Bonnie Beach Found Safe After Cedar Rapids Search
Bonnie Beach 17 who vanished prompted a Cedar Rapids police search was located Sunday in Los Angeles. Detectives say she was apprehended by Los Angeles probation officers and is held in the Los Angeles county juvenile home. The search began after her coat bore a death note pinned by two girls at the F avenue bridge early Saturday. Firemen scanned the Cedar River and used a rescue boat near the F avenue dam. A couple telephoned to report buying the girl airline tickets as a favor. Her stepfather Paula Spartz of Marion said she had access to about 200 dollars. She had lived with a foster parent Margaret Jones.
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Bonnie Beach
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Miss Beach
F Avenue Bridge
Cedar River
F Avenue
Ani
Paula Spartz
Fifteenth Avenue
Marion
Bonnie
Margaret Jones
Holly Avenue NW
U S and Vietnamese forces clash in heavy fighting near Quang Ngai
In the northern First Corps area Task Force Oregon troops killed 87 Communist fighters in Quang Ngai province amid close quarter combat along coastal flats. Four Vietnamese civilians died and another was wounded when a twin engine plane crashed near Tam Ky as USAID workers and an American pilot were aboard.
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Oregon
Quang Ngai
U.S. Fourth Infantry Division
U.S
Tam Ky
Saigon
U.S. Agency For International Development
Cedar Rapids Realtors to host educational conference
Three realtors will lead an educational conference for the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors at 8:30 am Wednesday in the Montrose hotel. George R. Etzel speaks on listing forms, Don Kuhn covers offer and acceptance, with Dean Wagner moderating. First year members must attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Bosh to Run for Cedar Rapids Mayor
Cedar Rapids safety commissioner Frank A. Bosh 44 announced his candidacy for mayor this fall. He will push continuing major projects and prudent use of tax dollars while avoiding promises to cut taxes. Filing deadline is Oct 10. Bosh, a LaGrange Illinois native, Coe College 1947 graduate and World War II veteran, lives at 1659 Eleventh Street NW with his wife and four daughters.
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Cedar Rapids
Bosh
Bush
Bob Johnson
Patrick Casey
Avenue
la Grange
Coe College
Lee
Eleventh Street
Commission to probe OUT OUR WAY complaints in IA areas
The governor announced a commission will investigate OUT OUR WAY complaints with a report noting discriminatory practices by employers in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Davenport. He added other areas should be covered in later reports.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Davenport
Trial Starts for Man Possessing Unregistered Gun
A Hardin county man Roy D. Sizemore 22 of Lawn Hill plea innocence in Cedar Rapids federal court after indictment by a Sioux City grand jury for possessing a sawed off .12 gauge double barrel shotgun without registration. The gun found in his car after a June 3 accident near Town Falls. Judge and jury details noted, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Turner prosecuting.
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Hardin County
Cedar Rapids
Roy D. Sizemore
Lawn Hill
Sioux City
Sizemore
Town Falls
Discrimination in Iowa Hiring Reported by Governor
Gov. Darold Hughes released a report from the Iowa Employment Security Commission showing discriminatory hiring practices in Iowa. The document cites bias against Negroes and women by officials and employers, with steps and recommendations to curb these abuses. specifics will be redacted before public release to allow defendants a chance to respond.
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Des Moines
Darold Hughes
Iowa Hospital
Ely
Mercy Hospital
Hughes
Focal Employment Agencies
Injunction and Bankruptcy Petitions In Local Zoning Case
Several individuals filed bankruptcy petitions tied to a neighborhood shopping center project in Cider Rapids. The case involves a rezoning ordinance under city zoning rules, with residents and a machine shop operator supporting the measure and challenging aspects of the enactment. Debts range from about 3 286 to 37 845 with assets below 18 000.
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Ae Geerer
Cider Rapids
Federal Court
Jackie D
Glenda J
Rolison
1620 Park Towne
Place NE
Helper
Parks Assembly
Donald Gardner
Ivan E. Pilcher
1 Street NW
Thelin
Pilcher
Clifford J. Barnett
Hampton
Barnett
Robert D. Fadness
Johnson honors Iowa Marine with Medal of Honor
President Johnson awarded the Medal of Honor to Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jimmie E Howard for extraordinary courage in Vietnam at a White House ceremony. Howard, a Burlington, Iowa native, thanked his fellow platoon members as 12 of 18 attackers survived and others earned Navy Cross or Silver Star.
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Johnson Monday
Vietnam
Jimmie E Howard
White House
Johnson
Pentagon
U.S
China
Howard
Burlington
Iowa
San Diego
Marine awarded Medal of Honor for Vietnam heroism
Johnson cited Howard's towering valor as emblematic of American Marines. Howard becomes the sixth Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in Vietnam.
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Johnson
Howard
America
Marine
Vietnam
Former Waterloo Man Pleads Innocent in Bankruptcy Case
Emerson G. Moyer, 52, now of Tucson Arizona, pleaded not guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to five counts alleging knowingly fraudulent transfers and concealment of assets during bankruptcy filed August 27 1963. The indictment cites concealing more than 1900 in household goods and false statements to the court. Trial set for October 9 amid U.S. attorney staff resignations and internal office turmoil.
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Waterloo
Emerson G. Moyer
Cedar Rapids
Moyer
Tucson
Ariz
Sioux City
John H. Mitchell
Cedar Rapids Public Schools Announce Registration Times
The Cedar Rapids school system lists registration for new and transferring students. High school sessions run 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at all three high schools. Elementary and junior high transfer registrations occur at neighborhood schools during regular hours. Orientations: 7th graders Wednesday August 30 at 7:30 p.m. at junior highs. 10th graders at Washington and Jefferson high schools Friday September 1 at 1:30 p.m.. Kennedy High School orientation on September 5 at 8:20 a.m. in the gym.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington and Jefferson High
Kennedy High School
Pleads Guilty to Transporting Car Across State Lines
Douglas D. Glass a 20 year old from Greene pled guilty in federal court to transporting a stolen 1957 car from LeRoy Minnesota to Floyd in March. He was indicted August 9 in Sioux City. Sentencing was postponed while probation investigates his background.
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Greene
Glass
Sioux City
LeRoy
Minn
Floyd
Edward J. McManus
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