Weather and police blots from a midwest paper
Friday’s temperatures span from 40s to 80s across cities including Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans and New York with rain totals around 0.02 to 0.21 inches. The report lists barometer readings humidity and wind at Gazette weather station along with sunrise and sunset times and year-to-date rainfall. Local notices cover military births and obituaries with service times for multiple towns and a long list of traffic fines and violations with names and penalties.
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Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago A
N. Orleans
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Beyegeeu
Gazette
Hospital transfers and local notices in city briefs
Hospitalized Harry Klotz transferred from St. Luke's to Veterans Administration Hospital Iowa City with visitors allowed. Scrap copper and brass wanted from Cohn & Sons. Banquet for Cardinal Bevan April 28 at Armar, tickets at local businesses. Stamp show visitors sought at Hotel Montrose. Kristal McCarthy, 7, injured hand at home admitted to Mercy in good condition. Wesley Kobylak head laceration after fall, in Mercy in fair condition. St Michael's Church rummage sale April 25. Classified ads note farm market eggs and milk. Arrest: Kenneth L. Gandy, 18, detained for AWOL from Fort Ord. Theft: toy safe with $23 taken from bedroom.
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Harry Klotzbach
Hinkley Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Arthur School Honors Football Aiders
The Arthur school Thursday night awards went to Dick Godby Bill Kettlecamp Bob Kettle camp Jim Naibert Randy Pierce Bill Quinby David Schmidt Jeff Shuttleworth Myrone Tomlinson and Jim Tucker for notable contributions to Cub News Pack 25 events.
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Arthur School
Dick Godby
Bill Kettlecamp
Bob Kettlecamp
Jim Naibert
Randy Pierce
Bill Quinby
David Schmidt
Jeff Shuttleworth
Myrone Tomlinson
Jim Tucker
Amnesty to 1 675 French Prisoners
Paris AP reports the national assembly approved an amnesty law pardoning 1 675 convicted of anti government activity during the Algerian war. The measure frees those sentenced to 10 years or less, leaving 85 in prison including the abortive generals putsch leader.
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Paris
National Assembly
Algeria
Maurice Challe
Andre Zeller
Raoul Salan
Edmond Jouhaud
Car Driven Faints Causes House Collision on Johnson Ave
Helen M. Reed 35 of 814 Seventeenth Street SE fainted while driving west on Johnson Avenue NW Friday night about 9 pm. Her car crossed the center line, struck a mailbox post, jumped the curb, and crashed into the Robert Shaffer home at 313 Twenty-ninth Street NW, causing about 1000 dollars in damage to the vehicle and house. No charges were filed.
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Johnson Avenue NW
Helen M. Reed
Seventeenth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Robert I. Shaffer
Twenty-ninth Street NW
Thieves Steal Several Items At Blair House
Thieves entered Blair House basement between Wednesday and Friday and broke into two storage cubicles. They took two suitcases, silverware belonging to Mrs. Margaret C Morse, and several bottles of liquor belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Figge. Residents at 2222 First Avenue NE reported the break in. Detectives noted hinge tampering on Morse locker. Figge woman estimated about 10 to 12 bottles missing. Basement had been locked at night but open during the day.
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Blair House
Margaret C. Morse
Reginald Figge
Morse
Figges
First Avenue NE
Figge
Mrs. Morse
Man Denies Fighting Trial Set May 18
James A. Reel twenty one of 1601 N street SW pled innocent to fighting charge after disturbance at Russo's Pizza House. Trial set for May 18. released on 110 dollar bond. He pled guilty to drunkenness. sentencing deferred. Brother in law Wayne A. Butz twenty six of Mechanicsville charged with resisting an officer. also set for May 18 and released on 110 dollar bond.
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James A. Reel
N Street
Reel
Howard McLaughlin
Russo
Piza House
First Avenue NW
Wayne A. Butz
Mechanicsville
Butz
Slugging Cabbie Costs Man 100 Fine
James R. Olsen, 30, of 403 Sixth Avenue SW, was fined $100 and costs in municipal court for assault and battery after slugging Cedar Rapids cab driver LeRoy Nye, 32, when Nye refused a westbound trip on a one way street early Friday. Nye was not hurt. Olsen fled after smashing the cab microphone. Police identified Olsen from Nye’s description.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard McLaughlin
James R. Olsen
Sixth Avenue
Olsen
LeRoy Nye
Nye
Third Avenue
Motorist 43 Faces Drunk Driving Charge
Robert W. Schumacher aged 43 of 1126 N avenue NW was arrested early Saturday on a drunk driving charge. He was taken into custody at Third avenue and Third street SE at 12 38 a.m. Schumacher posted a $500 bond for release.
