Weather and obituaries fill Daily Record page
Weather details for Saturday and December figures listed. Then multiple obituary notices note births and family announcements across towns including Decorah Dyersville Elkader Monticello Springville Marion Urbana Waterloo and centers like Basilica of St Francis Xavier and St Matthew Lutheran.
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Decorah
Merlin Breitsprecher
Stevie’s. Decorah
Albert Nesteby
Decorah Lutheran Church
Steine
New Year Celebrations Move Up For Midnight Festivities
The article notes New Year events shifting to 11 p m to build hype before the clock hits midnight with Al Baker of the restaurant association explaining the plan. It references two leap seconds added in 1972 and warns of increased New Year traffic accidents due to weather. It also mentions Hollywood Largo Club’s nude show and a midnight law banning strippers where liquor is served in Boston.
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al Baker
Largo Club
Hollywood
Sunset Strip
Deaths Mary M. Kuda 93 Cedar Rapids resident
Mary M. Kuda 93 of 1788 Mallory street SW widow of Joseph Kuda died Saturday after a short illness. Born Sept 22 1879 in Cedar Rapids she lived here lifelong and belonged to the Western Fraternal Life Assn. Survived by daughter Mrs Julia Unzeitig and two sons William G and Leo J Kuba all of Cedar Rapids five grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Janeba Kuba funeral home west by Rev Charles R Mehaffey. Burial Czech National. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Mary M. Kuda
Mallory Street
Joseph Kuda
Cedar Rapids
Western Fraternal Life Assn
Julia Unzeitig
William G
Leo J. Kuba
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Charles R. Mehaffey
Obituary of Joseph T Seery 1887 198? Cedar Rapids native
Joseph T Seery 85 of Cedar Rapids and Lamont died Saturday after a short illness Born October 19 1887 in Delaware county he was a retired farmer Surviving wife Blanche four daughters two sons Joseph and Francis Seery all of Cedar Rapids 14 grandchildren six great grandchildren one sister Marie Seery Waterloo Services are pending at St Patrick church with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery Tea sden funeral home in charge of arrangements
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Joseph T. Seery
Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Delware County
Blanche
Bonnie Grover
Alfred Knapp
Robert Gardner
Glenn Suddenberg
Joseph
Francis Seery
Marie Seery
Waterloo
St. Patrick Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Teasden Funeral Home
Svanda 75 dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Joseph Svanda aged 75 of 2229 Otis road SE died Friday after a long illness. Born in Sary U. Policky, Czechoslovakia, Sept 1, 1897, he came to the United States in 1909 and lived in Cedar Rapids since. Survived by sister Mary Riley and brother Stanley Svanda, both of Cedar Rapids. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kuba funeral home east by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Burial Czech National. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Joseph Svanda
Otis Road SE
Sary U. Policky
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cedar Rapids
Mary Riley
Stanley Svanda
Kuba Funeral Home
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Hassel Lennie Jane Turner Chapel West Service
Lennie Jane Hassel turned into eternal rest with a chapel service at West at 10 30 a m Tuesday conducted by the Rev Stephen Root Burial followed at Cedar Memorial with family and friends attending in sorrowful ceremony
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Hassel
Lennie Jane
Turner Chapel
Stephen Root
Cedar Memorial
Mass at Torrejon Chapel led by Cardinal Cooke
Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York officiated a Saturday Mass in the chapel of the U S Spanish air force base at Torrejon outside Madrid, witnessed by servicemen and local officials. The ceremony highlighted U S Spanish air force ties amid postwar religious observance.
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Madrid
New York
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Torrejon
Searchers Scour Mountain for Missing Fraternity Prank Target
CASTAIC Calif UPI More than 40 sheriff's deputies and volunteers searched rugged terrain north of Los Angeles for 21 year old Fred Brenner of Hollywood left as part of a fraternity prank on December 22. A body was sighted in an inaccessible area at the bottom of a steep cliff raising questions of life or death as mountaineers attempted to reach it. Ban ner members of Chi Chi Chi fraternity in Woodland Hills allegedly left him tied to a remote area for punishment for alleged obnoxiousness. police were alerted after they found a blue jacket three miles from the drop point.
