August notices and obituaries from Iowa town columns
The column lists August personal notices and funeral services across multiple towns. It includes births announced for families in several locations, and obituaries or memorial service details for residents such as William Newton, Susie Polka, Anna Tesar, Anna Harris, George Black, Fay Letts, Mabel Keyes, Carl Howick, Verder Schultz, Elizabeth Adrian, Minnie Sage, Solomon Manley. Services are scheduled across churches and crematories with dates, times, and burial places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
William S. Newton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lamont
Kruessel - Fawcett Funeral Home
Belle Plaine
Susie J. Polka
Hrabak’s
Rector Cemetery
Chelsea
Anna Tesar
St. Joseph’s Church
Hrabak
Columbus Junction
Anna Lee Harris
Muscatine
Stacy Lewis
Indian Creek
Hazleton
Sally
Michael
Charles
Lori
Lynn
Mary Latham
Sharon Greathead
Methodist Church
Brant
Nixon Margin Increases in Gazette Poll at All-Iowa Fair
The Gazette straw poll at the All-Iowa fair shows Nixon widening his lead over McCarthy and Humphrey. Humphrey edged McCarthy in one day of polling, with Wallace and McGovern still receiving write-ins and others earning some votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Gazette
Humphrey
McCarthy
George Wallace
George McGovern
Pat Paulson
Nixon
Wallace
McGovern
U.S
CARE Named Ramon Magsaysay Award Recipient
Manila UPI report says CARE the American relief agency was chosen Saturday to receive the 1968 Ramon Magsaysay award for international understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Upi
American Relief Agency
CARE
Ramon Magsaysay
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscriptions and History Highlighted
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883 by The Cassie Co, details subscription rates for carrier and mail editions, including weekly and monthly prices for local and regional readers. It notes editorial ties to The Associated Press for local news and AP content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cassie Co
Ave
Lowe
Cedarapids
Iowa
Moon
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Paris Pet Shop Robbery Loot Includes Unusual Animals
In Paris a pet shop was robbed of 28 birds four monkeys a python and four pea constrictors. The shopkeeper reported the raid as perilous with potentially deadly animals involved.
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Paris
Anderson in Critical Condition After Accident
David Anderson, 28, of 1322 Third Street SW, remained in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a shotgun accidentally discharged into his abdomen Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson
Third Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Anderson
Humphrey Praises Johnson While Pressing Urban Aid
Vice president Humphrey called for peace talks and a negotiated Vietnam settlement as key to freeing funds for urban relief. He urged revising housing programs and warned against relying on public funds alone, citing the need to strengthen international ties and deter a new arms race. The piece notes his praise of Johnson and hints at campaign dynamics with Nixon and McCarthy. It also reports the death of Mrs. Gregg Scott in Iowa City and her Scotland origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nedy
Humphrey
Congress
H.U.D
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Johnson
Nixon
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Paris
South Vietnam
McCarthy
Gregg Scott
Palo
Iowa City
Cambuslang
Scotland
Gregg C. Scott
Glasgow
Kirk C. Scott
Robert C. Kirkwood
Peter Kirkwood
Euxton Lancashire
England
Scott
Presbyterian Church
Turner Mortuary West
Infant Son of Cedar Rapids Couple Dies at Birth
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Lynn Ray of rural Cedar Rapids died at birth. Survivors include the parents two sisters Kathy and Vickie three brothers David Tommy and Ronnie and one grandparent Mabel Webster of Cedar Rapids. Private cremation committal was held at Beatty Bearle funeral home Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Lynn Ray
Cedar Rapids
Kathy
Vickie
David
Tommy
Ronnie
Mabel Webster
Beatty-Bearle
Memorial service for Benjamin F. Schneider at Turner Chapel
The service is set for 1 30 p m Monday at Turner Chapel with Rev Paul W Somerville officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Memorial services set for Earl J Logan Tuesday
Memorial services for Earl J Logan of 2201 Ridgeway drive SE will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Turner Chapel East with the Rev John Meyer. Graveside rites follow at 12:30 p.m. at Fairmont Cemetery in Davenport. Mr Logan died Friday in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Logan
Ridgeway Drive
Turner Chapel
John Meyer
Fairmont Cemetery
Davenport
Logan
Iowa City
It Takes a Minute to Get the Buy of a Lifetime
A brief classified item touts rapid success with want ads claiming fast access to a lifetime bargain.