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Robert W. Schumacher
N Avenue NW
Third Avenue
Third Street
Schumacher
Young G.O.P. clash over age rules and power struggle
Riley defended eligibility after paying dues and cited a Minnesota ruling equating elected and appointed. Albert appointed several coordinators while the Womack faction pressed for adjournment. Tensions rose as attendees eyed party realignment, ending with a swift adjournment after a late rally.
Investigator Rules Out Wiring in 1964 Citizen-Times Fire
An Ameri can Insurance Assn investigator told Linn district court jurors that faulty electrical wiring did not start the 1964 fire at the Citizen-Times building. He testified there were three separate fires and that a flammable liquid was used. The defense argued over admissibility while the state sought to place arson responsibility on J W Grant Jr and others.
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The
American Insurance Assn
Linn District Court
Citizen-Times Weekly
J. W. “‘Lee”’ Grant, Jr
M. D. Huffman
Seventh Street SE
Huffman
Des Moines
Citizen-Times
Jesse ‘Hunter
Robert Nelson
William Eads
Grant
Citizen- Times
Nelson
Fulton
Eads
Reynold Hentges
Rain Halts Trip For C R Patient
Injured Clare Lawrence 46 remains at St Marys hospital Emporia after a rain storm stopped a charter flight from landing. Lawrence a municipal court deputy bailiff will be moved by special ambulance to Veterans hospital Iowa City Saturday night. His wife Viola 47 died in the crash that occurred near Emporia Monday. Funeral services for Viola were held in Cedar Rapids Saturday.
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Clare Lawrence
Emporia
Kan
Darlene L. Oleson
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence
St. Mary’s Hospital
Baliff
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Thirty-eighth Street
Viola
Car Hits Train Injuring Woman on SW Crossing
Nellie Shaffer aged 75 of 1337 Hinkley avenue NW sustained a knee injury when the car she rode in struck a switch engine at the Eighth avenue and Rockford road SW crossing Friday at 7 37 p m. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Her husband Albert Shaffer 75 who drove the car was unhurt. Police charged Shaffer with disobeying a railroad crossing signal.
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Nellie Shaffer
Hinkley Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Rockford Road
Dietrich Dies at 73 in Germany After Parole
Former SS Col. Gen. Sepp Dietrich, 73, Hitler bodyguard commander, died at his home in Ludwigsburg after a heart attack on Thursday. Paroled in 1955 from a U.S. war crimes sentence for 142 U.S. POW murders at Malmedy during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, his term had been commuted amid protests. Two years later a West German court gave him 18 months for manslaughter in the 1934 killings of six Nazi leaders.
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Ludwigsburg
Germany
Sepp Dietrich
Adolf Hitler
SS Veterans Organization
Dietrich
U.S
Malmedy
Belgium
Ross Ernst Boehm
Hitler
Wright and Thompson Face Fine After Early Morning Fight
David C. Wright of Coe College Greene Hall was fined $25 and costs for fighting. Police reported Wright fighting Lawrence B. Thompson of Iowa City in the 300 block of Twenty-ninth street drive SE shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday. Thompson posted $30 bond and did not appear in court.
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David C. Wright
Coe College
Greene Hall
Wright
Lawrence B. Thompson
Iowa City
Twenty-ninth Street
Thompson
Pleads Innocent to Two Counts Trial Set
David F. Stanley 23 of 624 K avenue NW pled innocent Saturday to intoxication and using blasphemous and obscene language. Trial set for May 3. He was jailed in Linn county under $220 bond after a disturbance at Joe's Diner at 40 Sixteenth avenue SW. Cafe owner Joe Meloan filed the information.
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David F. Stanley
K Avenue NW
Stanley
Linn County
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Joe Meloan
Assailant’s Bullet Blinds Jesse James on Channel 9
A late Saturday night incident at 9 30 PM left Jesse James blinded by a shooting. The assailant fired a bullet at close range during a broadcast on Channel 9, triggering a police investigation and medical treatment for the victim.
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Jesse James
Channel 9
Cattle Rampage Ends After Shots and Poison Darts
Fifty nine cattle broke from a Hialeah slaughterhouse and roamed streets for hours. A boy, 11, injured on a fence was the only confirmed human casualty. Veterinarians and about 100 workers failed to tranquilize the herd. poisoned darts were used to kill remaining animals.
