Weather summary and notices from Daily Record
Saturday weather high and low temperatures listed for cities including Atlanta Honolulu Boston Los Angeles Chicago Miami New York and others with precipitation amounts. Also includes humidity wind, sun and moon data, year ago highs and lows, and a long list of obituaries and funeral notices with names ages and service details.
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No Incidents at Pottawattamie Rock Festival
About 2 000 people attended the Crescent rock festival on the Steve Buresh farm near Crescent Iowa. Wells Fargo security oversaw the event with no Iowa highway patrol or county sheriff presence. District Judge Bennet Cullison denied a county attorney’s bid for an injunction to ban the festival.
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Crescent
Iowa
Steve Buresh
Here
Buresh
Wells Fargo
Pottawattamie County
Bennet Cullison
Pottawattamie
Shellsburg Cyclist Hurt in Accident
Arthur Weil, 30, of Shellsburg, was in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital after his motorcycle struck a car they were passing on a blacktop road two miles west of Palo. The cycle left the road and crashed into a ditch following the impact Saturday evening.
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Arthur Weil
Shellsburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Highway Patrol
Palo
Lockheed Forces Block Major Bill In Senate Gamble
Lockheed forces secured at least one objective by blocking the broader bill they argued would invade the free enterprise system. Both sides chose to gamble on a straight up vote on the house approved bill. If the house bill passes the senate it goes to the President next week. if defeated Lockheed's bill dies.
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Lockheed
House
Senate
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces subscription rates for carrier and mail deliveries, lists night and Sunday editions, afternoon editions, and regional pricing. It notes exclusive AP republication rights for local and dispatch news and specifies service areas and postages.
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U.S. Territories
Death of Daniel F. Hunter former Cedar Rapids aviator
Daniel F. Hunter died in Sun City Arizona after a brief illness. A World War I aviation pioneer in Cedar Rapids, he founded the Hunter Flying Service. Survived by wife Gwendolyn son Dan Jr grandchild and brother Milo. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday Lundberg Funeral Home Youngstown Arizona.
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Daniel F. Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Sun City
Ariz
Hunter Flying Service
Gwendolyn
Dan, Jr
Glendale
Milo Hunter
Fort Atkinson
Wisc
Lundberg Funeral Home
Youngstown
Widow Ottillie Schwandt, Cedar Rapids, dies after brief illness
Ottillie E Schwandt widow of A G Schwandt of 1721 Third Avenue SE died Saturday after a brief illness. Born Ely September 14 1892 she was lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and a retired Martin's employee. She was a Trinity Lutheran church member and a charter member of the Hanford unit of the American Legion auxiliary. She received a 4000 hour volunteer award at the Iowa City V A hospital. Surviving are daughter Mrs Joseph L Shimek Cedar Rapids two granddaughters and a great granddaughter. Services are pending at Janeba Kuba funeral home west with visitation after 9 am Monday.
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Ottillie E. Schwandt
A. G. Schwandt
Third Avenue SE
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Martin’s
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hanford
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa City V.A
Joseph L. Shimek
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Retirement em ploye Charles Vopalka dies after brief illness
Charles Vopalka 70 of 1235 First street SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a brief illness. Born in Czechoslovakia April 19 1901 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1905 was a member of St. Wenceslaus church and the Retired Wilson Employes club. Survived by two daughters Helen Vopalka Cedar Rapids and Mrs Myron Okken Toddville six grandchildren and one sister Mrs Sylvester Riggins Springville. Services are pending at Kuba funeral home east with callers after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Charles Vopalka
First Street
Wilson-Sinclair Co
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church
Wilson Employes Club
Helen Vopalka
Myron Okken
Toddville
Sylvester Riggins
Springville
Kuba Funeral Home
Memorial Services and Burials in Local Churches
Memorial notices list services for Louis F Barnett at St Matthew’s Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Monday and Rosary at Turner Chapel East tonight. Other obituaries include Harry F Heil at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home with burial at Linwood, Nikitas Kanellis at St John’s Hellenic Church with burial Linwood, Georgia C Smith at Turner Chapel East with burial Cedar Memorial, Adolph Vavricek private service at Turner East, burial Czech National, Cyrus D Wilson at Beatty Bearle Chapel with burial Cedar Memorial, and Masons and veterans groups noted for attendance.
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Basil Kleoudis
Linwood Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Louis McDonough
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Smith
Georgia
George C. Carlson
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial
Turner East
Viet Cong promises to name American prisoners if US sets withdrawal deadline
In Paris Viet Cong foreign minister Nguyen Thi Binh told the AP the group will publish a list of American prisoners once the United States commits to a troop withdrawal deadline. She criticized William Porter for pacification excesses and insisted Nixon must honor the seven point peace plan to end the war. The VC cites 591 missing Americans in South Vietnam and questions U.S. aims in China talks and Saigon politics.
