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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1965
Page
6
The Daily Record shows Saturday temperatures ranging from the high thirties to the sixties with scattered precipitation none. It includes barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and year ago highs and lows. Also published are December birth announcements for multiple families listing addresses and newborns.
In Clermont-Ferrand France an aerial cableway cabin cracked open and fell 230 feet onto a snowy mountainside. Police report six dead and eleven injured among Christmas vacationers as rescue operations continued.
Born September 28 1913 in Muscatine son of Arthur J and Dorothea Blaesing Lindley he married Melba Bavender June 4 1946 in Winston Salem NC Surviving wife two daughters Susan and Dixie mother sisters and two sisters in law Private family funeral at First Lutheran Church Muscatine with burial there Casket to stay closed Friends may call Beatty Bearle’s until 9 PM Monday Memorials suggested to American Heart Society Linn County Medical Society college scholarship fund Cancer fund or First Lutheran church memorial fund
Williamsburg Debra Fay Meyer five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Virgil Meyer, services today at 2 in Immanuel Lutheran Church McSwiggen and Uhlmann. Olin Mae Chatterton 89, services Monday at 1 30 at Hayden's. London William Hensch 56 died Thursday, services today at 3 in Zion United Church of Christ, burial London Cemetery. Chapman’s at Clarence.
A Republican statement calls on President Johnson to reaffirm the United States support for Nationalist China’s seat at the U.N. and to resist behind the scenes maneuvers. It also urges broader U.N. reform including more congressional representation, financial support procedures, Kashmir peace efforts, U.N. and OAS coordination in the Dominican Republic, and a solution to the 15 year Palestinian refugee issue, naming several Republican signatories.
City briefs note Optimist Club hosts a gift auction at Tuesday noon in the Roosevelt hotel and encourages rummage and basement garage sales. Also Rotary and Exchange Club events at Montrose hotel with KWWL-TV guests and a Christmas party at Town House.
New York state has paid 10 million dollars as part of a 65 million dollar purchase of the Long Island railroad from the Pennsylvania railroad. The balance is due January 20, completing the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority takeover.
Downtown Farm Market advertises potato salad for holiday parties. Bowling alley Tropic Lanes runs a holiday special offering three lines for $1 on December 23 24 25 and 26.
Kenneth Hubbard told police $9.95 worth of oil was stolen from a rack at his service station on 2801 Mt. Vernon road SE Friday night. Local 100 Club event notes advise New Year’s Eve seating by reservation.
Ladies night and dancing every night announced for the Beautiful Ambassador Lounge on Highway 150 Marion with promotional emphasis on adult entertainment and nightly social events.
Atlanta AP reports Dr. Martin Luther King Jr declaring his Christmas wish is to speed the day when racial justice and world peace cease to be empty phrases and become realities for all people.
Mrs. Samuel Louise Austin 74 of 1129 Washington Drive Marion died Saturday evening at home. Services set for Tuesday at 1 30 PM at Murdoch Chapel Marion with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 PM Monday at the chapel.
Twenty thousand visitors from as far as Taipei and Helsinki joined Christmas events in Bethlehem. Pilgrims prayed at the Church of the Nativity grotto as a midnight mass drew about 5000 worshippers.
Six people died in a two car collision one mile east of Jennings Louisiana on Saturday night. Five of the victims were members of a single family. Police reported the wreck occurred when the two vehicles collided under unclear conditions.
U S and Vietnamese forces set a 30 hour Christmas Eve to Christmas night truce while Viet Cong units reportedly conducted several low level actions across First Third and Fourth corps areas including attacks on Marines at First Corps Trung Lap training center and Thanh Linh camp plus mortars on Pho Sinh outpost. Second corps reported no incidents.
A U S military spokesman said no policy decision was given to extend the Christmas cease-fire or resume war. Viet Cong actions were under evaluation with no reports of U S offensive actions since the 30 hour cease-fire expired at midnight.
At Hilo Hawaii the Kilauea Aloi crater erupted unexpectedly on Christmas Eve but most activity subsided before observers could reach the crater through clouds. Earthquake activity persisted leaving scientists unsure if the eruption had ended.
Obituary fragment list includes several memorial entries from various names as well as a full obituary for Marvin J. Koffron, 52, of 1634 0 Avenue NE Cedar Rapids. It notes his death at University Hospitals Iowa City after an illness and prior electrical shock injury. Surviving family members and funeral details are partially provided.
Walter W. Hubbard, 1336 Wilson Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, died Friday evening after a sudden illness. Born Oct 17, 1887 in Monticello, he married Zana Timm Oct 4, 1945 in Cedar Rapids. A former bookkeeper for A-1 Electric, he also ran Hubbard Commission Co. Survived by wife, daughter Richard Ilten, sister, brothers, six grandchildren, and several half relatives. Memorials and burial in Cedar Memorial with services by Rev. D A Loferski. Mt Herman lodge members meet at mortuary.
The article lists funeral plans for multiple individuals with service times on Monday at various churches including Westminster Presbyterian and Immaculate Conception. Entombments and burials occur at Cedar Memorial Linwood Mt Calvary Mound and other local cemeteries, with Rosary recitation Sunday night.
SOUTHALL England AP The East Indian community and its 5000 member workers association have bought a movie house to use for cultural activities and adult education classes promoting better understanding of western ways.
Havana reports 1964 Cuban traffic accidents caused damage estimated at 8,409,538 pesos. The government says the sum could have bought 2,627 tractors with some pesos left over.
Grace M Van Fleet age 69 of Cedar Rapids died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born May 11 1902 in Red Oak she lived in Cedar Rapids 15 years moving from Garrison. She married Sept 21 1920 in Marion and is survived by her husband three daughters Mrs Oddis Myers Des Moines Mrs Clarence Slager Cedar Rapids Connie Van Fleet at home two sisters and others listed in the notice.
Dora Daubenmeier 95 widow of Daniel Daubenmeier and longtime resident of Jones and Linn counties died Friday in a Marion nursing home. Services Monday at 1 30 p m at Murdoch chapel Marion by Rev Lloyd Kellams with burial in Lisbon.
Miss Lillian Knoedler 77 who died Dec 2 while trying to save her pets left a $55 000 estate to animal care groups in Baltimore Maryland Antivivesection Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Luci Episcopal church in Fredericksburg hosts a trip to Nu gent and parents as Airman Nugent, a June Marquette graduate and Wisconsin Air National Guard member, updates show. His mother notes no visit planned this weekend, though Nugent will complete two weeks of training at Lackland Air Base before returning to Milwaukee for 10 weeks of training.
A fire at St Matthew's Hospital near central London was quickly controlled as ambulances and fire crews from all districts rushed to the scene. The blaze started in a second floor storeroom, forcing relocation of 40 elderly residents, while smoke lingered through extractor fans after the major emergency was declared.
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