Second grade letters to Vietnam sergeant arrive for Christmas
Grant school second graders mailed 25 letters to SFC Albert Hartwig of the Ninth Infantry in Vietnam. Students expressed gratitude and concern, hoping their notes reach him before Christmas and praising his bravery amid the war.
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SFC
Albert C. Hartwig
Army
Vietnam
Grant School
Shawn
Kevin Hartwig
Charles Hartwig
Evelyn Drive
Nick Kassebaum
Lauri Steck
Robert Steck
Indiana Streest
Steve Kindl
Theresa Kindl
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Kevin
Sgt. Hartwig
America
Betty Kassebaum
Albert Hartwig
Reds in Venezuela Lose Popularity and Activity
In Caracas the Venezuelan Communist Party once led with 6 percent of the 1956 vote but is now suspended from all activity and many leaders are jailed, reflecting a sharp decline in influence for the country's oldest political group.
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Caracas
UPI
Venezuelan Communist Party
Rites Saturday for Mrs Elmer Jossie Coggon
Naomi Jossie Coggon aged 54 lifelong resident of Central City and Coggon died at Cedar Rapids hospital. Born March 13 1913 she married Elmer Jossie in 1934. Surviving husband three daughters a son five sisters two brothers and 11 grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Saturday Zion Presbyterian Coggon burial Coggon cemetery casket not opened after service.
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Coggon
Naomi Jossie
Coggon Land
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Jossie
Jossie
American Legion Auxiliary
Douglas McMullen
Ryan
Gary Hoyt
Springville
Cynthia Iossie
Stanford Jossie
Mary O'Meara
Wayne Williamson
James Stoddard
Clara Cropp
Frank Stanley
Minnesota
Thomas Kerns
West Chicago
Ira Kerns
Davenport
Zion Presbyterian Church of
Aaron Koskamp
Murdoch
Stentz Injured In Collision In Springville
Stentz of Springville suffered facial lacerations when his car struck a stopped vehicle at First avenue and Sixth street East. The Stentz car hit Edgar L. Kelly of 1253 Lake Avenue NE, who was halted for traffic. Stentz was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Don ©. Stentz
Springville
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Stentz
Edgar L. Kelly
Lake Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital Trustees Appointed After Death of John Locher Jr
Edward J. McManus of Blair and B L Anderson named to Mercy hospital lay board of trustees created by John Locher Jr's death. Anderson to fill unexpired term as president. McManus fills vacancy. Anderson has served five years on the Mercy board. Officers elected in May.
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B. L. Anderson
Woodland Drive
Edward J. McManus
Blair
Mercy Hospital
John Locher, Jr
Anderson
Locher
McManus
Mercy Board
Center Point Rites for Addis C Allensworth
Addis C Allensworth 69 a retired Rath Packing Co employee died in a Waterloo hospital. Born June 6 1898 near Center Point he married Maralyn Potts in 1939. Survived by wife a daughter three sons five sisters and five grandchildren. Services 1 20 p m Saturday Murdoch chapel Center Point. Burial Center Point Cemetery.
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Center Point
Addis
School Bus Strikes Calf Injuring Eight in Fairfield
Eight students were injured when a Fairfield Community school bus struck a calf on a gravel road west of Fairfield, then veered into a steep ditch. They received treatment at a Fairfield hospital for bruises, a fractured arm, and a broken nose. The driver was Mrs Pearl Waugh of Selma. Bus damage was over $1,000.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Community
Here
Pearl Waugh
Selma
McClelland Statement Ruling Ties to Iowa Murder Case
District Judge Harvey B. Uhlenhopp ruled that portions of Hubert B. McClelland of Beaumont Texas gave to authorities after his arrest may be admitted as evidence in his murder trial. McClelland is charged with killing Gladys Schwab and also faces charges in the deaths of Leland Skagg and his son Garith. The trial is set for January 8 in Boone County after a transfer at his attorney's request.
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Etheron
McClelland
Benton County
Boone County
Robert Matias
Cedar Rapids
Man Accused of Drunk Driving After Crash
Independence man Roger D. Smith 19 was arrested after an accident and charged with drunk driving. His car struck a parked vehicle owned by Milford C. Dorothy of 839 Oakland road NE shortly after 10 p.m. The crash occurred 400 feet north of G avenue on Oakland road NE. A passenger, Charles G. Good 20 of Independence, sustained facial lacerations and was listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital. Smith was held overnight at Mercy hospital for observation and released Friday to Cedar Rapids police.
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Independence
Roger D. Smith
Smith
Auto J
Milford C. Dorothy
Oakland Road
G Avenue
Charles G. Good
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Amendment to bar communists from defense jobs
Rep. James Quillen urged a constitutional amendment to exclude communist party members from defense related positions. He argued the measure would override a recent Supreme Court ruling he called deplorable and vowed to take action to overrule it.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Quillen
House
Nixon Says He Could Beat LBJ If 1989 Election Held Now
Former Vice-president Richard Nixon said in Omaha that if the 1989 elections were held Friday he could be the GOP presidential candidate and potentially win the primary and the general election. He added the race would be close and cited illness or a major mistake as the only obstacles. He did not confirm plans for other primaries.
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Omaha
UPI
Richard Nixon
G.O.P
Johnson
Nixon
Army Man Sentenced On Espionage Count
Sgt. 1c Ulysses Harris 37 of Neptune New Jersey was sentenced at Fort Meade to seven years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge after being convicted by a court martial of conspiring to commit espionage. The eight member board deliberated just over an hour.
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Fort Meade
Vietnam War Air and Ground Actions Reported
The report describes aircraft from Thailand and two carriers entering Tonkin Gulf and multiple dogfights with Migs. Lt Richard Wyman of Kittery Maine fired a missile, destroying a Mig near Hanoi. Ground fighting intensified along the Cambodian border the DMZ and central coastal plains with heavy Communist casualties.
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Thailand
South Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
Noriit
Richard Wyman
Kittery
Maine
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
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