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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1972
Page
3
Weather data includes precipitation zero and barometer 29.94 falling with NE wind at 14 mph, sun and moon rise times, and February totals. Obituaries list multiple families with new births and funeral services in Dyersville, Iowa City, Kalona, Manchester, Monticello and surrounding areas with dates, church names, and burial details.
George A. Bishton, 94, longtime Cedar Rapids resident and pioneer telephone man, died Saturday after a long illness. Born June 13, 1877 in Dixon, Illinois, he had no immediate survivors. Services at Beatty-Buerle Chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m. with Rev Canon D. A. Loferski of St. John's Episcopal Church. Burial at Linwood. Friends may call Beatty-Buerle's after 6 p.m. Sunday. Subsequent services by Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Rev. Lyle Borger. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Cedar Memorial Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Elizabeth Hoy 92 widow of Martin Hoy of 426 Fifth Avenue SW died Friday after a short illness. Born August 15 1879 in Johnson County she lived in Williams burg before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1946. She was a member of St Patrick's Catholic church. Services Monday at 10 am at St Michael's Holbrook with Rev Raymond Vogel. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery Rosary Sunday at 8 pm at McSwiggin and Uhlmann Funeral Home Williamsburg.
Simon A Stramel 63 of Cedar Rapids died at Veterans Hospital Des Moines after a short illness. Born January 17 1909 in Ellis County Kansas he moved to Cedar Rapids about 15 years ago. He was a St Patrick s Catholic church member a World War II veteran and formerly a cook at the Embassy club. Survived by son Albert and daughter Rosemary both of Illinois four grandchildren two sisters Elizabeth Beckmeyer and Mrs John W Weltz Cedar Rapids two half sisters Kathryn Leiker Commerce City Cole and Cecilia Stramel and a half brother Adam Stramel Washington. Services at St Patrick s church Tuesday noon Rev Paul J Maguire burial Mt Calvary cemetery Rosary 730 pm Monday Teahen Chapel with calling after 1 pm Monday.
Donald R. Mehsling 59 of 3226 Avenue NW died Friday in Aurora Colorado after a brief illness. Born August 9, 1912 in Marquette he married Helen Sheetz September 3, 1944 in Decorah. A World War II Army Corporal, he was a carpenter and former World Theater employee. Surviving: wife three sons Tom Lee and Don Jr. four daughters Sue Shirley Winnie Esther, his mother Mrs Edna Stulli, two brothers Fred and Raymond, and a sister Mrs Donald Bivens. Services Wednesday at p.m.
John P Kingman 72 of 113 First Avenue SW died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born March 27, 1899 in Hillsboro North Carolina he lived in Chicago before moving to Sioux Rapids in 1952. A retired Collins Radio Co accountant he was a World War I veteran and American Legion member. Surviving are sister Mrs. Arthur E Waymire of Dearborn Michigan and brother Carroll B Kingman of Petoskey Michigan. Calls after 3 p.m. Sunday at Stewart funeral home. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Stewart with Rev. Robert J MacDanel. cremation committal.
Funeral notices list services for Gardner Frank N. Turner East Johnson Harry L. Noggle John C. Beatty Bearle and others. Services include Mass of the Resurrection at All Saints and St Ludmila churches, gravesides at Cedar Memorial and Linwood, and burial details with Cedar Memorial, Linwood, and private inurnment. Survivors mention Willard L Meyers Jr. and wife Florence, with locations in Cedar Rapids and Redding California.
The article notes yaks’ thick hair and fat protect them from cold, allowing them to lie down and rest safely even during blizzards. The description emphasizes their resilience in harsh, high altitude environments.
Robert Eugene White, 24, of 321 Fifth Street NW, found guilty on three counts in the justice court of Glenn T. Powers. He received three days in jail for intoxication and 30 days for disturbing the peace, with 15 days for criminal trespass suspended. White was arrested by Cedar Rapids police about 11 p.m. Friday.
Isabel I. Hammond, 47, of 207 Tenth Avenue SW, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of criminal trespass based on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Glenn T. Powers. She posted a $110 bond and was released.
