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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1975

Page

3

Weather and Birth Notices From Daily Record Listing

High Saturday 27, low 10 p.m. Saturday 24 precip none for January total 0.26 and 1.51 through Jan ASI 0.26 for 1975 barometer steady 30.1 humidity 87 percent wind W at 6 mph. Sun Sunday 7 35 sunrise. sunset 4. Year ago today high 14 low 6 precip none. Births Mercy Jam families: William Northrop 857 Center Point Rd NE a daughter and Robert Greene 100 West Fourteenth Ave Marion a son. St Lukes Jan 4: Dean Ashleck Center Point a daughter David Machacek Alburnett a daughter Michael Millard 3100 Sixteenth Ave SW a daughter.

Mercy Jam William Northrop Center Point Road NE Robert Greene Fourteenth Avenue Marion Dean Ashleck Center Point David Machacek Alburnett Michael Millard Sixteenth Avenue SW

Saigon battles widen as reports detail city defense

The Saigon garrison of 2,600 militia and hundreds of helicoptered commandos fend a north Vietnamese attack on Phuoc Binh with dawn shelling and a daylong fight. Civilian refugees swell the population to 26,000 as U.S. and South Vietnamese statements contest a wider offensive amid Cambodian clashes near Phnom Penh.

Wounded Falcon Receives Tail Feather Transplant

A Peregrine falcon shot and crippled near Hibbing Minnesota will be released along the Rio Grande in Texas after a tail feather transplant. The operation at the University of Minnesota St Paul campus used feathers donated from Cornell University with vets Dr Patrick Redig Dr Gary Duke and Mark Fuller assisting.

ST. Paul, Minn Rio Grande River Texas University of Minnesota Cornell University Ithaca N.Y Patrick Redig Gary Duke Mark Fuller College of Veterinary Medicine Hibbing Minnesota

Liddy Calls Himself Honest Bank Robber Cell Mate Preference

Liddy's testimony stance and prison plans emerge as he brands himself an accomplished liar and refuses to testify, even if his sentence shortens. He hopes no Watergate informers share his prison, preferring an honest bank robber as a cell mate.

Liddy

Balaguer Honors Koop For Siamese Twins Separation

In San Juan President Balaguer awarded the Dominican Republic's highest honor to Dr. Everett Koop, leader of the surgical team that successfully separated a pair of Dominican Siamese twins.

San Juan, P.R Joaquin Balaguer Dominican Republic Everett Koop

Gazette Cedar Rapids publication details and subscriptions

The Gazette of Cedar Rapids established in 1883 by The Gaz Co lists daily and Sunday editions at 00 Third Ave SE. Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options for Night, Afternoon, and Sunday editions, with varying weekly and yearly prices and geographic restrictions. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.

Gaz Co Third Ave Cedar Rapids Iowa Cedar Associated Press

Memorial Donations and Missing Funds Listed in Camp Good Health

The fragment shows memorial contributions for many individuals from various donors including Fred, Dick and Iva Carne, Helen Temeyer, Gerald L. Wright, Alice Burleson, Milo Chehak, Fred and Allene Dick, Dr. Edward Kuehne, and Bertha, among others. It notes amounts such as 50.00, 20.00, 15.00, 10.00, and 5.00, with a total fundraiser figure of 15,322.24 and a target of 21,500.00 with 6,177.76 yet to be raised.

Fred I Alittle Aea Deeks Detec Ptashedin Teeiseneaas Dick and Iva Carne I Alice Burleson H. C. Jensen Os i. ci Sns Dalbbs Geeeceis Edward Kuehne Vandalia Ill May Macuret G. Ee Concina Bertha Merle Mayme Masona Robert Glee Des Moines W. J Pearl E. Myers Reesenes Bill Barnts Norman D. He Ann Cee Mabel Sueppel Lisbon Charles McLaughlin Mt. Vermont Aadecuatescaamiel Ieee Conan Sane

Westmoreland Suffered Mild Heart Attack in California

Gen. William Westmoreland, 60, former U S Army commander in Vietnam, was treated at Eisenhower Medical Center Desert California after chest pains. A hospital spokesman said he was resting comfortably and in stable condition on Saturday. Westmoreland is a Charleston South Carolina resident.

Radio Hanoi Tokyo U.S Vietnam Boston Kevin White John Kerrigan White Kerrigan Desert Calif William Westmoreland Eisenhower Medical Center Westmoreland Charleston S.C U.S. Army

Arrest of Drug Ring Organizer Tied to 14 Million Cocaine Smuggling

Federal agents say they arrested Donald Paul Stone in North Hollywood, the alleged organizer of a drug ring that smuggled about 66 pounds of cocaine valued at $14 million into the United States from Colombia in aerosol cans. The probe spanned Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Bogota and Brasilia, with multiple co-defendants already sentenced or awaiting trial.

