Weather Summary for Friday and Weekend Forecast
High and low temperatures listed for major cities with precipitation totals. Forecast calls for occasional showers and thunderstorms Saturday night with then partly cloudy conditions Sunday, highs in the 60s, cooler Monday. Includes barometer, humidity, wind at Municipal airport, and sunrise sunset times. The data also notes year ago figures.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Municipal
Losses From Checks Reported in Marion
Police report two checks totaling 721 dollars lost Friday afternoon near the House of Trophies. The checks included a 500 dollar Collins credit union payroll check and a 221 dollar Collins payroll check, both unendorsed and in a payroll envelope. Other items list traffic fines and public notices in Marion and surrounding areas.
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John Michalowski
Twenty-eighth Street
Marion
House of Trophies
Third Avenue
Michalowski
Collins Credit Union
Collins
Burlington
Keokuk
Rockefeller’s Quiet Wedding and High Society Ties
The planned quiet marriage of Mrs. Rockefeller and Mrs. Murphy grows to a 25 guest affair with a Europe trip ending at Rockefeller’s Venezuela ranch. Both heiresses, they divorced on grounds of mental anguish after long marriages, with four children each and custody to be arranged.
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Europe
Rockefeller Ranch
Venezuela
Murphy
Rockefeller
Mary Todhunter Clark
Philadelphia
Rockefellers
Obituary Notices from Various Iowa Towns
Multiple death notices list ages and service details for Elkader Rock Island Postville Arlington Anamosa Sigourney Walker Traer Edgewood Apple ton and Wyoming residents. Services are scheduled across churches and funeral homes with ro saries beforehand and dates emphasized.
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Elkader
William H. Muller
Rock Island
Witt’s
McNamara’s. Sigourney
Charles Showman
Nimmer’s. Walker
Frank Assmuss
Sacred Heart Church
Howe’s
Independence
Traer
Frank Stoakes
Erickson's
Edgewood
Ralph “Barney” Sherman
Greeley
Appleton’s
Wyoming
Ben D. Schrader
Wallace’s
Wallace's
King Saud Leaves Paris After Month of Treatment
King Saud of Saudi Arabia departs Paris returning home after a nearly month long medical treatment stay in the French capital. He had traveled to Paris for care and was accompanied by a small entourage.
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Paris
Saud
Credit Unions Seen As Antidote To Communism Abroad
Morgan argues credit unions offer democratic ownership and self-help, aiding Peru’s mountain communities and opposing creeping socialism at home. He cites US aid and a five-speaker agenda at the Roosevelt hotel as sessions probe Credit Union Perspectives for the 1960s.
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Peru
Morgan
Drunk Driving Case Leads to Fort Madison Term and Parole
Loren D Bliss aged 38 received one year in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison followed by a bench parole after pleading guilty to a drunk driving charge. He was arrested April 14 in the Linn county jail parking lot after a brief release from 60 days served on a previous drunk driving conviction. Kenneth L Beatty, 27, of 212 Fifth avenue SW, is in the county jail for 30 days after Judge Donald P Barnes found him guilty of contempt of court for failing to pay court-ordered support in a divorce action.
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Loren D. Bliss
Fort Madison
B. J. Maxwell
Bliss
Linn County
Kenneth L. Beatty
Fifth Avenue SW
Donald P. Barnes
Censure of Illinois U for Prof Koch Firing
The American Association of University Professors censured the University of Illinois for firing Biology Professor Leo Koch over a campus newspaper letter endorsing premarital sex. The AAUP ruled Koch should have had a formal hearing and that President David Henry erred in his dismissal without process.
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SAN Francisco
American Assn
University of Illinois
Leo Koch
Koch
Association
David Henry
Collins Marine Corps Contracts Tally Over $1.3 Million
Collins Radio Co. has been awarded two Marine Corps contracts totaling over $1.3 million. One contract exceeds $1 million for single sideband radio equipment for field communications shelters. The other is about $300,000 for a high frequency mobile communications system and power supplies.
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Collins Radio Co
Marine Corps
Youth Labeled Ringleader of Race Bombers
A 16 year old Chicago youth described as a brilliant chemist led a group of teens in a string of fire bombings targeting Negro homes on the South Side. Police say the ringleader earned the nickname the mad bomber and the mad scientist. Several suspects were arrested with Molotov cocktails and gasoline at a shared headquarters apartment. Edward Gustafson and Gregory Guehring face arson charges, while others face arson or disorderly conduct counts.
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Chicago
South Side
Drew Brown
Brown
Gustafson
Gregory Guehring
William McIinerney
City Briefs Highlight Local Weekend Notices and Honors
City Briefs cover Camp Pendleton return of Pfc. James W. Johnson after 25 days with his parents and local items from bowling events at Magnificent Tropic Lanes. Highlights include injuries to Steven Olsen and Ralph Smith reporting windshield damage at Allen Motor Co. plus college admission news from Carnegie Tech and an Air Force promotion for R W McDermott.
