Weather summary and funeral notices across multiple towns
The daily weather report lists high temperatures for Wednesday and overnight lows, with rainfall totals and barometric readings at various stations including Miami Chicago New York and others. Local obituaries note funeral services for Brant's Edgewood Alvin Stone 83 Fred Knight 86 Mrs J J Wallesser 74 Ronald Hack 25 and others with service times in Brant's and local churches.
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Apolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
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New York Royston
J. Phoenix
L. Angeles
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Brant’s. Edgewood
Alvorn Stone
Methodist Church
Appleton’s. West Union
Fred Knight
Burnham and
Wood
Hazleton
Ralph Catshall
Brant’s
Oelwein
Lansing
J. J. Wallesser
Immaculate Conception
Burke’s. _ Waucoma
Ronald Hack
Federated Church
Reed’s
Local notices mix births and court actions in Coralville area
The installment lists births for Mercy Aug 14 with multiple families named by address, followed by court docket items listing several divorce and property cases. Fire and incident notes appear for Wilson Avenue area with times 3:40 and 8:32 p.m., plus gas and dryer incidents. Multiple obituaries and service notices from Cedar Rapids to Decorah provide dates and church names.
Death of Cletus E. Knowles 55 Cedar Rapids Engineer
Cletus E. Knowles of 3340 Oakland Road NE dies after a short illness. Born February 19, 1913 he was an engineer for the Rock Island Railroad 35 years and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Knights of Columbus. Survived by wife Faye Mills, son Cletus E. Knowles Jr., daughter Mrs. Lawrence Lowell, grandson, his father Arthur Knowles, four sisters and three brothers. Services Saturday at St Matthew's Church with Rosary Friday evening and Monahan Stewart funeral home visitation.
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Cletus E. Knowles
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Knights of Columbus
Faye Mills
Cletus E. Knowles, Jr
Havre
Mont
Lawrence Lowell
Anaheim
Calif
Arthur Knowles
Robert Stephenson
Russell Fishell
Alburnett
E. C. Christerson
Richardson
Texas
Carmel Martin
Hialeah
Fla
Lee Knowles
Lisbon
Joseph Knowles
Plano
Robert Knowles
Strasburg
St. Matthew’s Church
Louis V. McDonough
Mt.Calvary Cemetery
Father McDonough
Monahan - Stewart
Fred R. Buchanan 82 Cedar Rapids Resident Dies After Illness
Fred Ray Buchanan 82 of 1620 Hinkley avenue NW died Wednesday after a long illness. Born May 29 1886 in Norway he was an employee of Quaker Oats 37 years retiring in 1951 and lived in Cedar Rapids 60 years. Survived by wife Agnes Stolba two sons Millard E. Buchanan Akron Ohio and Fred R. Buchanan Jr Cedar Rapids two grandchildren one great grandchild a sister Edith Meyer and stepbrother Delbert Turner. Memorial services at Turner chapel east 1 30 p m Friday by Rev D A Loferski burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Fred Ray Buchanan
Hinkley Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Norway
Agnes Stolba
Buchanan
Scottish Society
Millard E. Buchanan
Akron
Ohio
Fred R. Buchanan, Jr
Edith Meyer
Delbert Turner
Marion
Turner
Memorial for Eleanor Charipar in Iowa City
Eleanor J Charipar age 56 of Cedar Rapids and former resident died in Iowa City after a brief illness. Born March 25 1912 in Scotch Bush New York she married Emil F Charipar May 23 1936 in Vinton. Survived by husband two sons James D of Chicago and Roger F of Iowa City two sisters O J Munsell Cedar Rapids and Carol Parliament Minneapolis two brothers Charles Farrell Cedar Rapids and James Holton Austin Minnesota. Memorial service Saturday at 1 30 at Janeba Kuba funeral home west by Rev William B Harnish. Burial Czech National. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 Thursday.
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Eleanor J. Charipar
Emil F. Charipar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Scotch Bush
N. Y
Vinton
James D
Chicago
Roger F
O. J. Munsell
Carol Parliament
Minneapolis
Charles Farrell
Cedar, Rapids
James Holton
Austin
Memorial Services for Trachta Tillie Brushchap
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday by the Rev. A. T. Washington for Trachta Tillie Brushchap. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Trachta
Tillie
Brushchapel
A. T. Washington
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ex Nazi Rosenbaum Sentenced for WWII Jewish Murders
Wilhelm Rosenbaum, 53, a former SS Elite Guard lieutenant, was found guilty of ordering the murder of 148 Jews in Poland during World War II and given a life term at hard labor.