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Hialeah
Fla
29 Patients Die in Fire at Finnish Mental Home
KOUPIO Finland AP Twenty nine mental patients died Friday night when trapped in locked escape proof rooms. Only seven of the 36 patients were saved. Three injured one in critical condition. Firefighting hampered by water shortage. Staff of four escaped. a nurse jumped from a second floor window with a broken leg. Rooms had unbreakable panes. Cause not known.
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Koupio
Finland
White House Area Curb Tightens Street Protests
The interior department banned public gatherings and handbills on five streets around the White House and require permits for Lafayette park. The policy follows months of study and does not mention the two week old tent protest by ninety Mississippi Negroes seeking anti poverty housing funds.
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Washington
Interior Department
White House
Lafayette Park
Executive Avenues
State Place
Alexander Hamilton Place
Pennsylvania Avenue
Deaths Joseph F Priborsky 81 long Cedar Rapids resident
Joseph F Priborsky 81 formerly of 1126 Twenty second avenue SW died at his daughter's Palo Friday after a long illness Born in Schuyler Nebraska January 10 1885 he came to Cedar Rapids in 1895 A retired millwright he is survived by his wife Lottie Kansky a son George J two grandchildren two brothers Frank and Charles G Memorial services Monday at 130 pm at Janeba Kuba funeral home with Rev A T Washington burial Linwood Friends may call after 7 Saturday and at the home of his son 114 Twenty fourth avenue SW
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Joseph F. Priborsky
Twenty-second Avenue
William Spicer
Palo
Schuyler
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Priborsky
Wilson and Co
Lottie Kansky
Cedar
Obituary for Mrs Julia C Clabby of Cedar Rapids
Mrs Julia C Clabby 86 of 410 Twenty-second Street NE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a long illness Born August 2 1879 in Cedar Rapids she was married to Patrick James Clabby who died twenty years ago She lived in Waterloo then moved to Cedar Rapids Surviving three sons Bernard Moore Oklahoma Merlyn Tampa Florida Robert Arvada Colorado three daughters Mrs David Kelley Mrs Bernice Fletcher Phoenix Arizona and Mrs James McManus Waterloo 21 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren one sister Mrs James P Tray Ottumwa Two sons one daughter three brothers and one sister preceded her in death Services Monday 9 30 a m at St Edwards Catholic Church Waterloo Burial Calvary Cemetery Waterloo Parish rosary O Keefe and Towne Funeral Home Waterloo Sunday 7 30
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Julia C. Clabby
Twenty-second Street
Cedar Rapids
Patrick James Clabby
Waterloo
Bernard
Moore
Okla
Merlyn
Tampa
Fla
Robert
Arvada
Colo
David Kelley
Bernice Fletcher
Phoenix
Ariz
James McManus
James P. Tray
Ottumwa
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
O’keefe and Towne Funeral Home
Obituary notice for Justin A Kinkead of Cedar Rapids
Justin Alexander Kinkead 45 of 6445 Hickory Boulevard SE Cedar Rapids died suddenly at home Friday afternoon. Born Oct 10 1920 in Linn County he was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Survived by wife Ruth son Kristopher father Parl I Kinkead Marion two sisters Ver Nell Osness Auburn WA and Genevieve Anderberg Marion. Services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1:30 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev J Richard Wagner First Congregational Church. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Justin Alexander Kinkead
Hickory Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ruth
Kristopher
Parl I. Kinkead
Marion
Vernell Osness
Auburn
Wash
Genevieve Anderberg
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
J. Richard Wagner
First Congregational Church
Naval Academy Appointments To Cedar Rapids Teen Named
Three high school seniors from Iowa's third district received appointments to the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Gary A. Nowlin of Regis High School in Cedar Rapids area joins Thomas F. Noonan of Wahlert High School in Dubuque and Dennis M. Ryan of St. Joseph's in De Witt. They will report June 29 after Culver nominated them and they passed aptitude tests.
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Cedar Rapids
Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md
John Culver
Gary A. Nowlin
Clyde Nowlin
Wenng Road
Regis High School
Thomas F. Noonan
Frank Noonan
Dubuque
Wahlert High School
Dennis M. Ryan
Joseph Ryan
de Witt
St. Joseph’s High School
Academy
Culver
Three-Car Crash South of Palo Injures Two
Two people were hurt in a three car crash on highway 74 three miles south of Palo after 2 a.m. Saturday. James J. Castagna, 55, was treated and released for a facial laceration, while Sandra Stumph, 18, Atkins, was admitted with a knee laceration in good condition. The injuries occurred as a chain of rear impacts involving a car driven by Castagna, a towed car, and a car driven by George L. Woodson, 57, of Shellsburg. Woodson Sr faced a charge for towing a vehicle with a chain. Castagna was cited for failure to stop in assured clear distance ahead.
