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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1975

Page

3

Weather and Local Notices From Daily Record August Update

The Daily Record reports a high temperature 3.35 normal through August and a 25.67 total precipitation, with a 0.60 rainfall year ago. Extended forecast calls for generally fair conditions Tuesday to Thursday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. The section lists August births at local addresses including Melvin Theisen Marion Carfae Kisling Rogers Pierce Benesh Tavegia Mecklenburg, plus several accident and fire safety notes and matches causing incidents at various city locations.

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Hoffa disappearance investigated amid murder speculation

Hoffa remains missing afterWednesday meeting with aides sparked private murder suspicions among union officials. Police searched a Michigan cornfield but found no trace as the Hoffa family sought leads and hypnosis suggested who he planned to meet at the time.

James Hoffa Teamsters Bloomfield Hills Michigan Irish Hills Detroit Hoffa Airport Service Lines Associated Press Jimmy Giacalone Lake Orion Chicago Sun-Times Teamsters Union Teamsters Pension Fund Sun-Times

Grain sales to Russia Could Rise If Wet Weather Fails

Experts warn additional grain may be sold to Russia without hurting U.S. consumers but drought threatens crop prospects. If yields drop due to dry weather, grain prices could rise and raise inflation beyond USDA forecasts. Butter Gooden, undersecretary Butz notes a hold on further wheat and corn sales pending crop prospects and Soviet harvest.

Ready Russia USDA Butz U.S Buzz

CIA says imagery limited to indicators not intentions

Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger argues satellite photos reveal growth in capabilities but cannot show intentions. He cites human intelligence and technical parameters as essential. He warns the world remains dangerous with Mediterranean tensions and Southeast Asia debates lingering.

Schlesinger U.S Mediterranean Southeast Asia

Amin sought Israeli arms to invade Tanzania and reach the sea

Ex Foreign Minister Abba Eban recalled that Idi Amin asked Israel in 1971 for sophisticated weapons to bomb Dar es Salaam and open a sea corridor. Amin claimed six days to reach the ocean and pressed Dayan for an answer. Israel refused the request, souring Uganda ties.

Tel Aviv API Idi Amin Israel Tanzania Abba Eban Eban Dar Es Salaam Amin Julius Nyerere Uganda Moshe Dayan Rela

Gazette Co Cedar Rapids daily issue listing

Establishment details for The Gazette Co 1883 publication in Cedar Rapids Iowa with pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions. Notes locations Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and service restrictions for Mali areas.

the Gazette Co Third Ave Cedar Rapids U.S. Territories

Fire Halts Knox ville Phone Service After Fire

The Continental Telephone Co. reported that Knox ville area service was severed by an electrical fire during equipment work. Local and long distance calls were disrupted and restoration likely later in the week.

Knoxville Continental Telephone Co

Rail Requests Issue for Normal Maintenance

The Rock Island trustee says a $19 million bond issue will fund a normalized maintenance schedule to start rehabilitation. William Gibbons said the plan depends on the national economy and conditions facing the line and others in the industry.

Chicago UPI Rock Island Railroad William Gibbons Gibbons

Lower Drinking Age Tied to Hike In Youths Deaths

Iowa officials link the drop in the drinking age to more fatal crashes involving drivers 19 and younger. In 1971 about 10 percent of drinking related fatal accidents involved under 19s, while the first half of this year shows nearly 26 percent. Deputy Commissioner Robert Holetz notes the trend aligns with troopers’ field observations and critics say the change aimed to win young votes.

Des Moines Iowa Department of Public Safety Public Safety Robert Holetz Iowa Highway Patrol

Fire Cause Reinvestigated in Laur ence Kruger Residence Blaze

Fire heavily damaged the Laur ence Kruger residence at 1129 Fifteenth Avenue SW after a Saturday morning blaze. Investigators re examine the origin, while the department initially cited a discarded match igniting porch trash.

Laurence Kruger Fifteenth Avenue William Davidson

Fearful Whites Plan Airlift Out of Angola

In Luanda officials estimate 250000 to 300000 whites will be evacuated over the next three months as Angola nears independence. Six to seven flights daily may move up to 90000 people monthly, with about 100000 already gone and 120000 booked. Special charter planes will be added to handle the rush.

Luanda Angola Antonio Goncalves Ribeiro Ribeiro Melange Malange Duque de Braganca Popular Movement MPLA National Front FNLA

Scouts End Hikes At World Meet

More than 7,000 Boy Scouts at the 14th World Scout Jamboree wound up overnight hikes from eight to 16 miles through the mountains near Lillehammer Norway. The 2,500 Americans form the largest foreign contingent at the gathering.

