Weather and obituaries excerpt from Gazette and community notices
The page lists high and low temperatures for Friday and overnight, precipitation totals, and normal comparisons for February. It includes citywise readings for Atlanta, New York, Phoenix, Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, and notes barometric pressure, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times. Also recorded are Friday gas, oil and alarm incidents, plus funeral notices with names, ages, and service details across multiple Iowa towns, including Wellman, Keswick, Davenport, Independence, Columbus Junction, Monticello, Vinton, Greeley, Edgewood, Center Point, and Brighton with church and memorial times.
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Atlanta
New York
Phoenix
Houston
Seattle
L. Angeles
Washington
City Briefs and Local Incidents in Cedar Rapids
Theft at 414 Twelfth Street SE reported tools and toilet articles valued at 34.89 dollars. A 17 year old Cedar Rapids boy charged with indecent exposure near Bever Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE. Robbery alleged by Donald W. Burke at 829 Third Avenue SE involving seven dollars in an alley between Sixth and Seventh Avenues and Fifth and Sixth Streets SE. Also notes on hospital patient at Mercy and business items taken at Montgomery Wards loading dock. Verne Euen barbering at Floyd Davis Barber Shop on Tuesdays and Saturdays. 195 Churchill commemorative coins valued at 1.70 dollars.
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Wanda C. Sears
Twelfth Street SE
Donald W. Burke
Third Avenue SE
Sixth and
Seventh Avenues
Fifth and
Sixth Streets SE
Cedar Rapids
Bever Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Regents In California Consider Power Shift Over Faculty Appointments
At a meeting the board discussed regent authority over chancellors for faculty decisions. They plan steps to return appointment power to regents, amid disapproval of San Diego Chancellor William McGill's Marcuse rehiring. Four Republican lawmakers urged firing Marcuse. a Third World strike called for an ethnic studies college. James Nabors warned of potential university destruction if demands were not met.
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California
Reagan
Dewitt Higgs
Herbert Marcuse
San Diego
Higgs
William McGill
Marcuse
James Nabors
Death Rate Rise Across Toll Road Travel
Washington UPI reports the fatality rate per 100 million miles of toll road travel increased from 2.3 deaths in 1967 to 2.4 in 1968, reflecting a modest rise in road fatalities.
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Washington
UPI
Deaths Anton Voracek 84 Cedar Rapids resident long illness
Anton Voracek aged 84 of 1248 Eighteenth avenue SW died Friday after a long illness. Born April 23 1884 in Kacice Czechoslovakia he came to Cedar Rapids in 1912. Survived by wife Antonia Vyskocil six daughters a son 24 grandchildren 57 great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral Requiem Mass Immaculate Conception church Rev J David Pepper burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday at the Janeba Kuba funeral home west.
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Anton Voracek
Eighteenth Avenue
Kacice
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Voracek
Universal Engineering Corp
Ctenarsky Spolek
Antonia Vyskocil
Charles Bushnell
Orange
Calif
Lavern McAtee
Alburnett
Bill Potter
Washington
Kenneth Benesh
Ernest Weimer
Edward Lawrence
Anton Voracek, Jr
Rowley
Rose
Immaculate Conception Church
J. David Pepper
Father Pepper
St. Rita’s Circle
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Czech National Cemetery
Obituary of Antoinette Kubik 1881 WWII era? No
Antoinette Kubik 87 of 512 Tenth Avenue SE died Friday after a long illness. Born May 4 1881 in Fairfax township she married Louis Kubik February 22 1921 in Cedar Rapids and lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years. She was a member of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church and the Tabitha society. Survived by sister Frances Leksa. Memorial services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel by Rev Lyle R Graff. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Hesser chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Antoinette Kubik
Tenth Avenue SE
Fairfax Township
Louis Kubik
Cedar Rapids
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hesser Chapel
Marie Bartosh 81 Dies After Short Illness At Cedar Rapids
Marie Bartosh aged 81 of 1522 M street SW died Friday after a short illness. Born near Ivanhoe February 19 1888 she spent most of her life as a Cedar Rapids resident. Survived by brother James Bartosh Mt Vernon. Services at Brush Chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev A T Washington. Cremation committal. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Marie Bartosh
M Street
Ivanhoe
Cedar Rapids
James Bartosh
Mt. Vernon
Brushchapel
A. T. Washington
Arrest of C R Man For Shoplifting
Paul D. Chiafos, 37, of 71 Twenty first avenue SW, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for shoplifting. He posted $1,000 bond and was released. The case stems from a Wednesday incident at May's drug store, 4116 Center Point road NE, where Virginia A. Wilson, 29, of Swisher, was arrested for taking items valued at $28.