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Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Associated Press
William Porter
U.S
South Vietnam
David Bruce
Hanoi
Bind
Nixon
Cambodia
Bruce
Porter
Peking
Laos
Four Injured in Three Cedar Rapids Accidents
Four people were injured, none seriously, in three Cedar Rapids crashes Saturday afternoon. Blake Leon, 9, of 909 Waconia Ave SW, treated at St Luke's, released. struck by Amin Raffel, 41, Iowa City, with green light. Loretta Allard, 39, 821 Eighteenth St SW, treated at St Luke's after collision with Dale Mill, 40, Kesler Rd NW. she was released and charged with failure to yield. Dale Edgeton, 31, and Deloras Edgeton, 35, of 1128 Ave NW refused treatment after a motorcycle hit the side of a car in 3900 block of F Ave NW. both charged with intoxication, he with resisting an officer. Edgeton attempted to strike an officer. The other car was driven by Robert Getlin, 45, 1245 Third St NW.
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Blake A. Leon
Waconia Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sixth Street
Amin A. Rofail
Iowa City
Loretta M. Allard
Eighteenth Street
Dale M. Mill
Kesler Road
Johnson Avenue
Dale Edgeton
Deloras Edgeton
Avenue NW
F Avenue NW
Robert C. Getlin
Third Street NW
C R Man Injured In Auto Accident
Arnold James, 40, of 1516 Fifth avenue SE, was in fair condition at St Luke s hospital Saturday night with injuries from an auto accident on a gravel road two miles west of Belle Plaine.
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Arnold James
Fifth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Belle Plaine
Temperatures Rise Across Iowa After Cool Night
A sharp Saturday temperature rebound follows an unusually cool night with July 31 lows setting new records. Readings ranged from 89 in Council Bluffs to 75 in Dubuque as a weak cool front nears northwest Iowa. Some showers and isolated thunderstorms formed in the northwest then drifted north central as forecasts call for cooler western temps Sunday.
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Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Iowa
Chisholm Sees Black Caucus Shaping New Political Strategy
Mrs. Chisholm said dissatisfied groups nationwide may back a movement focusing on poverty and practical issues rather than party labels. She noted the Black Congressional Caucus is meeting with black leaders to avoid commitments to parties, aiming to prevent any party from taking blacks for granted.
Tentative UAW Case contract ends four week strike
The J. S. Case Co. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative central contract and local supplements to end a four week strike. Ratification would end a work stoppage by about 4500 UAW members at Case plants in Iowa Bettenorf and Burlington and in four states.
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Racine, Wis
UPI
J. S. Case Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
Iowa
Case
Bettendorf
Burlington
Bank Robbers Divert One Million to Separate Dreams
Three criminals stole a million dollars and split it to fund individual pursuits as the FBI investigates. The episode airs tonight at 7 on KCRG-TY 9 and follows the case's unfolding actions.
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FBI
KCRG
Nixon Sees Peace Prospects and Revenue Sharing in Iowa Visit
President Nixon praised progress toward peace in Vietnam and a forthcoming visit to China. He cited Iowa revenue sharing of over 74 million dollars and recalled his Ottumwa wartime stay as crowds lined the Spirit of 76 after a dam site dedication. Local officials and residents greeted him with excitement and a few disappointments as the trip concluded.
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Vietnam
China
Iowa
Memory Lane
Ottumwa_ naval station
Ottumwa
Ohio
Midwest
James Hodgson
Curtis Counts
Robert Ray
Astronauts Edge Toward New Lunar Crater Walks
Astronauts Scott and Irwin shorten a lunar excursion using new gear while collecting moon dirt and discussing limited drilling depth. They plan a longer 10 mile drive along Mount Hadley delta and explore Arrowhead and Dandelion craters near Falcon.
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Apollo 15 TV Coverage Schedules Shown
New York AP report outlines planned network broadcasts for the Apollo 15 mission on Sunday. ABC airs lunar excursion segments from 5:30 to 7 a.m. and multiple status reports through 10:55 a.m. CBS runs similar blocks 5:30 to 8 a.m. with additional summaries noon to 1 p.m. NBC covers lunar excursion 5:30 to 8 a.m.
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New York
Lowa Times
ABC
CBS
Order Stays Linn Inmate's Return To Arkansas
Ray D. Childers 27 of Fordyce Arkansas is held in Linn county jail after a court ordered delay on return to Arkansas A Linn District Judge William Eads signed the order fearing possible mistreatment if he is sent back Childers reportedly escaped custody in Arkansas awaiting a court hearing
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Ray D. Childers
Fordyce
Ark
Linn
William Eads
Childers
Eads
Arkansas
Attack Kills Three as Gls Attack on South Vietnam
Communist forces attacked a unit of the Americal division on South Vietnam's eastern coast, the U S command spokesmen said. Three Americans were killed and eight wounded in a three hour battle 25 miles south of Da Nang. Communist casualties were unknown. The American toll was the highest in a single battle since June 14.
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Saigon
1St Air Cavalry Division
Recover Iowa Man's Body in Minn Lake
Divers recovered the body of Herman Jorgenson a 63 year old from Council Bluffs Iowa after his fishing boat was struck by a runaway outboard motor boat on East Lost Lake near Fergus Falls. James Anderson 47 also from Council Bluffs was fishing at the time.
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Minn
Iowa
Ranaway
Herman Jorgenson
Council Bluffs
James Anderson
East Lost Lake
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