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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1968

Page

23

Five day Iowa forecast with varied temps and showers

Iowa temps expected near normal through Tuesday to Saturday with a warming midweek then cooling. Normal highs range from 81 in the northeast to 87 in the southwest, with lows from 60 to 65. Precipitation near half an inch, showers midweek. Continuous daily readings include high Sunday 74, rainfall totals 2.97 inches for August, and numerous local temperature updates across cities.

Iowa The Weather Bureau Gazette

Registration and Orientation Told For C R Schools

The Cedar Rapids school superintendent announces dates and times for new student registration and orientation in advance of the Sept. 3 opening. Transfer students attend sessions Friday and next Monday to Wednesday with half day activities. Senior high transfers Tuesday 9 a.m. and Thursday 1 p.m. Seventh grade Friday Aug 30 at 1 30 p.m. Taft sixth graders and tenth graders also have sessions. Transfer testing for junior high enters Aug 20 and Aug 22.

Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Taft Junior High

Nixon Leads In All Iowa Straw Poll At The Fair

The Gazette's All-Iowa fair straw poll shows Richard Nixon opening a clear lead after day one with Eugene McCarthy second and Hubert Humphrey third. 1,498 votes cast at the fair booth as polling continues through next Sunday with write ins for Rockefeller Reagan and others.

Richard Nixon Iowa Gazette Eugene McCarthy Hubert Humphrey

Fair entertains crowd with Young Americans show

The Fair features the Young Americans performing solo and group numbers after a strong entertainment line up. They recently toured Japan and performed Happiness in Japanese. Children’s Zoo draws crowds with a llama, and marionette act by Bruce and Nola Bucknell open the day. Livestock judging starts with junior purebreds and market hogs, followed by beef cattle and hog competitions.

Hampshire

Bombers Hit Deep Into North Vietnam As Raids Continue

U S forces pressed raids into North Vietnam s southern panhandle with about forty bombers delivering an estimated 2500 tons of explosives from Sunday into Monday. One mission hit suspected troop positions 12 miles west of Da Nang near a clash where U S Marines faced about 100 North Vietnamese fighters. North Vietnamese withdrew after artillery and dive bombers struck their fortifications. Twenty two North Vietnamese and eight Marines killed, 42 Americans wounded per U S headquarters.

North Vietnam Panhandle Saigon da Nang U. S

Keith A Snell 39 Cedar Rapids resident dies after long illness

Keith A Snell 39 a Cedar Rapids resident who moved to Hiawatha three years ago died Sunday at University hospitals Iowa City after a long illness. He was born June 30 1929 in Bip pus Ind married June 3 1950 to Joan Starner in Warsaw Ind an electronics technician at Collins Radio Co and a member of Kenwood Park United Methodist church. He is survived by his wife two daughters Carol and Rose two sons Jay and Todd both at home his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd H Snell of Etna Green Ind and two brothers Jack of Ft Wayne Ind and Lew of Etna Green Ind. Memorial services are 3 pm Wednesday in Chapel of Memories by Rev Paul W Sommerville burial Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home after 10 am Tuesday and at the chapel after 9 am Wednesday. The casket will not be opened after the services.

Keith A. Snell Cedar Rapids Hiawatha University Hospitals Iowa City Bippus Ind Joan Starner Warsaw Collins Radio Co Kenwood Park United Methodist Church Joan Carol Rose Jay Todd Floyd H. Snell Etna Green Jack Ft. Wayne Lew Paul W. Sommerville Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home

Anna Gulstorf widow of Peter Gulstorf dies in Cedar Rapids

Anna Gulstorf 1300 Oakland road NE Cedar Rapids widow of Peter Gulstorf died Sunday after a brief illness. Born April 28 1892 in Keystone she was predeceased by her husband in 1958. Survived by son Dean Seeman daughter Mrs Edward Shors two brothers Ewald and Fritz Kuehl Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Melvin Lyman Lillian Junge and Alice May Belle Plaine and six grandchildren. Funeral services at Trinity Lutheran church Wednesday 1 30 p m Rev E W Koberg to conduct. Burial Cedar Memorial Turner chapel east open until 9 p m Tuesday and at the church 10 a m to 1 25 p m Wednesday casket not opened after the service.

