Local Weather Report and Funeral Notices Across Iowa Cities
Saturday temperatures reached a high of 73 and a low of 66 with light rain traces. Aug 25 to families announcing births. Aug 26 lists several newborns across Center Point, Marion, Mechanicsville, and more, plus funeral services for Nettie Kuhsens, Edna Liabo, Clarence Larson, and others in towns like Arlington and Decorah.
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Chester Price
Ryan
Jackie Hall
Hillside Drive
George Waterbury
Center Point
James F. Freet
Thirty-fourth Street
Michael L. Wilson
G Avenue
Harold Walker
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Gary Dills
D Avenue
Karl Jess
Mechanicsville
Kurt Lynxwiler
B Avenue
Eleanor Brown
Oklahoma Avenue
Robert Hawkins
Central Drive
Ronald Pierce
Elder Lane
Elton Borsheim
Mosswood Lane
Gerald G. Mauren
Prairie Drive
Richard Hamblin
Michael Frieden
Blairs Ferry Road
Arlington
Nettie Belle Kuh‘ens
Lima Church
Wadena
Gleim’s
Edna R. Liabo
United Methodist Church
Murdoch’s
Leslie
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Miller
Murdoch
Six Firefighters Die In Helicopter Crash In California
In Fillmore California a Bell 205 helicopter carrying fresh crews crashed and burned in the Los Padres national forest near Ventura County. Six firefighters were killed and five injured as thousands fought a five day brushfire. Cause of the crash was not immediately known.
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Fillmore
Calif
U.S. Forest Service
Ventura County
Escapee tale spans long, tense chase and hospital aid
Browning escaped and was handcuffed to a tree after a 600 mile transfer began Friday with police pursuing Davison who had been moved from Bartow to Polk county. Nealon allegedly smuggled a sawed off shotgun to Davison at the hospital while he faced escape and larceny charges.
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Browning
Davison
Bartow
Miss Nealon
Polk County
West Virginia
Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Circulation Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include carrier 75 cents per week and mail plans from monthly to yearly across states and territories. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Deaths Dora Swem longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Dora Swem widow of A R Swem longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in a local nursing home after a long illness. Born May 28 1880 in Fallbrook Pennsylvania she belonged to Peoples Church Woman's Club and led the Monday Shakespeare club. Survived by son Theodore Swen Annandale Va seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren services pending at Turner East.
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Dora Swem
A. R. Swem
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Fallbrook
Peoples Church
Woman’s Club
Theodore Swein
Annandale
Turner East
Obituary notices list funeral details for several individuals
Names including Solene P Frasinger Jaeger Miller Olsen and others are scheduled for mon funeral services at churches such as First Lutheran Immaculate Conception Trinity United Methodist and St Matthews at Cedar Memorial Mount Calvary and Cedar Memorial cemeteries with various callers and parish rites. Burial arrangements and rosaries are noted with times on Sunday and Monday.
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Battling
Solene P
First Lutheran Church
George Carlson
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner East
Frasinger
Joseph C
Chapel of Memories
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Jaeger
George J
Immaculate Conception Church
Msgr
Leo Jaeger
St. Michaels Cemetery
Norway
Brady-Kuba
Miller
John
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ernest Larson
Glenn S. Hartong
Teahen Funeral Home
Olsen
Renee
Ann
St. Matthews Catholic Church
Louis Donough
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Father McDonough
Two Catholics Executed in Enniskillen Blast Kill Militiamen
Two Catholics aged 26 from Antrim named as John Nulty and Patrick Kelly were killed by multiple gunshots after a blast at Enniskillen damaged a grandstand and a car explosion killed Ulster Defense Regiment militiamen. A second blast injured 13 soldiers in an army truck. Bodies dumped in Belfast.
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Ulster ‘Defense Regiment
Enniskillen
Fermanagh
John Nulty
Patrick Kelly
Antrim
Belfast
Four Hurt Slightly In One Car Accident
Rita Knight 21 of 120 Twenty sixeth Avenue SW drove off a county road four miles southwest of Cedar Rapids at 7 30 p m. Her two children Stacey 2 and Tommy 14 months plus passenger Sheryl Bentley 22 were treated at Mercy Hospital for minor injuries and released. No charges were filed.
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Mercy Hospital
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Rita Knight
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fischer Fox Chess Match Amid Protests and Lawsuit
Legal action hovers as Stein serves papers on Fred Cramer while discussion over audience noise disrupts play. Fischer still leads 102 to 72 with two games left and may claim five eighths of a quarter‑million prize fund. Fox seeks film rights with Icelandic federation concessions and promises 30 percent film profits to players.
