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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1973

Page

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Deaths Betty Newton 46 of Cedar Rapids

Betty Newton 46 died Wednesday at University Hospitals in Iowa City Born March 25 1926 at Norway She married James Newton November 29 1945 They farmed near Watkins later moved to Watkins He died in 1962 Surviving daughter Mrs Robert Ballard Jr Newhall son Keith Lawrence Mich two granddaughters mother Mrs Dwayne Primrose Norway two sisters Rozella Holland Norway and Mrs Roger Dvorak Newhall Services at St Pauls Church Newhall Saturday 10 AM Rev J Robert McDonald Burial Mound Cemetery Watkins Friends may call George Brush residence Norway Friday Rosary at 8 PM Friday

Betty Newton Cedar Rapids University Hospitals Iowa City Norway James Newton St. Michael’s Church Watkins Robert Ballard, Jr Newhall Keith Lawrence Mich Dwayne Primrose Rozella Holland Roger Dvorak St. Paul’s Catholic Church J. Robert McDonald Burial Mound George Brush Sigourney Raymond Harrison Messerschmitt Reynolds Decorah Anna Glise Olson- Fiestal United Methodist Church Mabel Minn Anamosa Judy Ann Steward Lester Steward Riverside Cemetery Hawkeye Sandra Thornton Lloyd Thornton Schutte’s Postville Springville Leone Rascher Murdoch Stella A. Yoder Mennonite Church George L

Weather and notices from a day in January 1972

The Daily Record lists city forecast highs and lows, precipitation, barometer, humidity and wind at 2 p.m., plus sun times. It includes a series of birth announcements, married couples and newborns, police calls, traffic fines, and funeral services for communities in Iowa including Cedar Rapids Muscatine Decorah and Marion with dates and locations for services and burials.

Courthouse Notices List of Speeding Fines and Violations

Numerous residents in Marion and Keystone areas were fined for speeding and related violations. Fines range from 10 to 35 dollars plus costs for individuals across addresses including Kenrich drive SW Twenty-ninth avenue SW Second avenue SE and others. A separate entry notes a struck unattended vehicle and a meter violation with Imogene Schwandt among others.

Connie Wood Thirtieth Street Donald Caldwell Tenth Avenue Richard Dougherty Keith Gardner Fourth Avenue Ricki Meier Worthington Drive Susan lOakley Forty-second Istreet Robbie Jones Kenrich Sandra Cooley Twenty-ninth Avenue James Wehr Second Avenue Janice VanGelder Belvedere Drive David Gross Twenty-sixth Street Marion Catherine Fuller Fifteenth Avenue Randy Smiley Twelfth Avenue Leland Osmundson Eighth Avenue Mark Becker Twenty - Ninth Avenue Dean Clayton Twenty-second Street Jon Harrington First Avenue Steve Thiher Rex Pollack Keystone Ernest Mohan Eighteenth Avenue Irma Kelly Evelyn Drive Steve Pegroff Thirty-second Street Gerald Flanagan Cold Stream Avenue William Happel Crescent Street James Albert Franklin Avenue Denise Casey Bert Hoffman Blue Ridge Drive Derrill McDanel G Avenue James Koenig Sherman Street Sharon Roman Outlook Drive Imogene Schwandt Hopkinton

Smith leaves post amid arms talks continuation

The Yale-educated lawyer departs as talks in Geneva over defensive missile limits and offensive missiles continue. No successor named for U.S. head of negotiations. The New York Times cites associates saying he left to join a non governmental economic study group with Western Europe, the U.S. and Japan.

Geneva U.S The New York Times Smith Western Europe Japan

Shooting details emerge in Hopkinton incident

Mayor Cletus Fike said the Hopkinton shooting, reportedly accidental, involved Douglas Dirks, 20, a part time marshal. The report notes the story continues from Page One while the investigation proceeds.

Cletus Fike Hopkinton Douglas Dirks

Lithuanian Youth Sentenced to 10 Years for Protests

UPI reports from Soviet Lithuania's press that 17 year old Richard Trushkauskas was sentenced by the Lithuanian supreme court to ten years in a forced labor camp for taking part in riot actions in Kaunas on May 18 and for group violation of public order. The report notes street battles with paratroopers and soldiers and mentions alleged self immolations linked to the demonstrations.

Moscow UPI Lithuania Sovietskaya Litva Soviet Lithuania Richard Trushkauskas Kaunas Trushkauskas

US Air Losses Rise in Hanoi Haiphong Blitz War

The United States reports 97 airmen lost since December 18 as Hanoi Haiphong bombing costs grow. Washington withholds a full damage report amid political pressure while North Vietnam says 1 318 killed and 1 261 wounded from raids. Strikes continue from Thanh Hoa to the DMZ to slow North Vietnamese materiel movement.

U. S Hanoi-Haiphong Hanoi Haiphong Nixon North Vietnam Panhandle U. S. Command Thanh Hoa Demilitarized Zone South Vietnam Laos Cambodia

Cedar Rapids Native L. E. Crowley Dies in California

L. E. Crowley aged 75 of Los Angeles California and formerly of Cedar Rapids died Wednesday in Santa Monica after a brief illness. Survived by wife Katie in California a brother J. M. Crowley and sister Ida Merkel both of Cedar Rapids. Services Saturday at Blessed Sacrament church Hollywood Utter McKinley funeral home Hollywood in charge.

