Weather and obituaries amid August notes and forecasts
Friday temperatures across major cities show mixed highs and lows with scattered precipitation. Friday records include Chicago 86, New York 86 with 0.05 inch, Detroit 74, Seattle 66 with 0.06, Denver 83, Miami 92. Forecast calls for cloudy Saturday night, cooler southeast, diminishing clouds Sunday, then mostly sunny Monday. Out-of-town births list multiple Iowa locations and funeral notices detail services for residents in Cedar Rapids, West Branch, Brandon, Campbell, Waukon, Oxford Junction, Oelwein, Independence, Iowa City, Colu mbus Junction, Olin.
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Bismarck
Min’apolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Detroit
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Wee
Miami
Seattle
Homestead
Caroline Shoup
Louis Clemens
West Branch
Alfred F. Anderson
Methodist
Barker's
Brandon
Jacob George Truax
Church of Christ
Campbell’s
Vinton
Waukon
J. B. Reed
Burke’s
Lansing
Oxford Junction
Emil Hansen
Marshalltown
Manchester
Olive E. Addleman
Gill
False Alarm and Fire Reports Listed at Multiple Locations
A false alarm was reported at 1538 First Avenue NE on Friday at 1 15 p m. A short in a TV set caused a report at 2503 Indiana Street SW on Friday at 7 59 p m. A backfire through a car carburetor occurred at First Avenue and Park Court SE on Friday at 10 25 p m.
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First Avenue NE
Indiana Street
First Avenue
Park Court SE
Father Admits Allowing Daughters Curfew Violations
Clifford Mulholland of Cedar Rapids received a 30 day suspended sentence in municipal court after pleading guilty to letting his two teenage daughters violate the city curfew. Charged Tuesday, he had prior warnings after violations since April 28. Judge Howard McLaughlin suspended the sentence on good behavior and $3.65 costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifford Mulholland
Fifth Street
Howard McLaughlin
Traffic court fines and suspensions list with multiple names
A sequence of traffic and related offenses with defendants named by address or city, each ordered to pay fines and costs. Included are speeding, faulty equipment, excessive noise, unsafe backing, loss of control, curfew violations, disobeying signals, resisting an officer, reckless driving, bad checks, drunkenness, and related sentences or suspensions affecting numerous individuals.
12 000 Plan Counter March on Washington
Charlottesville Virginia AP reports 12 000 plan counter demonstration for the August 28 civil rights march in Washington. George Lincoln Rockwell head of the American Nazi party says counter demonstrators will mass at the Washington Monument early Aug 28. He does not disclose next moves. Rockwell calls the civil rights march the first public safety item of the Soviet revolution in this country.
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Charlottesville
Washington
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Charlottesville Recreation Center
Rockwell
Washington Monument
Israeli Syrians Agree to Truce
UN Secretary General Thant urged Israel and Syria to exercise caution to honor a cease fire agreed by U N observers in Palestine. The Security Council awaits a on the spot report by Lt Gen Odd Bull and the two sides will resume debate Tuesday after studying the charges each side filed.
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United Nations, N.Y
A. Thant
Israel
Syria
U.N
Palestine
Thant
Security Council
Odd Bull
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Suspended Sentences Are Given to Woman
A Davenport woman Rosalie A. Heiken formerly of Cedar Rapids received two 30 day suspended jail terms in municipal court for passing two bad checks. One check for 12 dollars dated January 26 and a second for 20 dollars on May 6. She was ordered to make full restitution pay 14.83 dollars court costs and maintain good behavior.
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Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Rosalie A. Heiken
Howard McLaughlin
Palo Man 21 Jailed on Two Sentences
A 21 year old Palo man pleaded guilty to drunkenness and resisting arrest after a Friday incident at Ellis Park. Donald L. Bruce received 15 days for drunkenness and 30 for resisting, with both sentences to be served concurrently in municipal court.
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Palo
Donald L. Bruce
Ellis Park
Rock Island Protest Over North Western Stock Move
Washington AP North Western plans to acquire Rock Island stock and seek control draw ICC concerns. Rock Island protests say the move could block its merger with Union Pacific and tilt traffic in Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota. North Western counters profits would benefit Rock Island and aims for eventual merger.
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Washington
Rock Island Railroad
North Western
Rock Island Stock Control
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Union Pacific
ICC
Commission
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Chicago
North Western Control
U.P
700 Mile Bike Trip by Family Ends in Osawatomie
Five members of the John J. Bederman family completed a 700 mile bicycle trek from Bellaire Texas to Osawatomie Kansas in 12 days. Be derman a Houston draftsman Patricia and children April John and Gretchen, all riding, joined the journey while Paul remained in Bellaire with a broken leg from a July bicycle collision. They plan to ride to Kansas City then take a train home. April rode a rumble seat on the father's bike and can pedal up to 10 miles on her own.
