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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1969

Page

36

Plea for Calm as Czech Strikes Dampen Turmoil

Josef Smrkovsky urged calm on national radio demanding restraint as Prague faces a looming political crisis. He warned against actions that could threaten post January reforms while Slovak demands for his replacement add to tensions amid Soviet snubs and a moving federal parliamentary timeline.

James Jackson Fragus UPI Josef Smrkovsky National Assembly Czechoslovak Communist Party Popular National Assembly Smrkovsky

Breakin Charged Against 3 Youths Found in Bakery

Three Cedar Rapids boys ages 19 15 and 46 were found inside Kenwood Bakery at 8221 First Avenue SE after breaking in by kicking the north siding. They took 13 50 from the cash register and were released to their parents. Charges of breaking and entering will be filed by youth bureau authorities Monday night. cases referred to probation.

Cedar Rapids Kenwood Youth Bureau

Kenya Peace Corps Volunteers in Kenya Crash Injures Woman

A Peace Corps volunteer, 23, from Waterloo, listed in fair condition at Peoples hospital after a one car crash on a highway near Nairobi. Authorities said the car went off the highway into a creek bed, leaving the driver unconscious and found an hour later.

Leahy Stammenz Waterloo Peoples ‘Hospital Nairobi Gelvsin Peace Corps Kenya

South Vietnam to Free 10 Viet Cong Prisoners

South Vietnam said it will free 10 Viet Cong prisoners on Tuesday for humanitarian reasons. The move follows the Viet Cong’s earlier release of three U.S. servicemen and comes after the 140 Viet Cong freed before Christmas. Diatomite is noted as a key mineral product of Lompoc California in Santa Barbara County.

Saigon Lompoc Calif Upi Santa Barbara County

Hickel and Nixon pick seek common ground on conservation

Alaska Governor Walter Hickel, Nixon's nominee for interior secretary, says he is in basic agreement with conservationists on protecting natural resources. A January Senate hearing will test critics who fear his pro business stance. He asserts a future Congress and public will learn his conservation record.

Washington Alaska Walter Hickel Nixon Interior Senate Hickel Sake Congress Yarees Ziegler Lodge

Vietnam War notes and local oblique references emerge

The clipping mixes Vietnam war items with local notices. It mentions caches recovered near Da Nang with rifles and mortars, a helicopter gunner Earl Guernsey returning from Cambodia, and a civic notice about eye bank donations and library funds.

da Nang Earl Guernsey Vietnam Cambodia Guernsey Prince Sihanouk

Iowa Gillan Dies Of Crash Injuries

Margaret A. Wade of Iowa City died Sunday morning at University Hospitals in Iowa City from injuries suffered November 15 when her Volkswagen was run over by a steel truck on Interstate 80. Authorities said she had a broken neck and was paralyzed from the neck down.

Tipton Margaret A. Wade Towa City University Hospitals Towa City Wade

Youths Charged Over Parkade Lights Incident

Two boys aged 15 and 17 were charged Sunday evening with shooting out 25 lights at Cillian's parkade using BB pistols. Youth authorities will process them Monday and refer their cases to the probation office.

Thei Cillian Youth Bureau Aferndon

Peace Corps Arrivals To Teach in Secondary Schools

Peace Corps representative Robert Poole stated that the latest arrivals are graduates from several 1.5 universities who will teach in secondary schools across the country.

Peace Corps Robert Poole

Center Point M Marian M Kirk 42 dies in Florida

Marian M Kirk 42 longtime Center Point resident and operator of the Thin E Do Cafe died Thursday in Crystal River Florida while vacationing. Born February 2 19 may have been 192? at Alburnett she was the daughter of Merle and Gladys Crawford Strait. Survives brother Calvin Strait of Whster Paint. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Murdock chapel Center Point conducted by Rev J G Ricks burial Urbana Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Center Point Marian M. Kirk Thin Canter Pout Eiin County Crystal River Fla Merle Gladys Crawford Strait Alburnett Calvin Strait Whster Paint Murdock Chapel Center, Point J. G. Ricks Urbana

Sunday Morning Fires Damage Two East Side Homes

Fire damaged two East Side homes Sunday morning. The Dillard Brown residence at 1518 Elmhurst jdrive NE suffered basement fire with smoke damage, confined to a book case wall. The L W Moran home at 1517 Fifth Avenue SE incurred interior wall damage from a loose fireplace brick, with smoke damage throughout. estimated losses about $1000.

Dillard Brown Elmhurst Jdrive NE L. W. Moran Fifth Avenue SE Brown Moran

Nixon seeks envoy Bunker as Saigon talks resume

Nixon plans to keep Ellsworth Bunker as ambassador to South Vietnam after a weekend where he urged the Saigon leadership to pursue a path of military success but warned that victory on the battlefield alone would not seal the outcome.

Nixon Ellsworth Bunker Saigon South Vietnam

Saigon Hints at Hard Line Shift With Lodge Appointment

Saigon officials discreetly signal concern over Henry Cabot Lodge taking lead of the new U S peace team while Ellsworth Bunker remains ambassador. Nixon aides describe Lodge as an outstanding negotiator and law career in Paris delegation plans. Ky and Walsh connected to Saigon leadership amid broad delegation shifts for Paris talks.

Saigon Nixon Henry Cabot Lodge Lodge Ellsworth Bunker U.S Paris Ratcon Ron Ziegler Bunker Wr Verevs Gewae Pyriee Oa 2 Staeee Saets Lodge W. Averell Walsh Eisenhower William Rogers Marshall Green Indonesia Philip Habib Cyrus Vance Dcinion Ziegler Nreagervad

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