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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1973
Page
3
The record blends temperatures, barometric data, and wind at 2 p.m. with a long list of births, fines, and obituaries. It notes Coralville Lake proceedings, gubernatorial appointments, plumbing standards bills, and tax proposals.
Captains Edward Mechenbier of Morgantown West Virginia Kevin McManus of New York and James Berger of Charleston West Virginia among POWs who were released after nearly six years in captivity They saluted the flag and pledged reunion with their families as Cmdr James Pirie of Birmingham Alabama welcomed the crowd at the air base.
Cedar Rapids officials plan to crack down on alley parking with a new ordinance. The measure limits alley parking to loading and unloading and requires identification on business vehicles. It also tightens street parking rules for wide trucks and sets time limits for parking during day and night. The council will also consider dropping the master plumber inspection requirement due to staffing and salary issues.
Alvin Edward Kannewurf 81 of Geneva Tower Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born December 12 1891 in Leipzig Germany he married Annie L Harnish January 16 1913 in Waukegan Illinois. He was a retired REA claim agent and held many Masonic Shriners and Royal Order offices. Services at Turner Chapel East were set for 3 pm Wednesday with cremation. The family asked for Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital donations in lieu of flowers.
Orval L. Foust 55 of 1433 Wildwood drive NE died unexpectedly Monday. Formerly of Chain Lakes area, resident a year in Cedar Rapids. Born June 21 1917 in Solon. Employed 24 years at Century Engineering Co. Member of Jehovahs Witnesses and Iowa Association of Machinists. Surviving: mother Vena A. Foust Rowley. daughters Zelda Cornwell Cedar Rapids Gail Foust Wendy Foust at home. sons Dale Cedar Rapids Michael Cedar Rapids Jerry Sulphur La. sisters Edna Krob Rowley Alice Utterbach Altoona. brothers Orvan Sallisaw Okla Delwyn Waterloo. six grandchildren. Services pending Cedar Memorial funeral home. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Memorial services were held for Gertrude Burns and Frank Bo at Kuba funeral homes with Rev. Mary White and Rev. William B. Harnish officiating. Geraldine Mary Janeba and Allah A Pfeiffer were also honored at Janeba Kuba and Turner chapels with burials in Linwood Cedar Memorial Oak Hill cemeteries respectively.
From Loc Ninh 75 miles north of Saigon officials said a transfer was expected to finish Tuesday or Wednesday. Saigon has freed about 7,000 Communist prisoners in exchange for 1,000 South Vietnamese. South Vietnam still holds about 19,000 POWs. The Communists list 4,000 prisoners they hold, while Saigon claims up to 30,000.
U S intelligence reports new North Vietnamese activity along the Laotian Ho Chi Minh trail after the cease fire. More than 250 tanks 122mm and 130mm guns plus 1 300 tons of supplies and about 15 000 troops have moved into Southern Laos since early January. Analysts say half may head toward Saigon and others into the Central Highlands or below the DMZ.
A Cedar Valley Gem and Mineral Club meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Marion REC building with a special program. Various ads list services and offerings including men’s stylists and upholstery, a snowmobile park closure at Seminole Valley until new snow, and weekly specials at local markets and restaurants. The Des Moines Register reports a vending machine theft on Fourteenth Avenue SE between Monday night and Tuesday early hours.
Think of want ads first and use them to find services and items fast. The notice promotes using the phone number 398 8234 for quick assistance.
Illinois Central railroad officials said flashing signals at the Forty second street NE crossing are now in operation after completion two weeks ago. The site saw a fatal car train crash on January 22 involving a northeast side man, with signals initially ordered by the Iowa Commerce Commission for a late April deadline.
A gasoline truck and a bus collided in Enfield England on Tuesday and exploded, killing a motorist who drove into the wreckage.
Two sets of funeral notices report services for David Thompson and another resident. The Earlville notices list calling hours after 8 p.m. Tuesday at Clifton Funeral Home and a Wednesday scripture service, with survivors named. The Delhi service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church, burial at Pleasant Hill cemetery in Coggon, with survivors and a great grandmother named.
Lake City hospital reported injuries from a crash four hours earlier involving a car driven by the subject and another driven by Darrell Voettcher of Rockwell City.
A Cedar Rapids man Raymond Schwieger was robbed Monday night as two men entered his home on Seventh Avenue SE at 8:25 p.m. One assailant carried a small handgun and struck Schwieger, who was treated at Mercy hospital and released.
Robert L. Dillon 24 of Independence dies when his car and a pickup collide west of Rowley on Iowa 336. Wilbur Powell 55 of Rowley injured. Dillon Navy recruiter, Jesup High School 1967 graduate, survived by wife Joan and his family. services pending.
A head on collision on Highway 75 three miles east of Doon left two dead and two others critically injured. Deane Abma 42 of Rock Valley died at a Sioux Center hospital while Rev. Rensa Dykstra 79 Doon was killed at the scene. Rev. Dykstra’s wife Sarah 79 and Vincent Ferguson 58 of Fort Dodge were in critical condition at Sioux City and Sioux Falls hospitals respectively. The report continues with another fatality in Lanesboro mentioned in AP dispatch.
The court refused to review Sirhan Sirhan’s bid for a new trial citing the record in the state court case. The state argued the search had warrants and that conspirators could still be at large after Kennedy’s assassination. Some justices did not participate without explanation.
President Nixon, amid a 3,000 strong crowd, accepted a plaque from a former prisoner. He praised POWs and the bravery of the men and the enduring faith of their wives and mothers as he moved through the crowd.
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