Weather and Birth Notices From Daily Recordvir
The report lists a Saturday 6 p.m. weather summary with barometer, humidity, wind at noon, and sun and moon timings. It also records multiple births at St Luke's Mercy Mercy Mercy and other hospitals with dates in August, including families named Sanders Green Hughes Meyn and addresses. Obituary notices cover Festina Calmar Clarence Mt. Vernon and other towns with service times scheduled Monday and Sunday rosters.
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Gazette
Shriver Name Beside McGovern Ticket Sparks Debate
The piece notes Sargent Shriver as a potential running mate, listing his roles under Kennedy and Johnson, including director of the Peace Corps and head of the Office of Economic Opportunity. It recalls his 1968 ambassador posting, 1970 return, and Maryland gubernatorial bid. It contrasts his Catholic faith with McGovern's Protestant beliefs and cites fundraising and business ties as assets. It also covers McGovern’s televised announcement and Eagleton’s historic withdrawal.
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Shriver
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
Lyndon 8. Johnson
France
Paris
Nixon
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Eunice Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
McGovern
Somoza Temporarily Steps Down in Nicaragua
Gen. Anastasio Somoza resigns as president after a five year term, with an interim government to be led by a Liberal-Conservative triumvirate. He remains head of the armed forces, suggesting plans to return to power, as the Somoza dynasty dominates Nicaragua since 1933.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Anastasio
Tachito
Somoza
Liberal Party
U.S
Juan Bautista Sacasa
Anastasio (Tacho
Luis
Hailstorm Ruins Guadix Crops Cars Homes Cemetery
A freak hailstorm in Guadix Andalusia caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Large hailstones damaged crops cars houses and the town cemetery. Local authorities assess losses as residents survey ruin.
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Granada
Spain
UPI
Guadix
Andalusia
Desegregation Debates Persist in Courts and Schools
Segregation issues continue across the nation with Mississippi seeking a delay in desegregation that the Supreme Court rejected. Courts in Charlotte fail to reverse a federal ruling on busing for integration while some districts practice segregation within supposedly desegregated schools. Black educators face firing or demotion as dual systems end.
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Supreme Court
Mississippi
Charlotte
N.C
Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers List
Emergency numbers for Cedar Rapids include Ambulance 366 7654 FBI 402 348 1210 Fire 398 5343 Highway Patrol 364 5171 After Hours 363 5629 Police 398 5353 Sheriff 398 3521 Society 365 2527 Medical City Foundation crisis helP. Clip and carry in your billfold. Remove unclear bits if needed.
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F.B.I
Pickets Halt U S Tank Convoy In Yokohama
About 100 antiwar demonstrators blocked five U S army tanks destined for Vietnam on a Yokohama street. Mayor Ichio Asukata supported the protest and cited city rules to keep the convoy stalled. the army refused to relocate and negotiations continued.
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Yokohama
Japan
UPI
Vietnam
Sagamihara
Tokyo
Ichio Asukata
Asukata
Sagami
Socialist Party
Return of Prisoners of War Planned With Medical Flights
The plan, outlined by doctors and Pentagon guidance, ports prisoners of war to U S medical facilities in the Pacific upon release, assigns beds by availability, and avoids big homecomings. Intel teams will question returnees to clear up missing persons lists, with 1251 missing and 518 in captivity as of July 29.
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United States
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Pacific
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Human Relations Council Elects 9 New Officers
The Cedar Rapids Marion Council on Human Relations held an August meeting at the YWCA electing officers: Mike Fay president Lester Deal vice president Marilyn Sippy recording secretary Jackie Chancey corresponding secretary Roy Watkins treasurer and Shirley Collins Odessa Turner Dorothy Shepherd Delores Cortez as board members at large Six members attended with several officers absent. The group discussed insect problems in the 1500 block of Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenues SE jail conditions and Kenwood ditch flooding and pledged support to residents affected by insects and to attend city council meetings. They also planned continued work on jail issues and a letter urging top priority for the Kenwood ditch project in city spending.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Council On Human Relations
YWCA
Mike Fay
Lester Deal
Marilyn Sippy
Jackie Chancey
Roy Watkins
Shirley Collins
Odessa Turner
Dorothy Shepherd
Delores Cortez
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Avenues
Linn County
Kenwood Ditch
Vanderbilt graduate builds newspaper chain and farms in Tennessee
Anderson, a Vanderbilt alum, left securities to seek a weekly paper crusading for freedom and grew it to a chain of 14 while farming in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. Schmitz alleges Sen George McGovern was a patsy in a Nixon re election plot and claims the President is a tool of a conspiracy group.
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Vanderbilt University
Anderson
Pigeon Forge
Tenn
Schmitz
Sen
George McGovern
Nixon
Newsmen
Army engineers use vacuum bell lab to explain flying saucer reports
A Washington newspaper noted that army engineers using a vacuum bell in a laboratory produced atmospheric effects that could account for widespread flying saucer sightings. The report cites the experiment as a possible natural explanation for observed airborne phenomena.