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Palo
St. Luke’s Hospital
James J. Castagna
First Street
Sandra Stumph
Atkins
Castagna
Miss Stumph
Linn County
George L. Woodson
Shellsburg
Woodson
George L. Woodson, Jr
George Woodson
Youth Struck By Car Taken To Hospital
Roscoe E. Phipps, 17, of route two Marion, was hit by a car at First Avenue and Kenwood Street NE late Friday night. He sustained head, leg, back, pelvis, and rib injuries and was in fairly good condition at St Luke's Hospital on Saturday. The driver was William E. Owen, 110 Twenty-fifth Street NE, and police found no evidence the car left the roadway. No charges were filed.
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Roscoe E. Phipps
Route Two
Marion
First Avenue
Kenwood Street
St. Luke’sospital
Phipps
William E. Owen
Twenty-fifth Street
Driver Injured As Truck Hits A Parked Car
Charles D. Walsh, 30, of 1668 Sixth Street NW, suffered possible chest injuries and a facial laceration when his truck struck a parked car in the 1700 block of Ellis Boulevard NW Saturday at 6:15 a.m. Walsh was charged with driving to the left of the center line. The parked car belonged to Leo L. Vorba, 1715 Ellis Boulevard NW. He was listed in good condition at St Luke's hospital.
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Wesley Kobylak
C Avenue NW
Eighth Street NW
Mercy Hospital
Charles D. Walsh
Sixth Street
Ellis Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leo L. Vorba
Walsh
Two Teens Fined On Beer Counts
Two Linn county teenagers were each fined $100 on charges of possessing beer as minors. Edward L. Snell Jr ., 18, of 5309 E avenue NW and Veretta Rae Miner, 18, of route one Marion appeared before Bertram Township Justice Glenn Powers after being arrested in Fayette township by Linn county sheriff's deputies.
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Linn County
Bertram Township
Glenn Powers
Edward L.snell, Jr
E Avenue NW
Veretta Rae Miner
Route One
Marion
Fayette Township
Carrier Loses Case And 23 Downtown
John Dolan, 13, a Gazette newspaper delivery boy of 1541 Bever avenue SE, lost a brown pencil case containing 23.56 dollars collected on his route. He reports losing it near the Red Shield store on First street NE or May's Drug store on Second street SE.
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John Dolan
Bever Avenue
Gazette
Red Shield
First Street
May’s Drug
Second Street
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Miller Avenue
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Eighteenth Avenue
Iowa
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Stanwood
Ben Allbaugh
Methodist Church
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Traer
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Erickson’s
Vinton
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
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Hugh Elliott
Horner
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North Western Railroad
Wilson Avenue
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Montrose Hotel
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Gary L. Dubisher
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Milvern J. Hoss
Hillview Drive
Jon L. Barron
Eighteenth Street
David A. Kleppe
Gerald Lipsius
Oakland Road
William H. Kelsey
Gregory R. Kehoe
Seminole Avenue
Dean A. Vogt
Aspen Lane
Frederick H. McNulty
Midway Drive
Vernon E. Montague
Robert R. Kinkead
West Park Trailer Court
Mildred K. Runge
Roberta Garvey
Hiawatha
William L. Murphy
Thirty Second Street
James M. Landis
Mansfield Avenue
Susan M. G. Brown
Thirtieth Street
Lucille S. Kisling
Fifteenth Street
Barbara J. Meister
Avenue NE
Larry P. Butler
Barbara A. Norman
Danny L. Voeltz
Center Point Road
Viola M. Peery
Twentieth Avenue
Clara L. Grimm
Forty-first Avenue
Bowling Street
Harles W. Lee
Cohn & Sons
Joseph Bevan
Armar
Enzler’s
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Kuba
Janeba-Kuba Funeral
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Adv
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James L. McCarthy
Forest Drive
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Dial
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Chicago
Fort Ord
Calif
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Ray Drive
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Minnesota Supreme Court
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Johnson
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Courthouse News
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Cedarst Memorial
John E. Lopes
Third Ave
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