Manon News Soldier Injured in Vietnam From Sills Family
Sills reports a broken toe while serving in South Vietnam as mortar fire struck a Dong Tam hospital. The Old Reliable notes a July 23 24 Viet Cong attack on the 3rd Surgical hospital in Dong Tam, with light casualties and rapid return to operation. Sills unit evacuated ill patients to Long Binh under fire. no fatality. Other items: Friday fish fry, cabbage peppers onions. Baptist sermon No Parking by Rev Gary Kimm. old settlers brochure 25c. back to school ads.
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Don Sills
Neil Sills
Fourth Avenue
South Vietnam
Sills
Dong Tam
44Th Medical Brigade
Long Binh
Bats Shot By Marion Officers After Rabies Bite
Marion police shot five bats in the Twelfth street and Tenth avenue area using shotguns and spotlights. A bat that bit Timmy Horn, 3, was captured and tested rabid. Police report no rabies results yet and plan for more hunting.
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Marion
Street
Tenth Avenue
Timmy Horn
Bernard Horns
Twelfth Street
Leighton W. Ford
Iowa City
Rites Saturday for Edward Lochner 72
Edward H. Lochner 72 of 289 Fourteenth Street Marion died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born April 10 1895 in Oxford Junction he married Blanch Tudeen at Marion June 30 1915. He moved to Marion in 1911 worked 37 years for Quaker Oats retiring 1960. Survived by wife two sons two daughters 11 grandchildren six great grandchildren a brother and two sisters. Services Saturday 1 30 p.m. at Murdoch chapel burial Cedar Memorial. Memorials to First Baptist church.
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Edward H. Lochner
Fourteenth Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Blanch Tudeen
Lochner
Quaker Oats Co
First Baptist Church
Lyle E
Frank H
Austin
Minn
Virgil Bowser
Springville
Frank
William Ross
Louie Lochner
Detroit
Millie Coon
John Lexia
Savanna
Murdoch Chapel
Lawrence B. Sprankle
Charles Moore
Cedar Memorial
First Baptist ‘Church Memorial Fund
U.S. measles eradication plan shows encouraging results
A report from the Public Health Service’s Communicable Disease Center notes a drop in measles cases from 186,980 through Aug 12 last year to 56,846 in the same period this year. Dr. William H. Stewart highlights the four week period July 16 to Aug 12 with fewer cases, crediting immunization and cooperation of hospitals, doctors, and schools.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Public Health Service
William H. Stewart
U.S
Newark Board Denies OEO Suspension Request
Newark trustees of United’s Community Corp. rejected an Office of Economic Opportunity demand to suspend Willie Wright for urging Negroes to arm themselves in self defense. The board also backed a proposal to seek amnesty for more than 1,400 arrested during last month’s Newark riots.
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Newark
Office of Economic Opportunity
United’ S Community Corp
OEO
UCC
Willie Wright
Community Corporation
Nashville activists refuse eviction at park Liberation school
In Nashville, 29 black youths gathered for a session of the Liberation school despite Park Superintendent Frank Pickens efforts to remove them. Fred Brooks, 20, the school director, declared they would stay, then led a history lesson on Marcus Garvey as part of the anti poverty project sparked scrutiny in Senate testimony. In Paris, Melinda Marx fiance Jacques Guitinias announced plans for a mid September wedding in the Paris area after returning from Israel where they met on a collective farm.
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Liberation School
Miss Marx
Paris
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Frank Pickens
Fred Brooks
Newsmen
Marcus Garvey
Brooks
Malcolm X
Garvey
Senate
Melinda Marx
Groucho Marx
Melinda
Jacques Guitinias
Saint-Denis
Israel
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Manon News
Gary Kimm
Kimm
Antrim
N.H
Arnold Kimm
Ray Hawkins
Twelfth Avenue
Barbara Hawkins
Linn County
Old Settlers
Lagerquists
Irwin
Peter F. Crivaro
Sele
General Real Estate Co
Edward Lochner
Bay House
Nevin A. Roberts
West Branch
Adv
Hawkeye
TORO
Hawkeye Seed Toro
Oeta Company
First St
Heabel
Center Point Road
Scotts
Herbel
Awasted Retail
Marion Cashway
Rotary
Asad III
Windsor
Esther Green Thumb
Hardware & Garden Center
Mt. Vernon Rd
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