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Stein
Fox
Fischer
Fred Cramer
Cramer
Constance Baker Motley
New York City
Soviet Union
Icelandic Chess Federation
Gudmundur Thorarinsson
Want Ad Invites Readers to Sell Unneeded Items for Space
Local paper promotes using want ads to clear clutter and gain extra storage space. Readers are encouraged to list unused belongings, reach buyers, and make room in homes and garages.
Possible Indictments in Watergate Case Mentioned by Democrats
Jean Westwood new chair of the Democratic National Committee predicts the possibility that high administration officials could be indicted in connection with Watergate. Lawrence F. O'Brien says the GAO report will be examined by the Nixon administration and accuses the justice department of delaying grand jury indictments until after the election.
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Jean Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Sen. McGovern
GAO
Nixon
Justice Department
O’brien
Silent Casualties Report Questioned by Officials
Officials acknowledge gaps in casualty counts citing reliance on South Vietnamese hospital records. Many civilian wounded do not reach hospitals, leading to undercounting, with no reports from battlefields like Quang Tri and An Loc.
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Quang Tri
An Loc
Central City Man Held for Assault
Duane McVay a 34 year old Central City man was held in Linn county jail on warrants charging assault and battery breaking and entering and using blasphemous language. He allegedly forced entry and beat Harley Morris at Morris home Saturday night. Bond set at 830 dollars in total.
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Duane McVay
Central City
Linn County
McVay
Virgil Kelly
Harley Morris
Morris
Cedar Rapids Woman Sustains Head Injury in Fall
Leorra Wiebold, 46, of Cedar Rapids, was transferred from Mercy hospital to University hospitals in Iowa City Saturday night after a fall at her residence caused a head injury. She was listed in fair condition by hospital officials.
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Leorra Wiebold
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Jailed after Cedar Rapids chase ends in crash
John Akers, 21, of 1308 Third Street SE, held in the city jail on charges from a southeast Cedar Rapids police chase. His vehicle, and a pursuing squad car, collided in the 300 block of Twelfth Avenue SE causing extensive damage. Officer Gary Clark clocked Akers at 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. Akers faces speeding, reckless driving, attempting to elude police, and driving with license suspended. bond set at $830. Both were treated at Mercy hospital and released. The incident remains under investigation.
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John Akers
Third Street
Iity
Cedar
Rapids
Akers
Twelfth Avenue SE
Gary Clark
Nineteenth Street SE
Clark
Officer Clark
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Largest Battleship Launched At Brooklyn Navy Yard
Thirty years ago the 45,000 ton battleship Iowa was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard, noted as the largest American battleship ever built. The ceremony drew attention in naval circles and marked a milestone in wartime ship design.
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Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hot-Air Balloon Trips Up In Humid Columbus Weather
In Columbus Ohio a hot air balloon failed to gain altitude in the hot humid weather. Dan Stone and Carl Armstrong of the Columbus Sport Balloon Club launched the craft but it traveled only about 300 yards before landing on an entrance ramp of Interstate 70. motorists stopped to let it down causing a minor traffic jam.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Dan Stone
Carl Armstrong
Columbus Sport Balloon Club
Gap in Equality Widens Across Occupations and Pay
The report shows women fill about 75 percent of clerical work but only 17 percent of managerial roles and 4 percent of skilled crafts. It notes wage disparities with women earning about 64 percent of men in 1955 and 59 percent in 1970.
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Labor Department
Combat mortar fire on Rangers at Que Son
Communist gunners lobbed 100 mortar shells into South Vietnamese positions at Que Son early in the day causing light casualties.
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Que Son
Home freezers sell quickly with low cost fast acting ad
A compact notice notes home freezers move fast when advertised cheaply and with speed. The item listing emphasizes quick sale through a low cost advertisement. The brief highlights the efficiency of a fast acting want ad to attract buyers.
McGovern’s Job Plan Sparks Bipartisan Clash
Discussion of McGovern’s proposal to ensure work for all able citizens triggers debate. Republicans disparage it as radical and unworkable while noting potential tax impacts. Nixon supporters criticize his convention tactics as violence erupts around the GOP gathering.
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McGovern
Senate
G.O.P
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Dole
Committee For
Clark MacGregor
William Brock
R-Tenn
Young Voters
MacGregor
Miller To Speak Monday in CLA at Roosevelt Hotel
U S Sen Jack Miller will speak at a noon luncheon Monday in the Roosevelt hotel. Linn county G O P chairman Jerry Sullivan said the luncheon is open to the public and reservations should be made with the hotel.
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U.S
Jack Miller
Rrowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Jerry Sullivan
Linn County
G.O.P
Sullivan
Telstar fusion aligned master time clocks in England and U S
Ten years ago Telstar completed a fusion process to synchronize the master timekeeping clocks across England and the United States. The move aimed to unify time standards for international telecommunications and navigation systems, enhancing accuracy and coordination between the two nations.
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Telstar
Itime
England
The
U.S
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