Marion News and Local Items from Marion Iowa Area
Marion and surrounding town items report obituaries contests and civic notices. Holmes of Garland Texas dies after brief illness with Marion connections. services planned in Baxter Memorial chapel. Local art contest winners announced at Marion Woman's Club with prizes and attendance. City Clean-up and car pickup plans noted by city officials. YMCA schedule and community notices conclude the brief column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tema Hartt Holmes
Garland
Texas
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Antigo
Wis
Lester L. Holmes, Jr
Daniel Dwayne
Timothy Ray
David
Tricia Holmes
Leslie Ann Johnson
Long Beach
Calif
Leonard Klett
John Hart
Lone Tree
Virginia Steinbach
Albert Hart
Raymord Hart
Baxter Memorial Chapel
William H. Blessington
Cedar Memorial
George A. Glass
Henderson Drive
Marion Woman’s Club
Micwest
Oregon Coast
Mack Ozburn
Tenth Avenue
Harold Beadle
Farmers State Bank
Robert Jeffrey
Twenty-fourth 7
Oeak
Russell Ward
Public Services
Don Weih
Weih
City Ward
De Gaulle era politics and foreign policy notes
The report discusses De Gaulle's stance on devaluing the franc during a crisis and potential shifts in French policy toward the U.S. and Britain after recent reforms. It notes reactions in Brussels and London, possible paths to European integration, and worries about France’s embargoes, with other local items on lodge meetings and social events.
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de Gaulle
Washington
London
France
U. S
Britain
Brussels
CommonMarket
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Israel
Paris
Moscow
Fragmentary Hal Post on French Constitution Timeline
The fragment notes that the last man to rule France was Emperor Napoleon II who led the Second Empire from 1852 until his capture in 1870. The text is chopped and presents a dated historical assertion with missing context.
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Hal Post
France
Napoleo 11
Second Empire
Akepased
Wildlife Area Flooded After Dike Crumbles
Flooding covered 106 000 acres of recreation riverfront land near Wapella after a levee breach. Lake Odessa overflow threatened Burlington and nearby cabins as dikes held in the city and spot repairs continued upriver. Wildlife refuge losses and habitat impacts were reported amid ongoing flood watches and river level changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Odessa
Burlington
Quad Cities
United Press
Mississippi
Wapella
U.S. Army S Corps of Engineers
Rock’ Insland
Mark Sutton
Wat Twain Wildlife Refuge
New York
Bayard Yin
Austin
Feacher
Washington
Two Cedar Rapids Businesses Suffer Break Ins
Police reported two Cedar Rapids businesses broken into Sunday and Monday. Johnson Catering Service at 124 F Avenue NW suffered a window break in with candy and soft drinks stolen from catering trucks. Cedar Hills Tastee Freeze at 187 Jacolyn Drive NW was entered with ice cream onoz valued at 3 dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Johnson Catering Service
F Avenue NW
Cedar Hills
New Iowa voting age issue deemed dead by student leader
Des Moines UPI reports Jim Sutton of the University of Iowa says the 19 year old voting age question is dead in Iowa as 180 students gather at the capitol steps. He joins about two dozen students scheduling meetings with legislators to press two voting revision bills and a possible tuition hike at state institutions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Capitol
Iowa
Jim Sutton
University of Iowa
Capitol Steps
Y Sutton
Statehouse
Sutton
Rhouse
Committee To Push for Area Ten Name Change
A student group at Area Ten Community College in Cedar Rapids plans to press the board to rename the college. The committee chairs say action was delayed until 1970 and will hold a rally to petition the board for a new name after more than 1,000 students signed prior petitions.
