Five Day Forecast and Local News Snippets
Five day forecast shows temperatures five to nine degrees below normal with normal highs in the 20s to 30s and lows in the teens. Local weather data includes Tuesday high 9, low overnight 0, and a 60 percent humidity reading at 10 am. Notices report multiple births in local families and a cooking oil flare up followed by a gasoline spill and a vehicle accident scene at SE locations.
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Scutter Court
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Streeet
Jacolyn Drive
E Avenue
Car Equipment Stolen From Vehicle in Killian's Ramp
Dale Eickstaedt reported $336 worth of car accessories stolen from his vehicle in Killian's parking ramp between 3 and 4 30 p.m. Tuesday. Items taken included 34 stereo tapes a tape player three tape cases and a gear shift handle.
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Dale Eickstaedt
Westwood Drive
Killian’s
City Briefs tease: local ads list beauty, hats, sewing center
Local notices advertise Armstrong's Beauty Salon offering $20 permanent waves for $10, J and E selling New Year's horns, Young Beauty Clinic with a $4.95 permanent wave, Temperance Union Trio nightly at Islander Room Tropic Lanes, Hood Sewing Center at 104 3rd Ave. SW selling machines and electronics, Berger Furrier Marion ad, and Jeromes old coins bought and praised.
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Temperance Union
Islander Room
Hood Sewing Center
3Rd Ave
Moon liquor store license sought by Foremost chief
Irving Robins, president of Foremost, asked NASA for the first liquor store license for a shop on the moon. The move envisions astronauts stopping at Foremost for a refresher during lunar visits.
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Chicago
APS
Irving Robins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Obituaries for Mrs Vernon Miller and Joseph Baynes
Monona county pays tribute to Mrs Vernon Miller 75 with services Friday at 1 30 in the Lutheran church Shultz Oelwein honors Joseph Baynes 77 with services Friday at 2 at Brants funeral home
Deaths Charles Tschirgi Hotel Man
Charles C. Tschirgi 83 of 1400 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids former Magnus hotel owner and longtime resident dies after brief illness Born October 16 1885 in Dubuque married Mabel Riemann April 19 1941 He chaired the Allison hotel board and was UM graduate Survived by wife son Charles H. Tschirgi of California a brother and sister two granddaughters Funeral Friday at Turner Chapel East 1030 a.m. with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call Thursday afternoon and until 10 a.m. Friday Casket will not be opened after the service.
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Charles C. Tschirgi
Second Avenue SE
Magnus
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Mabel Riemann
Clinton
Allison Hotel
University of Michigan
Charles H. Tschirgi
Woodland Hills
Calif
Arthur M. Tschirgi
Mattie B. Tschirgi
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
Glenn S$. McMichael
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids man John Machula dies after long illness
John Machula 79 of 2917 Iowa avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a long illness. Born Sept 14 1886 he married Mary Lopour May 10 1925 in Cedar Rapids. A retired Quaker Oats custodian WWI veteran and VFW member he leaves a son John G Machula of Casa Mesa California two sisters Mrs James Zousel and Mrs John Zousel Cedar Rapids area one brother George Machula Cedar Rapids and two grandchildren Memorial services planned at Hesser memorial chapel with time to be announced.
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John Machula
Iowa Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mary Lopour
Quaker Oats Co
John G. Machula
Casa Mesa
Calif
Pleads with N Y Fuelers for Oil To Heat the Sick
New York City health officials urge fuel oil deliveries after a strike ends as shortages threaten heat for ill residents. Mayor Lindsay and Dr Edward O Rourke warn many may die without oil while flu vaccine and blood supplies run critically low amid cold near 20 degrees.
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New York
John Lindsay
Edward O’rourke
O'Rourke
Health Department
Greater
Sandys and Jolly Greens Respected for Rescue Work
Lt Kenneth Fields praised the Sandys for saving pilots after 189 jet sorties, noting the danger they face and saying he would name his first child Sandy. The crews say there is no middle ground in their perilous work, choosing grief or smiles as they pursue rescue missions.
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Sandys
Jolly Greens
Kenneth Fields
Sandy
Hawkeye Breakin Theta at Bemis Station
Authorities probe a breakin at Rus sell Bemis filling station. thieves kicked in the door and took 60 dollars. investigation ongoing with local police.
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Russell Bemis
Plane crash survivors: 47 aboard Allegheny flight
Federal investigators planned to probe the Bradford regional airport crash as a 47 people onboard Allegheny Airlines flight 41 passengers and two full crews, including an infant, survived with one in serious condition. Survivors described a sudden landing and a gully crash as rescuers moved in.
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Rathfon
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
Bradford Regional
Bradford
Gregg Tobin
Pottsville
Tobin
Bradford Hospital
Ron van Pelt
Camp Hill
van Pelt
Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny
Astronauts share Christmas from lunar orbit aboard Apollo 8
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders sent Christmas greetings to the world from lunar orbit. They prayed for peace, read from the Bible, and ate a specially wrapped turkey as they circled the moon ten times, reporting a colorless, rugged landscape and sharing pictures with Earth.
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Borman, Lovell
Anders
Apollo 8 Hovers 70 Miles Above Moon Moments
The Apollo 8 crew described the lunar surface as forbidding and vast while broadcasting TV images of Earth. Commander Borman read a prayer for St Christopher Church in League City Texas and the astronauts read Genesis aloud during the telecast.
