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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1972
Page
4
The forecast notes scattered showers or thunder showers northwest Saturday and south and west Sunday with continued heat and humidity. Daily highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s and lows in the 60s to 70s. City rainfall totals and barometer readings are listed, along with sunrise and sunset times. The page also reports numerous births, marriages, annullments, and a series of traffic penalties and public notices from various towns and churches.
Slen and Taege, Inc. in Cedar Rapids becomes first local firm to join police crime prevention by engraving buyers appliances with social security numbers. Customers may opt in. items marked aid recovery and deter theft. Window decals will warn burglars of secured belongings.
The deputy treasury secretary says a revised bill improves Nixon draft by tying aid to state poverty levels. Senate debate looms over annual appropriations versus a five year $34.8 billion plan, with a $1 billion per year welfare add on that masks a cutback. A June House version totals $29.8 billion plus a social services tweak.
Aldrich J. Poula 66 of 622 Twenty-first avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a sudden illness He was born January 13 1906 in Pipestone Minnesota married Agnes Cerp August 14 1946 in Cedar Rapids he worked at Cherry Burrell Co and was active in Sokol gymnastics Survived by wife and brother Charles Paul of Monterey Park California Services 1 30 p m Friday at Turner Chapel West burial Czech National Friends may call Turner West until 1 p m Friday Casket not opened after service Sarah M Miller 95 of Santa Maria California widow of Charles H Miller Cedar Rapids resident earlier Calvary Baptist church member Born September 17 1876 in Oakville married December 10 1894 in Oakville Died Monday Surviving daughter Mrs George Hanry Marion two sons Everett St Louis and Charles Sacramento nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Services 10 30 a m Friday in Chapel of Memories Rev Harry Egner Calvary Baptist Church burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call Cedar Memorial Funeral Home after noon Thursday and at the chapel after 9 a m Friday Casket will be closed at 10 a m Friday
Lucille V. Scheurs, 73, former Cedar Rapids resident, died Tuesday in Tucson after 20 years there. Widow of Walter Scheurs, she leaves two sons Walter and Charles, two daughters Orie Strait and Patricia Scheurs, two brothers Harold and Buster Kasner, a sister Neela Gray, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services pending at Palms funeral home in Tucson.
Infant Eric Joseph Henderson died at birth. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Dennis J Henderson Cedar Rapids and extended family including Rex Brady Onslow Evelyn Lansing and William D Henderson. Graveside services will be held at Linwood Cemetery at 9 a.m. Friday by Rev Gilbert M Field. Burial Linwood. Friends may call Turner Chapel West.
Memorial services listed for Kell Margaret Teahens and Minnie Ethel Turner with burial at Mt Calvary and Linwood. Willard Dart Kennedy Irvin John F and Rosary at Kuba funeral home with services at All Saints Catholic church and St John s burial at St John s. Military and Masonic rites referenced. cemetery and church locations noted. donations to All Saints building fund encouraged.
San Diego celebrates news that the Republican convention will not be held in the city. Mayor Pete Wilson proclaims August 20 as Americas finest city week, stressing locals can enjoy the city without the convention. A festival program includes a Kostelanetz conducted symphony, parade, golf, a fishing derby, and celebrity appearances. The ITT and Sheraton scandal prompted the move, amid Democratic links to a $400,000 donation and a Justice Department settlement.
Henry Kissinger arrived in Saigon for a broad review of Vietnam issues including Paris negotiations. He will confer with Thieu and others through Friday and report to Nixon before the Miami convention. Nixon also ordered another withdrawal round, targeting 39,000 U.S. troops after Sept 1.
Jones wins 200 new dock jobs in container firms while longshoremen push for the right to work and potential levies on non registered companies. The shift could deter truckers from loading containers as wages favor dock workers and concern grows over longterm industry prospects in London where worker numbers have fallen by 10,000 from 24,000 since the container revolution began.
The game featured Fischer in Queen's Gambit Declined and Spassky pressing with a strong queen position. Experts noted Fischer blunders on move 20 and Spassky's missed winning chance on move 27 before a mutual draw after 13 more moves.
Pocket guide lists essential emergency numbers for Cedar Rapids residents including police fire and medical services. Provides quick access contacts for home and travel needs and instructions to call 911 for life threatening situations.
Cedar Rapids street department workers Richard Armstrong and Richard Grapes were commended at a city council meeting for saving a 10-year-old boy buried in a tunnel. They dug him free, carried him to the surface, and helped clean sand from his mouth before taking him home.
Combatnow been listed as missing in aircraft losses in the 40 months since the Communists launched their offensive in South Viet nam, and nearly half of the missing men have been lost over North Vietnam. Another 72 Americans have been killed and 55 have been wounded in aircraft crashes during this period, the com mand said.
Administration sources say President Nixon will announce that 14 000 to 19 000 U S troops will be pulled from Vietnam soon leaving 20 000 to 25 000 still in country as a residual force until prisoners of war and missing in action are accounted for before the Republican National Convention trip to Florida.
City council filed plans for a 2.3 million Vinton ditch project with a public hearing set for September 13 at 9 am in the council chambers. Federal funding covers 895 thousand dollars while the city pays about 1.4 million, featuring an eight by eleven foot reinforced concrete box and a 72 inch pipe to resolve drainage at Havenue and Ellis boulevard NW and at K avenue and Second street NW, with completion expected in about one year.
McGovern accuses Nixon aides of wire tapping while urging 90 day plan to repeal wage and price controls. He spoke in Springfield after Ohio stops and a state fair appearance, linking the break-in to the President. Shriver campaigns in California with key fundraisers backing the effort.
Steven L. Reed, 18, of Marion, pleads innocent in Linn district court to robbery with aggravation for the Aug. 3 Little King restaurant holdup on Third Avenue SE. About $125 was stolen. Co-defendants Michael W. Jones, 21, and Marsha C. Johnson, 19, also charged. Reed’s trial set for Nov. 13.
The judge ordered the original plea of innocent reinstated and set aside the guilty plea. Counsel must contact the Johnson county presiding judge to assign the case for trial. Hollo, a University of Iowa writers workshop member, lacked full understanding of plea consequences.
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