Weather notes and obituaries mixed in January 1969 listing
Weather data and notices from Des Moines include high and low temperatures, precipitation, barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, plus a string of local obituaries and service announcements for towns such as Urbana Dysart Vinton Decorah Traer Victor Chelsea Atkins North English Shellsburg and more. Names include Lawrence W. Reading Bud Reading Roberta Stewart Rob ert Stewart Richard Petersen and Adelia Culver among others with service details and family notes.
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Urbana
Adelia G. Culver
Murdoch's
Center Point
Dysart
Lou Fuess
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Overton's
McGregor
Hilda Walter
St. Mary's Church
Thornburg’s
Vinton
Henry Skoog
Fry and
Holland
Decorah
Martin Clauson
Steine's
Traer
J. Clayton Young
Presbyterian Church
Victor — Arnold van Waus
St. Bridget’s Church
McAninch’s. Chelsea
Dorothy M. Framer
City Briefs and Obituaries From Local Notices
Tools stolen from Ed Price at 1257 Fourth avenue SE between Dec 29 and Jan 2 valued at 179. JoAnn Mitchell at 1529 Seventh avenue SE reports apartment ransacked with portable stereo worth 150 missing. Michael D. Friedmann, 18, of 1635 First avenue SE, charged as minor attempting to purchase beer. bond set at 30. Bus schedule changes announced for West Highlands and Vernon Heights routes with extended service to Robinson-Kmart area. G A Welton, 58, Clinton, formerly Cedar Rapids, dies. services in Clinton Monday. Frank B. Johnson, 83, long-time city parks employee, dies in Long Beach. services Tuesday. Charlie welcomes customers back to Mami’selles Beauty Salon January 5. phone 363-5818.
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Ed Price
Fourth Avenue SE
JoAnn Mitchell
Seventh Avenue SE
Michael D. Friedmann
First Avenue SE
Party Lanes
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Frank B. Johnson
City Parks Department
Long Beach
Calif
Mabel
Robert
Walter
Glennys Etzel
California
Deaths Anna M. Starman 91 longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Anna M. Starman 91 widow of John L. Starman died in a Marion nursing home Friday. Born October 22, 1878 in Cedar Rapids, she lived here all her life. Survived by daughter Mrs. J. R. Roudebush, Nebraska City, and son George J. Starman, plus granddaughter and three great grandchildren. Services at Beatty-Beurle chapel Monday at 2 pm with Canon D. A. Loferski. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Saturday.
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Anna M. Starman
Fifth Avenue
John Starman
Marion
Cedar Rapids
John L. Starman
George J. Starman
Beatty-Beurle ‘Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Beatty- Beurle’s
Memorial services for Pangburn and Cupp held
Memorial services 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Turner East for Orville Edward Pangburn conducted by Rev. A F Frankhauser with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Tressie M Cupp’s service held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Keota.
Woman Suffer Burns in NW House Fire
Fire heavily damaged the basement of the Ronald Wickman residence at 1512 First Street NW Saturday morning. Mrs Wickman sustained minor facial burns escaping the blaze at about 9 15 a m. Officials said a Wickman child started the fire with matches. Mrs Wickman and two children were at home.
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Forest Drive
First Street
Ronald Wickman
Wickman
Man, 21, Faces Charge of Assault in Vinton
Michael John Havens, 21, of Cedar Rapids posted $1,000 bond in justice court and was bound over to district court on an assault with intent to do great bodily injury charge filed by his wife after an incident Friday night in Vinton.
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Vinton
Michael John Havens
Cedar Rapids
Justice Court
Havens
Des Moines Man Held in C R on Robbery Charge
Des Moines resident Carl D. Cortez, 22, was jailed on a robbery with aggravation charge after appearing in Justice Glenn Powers' court. Bond set at 50,000. Victim Jerry Casper, 26, reported being struck with a tire iron and robbed of 133 dollars in an alley near Fifth to Eighth streets SE. Casper and Cortez were near the scene when the crime occurred. Casper treated and released from St Luke's hospital.
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Carl D. Cortez
Des Moines
Cortez
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Jerry Casper
Fifth Avenue SE
Casper
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Seventh and
Eighth Avenues
St. Luke's Hospital
Sabotage risked death in three transformer blasts
In Oalkland California a saboteur blew up three 12,000-volt transformers, darkening 3600 homes and businesses as part of a string of PG&E facility attacks since March 1968. Fragments and a battery detonator were left at the scene, with police noting even entering the power station risked instant incineration. Service resumed about 90 minutes later.