Anna Gulstorf Peter Gulstorf Oakland Road Cedar Rapids Keystone Dean’ Seeman Edward Shors Ewald Kuehl Fritz Kuehl Melvin Lyman Lillian Junge Alice May Belle Plaine Gulstorf Trinity Lutheran Church E. W. Koberg Cedar Memorial Cemetery Turner Chapel East

Death of William K. Machemer in Denver

William K. Machemer a former Cedar Rapids resident and Denver retiree died in Denver on Sunday born January 3 1887 in Cedar Rapids Surviving brother Louis of Denver body to be brought to Turner Chapel East funeral services to be announced later

William K. Machemer Cedar Rapids Denver Louis Turner Chapel East

Memorial Services for Holsapple and Kilpatrick Signed

Memorial services were held for Earl T Holsapple at 3 p.m. Monday in the Chapel of Memories led by Rev Eugene Tolstedt of Central Park Presbyterian church. Donald Gregory Kilpatrick had a Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St Patrick's Catholic church celebrated by Very Rev J Robert McDonald. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery with a rosary service by Father McDonald and St Martha and Michael circle at 8 p.m. Monday at Teahen chapel. friends may call.

Holsapple Earl T Eugene Tolstedt Central Park Presbyterian Church Kilpatrick Donald Gregory St. Patrick’s Catholic Church J. Robert McDonald Mt. Calvary Cemetery Father McDonald St. Martha and Michael Circle Teahen

Johnson Vetoes Cotton Ban Bill

President Johnson vetoed a bill banning extra-long staple cotton imports from the United Arab Republic and The Sudan until diplomatic ties resume. He called the measure contrary to national interest and argued it limits foreign policy. The veto comes as he signs a price support bill offering the same programs to domestic growers.

United States U. S Johnson

Enlistees and Promotions Among Armed Forces Members

Eight individuals enlist in the armed forces with assignments to Navy WAVES San Diego Bainbridge Great Lakes and Vietnam related programs. Promotions include Larry Tellin to second lieutenant at Ft Sill and Richard Schultz to army specialist 5 c in Vietnam. Other notes include navy and marine assignments and a 25 year army retirement by Warrant Officer Clair Scott in Edgewood California.

Linda Kay Barnhart Wyoming Navy Bainbridge David D. Mattison Lisbon San Diego Craig A. Kohl Iowa City Great Lakes Michael K. Graham Malcom Richard A. Kimbrough J Street Ronald C. Braken Toledo Randy D. Vance Coralville Elmer R. McCloskey Fourteenth Avenue SE Marine Larry D Tellin Lester J. Tellin Solon Army Ft. Sill Okla Jack Gilbert Fred Gilbert Thirtieth Street Richard Gebaur Air Force Base James B. Foote Oscar C. Foote West Union Vietnam Twenty-fourth Street Drive Pic Douglas R. Vogel Fifteenth Street Ft. Leonard Wood Clair Scott Edgewood California

Watts Riot Flaring As Police Substation Bombarded

Watts erupts as gunfire rakes a police substation and park amid a planned assault. Officials say 20 blocks of the 98 percent Negro area were touched. arrests reach 35 with nine women. Casualties include three Black men dead and a patrolmen recalling near overrun conditions.

Ritter

Uruguayan VIP Turns Up Alive

MONTEVIDEO AP Kidnappers release Ulises Pereira Reverber adviser to President amid national university raids student riots and a major manhunt. Pereira was found drugged in a car near a street corner and helped by a woman who called police. He said captors treated him well but denied sleep. Tupamaro group claimed arrest for urging tough policy, while President Pacheco Areco refused to negotiate.

Montevideo Uruguay Ulises Pereira Reverber National University Pereira Graciela Perez Tupamaro Jorge Pacheco Areco Pacheco

Marion Man Hurt in Coralville Accident

Clifford R. Evans, 27, of Marion, was injured Monday in a two-truck crash in the 800 block of First Avenue, Coralville. Evans was treated at University Hospitals in Town City for foot injuries after his Pepsi-Cola truck rear-ended a Cedar Rapids Steel Transport Co. truck driven by Jerry G. McInrey of Cedar Rapids as he prepared to turn. Evans faces a charge of failure to stop in the assured distance ahead.

Coralville Clifford R. Evans Marion University Hospitals First Avenue Evans Cedar Rapids Steel Transport Co Jerry G. McInrey Cedar Rapids McIinrey

Johnson’s surgery planned after Monday X rays

President Johnson faces needed operation as medical advisers await study of Monday X rays. X rays will be flown to Bethesda for review while White House officials say there is nothing else to report. Dr. Cain has treated Johnson since 1955 and helped in past surgeries in Bethesda in 1965 and 1966.

Bethesda White House Cain Johnson Senate

Courthouse News Boy Faces Extortion Charge

A 14-year-old rural Cedar Rapids boy is charged with extortion over a letter allegedly from the American Nazi Party. The note demanded $100 left at a location by 3 p.m. Sunday or face consequences after the writer claimed prior phone calls. Investigators examined a likely matching typewriter and the youth was turned over to juvenile authorities.

