New Orleans Weather And Local Birth Notices Summary
Overnight temperatures and precipitation details for New Orleans include a high of 2 and a low near 10 with no precipitation in Jan totals at .05 inches. Barometer steady at 30.44 and humidity at 46 percent. Gazette station notes sunrise at 17 35 and sunset at 4 47. December births listed for St. Luke's and area families, plus several funeral and service notices across Anamosa, Calmar, Belle Plaine, Guttenberg, and Waukon communities.
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Gazette
Anamosa
John Sanford
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s
Varner Girl Is First Baby of Year For C R
Cedar Rapids welcomed its first baby of the year a girl born to Mr and Mrs Gordon Varner at St Luke s hospital at 12010 a m The infant weighed 7 pounds 14% ounces at birth The Varners reside at 92 Fortieth street NE No births had occurred at Mercy hospital by 8 a m Wednesday
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Varner
St. Luke’s Hospital
Varners
Fortieth Street
Mercy Hospital
No Objectors To Sale of Library
Special to The Gazette Postville reports no objections at a city council hearing on selling the old library building to St. Bridget's church for 18500 dollars. On January 10 the city council and library board will meet with architect Carl Schubert of La Crosse to discuss plans for a new library. The council holds an option on a West Tilton Street lot owned by Harvey Douglas for a new library, valid until June 1.
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Gazette Postville
St. Bridget’s Church
Carl Schubert
LaCrosse
West Tilton Street
Harvey Douglas
Dedrick J. Jr. Dies in CO Poisoning Inside Truck
In Cedar Falls John Dedrick Jr 43 of North Cedar died Tuesday night from carbon monoxide poisoning while seated in his pickup in a closed garage. Authorities say he appeared to wait for the vehicle to warm up before opening the garage doors. A neighbor found the body in the pickup.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
John, Dedrick, Jr
North Cedar
Dedrick
Guard Overpowered By Major in Escape
SAIGON AP US command said a Green Beret officer held captive by the Viet Cong for over five years overpowered an armed guard and escaped. Major James Rowe of McAllen Texas evaded capture Tuesday in an open area and was rescued by an army helicopter crew supporting South Vietnamese troops. The three other released prisoners were flown to a military evacuation hospital near Saigon and were expected to fly home Thursday.
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U.S
Army Field Hospital
Rowe
Saigon
Long Binh
William Hammon
Silver Spring
Brigham
Jones
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
Armstrong's Beauty Salon Weekly Perm Wave Special
An advertisement lists a Thursday to Saturday special offering a $20 permanent wave for $10 at Armstrong's Beauty Salon with contact number 363-0203. It also promotes a separate $4.95 permanent wave deal and references Young Beauty Clinic with phone 366-0468.
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Armstrong
Young Beauty Clinic
C R Woman Treated For Crash Injuries
Ruth Foley of 234 Eleventh Street NW is hospitalized at Mercy with leg injuries from a two year old crash at the junction of highways 218 and 30 west. Walter Foley, 41, was treated and released. They were brought in at 2:23 am Wednesday as Benton County sheriff's office reported a highway patrol investigation and state police had not yet received a report by 9:15 am.
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Ruth Foley
Eleventh Street
Mercy Hospital
Walter Foley
Mercy
Foleys
Benton County Sheriff's Office
Fuel thefts in Thailand prompt Proxmire demand
Senator William Proxmire seeks a public GAO report on 5.5 million gallons of fuel stolen from U.S. military operations in Thailand in 1967. He wants to know if any fuel reached communist hands and condemns the Navy for ill treatment of whistleblower John McGee, a civilian petroleum inspector who was transferred from Bangkok to a Washington area job.
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Washington
William Proxmire
U.S
Thailand
Air Force
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
Navy
Bangkok
GAO
McGee
Navy Fuel Supply Office
Alexandria
Prisoners Released After Viet Cong Negotiations
The three U S prisoners were released after a tense meeting with Viet Cong delegates. Capt. Melvin Chatman confirmed identity and thanked the NLF for humane treatment. The exchange featured ceremonial gestures, chilled drinks, and conditions for release emphasizing family return and lack of punishment.
Quiet Greeting For New Year In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents rang in 1969 with calm police logs showing no drunken driving arrests on New Year’s Eve. Six people were arrested for drunkenness, and there were no serious accidents. Harold Loney reported a stranger entering his home at 1 23 a.m., later found to be Donald J Heier who refused to leave. Heier, 32, of 222 Seventh Street SW, was jailed for drunkenness. Police stopped a 420 Club disturbance at 12 16 a.m. but found it had ended before arrival.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Loney
Seventh Avenue
Donald J. Heier
Seventh Street
Loney
Heier
420 Club
Fifth Street
Five Auto Thefts Reported in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police investigated five car thefts across the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. Victims include Ted Strait reporting a 1963 station wagon stolen after midnight from 1521 Sixth Avenue SE, Dale Eisner whose 1963 car vanished from outside Sammy's tavern on Center Point Road NE, Pam Olsen reporting a 1963 model taken from the 3900 block of Richard Drive NE, Kevin Koopman whose 1957 car was stolen from a grocery lot at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street NE, and Robert Boddicker of Norway reporting a 1967 car taken from Mercy Hospital parking lot.