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Osawatomie
Kan
John J. Bederman
Bellaire
Texas
Bederman
Houston
Patricia
April
John
Gretchen
Paul
Kansas City
Robert Laird, Quaker Official, Dies at 75
Robert Stuart Laird 75 retired vice president of Quaker Oats died Friday after a brief illness. He joined Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids in 1908 and moved to Chicago in 1913. Laird rose to vice president of manufacturing in 1929 and later led production before his 1947 retirement.
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Chicago
Robert Stuart Laird
Quaker Oats Co
Laird
Cedar Rapids
Rain causes power outage and state rainfall totals
A power failure cut WMT from 5:35 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. and delayed KCRG until 6:55 a.m. Harold Bern of Iowa Electric Light and Power cited a burning conductor as the cause, affecting Marion and Linn county areas. statewide rainfall peaked at 2.55 inches in Dubuque, with Lamont 1.82 and other cities recording lighter amounts before cooler air lowered Sunday temperatures to the 60s and low 70s.
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KCRG
Harold Bern
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Marion
Linn County
Springville
Dubuque
Lamont
Burlington
Davenport
Ottumwa
Spencer
Reckless Driver Loses License and Fines Issued
An 18 year old Cedar Rapids youth charged with reckless driving received a 30 day suspended jail sentence and was ordered to surrender his driver s license. Bruce E Ray 1637 E av enue NE also was fined $10 for faulty equipment dated July 30 and for backing in an unsafe manner Aug 22. Police said Ray lost control near First Avenue and Twenty seventh Street SE at about 7 40 Friday night while attempting to beat a red light.
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Cedar Rapids
Bruce E. Ray
E Avenue NE
Howard McLaughlin
Ray
First Avenue
Twentyseventh Street
NFO Protest Draws About 200 At St. Joseph Stockyards
In St. Joseph Missouri the National Farmers Organization staged a Friday demonstration at the stockyards with about 200 participants. Protest signs urged prices to be set by the NFO rather than processors and called for changes in livestock pricing.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
National Farmers Organization
St. Joseph
NFO
Workers Walkout at Dubuque Tractor Plant
In Dubuque, production halted at John Deere Dubuque Tractor Co as about 1,500 workers on the day shift walked off at noon Friday in protest of disciplinary actions over time slip errors. The night shift failed to report and the day shift did not return Saturday morning, with Local 94 UAW president Michael Klein saying the walkout was worker-initiated rather than called by the union.
Tot climbs out window falls 36 feet in Oslo
OSLO AP: A two year old girl climbed from a fourth floor window and plunged 36 feet to the pavement. Doctors report only minor scratches but kept her under observation in hospital.
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Oslo
Coolers cows cash or cars dominate want ads
Advertisers list a mix of items including coolers cattle cash and cars in want ads. The brief notices highlight household goods livestock money and vehicles available for sale or trade. Local listings emphasize practical utilities and value in everyday purchases.
Miners' TV moment offers eerie glimpse from depth
In Hazleton, Davy Fellin and Hank Throne appeared on two closed circuit sets after a camera lowered through a 12 inch shaft hole. The relay showed faint faces and a hand, proving the experiment, though not a success, fascinated observers as a physician could not distinguish the men.
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Hazleton
Davy Fellin
Hank Throne
Elwood Tito
Tito
Fellin
Throne
Airman Honored in Izmir August Month Role
Airman 2/c Ronald K. Countryman son of Mrs Frank Countryman 3118 Eastern Avenue NE has been named airman of the month for August in the military pay section at the U S Air Force base in Izmir Turkey He entered the Air Force in August 1962. Also notes on local ads and notices including stolen money stroller shopliftings and beauty salon specials.
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Ronald K. Countryman
Frank Countryman
Eastern Avenue
U.S. Air Force Base
Izmire
Turkey
Air Force
Three Men Hurt In Truck Crash On Sixteenth Avenue
A collision at Sixteenth avenue and Ninth street SW involved two pickups and a semi-trailer. Larry P. Christensen of Boise drove the semi and was charged with failure to have his car under control after injuries to Jerry V. Sindelar Henry Feuss and Roy Reed. All were treated and released from area hospitals. A light pole and traffic signal pole were damaged.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Larry P. Christensen
Boise
Idaho
Jerry V. Sindelar
Park Road NE
Thomas E. Merchant
Garrison
Sindelar
Henry Feuss
F Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roy Reed
Mercy Hospital
Christensen
Anglicans Label Race Bias a Sin
In Toronto an 11 day Anglican meeting with 44 million members condemned racial discrimination as sin. The final text urged defense of civil rights and expressed shame that race barriers persist in the church. Archbishop Ramsey halted further resolutions amid applause.
