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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1966

Page

2

Weather and notices from Waukon to Cedar Falls

Five day forecast and routine obituaries and funeral services listed for towns including Waukon Cedar Falls Cascade Hopkinton and Sigourney with service times and church names. Weather details show temperatures precipitation barometer humidity and seasonal normals alongside a year ago comparison.

Morley Sylvester Wes) Mallows Eigh Sirvices Eagpoettsch’s Anamosa Oclwein Harold Scovel Brant’s Morgan's Joseph L. Green St. Mary’s Devaney’s

Deaths and Births Civic notices from Marion area

Death notices list Kathryn Smith Border age 78 of 110 Second Street NW widow of Byron Border Cedar Rapids resident died. Surviving sons Jack C. Smith East Peoria Dale E. Smith Costa Mesa Lee M. Smith Cedar Rapids. 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial at Turner Chapel with burial Linwood Cemetery. Births include St Luke's Roger A. Thiess Harold KR Bogert Earl E Lanefitt David W Frye Eugene L Gelistfeld Marion. Also marriages Keith K Keim Judith K Spencer Deanna Baumgartner Theodore Baumgartner Mary E Pealer John W Pealer Pauline M Snyder George F Snyder Jr. Fires etc. Municipal Court fines. Multiple civil cases listed with amounts. Mercy hospital cases. Sanitary Farm Dairies vs JoAnn Howard.

Kathryn Smith Border Second Street Byron B. Border Cedar Rapids Tee Dea Wirtsbl Seas Cedar Rapids Jack C. Smith East Peoria Dale E. Smith Costa Mesa Calif Lee M. Smith St. Luke's Roger A. Thiess Eastview Avenue Harold KR. Bogert Twentysixth Street Earl E. Lanefitt F Avenue NW David W. Frye Sixth Street Eugene L. Gelistfeld Marion Daugher W. J. Kinney Glen Ostrander Donald W. Zahradnik All- State Insurance Co Gordon Davis John Richardson Great Plains Gas Joe Shirley Hoye Frank E. Soukup Ronald H Sharon Swailes Laurentide Finance Corp Elmer Arlo Rose Mary Case S. J. Grasewski Carlton Imogene Tavernie Robert F. Vane Robert H. Robison Mercy Hospital Donald L Virginia Polton St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute Ind Howard E Mary Pennell St. Luke’s Hospital George Henry Delores Ann Morgan St.uke’s Hospital Charlotte Murray H. Longfellow, Jr St. Luke's Hospital William H Marlene J. Kindah Ernest R Carol J. Klouda Sanitary Farm Dairies JoAnn Howard Richard L. Hartman James D. Lavin Guy M Marie D. Garrett M. Estes Richard L Charis Britcher John P. Barthel Robert W. Veley Leroy Betty Jean Bird

Aid plan outlines malaria and smallpox goals for world health

The President set ambitious targets to eradicate malaria in ten years across the Western Hemisphere and parts of Africa Asia and the Near East and to eliminate smallpox worldwide by 1975. He urged expanded vaccination for measles and a food for peace program to double aid beneficiaries from 70 million to 150 million within five years, framing health education as a mix of existing and new efforts.

Western Hemisphere Africa Asia Near East American Food For Peace Jand

Snowstorm Toll and Rescue Efforts Across States

Mountains of snow and ice crippled Indiana Illinois Maryland and Virginia as schools closed and roads remained dangerous. Army helicopters ferried supplies in Loudoun County while civil defense choppers delivered food in Onondaga and Cayuga counties. Syracuse residents faced 12 foot drifts and Mohawk Airlines staff were trapped until plows freed them. Prince Charles began a 14 week student exchange in Melbourne Australia.

Virginia Indiana Jasper Ilinsis Scott Decatur Mount Vernon Olney Robinson Sullivan Ill Lynn Swango Upper New York State Oswego Lake Ontario Syracuse N.Y Onondaga Cayuga Mohawk Airlines Maryland

Medicare Alert Program Approved by Gov Hughes

Governor Harold E. Hughes approved a six county Medicare Alert plan centered in Cedar Rapids to locate residents 65 and over for optional medical benefits. LEAP will run a door to door campaign with social security personnel, enlisting 9,500 eligible in Linn Johnson Tama Benton Poweshiek counties. The $23,600 program is funded by a $21,000 federal grant and local in kind contributions.

