Famed Comic Groucho Marx Dies at 86 in Los Angeles
Groucho Marx, famed for his leering grin and sharp wit, died Friday at 9:25 p.m. CDT at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center from pneumonia aged 86. He had been hospitalized two months with a respiratory ailment as his condition deteriorated. Present were Erin Fleming, his son Arthur Marx, grandson Andrew, and other relatives.
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Los Angeles
Groucho Marx
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Marx
Groucho
Miss Fleming
Associated Press
Ened
Larry Baum
Baum
Arthur
Andrew
Rabbi Frisky Not Ready for Pearly Gates
Mary Burke reports on Cedar Rapids Very Rev Canon Dominic A. Loferski of St. John's church receiving a testimonial dinner with 400 friends. The retiring priest will continue retirement at St. Mark's Anamosa, Iowa, and Bishop Walter C. Righter notes the move aids local services. The evening included limericks and humor about Loferski and his colorful nickname Frisky.
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R. L. Moehl
el Kahir
Longbranch
Cedar Rapids
Dominic A. Loferski
St. John’s Church
Frisky
Father Loferski
St. John’s
Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Anamosa
Walter C. Righter
Dominic
Gareth Clift
Father
Jack Watson
Godfrey
Vance and Chinese Talks On Human Rights In China Visit
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance plans to raise U.S. human rights policy during a Far East trip ending in Peking. The four day visit aims to gauge conditions for fuller relations, with a Tokyo layover and no expected breakthrough or urgency.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance
China
U.S
Peking
Vance
Far East
Tokyo
Shanghai
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Williams Protests but Receives Life Term for 1968 Slaying
Anthony Erthel Williams, 33, was sentenced to life in Iowa state prison for first degree murder in the December 24 1968 slaying of 10 year old Pamela Powers of Urbandale. He maintained innocence and sanity, denouncing the judicial process as biased while his attorneys argued he was not the killer.
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Des Moines
Anthony Erthel Williams
Williams
James Donato
Iowa State Penitentiary
Linn County
Linn County District Court
Pamela Powers
Urbandale
Iowa
Powers
Rodney
Blink
Patricia Veach
Veach
U.S. Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Mourning dove season survives uncertainty after ruling
Iowa conservation commission will not salvage the dove hunting season this fall after Polk County Judge James Donato ruled the attempt to set Sept 3 to 25 was invalid for bypassing proper procedures. Officials say appeals are pointless due to time. supreme court would be unlikely to decide in time.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Polk County
James Donato
Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
Mark McCormick
Burlington
Feds
Link
Supreme Court
CIA suspects Israel of diverted bomb material
CIA investigators say circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that U S nuclear bomb making material was diverted to Israel, though they cannot prove it in court. A congressional source cites deductive analysis of relations and activities linking a Pennsylvania firm to the material. The Israeli government denies knowledge of any diversion. House investigators seek to determine if diversion occurred and to whom.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Israel
CIA
Pennsylvania
House
Autumn Open Houses at Marion Ellis Central YMCAs
The Marion Ellis and Central YMCAs announce open houses next week as a preview to the autumn schedule. Activities cater to all ages and promote upcoming programs at the three locations.
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Marion, Ellis and Central
Iowa City scientists await Voyager I check in
A phone call today will inform University of Iowa physicists whether their electronic equipment for Voyager I is functioning. Voyager I is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral at 9 40 am Iowa time for a mission to Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and beyond. Flight controllers will power the radio and plasma wave detectors built in U of I labs several hours after launch.
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Iowa City
UPD
University of Iowa
Jupiter
Cape Canaveral
Iowa
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Solar System
U. of I. Labs
Weather Outlook: Partly Sunny Warm With Clouding
Partly sunny and warmer today with highs in the upper 70s. Tonight and Sunday mainly cloudy with overnight lows in the upper 50s and Sunday highs in the low 70s.
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Pearly Gates
Mary Burke Gazette
Chicagua
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