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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1972
Page
3
Daily weather figures for Saturday and February totals. many obituaries and funeral services listed by town and church. Includes births, addresses, and service times for communities across Iowa, with multiple names, ages, and locations.
Two persons treated at Mercy hospital after a two car crash at Mt Vernon road SE and Seventeenth street. Darrell Ferreter and Terry Lee Williams had minor injuries. Clifford Broxey was listed in good condition with a broken neck after his car flipped along Highway 30 two miles west of Mt Vernon. The crash occurred about 1 p.m.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids IA. Subscriptions: by carriers 75 cents a week. by mail night and Sunday six issues 2 dollars monthly 19 dollars yearly. afternoon editions seven issues 2.15 per month 20 per year. other states and U.S. territories 30 per year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
About 40 North Salem high school social studies students campaigned against lowering Indiana's drinking age from 21 to 18. They sent hundreds of letters to Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, voicing concerns over auto insurance, taxes for law enforcement, and young students seeing peers at taverns.
A 19 year old Vinton woman Mrs Benny Geater was treated at St Luke s hospital in Cedar Rapids after a snowmobile accident Friday night near the Rolling Hills area. She was listed in fair condition Saturday night in the ICU. Robert Hess 67 of Mt Vernon was also injured Saturday near Anamosa and admitted to St Luke’s.
The weeks of talks show no progress as Viet Cong negotiators push for American withdrawal and Thieu’s resignation, with demands to dismantle South Vietnam’s forces. France faces U S anger over a biased atmosphere, while Porter and Bunker discuss tensions with Saigon amid talks on Thieu’s resignation timing.
A bank accountant found that robbers broke into the Cordoba branch of Banco Popular de Rosario on Saturday morning and fled with about 62000 dollars, according to officials.
About 200 parents blocked the transfer of materials from Augusta elementary schools ordered to desegregate by busing. They urged a county wide boycott as the Aug 1 deadline neared. Principals described questions on supervision, safety, and whether pupils would keep the same teachers, desks, and books.
Bertha Steffens born December 6 1885 in Kingsley died Saturday after a long illness at Cedar Rapids residence. Survived by a daughter Mrs W Robert Cherry and one grandson services at Turner Chapel East Monday noon conducted by Dr Arnold Herbst burial in Chapel of Memories calls accepted at Turner East until 11:30 a.m. Monday. Casket not opened after service. Funeral notices follow for August 11 listing two daughters two sons and five grandchildren with services at Kuba funeral home East and St George Orthodox church burial at St George cemetery. Memorial contributions welcome to St George Orthodox church memorial fund.
Eli David 56 of 1229 Third Avenue SE died Saturday after a short illness. Born December 4 1915 in Tryon Nebraska he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1946 and worked for Cedar Rapids Engineering Co. He belonged to St George Orthodox Church and Harmony Lodge 831 Machinists Union. Surviving are his wife Schafia Abraham.
Cherokee Iowa lawmakers signal a mid July primary instead of September 5. Speaker William Harbor expects the court to take time, with reapportionment delays pushing the earlier June date, while Gov. Ray and GOP leaders urge to hold elections closer to the original schedule.
Ten years ago in Jakarta Robert Kennedy informed Indonesian President Sukarno that the United States had provided all the aid it could. The exchange highlighted Washington’s reassessment of aid levels amid regional concerns.
Lester H. Kelsey of Covington died Saturday after a brief illness. Born April 30, 1908 in Lisbon, he married Florence Clark on September 26, 1928. A World War II veteran, retired Penick and Ford employee, and member of Emmanuel Baptist church and Grain Millers Local 100, he is survived by three sons Lester C. and Jack of Cedar Rapids and Dwight of Grand Prairie Texas, three daughters Mrs Earl McBurney of Marion and Mrs Carl Andrews and Mrs Doris Butterfield of Center Point, 30 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a brother Louis Kelsey of Cedar Rapids. Services are pending at Turner Chapel West with burial at Spring Grove Cemetery Covington. Friends may call at Turner Chapel West.
Memorial services for Babillus Mary at 9 a.m. Monday officiated by Rev. Justin Herzog with viewing Sunday 9 p.m. Friends. Services for John Clifford Bruce at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Knox Presbyterian Church with Rev. Floyd Conroy. Burial Cedar Memorial. Lenard R. Jack Beatty at Bearle chapel 2 p.m. Monday led by Very Rev. Can on D. A. Loferski and burial Linwood. Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. Turner East. Anna Regina Meskimen Turner East 10:30 a.m. Monday by Rev. William P. Leonard. burial Mt. Calvary. Calvin Allen Rogers Turner East 1:30 p.m. Monday by Rev. Fagan. burial Cedar Memorial. Helen Margaret Thompson Immaculate Conception Church 9 a.m. Monday by Rev. Leonard. burial Oak Hill. Rosary Beatty Bearle 4 p.m. Sunday by Father Leonard.
Mt Vernon Mayor Nicholas O Berry protests Northwestern Bell lump sum rate rise for the fire alarm lines saying small towns must fight back. He seeks a proportional adjustment and questions who "they" are while the rate increase, retroactive to December, remains under review by the state commerce commission.
In New York a state appeals court judge reversed a Supreme Court injunction and allowed Time Inc to publish excerpts from a Hughes autobiography hoax. Justice Theodore Kupferman ruled the attempt to block publication failed.
An Iranian woman, Massoumeh Valizadeh, aged 32, delivered a 26-pound boy by Caesarean section after a 10 month pregnancy. The birth is described as the largest normal newborn on record.
Jeannette Rankin 91, first woman elected to Congress, named the first member of NOW’s Susan B. Anthony Hall of Fame in New York ceremonies. The National Organization for Women acclaimed Rankin as the world’s outstanding living feminist during the weekend event.
In a Beirut suburb a machinegun battle between Palestinian guerrillas and police left two guerrillas seriously wounded. Police said two officers were kidnapped but provided few details on the incident.
A bill allocating $500 million for aid to China was signed by President Roosevelt, marking a major wartime support move. The act reflects U.S. policy to bolster Chinese resistance as global tensions rise.
Katie Barry Van Horne, 92, died at Hallmar Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids where she had lived the past four and a half years. Survivors include two sons Thomas Lee of Van Horne and John of Cedar Rapids, plus 14 grandchildren. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception church Van Horne with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Keystone. Friends may call Halverson-Peffer funeral home Blairstown Monday.
After 127 days the longest U S waterfront walkout, 15 000 longshoremen across 24 ports vote on a contract offering 1 12 an hour raise to 5 per hour next July and pensions to 500 monthly at 62 plus dental care. A 5 2 million cargo tax funds 36 hours pay for 36 hours work weekly. Backlog could clear once both sides approve.
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