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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1971
Page
27
The Iowa weather outlook for Sunday through Tuesday calls for rain or snow Sunday with partial clearing Monday and a second chance of snow Tuesday. Highs will be in the upper 30s to 40s Sunday, cooler Monday and Tuesday with lows in the 20s. Record highs and lows noted, including 64 and 30 from today, with several station data points and river stage figures listed.
Collins Radio Co Cedar Rapids plant cuts 150 jobs, including engineers and about 70 clerical staff. Officials say ongoing decline in customer sponsored R D and aerospace market weakness forces the action. total employment near 6,600 after the layoff.
The state department said Washington will push to cancel remaining Indian munitions licenses amid Indian incursions into Pakistan. The latest move followed cancell ations worth about 2 million with 11.5 million in communications gear and aircraft spare parts held back.
Abodeely, jailed after a 1969 conviction for aiding an abortion, seeks parole aided by a Linn County judge’s letter. County officials clash on parole, with Prosecutor Faches arguing he should have served more time. Abodeely had exhausted appeals before impeachment in 1971 and now awaits release from pre release center procedures.
American and Soviet negotiators at the strategic arms limitation talks quickened their pace, scheduling a Saturday session and assigning work to subcommittees.
Mary H Kildow longtime Meth Wick resident dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include son Paul Casper of Chicago and a grandson. Services at Turner chapel west followed by burial at Riverside Oshkosh. Other notices include Tillis Burrier Cedar Rapids, 84, and Glen W Johnstone 43 Cedar Rapids, with multiple family survivors and services at Turner chapels. Harold W Wampler 97 East Cedar Rapids dies after long illness with memorial mass at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial Mt Calvary.
Cedar Rapids widow Mrs George Kauffman 98 died Friday after a brief illness residing at 1956 Mt Vernon Road SE. Born August 2 1878 near Guttenberg she was married to George Kauffman and belonged to First Congregational Church. Survived by daughter Madeline Kauffman Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs J C Kirk Strawberry Point. Services 1 PM Saturday at Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Cedar Memorial after 5 PM today and at chapel after 9 PM Saturday. Clarence Hanson veteran of World War II native of Postville longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Thursday. Survived by sons Billy J and Clarence Jr daughter Myrt Robertson brother Joseph and sisters Julia Antes and Elina Bachman all of Cedar Rapids. Services Saturday 3:30 PM at Dunn's funeral home Des Moines.
Memorial notices describe services at Beatty-Bourle chapel and Turner east for Ross and several others with Rev. Richard A. Osing, Rev. Ernest Tarson, and Rev. Thomas C. Ayrock officiating. Burials follow at Linwood, Oak Hill, and Burlal cemeteries with fraternal lodge participation noted.
A Navy A-7E jet went off course near Mobile Alabama and crashed about 250 miles east of Norfolk. Lt. Thomas Conlon, 25, of Jacksonville Florida, was listed as missing with the pilot apparently unconscious and no eject action taken. Coast Guard cutter Absecon worked the search as intercept attempts failed and fuel exhaustion was cited.
The item notes an ongoing jobs discussion with figures indicating an 18 percent increase over the prior year, reflecting rising employment activity and economic momentum.
The British government ended dollar support causing a sharp slide in the currency. Bank of England had defended the dollar earlier but did not explain the cease, sending the rate down to 40.02 pence in minutes. A prior upshift to 4.09 percent followed Nixon’s economic moves. A European rush to sell dollars preceded a possible gold-based devaluation.
Prices show a slight unadjusted dip with no change after seasonal factors, while raw agricultural commodities drive most of the rise. Separately Cedar Rapids resident Leo Frank German, 63, a longtime Cedar Rapids meat cutter, dies after a long illness with service plans pending in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Turner announces Turneradt will join the board of American Funeral Homes as the company moves headquarters to a suitable Sound location. The Cedar Rapids based family business, founded in 1888 by John B Turner Worthe and Son, now operates six funeral homes with merges planned and Keokuk the nearest location. The firm stems from a three generations span, led by Turner’s father and grandfather.
Posey and Kopanski recount a prisoner housed December 29 facing limited meals, barred from seeing a lawyer, chapel and barber, with a court martial set for December 18. Papers on November 29 ordered trial before a special court martial. November meals came from sneaks and occasional kitchen visits at the sergeant's discretion.
A New Orleans federal grand jury indicted Jim Garrison for conspiring to bribe enforcement officials to protect illegal gambling operations and charged him with filing false federal income tax returns for 1965 through 1967. Also named were two former police officers and seven men tied to pinball operations in Louisiana.
A National Geographic Society estimate places Earth's total water at about 328 million cubic miles, encompassing oceans seas lakes rivers underground water and ice within arid clouds, highlighting the planet's vast but uneven freshwater distribution.
Detergent firms drop phosphate products in Dade County after a phosphate ban. Colgate Palmolive and Procter & Gamble plan withdrawal when the law takes effect. Lever Brothers will offer carbonate substitutes. Buffalo court orders respond to Colgate suit seeking similar relief.
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