Daily weather and obituaries fragment from Gazette
Weather and obituaries section notes temperatures across cities, with a five day forecast predicting six to eight degree below normal highs and scattered showers. The piece lists recent highs and lows, rainfall, barometer and humidity, plus multiple funeral service notices for towns such as Vinton, Cascade, Belle Plaine, and Vinton again, with times and locations.
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Atlanta
Bismarck
Chicago
Vans
Denver
Duluth
Phoenix
Houston
Seattle
L. Angeles
Washington
Local Births and Legal Notices from Cedar Rapids Area
Birth notices for families in Cedar Rapids and Marion list a daughter for James McCollum and a son for Richard Coulburn among others. Civil actions include Separate Maintenance cases Mary Sue Miner versus Bruce A Miner and Ann Edith Stone versus Ronald Ray Stone, plus a series of pairings. Traffic fines are issued for speeding and other violations with names and addresses, and incidents report overheated grease fire and a car fire with times noted.
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James McCollum
Sussex Drive
Richard Coulburn
First Avenue
Roger Thies
Eastview Avenue
Thomas T. Murphy
Eleventh Avenue
Marion
Reports Planned For Owners of Loop Properties
Ten downtown Cedar Rapids commercial buildings in the Civic Center urban renewal area show maintenance deficiencies. City planning director Don B Salyer told the council the inspections by urban planning consultants and a local engineering firm from 1964 are being updated to more definitive reports. If untreated, these problems could lead to physical decay.
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Cedar Rapids
City Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Don B. Salyer
City Council
Civic Center
Salyer
Deaths of Cora Hetherington Enyart in Washington
Cora Hetherington Enyart 31 former Cedar Rapids resident died by suicide Tuesday in Walla Walla Washington. She had lived in Prineville Oregon and the parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hetherington 726 E Avenue NW were notified. Funeral arrangements are pending in Walla Walla.
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Cora Hetherington Enyart
Cedar Rapids
Walla Walla, Wash
Kenneth Hetherington
E Avenue NW
Enyart
Prineville
Ore
Walla Walla
Memorial Service for Florence Mae Watt in Turner Chapel
Memorial services held at Turner chapel east at 1 30 p m Thursday conducted by Rev A F Frankhauser. Burial at Shellsburg cemetery.
Flyer Taken by Reds Identified
A navy flyer shot down over North Vietnam and reportedly captured is identified by Chinese news agency Hsinhua as Lt. Robert Flynn. The 29 year old son of a Houston Minnesota attorney, Flynn graduated from the University of Minnesota and is from a family living near Seattle at a naval air station.
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Houston, Minn
North Vietnam
Hsinhua
Peking
Robert Flynn
Defense Department
Flynn
University of Minnesota
Naval Air Station
Seattle
Armed Forces 17 Enter Army From August Draft Call
Seventeen men were inducted into the army from the August draft call. Names include Robert A. Johnston and Emmet J. Lillis of Marion, Francis M. Lillis, Ken R. Langham, and many others with addresses listed. Also listed are ten men enlisting, Marine Corps entrants sent to San Diego for training, a delayed program entrant, Navy dispatches to San Diego and Bainbridge, Maryland, and a retirement ceremony for Lt. Cmdr. Ruth Bryan after 25 years in the naval reserve.
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Army
Robert A. Johnston
Marion
Emmet J. Lillis
Fifth Avenue
Francis M. Lillis
Ken R. Langham
Wilson Avenue
David R. Wazac
B Avenue
Arch A. Cooper
Lauren Drive
Gerald L. Taylor
Central City
James B. Fitzpatrick
Twelfth Avenue
Richard E. Gefaller
Route One
Palo
Valen Gregor
J Street
Robert J. Gorton
Ninth Street
David R. Waggoner
Third Street
Steven C. Ronk
C Avenue
Fredrich A. Clarkson
Hollywood Boulevard
David L. Sebrecht
Center Point
Larry G. Zeman
Mt. Vernon Road
Harold J. Abdo
Sixth Avenue
Marine Corps
San Diego
Steven C. Roth
Iowa City
Robert A. Griffith
Monticello
David L. Tesdahl
Russell L. Henry
Twenty Seventh Street
Navy
Terry L. Chandler
Walter J. Sullivan III
Wyoming
Bainbridge, Md
Michael J. Devore
Fourth Avenue
Warren W. Stoner
Mt. Vernon
Clark D. Adams
Atkins
Paul C. Wagner
Sixteenth Street NE
Cmdr
Ruth Bryan
Second Avenue SE
Naval Reserve Center
Wenng Road
Naval Reserve
Bryan
The
Waves
Cedar Rapids
Miss Bryan
Governors Debate Gifts At Midwestern Conference
Governors from Missouri Ohio Illinois and Iowa defended accepting gifts from golf clubs to a Missouri ham saying the gifts pose no ethical conflict and aim to create a favorable impression to attract the national governors conference to Lake of the Ozarks. The items included golf clubs, fishing gear clothing shoes food drinks a ham and rifles for executive secretaries.