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Toronto
Canterbury
Michael Ramsey
Two Fairfax Couples Hurt in Early Morning Crash
Four Fairfax residents were injured when their car left the road and went into a ditch southwest of Fairfax about 1 a.m. Saturday. Betty Clark 23 suffered multiple abrasions. her husband Willard Clark 23 had nose abrasions. Wilda Ralston 28 sustained a head laceration and abrasions. her husband Ivan Ralston 30 had a shoulder injury. All were treated and released.
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Fairfax
Betty Clark
Willard Clark
Wilda Ralston
Ivan Ralston
Two Teens Die After I-29 Car Crash in Missouri Valley
AP report says two young passengers died Friday night when their car left Interstate 29 in Missouri Valley. Victims were Helene Ann Gereszek 14 of Omaha and Barbara Rettig 17 of Fairmount North Dakota, Helene's cousin.
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Missouri Valley
Helene Ann Gereszek
Omaha
Barbara Rettig
Fairmount
N. D
Helene
22 Year Old Bicycle Rider Struck by Car
A 22 year old bicycle rider was injured Friday night at Mt Vernon road and Fourteenth street SE in a collision with an eastbound car. Frederick Anderson of 523 Sixth avenue SE was treated at St Luke's hospital for a head laceration and abrasions to hands and knee. The driver, Florence Bragg of 816 Ninth street SE, was involved as the car’s occupant. Anderson was charged with riding at night without a headlight.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Fourteenth Street
Frederick Anderson
Sixth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Florence Bragg
Ninth Street
Anderson
Burglar Prefers Top Quality Golf Balls at Twin Pines Clubhouse
A Friday night break-in at Twin Pines golf course clubhouse left 10 dozen golf balls missing valued at 150 dollars. Police reported pryed northeast door entry and minimal damage with 60 dollars cash untouched.
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Twin Pines Golf Course
Twin Pines
Robert Higgins
Higgins
Miners Continue Safe Cavern Wait After Surface Link
The group remains largely silent while connected to the surface by a six inch lifeline hole for food and supplies. State Mines Inspector Art Joyce notes possible delays as officials urge caution. Deputy Secretary Gordon Smith calls in with a cold voice as Charmbury warns the danger remains high. They refuse to abandon hope for Bova.
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State Mines
Art Joyce
Fellin
Clayton D Bailey Accepts New Nazarene Pastoral Call
The Rev. Clayton D. Bailey, pastor of Oakland Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Rapids, has accepted the pastorate of Russell Avenue Church of the Nazarene in Minneapolis. He will lead the Cedar Rapids church’s final service September 1 and begin the new post September 8 after arriving from Fort Dodge. No successor is chosen.
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Clayton D. Bailey
Oakland Church of the Nazarene
Cedar Rapids
Russell Avenue Church
Bailey
Fort Dodge
Sister M. Dominic Makes Final Vows in Philadelphia
Sister M. Dominic Stirniman formerly of Brooklyn Iowa pronounced final religious vows with the Medical Mission Sisters. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Stirniman she studied at Rosary College River Forest Illinois and earned a medical degree from Georgetown University. She interns at Misericordia Hospital Philadelphia and will be assigned to a medical center abroad after training.
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Philadelphia
M. Dominic Stirniman
Brooklyn
Iowa
Medical Mission Sisters
M. Dominic
Edward Stirniman
Rosary College
River Forest
Ill
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Misericordia Hospital
Asia
Africa
South America
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Richard L. Rugger
Arizona Avenue
Lester J. Bailey
Central City
Terrence L. Hogendorn
North English
Leon D. Blair
Hayes Street
Lance Gay
E Avenue
Richard J. Pegump
Ridgeside Drive
Joseph Myers
Twenty-seventh Street
Emil Olson
Emerald Avenue
Ivan T. Stanley
Lisbon
Donald G
Judith J. Moffit
Norway
Arnold Bader
Benjamin E. Jones
Forty-second Street
Howard P. Stanton
Hilltop Road
Virginia E. Hedenstrom
Tower Trailer Terrace
Roger T. Ross
Coggan
Virgil Wilson
James L. DeWitt
Seventh Avenue SE
John H. Burns
Harvey Mannen
Marion A. Stoner
Second Avenue SE
Palo Man
Robert Laird
Beatty-Beurle’s
Beatty-Beurle
Ave
Tio
WMT
Stanford Benjamin
Peter Saras
Davy
Thane
General Precision Corp
Pleasantville
N.Y
New York City
Doty’s Town House
Adv
Norbert Neira
YMCA
the Ranch
Shriners
Happy Bright
Embassy Club
Wayne Wilson
el Kahir Shrine Temple
Shrine Embassy Club
5Th St. SE
Genevieve’s
Mt. Vernon Rd
Armstrong
C. R
John EK
Lapes
3Rd Ave
Turner
Goun B. Turner
Ave.s.e
R & R Conoco
First Avenue SE
Jerome Harshman
Charmbury
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