Linn county approves road equipment purchase total
The Linn county supervisors approved buying road equipment totaling 102,097 dollars after reviewing last week’s bids. A motor grader will go to Altorfer Machinery Co. for 30,261 dollars, two tandem dump trucks to International Harvester Co. for 14,450 dollars each, two sand spreaders to Power Equipment Co. for 2,333 dollars each, and a hydraulic excavator to Allwheel Drive Co. for 38,270 dollars. The purchases rely on cost records and size, speed and capacity comparisons.
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Linn
Altorfer Machinery Co
Bill Harrington
Altorfer
International Harvester Co
Power Equipment Co
Allwheel Drive Co
Harrington
Daily Record Weather and Obituary Notices Collated
The Daily Record lists extend forecast details with highs in the 20s and 30s, overnight lows and precipitation amounts for cities including Atlanta Miami Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Denver New York Houston Seattle Los Angeles and Washington. It also notes barometer readings humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times and a report on jury for Decorah court. Obituaries for Decorah and nearby towns cover Nesteby Breitsprecher Luensmann Katschkowsky Love Bruce Rickels with service times and placement details in local churches and funeral homes.
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Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Apolis
Chicago
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Houston
Seattle
L.angeles
Washington
Russian Jews Move to Israel In 1972 Emigration Boost
Jerusalem reports 32,000 Soviet Jews immigrated to Israel in 1972, more than doubling the previous year. Early forecasts predicted 45,000 would move during the year, but Soviet emigration restrictions later slowed the flow.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Beauty Queen's Wedding Stayed in Columbus
Laurie Lee Schaefer Miss America last year postponed her wedding to John Lurie one day before the ceremony. Sister Elaine said the minister announced the postponement at a wedding rehearsal, citing medical reasons. Luke attends Ohio State University medical school.
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Columbus
Ohio
Laurie Lee Schaefer
John
Lurie
Board Street Presbyterian Church
Elaine
Alvin Smith
Luke
Ohio State University
Space Layoff at Manned Spacecraft Center Drives 100 Jobs Cut
Houston AP reports that a shrinking budget and a 5 percent pay raise plan will force the Manned Spacecraft Center to trim about 100 jobs within six months. A spokesman said the action is tied to budget constraints and program priorities.
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Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Deaths Mrs. Fred Severa 75 of Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Bessie Severa, 75, widow of Fred J. Severa, died Thursday in San Fernando after a brief illness. A Cedar Rapids resident most of her life, born April 19, 1897 near Solon, she belonged to Olivet Presbyterian and the Disabled Veterans Auxiliary. Surviving: four daughters, 14 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two sisters, a brother. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday Brush chapel. Cedar Memorial burial. Friends may call Tuesday.
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Bessie Severa
Fifth Avenue SE
Fred J. Severa
San Fernando
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Solon
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Curtis Norris
Paul Hill
Donald Anderson
Fred Luckey
Riverside
Death of Cedar Rapids Resident Virgil Devin at 81
Virgil Devin 81 wife of J H Devin of 259 Thirteenth Street NW Cedar Rapids died Saturday. Born December 26 1891 in Keosauqua she long affiliated with Linde chapter CES Keosauqua American Legion auxiliary Linn County Republican Women’s club and OES auxiliary to the Children’s Home. No immediate survivors. Body moved from Turner chapel East to Cattcottt funeral home Keosauqua for services and burial.
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Virgil Devin
J. H. Devin
Thirteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Keosauqua
Devin
Linde Chapter
CES
American Legion Auxiliary
Linn County Republican Women’s Club
OES
Turner Chapel
Cattcott Funeral Home
Memorial Services for Kolsto and Turner at Turner Chapel
Memorial services will be held at noon Saturday at Turner Chapel West for Stanley Lester Kolsto with the Rev. Larry Fruebling presiding. Burial will take place at Linwood Cemetery.
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Kolsto
Stanley Lester Turner
Larry Fruebling
Linwood
Hussein Spares 15 from Death in Jordan
King Hussein commuted death sentences for 15 people to long prison terms in Amman. Most were Palestinian guerrillas. The move appeared tied to his marriage last week to a Palestinian girl.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Filipinos Capture Major Moslem Stronghold in Sibale Hill
Manila AP report says after over a month of fighting, Philippine armed forces seized Sibale Hill in southern Sulu province, a key Moslem bastion, as of Saturday.
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Manila
Philippine
Sibale Hill
Sulu
City Briefs Tools Stolen during Tuesday at residence
Byron Thompson of 4401 Fairlane Drive SE reports tools valued at 40 dollars stolen from his car Tuesday. Mary Beltz of 1717 Second Street SW reports about 140 dollars stolen Friday night from her residence. Lavonne Flood reports a bowling ball and other items valued at 53 dollars stolen Friday night from her car near Sixteenth Avenue and B Street SW. Clifford DeMoss, 147 Twenty-first Street NW, hospitalized at St Luke's with visitors allowed.
