Five day forecast and mild weather readings for major cities
The daily record lists high and low temperatures for numerous cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Denver New York Duluth Omaha Los Angeles Phoenix Miami Seattle and more. A five day outlook calls for temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal with snow early next week and a general cooling trend through Wednesday. Precipitation expected around .25 inches in snow. Weather notes include barometer readings humidity wind and sunrise sunset times. a section on local incidents and legal notices follows.
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Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
CIA links private groups to covert funding disclosed
The New York Times reported CIA money flowing to private organizations beyond student groups. It named five such groups The Pan-American Foundation tied to University of Miami, American Society of African Culture, International Marketing Institute, American Friends of the Middle East, and International Development Foundation funding exchanges, culture, and development programs.
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CIA
The
New York Times
the Times
Pan-American Foundation
University of Miami
American Society of African Culture
New York
International Marketing Institute
Harvard
American Friends of the
Linn LEAP Director Heads to Mariana Islands Mission
Les Nummela director of the Linn Economic Action Project will serve as a consultant on federal anti poverty projects in the Mariana Islands. He leaves Cedar Rapids March 1 for three to four weeks to help prepare program proposals for Guam Saipan Tinian and Mang for neighborhood centers health units Headstart employment and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Nummela
Linn Economic Action Project
LEAP
Mariana Islands
Nummela
Pacific Islands
Cedar Rapids
Trust Territories
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Mang
Two Dozen Apply as Police Testing Yields Promising Results
Chief George Matias announced strong turnout and favorable results from civil service exams. Of 26 applicants, 24 sat the written test, 21 passed, and 21 face oral interviews and fitness checks. Firefighter prospects pending results from six candidates.
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George Matias
Matias
Civil Service Commission
John Kopecky
Vote 18 campaign spurs debate on youth voting
The discussion highlights 18 year olds as a strong voting bloc with many meetings drawing young supporters. Senate members note youth involvement, while Sen Jepsen links auto accidents to maturity concerns. An amendment to raise voting age to 19 was defeated. bill to house.
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House
George O’malley
Senate
Frommelt
Sen
Joe Flatt
Winterset
U.S. Reports Key Vietnam Week Battle Wins and Losses
Westmoreland praised South Vietnamese units for 356 enemy deaths in the Mekong Delta and commended Korean marines who killed 246 communists in a three hour central highlands fight. North Vietnamese air activity included 64 fighter-bomber missions with no air encounter.
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Mekong Delta
Westmoreland
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force Thunderchief
Deaths Robert Soukup 73 Cedar Rapids native dies after illness
Robert Lumbr Soukup 73 of 4322 Mt Vernon Ave SE Cedar Rapids and Standard Blue Print Co. retiree died Thursday after a sudden illness. Born August 14 1893 in Cedar Rapids he is survived by a sister Mrs B E Murdoch. Services 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner Chapel East with Dr Marion H Williams. Burial at Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Robert Lumbr Soukup
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Standard Blue Print Co
B. E. Murdoch
Turner Chapel
Marion H. Williams
Czech National Cemetery
Memorial Services and Burials Notice
Memorial services for Mrs Clyde Brown 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel of Memories conducted by Dr Glenn McMichael of St Pauls Methodist church. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial funeral home. Elizabeth Gaumon services at Turner chapel west 1:30 Saturday conducted by Rev Barton G Murray. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Brown
Clyde
Glenn McMichael
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Gaumon
Elizabeth
Turner Chapel
Barton G. Murray
Oak Hill Cemetery
Phyllis Diller Show guest John Astin and Billy de Wolfe
John Astin and Billy de Wolfe appear on the Phyllis Diller Show this Friday at 8 30 p m on KCRG TV channel 9 in color.
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John Astin
Billy de Wolfe
Phyllis Diller
Kcrg-Tv
Woman seeks new trial if damages upheld in Iowa suit
Katherine P. Vosmek filed a petition in Linn district court asking for a new trial if the court does not set aside a $6,000 verdict against her in a damage suit brought by Robert J. Myers and his son. They sought $40,000 for injuries from a May 1965 automobile accident.
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Katherine P. Vosmek
Lauren Drive
Linn District Court
Robert J. Myers
Robert, Jr
Fort Madison
No Jurisdiction By District Court Until Case Tried
Judge T. H. Nelson ruled the district court lacks jurisdiction in the case of Virgil F. Heins charged with speeding since the case has not yet been tried. Heins was charged August 17 and a venue change for Thomas Neenan's Center Point mayor court was granted November 14. The judge noted district courts handle simple misdemeanors on appeal only, with a maximum $100 fine and 30 days in jail.
