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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1968
Page
3
The Daily Record lists weekend weather with Saturday highs and evening conditions plus a February normal trend and a barometer reading. It also catalogs multiple birth announcements from families in Marion and surrounding areas dated February 8 through February 10, naming families and newborns with addresses.
A 553 foot navy fleet oiler carrying 225 crew members was towed by tug boats and pulled off Newton Rock on Friday and headed for port Saturday.
Antonio De La Cruz of Marseilles and Catalina Munoz and Rafaela Munoz of Barcelona were arrested at O'Hare after authorities found 22 pounds of heroin worth about $10 million. Bonds set at $250,000 each. public defender appointed. Officials say they suspect the trio acted as couriers. origin Brussels, open return tickets.
Seventeen freight cars derailed on Milwaukee's south side Saturday. Fifteen cars carried bombs and other naval ordnance bound for Vietnam. No injuries reported.
Benny Brown a 23 year old mechanic from Lafayette Georgia and his 16 year old girlfriend Faye Dawson Summerville Georgia surrendered at a roadblock on Mississippi 45 near the Alabama border ending a multi state manhunt for killings in Alabama and Georgia. Brown faced fugitive charges in Georgia and Dawson had no listed charges. They were to be taken to Meridian Mississippi for authorities.
White House troubleshooter Cyrus Vance arrives in Seoul to join South Korean and U.S. officials in high level talks over the North Korea crisis. The visit follows the longest U.S. North Korea meeting since the Panmunjom sessions began ten days earlier. Informants report agreed procedures for turning over one dead and three injured Pueblo crewmen.
Cedar Rapids police jailed 41 year old David R. Hollenbeck of 10942 Twelfth street NE after he fired a shotgun from his apartment window into the side of a house at 117 Twelfth street NE. He faced drunkenness and injuring or terrorizing inhabitants charges. Officers responded at 7:31 p.m. after a caller reported a gunshot.
Belgrade AP Tito warned that imperialist and reactionary forces are provoking crises that could push the world toward nuclear catastrophe. Speaking at a youth congress he urged worldwide youth to oppose the policy of force in international affairs. He cited pressures blackmail and armed interventions as attempts to halt socialist emancipation.
London AP reports factory workers at the origin company of the I'm Backing Britain movement backed out of a Saturday shift under union pressure. The extra half hour on the factory floor was halted as four shop stewards suspended by the union sought a special meeting or action.
At Colt Heating and Ventilation 250 workers followed five head office typists in Surbiton by offering a free half hour to boost productivity. The Amalgamated Union opposed the move urging smarter work not unpaid overtime, while management lamented the domestic dispute unraveling the plant’s unity.
The item list records a memorial donation from the Robert E. Trachtas fund in memory of William Lanning, a contribution from the Rock Island Women's Club for Edith Paulson, and camp budget balances for 1968 showing a previous balance and applied amounts totaling $1,429.09 and $1,673.67.
A survey of 1,500 high school students in Leningrad shows over one third do not participate in organized group activities tied to forming the new Soviet man. Among active participants, a third are dissatisfied with Komsomol programs due to strict supervision, long meetings, and homework limits.
In Orangeburg South Carolina the Justice Department sues All Star Triangle Bowl and a nearby eatery for violating civil rights laws amid riots after a whites only policy. FBI probes deaths and injuries as National Guardsmen enforce a dusk to dawn curfew.
Eugene Black, special adviser to President Johnson and former World Bank president, met with Foreign Minister Abba Eban on Saturday in Jerusalem to discuss U.S. and regional issues.
Sheldon O. Lane 65 of 2611 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a short illness. Born June 10, 1902 Spirit Lake, he married Eula Holtzendorf on November 19, 1931 Rock Island. He worked 45 years for Wilson & Co retired July 1967. Survived by wife son Terry L. Lane Ames sister Mrs George Alexander Cedar Rapids brothers William B. Lane Walford Heights California Reed C. Lane Harold Hellentall Cedar Rapids two grandchildren. Memorial service 1:30 Monday Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Sunday afternoon at Cedar Memorial and Monday after 9 am at Chapel of Memories. Casket will not be opened after service. Memorials to First Christian church memorial fund.
Lars Julius Johnsen 69 of 1216 Third Street SE Cedar Rapids retired Crandic railway employee died at 8 45 a m Saturday after a lingering illness Born at Norway Iowa July 20 1898 he married Ethel Kennedy in Iowa City March 1 1946 Surviving are his wife and two sisters Tillie Hersom Cedar Rapids and Elsie Johnson Atkins Services Beatty Bearles at 1 30 Tuesday Burial Linwood Friends may call after 1 p m today
Memorial services set for Miller Mabel Beatty at 10 30 Monday by Rev Earl Osnes Ellis Park Church of God Burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call 2 5 today Pfiffner Joseph H Monday 9 30 St Patrick s church burial Mt Calvary Cemetery with military services Hanford American Legion post Teahen chapel in charge Phelps Tom D sr Turner's west 1 30 Monday burial Linwood Scolaro Tony Requiem Mass 10 30 a m Monday Immaculate Conception church Entombment Chapel of Memories Parish Rosary 7 30 p m today Cedar Memorial chapel Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home 9 5 today and at Chapel of Memories after 6 p m Turek Gary Lynn Brush chapel 2 Monday burial Czech National Friends may call at the chapel Wilson Mark 2 Tuesday Kenwood Park Presbyterian church burial Oakland Solon Friends may call Brush chapel Cedar Rapids Monday and until 11 30 a m Tuesday.
The Hungarian communist central committee concluded a three day session in Budapest pledging to boost military strength and improve Warsaw Pact cooperation. Defense Minister Lajos Ozinege delivered a report as the committee urged stronger defensive capacity and reviewed plans for the upcoming Consultative Conference of Communist parties opening February 29.
Vice President Humphrey lands in Miami for a brief rest period described by aides as time for relaxation. He touched down after a busy weekend schedule and planned no public appearances during the stay.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine capped a 182 hour piano marathon with 840 consecutive repeats of an 80 second tune completing a 1 30 p m finale. Fifty students attended the largest audience while four sleeping spectators marked the late night hours. James Garland II led four sophomores in 14 turns each performing 15 renditions of Erik Saties Vexations. Garland said the music invites focus away from listening and shares that Vexations is slow quiet and for sleep.
Swedish police protect U S Ambassador William Heath after an anonymous letter warns he cannot count on safety in Stockholm. Plainclothes officers shadow him when he leaves the residence or embassy amid anti American demonstrations over Vietnam policy.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its 1883 establishment by The By Be Co. and details daily publication from Lund Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids. The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for night and Sunday editions, plus rates for afternoon editions and distant subscriptions.
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