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Cedar Rapids
Ted Strait
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Dale E. Eisner
Forty First Street
Center Point Road
Pam Olsen
Richard Drive
Kevin Koopman
E Avenue
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Robert Boddicker
Norway
Mercy Hospital
Weather to ease by Wednesday afternoon
Weather is expected to lessen by Wednesday afternoon, continuing from Page 1. The forecast notes improvement in conditions and reduced precipitation across the region through midweek.
Deaths Roy C. Hultburg 69 Lehigh Acres Florida
Roy C Hultburg 69 of Lehigh Acres Florida died in Florida after a short illness He was born March 20 1899 in Burlington and worked as a Western Union assistant manager He is survived by his wife Grace Merrill a brother and two sisters Memorial services are set for 1 pm Friday at the Chapel of Memories with Rev Dominick Loferski Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home after 10 30 Thursday and at the Chapel of Memories after 10 30 Friday
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Roy C.eet
Roy c Hultburg
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Florida
Burlington
Grace Merrill
Western Union
Eagles Aerie
Lloyd Hultburg
Ethel Dew
Ruth Mayfield
Chapel of Memories
Dominick Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral notices listing multiple services
Emma Schimberg and Esther Kuback among those with funeral rites scheduled at All Saints and St Patrick's churches respectively. Services include Rosary nights at Monahan-Stewart, burial at Mt Calvary, and remembrances for Nebiker and Pusateri with survivors named, spanning Sun Valley, California connections.
Treasury Staff Proposals On Tax Reform Await White House Reply
Treasury department officials said tax reform proposals were sent to the White House weeks ago and that Johnson had not yet commented. Mills signaled a Senate review and hearings were to be arranged by the new administration at a mutually convenient time. The proposals aim to ease the burden on low income earners while trimming benefits for higher incomes.
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Treasury Department
White House
Ithey
Johnson
Mills
Senate Finance Committee
Mervin Tierney Hurt in Mishap At Penick Plant
A Penick and Ford plant worker, Mervin Tierney aged 34 of 123 Sixteenth Avenue SW, was seriously injured early Wednesday when pinned under a lift. He was admitted to Mercy hospital ICU in fair condition. police reported the accident at 12:46 a.m. Details remain unclear. Tierney worked as a dryer operator.
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Penick and
Ford
Mervin Tierney
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Tierney
Ames Man Dies in Home Fire At 59
Everett Hanson aged 59 of Ames died in an early Wednesday fire that engulfed his home. Firefighters say he was alone in the house and the cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
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Ames (Ap
Everett Hanson
Ames
Hanson
Street Mishaps Injure Three in Cedar Rapids
Three people were hurt in Cedar Rapids in separate crashes. Larry E. Heller, 21, Oakland NE, cut nose when his car hit a parked vehicle on Sixteenth Street NE at 5 a.m.. cited for driving left of center. Kris Silver, 21, Central City, treated for a leg injury after a two car crash at Sixth Street and Fifteenth Avenue SW. drivers Edwin E. Silver and Donald C. Panek not charged. Leo Schrody, 68, Wil son Avenue SW, minor injuries from a two car crash at Third Avenue and Second Street SW. other driver H Wayne Farland, 50, NW First Avenue, no charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry E. Heller
Oakland Road NE
Sixteenth Street
Lynn Mersch
Heller
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kris Silver
Central City
Mercy Hospital
Sixth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Edwin E.silver
Donald C. Panek
Third Avenue
Second Street
H. Wayne Farland
First Avenue NW
Iowan Major Identified Among Langley Crash Dead
An Iowa native was named Wednesday as one of six fatalities in the Langley air force base New Year s Eve military plane crash. Maj. Donald E. Copeman, 38, Cresco born, was identified as one of the deceased.
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Hampton
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Mercury
Daily Record
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Hiaml
N.orleans
C.R. Weather
Thad Kuenz
Blairs Ferry Road
Jack Feild
Bowling Street
St. Luke's
Richard W. Wyskocil
Thirty-third Street
Lawrence Ryan
North Towne Court
Lyle Rose
Marion
Fabian Skretta
Thirtysixth Street
Wilson and Co
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Cad Lane
Waukon
Peter Fish
Marn's
Major
Noon Lions
Robert P. Langford
Linn County Health Center
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County Health Cenu
Martinson Nursing Home
Everette and
Rosaline Martinson
Adv
Albert’s Cleaners
Lindale Plaza
William J. Schoeben
Norwood Drive! SE
Killian
Berger Furrier
Jerome’s
Steven ‘LeMont
Park Avenue SE
Pillfold
Thomas Jones
Lynnville
Ind
James Brigham
Ocala
Donald Smith
Akron
Editorial
Sam Shulsky
Sylvia Porter
Gus Schrader
Don Walton
Bob Considine
Inez Robb
Halle
Mort Reed
the Jacobys
Sweer
Polly Cramer Sheen
Abby van Buren
Cae
C.R
John McGee
General Accounting Office
NLF
Melvin Chatman
Chatman
Gibney
New Albin
Cresco
Waukon Poor
Oelwein Suro
Elkader
West Union
Shaver Road
Garrette Photo By
John McIvor
Cedar Lake
Quaker Oats
A. F. Frankhauser
Campbell
Schimberg
Emma
All Saints Church
Edmund J. Becker
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Becker
Monahan-Stewart
Pusateri
Jennifer
Cedar Memorial
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Penick Plant
Rohn Funeral Home
Louvers
Vernon Village
Vernon RD
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