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T. H. Nelson
Virgil F. Heins
Center Point
Heins
Blake Shipton
Thomas Neenan
Mayor Court
Nelson
Award Given to Mrs Volesky for 96 Acres Condemnation
A Linn county jury awarded Mollie Volesky twenty one thousand five hundred dollars for 96 acres of land northeast of Cedar Rapids. The property condemned by Cedar Rapids will expand Seminole Valley park along the Cedar River for winter sports. Jurors hailed from Cedar Rapids Central City and Mt. Vernon.
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Linn County
Mollie Volesky
Linn Junction
Cedar Rapids
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar River
Amy McCarthy
Ross Young
James Pittman
T. J. Wilkinson
Roy Armstrong
Central City
Richard B. Wolfe
Mt. Vernon
Municipal Court Hearing Ordered In Stewart Case
Judge Harold D. Victor ordered William E. Stewart case referred to municipal court for a preliminary hearing. Stewart, 20, of Prairie Creek Trailer Court Cedar Rapids area, is charged with raping a 21 year old Cedar Rapids woman Jan 19 on a county road southeast of Cedar Rapids. Stewart had requested a venue change from Bertram township justice court.
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Harold D. Victor
William E. Stewart
Stewart
Prairie Creek
Forty-first Avenue
Bowling Street
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Powers
Justice of the Peace Court
Bertram Township
Two Men Enter Innocent Pleas in Motor Vehicle Charge
George M. Smith 46 of 1028 Eighth street SE and Jormill Detert 69 of rural Solon pled innocent Thursday before Judge Harold D. Vietor. Smith faces operat ing a motor vehicle without the owner's consent for allegedly taking a 1967 model car from Rap ids Chevrolet Co. service station on First avenue and Seventh street SE Feb. 10. Detert charged with second offense dunk driving, arrested Jan. 5 after an auto accident at 2234 C street SW.
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George M. Smith
Eighth Street
Jormill Detert
Solon
Harold D. Vietor
Smith
Detert
Rapids Chevrolet Co
First Avenue
Seventh Street
C Street
Woman Accused of Violating Probation in Linn County Case
County Sheriff Walter Grant will travel to Valdosta Georgia on Monday to take custody of Sharon Sabin Mitchell 22 sought in Linn County for probation violation. Mitchell was sentenced July 8 1965 to seven years in Rockwell City reform school for false uttering a check and later placed on probation in Wisconsin. Linn County officials report she violated probation prompting arrest order. Georgia authorities hold her for the Linn County case.
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Walter Grant
Valdosta
Sharon (Sabin) Mitchell
Linn County
Grant
Mitchell
Georgia
Judge Overrules McLaud Motion On Confessions
Judge T H Nelson overruled James McLaud s motion to suppress oral and written confessions in a breaking and entering case. McLaud 23 of 1507 Sixth Avenue SE faces trial Monday for the Jan 15 entry at Paulson Electric Co 503 504 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids police testified he was not intoxicated and properly informed of his rights.
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James McLaud
Sixth Avenue SE
T. H. Nelson
McLaud
Paulson Electric Co
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Reckless Driving Conviction Reversed in Cedar Rapids
Judge Harold D. Vietor ruled Gary L. Dubisher aged 16 of 451 Twenty second Street NW innocent of reckless driving, reversing a Cedar Rapids municipal court verdict. Dubisher was charged November 4 and previously found guilty December 13 by Judge Loren Hullinger Jr with a $25 fine plus costs.
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Harold D. Vietor
Gary L. Dubisher
Twenty-second Street
Cedar Rapids
Vietor
Dubisher
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Petition Filed in Bel Air Case Over Promissory Note
Bel Air Inc sues Donald J and Sarah Drew for 2650 dollars on a promissory note. Dismissal request filed by Refrigeration Equipment Co Inc against Leonard W Sturm on 2272.72 dollars under a conditional sales contract. Settlement not disclosed.
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Bel Air, Inc
Donald J. and
Sarah Drew
Refrigeration Equipment Co., Inc
Leonard W. Sturm
Kennedy School Boundary Dispute Hearing Set
A hearing on the appeal over John F. Kennedy attendance areas is scheduled for 7 30 p m next Friday in the Linn county courthouse third floor courtroom Ira Larson county school superintendent said the appeal filed by west side residents protests assignment to the east Kennedy high school district and will be heard by the full Linn county board of education.
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John F. Kennedy
Linn County
Ira Larson
West Side
East Side Kennedy High
Gross Takes Stand in His Fraud Trial
In Cedar Rapids federal court, Everett W. Gross and his wife face 20 counts of fraud tied to a check kiting scheme. He testified about depositing money orders from Decorah to a La Crosse bank to keep two sets of records, while defense witnesses defended his reputation.
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Decorah
Cedar Rapids
LaCrosse
Wis
Everett W. Gross
Helena
Mont
Gross
U.S
Donald O'Brien
O’brien
Exchange State Bank
Jorney
Raby
Western Union
Decorah Bank
Servy Fces
Carol Paul
Mascoma
N.H
Grand Jury
A. E. Sheridan
Waukon
Paul
la Crosse Bank
County Courthouse to Close Saturday Mornings Likely
Iowa lawmakers approved a bill repealing the 1965 requirement to open county courthouses on Saturdays. If signed by the governor the decision will rest with each county board of supervisors. Linn County officials favor closing due to low Saturday use and staffing burdens.