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E Avenue
Rushmore Drive
Sixteenth Avenue
Third Street
Tamara Drive
Tenth Avenue
B Avenue
Byron Thompson
Fairlane Drive
Mary Beltz
Second Street
Lavonne Flood
J Street
B Street
Clifford DeMoss
Twenty-first Street
St. Luke’s
New Rules for Student Loans Increase Loan Caps
Washington AP reports new rules for the guaranteed student loan program raising annual limits from 1500 to 2500 dollars per student and removing the 15000 dollar family income ceiling. Borrowers must file a sworn notarized affidavit promising the funds are used only for education.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Volcanologists Probe Karakatau After Rumblings and Smoke
A team of volcanologists arrives at Mt Karakatau west of Java to investigate reports of threatening rumbles and smoke rising up to 500 feet from the volcano mouth.
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Jakarta
Mt. Karakatau
Java
Vislisel Sues Two Des Moines Attorneys for 40000
Frank C. Vislisel filed a 40000 suit in Linn County District Court naming John R. Mackaman and Dwight W. James as defendants. He alleges they agreed to handle an appeal after he discharged the prior attorney, and their inaction caused the appeal to be dismissed. The suit concerns a Cedar Rapids land condemnation case from 1968 over the price set by a condemnation jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Vislisel
Des Moines
Linn District Court
John R. Mackaman
Dwight W. James
Wislsel
Cedar Rapids
Treasury to mail second 1972 revenue share installment
Washington reports the treasury will mail the second 1972 revenue sharing installment next Friday while withholding five percent of each allotment to cover correction costs and inequities. One percent was withheld from the first installment. Deputy Undersecretary James Smith says the holdback speeds distribution of extra funds to units shortchanged by errors. Checks to each state will be similar to the first installment.
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Washington
Treasury
James Smith
Ruling on State Job Safety Laws
A federal judge ruled that it is illegal for the labor department to permit states to enforce their own job health and safety laws while awaiting federal approval of their programs. Under the 1970 OSHA act states could choose federal enforcement or propose state programs for approval.
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Washington
The
Labor Department
Inmate Sends Christmas Card to Judge in Oregon
A state penitentiary inmate in Portland sent a Christmas card to the judge who sentenced him. The message read Having a great time Wish you were here.
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Portland, Ore
State Penitentiary
Services Set for Gladys L. Bruce 78
SPRINGVILLE Gladys Love Bruce 78 a former Springville resident died Saturday in a Marion nursing home. Born September 29 1694 in Springville she is survived by son David Bruce Lombard Illinois and three grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch chapel Marion by Rev Charles Moore. Burial Springville Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Sunday.
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Decorah
Albert Nesteby
Decorah Lutheran Church
Steine’s. Decorah
Merlin Breitsprecher
Steine’s. Dyersville
Eleanor Luensmann
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Kramer’s
Elkader
William R. Katschkowsky
Springville
Gladys Love Bruce
Marion
David Bruce
Lombard
Murdoch
Charles Moore
Road Bump Revives Boy in Nottingham Crash
Ian Allison seven was buried over 15 minutes in wet sand after a fall at a construction site. Workers dug him out with no heartbeat and clogged airways. An ambulance jolted on a road bump freeing sand and triggering faint breathing and a pulse.
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Nottingham
England
Ian Allison
Ian
Harry Barnes
Ten Czechs Face Hijack Charges in West Germany
Ten Czechoslovaks aged 18 to 22 face air piracy charges for the June 8 hijack of a Slov-Air jet to West Germany. One suspect is charged with murder in pilot Ján Micič’s death. the hijackers landed 15 miles inside West Germany. Authorities refuse Prague’s bid to deport them to Czechoslovakia where they could face death sentences.
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Weiden
Germany
West Germany
Prague
Lubomir Adamica
Jan Micica
Micha
Czechoslovakia
Cheesemaking Entry Awarded Liars Crown
The Burlington Liars Club 1972 world champion liar is Montana’s Charles Hatch of Miles City who claimed a cheesemaking first. Other entries include Olives as salmon bait by Fred Smith of Muskegon Heights and a tale about Lake Winnebago pollution.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Montana
Charles Hatch
Miles City
Mont
Fred Smith
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Smith
Lake Winnebago
Frank Adrian
Menasha
Wisconsin
Ray Schreiber
Algoma
Schreiber
A. W. Tolg
Chicago
Julius Festner
Prescott
Ariz
New York
Tricia Nixon and Mate Leave Belgrade for Moscow Flight
Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox departed Belgrade by car and boarded a regular Soviet flight to Moscow to spend New Year’s. About 40 passengers waited as the couple arrived, after attending a Yugoslav performance of the American musical Hair on Friday night.