Harold E. Hughes Cedar Rapids Medicare LEAP Linn Economic Action Project Linn Johnson, Towa Tama Lenton Poweshiek Counties Robert Johnson Linn County Regional Office of Economic Opportunity OHO Kansas City Opera Hughes Thejcial Security Offices Federal Health Program Social Security

Mayor Opposes Linn Plan in Congress Skirmish

In a tense session Mansfield urged prompt action on a bill while noting Dirksen's claim polls show national opposition. He challenged a vote on the motion as a test of merit and pressed concerns over North Vietnam peace talks at Geneva.

Mansfield Dirksen North Vietnam Geneva Johnson Rusk Southeast Asia Soviet Union Britain Fulbright Sen. Aiken Senate Republicans

Linn County Nurses Resign to Merge with Public Health

Linn County Supervisors approved the resignation of two nurse midwives Karen Pitlman and Cynthia Lund and authorized merging into the Cedar Rapids Marion Public Health Nursing Assn. Treasurer Donald H. Cover reported 1965 year receipts and disbursements totaled 20 396 426 12 dollars. The office space vacated by the nurses will temporarily house County Building Administrator Carl Swanson and the Sanitation Enforcement Officer Marshall Brown.

Linn County Board of Si Linn County Board of Supervisors Donald H. Cover Linn County Public Health Cedar Rapids Cover Karen Pitlman Cynthia Lund Cedar Rapids-Marion Linn County Conservatic Health Nursing Assn William Linstrom Carl Swanson Marshall Brown Anthony Scolaro Sheriff's Civil Deputies Swanson Brown

Motion for New Trial Continued in North Vietnam War Context

The French government voiced regret as a hearing on a motion for a new trial for Ralph M. Ren, charged in a 1966 auto crash, was continued by Judge Harold Vietor. A spokesman said the resumption would compromise the pursuit of peace, amid U.S. air war tensions. Ren, found guilty of a second offense, was involved in the December 9 offense. Kosygin claimed U.S. actions shielded by war rhetoric, while the case intersects with broader international conflict and peace efforts.

Ralph M. Ren U. S M Street North Vietnam Harold Vietor Renshaw Kosygin First Street Third Avenue

Elizabeth Jane-Lurner Chapel Service Details

Elizabeth Jane Lurner will be laid to rest at 1 30 p m Saturday at a chapel service conducted by Rev W Greer McCrory There will be cremation and committal Friends may call at the chapel until 10 p m Saturday The casket will not be opened after the service

Auto safety reform urged by national association

A leading safety group pressed for comprehensive automobile standards including side and front visibility, cornering lights, hydraulic bumpers, elimination of X frames, and permanent emergency warning systems. It urged biannual vehicle inspections and uniform accident reporting nationwide, arguing federal action avoids states rights clashes and that improper design and driver error cause most serious crashes. It noted that drinking drivers and the young or old are overrepresented, but most accidents involve normal, responsible motorists making errors on ordinary roads.

Association

Governor Hughes Upset Over Medicare Alert Programs

Johnson cited Gov. Harold Hughes comments in Waterloo on Tuesday night and said Culver reported Washington approval for Medicare Alert projects before the governor acted. He noted Hughes had written the Office of Economic Opportunity in Kansas City to express concern and displeasure with Medicare Alert.

Fulbright Senate Johnson Vietnam Hughes John Culver Waterloo Harold Hughes Office of Economic Opportunity Kansas City

C R Block Co Worker Injured In Plant Accident

Ben J. Mouchka 46 of Walford was injured Wednesday morning at Cedar Rapids Block Co 650 Twelfth Avenue SW when his clothing caught in the drive shaft of a block casting machine He was admitted to Mercy hospital where he underwent surgery Officials said he was an employee and the incident involved machinery.

