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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
5
The Daily Record lists temperatures across cities, rainfall totals, barometer readings, humidity and wind data, plus sunrise and sunset times. It also reports Coralville Lake pool level, Mississippi River gauges, and a series of local notices including births, divorces, a few accidents, gas odors, and a fire or equipment issue.
A Socialist bid to table a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi failed in New Delhi as they could not secure the required 50 members. Samyukta Socialist leaders including Madhu Limaye condemned the government as contradictory and aligned with big business and bureaucracy.
Two dozen brushfires lit along the French Riviera from the Pyrenees to the Italian frontier. Police suspect arson as several bonfires were set deliberately near Cannes and Barrols. Officials report several thousand acres burned, adding to damage from last weekend.
The nine Bermuda parishes were originally called tribes and later renamed to parishes. The historical shift reflects a change in territorial terminology and local governance.
Obituaries listKalona Mrs. Lloyd Yoder 64 services Saturday 10 family home northeast of Kalona. Clara E Snyder 80 services Saturday 10 East Union Mennonite church Kalona. Leslie Emerson 55 formerly of St Louis services Saturday 2 Silver Creek Methodist church. Friends may call Roy Emerson home Robinson community after 7 Thursday. In lieu of flowers donations to cancer fund Bohnenkamp. Palo Winifred Langguth 75 services Saturday 3:30 Murdoch’s Center Point burial Pale cemetery friends may fall at chapel after 1 Friday. Blairstown Parlie Hyde 59 services Saturday 4 at a place to be decided Peffer Halverson. Toledo Maggie Ruff 84 services Saturday 1:30 Garwin Christian church. Henderson’s. Williamsburg Louis Iburg 69 services Friday 2 St Paul’s Lutheran church. MecSwiggin Uhlmann Oelwein Viola Michels 86 services Saturday 10 Sacred Heart church Rosary Friday 8 Brant’s. Westgate Emil Oltrogge 76 services Saturday 2 Hope Lutheran church. Emerson Milnes Sumner. Martelle Ernest Stahl 91 services Saturday 10:30 Goettsch’s Anamosa.
Army and Marine personnel from Edgewood Traer Marion Ossian Belle Plaine Decorah Independence Masonville Fayette and Mason City receive medals or assignment to Vietnam. Bolsinger earns Bronze Star for meritorious service in ground operations. Benda receives Army Commendation Medal. Multiple soldiers assigned to Vietnam and promoted, including Holt Davin Linderbaum Miller Hauschild Burgess Templeton Dergo Voshell Hovey Lenz Linder and Bender.
Boyle announces ground rules for the Kennedy inquest with witnesses single filing and counsel for rights. Lawyers object but accept no further argument as Dinis confirms the inquest will begin next Wednesday regardless of exhumation rulings.
John Crooker has resigned as Civil Aeronautics Board chairman effective September 30. President Nixon accepted the resignation, announced from the Western White House. Crooker was appointed in September 1968 by President Johnson. no successor named.
The California constitution, at about 75 000 words, stands as the world's third longest, following Louisiana and India. The figure highlights its expansive scope and detailed framework governing state law and governance.
A Linn County jury found Rudy Papakee guilty after 45 minutes of deliberation in the October 15 1967 break in at the Barren Inn located at 227 Fourteenth Avenue SE. Sentencing is set for September 15 at 9 a.m. by Judge Thomas Bown. Papakee remained in jail on a $25 000 appeal bond after failing to appear earlier.
Seoul interview with President Park Chung Hee stresses U S forces stay in Korea until North Asian communist threat is eliminated. He cites Soviet China and North Korea, notes ongoing talks with Nixon and warns of risks if U S presence ends. He also discusses Okinawa bases and regional defense priorities.
Amana Refrigeration strike talks ended after a three hour mediation session in Cedar Rapids with no progress. About 1,000 Machinist Local 1526 members walked out last Sunday over wage issues as contract terms expired last June. Meanwhile Cargill plants in Clinton and Washington see mixed status with some work stoppages and continued negotiations.
Funeral services were held for Warren F Stewart at Oak Hill cemetery with Rev. Roger E O Bradley officiating. Carolyn Pangburn buried Riverside cemetery Anamosa after Turner chapel east service led by Dr Glenn McMichael. Fritz W Shoquist was buried Cedar Memorial cemetery after noon services at Turner east with Rev Claude Jones. George H Harmer entombed at Chapel of Memories Mausoleum following 1 p.m. service at Chapel of Memories with Rev John S Shew. Cedar Memorial funeral home arranged.
The John Deere Co filed two district court suits seeking a declaratory judgment on the exempt status of Linn county farmer Joe Carson’s corn shelter. The filing also seeks to bar Sheriff Walter Grant from demanding an indemnifying bond and from selling the machinery at public sale. Deere alleges Carson has sequestered property and used the shelter for custom shelling for others, challenging its exempt claim.
SAN DIEGO. The navy ordered the Mexican border city of Tijuana off limits to about 150,000 military personnel based in southern California for 30 days starting around Sept. 15. The 11th Naval District announced the action and noted its shore patrol headquarters at the San Ysidro border crossing. A Mexican police spokesman said enforcement against narcotics traffic is intensified.
Two fires broke out in Central Community high school early Sunday. A minor blaze in the newer building was quickly stopped while an adjacent classroom building was destroyed. Student Halverson is named as a Central Community high school pupil.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit granted HEW a delay to December 1 for 30 Mississippi districts, affecting 222 schools. The decision ties the extension to steps toward desegregation while allowing continued operation under freedom of choice plans. The NAACP opposed the delay, urging faster integration and plans to convert staff to a unitary nonracial system.
North Vietnamese troops move toward the demilitarized zone and border sanctuaries aided by a faster travel system since U S bombing ended. Uniformed officers say infiltration rates show cyclical peaks and valleys with periodic misjudgments by officials.
Edward Thye, 73, former Minnesota governor and U.S. senator, died Wednesday night at his farm near Northfield. He became lieutenant governor in 1942 and ascended to governor in 1943, later winning a U.S. Senate seat in 1946 and re election in 1952 before losing in 1958 to Eugene McCarthy. Thye’s 1952 win marked the last time a Republican carried Minnesota’s Senate race. A groovy show from beginning to end Pat Paulsen guests on THIS IS TOM JONES 8 00 PM Thursday on Channel 9.
A six-member union delegation met with Pittsburgh Public Safety Director James Cortest as workers demonstrated orderly outside. The strike action pauses until Tuesday while negotiators push to place more Black workers in the construction industry at 10 major projects amid three days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators.
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