Weather and death notices mix from Friday to Monday
Friday and Saturday weather readings for multiple cities with highs and lows and humidity later list obituaries and funeral notices for numerous Iowa towns. Names include John Hardcastle Robert Brooke Mary Vonderhaar Sara Monaghan and many others with service details across Coralville West Liberty Dyersville Keota Tama and more.
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Coralville
John Hardcastle
First Methodist Church
Eagle Grove
West Liberty
Robert Brooke
Methodist Church
Snider’s
Speeding and traffic fines listed for Iowa motorists
A long list of individuals from Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding areas are fined for traffic offenses. Entries include speeding unlicensed driving obstructed windshield failing to yield and disobeying signals with fines ranging from 10 to 50 dollars plus costs.
Chicken Hawk Joins in Debate
Washington report notes Sen. Metcalf expresses hawkish stance on Vietnam while opposing U S involvement in Cambodia Laos or a land war with China. He describes himself as a chicken hawk, seeking victory without expanding war.
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Chicken Hawk
Washington
Sen. Metcalf
D-Mont
Vietnam
U. S
Cambodia
Laos
China
Mother Provincial For C R Named By Franciscans
Sister Antonice Walljasper is named mother provincial of the new Iowa province of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration effective Aug. 1. Temporary residence will be in Cedar Rapids. The Iowa province covers ten states. The mother house is St. Rose convent in La Crosse Wisconsin. Four councilors were chosen to assist Sister Antonice. She has 29 years as a music instructor in Wisconsin and Washington and hails from West Point Iowa parish past.
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Antonice Walljasper
Iowa
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Cedar Rapids
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Texas
St. Rose Convent
la Crosse
Wis
Antonice
Ann Marie
Louise Ann
Halbur
Francis Xavier
Carroll
Myra
Breda
Brenda
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Washington
St. Mary Parish
West Point
Car Hits Train but Coggon Man Unhurt
Morse E. Crosier a 64 year old resident of Coggon escaped injury Friday evening when his 1966 sedan collided with a Rock Island switch engine at the First avenue and Fourth street E tracks Crosier was cited for disobeying a railroad crossing signal The switch engine sustained no visible damage according to police
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Morse E. Crosier
Coggon
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Crosier
Rock Island Railroad
Tools Stolen From Empire Motors Garage Breakin
Burglars took tools valued at $90 from a garage at Empire Motors 5524 Center Point Road NE on a Friday night. Detectives say entry was gained by breaking a panel in an overhead door and the loot included socket wrenches and screwdrivers.
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Empire Motors
Center Point Road
Idaho withholds 21st ratification of 25th Amendment
Boise Idaho AP reports Idaho became the 21st state to ratify a proposed 25th Amendment on presidential succession. The measure still requires ratification by 38 states to become law.
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Boise
Idaho
Four Injured in Separate Auto Crashes
Four people were injured in four separate Friday night and Saturday crashes. Virgil Kellison, 22, fell from a moving car on Center Point road NE and Texas avenue NE, suffering a head injury. he was in fair condition at St. Luke's. His wife Mary, 21, drove the car. Arnold Quandt Jr., 47, sustained a possible chest injury in a three car collision on Mt. Vernon road SE. Wharton 18 was fined for losing control after striking Quandt, and Quandt was treated at Mercy and released. Mikki Comreid, 17, passenger in Roger Houts’s car, received a chest injury after a two car crash on First avenue and Twelfth street NE. Houts was not at fault. Maurice Finn, 18, on Tenth street SW, popped a cigarette out the window, causing the car to veer and hit a parked car owned by Jim Howe. Finn suffered knee, stomach and facial injuries.