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Area Ten
Area Ten Community College
Cedar Rapids ‘College
Doug Wisgertof
Marion
Wisgerhof
Mittee
Acca Ten
Itowa
Calleges
Bowling Street
Area ‘Ten
University students weigh bids in beachfront Senate clash
U of U student senate president faces charge as David Stanley a Muscatine Republican floor leader backs a bill to disenfranchise college voters. Sutton claims Stanley aims to suppress Iowa City student voting to block Schwengel’s succession, citing Democratic college support and fear of losing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of U. Student Senate
Fat State Senate
David Stanley
Muscatine
Stanley
Sutton
U.S
Harold Hughes
University of Iowa
Schwengel
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Iowa City
Fire Erupts in Sauna Bath At Novak Massage
A defective thermostat in four sauna baths at Novak Massage in room 218 of the Granby building caused a Sunday night blaze. Fire officials said the sprinkler alarm nearly extinguished the fire upon arrival and the fire remained confined to the sauna area with smoke damage to the rest of the office. The Neumode hosiery shop on the first floor sustained minimal water damage. Police charged Rodney G. Morris with failing to keep his vehicle under control after he missed a turn on Highway 20 at Thirteenth Avenue and struck a stop-sign and mailbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novak Massage
Granby Building
Neumode
Granby
Independence
Rodney G. Morris
Morris
Thirteenth Avenue
Gosnell Hurt in Industrial Mishap in Monticello
Gosnell 43 of 807 Medical Society listed in good condition after an industrial accident at the Gosnell Company in Monticello. A heavy frame fell on his left foot severing part of it and he was admitted to Mercy hospital Friday. he remained in hospital Monday. Doctors cited include W. Kalibacher and John H. Frazer. life memberships in the Iowa Medical Society were conferred. Cubs baseball starts Sunday May 4 on KCRG-TV 9 at 4:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Uie Lawa Cleese Gosnell
Medical Society
Mercy
W. M. Kalibacher
Iowa Hospital
John H. Frazer
Gosnell
Goss Co
Bowling Street
Cedar Rapids Visitors Bureau Named Associate by National Unit
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce convention and visitors bureau was chosen as an associate member of the International Association of Convention Bureaus at a Chicago weekend conference. Attendees included representatives from 37 cities in the United States, Canada, Japan and Puerto Rico. Also named as associates were Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama and Green Bay, Wisconsin, with Des Moines noted as the only other Iowa member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convention and Visitors ‘Bureau
The
Cedar Rapids
New President Installed at Cleft Palate Association
Dr. William H. Olin, professor of otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Iowa, was installed as president of the American Cleft Palate Association during the International Congress on Cleft Palate in Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
William H. ‘Olin
University of Iown
Possible Hemorrhoid Shrinking Treatment Stuns Doctors
A New York City medical study reports Preparation H can shrink hemorrhoids in many cases without narcotics. The drug relieves itching burning and pain and reduces swelling while easing bowel movements and preventing infection. Available as ointment or suppository with no prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N.Y
New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
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YMCA
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W. J. Hoglund
Trojan
Masonic
Erie
Marion High School
Armar
Erie Enterprises, Inc
Robert Goodyear
10Th Street
Ith Street
Edison Pharmacy
Ady
Noble Grands Assi
Rebekah Lodge No. 15
Helen. Burns
Seventh Avenue
Archibald Roberts
Europe
Supreme Court
Roberts
Fort
Collins
Colo
Red
Chista
Chiang Kai
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Gen. Lodwin
Walker
Popular Front
Republic
Celan Rollins
U.S. Court of Apt
New Brunswick
Fifth Republic
Gaspe Peninsula
Canada
California
High Court
Atk
Kessler
Julius Kessler Company
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Nowa U
By Jerry Marsener
Lowe City
Monticello
IMS
CUBS
Kcrg-Tv
Visitors Bureau
Marion Area
Gazette ‘Marion
Dso
10Th St
Marioni
Continental Cleaners
Third Street
To & P.M. Man
7Th Avé
Marion Oport
Fe & Diu
Lars
Pierson's Remote Uses, Inc
ETD Florists
Ellis Blvd
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