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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1968

Page

5

Meyers Abortion Trial Set for April 29 in Ottumwa Court

Merle J. Meyers aged 43 of 1815 Eighth Avenue SE faces trial for allegedly attempting to produce an abortion on a young Ottumwa divorcee last August or September. The Linn district court calendar lists numerous co defendants and other cases scheduled March 4 through April 25, with non jury appeals set for March 14 to April 25 and Cedar Rapids appeals on April 18 and 25.

Merle J. Meyers Meyers Eighth Avenue SE Ottumwa Linn District Court Thomas Edward Klohs Marian E. McFarlane M. Jean Fritz Glen O’ Neal Harry Allen Clark Nancie J. Smith Joseph F. Clements John Leonard Schirck James Shadle James John Lestina William G. Eichhorst Mae Walton Harry L. Larson Floyd E. Davis Walter D. Bunker Rudy L. Papakee Shirley Mae Morris Raymond G. Wisniewski Steven Wayne Johnson Ray D. Johnson Lodge Novotny Betty Ann Daniewitz Robert A. Levy Harry A. Clark Leonard A. Hopkins Dennis W. Hartman Lois Savage Edward Joseph Hanna Gary A. Jones Robert Wilbert Schumacher Bennie J. Graw Harless Clemons Edwin Eugene Cline Lawrence Bruce Newcomb Victor N. Hammon Timothy J. Froehlich Teresa Ann Murphy Ronald Dean Buskirk Richard Jenkins Gerald D. Hopker Bernadine Kloubec Gladys Belle Thorpe Charles Edwin Widener Ferdinand Karl Vick Eddie Hanna Roy V. Seidlitz Ronald Lee Roberts John Mulholland Kenneth Jones Palo Ys James Stodola LaVerne J. McShane

Ardean Fitzsimmons Begins 15 Day Contempt Sentence

Ardean Fitzsimmons of 110 First Street NW was jailed for 15 days after Judge Harold D Vietor found him in contempt for failing to pay alimony and child support to Edna Fitzsimmons and their five children plus attorney fees. The contempt charge arose from a Jan 25 ruling requiring payments under the divorce decree.

Ardean Fitzsimmons First Street Harold D. Vietor Fitzsimmons Edna Victor

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Public notice styled as a want ad urging readers to advertise with a clear call to action. Mentions a phone number 369-1234 to contact for placing ads. Plain language with no extra details.

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Sentence for driver in first heart donor death

Freidrich Andreas Prins 36, a police reservist, received two years for culpable homicide in the death of Denise Ann Darvall and her mother. One year of the sentence was suspended. Prins had admitted drinking the day the car struck the donors before their heart was transplanted to Louis Washkansky.

Cape Town South Africa Freidrich Andreas Prins Prins Denise Ann Darvall Louis Washkansky

Typographical Union President Elmer Brown Dies

Elmer Brown 86 longtime head of the International Typographical Union since 1958 died Tuesday in Colorado Springs. Doctors cited pneumonia and long battle with cancer as contributing factors. Brown had said he would not seek another term as ITU leader.

Colorado Springs Elmer Brown International Typographical Union Brown ITU

Soviets Clash With Romania Over World Communist Conference

At Budapest 66 communist parties debated the Kremlin plan for a world conference to restore unity. Romania opposed Soviet aims in a closed session while many parties stayed away. Suslov urged a Moscow venue with about half of all parties, as others pushed for broader anti imperialist ties.

Budapest Hungary Soviet Union Romania Kremlin Red World Movement Norway Mikhail Suslov Spain South Africa Ecuador Ceylon Chile West Germany United States Suslov Moscow SVU Up Agauoe Participa

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