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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1969
Page
2
The record lists high and low temperatures for Friday and overnight in Denver with noon readings, precipitation, and normals. It also includes year over year figures, barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise sunset, and several obituaries with service times and family notes across multiple towns.
A sluggish oil spill stretched over about 200 square miles off Santa Barbara with oil washing ashore along 14 miles of coastline. The California Fish and Game Department started a program to rescue oil soaked birds as dozens of grebes and seagulls faced danger while officials assessed damage to shellfish and marine life.
In Dublin and across Ireland a teachers strike closed many of the nation's 569 high schools. Strikers demand a top pay rate near $5,990 yearly, while the government offers about $5,280. Older students protested as Saturday exams and university entrance tests loom.
In Hoboken New Jersey Local 2 president Charles Buonocuore of the International Longshoremen's Association ordered his men to drop picket signs and unload 125 tons of imported Italian marble for the John F Kennedy memorial in Washington.
Miami AP reports construction foreman Don Miller may use the telephone after a laborer bitten ear during a dismissal incident in Coral Gables. The worker leaped on Miller in protest and bit his ear.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday from Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail including night and Sunday editions and regional pricing. The paper notes no main subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas and reserves AP republication rights.
Rome officials vote to name a street after Jan Palach, the Czechoslovak student who self immolated in protest to Soviet occupation. The move honors Palach's act and the broader dissident movement in Eastern Europe.
Leo D. Powell a Cedar Rapids resident for most of his life died Saturday after a long illness. Born April 19 1892 in Galena Missouri he was president and owner of Powell Roofing Co until his 1960 retirement. Survived by daughters Louise Powell and Maxine Neveu and one grandson. He belonged to First Christian church Elks Eagles Chamber of Commerce and was a former TPA president. Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Turner chapel east Rev John M. Hardy. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call until 10 a.m. Tuesday. casket will not be opened after the service.
Several thefts are reported across the city including six batteries stolen from Grant Williams Ford at 4001 First Avenue SE valued at 192 dollars. Other incidents include a $30 larceny at Public Wholesale Co. Highway 30 and Bowling Street SW with no forcible entry found.
Governor Ray says at least five Linn county Republicans are in the running for two spots on the Iowa highway commission. Cedar Rapids figures include William O Gray John Bickel Jerry Ovel and B A Jensen plus Linn supervisor Dudley Henderson. Other names include Grover Blunt while Shirk of Oelwein also seeks a seat.
Fay Brundidge, 48, died Friday morning. Services will be at Goettsch funeral home in Anamosa Monday at 10 30 a.m. Burial will be in Anamosa. He was born May 11 1920 and lived in Cedar Rapids before moving to Anamosa two years ago. Survived by four sisters Mrs Paul Keffer Mrs Patrick Fleming Miss Eileen Brundidge Mrs Arthur Muller all of Cedar Rapids and three brothers Paul Jeff of Cedar Rapids and John of Mt Harpers Wis.
Bytha Wilbur of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness at age 28. Born May 17 1899 in Mahaska county she moved from Oskaloosa to Cedar Rapids. Survived by three daughters Ardella Harrington D P Kelly and Mrs Philip Weider five grandchildren and siblings. Services Monday at Westover Des Moines with burial in Masonic cemetery. Memorial fund suggested to Kenwood Park United Methodist Church.
Madrid police use emergency powers to exile 16 lawyers and professors to remote areas in a campaign to quell unrest in universities.
Jerry Miller of 527 Sixteenth Street NE was treated at St Luke's hospital and released after a fire at his apartment caused third degree burns to his left foot and ankle. Fire officials said the blaze started from a lit cigarette on a mattress and was confined to the bed.
Cub Scouts Pack 102 awarded honors Thursday at Adams School listing recipients Danny Pate Ricky Collum Craig Ferris Brian A Hern Chris Robbins Trent Packing ham Steve Jones Larry Boyd Randy Kurtz Sean Moley Bus ter Pate Tom Moley Curtis Lockhart Blair A Hern Brad A Hern Tim Hemesath Mark Aubrey Mike Webb Jeff Robbins Dick Lilledahl Billy School John Hutchings Tim White Jeff Barr Ricky Coleman Steven Klein John Rink Ray Griffith
Prosecutor Dan Futch argued that violence followed Mrs. Clark labeling Erler a book. Erler admitted enragement when called crazy. He kicked a photographer in Phoenix during arrest and later called police to say he would shoot himself.
Frank Shugart 76 of Arlington remained in fair condition at Oelwein hospital following a Friday night fall in Hazleton that left him with head injuries.
The world’s first commercial communications satellite Early Bird has been transferred to Intelsat III and placed in orbit as a reserve for emergency and experimental use. Comsat notes it launched live TV across the Atlantic in 1965 and logged thousands of calls and programs with no outages before retirement.
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban told AP there is no immediate danger of a large scale war or major power clash in the Middle East. He said tension weighs on peace while Israel and Arab states lack an agreed solution, noting sporadic violence and a generally quiet front. He urged action to rescue Iraqi Jews amid trials and executions in Iraq.
A 19 year old Cedar Rapids youth, James Dahms of 1053 Fifth Avenue SE, kicked a glass door at United State Bank, 129 Sixteenth Avenue SW, after a check was refused. He was charged with malicious injury to a building and released on a promise to appear after police caught him fleeing to his car.
Don Adams brings Tony Martin Barrie Chase Joey Foreman and The Letterman to a color television show airing 8 30 Saturday night on Channel 9.
President Charles de Gaulle faced fresh heckling as about 50 independence-minded students in Brittany shouted Free Brittany and waved the Breton flag near Brest city hall during his tour. Police took no action as demonstrations from Rennes spilled into the visit, with riots including window-breaking and fires but no major injuries.
Two Cedar Rapids juveniles ages 16 and 17 were charged with larceny of a motor vehicle after owner James McGrath located the car Friday evening around 9 30 p m. He borrowed a neighbor's truck, found the youths and the car, and fired a warning shot from his window. The pair were turned over to juvenile authorities and released to their parents.
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