Daily Record weather and notices from December 30 1970
Extended forecast fair through Tuesday with little temperature change highs in the 20s to near 30s and lows 5 to 15. Rain totals and barometer readings noted, births announced for Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals, police court entries include speeding, drunkenness, and license violations plus a long list of funeral services and obituaries across Iowa towns.
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Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Houston
Seattle
L. Angeles
Washington
Teruimsele
Manila Nears Fall in War Flashback 30 Years Ago
Tokyo radio reported Japanese invasion forces were only 20 miles from Manila as Gen Douglas MacArthur's armies retreated under overwhelming infantry, tanks, and dive bombers.
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Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Manila
Philippines
Wife kills husband and four children then takes her life
Corpus Christi Texas AP reports a Navy man Chief Petty Officer Robert Whalen 33 and his wife Peggy 32 with Debora 12 Kelly 11 Robert Jr 9 and Mary 3 found dead in an apartment. Police say the mother shot the family then herself in a bathroom after reload. Neighbors heard shots about 2 am and police entered to find all six dead.
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Corpus Christi
Whalen
Naval Air Station
del Mar College
Bengalis Shown Restraint Mrs Gandhi Says
New Delhi AP Indira Gandhi defended Bangladeshis showing restraint after riots, noting a few reprisals early on but insisting law and order have prevailed. She criticized Western dispatches while comparing 20 killings to a million, urging perspective on violence.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Bangladesh
Pakistan Army
Air war in Indo China reports rescues and captures
The report says one of four U S flyers was rescued while three remain missing. North Vietnam claims two pilots were captured and that 20 American aircraft were shot down. A U S Phantom downed near Thanh Hoa is acknowledged with both crewmen killed. A CIA supply mission plane with four aboard is listed as missing since Monday.
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North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Mid East forces complete week long exercise near Suez crossing
A week long multinational exercise simulating crossing the Suez Canal and retaking Sinai ended with praise from Egypt's war minister Lt Gen Mohamed Sadek for unity between popular forces and the army. Israel's Lt Gen Haim Bar Lev ceded command to Maj Gen David Elizar, citing vigilance amid possible renewed fighting and noting Soviet involvement has shifted. A U S official in Washington said arms talks with Israel continue though no confirmation on Phantom jets.
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Suez Canal
Sinai
Egypt
Mohamed Sadek
Tel Aviv
Haim Bar-Lev
Armed Services
David Elizar
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Bar-Lev
Suez
Israel
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Crash Victim Identified in Wis De Pere Youth
CRESCO Iowa AP reports Daniel J. Ver cauteren, 19, of DePere Wisconsin, identified by Bradley-Lindstrom funeral home as the man killed in a crash near Cresco. The collision between a semi truck and a car also injured another man hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota for treatment.
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Cresco
Here
Daniel J. Vercauteren
DePere
Wis
Bradley-Lindstrom Funeral Home
Rochester
China exposed as social imperialist in global stance
The statement accuses China of conducting subversion in many countries, threatening the Balkans, undermining Palestinian and Arab struggles against the U.S. Israeli front, and backing Indian reactionaries in aggression against Pakistan, portraying these acts as evidence of its social-imperialist character.
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Democratic Republic
Balkans
U.S
Pakistan
Deaths Florentine Craemer 66 Cedar Rapids Resident
Florentine O'Brien Craemer 66 wife of Nicholas Craemer of 349 Woodland drive SE Cedar Rapids died in Ft Lauderdale Florida on Thursday Born September 17 1905 in Cedar Rapids she was married October 11 1923 in Cedar Rapids A member of All Saints Catholic church and the Sanctuary Society of Immaculate Conception church she served on the boards of Mt Mercy college and the Children s Home of Cedar Rapids Surviving: her husband three daughters Pamela Gearhart Cedar Rapids Mrs Phillip Brown Des Moines Mrs William Zievers LaGrange Illinois ten grandchildren and a sister Mrs Charles A Brown Wapakoneta Ohio Services will be at All Saints church at 10 am Monday Rev Edmund J Becker will preside Entombment in Mt Calvary cemetery Rosary at Turner chapel east Sunday at 730 pm Friends may call at Turner east after 1 pm Saturday
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Florentine O’brien Craemer
Nicholas Craemer
Woodland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Craemer
All Saints Catholic Church
Sanctuary Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Mercy College
Children’s Home
Pamela Gearhart
Phillip Brown
Des Moines
William Zievers
LaGrange
Ill
Charles A. Brown
Wapakoneta
Ohio
All Saints Church
Edmond J. Becker
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Father Becker
Turner East
Dr J B Purath 79 Cedar Rapids chiropractor dies after illness
Dr J Benjamin Purath 79 of 1308 First Ave NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness. Born August 20 1892 in Marshall Minnesota he married Lillian Mann June 5 1927 in Nashua. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs William H McDowell Bemidji Minnesota and Mrs H R Shillito Miami Springs Florida two grandchildren and brother Fred Purath Redlake Falls Minnesota. Services noon Monday Turner Chapel East with Crescent Lodge and cremation. Master Masons to meet at 11:45 am. Cancer Society requested as optional donation.
