Iowa Guard Seeks City Land for New Armory
Cedar Rapids receives a letter from Col. Joseph May requesting five acres south of the airport to host a $351000 National Guard armory. Costs split 75 percent federal and 25 percent state. current Shrine Temple lease ends March 31 1968 and the site is slated for demolition. The state lacks funds to buy the land, but cites community benefits and emergency value. Cedar Rapids units number about 300 men.
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National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson Friday
Joseph G. May
Adjutant General of
Iowa
Shrine Temple
A Avenue
Sixth Street
Cedar Lake
Cal. May
Youth Charged In Fatal Crash Near I 80
Vernon Bean Van Antwerp 18 of Iowa City faces two charges in Iowa City police court after a December 16 crash on highway one six miles north of Interstate 80 killed two people. He is charged with drunk driving and failing to yield. bond set at 500 dollars. The victims were passengers in his car. Van Antwerp was injured and released from University Hospitals Friday morning.
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Iowa City
Vernon
Bean van Antwerp
van Antwerp
Dallas polygraph head calls Ruby test useless
Andrew Smith of Truth Verification Inc says polygraph tests are unreliable on ill subjects and cannot prove lies. He argues testing Jack Ruby would be pointless, as a healthy subject is required for reliability. Ruby seeks a test to show acting alone in the Oswald killing.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Andrew Smith
Truth Verification, Inc
Associated Press
Smith
Ruby
Lee Oswald
Vietnam War Plan Notes Emphasis on Patience and Public Support
General Westmorland discusses potential future American deployments in Vietnam and outlines two main challenges. He highlights the need to translate the war's nature for the home front and urges patience, perseverance, and endurance both on the battlefield and at home. He suggests returning servicemen could serve as effective emissaries.
Sounds of Christmas on Cedar Rapids TV
The Sweet Adelines of Cedar Rapids perform a Christmas program Saturday at 3 30 PM on Channel 9. The segment airs as part of local holiday entertainment.
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Adelines
Cedar Rapids
City canvass underway for Cedar Rapids 1967 directories
College students and Polk firm workers are visiting Cedar Rapids homes and businesses to collect data for the 1967 city directory. Supervisors from R L Polk Co oversee canvassers who will record names of residents over 38, occupations, home ownership status, and phone numbers.
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R. L. Polk and Co
Cedar Rapids
William J. Klein
Polk
Kansas City
Palk
Guaranty Building
Warming Trend with Little Snow Faces Christmas Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts a drop near zero Friday night across Iowa then a gradual warmup to the high 20s to low 30s by Sunday. Snow remains minimal with limited Christ mas eve prospects. statewide five day readings stay near normal in the northwest and below normal elsewhere. New Albin reports 2 below zero while Waukon is at zero and Oelwein Decorah Elkader show 3 above. Cedar Rapids at 29 at 2 pm Friday after a 10 degree overnight and Thursday’s high of 27.
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Iowa
Santa Claus
Weather Bureau
New Albin
Waukon
Oelwein
Decorah
Elkader
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Truces in Vietnam Risk More American Lives Says Russell
Senator Russell of Georgia warned that Christmas and New Year truces in Vietnam will cost American lives. He argued the Viet Cong will use the pauses to regroup and replenish supplies and urged renewed bombing of targets not previously hit, including airfields and industrial sites in Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Winder
Russell
D-Ga
Vietnam
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hanoi
Haiphong
General Maurice Challe Freed from Prison in France
Former Gen Maurice Challe who helped lead the 1961 Algiers putsch was freed from prison on Friday as President de Gaulle granted clemency.
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Parisiap
Maurice Challe
Algiers
de Gaulle
French Aerotrain Trial Adds Rocket Tail
French engineers test a rail car prototype with a five foot rocket at the rear to boost speed from 118 to 188 mph on short tests south of Paris. Builder Jean Bertin aims for speeds up to 250 mph but notes production use unlikely. concerns include noise and limited passenger space.
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Paris AP
Jean Bertin
Maurice Lefranti
Paris
Aerotrain
Bertin
iThe
Government Flat Christmas Cheer For C R Project
Washington sent a notice that an extra 497 440 is coming to help fund a 3 million sewage treatment plant expansion. Combined with a May grant of 543 560 the federal share reaches 1 041 000. H W Poston explains funds were unavailable in spring. City officials reassess 920 500 from unappropriated funds to balance year across 15 funds including 250 000 for the sewage rental fund awaiting federal approval.
