyterian Church. Cremation committal. Casket not open after service.
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Barbara Pycha
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Pycha
Ralph Linsley
Lisbon
Leo Trachta
Elmer J. Pycha
Mary Zumer
Bessie Unash
Richard
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Laura Phennicie
Avenue NE
Joseph F. Phennicie
Scranton
Lincoln City
Ore
Leonard Beers
San Diego
Calif
Mercy Sealy
Pittston
Teahen Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Central ‘Park
Pierson Woman Lavina Dragoo Dies at 79
Lavina Dragoo of Pierson died March 14 in Sioux City at age 79. Born September 24, 1892 in Westboro Missouri she attended Morningside College and graduated from Coe College. She taught at McKinley High School for 30 years retiring in 1959 and moving to Pierson. Services were held March 17 at the United Methodist church with Rev Forest M Lay and burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Pierson
Sioux City
Miss Dragoo
Westboro
Morningside College
Coe College
McKinley High School
United Methodist Church
Forest M. Lay
Greenwood Cemetery
Death of Marilyn Brush Ashmore in New York
Former Cedar Rapids resident Marilyn Brush Ashmore died Monday in Saugertie New York after a long illness. Born November 29 1936 in Cedar Rapids she lived there until 1944. Services are set for Thursday in Saugertie. Survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Brush Guttenberg Iowa.
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Marilyn Brush Ashmore
Cedar Rapids
William Ashmore
Saugertise
N.Y
Iowa
Leonard Brush
Guttenberg
Memorial Services and Burials for Local Residents
Memorial services held for Grace Clymer at Teahen chapel with Rev. Harry Egner. Ruth J King honored at Bearle chapel with burial at Linwood. Alta Cross Rouse remembered at Urbana cemetery with Rev. Ed gar Millican. John R Klein mourned at Brush chapel with burial at Marengo cemetery. Friends may call at Turner East until Thursday noon.
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Clymer
Grace
Teahen
Harry Egner
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
King
Ruth J
Beatty-Bearle
Ernest W. Larson
Trinity United Methodist Church
Linwood
Rouse
Alta Cross
Urbana Cemetery
Edgar Millican
Turner East
Klein
John R
Brush Chapel
Aleck G. Ulmet
Marengo Cemetery
Mildred Barger Dies. Cedar Rapids Resident Was 33-Year-Old
Mildred Barger of 845 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday. A retiree of Cryovac Co born June 24 1899 in Marion. No immediate survivors. Funeral at 10 30 a m Friday at St. Pauls United Methodist Church conducted by Rev James Riegel. Friends may call at Turner Chapel East after 11 a m Thursday.
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E. Stach
St. Mary’s Church
Rosary
Donohue
Vinton
Waukon
Henry Thornton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Martin Bros. Marengo
Chris Wendel
Hoover-Valentine’s
Mildred Barger
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cryovac Co
Marion
Turner Chapel East
James Riegel
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Harold D. Boyd 1924 2024 dies in California services Thursday
Harold Dale Boyd, 48, died Tuesday in San Diego after a brief illness. He was born January 23, 1924, in Mechanicsville. Survived by father G. D. Boyd, brothers Larry and Dean, and son Gilbert, all of Cedar Rapids. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. in El Cajon, California.
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Harold Dale Boyd
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Mechanicsville
Iowa
G. D. Boyd
Larry
Dean
Gilbert
el Cajon
Calif
Congress Debates Vietnam War Escalation Vividly
Senators clash over Nixon air raids and a potential expansion of bombing in Vietnam. Goldwater demands Haiphong strikes to speed peace, while Cranston and Kennedy criticize unlimited air war as costly and dangerous. The discussion focuses on Kremlin responsibility, American casualties, and policy direction.
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Gordon Allott
R-Colo
North Vietnam
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North Vietnamese
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Alan Cranston
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Vietnam
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Indo- China
Cedar Rapids Youth Given Suspended Five-Year Larceny Sentence
Steven D. Jahncke received a suspended five year sentence in the reformatory at Anomosa after pleading guilty to larceny. Linn District Judge Ansel Chapman placed him on probation. The 19 year old from Cedar Rapids was charged with stealing a $330 tape recorder from Jefferson High School in January.
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Steven D. Jahncke
Anomosa
Linn
Ansel Chapman
Jahncke
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Protests at University of Florida in Gainesville
Protests from the University of Florida marched in Gainesville to protest the bombing. There were no incidents.
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University of Florida
Gainesville
Quiet Campus Protest Grows For Vietnam War End
Iowa City protesters at the University of Iowa begin a peaceful antiwar vigil on the Pentacrest with white armbands. Events through the week include teach-ins, a Vietnam dinner, poetry reading, and a planned statewide student strike urged by Iowa State and Grinnell groups.
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Far East
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Cooperative
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Grinnell College
Santee Arrested on Breakin Charge in City Warrant
James A. Santee 24 of 1026 Eleventh Street NE arrested Tuesday on a breaking and entering charge. Sheriff's deputies ticketed a warrant from an April 2 breakin at Mobile Plywoods Inc warehouse 1441 Blairs Ferry Road NE. He bonded out at $2000.
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Eleventh Street
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Blairs Ferry Road
Santee
Cedar Rapids hosts first televised Symbol City Cancer Parade
Twenty years ago Cedar Rapids drew over 25,000 spectators for a downtown parade titled the symbol city cancer, marking the first time the event was broadcast on television.
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Cedar Rapids
Sorg to retire from Iowa House in 29th district race
State Rep N F Sorg of Marion will retire after three terms in the Iowa House. A N Art Hauschild Marion manufacturer and Marion city council member will run for the GOP nomination in the new 29th district. Hauschild, born Feb 4 1915, served in WWII earning Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Rmarion
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Hauschild
Marion
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G.O.P
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Ill
Illinois
France
Germany
Indian Creek
Indian Creek Country Club and A Past Director of the Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Vernon Kuhl
Parkersburg
Senate
John Camp
Bryant
House Appropriations Committee
Apollo 16 mission nears moon as onboard crew reports normal flight
Astronauts Captain John W. Young Lt. Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II and Lt. Col. Charles M. Duke Jr aboard Casper report normal conditions after a routine day of maneuvers. Apollo 16 continues toward the moon with planned mapping camera jettison and a 12 mile Moon approach, while scientists study a 39 mile deep lunar rock layer. The mission aims include exploring highlands to uncover clues about the Moon’s origin 3.5 to 4.5 billion years ago and involves a $445 million, 12 day expedition.
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John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly II
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Charles M. Duke Jr
Casper
Philip Shaffer
Moon
Lunar
Police: Reported Gulf Station Robbery Was False
Police say an alleged $160 robbery at the Sixth Street Gulf station did not occur. Walter Robidoux, 18, initially claimed theft at gunpoint and implicated two others, but later admitted no robbery. he is charged with giving false information and awaiting municipal court arraignment.
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Sixth Street Gulf Service
Sixth Street
Walter Robidoux
Lily Street SE
Robidoux
Roubidoux
Senators Mansfield and Scott Arrive in Peking for China Visit
Senators Mansfield and Hugh Scott arrived in Peking for a three week visit to China, according to a broadcast. The delegation aims to discuss relations and regional issues during their travel in Asia.
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Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Peking
China
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