Obituaries and funeral services across Iowa towns
A sequence of death notices lists ages and funeral details for residents including Arlington Myrna Kaune 53 Oxford Raymond Benz 25 and George L. Gay, with services scheduled at Lutheran and other churches. Burials planned at Oxford cemetery Cascade Covenant etc. Rosaries and calling hours noted for several.
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Arlington
Myrna Kaune
Lutheran Church
Gleim's
Iowa City
Raymond Benz
Oxford
George L. Gay
Oxford Cemetery
Weather as Reported and Local Incidents Summary
The Gazette lists temperatures for Friday night and Saturday with highs around 76 and 71, a rising barometer to 29.97, 4 percent humidity, and a 16 mph WSW wind. Also recorded are a grass fire on Thirtieth Street SE, a boy injured at Grant Wood school, and a light circuit short at First Avenue NE.
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Gazette
Wsw
Tenth Street
Thirtieth Street
Grant Wood School
First Avenue
Aossey Charged With Assault and Disturbing Peace
James Aossey was arrested by a Linn County deputy on warrants charging assault and battery and disturbing the peace with profane language. Warrants issued by Justice Jessie McCormack relate to an incident at the First Nation Bank lobby involving Habhab. Aossey posted bond and was released.
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James Aossey
Thirty-first
Linn County
Justice of the Peace
Jessie McCormack
Olie Habhab
Bowling Street
Habhab
First Nation Bank of
Marion
Rossey
Roe
Aossey
Crisis Deepens Over Czechoslovakia Invasion Fallout
New China backs Romania against foreign intervention while Belgrade’s Tito warns against interference as Yugoslavia broke with Moscow in 1948. Johnson faces broad support for diplomacy to defend Czechoslovakia. tourists flee Prague with uncertainty and rumors echoing danger.
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Peking
Romania
China
London
Moscow
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Deaths Sarah E. Fidler widow of Alexander Fidler
Sarah E. Fidler, widow of Alexander Fidler formerly of 2024 E avenue NE, died in Genoa City Wisconsin after a brief illness. Born October 11, 1894 in Swan Iowa she married January 18, 1916. Surviving son Paul Fidler a granddaughter a grandson and sister Close Pitts. Memorial service 3 p.m. Monday Chapel of Memories Very Rev Canon D A Loferski. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel east after 10 a.m. Sunday until 2 p.m. Monday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
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Sarah E. Fidler
Alexander Fidler
E Avenue NE
Genoa City
Wis
Swan
Iowa
Fidler
The
Gazette
Paul Fidler
McHenry
Ill
Close Pitts
Winterhaven
Fla
Chapel of Memories
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Epiicopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Moniday
Longtime Cedar Rapids Resident Mae Abernathy Dies
Mae S Abernathy 79 who lived with her daughter Mrs John Brody in Cedar Rapids for two months died Friday She moved from Cedar Rapids to Memphis Missouri about 15 years ago She was widow of Milo E Abernathy and a Faith United Brethren member She spent winters in Cedar Rapids Survived by three sons Earl Milo Jr Cecil and two daughters Okemah Mary White and Ivolee Heafner 12 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren 3 great great grandchildren two sisters two brothers Services pending at Gerth funeral home Memphis Burial in Milton Iowa.
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Mae S. Abernathy
John Brody
Cedar Rapids
Memphis
Abernathy
Milo E. Abernathy
Faith United Brethren Church
Okemah Mary White
Bradley, Ill
Ivolee Heafner
Gerth Funeral Home
Milton
Iowa
Memorial Services for Kurt P. Stephenson Requiem Mass Monday
Memorial services are announced for Kurt P. Stephenson with a requiem mass Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Matthew's Church led by Rev. Louis V. McDonough. Military honors by Hanford American Legion Post will be conducted at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Rosaries Sunday at Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home with Regis High School and alumnae at 7:30 p.m. and at St. Matthew's Parish at 8 p.m. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Czechs Balk at Arms Turnover
Radio Bratislava reports Czechoslovak troops refused Soviet orders to hand over weapons in Bratislava. The commander reportedly rejected the instruction and ordered sentries to bar Soviet soldiers from their barracks.
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Vienna
Radio
Bratislava
Read and Use Want Ads Regularly Says Expert
A columnist urges readers to rely on want ads to locate needed items and opportunities. The advice emphasizes checking listings consistently to uncover deals and services.
Lamont Bus Meeting Yields No Conclusions
About 150 residents attended a Stormont school board meeting in Lamont to discuss bussing third and fourth graders to Arlington. Only one board member attended. attendees did not reach a decision, with many parents keeping their children home on opening day. Some called for boycotting Monday, while others urged waiting until Sept. 9 elections to change the board. The bus plan, approved 4 to 3 last spring, lists E. L. Nickerbacker and Duane Munter as incumbents up for re-election. Absent students were counted as absent, and future steps remain unclear.