L. E. Crowley Los Angeles Calif Cedar Rapids Santa Monica Katie California J. M. Crowley Ida Merkel Blessed Sacrament Church Hollywood Utter McKinley Funeral Home

Obituaries and funeral notices from area churches and cemeteries

Mary C Olson Turner chapel east 1:30 p.m. Friday Rev Gordon Roberts burial St John’s cemetery. George Michael Gianopulos Turner chapel east 1:30 p.m. Friday 2 p.m. St John’s Hellenic church burial St John’s Hellenic section Linwood cemetery. Trisagian services 7:30 p.m. Friday Rev Anastasiou Turner east. Charles L Widner 1:30 p.m. Friday Murdoch chapel Marion. Fred O Griffith Chapel of Memories 1 p.m. Friday Rev Stokes Interdenominational church burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Mary G Davin 9:30 Saturday St Matthew’s church Rev Louis V McDonough burial St John’s Lisbon. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday Brady-Kuba funeral home friends may call.

Olson Mary C Turner Gordon Roberts St. John’s Gianopulos George Michael Turner Alexander Anastasiou Linwood Cemetery Turner East Anastasiou Widner Charles L Murdoch Chapel Marion Griffith Fred O A. J. Stokes Interdenominational Church Cedar Memorial Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Davin Mary G St. Matthew’s Church Louis V. McDonough St. John’s Cemetery Lisbon

Drug Arrests Continue In Linn County Case List

Police report a wide sweep of arrests on charges under the controlled substances act. Suspects include Ronald Sojka and Steven Peterson for marijuana possession, with Peterson facing additional counts of possession with intent to deliver. A long list of others is cited for selling or delivering marijuana, LSD, speed, or cocaine and heroin to undercover agents, with several held on bond and various liquor and theft cases noted. Authorities also report arrests of three 17 year olds on prescription drug charges and multiple non drug offenses.

Ronald Sojka Steven Peterson Higley Avenue SE Kristine Johnson B Avenue NE Peterson Eleventh Street NW Mike Thompson Eighth Avenue Marion Karl Heppe Twenty Eighth Street Perry L. Lindeman, Jr Charles Heiden Thirtieth Street Robert Maddox Larry J. Tobin Fourteenth Avenue SE Linn County Lloyd Henderson Perry Lindeman David Stickley Michael Thompson Robert Stickley Michael Anderson A. C. Ambrose August Hansell John Patricia Beving Sixth Street SE Richard Thompson Seventh Avenue Donald Jacobson First Avenue West Russ Boyken Sixteenth Avenue SW Mt Vernon Road Mercy Hospital

Bomb Threat: Jumbo Diverted to Rapid City During Extortion Plot

A Trans World Airlines 747 with 236 aboard was diverted from Madrid to Ellsworth AFB Rapid City after a Spanish extortionist claimed a pressure bomb at 3200 feet would explode. The hoax ransom reportedly involved pesetas and was directed toward Madrid.

Rapid City S. C UPI Trans World Airlines Madrid New York Denver Ellsworth Air Force Base Federal Aviation Administration TWA

Computer Taxes Year Old Girl in Norwegian City

In Oslo the year old Benete Oseid received a taxation card from Per sgrunn authorities. The card was issued by the city's computer which had added 100 years to her age, making her 101.

Oslo Benete Oseid Persgrunn Norway Makingher

Farm equipment want ad line

Advertise farm equipment in the want ad columns. Dial 398 8234 for details and placement.

Dial

Blind Learn Broadcasting In Basement Radio Station

In Spokane Washington a basement studio run by volunteers uses donated gear to run KPBX FM a training ground for blind broadcasters. about ten watts cover ten miles from a pole mounted antenna with many volunteers from housewives to students training at Whitworth college. the group aims to raise power to 250 watts and operates 5 pm to midnight with many readings by cole and his two children.

Spokane, Wash Spokane George Cole Kpbxfm Cole Whitworth College KPBX Washington

Cedar Rapids man gets suspended sentences on larceny pleas

Henry E. Parrish, 20, of Cedar Rapids, received two suspended six month sentences in county jail after pleading guilty to reduced larceny charges arising from May 26 theft of items valued at $61 and May 29 theft of items valued at $122. Judge Harold Vietor also fined $75 in each case.

Henry E. Parrish Cedar Rapids Linn Harold Vietor

Grant Awarded For Preschools In Three Iowa Counties

The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare approved a 203000 grant for a 12 month Head Start program in Linn Jones and Johnson counties to provide preschool training for children from low income families. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program director Russell Proffitt said a 20 percent local match is required and usually provided in kind by the counties. The grant will fund five preschool classes in Linn two in Jones and four in Johnson county during 1973.

U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Linn Jones Johnson Russell Proffitt Hawkeye Johnson County

TABERNACLE OPEN TO PUBLIC IN SALT LAKE CITY

In Temple Square visitors may not enter the Mormon temple which is reserved for church members in good standing. The Mormon tabernacle in the square remains accessible to the public for tours and visits.

Salt Lake City UPI Temple Square Mormon Temple Mormon Tabernacle

Medici Fires SUNAB Chief Over Price Control Failures

Brazil President Emilio Medici removed Glauco Carvalho, head of SUNAB, amid complaints of meat price gouging by big-city butchers and SUNAB’s perceived inaction. Medici warned inflation control remains a priority as government inflation estimates clashed with independent assessments.

Rio DE Janeiro Emilio Medici Glauco Carvalho SUNAB Medici Getulio Vargas Foundation Rio Politika

Terrorists Blow Up Bus in Thailand Killing 21

Police report terrorists detonated a land mine under a bus in Nakhon Phanom province killing 21 passengers. The Tuesday attack marked a rare large civilian death toll from terrorism, with police believing the bus was mistaken for patrol police.

Bangkok Thailand Nakhon Phanom

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