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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1971
Page
3
Saturday temperatures peak at 83 with 0.33 rainfall and humidity 57 percent at 6 pm. Crowded notices list births and funerals for Marion, Des Moines, Iowa City, Keota, Kalona, Ladora, Manchester, Sigourney and Waukon with names and service times.
Darrel E. Keller, 29, of 126 Twenty-first Avenue SW, was charged with drunken driving after he sheared off a traffic signal at Sixteenth Avenue and C Street SW Saturday afternoon. He is held in city jail under a $500 bond and was not injured.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette began in 1883 and is published daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. It lists subscription rates by carrier and by mail including regional pricing and limitations on mail delivery in carrier areas.
Detectives arrested Dale L. Peyton and Jesse L. Graham Jr. at the Cedar Rapids airport after they used someone else s credit card to buy airline tickets. Peyton 19 faces charges of obtaining goods by false impersonation and fraudulent use of a credit card with a 5110 bond. Graham 31 is held on 51000 bond for obtaining goods by false pretenses. The pair, linked to American Travel and Tour Inc, planned to fly to Detroit.
A Colombian ocean-going tug Bahia Atria with 29 aboard was reported missing between San Diego and the Canal Zone. It last transmitted 80 miles west of Punta San Juanico Baja California Mexico. Coast Guard issued urgent broadcast after no weather reports. The 143 foot vessel left San Diego for the Canal Zone last week.
Ray Jepsen’s fight deepens a rift between urban and rural wings as Iowa Republicans weigh a No. 2 nomination. State Sen. Arthur Neu 38 from a small town, House Speaker William Harbor 50 from Henderson and State Sen. James Griffin 36 from Council Bluffs eye the race. Harbor plans a decision in October while Griffin keeps options open amid state events. Eastern Iowan Francis Messerly, 56 from Cedar Falls, is also considering.
George J. Baumgartner 85 died in Long Beach California on Thursday. Born November 15 1885 in Newark New Jersey he married Ethel Pierce in 1921 at Newhall. He lived in Newhall operated the Newhall Elevator and worked for Souvenir Lead Pencil Co. of Cedar Rapids. Surviving wife daughter three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services at Turner Chapel West Tuesday 10 30 am. burial Raetz Cemetery near Newhall. Friends may call after 6 30 pm Monday.
Alva G. Becker 77 of 1706 Bever Ave SE died Saturday after a brief illness. Born April 7 1894 in Lamont she worked as a stenographer and secretary at a law firm and was a First Lutheran church member. Services 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran with Rev. John M. Jensen. burial Campton cemetery near Lamont. Friends may call Cedar Memorial after 1 p.m. Monday and at the church after 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Memorial service for Evelyn J Ashby will be held at Bearle chapel at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Glenn N. Bender of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial with the casket to remain closed after 1:15 p.m. Monday.
Lost billfold belonging to William G. Miller of 4419 Loraine Dr SW with $113.00. Theft at Netolicky Radiator Repair 863 A Ave NE: $15 in change and a $150 chain saw. Marshal Stark weather 19 of 1258 Thirty-Second St NE arrested on Davenport warrant for false uttering a $37 check. Basement fire at Jack Neier home 2463 Fruitland Blvd SW caused minor damage. Dale Fye 37 of 2021 Park Ave SE treated after falling from a scaffold at St Luke's Hospital.
About 1 000 members of the American Federation of Grainmillers Local 6 returned to work after ratifying a new contract with Clinton Corn Processing Co. The deal costs the firm about 1.5 million dollars and includes a 35 cent hourly wage increase and enhanced pension benefits. Retirees after August 31 will receive seven dollars per month per year of service. earlier retirees will receive five dollars per month per year.
A historical report notes the IMF should push member nations, notably in Europe and Japan, to raise their currencies. If no timely mechanism is set, the U S may pursue a unilateral move to adjust dollar exchange rates, possibly by a controlled float within set limits.
Soviet Czechoslovak and Hungarian troops completed four days of Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Hungary. The update was released by the Hungarian News Agency on Saturday and confirms the end of the joint drills.
Mexican officials hand over Clarence Otis Smith a California suspect in a Sierra Nevada campground slaying to FBI custody. He will appear before a U.S. magistrate as the case proceeds toward California. Smith fled after the July 12 attack that killed Donna Fitzhugh and John Simmons and wounded three others.
Apollo 15 featured the first use of a moon car driven by Scott and Irwin 17.4 miles along Apennine foothills and the first deep space moon walk. It included the lunar satellite launch, top module viewing of a landing site, and a single parachute collapse on landing. Houston offered no quarantine due to lack of moon organisms.
Iowa license plates are produced at the Anamosa reformatory but a Cedar Rapids man tried to craft Michigan plates Saturday and was jailed in Linn County. Sheriff charged Michael T. Bannon, 24, of 1340 A Avenue NE, with improper registration after officers found he used a felt pen and cardboard to fashion plates for his motorcycle.
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