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Earth
Borman
Lovell
Mission Control Center
St. Christopher ‘Episcopal Church
League City
Texas
Youth Arrested On Beer Counts
Edward J. C. Duffy a 20 year old of 3512 Bel Air drive SE was held in the city jail on $220 bond for intoxication and possession of beer as a minor. He was charged after his car struck a light pole on Grande avenue SE where eight beer cans were found.
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Edward J. C. Duffy
Bel Air Drive
Duffy
Grande Avenue SE
Kidnap Incident Detailed by Des Moines Worker
Knapp testified he saw a man leaving with a bundle during a 15 minute search for a girl named Pam. The man yelled he would be back and show it to him before driving away. Powers from the Ford plant expressed disbelief that Pam would go with a stranger if she had been conscious.
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Williams
Knapp
Powers
Ford Motor ‘Co
Des Moines
Pam
Man from Minnesota Hurt in One Car Crash Near Dyersville
Harold Van DeWiele 19, Walnut Grove resident and serviceman, is listed in fair condition at the local hospital after injuries from a Tuesday night single vehicle crash on highway 20 two miles west of Dyersville.
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Marshalltown
Earl James McKeag
Toledo
Charles Johnson
Storm Lake
Clifford W. Plath
Toledo Fire Department
Dave Edgar
Vinton
Manchester
Harold van DeWiele
Walnut Grove
Minn
Dyersville
Native Son Pre Registration Not Needed for Event
Operation Native Son opens Friday at Town House with no advance registration required for seniors from Eastern Iowa colleges. Chairman Robert S. Wray notes record high registrations and says all 19 firms will have booths and materials ready. A 9 am general orientation precedes a self guided booth visit and lunch with sponsors.
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Native Son
Robert S. Wray
Chamber of Commerce
Wray
Eastern Iowa College
Two Charged as Drunk Drivers
Jack E. Gollaher, 40, of 616 Fifth avenue SE, and Melvin R. Burt, 33, of Palo, were arrested Tuesday in Cedar Rapids on drunk driving charges. Gollaher’s arrest was for a second offense and he is jailed in Linn county on $750 bond after his vehicle hit the rear of another car at First avenue and Third street SE. no damage to the struck car was reported. Burt hit a parked vehicle on 5008 East avenue NW, owned by Dale L. Castensen of 4101 Sixteenth avenue SW, and posted $500 bond before being released.
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Jack E. Gollaher
Fifth Avenue SE
Melvin R. Burt
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Gollaher
Linn County
First Avenue
Third Street SE
Burt
E Avenue NW
Dale L. Castensen
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Parking Fine in St. Louis Student Pleads Guilty
St Louis student Arnold Strauss, 23, was fined 565 dollars after pleading guilty to 38 parking violations in a St Louis court.
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ST. Louis
Arnold Strauss
Pope Paul VI Pleads For End To Misunderstanding
Pope Paul VI urged harmony between the Roman Catholic Church and labor in his Christmas blessing. After midnight mass in Taranto he spoke to about 80,000 in St. Peter's Square calling for peace and trust in God while acknowledging workers and ongoing conflict. He praised Apollo 8 astronauts and cited Vatican II on human responsibility as he connected with steel workers in Taranto.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
World of
Italy
St. Peter’s Square
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Viva
Taranto
Pope Paul
Brothers Arrested on Disturbance Charge
Two brothers Jesse E. Wright and Lewis Wright, ages 28 and 24, of 806 Eighth Avenue SE, were arrested at the Cougar Lounge on a disturbance charge. Tavern owner James Doolin signed the information, alleging loud obscene language and refusal to leave. They posted $55 bond each.
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Jesse E. Wright
Lewis
Eighth Avenue SE
Cougar
Ninth Avenue SE
James Doolin
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Daily Record
Gazette
Patrick W. Winn
Thirtysixth Street
Jerry E. Schropp
Richard Musel
J Street
Samuel L. Snyder
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
St. Luke's
James C. Daleness
North Towne Court
Richard R. Slocum
Eighth Avenue West
Robert E. Gray
Rosewood Court
Robert J. Hemphill
Center Point
Gerald M. Moser
Seventh Avenue SE
Reginald Smith
Washington Avenue SE
Floyd Endecott
Central City
Iowa City
Bobbie Gorman
Bethesda
Maryland
Donald B. Novotny
Novotny
Frank F. Novotny
Hamilton Street
C.R
Armstrong
Young Beauty Clinic
Berger Furrier
Jeromes
Iowa
Charles Tschirgi
N.Y
Bob Hope
the Sandys
Cong
Third Street
John Speer
Editorial
Cynthia Lowry
Leonard Lyons
the Jacobys
Erma Bombeck
Chuck Flynn
Dr. Andelman
Sam Shulsky
Sylvia Porter
J. A. Livingston
John Cunniff
Bob Considine
Gus Schrader
Don Walton
Jack Ogden
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery
Slonuers
Vernon Village
Mt, Vernon RD
Harold Ewoldt
Turner
Turner’s
John K. Turner and Son National
Turner Mortuary
First Ave
West
Pope
Apollo
WILD
Widil
John E. Lapes
Russ and
Funer
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