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Hamburg
Germany
Wilhelm Rosenbaum
Poland
Put Your Finger On What You Need In Help Wanted Ads
A compact nondescript note urges readers to identify needs clearly and use want ads regularly to find services or items. The message emphasizes proactive search and consistent use of classified listings.
All-Iowa Fair Highlights Mayors and Country Music Day
The All-Iowa fair featured 18 attending mayors led by Tom Neenan and H A W Koch among others. Thursday showcased Country Music with Marty Robbins Roy Clark and Skeeter Davis performing in two grandstand shows at 2 and 8. Dairy contests and judging, rose and garden flower events, and a Twirlin Travelers Square Dancers appearance added to the day’s activities.
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Roy Clark
Skeeter Davis
Exhibition Hall
Travelers Square
Marion
Nixon Holds Lead In Gazette Poll At All Iowa Fair
Nixon maintains a strong edge in The Gazette straw poll at the All-Iowa fair with 190 votes to 139 for McCarthy and 59 for Humphrey on the voting machine test. The results cover four days and show party contests for senator governor and congressman to be announced next week.
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Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Gazette
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Senator McCarthy
Humphrey
U.S
Cedar Rapids-Marion
David Stanley
Muscatine
Dayton Countryman
Nevada
William Plymar
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Robert Nereim
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Tom Riley
Robert Beck
Centerville
Robert Ray
Donald Johnson
West Branch
Wieneke Pleads Innocent in Contributing Case
Michael J. Wieneke 18 of 509 Fifteenth Street SE pled in municipal court Thursday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Trial set for Oct 10. Authorities say he allegedly caused a Cedar Rapids girl to be immoral on Aug 3 and found marijuana on arrest. He also faced a narcotics act charge pleaded innocent to that day and is free on his own recognizance.
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Michael J. Wieneke
Fifteenth Street SE
Wieneke
Cedar Rapids
C R Man Sentenced On Assault Charge
Edward Lee aged 35 of 711 Tenth avenue SE received a 30 day suspended jail term on a charge of assault and battery. He was accused of striking Myrtle Perkins aged 52 of 612 Fifteenth avenue SE with a walking cane on July 27. Municipal Judge Clinton Shaeffer imposed the sentence.
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Edward Lee
Tenth Avenue SE
Myrtle Perkins
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Clinton Shaeffer
Hearing Set August 23 On Larceny Charge
Thomas Carney III, 20, of 1004 Regent Street NE, demanded a preliminary hearing in municipal court on a larceny charge. The hearing was set for Aug. 23. He was arrested Aug. 8 on a warrant for allegedly taking four tires and wheels valued at 260 dollars from a car owned by Russell Telecky of 352 Twenty third Street NW. Carney remained free on his own recognizance.
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Thomas Carney III
Regent Street
Carney
Russell Telecky
Twenty-third Street
Preliminary Hearings Demanded by 2 Men
Burrell T. Rupe, 20, of Walker, and Gary R. Stones, 20, of Marion, demanded preliminary hearings on larceny of a motor vehicle charge in municipal court. They allegedly stole a car from Kenneth F. Willman on August 6 and are held in Linn county jail in lieu of $2,000 bond each.
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Burrell T. Rupe
Walker
Gary R. Stones
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Kenneth F. Willman
Second Avenue SE
Linn County
Cookman Denies Assault Charge In Municipal Court
Jack Victor Cookman, 44, of 1721 Second Avenue SE, pled innocent to assault and battery. Trial in municipal court was set for Oct. 10. The charge stems from an alleged July 31 assault on Marvin J. O Connor.
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Jack Victor Cookman
Second Avenue SE
Cookman
Marvin J. O’connor
Palo Man Denies Assault and Battery
James A. Meek of route one Palo pleaded in No Contendere to assault and battery charges in municipal court. The trial was set for October 10. Meek was accused of assaulting his wife Betty in Cedar Rapids on August 4.
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Palo Man
Meek
Betty
Cedar Rapids
Man Forfeits Bond After No-Show In Cedar Rapids Court
Robert C. Miersen, 24, of Red Oak, forfeited a $110 bond after failing to appear in Cedar Rapids municipal court on a driving with license denied charge. He was arrested by Cedar Rapids police last Friday.
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Robert C. Miersen
Red Oak
Cedar Rapids
Ontario hunters fail to catch white whale near Port Nouvea t
Four Ontario hunters roaming off Port Noble near Quebec tried a week to net a mythical white whale named Moby Dick. Strong winds and heavy seas thwarted the effort leaving nets empty and the legend unresolved.