Washington UPI U.S Colombia The Drug Enforcement Administration Donald Paul Stone North Hollywood Calif Stone DEA John Bartels Los Angeles New York Miami Bogota Brasilia Brazil Bartels United States Abraham L. Azzam Azzam California U.S. District Court Fernando Pardo New York City Michael Chunn Fort Lauderdale Fla Chunn Pardo

Iran Shah rejects foreign dictates amid oil crisis

The Shah of Iran said no one can dictate to Iran or show a fist. Libyan Premier Abdelsalem Jal loud told reporters in Turkey that Arab oil producers do not fear threats or force from industrial nations. Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford and Kissinger share views on the issue.

Kissinger Iran Teheran Abdelsalem Jalloud Libya Turkey Ron Nessen Ford Nessen Business Week

Obituaries of Montross Vetter and others in Cedar Rapids area

Obituary notices for Everett O. Montross of 3229 Iowa Ave SE who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a Cedar Rapids residency of 27 years. He taught in Iowa schools and at the American Institute of Business. World War II veteran, retired from W.R. Grace Cryovac in 1969. Also noted are the death of Stephen W. Vetter and several other brief notices listing survivors and burial arrangements, with service details and memorial fund suggestions.

Everett O. Montross Iowa Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Millersburg Upper Iowa University Iowa American Institute of Business Des Moines W.R. Grace and Co Cryovac Division Cedar Rapids Men Stephen W. Vetter Mt. Vernon Road Tipton Kahoka Beulah Hey Keokuk Honeymead Products Co Judith Thomas Roy Burlington Frank Hayes Carthage Ill Chapel of Memories John P. Woods Westminster Presbyterian Church Cancer Research Memorial Fund University Hospitals Iowa City Cedar Memorial Funder

Ford and Congress Lift Cloud on State Lotteries

President Ford signed a law freeing state lotteries to run large in-state advertising while restricting cross border promotion. The measure clarifies rules for 13 lottery states including New York and Pennsylvania which reported 118 million and 141 million in 1973 revenue respectively. In Paris, police seek suspects for the theft of a 170 pound Maillol bronze statue from the Louvre gardens.

Washington Ford Congress Connecticut Delaware Illinois Maryland Maine Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Paris Louvre Museum Aristide Maillol

Air Pollution Report Expands Coverage in Gazette

The Sunday Gazette publishes this week’s Air Pollution Report on page 110. It now covers all six recorded pollutants: carbon monoxide, photochemical oxidants, hydrocarbons, nitrogen dioxide, airborne dust, and sulphur dioxide.

Sunday Gazette

Bolivia says Cuba plotted Pacific outlet with Chile and Peru

Bolivia’s former commerce undersecretary Juan Pereira Fiorilo said Cuba pressed for a Pacific sea outlet for landlocked Bolivia in exchange for adopting a socialist republic. He tied the plan to President Torres era, noting it collapsed after Banzer’s coup in August 1971.

LA Paz Bolivia Cuba Chile Peru Pacific Ocean Juan Pereira Fiorilo Presencia Juan Jose Torres Pereira Torres Hugo Banzer

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Record C.R. Weather St. Lukes Saigon Phuoc Binh Thieu New Zealand Cambodia Phnom Penh Arey Khsat Khmer Rouge Foreign Ministry U.S. Congress South Vietnam Sigourney Hayden’s Dundee Hubert Whitman Bohnenkamp’s Manchester Monticello Rufus H. Halaken Mesa Ariz St. John Lutheran Church Goettsch Toledo Lucy Asher Henderson's Oak Hill Cemetery Tama Marenge Ona Lacher Hoover-Valentine’s Lloyd Springer Donohue Strawberry Point Anna Eder Emmanuel Lutheran Church Feeney’s. Brooklyn Carl Reiche Neuenhoven S. Vinton Joseph Gentle St. Mary's Catholic Church Campbell’s Clarence D. Clements St. Mary's Church St. Mary's Cemetery Sheets and Son Harlie H. Stirm Murdoch's Arion Lafayette Cemetery Ruby Mullinex White-Phillips Vinton Webster Rosalind Ruth Robb Reynolds Funeral Home Pleasant Grove Cemetery Optimists Holiday Inn Duchess Cleaners Adv Teen Ener A. Uh Westy Teahen Funeral Home Marian I. Teahen Elden B. Rohn Mortician First Ave Charles, Henrietta Charles Novak Monument CO 14Th Ave 1644 First Avenue, NE Mideast 16Th Ave Allen S. van Cleve Linwood Cemetery Dubuque Turner East Hartkemeyer Christian F Turner Chapel East Richard L. Thompson Cedar Memorial Cemetery Spooner Lala C Kuba Funeral Home David F. Larson St. Mark's Lutheran Church Cedar Memorial Michael Dooley DPHIN Third Avenue 5
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