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Virgil Kellison
Weing Road
Center Point Road
Texas Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kellison
Mary
Arnold Quandt, Jr
Brockman Drive
Mt. Vernon Road
Mercy Hospital
John C. Wharton
B Avenue
Marion
Quandt
Charlene L. Peters
Soutter Avenue
Wharton
Mikki Comreid
Center Point
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Miss Comreid
Roger L. Houts
Alburnett
Houts
David L. Pfoff
Pfoff
Maurice P. Finn
Reynolds Avenue
Tenth Street
Finn
Jim Howe
Underground court and office complex eyed under Third avenue bridge
Linn county and city officials endorsed plans for an underground facility under the Third avenue bridge to house two municipal courts and drive in teller windows for taxes tickets and vehicle plates. The project would connect city hall and the courthouse via the Parkade and use about 14000 square feet for courts with potential teller spaces later. Green Engineering has been asked to draft plans as officials say the space would ease office shortages and support future courthouse remodeling.
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Third Avenue Bridge
Linn County
Third Avenue
May’s Island
Police Department
Green Engineering Co
Anthony Scolaro
Linn County Board
Scolaro
William Linstrom
Dudley Henderson
Bob Johnson
Frank Bush
Stewart Shank
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Investigation Continues Into Theft From Home
Cedar Rapids detectives pursued the theft of 3464 dollars from the George A Abodeely residence at 701 Thirty-fourth Street. A 17-year-old boy admitted taking 200 dollars two weeks earlier and a burglar took 3264 dollars Thursday night while the couple were in Rock Island. The youth was referred to juvenile authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
George A
Thirty-fourth Street
Abodeely
Rock Island
Haircuts Please Rock n Rollers
Two Bryant College sophomores Fred Crowley and Rickie Chilsholm from Milton and Boston share relief at shedding Beatle style haircuts. They say the new look makes them feel normal and avoid gender guessing, noting they felt like they had walked out of the woods.
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Boston
Fred Crowley
Milton
Mass
Rickie Chilsholm
How To Tell if Man Is Beggar in India
New Delhi AP report notes Parliament spent about 15 minutes Friday defining a beggar. No national statistics exist but a minister cites 3000 beggars in New Delhi eleven years ago and says begging is the act, not the beggar’s finances.
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New Delhi
India
Maragatham Chandrasekhar
Franz Schnabel Dies at 78, Renowned Historian
Munich obituary reports the death of Franz Schnabel, 78, a world renowned historian, on Friday. The noted scholar contributed extensive works on history and international affairs, earning acclaim across academia and public life.
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Munich
Franz Schnabel
Committee Ends Klan Hearings
The House Committee on Un American Activities closed public hearings on the Ku Klux Klan after hearing a sordid picture of bigotry and violence. Representative Pool said the next step is to draft laws dealing with Klan activities, while Weltner urged continued public vigilance and Southern opposition to the group.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Pool
D-Texas
Buchanan
R-Ala
Rep. Weltner
D-Ga
South
Weltner
Motorist Fined On Two Charges in City Court
James E. Hill 22 of Center Point paid 10 dollars for attempting to elude a police officer and was fined an additional 10 dollars for speeding by Municipal Judge Howard Mc Laughlin. The charges stem from a chase from Blairs Ferry road NE to Robins after Hill pled guilty.
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James E. Hill
Center Point
Howard McLaughlin
Hill
Blairs Ferry Road
Robins
Deaths Edward F. Beranek 78 in Cedar Rapids area
Edward F. Beranek, 78, of 1631 Maple Drive NW, died Friday evening after a short illness. A realtor for 23 years, he was with Crooks Realty Co. Born January 15, 1888, in Solon, he lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years and belonged to St. Patrick's church Canopus club Foresters. Survived by wife Frances Louvar Beranek, two sons Leo and Lyle, three grandchildren, mother Anna Beranek, and brothers Fred and Stanley. Services Monday at Brush chapel and St. Patrick's Church with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery Fairfax. Rosary Sunday night at the chapel.
