Weather and police notes from a midwestern newspaper
Weather summaries report highs and lows for Friday and Saturday with temperatures from cities including Minneapolis New Orleans Denver Phoenix and New York amid rainfall and barometer readings. Police blotter lists traffic violations summonses and discreet notices with names and local addresses across multiple towns and counties.
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Minneapolis
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
County groups discuss poverty programs and delays
Fayette county and tri county leaders address poverty areas and program challenges. They praise Upper Iowa University work study as a success and call for clearer procedures, faster approvals, and stronger local involvement guided by C Edwin Gilmore and John Buckstead from the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Wayne Burns
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Howard
C. Edwin Gilmore
Tri-County
Burns
John Buckstead
Office of Economic Opportunity
Girl 9 Struck By Car in Crosswalk Fined Driver $100
A 9 year old girl was struck by a car at Tenth street and Fifth avenue SE while in a crosswalk. The driver Alvin P Krebs 45 of 2428 Eighteenth street SW was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court. Linda Lane treated at Mercy hospital for abrasions and released.
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Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Linda Lane
C. K. Lane
Third Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Alvin P. Krebs
Eighteenth Street
Youth Fined Twenty Five Dollars for Beer Charge
Ronald L. Wheeler aged 17 of 412 Eighth Avenue SW was fined 25 dollars and costs on a minor in possession of beer charge. He was arrested Tuesday at 2 45 a m at E avenue and Fifth street NW after four cans were found in the car he rode in.
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Ronald L. Wheeler
Eighth Avenue
Wheeler
E Avenue
Fifth Street
Gazette want ads lamp of commerce
A brief classified notice notes the Gazette's want ads as a modern Aladdin for buyers and sellers, with a contact number 362-1121. The item presents a succinct promotional line rather than a full classified listing.
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Gazette
Community action program faces delays and debate
Iowa and Illinois community action leaders discuss the challenges of the federal program. Critics note few able bodied participants and fear regional offices favor organization over results. Delays linger as boards gain momentum and local projects await approval.
Burglars Hit Two Businesses and a Home in City
Detectives report two break ins Friday night at B R Dental Laboratory 328 Higley building and Clare Falls residence 3025 E avenue NE entry by prying doors. A third break in at Grand Tavern 209 Fourth Street SE near 2 am Saturday shows pry marks and a would be burglar fled toward Magnus hotel.
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B&r Dental Laboratory
Higley
Clare Falls
Stanley Schoff
Grand Tavern
Fourth Street
Schoff
90 Day Sentence for Duane K Duncan on intoxication charges
Duane K. Duncan, 22, received a 90 day jail sentence Saturday on charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace by profanity. Municipal Judge Howard Mc Laughlin ordered 30 days on each charge and revoked the suspension on the December 21 intoxication sentence.
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Duane K. Duncan
Duncan
Howard McLaughlin
Trap Shoot At Memorial Park Sunday In Marengo
A trap shoot sponsored by the Iowa County chapter of the Izaak Walton League will be held at Memorial Park in Marengo Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Marengo
Memorial Park
Iowa County
Izaak Walton
Lawrence Welk Show Delights with Holiday Color Broadcast
Lawrence Welk's program continues its festive mood airing at 7 30 PM Saturday on KCRG TV Channel 9 in color.
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Lawrence Welk
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Sleeping Motorist Rescued From Fumes and Arrested
James W. Tiernan, 48, of 2736 Fourteenth Avenue SE, was found sleeping in a car with a running engine on Saturday in front of 38 Twenty-first Avenue SW. Fire fumes from a leaky exhaust prompted rescue and hospital treatment at Mercy, then deputies found a warrant for false uttering of a check from Linn County and a pursuit from Vinton. he was jailed after hospital care.
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Second Avenue SE
First Avenue NE
Twenty-first Avenue
James W
Tiernan
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Vinton
ISU To Release Chieftain Apple Variety This Year
Iowa State University will release a new apple variety named Chieftain for propagation this year. Developed from a Delicious Jonathan cross, it resists scab and fire blight, stores well, and ripens after January 1. Propagation material remains scarce and distribution will be planned by the Iowa Nurserymen's Agricultural Research Corporation. Dwight Antisdel is president of the Iowa Nurserymen's Assn. with several officers and new board members elected.
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Gazette
Mils Nelson Nurserymen
Cedar Rapids
Dwight J. Antisdel
Milford
Ben Hauber
Iowa City
Robert Paulus
Shenandoah
Victor Foster
Waterloo
Larry Stalin
Hamburg
Dwight W. Hughes
Affiliate Agricultural Research Corporation
H. R
Bob" Denney
Charles City
Iowa State University
A. E. Cott
Iowa Nurserymen’s Assn
Chieftain
Iowa State
Cott
Iowa Nurserymen’s Agricultural Research Corporation
Herb Nelson
Des Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
H. R. Denney
Elmer Vermeer
Pella
Ben (Billie) Hauber
Lloyd Platt
Davenport
Association
Agricultural Research Corporation
Boy 14 Questioned in Iowa City Stabbing Across Recreation Center
A 14-year-old Iowa City youth was questioned by juvenile authorities after a Friday night stabbing near the recreation center. Injured, Steve Courtney, 14, was treated at University hospitals for a superficial pocket knife wound. The incident happened after 9 30 p m as a group of youths moved across the street. The suspect was not named.
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Iowa City
Steve Courtney
Junior William Courtney
University
Everybody's Favorite Parade on KCRG Channel 9
The program POL KA PARADE appears in color on KCRG TV channel 9 airing Saturdays at 6 pm. The feature showcases a lively parade presentation with musical segments and community participation each weekend.