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Bob Johnson
Washington, D.C
H. W. Poston
Water Pollution Control Administration
Stewart Shank
Trucker Fined in Sideswipe Case Near Epworth
Dubuque Deroid Richard Nordeck 40 of Cedar Rapids was fined 100 dollars after a sideswipe collision on Highway 3 east of Epworth near 30 a.m. Friday. He appeared in justice court on charges of leaving the scene.
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Dubuque
Deroid
Richard ‘Nordeck
Cedar Rapids
Epworth
Nordeck
Justice Court
Truck Driver Fined After Manchester Collision
A semi truck driver, Nordeck, was fined $50 on each count for failure to yield half the roadway. He was apprehended in Manchester after his truck collided with a car. no injuries were reported.
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Nordeck
Manchester
Two Youths Die In Cabin Blaze Near Elyelet Minnesota
In EYELETH Minnesota two 17 year olds Wayne Luoma and Robert Saukko died after returning to a burning Little Mud Lake cabin to rescue friend Mark Jagunich 17 from the blaze. Fellow occupant Mike Muopus 16 escaped but the freezing cold hindered aid. The overheated stove caused the fire and a narrow woods trail blocked fire engine access delaying response.
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Eyeleth
Minn
Mud Lake
Wayne Luoma
Robert Saukko
Mike Muopus
Luoma
Mark Jagunich
Saukko
Kuopos
Minnesota
Auto Exhaust Could Alter U.S. Climate Says Scientist
Dr. Vincent Schaefer of SUNY Albany reports submicroscopic lead particles from automobile exhaust can seed ice crystals when exposed to iodine vapor. He notes iodine exists in the air and suggests this may offer a new cloud seeding technique, implicating widespread tetraethyl lead emissions.
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Washington
U. S
Vincent Schaefer
State University of New York At Albany
Schaefer
Science
Fined American Leaves Russia After Statute Stoppage
Craddock Gilmour Jr. left the Soviet Union after 83 days detained at the border for theft of a bear statue and illegal currency transactions. Wortham remains jailed for three years. Gilmour was fined 1111 dollars on the currency charge. The father says the case is not yet closed.
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Moscow
Craddock Gilmour, Jr
Soviet Union
Buel Wortham
Wortham
Gilmour
Spellman and Graham Broadcasts to U. S.
U.S. armed forces radio service in Vietnam will relay Christmas services by Francis Cardinal Spellman and Billy Graham to American networks. Spellman’s mass airs at 10 a.m. Saturday Iowa time and Graham’s service at 1 a.m. Sunday, with beams to Washington radio service HQ for possible pickup by networks and stations.
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Saigon
U.S
Grain Service Named Scroggs President in Cedar Rapids
Robert Scroggs vice-president of Iowa Milling Co. was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce Grain Service in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, succeeding Walter Musker. Howard Dale of Quaker Oats was elected vice-president, Larry Owen was named treasurer, Harold Ewoldt as secretary, with new directors including George Lawrence, Wesley Janda, Tudor Wilder, Richard Procter, and Richard Longeway for 1967.
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Robert Scroggs
Iowa Milling Co
Chamber of Commerce Grain Service
Cedar Rapids
Walter Musker
Howard Dale
Quaker Oats Co
Larry Owen
Chamber
Harold Ewoldt
Owen
George Lawrence
Penick & Ford
Wesley Janda
Iowa Milling
Tudor Wilder
Wilder Grain
Richard Procter
National Oats
Richard Longeway
Cargill
Math Chairman at Iowa Dies in 50th Year of Service
Prof. Harry T. Muhly 50 longtime chair of the University of Iowa mathematics department died after sudden illness at his home in Iowa City. He joined the faculty in 1950 and became chair in 1964. He earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins in 1940 and held NSF funding for mathematics research. He is survived by his wife Isabel three children Paul Alan and Catherine his mother and a sister. Services Saturday at 1 a.m. at George Gay-Cathout funeral home. Memorials to the heart fund.
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Garete
Iowa City
Harry T. Muhly
University of Iowa
Balltimore
John Hopkins
Baltimore
Mubhly
Muhly Council
National Science Foundation
Iowa
Harvard
Annapolis
Isabel
Paul
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Alan
Catherine
Anna Muhly
Catherine Muhly
George Gay-Cathout Funeral
Heart Fund
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16Th Ave
Spellman and Graham
Grain Service
Scroggs
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