Weekend Weather Roundup and Local Obituary Notes
A Saturday weather snapshot shows high and low temperatures across cities from Atlanta to Des Moines with precipitation totals and barometric trends. The report lists humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, plus a year-ago comparison and a series of local obituaries and funeral notices across towns including Blairstown Calmar Independence Kalona Marengo and Williamsburg with service details and burial plans.
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Atlanta
Fairbanks
Bismarck
Fort Worth
Boston
Honolulu
Erty Can Estes
Gazette
Deaths Leota Aldrich Beecher 84
Leota Aldrich Beecher 84 wife of Ira A Beecher of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness. Born November 13 1885 in New London Wisconsin she taught in the Dysart area and lived in Cedar Rapids 50 years. She belonged to Central Park Presbyterian church Daughters of Martha Eastern Star Cedar Chapter 184 Social Order of Beauceant 87 and the Children’s Home auxiliary. Services at Central Park Presbyterian Monday 1 30 p m with Rev Allen S Van Cleve and Dr Reuben J Tjaden burial in Dysart Cemetery. Friends may call Beatty Bearles after 1 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday and at the church after 12 30 p.m. Monday. The casket will remain closed after 1 15 p.m.
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Leota Aldrich Beecher
Ira A. Beecher
Thirty-first Street
New London
Wis
Dysart
Beecher
Cedar Rapids
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Daughters of Martha
Order of Eastern Star
Hazel B. Cargin dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Hazel B. Cargin wife of Frank D. Cargin, 6969 Mt. Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, died Saturday after a long illness. Born Sept 30, 1888, she married Frank D. Cargin May 2, 1915. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Surviving: husband, two daughters Mrs. Paul Viet and Mrs. George Blake, 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and sister Mrs. Grace Hense. Services at Turner Chapel West Monday at noon with Rev. Ernest W. Larson. Burial Campbell Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel West.
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Hazel B. Cargin
Frank D. Cargin
Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Cargin
Trinity United Methodist Church
Paul Viet
Chelsea
George Blake
Minneapolis
Grace Hense
Turner Chapel West
Ernest W. Larson
Campbell Cemetery
Memorial Services and Burials Listed for Local Clergy
Memorial services are planned for John Ervin Bales at Turner east chapel with cremation committal by Rev. Paul Somerville. James N Chukas will have services at Turner east chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Helen Katherine Kloubec to have graveside rites at Czech National cemetery and Rev Ernest W Larson to officiate. Wessale is set for 3:30 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with cremation and inurnment. no visitation.
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Bales
John Ervin
Turner Chapel
Paul Somerville
Kenwood United Methodist Church
Chukas
James N
Glenn Dale Hunt
Eden United Church of Christ
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
Kloubec
Helen Katherine
Czech National Cemetery
Ernest W. Larson
Trinity United Methodist Church
Turner Chapel West
Wessale
Edward
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chapel of Memories
Brandt Prepares to Sign Pact in Moscow
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt will fly to Moscow to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union. The ceremony, to be attended by Soviet Premier Kosygin, marks a pledge to renounce force and foster cooperation, and would be Brandt’s first Moscow visit by a West German leader in 15 years.
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New York Times
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Moscow
West Germany
Soviet Union
Conrad Ahlers
Brandt
Kosygin
Konrad Adenauer
Marion woman Alice McGuire 78 dies in nursing home
Alice McGuire a lifelong Marion resident died Saturday in a Marion nursing home. Born February 25 1892 in Linn county she worked 57 years as a chief carpenter's clerk for the Milwaukee railroad. She was a member of St Josephs Catholic church Milwaukee Service club and Milwaukee Woman's club. Surviving sister Mary Mobbs Marion and brother Earl McGuire Champaign Illinois. Requiem Mass 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St Josephs Church burial Mt Calvary cemetery Cedar Rapids. Rosary 8 15 p.m. Monday at Murdoch chapel Marion. Friends may visit after 11 a.m. Monday.
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Marion
Alice McGuire
Linn County
Miss McGuire
Milwaukee Railroad
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Milwaukee Service Club
Milwaukee Woman’s Club
Mary Mobbs
Earl McGuire
Champaign
Justin Kane
St. Joseph’s Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Murdoch
Fort Dodge Soldier Killed in Vietnam
The defense department said Army Pfc. Darrel Schonka 20 son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Schonka was killed in Vietnam last week. Parents were informed Saturday of his combat death in the war.
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Fort Dodge
Vietnam
UPI
Defense Department
Army
Darrel Schonka
Bernard Schonka
Thant Maintains Nerve Gas Dump Violates Seas Pact
United Nations Secretary-General U Thant pressed his charge that the U S plan to dump concrete encased nerve gas 250 miles off the Atlantic coast breaches the 1958 Geneva Convention on the High Seas and a 1967 General Assembly resolution about ocean pollution. The State Department replied it will not violate international law and will cooperate with international bodies.