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Danube
Vienna
Stanislav Jilek
Stormont
Arlington
Lamont
E. L. Nickerbacker
Duane Munter
Strawberry Point
Occupation Echoes as Prague Resists and Sees Street Quiet
Report describes residents recalling German occupation and avoiding demonstrations as Russians warned. Prague trade union headquarters are occupied and nonfunctional. A special Russian train sought to locate and jam clandestine transmitters. Citizens were urged to remove street signs to confuse intruders.
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Prague
Rainfall amounts dip across Iowa towns Friday night
Weather data shows Weatherterloo 0.03 inch and Spencer 0.39 inch, with Des Moines Mason City Ames Lamont and Sheffield recording rain. Cedar Rapids totals 7.05 inches for the month, a six inch deluge three weeks ago, lawns need soaking as temperatures near 100 degrees reduce humidity to 44 percent Saturday noon in Cedar Rapids versus 51 percent Friday noon and higher earlier in the week.
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Des Moines
Mason City
Ames
Lamont
Sheffield
Cedar Rapids
Iowans Show Slight Humphrey Preference
A last minute poll of Iowa delegates en route to Chicago shows Hubert Humphrey favored by 19 delegates with 17 percent. Eugene McCarthy has 16 delegates at 14 percent and George McGovern 2 delegates at 1 percent, with 15 delegates totaling 1242 votes undecided. The Gazette and the Associated Press conducted the poll.
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Iowa
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
The
Gazette
Associated Press
Gunfire at Pacifist Camp Leaves Six Wounded in Conn
State police and armed Minutemen battled at the Committee for Non-Violent Action camp in Voluntown Connecticut wounding six including a trooper and a camp resident. Six men were arrested charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and assault with intent to kill.
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Voluntown
Conn
Minutemen
Lee Mulcahy
Committee For Non-Violent Action
FBI
Mulcahy
Stanley Nasiatka
Robert Trask
CMA
Connecticut
Ribicoff Endorses McGovern in Democratic Nomination Fight
In Chicago on Saturday Senator Abraham Ribicoff praised George S McGovern saying he could win the presidency in November without fracturing the party next week The Connecticut delegation had split 35 votes for Humphrey and nine for McCarthy and its stance remained unsettled.
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Chicago
UPI
George S. McGovern
Sen. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
McGovern
Connecticut
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
City Briefs Roundup of Local Notices and Openings
Former Cedar Rapids resident Helen Murphy died Saturday in Lawndale California. Manny's Pizza opens at 80 North Center Point Road Hiawatha Iowa offering pizza and sandwiches to go. Gregory Huff 20 Cedar Falls posted bond after resisting an officer at Russo's. Larry Williams son of Cedar Rapids residents earns $300 Sears Foundation scholarship to Iowa State University. Tropic Lanes continues bowling and promotions at 363-9653. A safety note on missing tires at Hawkeye Downs and a hospital visit at St Luke's for Mrs Andrew Duros with visitors allowed. Dr H L Miller now affiliated with University of Iowa Medical School inviting patient records before Sept 1. Aug 24 roast beef dinner at Moose Home 1213 2nd St SE.
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Gregory J. Huff
Cedar Falls
First Avenue
Larry Williams
Ralph Williams
Route Two
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Convention Plot Probe Launched
A federal grand jury in Chicago began investigating reports of a plot to assassinate Vice President Humphrey and two senators and to disrupt the Democratic convention.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Hanoi claims U S intensifies air attacks in August
Hanoi radio asserted on Saturday that the United States increased its bombing of North Vietnam during the first two weeks of August. The report arrived amid other brief notices and unrelated Want ads.
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Hong Kong
Hanoi Radio
U.S
North Vietnam
Schmidhauser Backs McCarthy in Iowa City
Iowa City Democrat John Schmidhauser urged support for Eugene McCarthy’s policies amid the 1968 campaign. He cited the Vietnam War’s impact on society and called for open discussion of foreign policy and constitutional congressional oversight.
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Iowa City
John Schmidhauser
Congress
Eugene McCarthy
Vietnam
Robert Kennedy
U.S
Senator McCarthy
United States
Cigaret Smoking Declines To 543 Billion In Fiscal Year
IRS figures show Americans smoked 543.5 billion cigarets in the year ending June 30, down from 545.1 billion the prior year a 0.28 percent drop. Surgeon General William Stewart cautioned the decline may reflect multiple factors and noted no immediate plan to deepen studies. A tobacco institute spokesman urged caution, while a separate study from Roswell Park Memorial Institute indicated switching to filter cigarets reduces lung cancer risk by about 40 percent, though risk remains higher than for nonsmokers.