Cedar Rapids Fairfax American Nazi Party Walter Grant Grant

Frances Seefeldt Sentenced in Body Disposal Case

Frances J. Seefeldt, 21, of 1236 Fifth Avenue SE, received a suspended two year sentence at Rockwell City’s women’s reformatory after pleading guilty to disposing of a dead body. Judge J. Paul Naughton placed her on probation and required biweekly reports to her attorney. Authorities say she delivered her baby in early April and hid the body in her attic.

Frances J. Seefeldt Fifth Avenue SE Women's Reformatory Rockwell City J. Paul Naughton Robert Konchar Miss Seefeldt

Springville Man, 54, Fined on Two Charges

Gerald Koppenhaver of Springville pled guilty to intoxication and failure to have vehicle under control. Bertram Township Justice Glenn Powers fined $50 for intoxication and $25 for control after a deputy said Koppenhaver’s car was in a ditch near Prairieburg early Sunday.

Gerald Koppenhaver Springville Bertram Township Justice of the Glenn Powers Koppenhaver Prairieburg

Foreclosure and promissory note actions in Monticello and more

Legal notices summarize suits with parties Irwin H Bock Edwards Plumbing and Heating Co and named Edwards individuals for a promissory note of 12258 36. Monticello State Bank mortgages against Kenneth Lorenz and Marion Catherine Lorenz for 19457 85. Rich D Richards sues Richard L Morris doing business as Morris Excavating Co for 559 71 on an account.

Irwin H. Bock Edwards Plumbing and Heating Co Dale Edwards Leonard Edwards Wendell Edwards Monticello State Bank Kenneth Lorenz Marion Catherine Lorenz Richard D. Richards Richard L. Morris Morris Excavating Co

Jill Smith Missing from Peyton Place TV Broadcast

Jill Smith disappears from Peyton Place at 8 30 PM Monday during a color KCRG TV Channel 9 broadcast. The search focuses on identifying her whereabouts and locating the missing individual.

Jill Smith Peyton Place Kcrg-Tv Channel 9

Lipsky and Curran File for Cedar Rapids School Board

Incumbent Norman Lipsky and Kenneth L. Curran filed nomination papers Monday for the September 9 Cedar Rapids school board election. Lipsky and fellow member Robert Barber also face term expirations this year. Papers are available at the school board secretary office, 346 Second Avenue SW.

Lipsky Curran Cedar Rapids Norman Lipsky Linden Drive Kenneth L. Curran Eighth Street Robert Barber Second Avenue

Fisher Brothers File $8,902 Auto Damage Suit

Lon L. Fisher and Alonzo A. Fisher sue Karen Elaine Ridenour in Linn district court for 8902 dollars claiming Lon Fisher suffered personal injuries in an auto accident on August 13 1966 at First Avenue and Seventh Street West due to the defendant's negligence.

Lon L. Fisher Alonzo A. Fisher Linn Karen Elaine Ridenour Lon Fisher First Avenue Seventh Street

G O P Negro delegates weigh Nixon Agnew slate response

Negro delegates and leaders vary in reaction to the Nixon Agnew ticket. Some call Agnew a mistake and question appeal to young Black voters, while others urge staying in the Republican party and pushing for change. James Farmer later runs as a Republican Liberal candidate in Brooklyn.

Agnew Archie Jones Baltimore Carolyn Hill Stewart West Virgina G.O.P Robert F. Kennedy Eugene McCarthy New York John Lindsay Nixon-Agnew Chester Gillespie Ohio Republican Party Alvin Dyson Richmond Dyson Maryland Robinson Rockefeller Barry Goldwater Johnson Nixon The Congress of Racial Equality Farmer Congress Bedford- Stuyvesant Brooklyn

Lansing Man Killed In Crash on No 13

Lansing resident WAUKON Ray Arnold Davis aged 40 was killed about 8:30 am Monday when his car sideswiped another four miles south of Waukon on highway 13. The other driver David Cowell aged 65 of Monona was charged with failure to yield half of the roadway and is listed in fair condition at Waukon hospital. Davis body is at Martin funeral home in Waukon.

Waukon Ray Arnold Davis Route Two Lansing Highway 13 David Cowell Monona Cowell Waukon Hospital Davis Martin Funeral Home

Driver Charged After Crash Near Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien Gary Fabert 23 and Lee Connell from Clayton are hospitalized in good condition after Fabert's car struck a bridge abutment Sunday. Fabert faces reckless driving charges.

Gazette Prairie du Chien Gary Fabert Lee Connell Clayton Fabert

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