Lillehammer Norway

Ford dances with Romanians amid missile talks

President Ford received a warm Balkan welcome in Bucharest with flower showers and gypsy dancers as 250000 crowds lined the capital. He and Brezhnev reportedly made progress toward a verification system for a strategic arms treaty while Ford voiced frustration over Congress delaying oil price decontrol and his veto threat on extending controls.

Bucharest UPI Ford Leonid Brezhnev Air Force One Helsinki Brezhnev Betty Ford Fords Congress

Representative seeks national square dance status

Congressman Ted Risenhoover of Oklahoma introduced a resolution to declare the square dance the national dance of the United States. He cites a Library of Congress report stating there is no official national American dance.

Washington Ted Risenhoover Dokla United States Library of Congress

Obituaries for Murphy Wiltsey McFarlane list Cedar Rapids residents

Obituary notices report M. Clare Murphy 75 of 1646 Sixth Street NW died Saturday after a long illness born October 4 1899 in Pacific Junction married Winnifred Reynolds November 4 1922 in Anamosa. Surviving wife two sons Eugene Clare Dennis Dean Cedar Rapids a daughter Ethella Leser a sister Gwendolyn Thomson ten grandchildren three great grandchildren services Wednesday 1:30 pm Kuba funeral home burial Linwood memorials Bethany Congregational church. Also Bette Virginia Wiltsey 51 of 1112 Thirty-second Street SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after brief illness born December 11 1923 survived by two sons Mark and Bruce Wiltsey mother Marguerite Rotheris three grandchildren funeral arrangements pending Turner chapel east. Ethel Mae McFarlane 85 of Meth-Wick Manor died Saturday after brief illness born January 10 1890 Fairfax taught in Cedar Rapids schools later moved to East Peoria Illinois returned 1937 to Cedar Rapids member Trinity United Methodist Church and Eastern Star. There are no immediate survivors.

M. Clare Murphy Sixth Street Pacific Junction Winnifred S. Reynolds Anamosa Cedar Rapids Bethany Congregational Church Eugene Clare Dennis Dean Ethella M. Leser Gwendolyn Fern Thomson Neshkoro Wis Mary White Kuba Funeral Home Linwood Bette Virginia Wiltsey Thirty-second Street Christ Church United Presbyterian Mark Marion Bruce Wiltsey Memphis Tenn Marguerite Rotheris Turner Chapel East Ethel Mae McFarlane Meth-Wick Manor Fairfax East Peoria Ill Trinity United Methodist Church Eastern Star Turner Chapel West

Collision Injures Two Riders in Mt Vernon Road Crash

A collision on Mt. Vernon Road SE involved Paul Espe and Charles Heck as they rode side by side while talking. Espe suffered facial lacerations and abrasions and was treated and released from St. Luke's hospital. Police found 66 feet of skid marks. no charges were filed.

Mt. Vernon Road SE Paul Eugene Espe Sixteenth Avenue SE St. Luke's Hospital Espe Charles Ursis Heck Seventeenth Avenue SE

Mob clashes erupt as police quell Ethnic Festival disturbance

In Cleveland early Saturday a mob of about 500 youths attacked police with bricks and bottles after being asked to leave the All Nations Festival. Riot police in gear swept the area, injuring several officers and smashing around 15 windows at the Hanna Fountains mall.

Cleveland UPI Hanna Fountains War Memorial Lloyd Garey

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C.R. Weather Daily Record St. Luke's Melvin Theisen Third Avenue Jackie Weland Tower Terrace William Carfae Edgewood Road Shelia Kisling Enue Tex Clay Lisbon Ted Rogers Center Point Charles Pierce Bowling Street James Benesh C Avenue Hiawatha Richard Tavegia F Avenue Merrill Mecklenburg Blairstown Twelfth Avenue First Avenue NE Sherman Street Jupiter Drive Wilson Avenue CIA The Fire Severs 14Th Ave Teahen Funeral Home Henry F. Teahen Peter R. Teahen Mortician First Ave Nicolae Ceausescu Romania Olive R. Matheny Murdoch's Strawberry Point Esther Fishel United Methodist Church Roberson's Oelwein Katherine Lumbus Sacred Heart Catholic Church Brant Kerns’. Tipton Edward J. Vitense Irvin J. Burkle St. Mary’s Catholic Church St. Francis Xavier Dyersville Shelly’s Carlton Schuster Woodland Hills Calif Basilica of St. Francis Xavier McBride's John J. Little Roberson’s Marengo Robert J. Dulser Flint, Mich Marengo Cemetery Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home Stewart Funeral Home Monahan Stewart First Avenue N.E John E. Lapes 3Rd Avenue S.E Gallagher Herbert F Martin Laughlin St. Patrick's Catholic Church Burial Sovereign Charles Henrietta Hag
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