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U.N
U Thant
U.S
General Assembly
Atlantic Ocean
State Department
Thant
U.S. Army
Atlantic
Assembly
Teacher's Tune Is More Popular
Mill Valley California teacher Rite Abrams wrote and recorded a song called Mill Valley with a chorus of third graders. The tune, about a utopian suburban hamlet below Mt Tamalpais, has climbed into top 40 charts, praised for its wholesome innocence and magical appeal.
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Mill Valley
Calif
UPI
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Darkhaired
Rite Abrams
Mt. Tamalpais
Blaze Causes Minor Damage to Residence
A fire Saturday afternoon at the Albert Bentley residence 821 Ninth Avenue SE caused minor damage. Authorities say a gas can in the kitchen was ignited by a water heater.
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Albert Bentley
Ninth Avenue SE
Shoplifting youths nabbed at Spartan’s store
Two 16 year old youths were arrested at Spartan's department store Saturday on charges of stealing items valued at 24 dollars and 50 cents. They attempted to flee with a variety of goods including a fish sealer, pen sets, pens, snake bite kits, sinkers, knives, line dressing, a stamp pad, stamps, a fly cleaner and sport chalk.
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Spartan’s
Stolen Car Driver Sought After Downtown Collision Spree
Cedar Rapids police seek the driver of a stolen car that hit four parked vehicles and two parking meters along Fourth avenue SE on Saturday afternoon. The car, belonging to George E. Washington, was stolen between 2 and 3 pm and recovered on Eleventh Street SE. Damages ranged from 150 to 700 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Gazette
Tom Merryman
Fourth Avenue SE
Eleventh Street SE
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Eleventh Street
George E. Washington
A Avenue
Keith Bishop
Skyline Drive
Judith A. Ruegnitz
Northtown Lane
Robert Luckason
Thirty-eighth Street
Frank Vasquez
Knollwood Drive
Luckason
Ruegnitz
Bishop
Backstairs at the White House secret news sheet
The President's Daily News Summary is a six night a week underground Washington paper read by Nixon aides and the president. Editor Mort Allen leads a small staff delivering condensed dispatches from UPI AP and major papers with occasional editorials and magazine supplements. It excludes many Western and midwestern states and is delivered to Nixon by Patrick Buchanan.
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White House
Washington
Wisconsin
Nixon
Patrick Buchanan
St. Louis Globe Democrat
UPI
Time
Newsweek
U.S. News and World Report
Mort Allen
Madison
Wis
Leslye Arsht
Houston
Ken Smith
American University
Breakin Probed at Shada's Fruit Market
Police investigate a break-in at Shada's Fruit Market 413 Third Avenue SW. About $35 in half dollars was stolen. Entry was gained by breaking a west side window. the break-in occurred late Friday or early Saturday.
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Third Avenue
Four Accidents Send Eight to C R Hospitals
Bonnie Benford 41 of 47 Twenty-ninth Street NW was listed in fairly good condition at Mercy after a two car crash at Williams Boulevard and Twelfth Avenue SW. Her three children were treated and released. Wilma L. Vogel 39 of 5300 Midway Drive NW was not injured. Benford faced a charge for failure to yield. Other incidents sent Mary Griffin and her daughter Lisa to St. Luke's with head and neck injuries. A Delhi man, William Harbach, 39, was treated at St. Luke's after a truck vs pole crash. driver Charles R. Peake 31 was charged with loss of vehicle control. Edgar Wright 55 of 1017 Ninth Street SE escaped serious injury when he leaped from a braking pickup as it rolled over an embankment. Wright was treated at Mercy and released.
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Bonnie Benford
Twenty-ninth Street
Mercy Hospital
Williams Boulevard
Twelfth Avenue
Jim
David
Shelly
Wilma L. Vogel
Midway Drive
Lindale Plaza
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Griffin
Dover Street
Lisa
Delhi
St. Luke’s
Pasenger
Memorial Drive
Otis Road SE
William Harbach
Charles R. Peake
Peake
Edgar Wright
Ninth Street
Wright
C Street
Five Arrested In Coggon On Liquor Counts
Five youths were held in Linn county jail after being arrested in Coggon by town marshal Lamir Havlik. Edmund J. Winfield 21 West Liberty charged with making beer available to minors Barbara Hopkins 18 Minnesota charged with intoxication on a public highway and possession of beer as a minor Thomas J. Krob 20 Walker Greg Balvin 20 Des Moines and a 17 year old Ft. Dodge youth also accused of possession of beer as minors were all arrested shortly after 10 p.m.