City Briefs list multiple events. CREA-Representative Assembly meets Monday at 4 p.m. in the Educational Service Center. The School Board gathers Monday at 7 30 p.m. at the Educational Service Center. Canopus Club welcomes Thomas L Aller at the Embassy club Tuesday noon. Linn County Farm Bureau invites a 22 day bus tour leaving Cedar Rapids March 4. Naturalist Society screens John J Audubon at Peoples Unitarian church Monday night. Banking on local notices, a radiator theft report cites Norman F Carpenter of 1324 G avenue NE.
In Newry Northern Ireland tensions rise as 3000 British troops seal the town for a Sunday civil rights march forbidden by government. IRA warnings and recent Londonderry violence raise bloodshed fears while U S lawmakers back a boycott of British goods and Vanessa Redgrave planned to join.
A Saturday fire damaged a 24 story frame duplex at 1613 D avenue NE with no injuries. Firemen said an outside wall electrical short caused the blaze, affecting the wall and first floor ceiling in Patrick Pierce’s unit and a table in John Fichtner’s second floor unit, with smoke damage housewide. Fichtner was treated for smoke inhalation at St Luke's hospital. Building owner is Virgie Kurth of 2944 Oakland road NE.
Linn county deputy assessors will be at the Palo town hall from Monday through Saturday to assist Fayette township residents in filing homestead and veterans exemptions. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
The Illinois March 21 primary pits Muskie against McGovern and McCarthy as contenders for delegates. Rep. Celler backs Muskie and calls Lindsay an ineffective administrator. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield condemns Nixon camp reaction as overkill. The Nixon campaign adopts sex integrated committees for 1972.
Analysts see Soviet pressure delaying Egypt from resuming hostilities as U S mediator coordinates with Israel and Egypt in a Sinai settlement. Key aim is withdrawal of Israeli forces from the east bank of the Suez Canal before Nixon's Moscow visit this May. Russians want Canal reopening for faster naval access to Red Sea and Persian Gulf routes.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established by The Gazette Co, operates daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscriptions vary by carrier or mail, with nightly and Sunday editions priced per month or year and regional restrictions noted. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
The United States and the Greek military regime in principle agree to base a U S 6th fleet carrier task force at Piraeus for two years. About 3500 American dependents would relocate to the area to improve morale and boost reenlistment during long sea duty, state department officials said.
The U S coast guard says a life ring was recovered from the tanker W A Fogg which disappeared four days earlier in the Gulf of Mexico with 39 aboard. A Valiant cutter found the ring and a ship door about 50 miles off Galveston along the vessel’s planned route from Freeport to Houston.
President Giovanni Leone asked Giulio Andreotti a Christian Democrat to form Italy s 33rd postwar cabinet. The move, made Saturday night, was a last ditch effort to avoid dissolving parliament and delaying elections by a year.
A fierce storm driving heavy snowfall kept piling up to near two inches per hour as Oswego and Fulton declared states of emergency. Mayors halted nonemergency travel while winds blew snow drifts as high as ten feet, closing streets and highways in New York's snow belt near Lake Ontario.
A search began Saturday for a turboprop airliner with 19 aboard on a flight in northern Colombia. The aircraft from Transportes Aereos del Cesar sent a routine last radio report from near the Magdalena River about 250 miles north of Bogota. Weather was clear and hijack speculation arose.
The State Crime Commission reported in Harrisburg that patterns of corruption exist throughout the Philadelphia Police Department. In an interim report the commission said it will undertake a full-scale, in-depth investigation due to these preliminary conclusions.
Pakistan urged recognizing countries to help hundreds of thousands of non-Bangalis displaced in East Pakistan. A foreign office spokesman said nations that recognized Bangladesh must offer immigration and settlement facilities to these victims.
The report notes American losses with four wounded and two South Vietnamese dead plus 12 wounded. Reconnaissance by the 196th Infantry Brigade near Da Nang. an Army helicopter shot down in the Mekong Delta wounding two crew. U.S. raids target the Ho Chi Minh Trail as antiaircraft defenses double. A Soviet-made surface to air missile was destroyed on the trail.
A rear end collision on First Avenue E after noon injures Thad Eckley, 2, who was a passenger in a car driven by Gary W. Eckley, 24. The Eckley vehicle, stopped for a stalled car, was struck from the rear by a pickup truck driven by Ronald Peterson, 41, in the 2900 block. Peterson and Eckley were from nearby addresses. The child received treatment at Mercy hospital.
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