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Edward F. Beranek
Maple Drive
Crooks Realty Co
Mr. Beranek
Solon
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Church
Canopus Club
The
Foresters
Frances Louvar Beranek
Leo Beranek
Winchester
Mass
Lyle
Fairfax
Anna Beranek
Fred
Stanley
Brush Chapel
J. Robert McDonald
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Father McDonald
Swartz Rites Planned For Grand Junction Burial
Dale E. Swartz 41 a Cedar Rapids native died Friday at the Veterans hospital in Grand Junction Colorado He was born April 29 1924 in Cedar Rapids Surviving are his wife two children his mother Martha Swartz of Cedar Rapids two sisters including Mrs James A Zimmerman of Cedar Rapids and a half brother Burial will be Monday at Glenwood Springs Colorado.
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Cedar Rapids
Dale E. Swartz
Veterans Hospital
Grand Junction
Colo
Mr. Swartz
Martha Swartz
James A. Zimmerman
Glenwood Springs
Betty Sommer, Former Cedar Rapids Resident, Dies in Florida
Elizabeth Mae Betty Sommer 44 of Cedar Rapids died Friday in St. Petersburg Florida. Survived by her mother Pauline Sommer of St. Petersburg. Services will be held Monday in St. Petersburg.
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Elizabeth Mae
Betty” Sommer
Cedar Rapids
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pauline Sommer
Memorial Service for Frank M. Behan Scheduled
Memorial services set for Frank M. Behan Monday at 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by The Very Rev. Msgr. Wm. A. Roach. Burial planned at Calvary Cemetery in Ryan. Rosaries to be held Sunday at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Monahan Stewart Funeral Home.
U S Red Raps Soviet Move Against Writers
Gus Hall, spokesman for the U S Communist Party, condemned the Soviet Union for imprisoning two Russian writers and charging them with smuggling works critical of the USSR to the West. He argued the case should not have been handled as a trial.
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New York
Gus Hall
Communist Party
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Ussr
Hall
Linn Linn County and Cedar Rapids Agree on Joint Health Dept
Cedar Rapids Linn county and Marion officials unanimously approved forming a joint health department. Iowa officials urged the plan to improve sanitation and disease control, with a full time health officer to head the agency and finance discussions to follow.
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Linn-C.r. Health Dept
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn County
Arthur Long
Iowa
Long
James Speers
Bob Johnson
Linn Board of Supervisors
Anthony Scolaro
Cedar Rapids-Linn
Scolaro
Its Girl Chaser Image Irks Navy
Rear Adm Mack told the New York Sigma Delta Chi chapter that public opinion polls show the navy is not getting credit for its performance. He warned the service must change the stereotype of sailors chasing girls abroad and stressed the officers and enlisted men are well educated trained and invaluable.
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New York
Navy
Orient
W. P. Mack
Sigma Delta Chi
Mack
Iowa Band Receives Warm Belgian Ovation
A 500 strong audience in Mons Belgium gave the University of Iowa Symphony Band a rousing ovation after their European tour concert. Three encores followed as locals and university students filled the theater. The group will next perform in Luxembourg after sightseeing and a reception at Mons University center hosted by rector M Dreschsel.
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Mons
Belgium
University of Iowa Symphony
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Mons University Center
M. Dreschsel
Syria names civilian leaders of new regime
Damascus reports calm as coup leaders appoint Dr. Noureddin Atassi as head of state and Dr. Youssef Zayyen as prime minister. Both men are physicians and curfew restrictions were relaxed amid ongoing reports of northern fighting.
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Damascus
Syria
Noureddin Atassi
Youssef Zayyen
Wilkens Sentenced for Burglary After Roof Meditation Claim
Judge James Perrott heard Albert Wilkens testify he was meditating when police found him on a liquor store roof with a brace and bit screwdriver and flashlight nearby. Wilkens received 18 months in the house of correction for a burglary offense.
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Baltimore
James Perrott
Albert Wilkens
Wilkens
House of Correction
Perrott
Iowa trade mission pamphlets misprint in Tokyo arrival
An Iowa grain salesman on a Tokyo layover handed out pamphlets promoting Iowa corn beans and wheat to Japanese well wishers. The leaflets were for use at the mission’s next stop Hong Kong and were printed in Chinese.