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Castaic
Calif
UPI
Here
Sheriff’s Department
Fred Brenner
Hollywood
Joe Manusia
Chi Chi Chi
Woodland Hills
Bonner
Vietnam bombing halt eases path to resumed talks
U S officials and lawmakers weighed the pause in bombing as a step toward renewed Paris negotiations with Thieu’s position seen as unchanged. Critics urged caution, urging a ceasefire and prisoner exchange as talks resume, while supporters praised the halt as essential to peacetime diplomacy.
Pilots Push for Tighter Rules on Air Shipments of Animals
Washington ALPA called for stricter controls on shipping live creatures by air amid incidents of puppies in shoe boxes and a dog chewing at a cockpit door. The union cites asphyxiation and heat as leading causes of death and urges airlines shippers and forwarders to fix gaps in the system. The controversy prompts potential legislation by Senator Weicker to set shipping guidelines.
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Washington
API
Air Line Pilots Assn
ALPA
Pilots’ Union
Rooney
New York
Kennedy International Airport
Faye Brisk
The
Washington Humane Society
UPI
Dale Schwindaman
Agriculture Department
Lowell P. Weicker
Rconn
Weicker
Humane Society
Fifteen Convicts Escape New Orleans Prison
Fifteen teen inmates at Orleans parish prison escaped through a damaged wall panel and pipe tunnel from a four story building. They descended to an unfinished infirmary and exited via a gate padlock break. Guards could not locate them, while 35 others stayed. Previous mass escapes have occurred at the facility.
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New Orleans
UPI
Orleans Parish
Vincent Leto
Leto
Hungary s Pawnshops Survive By Andrew Suemeghi
In Budapest Hungary the state now runs 19 pawnshops the only such system in the Communist bloc The shops reopened in 1957 after Stalin era closures Secrecy rules still apply and firearms are barred Artifacts range from alcohol related items to jewels reflecting changing pawning trends as veterans of the trade recount three decades at the counter.
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Budapest
Hungary
UPI
Imre Nabai
Want ads shape results worldwide in modern markets
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Ghetto Class Jumps Reading Level by New Methods
San Francisco seventh graders at Benjamin Franklin junior high raised reading ability by four years two months, from four years three months in February 1970 to eight years four months in May 1972. The state funded project used two hours daily reading with focus on enjoyment, tapes, and individual diagnosis while avoiding heavy grammar and traditional literature. Marilyn Jones leads the ESEA demonstration program with textured methods and dedicated teachers.
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San Francisco
UPI
Benjamin Franklin Junior High
Benjamin Franklin
Marilyn Jones
Two Car Crash Injures Girl Eight
Brenda Shelton eight of 729 Westland road NW was admitted to Mercy hospital Saturday afternoon for observation after a two car crash at Sixteenth avenue and Edgewood road SW. She rode in a car driven by Marjorie L. Shelton thirty of the same address which was struck by Paul M. Stuart twenty two of Algona. They were treated and released. Stuart was charged with failure to stop for a red light.
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Brenda Shelton
Westland Road
Mercy Hospital
Sixteenth Avenue
Edgewood Road
Marjorie L. Shelton
Paul M. Stuart
Algona
Stuart
Israeli shelling hits central and southern heights front
Israeli spokesmen reported shell fire near Bnei Yehudah Kfar Ginat and Afik in central and southern heights that Israel holds from the 1967 war. Earlier barrages targeted positions on Mt Hermon and in the northern sector.
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Bnei Yehudah
Kfar Ginat
Afik
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Mt. Hermon
Bombing Update Confirms Hospital Destruction and Casualties
The report notes the hospital destruction and describes Joan Baez leaving Hanoi in shock at the violence. It states many Hanoi residential areas were heavily bombed amid high population density. Officially 93 U S air force personnel are reported missing since raids began, with dozens captured. North Vietnam claims 76 U S aircraft down, including 33 B 52s, while U S analysts report a lower loss rate than expected. North Vietnam fires surface to air missiles at B 52s at a rate of about 100 per day, signaling continued supply runs despite prior mining plans.
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Joan Baez
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Local AP rights notice on republication
The notice states that the Associated Press has exclusive rights to republish all local news printed in the newspaper and to use all AP news dispatches. This legal margin grants AP exclusive republication rights for local content and its distributed dispatches.
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Associated Press
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