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Oalkand
Calif
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Driver Charged In C R Crash Slatken Haridin
Haridin of 1136 Fifteenth Street SE was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control after a three car crash at First Avenue and Thirty second Street Friday night. He struck the rear of Jean Novotny then crossed the center line and hit Ted Martin’s left rear. Novotny, 1728 Bever Avenue SE, treated at St Luke’s Hospital for neck and knee injuries and released. A passenger Dearld O’Brien, 23, suffered a head injury but required no treatment. The accident occurred at 11 p.m.
Inmate Pleads Innocent in Metlakatla Jail Escape
Metlakatla Alaska AP report says John Marsden pled innocent to escaping from the Metlakatla jail while four fellow inmates pled guilty to helping Marsden escape.
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Metlakatla
Alaska
John Marsden
Marsden
Charge Filed in Missing Woman Case at Wimbledon
An 18 year old waiter, William Peat, was charged in London with criminal deception over 1200 dollars in a missing wife case. Police say the disappearance of publisher Muriel McKay remains a kidnap inquiry, though other motives are possible. Detectives report hoax calls and a letter from the missing woman as the main clue, with no bail set until January 12.
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London
William Peat
Wimbledon
Muriel McKay
Peat
Alex McKay
Peking Blacks Out U S Acts
Hong Kong reports a Chinese news blackout on American moves toward better relations. Travelers from Canton say Beijing has not informed its people of trade embargo relaxations or of the Apollo 11 and 12 moon landings. The regime uses the blackout to isolate citizens and control information.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Peking
Britain Could Face Mutiny Over Rum Ration Cut
London AP reports a British MP warned that the navy might see a minor mutiny if the service trims sailors daily rum rations, a policy reportedly under consideration by naval authorities.
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London
Britain
Residence Dispute Gives Rochester Two Mayors
Michael Roche elected to Rochester city council last November has two homes, creating a dual government with two mayors and two city councils. Roche says his Rochester residence is at his parents’ home, while an apartment in Chile is a weekend retreat. The disagreement led to a confrontation at a Friday organizing meeting, with the Republicans and Democrats disputing roll calls and control as the court teeters over legitimacy.
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Rochester
N.Y
Michael Roche
Roche
Chile
Amana meat plant faces state inspection clash over permits
Iowa officials dispute guidelines as Amana meat department faces a federal and state meeting next week. Secretary Lounsberry cites outside pollution risks near the plant while noting interior sanitary lapses. Officials push for corrective actions to prevent pollution of the Iowa River near Coralville reservoir.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Amana
Lounsberry
Iowa River
Coralville
Amana Plant
AEC Report Clears Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant Plans
The Atomic Energy Commission advisory committee says the proposed Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo Cedar Rapids can be built with reasonable assurance of safe operation. IE plans a 550000 kilowatt plant by Iowa Electric Light and Power, with a public hearing expected in Cedar Rapids.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Advisory Committee On
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Palo
Duane Arnold Energy Center
AEC
Chicago
Glenn T. Seaborg
Washington
Man Accused of Malicious Call
Anthony A. Tschirgi, 49, of 1519 Oakland road NE, was charged with malicious use of the telephone for an obscene call to a Cedar Rapids girl on December 30. A preliminary hearing was set for February 5 in Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers' court after bond of $1,000 was posted at ten percent.
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Anthony A. Tschirgi
Oakland Road
Tschirgi
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Charge Seventh In Italian Blasts
Rome AP reports a 19 year old student became the seventh person charged in the Rome and Milan bombings that killed 16 and injured over 100. Enrico di Cola is charged with criminal conspiracy and remains at large. He is linked to an anarchist circle along with Pietro Valpreda and five other students. the mass murder charge is not included.
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Rome
Milan
Enrico di Cola
di Cola
Pietro Valpreda
Iowa City Federal Building Site Chosen
First District Congressman Fred Schwengel announced the site for the new five million dollar federal building in Iowa City. The square block bounded by Court Dubuque Clinton and Harrison streets will house the structure, with additional quarter blocks taken at the northwest and southeast Dubuque Court intersections.
