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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1972
Page
4
The page lists weather data for Saturday with highs around 94 and 89, barometer 30.06 and calm winds, plus August totals and year-ago comparisons. It also records numerous funeral notices and births across towns including Cedar Rapids Iowa City Manchester and Williamsburg with service times and addresses.
Agnes Griffin reports her billfold containing cash and cards valued at 50 stolen Saturday from a back room at Tastee Freez 85 Sixteenth Ave SW. Nancy Clements of Iowa City reports a 26 billfold and a watch stolen while she slept in a friend’s car at Sixteenth Ave SW and B Street SW. Rotary Club notes Ron Lapp, Woodward State School worker, returns from a Rotary fellowship in Singapore and will speak Monday at Montrose at noon.
Three cabins along the Wapsipinicon river two miles east of Walker were burglarized over three days. David F. Williams of Hiawatha reported a break in with nothing stolen. An attempted entry occurred at Willis C. Brandt’s cabin in Cedar Rapids area, and Mildred Boom’s home at 1811 Grande avenue SE was entered with food taken.
Jerry A. Brejcha, 25, of 531 Wilson Avenue SW, and passenger Dennis D. Kemp were arrested by Linn sheriff's deputies Saturday on drunken driving and intoxication charges after Brejcha was clocked at 91 mph in a 70 mph zone on Highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids. Both were held in Linn county jail pending arraignment before Justice Glenn Powers.
Mrs J M Franks 83 of 414 Fourteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness She was born May 23 1889 in Elgin Illinois She had lived in Cedar Rapids 50 years Services 1030 a m Monday Chapel of Memories with Rev James H Riegel Entombment Cedar Memorial Mausoleum Friends may call at Cedar Memorial funeral home after 1 p m Sunday and at the chapel after 9 a m Monday Casket will not be opened after the service
Julie Havran 86 of 1111 19th Avenue S W widow of Louis Havran died Friday. Born April 8 1886 in Czechoslovakia she came to the United States at 26. Survived by son Leo Cedar Rapids five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services at Brush chapel 10:30 a.m. Monday Rev A T Washington burial Czech National. Friends may call Sunday.
Emma Victorine formerly of 1041 G avenue NW died at a local nursing home Saturday afternoon after a long illness. She was born in Czechoslovakia and lived in Cedar Rapids since 1915. Survivors include sister Mrs. Bessie L. Emery of Cedar Rapids. Memorial service Monday at 1:30 p.m. Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West with Rev. J. Richard Wagner. Burial at Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Michael Sherwin aged 20 of 2920 First Avenue NE was arrested by Iowa highway patrolmen on a larceny of a motor vehicle charge. He allegedly stole a car owned by Gene Todd on 25th Street SE while parked on First Avenue East. The vehicle was reported missing at 2 p.m. Saturday. Sherwin was stopped on Interstate 80 near Davenport and held pending transfer to the city jail.
Dwayne Ampey 36 of 329% Ninth Avenue SE was freed on his own recognizance on a federal charge and on 10000 bond awaiting sentencing on a state heroin possession conviction. A Linn County jury found him guilty of possession with intent to sell heroin and ordered a pre sentence investigation. A Friday night federal charge alleged he stated to officials at the courthouse he would hijack a plane if convicted. A bond hearing Friday and Saturday resulted in release on his own recognizance pending trial.
Walter T Okerlund Mary Nemer and Belle W Franks are listed with funeral times and burial sites. Okerlund burial at Anderson cemetery near Swisher after 10:30 a.m. service at Turner Chapel east. Nemer service at Kuba funeral home east then St John Eastern Orthodox church burial at St George cemetery. Franks service at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with burial in Cedar Memorial mausoleum.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail including night and Sunday editions and U.S. territories. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
South Vietnamese forces prepare a counteroffensive as regimental HQ at Ross abandons the base for unknown reasons. Early field reports cite 22 South Vietnamese killed and 130 wounded at Ross, with 159 North Vietnamese killed, 119 inside the base perimeter. Two 130mm guns destroyed or damaged by U S and South Vietnamese air and ground action near Hiep Duc. No casualty figures given for Que Son district. Some American advisers present with no casualties reported.
Des Moines Iowa State Fair featured 17 year old Roger Boatman of Waterloo earning grand champion market beef steer with a 1055 pound Hereford after selecting the animal in Sioux Falls South Dakota last December. His steer named Big Red gained 2.29 pounds daily on the 80 acre farm. Boatman also placed reserve grand champion market hog with a 218 pound Chester White Hampshire crossbred barrow.
Mrs Lawrence Ash 64 of Edgewood died Friday in a Manchester hospital after a long illness. She was active in the Pythian Sisters Grange and WSCS. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Richard Barker Marion son Larry Edgewood eight grandchildren three sisters five brothers. Services Monday 1:30 p.m. United Methodist church Appleton's funeral home.
Richard C. Andrews 21, of Center Point, died Saturday from injuries after a traffic crash north of Hiawatha just after midnight Friday. An Ennis Construction Co. employee, he is survived by parents, one brother, three sisters, grandmother and great grandmother. Memorial services are pending at Turner Chapel west. friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services are planned for Joan Hammel 15 of Lansing who died in a one car crash near here. The service will be Monday at 10 30 a m at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Gethsemene Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday after 2 p m at Burke Funeral Home with a wake Sunday at 8 p m. Surviving are her parents two brothers five sisters and two grandmothers among others.
Delegates at the Republican convention in Miami Beach finalize a Nixon Agnew ticket amid talks of conservative dominance disputes with liberal moderates over delegation formulas. Ford predicts coattail effects could aid a November landslide while a protesting group demonstrates nearby in Flamingo Park.
Willard J. Clary of 383 Grand Avenue Marion was arrested by Linn County sheriff's deputies on warrants for uttering a false $15 check and possession of marijuana. He faced bonds of $25 on the check and $5,000 on the drug charge, held in Linn County jail.
Tom R Hill aged 24 of 203 L avenue NW faces a charge of failing to yield the right of way after a truck motorcycle collision at Ellis Boulevard and L Avenue NW. Richard D Raymon 27 of 2142 Blake Boulevard SE sustained injuries to his right leg and was treated at St Luke's hospital.
Eighteen unidentified foreigners from Communist China Singapore Malaysia Taiwan and Saudi Arabia are imprisoned in Jakarta for more than ten years for illegal entry into Indonesia the Immigration Office said Sunday.
Sheriff recounts noises from Vickers cell as he opened the door. McCall says Vickers charged, trustees restrained him, a scuffle followed, and he played a restraining role by stepping on an arm and delivering strikes to the back of the neck while Vickers struggled and snorted.
The ICF would not sue Bobby Fischer or attach his prize money, while a promise to defend any suits came from a law firm without costs. The federation declined to deposit $46,875 of the prize at the U.S. embassy. Gudmundur Thorarinsson, IDF president, was unavailable for comment as Cramer and William Lombardy acted as agents for the challenger to handle suit papers during the match.
Laverne P Grauerholtz age 25 of Vinton died Friday morning at University Hospitals Iowa City after a long illness. Born Aug 8 1947 in Iowa City he attended Vinton Community schools. Survived by adoptive mother Mrs Jack Grauerholtz of Vinton father Frank Szynanski Cedar Rapids mother Iva Jean Noggle Cedar Rapids siblings plus grandmother Mrs Frank Burgess Vinton Services Monday 1:30 pm at White Funeral Home Vinton. Burial Kissing Cemetery Urbana.
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