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Belgrade
Nixon
Tricia
Edward Cox
Moscow
Cox
Snow Looms Over Iowa as Rain Transforms Across State
An intense winter storm centered in southwest Iowa spreads mix of rain and snow across the Midwest. Northwest Iowa faces heavy snow and near blizzard conditions with gusts to 50 mph Saturday night. Rain changes to snow elsewhere with sharp cooling. some flooding risk on small streams. Friday highs ranged 36 to 55, with lows 33 to 46. cooler Monday with 20s, then 30s Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Iowa
Midwest
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Lamont
Couple Charged In Slaying Of Four In Yorkville
Yorkville Illinois AP reports a couple Carl Reimann 31 and Betty Piche 30 were charged after four people were slain during a Friday night attempted restaurant holdup one victim a teenage girl. A restaurant employee was among the dead and another man was seriously wounded. Police recovered $500 later. Reimann and Piche were arrested in Morris about 20 miles away after police broadcast a car description.
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Yorkville, Ill
Dallas Ingemanson
Carl Reimann
Betty Piche
Morris
Shotgun Blast Reprimands For Des Moines Officers
DES MOINES AP Three Des Moines policemen including the son of Police Chief Wendell Nichols were reprimanded after an accidental shotgun discharge in the police garage. The incident Friday injured two Des Moines Technical high students seated in the squad car. The gun, loaded earlier for a shift, discharged while Patrolman Nichols tried to load it, violating regulations that require unloading after prior use.
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DES Moines
Wendell Nichols
Douglas Nichols
John Shaver
Robert Copic
Nichols
Des Moines Technical High School
Asst
Harold Fryman
Army drinks beer and whisky conservatively says OWI
Thirty years ago the Office of War Information reported on drinking conditions near training camps and posts. The American army was described as drinking beer and whisky conservatively and as the best behaved army in the world.
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Office of War Information
A Good Salesman Covers Territory with Daily Want Ads
A sharp salesman thrives by consistently placing want ads to cover his territory. The strategy emphasizes visibility, reach, and continual contact with potential buyers, ensuring steady inquiries and opportunities across the region.
Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers
Emergency numbers listed for Cedar Rapids include 966 7654 and 402 348 1210 along with 398 5343 364 517 363 5629 398 5353 and 398 3521. Note mentions Chip and carry in poor billteld.
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Cedar Rapids
Anti Hijacking Legislation Proposed in Congress
Washington AP The new congress would be asked to permit execution of hijackers and to create a federal air transit security force to police airports. Rep John M Murphy and Air Line Pilots Assn president John J O'Donnell endorse a plan expanding penalties and passenger screening while enabling suspending service with hijacker-sponsoring nations.
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Washington
Congress
John M. Murphy
D-N. Y
John J. O'Donnell
Air Line Pilots Assn
Murphy
O’donnell
Federal Aviation Administration
U. S
Reduced REA loan totals under White House orders
The article notes planned REA electric loans of 1 million plus 145 million for telephone loans this fiscal year, but White House directives constrained actual loan activity to 438 million for electric projects and 125 million for telephones.
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White House
Iowa co ops respond to end of low interest rural loans
Iowa coop leaders protest the loss of federal low interest loans for rural electrification effective Monday. Orin Olson of Humboldt calls it a blow to rural America while noting the program’s role in development. Corn Belt Coop says the cutoff may jeopardize funding for the Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Palo.
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Humboldt
UPI
Iowa Assn. of Electric Cooperatives
America
Orin Olson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Olson
Iowa
Corn Belt Cooperative
Palo
Warren Snell
Corn Belt
Duane Arnold
Snell
Hell's Angels Chief Acquitted in Texas Drug Murder Case
In Oakland a jury acquitted Hell's Angels chieftain Ralph Sonny Barger and three members, Sergei Walton Gary Popkin and Donald Smith, of the murder of narcotics courier Servio Agero. The verdict comes after three days of deliberation amid multiple other criminal charges against the gang members.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Hell’s Angels
Ralph
Sonny’’ Barger
Texas
Barger
Sergei Walton
Gary Popkin
Donald Smith
Servio Agero
San Francisco
Hell's Angels
California
Bombing Returns as Vietnam Observes New Year Truce
U S air and naval forces target military sites in North Vietnam during a 24 hour period ending 8 am Saturday. A U S army helicopter crashed in the Mekong Delta injuring four Americans and a Vietnamese. Saigon moves to honor a New Year truce starting Sunday at 4 am Iowa time while Viet Cong had already announced one. Ground fighting stayed at a generally low level with 48 enemy initiated incidents reported to dawn Saturday.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
Saigon
Iowa
Hanoi
Saxbe comments on sudden incident as war effort continues
In Mechanicsburg Ohio Senator William Saxbe praised the sudden halt in a discordant incident, expressing hope it ends the matter and that congressional efforts to end the war will press on. He noted the incident seemed to stop even before Congress reconvened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg, Ohio
William Saxbe
Congress
Two Cedar Rapids Men Held After Robbery
Cedar Rapids police jailed William F. E. Cummings, 23, and Richard Cripe, 21, on $10,000 bond each after they allegedly robbed Douglas Carberry, 3301 West Wood Drive NW, at about 10:30 p.m. Friday. Carberry was knocked to the ground and his wallet stolen containing a $175 check, which authorities later recovered.
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Cedar Rapids
William FE. Cummings
Richard Cripe
Douglas Carberry
Westwood Drive
Cummings
Cripe
Carberry
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