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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1969

Page

2

Weather Ledger and Obituary Snippets from Local Record

Weather notes show high temperatures and low readings with reference to days ahead and barometer steady. Obituary notices list names such as Edward J. Staysai Tama and Martin Lenk along with service times and church locations in small town communities.

Iowa Toledo Edward J. Staysai St. Pawick's Church Tama Mason Hand Dyersville Martin “Mert Lenk St. Francis Navier Basilica B. Kram Er's Anamosa Ernest B. Gold Smith

Deaths and Births Include Cedar Rapids Area Notices

A collage of death and birth notices lists individuals such as John J Campbell killed in a motorcycle accident in Marion and Loras J Steffen Welkern family births in Cedar Rapids area. It includes divorce decrees, marriage licenses, and obituaries for Mechal and others with survivor details and service arrangements in Valparaiso and Cedar Rapids.

St. Luke's Fed Donald A. Glass Robert Blair Cedar Stephen R. Fortney Norway John J. Campbell Rapids Hawthorne Drive Robert §. Yoders Chula Vista Calif Third Street Alia Los Angeles Norman G. Middle- Ie

Students take over psychology class in S E School incident

The page reports a disorderly incident where 45 students invaded a psychology class, forcing teachers to leave. Five minutes were given to depart, and six students remained while the teacher expelled five black students. The expulsions marked the first such action after a race related disruption.

Silverman

Nixon aide defends treaty in Senate hearings

Rogers said the treaty binds the US to good faith negotiations toward disarmament under Article VI while Fulbright questioned consistency with new missile systems. Nixon's position remains to ratify promptly to pursue negotiation over confrontation, with hearings planned after foreign relations inquiry.

Rogers Sen Fulbright Artic Nixon Ussr Senate Armed Services Feetomtat Paet Stennis D-Miss Etart Foreign Relations Committee

Coffee murder case jurors deliberate past 2:30 PM verdicts

Sixteen jurors hear closing arguments in the Hoover Coffee murder trial over the Oct 124 shotgun slaying of Michael Lawson 18. Prosecutor William Faches urges first degree murder citing premeditation with alleged motives a neighbor dispute and daughter relationship. Defense counters possible manslaughter or acquittal if accidental trigger pull.

Coffee Michael Lawson Argumens Monday County Atty William Faches Thottee Faches Fernando Lamas Olinger Channel 9

Sirhan Fight and Kennedy Shooting Narratives in Chaos

Witnesses describe Sirhan surging at Robert Kennedy during the assault, Unruh shouting for restraint, and Sirhan being subdued after a struggle. Bill Barry and Jim Grier recall protecting Mrs Kennedy and restraining the gunman as the scene erupted with gunfire and chaos.

Unrah State Assembly Ronald Reagan Grier Los Angeles Rams Sirhan Unruh Kennedy California Iira Oswald Jim

Campus protests surge at regional universities over black studies

Last week students disrupted classes at the University of Daincis to press for more black studies and raised their demands from 35 to 41. At the same time thousands of index cards were stolen from the library and destroyed, a crippling blow taking years to repair. In South Carolina, police arrested a youth for turning a Confederate flag in front of the University of South Carolina president’s home as state law bars mutilation of the flag.

University of Daincis University of South Carolina South Carolina U.S

Buck pleads guilty in Cedar Rapids assault case

Mary Buck 28 of Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to assault and battery resisting an officer and fighting. Each count received 50 day sentences suspended by Municipal Judge Loren M Hallinger. Buck was ordered into probationary custody under city human rights commission members. Buck had been arrested Feb 9 after an incident at Mt Vernon Road Eagle store. Officers said Buck struck Carl Morrison Jr and Buck claimed police used abuse. Downtown Cedar Rapids also features Mayor Frank Bush urging Oak Hill housing before demolitions in urban renewal plans.

Municipal Court Rober J. Thomas Blairs Ferry Road Gary D. Trumbles A Avenue Lyle J. McBliarty Twenty-sixth Street James E. Coover Thirty- Seventh Street Steven P. Barrett Hiawatha Wanda J! Bartosh Indiana Street Henry J. Kethe Middle Amuna Flavian BR. Rivacate Swisher Velma T. Leyenberger Twenty-ninth Avenue Lynn M. Schulz Third Street Charles R. Spicer Pala David A. Yockey Marion Road Christina Moore Sioux Drive Frank J. Murphey Seventeenth Street S. A. Evans Eighteenth Street Marion Sarah B. Bel Thirteenth Street Arthur B. Bohiken Patricia Jang Tren F. Lenglas Marengy Gary L. Vollbrecht Doris B. Ferguson Eighth Street Ensiz John 8. Majerus Twenty-second Avenue Masson Intoxicatinn Winifred L Cedar Rapids Mary Buck Ninth Street SE Loren M. Hallinger Hallinger Buck Joh Thomas Abdullah Igram City Human Rights Commission Janecem Mt. Vernon Read SE Lawrence Kelchen Nyle Pratt Carl Morrison, Jr Fourth Avenue SE Morrison Mt. Vernon Road Eagle Store The Star Frank Bush Oak Hill Bosh Carl Landino Associates Chicago Bush Don B.salyer Donald Canney Public Improvements Caremissioner NDP Oak Ndp Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Salyer Satyer Urban Renewal Agency Oak Hild Rehabilitation Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Jane Bayd Fifth ‘Avenue Twelfth Street NDF Gakill Eighth Avenue S Fifth Avenue West Germany

France withdraws from Western European Union amid funding reluctance

Fragmented notes describe France pulling out of the Western European Union while remaining six members push ahead with joint work. The text mentions HUD urban renewal, Oak Hill rehabilitation plans, and shifts in housing classifications amid political strain.

London France Western European Union

Federal judge blocks Atlantic Richfield Sinclair merger

New York AP report says Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan enjoined the planned merger of Atlantic Richfield Co. and Sinclair Oil Corp. pending final determination of the government's antitrust claim. The judge found a reasonable probability of success on anti-competitive effects in the southeastern states and left the merits open for determination.

New York Atlantic Richfield Co Sinclair Oil Corp Frederick van Pelt Bryan

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