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Tokyo
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Hong Kong
No Occasion for Alarm in Village Bomb Scare
Rome AP reports four police squad cars searched a residential district for two hours for a 12 year old boy seen walking with a bomb in his pocket. Officers found he carried a mortar shell, which was a dud.
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Rome
Newsman Ralph Teatforth Dies at 57
Ralph Teatforth, 57, longtime United Press International correspondent at the United Nations since 1952, died Friday in New York.
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United Nations
N.Y
Ralph Teatforth
United Press International
U.N
Danny Wilson TV Movie Features Frank Sinatra Saturday
Channel 9 airs Meet Danny Wilson on Saturday night at 10 00 featuring Frank Sinatra in the lead role.
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Danny Wilson
Channel 9
Frank Sinatra
Price control raids target Rio druggists
In Rio de Janeiro inspectors conducted post carnival raids arresting several druggists on charges of raising prices for aspirin and other hangover remedies.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Optimistic U S Role in Vietnam C R Pilot Says
Capt Richard G Head captain from Cedar Rapids describes U S air support during the October November rice harvest in the South Vietnam river delta praising the A 1E Skyraider as the best close air support aircraft He details missions near Qui Nhon and Dong Xuan and notes the harvest enabled by joint US Vietnamese efforts with local farmers.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Iowa
Air Force
Richard G. Head
Cedar Rapids
Head
Vietnam
Pentagon
Saigon
Mason City
Franklin High School
Collins Radio Co
Ex-Resident Dies Seventy-Year Cedar Rapids Link
Mrs. Harry Teege 82 of Alhambra California former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday. She moved from Cedar Rapids about 35 years ago. Services will be in Los Angeles. Also noted are ads and notices including scrap copper buyers and a radio theft report involving Greg Davison of Atkins. Gary David Ernst named to Alpha Phi Sigma at Northeastern Missouri State Teachers College. Diamonds remounted at Nelson Jewelers.
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Harry Teege
Alhambra
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Teege
Los Angeles
Gary David Ernst
Floyd John Ernst
Alpha Phi Sigma
Northeastern Missouri State Teachers College
Russian Space Dogs Televised on Moscow Broadcast
Soviet space dogs Veterok and Ugolyok appeared on Moscow television in a recorded Sputnik broadcast from their spaceflight. The dogs orbited Earth up to 562 miles, with an airtight capsule shown. the dogs seemed fine and one moved its head. A spokesman could not confirm when the recording was made.
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Moscow
Veterok
Ugolyok
Lamont Woman Hit by Car in Manchester
Special to The Gazette Lamont resident May Jones about 72 is in the hospital in Manchester for bruises and a possible concussion after being struck in a downtown crosswalk shortly before noon today. The car was driven by Mrs. Jack Young 23 of Manchester.
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Manchester
May Jones
Lamont
Jack Young
Man Arrested for Disturbing the Peace
Richard Ruzicka, 30, of 1015 Fifth Avenue SE, arrested Friday afternoon on disturbing the peace charge. He was released on 110 dollar bond after a disturbance at Goldies Chicago Tap, 204 First Street NW.
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Richard Ruzicka
Fifth Avenue SE
Ruzicka
Goldie
Chicago
First Street NW
War station chapel at Knox College to be torn down
A Knox College chapel in Galesburg Illinois once used as a runaway slave war station will be demolished next month. The structure played a role in the Underground Railroad era and stands as a historical relic prior to its removal.
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Galesburg, Ill
Knox College
McCoy Invites Hatfield To Phi Kappa Sigma
Morgantown West Virginia Carl Hatfield accepts invitation to join Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity from Robert McCoy. Both men are descendants of the infamous Hatfield and McCoy feud families who haunted the West Virginia hills in the 1880s.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Carl Hatfield
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Robert McCoy
West Virginia
Local Gazette Promotes 1883 Capicelowe Cedar Rapids Notice
Established in 1883 by Theanette and published on Third Ave SE in Capicelowe, the paper notes a second class sockene paid at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Theanette
Sun
Capicelowe
Cedar Raps
Lowa
Newspaper Rights Notice
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