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Linn County
Coggon
Lamir Havlik
Edmund J. Winfield
West Liberty
Barbara Hopkins
Minnesota
Thomas J. Krob
Walker
Greg Balvin
Des Moines
Ft. Dodge
Cedar Rapids Men Injured In Separate Crashes
Two Cedar Rapids men were treated at University hospitals in Iowa City after separate Saturday crashes. Gailyn W. Martin, 49, of 1213 Fifth Street NW, was listed in critical condition. Thomas G. Murray, 33, of 4039 Cox Avenue NW, had been in poor condition earlier.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Gailyn W. Martin
Fifth Street
Thomas G. Murray
Cox Avenue
Americans Seized Crossing Czech Border in Schwandorf Tour
Twenty American high school students their tour guide and three West Germans were seized by Czechoslovak border guards after straying into Czechoslovakia near Schwandorf while attending a summer study program. A consular official said release was hoped for the next day as U.S. and West German authorities seek freedom for the group.
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Forth IM Wald
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Schwandorf
Denver
St. Paul
U.S
Max Dimpfel
Pilsen
Furth Im Wald
Munich
Washington
Officials Lift Scout Ranch Quarantine
New Mexico health officials lifted a 24 hour quarantine at Philmont Scout Ranch after tests showed the 12 year old death was not from a communicable disease. The quarantine confined about 4000 scouts and leaders but allowed departure once cleared.
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Cimarron
N. M
UPI
Philmont
John Jasper
State Health and Social Services Department
David Cargo
Jasper
New Mexico
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Iowa Scouts Remain At Philmont Scout Ranch
Iowa Boy Scouts from Winnebago Burlington Des Moines Waterloo and Cedar Rapids stay at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron New Mexico during the summer program.
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Cimarron
N. M
Iowa
Philmont
Winnebago
Burlington
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Three Charges After Police Pursuit In Northeast City
Gary L. Nosek aged 19 of 2141 Coldstream Avenue NE faced three charges after a chase on the northeast side. Michael A. Gatens aged 20 of 1029 Thirty-fourth Street NE was charged with possession of beer by a minor. Nosek faced additional counts including attempting to elude police and reckless driving. Bond was set at 110 dollars on each charge. Officers pursued Nosek near A Avenue and Fifth Street NE. the pair were arrested near H Avenue and Eleventh Streets NE.
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Gary L. Nosek
Coldstream Avenue
Nosek
Michael A. Gatens
Thirty-fourth Street
A Avenue
Fifth Street
H Avenue
Eleventh Streets
Four Injured in City Car Crash
Four people were taken to St. Luke's hospital after a car struck a parked vehicle in the 1300 block of E avenue NE late Saturday night. Injured were Charles N. Ledore 24 of 934 Twenty-first street SE driver Sally Ellis 23 Susan Reese 19 and Elizabeth Hines 19 all of the YWCA.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
E Avenue NE
Charles N. Ledore
Twenty-first Street
Sally Ellis
Susan Reese
Elizabeth Hines
YWCA
Davenport Man John Blewett Dies After Downtown Injury
Davenport police report a 59 year old man named John Blewett died from injuries after being struck by a car while walking on a downtown street earlier in the week. The crash occurred in Davenport and the investigation continues for the week leading to his death.
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Davenport
John Blewett
How To Stop Smoking and Save 2 Lives
Chicago group Compassion offers a $12 monthly plan to quit smoking and sponsor a needy child. President Rev Henry Harvey cites inquiries for a full page Harper’s ad as he notes the program aims to save both the smoker and child, though no converts yet.
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UPI
Compassion
Henry Harvey
Harper’s Magazine
Harvey
Food Poisoning Victims Improve
Four members of an Illinois family stricken by botulism type A began recovering in University hospitals Madison Wisconsin. Dr J L Sims said they remain in precarious condition for weeks but full recovery is expected. The victims include George Graham of Libertyville Ill his wife Maxine daughter Mary 22 and foster son Scott Bennett 10.
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Madison
Wis
Illinois
University Hospitals
J. L. Sims
George Graham
Libertyville
Ill
Maxine
Mary
Scott Bennett
Three Youths Jailed on Vagrancy Charges
Cedar Rapids police detained three youths on vagrancy charges Saturday night. Arrested were John D. Daza, 18, Montreal, Canada. Leo J. Stevens, Merritt Island, Florida. and a 17 year old from Dayton, Ohio. All were jailed in lieu of $110 bonds.
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Cedar Rapids
John D. Daza
Montreal
Canada
Leo J. Stevens
Merrit Island
Fla
Dayton
Ohio
Cholera Outbreak Rises in Katmandu Valley
Authorities reported a cholera outbreak affecting ten villages and three cities in the Katmandu valley of Nepal. The UPI dispatch notes the spread across multiple locales with health officials assessing the situation.
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Katmandu
Nepal
UPI
Katmandu Valley
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established in 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette was established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. and published daily and Sunday at 00 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Night and Sunday edition and six issues monthly rates are listed. subscriptions are by carrier or mail to various regions. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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