Painter Custody Case Heads Back to Court
In San Francisco the custody battle over 10 year old Mark Painter resumes with a scheduled August 28 hearing to decide permanent custody. Harold Painter seeks return of his son from Iowa where the Bannisters hold permanent custody since a 1966 Iowa Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Mark Painter
Santa Cruz
Robert Treuhart
Mark
Harold Painter
Brookdale
Calif
Dwight Bannister
Ames
Iowa
California
Painter
Bannisters
Camp Good Health Memorials and 1968 Budget Notes
Fragmentary items list memorial donations for A. A. Miner sr Joseph M. Long Richard Burt Marion Laura Maude Carr Evelyn Huffman and a note on a 1968 budget with amounts 20.00 and 18.00. The text appears as a mixed slate of in memory dedications and financial planning notes from a community page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Miner, Sr
Joseph M. Long
Richard Burt
Marion
Laura Maude Carr
R. E. Mellen
Evelyn Huffman
Long
Eeebhuy Chaee
lYet
Waterloo disturbance leaves man injured in East Fourth street shooting
A man was wounded on East Fourth Street in Waterloo in a shooting unclear to investigators. An unidentified woman was struck by a thrown rock. Police attempted to keep white residents out of a 20 block area where the disturbance centered. A juvenile was arrested for creating a disturbance. The first disturbance occurred around 10 15 PM.
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East Fourth Street
All Iowa fair winners listed in blue ribbon results
Saturday night events at the All Iowa fair feature champions in rodeo and craft contests. Notable winners include Shorty Corweiler and Paul Mayo with top bareback and saddle bronc points, Barb Bell and Wendy Potter in barrel racing, Calf Roping Tony Bulman and Bulldogging Bill Campidilli, plus blue ribbons in artificial flower competitions awarded to Mrs. R M Truesdell and others. Chloris II Garden club earned four blue ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Bulman
Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Mel Potter
Tucson
Ariz
Bill Campidilli
Perry
Paul Mayo
Grinnell
Bob Mayo
R. M. Truesdell
Route Three
Milton Hickey
Avenue NE
Charles Rohlena
Route Two
Fred Thompson
Rollin Shover
Rowley
Chloris II Garden Club
Viet Nam Battle Near Hue Fla ves Through Mortar Barrage
In a third attack, communist forces fired 130 rounds of 60 mm and 82 mm mortar fire on a small district about four miles southeast of Hue. They followed with B40 rocket fire. A South Vietnamese company repelled the assault but three soldiers and five civilians were killed or wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
Car and truck collision injures Cedar Rapids man
Louis W. Jonas, 72, of 716 Ninth Avenue SW, was hospitalized for observation after a collision in the 1000 block of Sixth Street SW. He drove one car while Dale E. Akins, 1307 Twentieth Avenue SW, drove the second car. Leo W. Lewis, 622 Third Avenue SW, drove the pickup truck and was charged with following too closely. The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W. Jonas
Ninth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Jonas
Dale E. Akins
Twentieth Avenue
Leo W. Lewis
Third Avenue
Lewis
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Doral
Doc" Latham
Mary
Lynn Latham
Daily Record
C.R. Weather
Pere Jeery
Gazette Station
Thomas E. Carney III
Thirty - Third Street
William C. Stallman
Fairfax
Patrick J. Smith
Jonathan R. White
Old Marion Road
Gerald G. Neal
Eighth Avenue SE
David C. Hoopes
Washington Avenue SE
St. Luke's
Donald Moore
Twentyfirst Street
Charles Anema
Hiawatha
James Turner
Linnview Drive
Kenneth Paulsen
Birchwood Drive
Brian Kramer
Urbana
David Hoppe
Johnson Avenue
Atlanta Ismarck
Ng N. Or
Hicago
New
Moines de Phoenix Ae
Fiatinston
Weather Bureau
Tennessee Valley
Rockies
Great Plains
Gulf Coast Region
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Tom Merryman
Doral Latham
Hazleton Methodist Church
President Johnson
Mrs
5Th Ave
Ray Infant
Pierson
Novak Monument CO. Fine Memo
14Th Ave
Waterloo
Shorty Corweiler
Hamlin, Minn
John Edwards
Red Lodge
Mont
Butch Stein
Rochester
Minn
Roger Gunnison
Sparta
Mich
Wendy Potter
Barb Bell
Tomah
Wis
Gary Leffen
Santa Maria
Rochester, Minn
C.R. Man
Traveger
Kinsey Memorial
Toman
Center Point Rd
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