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Iowa City
First District
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Schwengel
Court, Dubuque, Clinton and
Harrison Streets
Johnson County
Dubuque and
Court Streets
Mays Named President of Atlanta Board of Education
Dr Benjamin E Mays 73 a Negro educator is named president of the Atlanta board of education He is the first Black leader to hold the post in the city’s school system AP report from Atlanta
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Atlanta
Benjamin E. Mays
Atlanta Board of Education
Hog Shed Burns near Cascade Farm
A hog shed on the Robert McAllister farm six miles north of here burned at about 1 15 a m destroying 12 sows and 95 pigs. No injuries reported and cause under investigation.
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Robert McAllister
Here
Sports Celebrities Face Quiz in Gambling Inquiry
National sports figures will be called before a federal grand jury in a nationwide gambling ring probe. Ten people were arrested in raids in Michigan and Las Vegas, with cases charging use of interstate facilities to promote gambling and conspiracy. Dizzy Dean said he was questioned briefly and denied involvement, noting he gambles only on games with friends.
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Detroit
U.S
James Brickley
Jerome
Dizzy” Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Brickley
Dean
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Fritz Lindstrom
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
Navy to sink munitions ship at sea after sinking risk
The U S navy plans to sink the smoking munitions carrier Badger State after the 40 crew abandoned ship in heavy seas on December 26. Fourteen sailors were rescued and one body recovered. the rest are presumed lost. States Marines Line, Inc. ceded control to the navy due to salvage danger.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
States Marines Line, Inc
Navy
Defection by 28 Czech Tourists
In Copenhagen twenty eight Czechs in a group of eighty visiting Denmark asked immigration authorities for asylum. They claimed that another twenty five had also defected and were waiting to turn themselves over to Danish authorities.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
General Abrams Quits Hospital After Recovery
SAIGON AP reports General Creighton Abrams, U.S. commander in Vietnam, was released from a military hospital after fully recovering from pneumonia. A spokesman said Abrams, who entered the hospital Sunday, would return to full-time duty after a few days leave.
World War I Vets Auxiliary Names Linn County Commander
Leroy Goodrich of 1721 D avenue NE was installed as commander of Linn county barracks No. 695, Veterans of World War I, succeeding John J. Daly. Mrs. William Sweet was reinstalled as auxiliary president, with Harold Wahl and Ed L. Harris named senior and junior vice command ers, plus James E. Clapp as judge advocate. Other officers include Byron Wetzel chaplain Ed Machula quartermaster and adjutant and auxiliary officers Mrs Albert Wilson Mrs Harris Mrs Charles Jasu treasurer Mrs John Pazour conductress Ruby McGinty chaplain and Mrs Clarence Peterson secretary.
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Leroy Goodrich
D Avenue
Linn County
John J. Daly
Staudcourt
William Sweet
Dalewood Avenue
Memorial Coliseum
Harold Wahl
Ed L. Harris
James E., Clapp
Byron Wetzel
Ed Machula
Albert Wilson
Harris
Charles Jasu
John Pazour
Ruby McGinty
Clarence Peterson
Thief Returns After Six Years In New Dallas Jewel Theft
In Dallas on New Year’s Day 1964 a thief took jewels worth over 12000 from Mr and Mrs Frank Schultz. The Schultzs reported another theft at the start of 1970 totaling about 80000. The thief took only the choicest pieces, labeled the King of Diamonds by police, with total jewel thefts surpassing 1 million since the 1950s and little loot recovered.
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Dallas
Frank Schultz
Schultz
Agnew Concludes Bangkok Visit With Thai Leaders
Vice President Spiro Agnew meets Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman and U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger after military honors at Bangkok airport. He assures reassurance of U.S. treaty commitments while stressing Asian self reliance and notes confusion over the Nixon Doctrine. He cites a partial troop withdrawal from 48 000 U.S. troops in Thailand, with 6 000 already withdrawn.
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Agnew
U.S
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thanath Khoman
Leonard Unger
Bangkok
Chitrlada Palace
Bhumibol
Sirikit
Guam
Four Cedar Rapids Officials Replaced After Term Expirations
Four Linn County and city planning commission members were not renewed as their terms expired. Reports that Gerald L. Ovel resigned from the Linn regional planning commission and that Mrs. Kenneth Bogard John Bickel and Allen Meier resigned were in error.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Gerald L. Ovel
Linn Regional Planning Commission
Kenneth Bogaard
John Bickel
Allen Meier
City Planning Commission
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