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Paul D. Chiafos
Twenty-first Avenue
Chiafos
May
Center Point Road
Virginia A. Wilson
Virginia A. Wessels
Swisher
Soviet Offer to Help Syria Develop Oil Industry
The Soviet Union offered Syria assistance in developing its oil industry, a Soviet Syrian communiqué announced Saturday.
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Syria
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Sovietorbital Bomb System Threat Seen by U S Officials
Washington defense sources say the Soviet Union may deploy a Factional Orbital Bombardment System to launch rocketing warheads from a low orbit before completing one circuit. Evidence from tests suggests Moscow's aim to use FOBS despite earlier doubts. Radar and Sentinel defenses are being studied to counter this potential orbital attack.
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Defense Department
Soviet Union
U. S
Kremlin
Clark Clifford
Pentagon
Defense Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moline Woman Seriously Hurt in CR Collision
Three people were injured in a two car crash on Blairs Ferry road NE Saturday morning. Nancy Reeves, 32, of Moline, suffered serious head injuries and was taken to University hospitals in Iowa City after initial treatment at St Luke's. Lois F. Stange, 52, Moline, faced facial and hip injuries and was released from St Luke's. Gregory A. Taylor, 19, Marion, had facial lacerations. Stange was charged with driving to the left of the center line and posted a $30 bond.
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Nancy Reeves
Moline
Lois F. Stange
University Hospitals
Iowa City
St. Luke's Hospital
Heart Transplant for Former Marengo Man
A former Marengo man, James "Bucky" Hansel, 36, rests in a New York hospital after a heart transplant. He served in the air force, lived in New York state 15 years, and works as a construction worker. Hansel has a wife and four children, with immediate family in Cedar Rapids, Edgewood, Colesburg, and nearby towns. He had been ill for a year and hospitalized since December 1, with an estimated three to eight weeks to live three weeks earlier.
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Marengo
New York
James “Bucky
Hansel
Memorial Hospital
New York Hospital
Sophie Hansel
James
Edgewood
Air Force
New York State
Donald
Leon
Jay
Curtis
Doug
Lynn Partin
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Leonard
Colesburg
Walnut Grove office breakin nets 26 dollars
Independence burglary report states about 26 dollars were taken from a pop machine and a desk drawer during a breakin at the Walnut Grove Products office Friday night. Vernon Keith, manager, discovered the breakin about 7 15 a.m. today. Buchanan county sheriff's office is handling the investigation.
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Independence
Walnut Grove Products
Vernon Keith
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office
Federal aid to curb malnutrition in two South Carolina counties
The Nixon administration will provide free food stamps to eligible residents in Beaufort and Jasper counties, South Carolina, to combat severe malnutrition amid worm infestations and low calorie intake. The plan, supported by Sen McGovern and Sen Hollings, aims to test emergency food distribution with federal funding and state approval.
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South Carolina
Washington
Nixon
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
George .McGovern
D-S.c
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Ernest Hollings
McGovern
Beaufort
Jasper
South
Louisiana
Welfare rolls swell as GIs on low pay seek aid
In Burlington county New Jersey a dozen young married service members are placed on welfare rolls due to high living costs and low military pay. Welfare director Robert Gallagher notes many underemployment cases among privates and corporals and says inquiries from other servicemen are rising. He cites base housing costs and off base rents well above government allowances, urging a cost of living differential in pay.
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MT. Holly
N. J
Burlington County
Robert Gallagher
Gallagher
Fort
Dix
McGuire
Burlington
Northeast
Chicago
San Francisco
Post Exchange
Congress
Wallace Absent As Independents Going To Work
LOUISVILLE AP An American Independent party leader said the party will form a coalition of autonomous state parties without waiting for others. William Shearer, temporary chairman, spoke to about 140 delegates from multiple states as the national committee began drafting a constitution and bylaws. Wallace and Lemay were absent.