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Camp
James W. Johnson
William T. Johnson
Route Three
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Local TV News Update With Jim Fee Tonight
KCRG TV 9 reporter Jim Fee brings an area update with film scenes featured. The segment airs Saturday night at 10 as a final news package.
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Kcrg-Tv
Jim Fee
Deaths Elizabeth J Reece Cedar Rapids resident 50 years
Elizabeth J. Reece widow of Aaron G. Reece of 616 Fifth Street SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born November 25 1872 in Carthage Illinois she is survived by two daughters Pearl J. Reece and Mrs Tressie Bird eight grandchildren ten great grandchildren and a son Carl E. Reece who predeceased her in 1945. Graveside services will be held at Linwood cemetery Monday at 1 30 p m Rev Warren L Feller officiating. The casket will not be opened Turner chapel in charge. Donations to a charity of choice are suggested.
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Elizabeth J. Reece
Aaron G. Reece
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Carthage
Ill
Pearl J. Reece
Tressie Bird
Decatur
Carl E. Reece
Cedar Rapids Woman Christina Hasik Dies at 86
Christina Hasik 86 of 1518 Fourth Street SW Cedar Rapids died early Saturday. Born in Czechoslovakia on December 10, 1876 she is survived by four daughters Sylvia Gandy Gilbert Feiereisen Lorene Miller and Mrs Thomas Ray two grandchildren and two great grandchildren a sister and a brother. A daughter died in 1957. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home Monday at 1 30 p.m. with Rev A T Washington burial Cedar Memorial friends may call Sunday after 11 p.m.
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Christina Hasik
Fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Sylvia Gandy
Gilbert Feiereisen
Lorene ‘Miller
Waterloo
Thomas Ray
Cedar Falls
Mary Benes
Clearwater
Fla
Edward Junek
Texas
Widowed Sophia Hoffman Dies at Cedar Rapids Age 83
Sophia W Hoffmann widow of Nelson E Hoffman of 2010 Johnson avenue NW Cedar Rapids died early Saturday aged 83 born December 26 1877 in Hamburg Germany. Survived by two daughters Hazel Funk and Mrs Harold Hepker Cedar Rapids two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A 50 year member of the Royal Neighbors Tama services at Turner Chapel 1 30 Monday Rev Elmer C Boom Faith EUB church burial Cedar Memorial friends may call.
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Sophia W. Hoffman
Nelson E. Hoffman
Johnson Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Hamburg
Germany
Hazel K. Funk
Harold E. Hepker
Hoffman
Royal Neighbors
Tama
Turner Chapel
Elmer C. Boom
Faith
EUB
Cedar Memorial
Funeral Rites Held For Margaret Murphy and Arthur Muehlenberg
Margaret Murphy funeral at Immaculate Conception Church scheduled for Monday at 10:30 conducted by Very Rev Msgr William A Roach. Burial at Mt Calvary. Friends may call at Monahan Stewart funeral home after 1 pm Sunday. Arthur Muehlenberg funeral at Rohn funeral home Monday at 1 30 conducted by Rev John W Ried of First Lutheran Church. Burial Linwood.
Local Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Assault and Battery
Elmer L. Trumpold, 52, of 721 Seventh Avenue SE, pled guilty in municipal court Saturday to assault and battery and was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Howard McLaughlin. The judge revoked a 30 day suspended sentence from December 1, ordering it served consecutively. a prior suspended sentence also stemmed from an assault and battery charge.
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Elmer L. Trumpold
Seventh Avenue SE
Charles Hawk
Bowling Street
Patrick Steichen
Second Avenue
Phillip Spiegel
First Avenue East
Kenneth Kubik
Thirty-fourth Street
Patricia Haddy
Dalewood Avenue
Doreen Dugan
Thirty-first Street
Howard McLaughlin
Trumpold
McLaughlin
Motorcyclist Injured In Underpass Collision
Abner Hall, 39, of 2629 Mt Vernon Road SE, suffered a forehead laceration and abrasions to his left hand with minor neck and shoulder injuries Friday when his motorcycle hit the concrete approach of the railroad underpass at Hawthorne Drive SW about 150 feet west of Burlington Street SW. He was treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Police charged him with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Abner Hall
Mt. Vernon Road
Railroad
Hawthorne Drive
Burlington Street
Mercy Hospital
White collar revolution and education needs in Iowa
Analysis of employment trends notes a shift from unskilled to higher skilled work as industrial sophistication grows. McCollum cites factors like economy growth, deindustrialization in coal regions, demographics, and changing gender work expectations. Education must adapt to a rising white collar workforce demanding lifelong training.