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Port Nouveat
Quebec
Que
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Author Denied Permission To Interview Ray
UPI reports novelist William Bradford Huie was authorized to ghostwrite the life of James Earl Ray. Judge W Preston Battle barred interviews with Ray in jail except by his attorney and Huie. Huie said Ray has written about 10 000 words and holds an exclusive contract with Ray and attorney Arthur Hanes.
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UPI
Wiliam Bradford Huie
Martin Luther King
Huie
Shelby County
Battle
Ray
Arthur Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Mamie Stover
Missisippi
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Andy Goodman
Philadelphia
Miss
Witwatersrand Students Stand Firm Over Lecturer Reinstatement
More than 2000 Witwatersrand University students occupied the administration building vowing to stay until a Negro lecturer is reinstated at Cape Town University. The protest followed the suspension of Archie Mafeje, triggered after government pressure over apartheid policies.
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South Africa
UPI
Witwatersrand University
Cape Town University
Council of
Cape Town University i
Archie Mafeje
Swedish charter line to run mercy flights to Biafra
Transair of Malmo ordered mercy flights to aid starving and besieged eastern Nigeria rebels. First flight may depart Friday afternoon with relief supplies. Pilot Count Carl Gustav von Rosen had earlier flown two unauthorized missions, dodging Nigerian anti aircraft fire from Sao Tome.
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UPI
Nigeria
Transair
Malmo
Carl Gustav von Rosen
von Rosen
Sao Tome
Bloomington marijuana cache includes manure mix plan
Police found four pounds of marijuana and three pounds of horse manure in a suitcase along with a recipe to dry and grind the manure to stretch the drug. The marijuana alone was worth about 1600 dollars, the mixed product about 2800 dollars on the Bloomington market.
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Bloomington, Ind
Bloomington
Local store reports children tampering with lollipops
A Milton Freewater food store notified police that several young children were seen taking lollipops and returning them after licking some. The incident prompted store management to review security and contact authorities.
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Milton-Freewater, Orc
Buy of a Lifetime via Want Ads
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Cuban Plane Stolen Lands in Florida After Interception
A Cuban-registered plane with ten adults a teenager and three children landed in Florida after fighter jets intercepted and escorted it from Cuban airspace. Authorities say Cuban aviation officials confirmed the craft had been stolen as immigration agents prepared to process the group for admission to the United States. Varadero lies about 60 miles east of Havana and roughly 200 miles south of Homestead.
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U.S
FAA
Havana
Varadero
Homestead
East Iowa Unit Urges $1 Million Open Housing Offering
Delegates at the East Iowa District of the Missouri Synod urged the national convention to authorize a one million dollar offering to promote open housing. The body also set guidelines for legislative support and endorsed district funding for the Lutheran Home Funding Society of Iowa with a proposed 1969 budget of $930,000. It backed continued altar and pulpit fellowship talks with the American Lutheran Church and require a two thirds district ratification of any fellowship decision within six months.
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Iowa
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
Synod
Town House
Board of Social Ministry
Lutheran Home Funding Society of Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Aeene
Ground Lost By McGovern In Own State
Pierre, South Dakota AP poll shows George McGovern's bid for the Democratic nomination losing ground in his home state. Delegates split 20 for McGovern, two for Hubert Humphrey, with one undecided and one uncommitted. Eugene McCarthy drew no first choice support. two slate members unreachable. McGovern led the slate as a July favorite son.
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Associated Press
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Gilligan denies labor funds cut off
Ohio Democratic U S Senate hopeful John J. Gilligan of Cincinnati says he knows of no foundation for a New York Times report that organized labor cut off campaign funds. He notes prior labor support in May and hopes for fall backing. Ohio AFL-CIO representatives would not comment.
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Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Cincinnati
U.S. Senate
New York Times
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Gilligan
Ohio Afl-Cio
Witnesses Describe Fatal Copter Crashes Near LA
Witnesses recount a tail rotor detaching before two helicopter crashes along the Anaheim to Los Angeles route. One crash occurred near Leaders Park south of downtown Los Angeles, while the May crash happened 25 miles apart near the Disney area. A National Transportation Safety Board team began site work as officials weighed mechanical failure or possible human factors.
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Los Angeles International Airport
Anaheim H Heirport
International Airport
Leaders Park
Los Angeles
Rosecrans Avenue
Dollar
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Kenneth Hahn
FBI
Wedesday
French H-Bomb Test Expected This Weekend
Authoritative sources say France will detonate its first hydrogen bomb this weekend at Muroros Atoll. A danger zone was declared as of midnight Friday and French research minister Robert Galley arrived in Tahiti to witness the blast.
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Tahiti
UPI
Muroros Atoll
Robert Galley
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