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Louisville
William Shearer
Los Angeles
Montgomery
Ala
National Committee
George Wallace
Curtis Lemay
Shearer
Wallace
New York
Conservative Party
Iowa Senate defeats liberal abortion bill in 24 36 vote
Iowa lawmakers vote 24 36 to defeat a bill liberalizing abortion law. Republicans and Democrats split on passage with a list of supporters and opponents from both parties including Arbuckle Benda Briles Clarke DeHart Hougen Kosek Lisle Lodwick Mowry Nicholson Potgeter Potter Shaff Stanley Stephens and Denman Doderer Gaudineer Glenn McGill Reichardt Shirley Weimer on the yes side and Anderson Balloun Conklin Curran DeKoster Erskine Flatt Frey Gilley Griffin Hammer Keith Klink Kuhl Lamborn Lange Laverty Leonard Lucken Messerly Mogged Neu Ollenburg Parker Rigler Smith Sullivan Thordsen Walsh on the no side. Absent Van Gilst.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Arbuckle
Benda
Briles
Clarke
DeHart
Hougen
Kosek
Lisle
Lodwick
Mowry
Nicholson
Potgeter
Potter
Shaff
Stanley
Stephens
Denman
Doderer
Gaudineer
Glenn
McGill
Reichardt
Shirley
Weimer
Anderson
Balloun
Conklin
Curran
DeKoster
Erskine
Flatt
Frey
Gilley
Griffin
Hammer
Keith
Klink
Kuhl
Lamborn
Lange
Laverty
Leonard
Lucken
Messerly
Mogged
Neu
Ollenburg
Parker
Rigler
Smith
Sullivan
Thordsen
Walsh
Coleman
Dodds
Frommelt
Hill
O'Malley
Palmer
Schaben
van Gilst
Lawrence Welk Show On KCRG TV9 Saturday Night
The Lawrence Welk Show offers a guaranteed 60 minutes of family entertainment airing Saturdays at 7 30 in color on KCRG TV9.
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Lawrence Welk
Kcrg-Tv
Eight Die in Two Car Crash at U S 51
In misty rain on U S 51 ASSUMPTION Ill AP eight people from Illinois and Indiana were killed when two cars collided and collapsed together. Rescue crews extricated some bodies as the wreckage blocked the roadway.
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Assumption, Ill
Illinois
Indiana
U.S. 51
Paul Dedinger
Lettuce Cigarettes Taste Like Cabbage Says Driver
In Louisville AP report Bud Deddens observed a taxi driver attempting to quit smoking by making cigarets from lettuce leaves. When asked about taste the driversaid they taste like cabbage.
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Louisville
Bud Deddens
Deddens
Barn Destroyed in Farm Fire near Columbus Junction
Fire about 11 30 p m Friday destroyed a large barn on the William Hills farm northwest of Columbus Junction. The loss included a cow and several hogs.
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Columbus Junction
William Hills
Here
Preparations Massive For Nixon's Journey
About 70 advance men lead a vast security and logistics operation for President Nixon’s abroad trip to Britain France West Germany Belgium and Italy. The plan covers route practice flights hotel bookings for Bonn and a full press contingent plus a flying communications center and potential fighter escort with Navy rescue ships.
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Washington
Nixon
Great Britain
France
West Germany
Belgium
Italy
Europe
Air Force One
John Erlichman
White House
State Department
National Security Council
White House Communications Agency
Secret Service
Air Force
U.S
West Berlin
Boys Stumble on Stolen Money Sparks Field Day Scheme
Three teenage boys find a bag of stolen cash totaling forty thousand dollars and start a private share the wealth plan. The scheme collapses after a mother reports finds from her son leading to arrests and a wave of cash and goods surrendered to authorities. Police say Nick Antonoff, 24, faced grand theft charges after using an armored car packet to cash checks at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in Sunnyvale.
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Daly City
Calif
Ray Savage
Broadmoor
Nick Antonoff
San Francisco
Avtonoff
Lockheed ‘Missiles and Space Co
Sunnyvale
Colma
Roger Belaskie
Savage
Belaskie
Prosecution Attacks Kennedy Assassination Evidence
Frazier argued a sonic boom from a high velocity bullet occurred before the gunshot sound and testified shots came from the Texas School Depository window. He described the 6.5 mm rifle found there as a simple, clear source of the fatal wound to Kennedy and a matching bullet for Gov. Connally.
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Frazier
Kennedy
Texas School Depository
Texas
Connally
Warren
Homecoming for U.S. Forces in Thailand After Vietnam War Ends
Washington AP reports American forces based in Thailand are set to return home once Vietnam War ends unless a compelling reason to stay exists, according to the State Department.
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Washington
Thailand
State Department
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Davenport
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LeRoy A. Gingerich
Peterseim’s
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Lee Stacy
Monticello
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Ethel R. Allshouse
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Henry B. Kruger
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Bertha M. Clay Kruger
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Vern Euen
Churchill
Jeromes
C.R. Man
Robert McNamara
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Felix Lauter
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