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Surgeon General
Internal Revenue Service
United States
IRS
William Stewart
U.S
Stewart
The
Tobacco Institute
C R Youths Hurt In Auto Mishaps
Two Cedar Rapids youths were injured in Saturday morning traffic incidents. Brad Gibson, 4, of 3705 First Avenue SW, suffered multiple injuries after a skateboard collision with a car driven by 16 year old Douglas Petersen of 3309 Ravenwood Terrace NW. Gibson was treated at Mercy hospital and no charges were filed. Mathew Aten, 17, of 1914 B Avenue NE, was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Otto Lambertson at Twelfth Street and Lincoln Drive NE. Aten was treated and released from St. Luke's hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Brad Gibson
First Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Young Gibson
Ravenwood Terrace
Douglas L. Petersen
Gibson
Mathew Aten
B Avenue NE
Twelfth Street
Lincoln Drive
Otto R. Lambertsen
H Avenue NE
Aten
St. Luke’s Hospital
Johnsons Return To Their Ranch
President and Mrs. Johnson returned to their ranch in Austin Texas Friday after a four day stay at the White House.
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Austin, Texas
Johnson
White House
Cedar Rapids Gazette Admits Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Genese Co offers daily and Sunday editions at 65 cents per week. Night and Sunday editions Sixteen dollars yearly. Afternoon editions seven issues monthly. rates vary by mail with seven issues monthly at 1.85 and 17 dollars yearly. No mail subscriptions in carrier areas.
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Genese Co. and Publi
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J S. Terr
Mansfield urges Democratic peace path for Vietnam
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged the Democratic Party to delineate a path to prompt peace in Vietnam. He said peace requires willingness to spend political face to save lives and protect the nation.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Montana
New Pastor for Calvin Church
The Rev. Earl A. Huebner will become pastor of Calvin United Presbyterian Church starting September 1. He formerly served as associate pastor at Westminster United Presbyterian in Waterloo and as pastor at Morrison and Reinbeck. A Wisconsin native, he is a University of Dubuque and Dubuque Theological Seminary graduate. He and Mrs. Huebner with their four daughters will reside at 702 Fortieth Street SE. Mrs. Huebner is a Dubuque graduate with a nursing degree.
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Earl A. Huebner
Calvin United Presbyterian Church
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
Morrison and Reinbeck
Wisconsin
Huebner
University of Dubuque and Dubuque Theological Seminary
Fortieth Street
University of Dubuque
South American Study Precedes Mission Tour
First Lutheran church starts a four week study series on South American life culture politics and religion as a prelude to a mission tour Sept 27 to Oct 17. Dr Alexey Almasov of Coe College will speak at 9 30 a.m. on Setting the Stage. Centennial day recalled the 1868 dedication of The Little White Church.
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South America
First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran
Alexey Almasov
Coe College
Almasov
Russia
Leningrad University
Argentina
Refugee Service
World Council of Churches
Lutheran World Federation
Inquiry Forum on Catholic Faith at Immaculate Conception
An inquiry forum on the Catholic faith begins Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church. Classes meet weekly in Scotus hall from 7 30 to 9 p m through December 18 with three parish priests and lay theologian Charles Jones as instructors. Open to all interested persons.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Scotus Hall
Roger O’brien
J. David Pepper
Dale Rausch
Charles Jones
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Daily Record
Anne Zenishek
St.Mary's Church
Rosary
Donohue
Mary Marie Yoder
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Powell's
Homestead
Clarence G. Rice
Hoover-Valentine
Marengo
Sigourney
Phil Alan Killian
Lancy Killian
Bethel Cemetery
Holm's
Tama — Ellis Earl Benson
C.R. Weather
Mrs
Alex Fidler
Milo Abernathy
Earl Bardach
Oelwein
Starmont
Fred Wessendorf
Terloo
Spencer
Helen Murphy
Lawndale
Calif
Green Diamond Lounge
16Th Ave
Andrew Duros
Twenty-third Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Mac D. Thornes
YMCA
North Center Point Road
Hiawatha
H. L. Miller
University of Iowa Medical School
Paul Reid
D Street
Hawkeye Downs
Moose Home
2Nd St. SE
Sharon’s
Beauty Nook
Iowa Automotive and Diesel Institute
Hanoi
Schmidhauser
McCarthy
Tom Stewart Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Agriculture Department
Department
Irwin D. J. Bross
Robert Gibson
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
C.R
Calvin Church
Little White Church
Inquiry Forum
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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