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Usage Beach
Missouri
Warren Hearnes
Ohio
James Rhodes
Lake of the Ozarks
Rhodes
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Summer Rains Contribute Heavily to Tampa Rainfall
About 30 inches of rain, nearly 60 percent of Tampa Florida’s annual total, falls during the four summer months, highlighting a seasonal concentration of wet weather.
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Tampa
Fla
Nebraska Centennial 1967 Celebrations Highlight State Birthday
Nebraska marks its centennial in 1967 with statewide activities and commemorations. officials plan events across cities and counties to celebrate the state's 100th anniversary with public programs and historical exhibits.
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Nebraska
Johnson Move Predicted After Vietnam Elections
Washington reports President Johnson delaying policy decisions after South Vietnam elections while senators debate a potential U.N. move or independent Viet Cong negotiations. Mansfield pushes for U.N. debate. U Thant counters. State Dept notes most North Vietnamese Migs are kept in China but denies staging from there.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U.S
South Vietnam
Senate
U Thant
U.N
North Vietnam
Red China
State Department
Hanoi
Mainland China
Carl Barthh
China
Barth
Courthouse Court Reporter Salaries Set by District
An order by the Eighth Judicial district judges allocates court reporter salaries among counties based on 1966 case-load percentages. Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, and Linn counties will contribute portions of reporters' pay starting September with specific dollar amounts for each county.
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Eighth Judicial District
Cedar County
Iowa County
Johnson County
Jones County
Linn County
Stutzman Alters Plea to Overweight Charge in Iowa City
Russell L. Stutzman of Iowa City changed his plea to guilty on a vehicle overweight charge. Judge B J Maxwell fined him 368.20 dollars after his May 25 arrest on highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids for an axle overloaded by 7100 pounds. He had pled not guilty on June 30.
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Russell L. Stutzman
Iowa City
B. J. Maxwell
Stutzman
Cedar Rapids
Hicks pleads innocent in third offense drunken driving case
Clifton J. Hicks aged 48 of Center Point pleaded innocent in Linn district court to a third offense drunk driving charge. He was arrested August 22 in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue NW after officers said he drove on the wrong side of the road and wove.
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Clifton J. Hicks
Center Point
Linn District Court
Avenue NW
Rail crossing work begins on Third Avenue in Cedar Rapids
Work crews for North Western railroad started smoothing the Third avenue and Fourth street SE crossing. Cedar Rapids public improvements commissioner Donald Canney said two lanes will stay open throughout the several days of work.
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North Western Railroad
Third Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Council Approves Seven Truck Purchases
The Cedar Rapids city council authorized two departments to buy seven trucks from International Harvester Co. The public works department will purchase five trucks for 17 330 dollars plus a trade in of 5 902 90 dollars. The health department refuse division will buy two truck chassis and two collection bodies totaling 21 893 46 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
International Harvester Co
Department of Public Works
The
Health Department
Vietnam War actions reported on Saigon area bases and DMZ raids
U S troops battled Vietcong near Saigon with two helicopter gunships shot down and crew wounded. B52 raids hit deep into North Vietnam while fighters targeted positions above the DMZ. Rail and road targets were struck from Kep to Hanoi with boxcars destroyed. An ammunition convoy near Dong Hoi exploded after air strikes.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Con Thien
South Vietnam
Dmz
Navy
Cua Viet
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Red China
Kep
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Zoning Readings Move Ahead as Inmate Escapes Farm
Anamosa council advanced three rezoning ordinances affecting R-1 to B-1 and R-1 to R-2 on Collins road Edgewood road and Johnson avenue. Allen Reeves, 22, an inmate at the men's reformatory, escaped from prison farm No. 2 at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday wearing prison blues. Reeves stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds, and was sentenced for false uttering of a check on a seven‑year term.