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Washington
Army
Devlin Urges Bogside Protesters to Freeze British Army
Ireland report says Bernadette Devlin, former MP, calls Bogside residents to ostracize occupying troops. Police say IRA figures are shadowed by detectives in Buncrana and along the border.
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Londonderry
Bernadette Devlin
Britain
Irish Republic
Buncrana
Obituary notes for Joseph F. Valenta and others
Joseph F Valenta 84 of 451 Ninth avenue SW died Friday after a lingering illness Born in Ventslav Czechoslovakia March 6 1888 he came to the United States in 1928 and lived in Cedar Rapids since 1968 He owned shoe repair shops in Tama and Silvis Illinois Surviving are two sons a daughter in law two step sons and sixteen grandchildren Memorial services Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West Monday at 1 pm Burial Rose Lawn Memorial Estate Friends may call at Janeba Kuba West after 9 am Sunday and Turner East Mr Risdal is noted as a member of Hanford Post American Legion Pope Menzo B Turner West and Mizpah Lodge AF and AM Burial Cedar Memorial with military rites There are also notices for Mary Christina Wentz Quasqueton Flora Chesmore and others with pending services
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Joseph F. Valenta
Ninth Avenue
Ventslav
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Valenta
Cedar Falls
Lester Valenta
Joseph Chond
East Moline
Leonard Polka
Silvis
Ill
William Polka
Lake Havasu
Arizona
Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home
Paul Pfaltzraff
Salem United Methodist Church
Roselawn Memorial Estate
Janeba-Kuba
Turner East
Risdal
Hanford
Wentz
Mary Christina
Faith United Methodist Church
Wilbert R. Trusheim
Oak Hill
Belle Plaine
Turner West
Flora Chesmore
White
Death of Harry O. Stoneking at 83 on Mount Vernon farm
Harry O. Stoneking, 83, of route 2 Mount Vernon, died early Saturday in a Mount Vernon nursing home after a long illness. Born July 31, 1889, in Bertram township, he lived on the same farm 56 years. He married Neva O. Fetterman in Marion on June 7, 1911. He was a member of the Bertram Methodist church. Surviving: wife Neva. one daughter Jean Moore of route 2 Mount Vernon. one brother Roy of route 2 Mount Vernon. three grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Baxter chapel Mount Vernon. Burial Campbell. Friends may call at chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Harry O. Stoneking
Mount Vernon
Bertram Township
Neva O. Fetterman
Marion
Bertram Methodist Church
Jean Moore
Roy
Baxter Chapel
Campbell
Memorial Services and Military Burial Notices
Memorial services for Isabel Zimmerman Mass of the Resurrection held at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Rev William P Leonard. Burial at Mt Calvary with Brady Kuba Funeral Home in charge. Marion H Risdal service at Immaculate Conception Church noon Monday by Rev William Leonard with graveside military honors by the American Legion in Norway.
Spassky to play Game Eleven as Fischer closes on title
Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen backs Spassky to endure despite fallen crown while Spassky rests in a suburb ahead of Game Eleven. Fischer, 29, handles fan mail and eyes America’s first world chess title as the match nears completion.
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Bent Larsen
Krogius
Spassky
Iowa
Fischer
America
Hungarians Drink 30 Million Bottles of Coca Cola in 1971
UPI reports Hungarians consumed about 30 million bottles of Coca Cola in 1971 Coca Cola's popularity grew as availability improved and city markets carried the soft drink to a wider base across Hungary.
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Budapest
UPI
The Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Distribution Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second Class Postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed: carriers 75 cents weekly, mail options $2 a month to $30 a year for out of state. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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St. Luke's
Terry Sanders
Palo
James Green
D Avenue NE
Edward Hughes
Oxford Jct
Leonard Kucera
Blairstown
Aurora
Colo
William Meyn
Meyn
Ernest Meyn
21St Street
Mary Loukota
6Th Street
Festina
Frank Rothmeyer
St. Mary’s Church
French’s
Calmar
Iowa City
Thomas A. Moreland
St. Wenceslaus Church
Volga Presbyterian Church
Witt’s, Elkader
Waukon
Sumner Millburn
Zion United Church of Christ
South Dakota
Eagleton
Medical C
Ity Foundation
Center Pt. Rd
N.E
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Stewart Funeral Home
Monahan-Stewart UC Edie Se
Harold Pitchford
Military Police
Yoko
Shama
Sagami Center
U.S. Japan
Human Relations Council
Lishes
Ireland
Pierson
S “Snor
FTD Florist
Ellis Boulevard
Teahen Funeral Home
Marian F. Teahen
Elden B. Rohn Mortician
First Ave
Beatty Bearle Funeral Hoarme
3Rd Ave. S.E
John E. Lapes Flowers
3Rd Avenue
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial
First Avenue
Tama
Iil
Western Fraternal Life Assn. Lodge 257
Moline
The
Czechoslovak Society of America
Fraternal
Order of Eagles of
Larsen
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