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McCollum
Sophistica
Wellar Saprme
Drift Church
of Our Society
New Hiawatha United Churches
Christ
Russell Rasmussen
Girl Fractures Leg After Running Into Car in Tama
Ginnie Brown 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Brown, suffered a fractured and lacerated right leg Friday after colliding with the left side of a car at Park avenue and Nineteenth street SE. She remained in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital. Driver Shirley Fremel 27 of 3440 E avenue NW said she was traveling north at 10 to 12 mph. police reported no charges. Archbishop James J. Byrne of Dubuque will visit St Patrick's parish in Tama for confirmation Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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James J. Byrne
Dubuque
St. Patrick’s Parish
Tama
Ad- Ginnie Brown
Franklin Day
Brown
Park Avenue SE
Park Avenue
Nineteenth Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Shirley Fremel
E Avenue NW
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids church to mark ninety years with nightly services
ETHEL AME church of Cedar Rapids observes its ninetieth anniversary for eight days starting Sunday with daily services at 7 30 p m. The Rev Fellowship for 1963 64 lists Kathleen Roys as president Lois Roys as vice president and treasurer Pam ela Way as secretary. An open house will follow Sunday from 2 to 4 p m at the new parsonage of Sacred Heart church in Oxford Junction.
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Bob Alan Chaffee
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Presbyterian Christian Educators Fellowship
Boone
Ethel
Kathleen Roys
Lois Roys
Pamela Way
Sacred Heart Church
Oxford Junction
Marengo Farmer Hurt In Tractor Accident
Special to The Gazette Percy Norton 65 who farms near Marengo is hospitalized with pelvic injuries after being run over by a tractor Friday afternoon He was adjusting the clutch when the machine started up and ran over him
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Marengo
Percy Norton
Norton
Iowa Woman Gets Unemployment Benefits After Reversal
Mrs Joyce Kach of Cedar Rapids was granted unemployment benefits from December 9 1962 to January 15 1963 after the Iowa employment security commission reversed an earlier ruling. The decision said her layoff by Square D Co was due to lack of work and not pregnancy.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Joyce Kach
Cedar Rapids
The
Square D Co
Burglary at Empire Motors. $571 Taken
Police investigated a theft at Empire Motors on Center Point Road NE where $571 was stolen from a desk in the office. The office door lock was forced during the Thursday night break in.
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Empire Motors
Center Point Road
Seventieth Fifth Anniversary of Deaconess Movement Noted
Seventieth fifth anniversary of the Methodist deaconess movement is observed this year. Seven of about 400 deaconesses work in Iowa with none in Eastern Iowa. Msgr Loras J Watters of American Martyrs Retreat House Cedar Falls to speak at Elkader Deanery meeting at St Marys hall Strawberry Point Tuesday 1 30 p m. Volga Methodist Youth elect officers.
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Methodist Church
Iowa
Msgr
Loras J. Watters
American Martyrs Retreat House
Cedar Falls
Elkader
Associated Council of Catholic Women
St. Mary’s Hall
Strawberry Point
Liu to Cambodia President to Visit Soon
The Cambodian government announced on Saturday that President Liu of China will make an official visit soon to Phnom Penh. The announcement signals growing high level ties between Cambodia and the People's Republic of China.
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Phnom Penh
Liu
Communist China
Three Teens Injured After Car Crash in Des Moines
Three teens suffered injuries when their car skidded off Indian Hill Road SE, rolled in a ditch, and four occupants were thrown from the vehicle. Driver Richard Bleakley, 17, required head injury observation, Randy Ralston, 16, remained in fair condition, and William John, 18, sustained an elbow injury. Bleakley charged with failure to have his car under control.
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Indian Hill Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Randy Ralston
Des Moines
Richard A. Bleakley
Cottage Grove Avenue
William John
Washington Avenue SE
Bob Burt
Lee Cole
Red Fox Road SE
Bleakley
Burt
Marine helicopter pilot wounded in Saigon clash
A U S marine helicopter pilot was wounded in the leg Saturday by a communist guerrilla bullet in Saigon. The report notes the injury occurred during combat action as U.S. forces engage Communist forces in the city.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Annual Retreat for Handicapped Set for June 1-2
The fifth annual retreat for physically handicapped persons will be June 1 and 2 at American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls. Retreatmaster is Rev. Boniface Fielding with Rev. Louis J. Trzil assisting. Schedule includes registrations, masses, conferences, meals, and social events, with all facilities on one floor and a nurse on duty. Reserve by May 25 at the retreat house box 605 Cedar Falls.
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American Martyrs Retreat House
Cedar Falls
Boniface Fielding
Louis J. Trzil
Prairieburg
Cedar Rapids
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Eighth Avenue
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Cold Stream Avenue
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Cold Stream Avenue NE
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Fifth Street SE
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Allen Motor Co
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Allen
Advo
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Craig Bex
Tom ,Gill
Phil Vander Ham
Earl L. Davis
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Washington and Jefferson High
Carnegie Tech
Dairy Queen
R. W. McDermott
Air Force
Ethel McDermott
Twentieth Avenue SW
Esquire Cleaners
8Th St. SE
Sophia Hoffman
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
John I. Thomas
Cfoadar Ranide
Iowa City
Richard Alpert
Harvard University
Alpert
Roy Crawford
Austin Wesleyan Methodist Church
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Lift and Climb Club
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rossie Lee McQueen
Davenport
Manchester Methodist Church
All Saints Parish
John Barnes
N. C. McCauley
Chedah
Uriel
C.R
Volga Methodist
Cambodia
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Yank
Turner
Turner’s
Joan B. Turner & Son
Second Ave. S.E
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