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J. Benjamin Purath
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Marshall, Minn
Lillian Mann
Nashua
Purath
St. Paul’s
William H. McDowell
Bemidji
Minn
H. R Shillito
Miami Springs
Fla
Fred Purath
Redlake Falls
Turner Chapel East
Arnold Herbst
Crescent Lodge
Turner East
Cancer Society
Funeral Services For Steff and Overley Held Friday
Frank J. Steff and John R. Overley were honored in services Friday. Steff’s rites occurred at 2 p.m. at Brush chapel with burial at Czech National Cemetery. Overley’s services followed at Turner chapel east at 3 p.m. with burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Steff
Frank J
Brush Chapel
A. T. Washington
Overley
John R
Turner Chapel East
Arnold Herbst
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Two Snowmobiles Struck by Train in Stone City
In Stone City, two snowmobiles were struck by an eastbound freight train as three riders approached the tracks. Roger Seaton and Charles Becker escaped by jumping seconds before impact, while Leonard Beckett steered away. Officials labeled trespassing but filed no charges. the riders plan to repair the machines.
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Stone City
Here
Roger Seaton
Charles Becker
Leonard Beckett
Beckett
United Nations bars airfield work in Korea armistice talks
Twenty years ago the United Nations told Communist negotiators that no armistice could be agreed in Korea unless the Reds accepted a ban on airfield construction, signaling a demand tied to ceasefire terms and air power restrictions.
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United Nations
Korea
Jobless Rate In C R Area Rises to 3 9 Percent
Employment in the Cedar Rapids area dropped in November with 2,960 Linn county residents unemployed, lifting the jobless rate to 3.9 percent from October and prompting expectations of further declines over the next three to six months.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Linn County
ISEA
Paroled Cedar Rapids Man Abodeely Freed on Release Board Decision
Joseph Abodeely was released Thursday on parole from a five year sentence started June 18 after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting an abortion. The parole board, citing risk to his motel, moved his release forward from spring and had him at Newton's release center prior to final approval.
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Joseph Abodeely
Cedar Rapids
Newton
Council on Aging Moves to New Linn County Location
The Linn County Council on Aging relocates to 312 Seventeenth Street NE with space donated by Central Park Presbyterian Church. Former address was 1026 Third Avenue SE and the Marion branch also moved. New Marion volunteer coordinator is Penny Weston at 2190 Twenty seventh Street.
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Linn County Council On Aging
Seventeenth Street
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Third Avenue SE
Marion
Penny Weston
Twentyseventh
Two-term limit urged for Linn County supervisors
The Linn County Property Taxpayers Association adopted a resolution calling for county supervisors to serve only two four-year terms in succession. Association President Billy Pulda said the goal is to improve public control of government and noted plans to limit only this office for now. He cited entrenched appointments and re election trends, acknowledging some capable officials might be affected but arguing limits prevent endless incumbency.
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Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn
Association
Billy Pulda
the Gazette
C R Case May Set Stage for Obscenity Test
Cedar Rapids men Wedelstadt and Lavin were fined 500 and 100 dollars respectively for selling obscene literature, signaling a possible Iowa obscenity law challenge. They appealed their demurrers rather than proceed to trial, with March 31 payment deadlines and 60 days to appeal. Lavin, an employee, and Wedelstadt, the manager of Talk of the Town store, faced charges after alleged sales to two officers.
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Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Iowa
John B. Reilly
Edward J. Wedelstadt
Dale Lavin
Reilly
Michigan Troopers Slain Near Union Pier in Traffic Stop
Two Michigan state troopers Charles Stark and Gary Ramp were shot and killed during a routine traffic check on the Red Arrow highway near Union Pier. A suspect was killed by pursuing officers after refusing to stop. a passenger, Dorothy Broz, 39, Detroit, was held in jail. Stark and Ramp had served with the state police since 1964 and 1966 respectively. Stark was a father of two and Ramp a father of one.
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New Buffalo, Mich
UPI
Michigan
Charles Stark
Gary Ramp
New Buffalo
Dorothy Broz
Detroit
Berrien County
St. Joseph
Red Arrow Highway
Union Pier
Michigan-Indiana
Bern Magnuson
The
New Buffalo Post
John Plants
Plants
Stark
Ramp
State Police
Figures on Rearing Child Cost Families Across Life
Washington report details a federal study estimating that raising a child from birth to college costs the average American family about $40,000. It notes a mother who would have worked but stayed home could forgo around $60,000 in earnings, highlighting the value of a homemaker through the child’s early years.
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Washington
Commission On Population Growth and the
Susan McIntosh
Ritchie ‘Reed
West
North Central
Band Votes 215 to 0 To Skip Protest
LOS ANGELES UP I The University of Michigan marching band unanimously voted 215 to 0 to ignore the student government council call to stage an anti war halftime pageant at the Rose Bowl. Other campus groups plan demonstrations at the parade and game.
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Los Angeles
UPI
University of Michigan
Michigan
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Student Government Council
Nixon
David Heroy
Stanford
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