Ben J. Mouchka Walford Cedar Rapids Twelfth Avenue Mouchka Mercy Hospital Concrete

C R Fireman Given 28 Day Suspension

Edward Atkins, 22, of West Park Trailer Court, a Cedar Rapids fire department member for about eight months, received a 28 day suspension from duty for February conduct unbecoming a fire department member. Police log lists his arrest for drunkenness around 10 p.m. Saturday. MERLE OBERON stars in Walter Wanger's Night Into Paradise on Channel 1 Movie at 10:25 P.M. Wednesday.

Edward Atkins West Park Trailer Court Cedar Rapids Merle Oberon Walter Wanger Channel 1

Grain Men Urge Boosting Prices Of Govt. Stocks

Washington AP witnesses urged senators to raise the price level for selling government wheat stocks. Mundt and Young pressed to lift resale minimum to at least 115 percent of supports plus carrying charges, while Farm Bureau and grain groups warned such sales hurt market prices.

Washington Secretary of Agriculture Freeman Sens Mundt R-N.d Young Senate Agriculture Committee Harry Graham National Grange Marvin McLain Iowa American Farm Bureau Federation Commodity Credit Corp

California dealer pursues 100 pound Australian coal

In San Francisco a California dealer said a 100 pound lump of coal from Australia could be worth about 600000 dollars if cut into gem stones. The claim links the unusual find to potential high value in a jewelry market.

San Francisco California Australia

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Daily Record Boreas Lowa Waukon Irs Charles Lane St. St. Patrick’s Church Martin’s, Foledo Michael Lee Halboth Robert Halboth Cedar Falls Woodlawn Henderson’s Belle Plaine Mabel Miner Peffers Central City Cassie W.ford United Church of Christ Pass C.R. Weather Hopkinton D. H Johnston Presbyterian Church Ely Elizabeth Jane Clark Tracegg St. High Jenny Slsr Brosh’s Gazette Byron Border Mercy William Everts Route One Dennis Coleman Ryan George Schorg Ninth Street Michael Hoffman Lincoln Trailer Court Thomas Johnson A Avenue Benjamin Siver Fifth Avenue Robert Sieck Keith K. Keim Judith K. Spencer Deanna G. Baumgartner Theodore A. Baumgartner Mary E. Pealer John W. Pealer Pauline M. Snyder George F. Snyder, Jr F Avenue Municipal Court Claude R. Nelson Twenty-fourth Street Michael Scott Tower Trailer Court Charles Barker William L. Voelker Amana Clifford Ray Yearns Prairie Creek Robert Sion Oakland Road Junior L. Hutchcroft Thirty-sixth Street James A. Davis, Jr Fourteenth Street Almore L. Taken Jerome H. McAndrew E Avenue John C. Morey Rockford Road Aid Snow Fort Belvo Loudoun County Baltimore Washington, D.C Pittsburgh Joseph Barr Arkansas Sacramento Prince Melbourne Gov. Hughes Dwight Jensen the Gazette Walter Shupp Linn’ County Shupp Eleventh Avenue Linn Plan Courthouse News Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly Bob Johnson United Community Service Gerald Ketchum Assembly Ketchum United Good Neighbors UCS Avenue Bridge U.N France U.N. Security Council Hanoi Radio Peking’s Oi Seuve China News Agency Ments Marthe Ion United Community Servicina 2 Peking Hanoi Ake Recorder Paul D. Speer Ayks Diaiecl Better Service Inc Chicago Squaw Creek Pinicon Ridge Marion VanFossen Linn County Sociation Pene Ifv Savern Ehiud Counly Donald E. Corcran George Madson Howard F. Taylor Dennis Fiser Mae Orrick Ruth Boyse Walter Grant The Torola Communications’ Co.,Inc C.R. Block Co C. R Vince John FE LAPES Srd Ave Linn Board of Supervis Leo C. Peiffer Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Turner Mortuary West Down B. Turner and Son Turner Turners John K. Turner Turmery Mortuary First Ave Tee
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