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Road
Eitel F
Nettie A. Petrusch
Gilbert and Mary Titler
Broderick
Edgewood Road
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-third Avenues
Midwest Development Co
Johnson Avenue
West Post Road
Anamosa — Allen Reeves
Prison Farm No. 2
Reeves
Reformatory
Henry County
Entry Barred From South Africa for Former Rhodesian Premier
Johannesburg AP report says R. S. Todd, former Rhodesian premier, has been barred from entering South Africa and no reason was given.
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Johannesburg
R. S. Todd
South Africa
Large Cities Name Bosh to Task Force
Frank A. Bosh Cedar Rapids safety commissioner named to an eight man Iowa task force to draft an ongoing program for improving minority relations in communities. Appointed by Clinton Mayor Harold Domsalla, the large cities group chair. First meeting set for Friday night in Des Moines with nine mayors and officials listed.
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Frank A. Bosh
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clinton
Harold Domsalla
Iowa League of Municipalities
Domsalla
Des Moines
Bush
George Mendon
Mason City
George Whitmer
Richard Ludwig
Dubuque
William Hubbard
Iowa City
Albert Hubbab
Fort Dodge
Lloyd Turner
Waterloo
Don J. Mullin
Sioux City
Mutual Aid Pact Considered for Four Cities
Donald Canney planned a Davenport meeting with Cedar Rapids Davenport Waterloo and Dubuque officials to firm up a mutual aid emergency plan. The proposal would allow lending of equipment during floods tornadoes snowstorms or other disasters beyond a city’s control. The concept was first discussed last winter during Cedar Rapids officials’ attendance at the American Public Works conference.
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Cedar Rapids
American Public Works Conference
Voter Registration Deadline Ahead of Cedar Rapids Election
The Sept 11 school election deadline is 5 p m on Friday. New residents and unregistered individuals must register at the city clerk’s office on the third floor of city hall to be eligible.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
First Aid Program In Cedar Rapids Ends With Picnic
Young people from Oak Hill Jackson and Ellis join 263 participants in a four week effort backed by UCS and city officials, receiving wages and gear. The project expanded from 120 to over double as funds grew and volunteers aided elderly and city chores. The Friday graduation features a Bever Park picnic and dance for 1 to 6 pm.
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Oak Hill-Jackson
Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United Community Service Evaluation Committee
UCS
Oak Hill
Harold Hughes
Bever Park
Evans
Chamber of Commerce City Growth and Development Executive Committee
Police Youth Bureau
Reader's Digest accuses IRS of false statements
The Reader's Digest charged the Internal Revenue Service with making deliberately false statements about a published article on alleged IRS abuses. The magazine said its 37 page Washington statement refutes the IRS denials and defends the article’s accuracy.
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Reader's Digest
IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon Cohen
Cohen
The
Revenue Service
Digest
Mississippi runoff races and NAACP involvement noted
In Mississippi the runoff featured sheriffs races in Claiborne Jefferson Wilkinson and Marshall counties with Black turnout estimated at 160 000 of 185 000 registered. Charles Evers of the NAACP cited Liberalism charges and Johnson administration attacks as campaign factors. He said many African Americans still doubt Black candidates can perform the job.
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Winter
Charles Evers
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Claiborne
Jefferson
Wilkinson
Mississippi
Marshall
Teachers Seek 10 Percent Salary Hike In Special Session
The teachers association and school board agreed on a six point contract package calling for a 10 percent salary increase. The current minimum starting salary is 5200 dollars a year.
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Association
School Board
Schroeder Faints From Heart Rhythm Disturbance
West Germany defense minister Gerhard Schroeder aged 56 fainted after a heart rhythm disturbance. The Defense Ministry said he is under treatment at Hamburg University hospital.
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Bonn
Gerhard Schroeder
West Germany
Schroeder
Hamburg University Hospital
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