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State Conservation Commission
Lloyd Curtis
Iowa
Gazette
House
Senate
Board of Supervisors
Linn
Dudley Henderson
Palace saloon destroyed by fire in Alaska ruin
Fire swept through the Palace saloon and cafe in Fairbanks, a restored gold rush era site opened for the Alaska centennial, destroying the historic building. Local authorities reported the blaze on a Wednesday with no immediate word on casualties.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Palace
Prisoner Plans To Marry Despite Death Sentence
Chicago AP A condemned killer, Martin Tarra, 35, plans to wed Frances Beatty, 25, a widow and mother of two, next week in the judge’s chambers connected to Cook County jail. The marriage would be the first of a condemned inmate, as Tarra awaits a likely reversal for a 1962 restaurant manager slaying during a robbery.
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Chicago
Martin Tarra
Frances Beatty
Tajra
Warren Jack Johnson
Cook County
Criminal Courts
Lenten Speaker Urges Priest to Know Protestant Counterpart
The Rev. Edgar Kurt, chaplain at Mt. Mercy College since 1954, told Cedar Rapids at a Lenten Luncheon that Catholic priests should know their Protestant counterparts and collaborate on community issues. He praised clergy cooperation, noted Vatican II ecumenism guidelines, and urged lay participation. Another luncheon follows next Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Edgar ‘Kurt
Mt. Mercy College
Roosevelt Hotel
Kurt
Council On Human Relations
Father Kurt
Rowley Brothers Injured in Highway 150 Crash
Two Rowley brothers Duane Carver 19 and Neil Carver 21 were treated and released from St Luke's hospital Friday after minor lacerations and abrasions from a two car crash on highway 150 about 7:10 a.m. a quarter mile north of Hiawatha. The Carver car traveled north when struck broadside by a second car entering from a county road. The other driver's identity was not listed.
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Rowley Brothers
Rowley
Duane Carver
Neil Carver
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hiawatha
Carver
Motorist 81 Fined for Hitting Pedestrian
Lucian T. Wilcox of 333 A avenue NW was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. He pled guilty to striking a pedestrian January 30 at Third street and First avenue SE. Judge Howard McLaughlin ordered a fitness to drive test.
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James R. Halferman
Mt. Vernon
Elaine J. Hoppe
Union Drive
Everett L. Cook
Fourteenth Avenue
Marion
Glen W. Murray
Thirty-fourth Street
Ray C. McCalley
Thirty-fifth Street
Jimmy D. Jessop
Vinton
Warren Discher
Eastview Drive
Wayne T. Payton
Karen R. Burco
Hazleton
Don R. Weasel
Ottumwa
Ronnie R. Horn
Eighth Avenue SE
Patsy A. Washington
Fifth Street SE
Lucian T. Wilcox
A Avenue NW
Wilcox
Third Street
First Avenue SE
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James Christensen
Council Bluffs
John Norris
Toddville
Hal Walter
Fortieth Street
James Allen
Twentyfourth Street
Melvin Frazier
Lucio Sanchez
Second Street
Gerald L. Tann
Rosella Berglund
Gary L. Gadient
Hopkinton
Kathryn Vanourney
Catherine Quindiagan
Emiliano Quindiagan
Mary L. Meister
Donald L. Meister
Jo Ann Monahan
John R. Monahan
Thirtythird Street
Henry Court
Avenue NE
Schultz Drive
Keystone
Louis Wiese
Fellmer'’s
Independence
Vincent Brimmer
McCleery-Howe
Manchester
Bertha E. Sachs
Shelly’s
Iowa City
Agnes Stanoshek
St. Wenceslaus Church
McGovern- Dwyer
Columbus Junction
Frank Johnston
Stacy Lewis
Columbus City Cemetery
Sigourney
Anna Louise Nickles
South English
St. Paul’s
Halverson-Peffer
Elmer Vetters
Wellman Mennonite Church
Jones
William McClelland
Beckman-Butheris
Emalie M. Mutchler
George Gay-Cathout
Pierson
Ellis
Roger Jepsen
R-Davenport
Vietnam
Robert L. Soukup
Courthouse News
Kennedy School
By Dale Kueter
Bertha Raby
Western Union Co
Keith Stokes
Helena, Mont
Ken Erickson
Wyoming
Stokes
Henry Graven
Charles City
Erickson
Robert Larson
Montana
Gross Oil Transport
O'Brien
Augusta
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Rio Grande
de Norte
Dial
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Ecumenical Movement
John Fox
Howard McLaughlin
Spot General
Snfo
Marion Offic
Lewellen
Florist
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