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Kcrg-Tv
Beer Counts Put 2 Youths Behind Bars
Two Cedar Rapids juveniles were judged as adults and jailed after offenses for possessing beer as minors and related charges. Thomas R. Raher 17 received three 30 day sentences, and Roger A. Bruner 17 faced multiple counts with bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas R. Raker
Roger A. Bruner
Howard McLaughlin
Raher
Eighth Avenue SE
Linn
Bruner
Avenue NW
McLaughlin
Linn County
Watches Stolen From Washington High Lockers
Police investigated the theft of two watches and a ring from two lockers in the boys shower at Washington High. Reported by Nick Gearhart and Larry Nievas, the items disappeared between 4 30 and 6 p m while youths swam.
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Washington High School
Nick Gearhart
Country Club Parkway SE
Larry Nievas
Dover Street
Two Men Rob Carrier Boy In Street Route Heist
John Burke a 13 year old Gazette carrier on Second Avenue SE reported two unidentified men in their twenties took $1.50 from him Friday night as he collected for his route. They stepped from an old model station wagon asked for money grabbed him and drove off. Burke was uninjured.
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Gazette
John Burke
Blake Boulevard
Second Avenue SE
Burke
Waterloo pupil marriage ban challenged in court
Ronald Green 17 a senior at East high seeks to overturn a Waterloo school board rule barring married students from extra curricular activities including basketball. Judge Blair Wood will hear further arguments, potentially affecting Iowa boards with similar rules.
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Waterloo
Waterloo School Board
Ronald Green
East High School
Green
Blair Wood
Wood
Iowa
George W. Hohl
Sydney A. Thomas
C. A. Frerichs
Thomas
Draft Call for February Sees 29400 Men
Washington AP reports a February draft call set at 29 400, a sharp drop from January's 38 280 and December's 45 229. The Defense Department request contrasts with prior months as the draft rate reduces.
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Washington
Defense Department
Auto Salesmen Slayings At Chicago Car Lot Shock City
In Chicago a 24 year old man killed three auto salesmen at Fohrman Motors over repair bills. He fired on two women before being shot by Detective Roland Charles and Officer York Anderson. Police say Donald Jackson had recent disputes over refunds after purchasing a used car.
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Chicago
Donald Jackson
Fohrman Motors
Albert Sizer
Sizer
Sidney Fohrman
Jackson
Roland Charles
York Anderson
Charles
Frank Flanagan
Fohrman
Flanagan
City Briefs and Local Notices Flash Across Page
Radio stolen from Rev Bruce Russell’s car on Oakland Road NE. Pfc Russell Mundy returns to Fort Leonard Wood after 10 day leave. Mary Mundy at Mobile Homes Trailer Court reports. Mrs Heinrich Taylor services Sunday Bloomfield. Richard Mayfield named to Who’s Who at John Carroll University. Phi Kappa Phi initiates Mary Fitton and Linda Mokress at Wisconsin. Reading tips and ads fill rest of column.
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Bruce Russell
Oakland Road
Pfc
Russell Mundy
Fort Leonard Wood
Mary Mundy
Mobile Homes Trailer
Richard Mayfield
W. L. Mayfield
3819
Avenue NE
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Mary Fitton
Lincolnshire Drive
Linda Mokress
B Avenue NE
Wisconsin
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Wisconsin At Madison
LaGrange Faces Battery Charge
Darryl LaGrange age 24 of 1032 Fifth street NW was arrested Friday night on an assault and battery charge. A complaint was filed by Delores King 627 I avenue NW. LaGrange was released on $110 bond.
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Darryl LaGrange
Fifth Street NW
LaGrange
Delores King
I Avenue
Cedar Rapids Gazette Establishment and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines its establishment details with The Gazette Co. and locale at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscription terms including mail and carrier options, with rates for night and afternoon editions, Sunday delivery, and national territories. The piece notes AP exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatch republication.
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The
Gazette Co
Eccaly
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U. S. Territories
Driver Charged After Crash Damages City Sandspreader
Ronald Bigger twenty of Lisbon was charged with possessing beer as a minor and failing to keep his car under control after a car truck collision at Third Avenue and First Street SW. Police found beer in Bigger's wrecked car. Bigger and three others were injured. one passenger Charles Malin nineteen of Omaha treated and released. Two others remained hospitalized in fair to fairly good condition.
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Michael J. Earley
Thirteenth Street
Philip H. Cummiskey
Tenth Street
Helen M. Marr
Tomahawk Trail
William Stout
Twin Pines Drive
Robert Mefford
Thirty-sixth Street
Louis A. Koffron
D Avenue
Robert E. Lindsey
Route One
Fairfax
William F. Biederman
Second Street
Lorraine H. Monserud
Forty-first Street
Robert D. Stickley
Thirtysixth Avenue
Virginia E. Nekvinda
Sixth Avenue
Richard A. Wheeler
Nineteenth Avenue
Roy M. Houser
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Catherine L. Keir
Thirtieth Street
Alvin P. Krebs
Nineteenth Street
Terri L. Fuller
Iowa City
Ronald A. Wheeler
Eighth Avenue SW
Thomas R. Raher
Eighth Avenue SE
Thomas D. Raher
Duane K. Duncan
Lloyd R. Fish
First Avenue
Donald L. Ackerman
Eleventh Avenue
Ronald Bigger
Lisbon
Third Avenue
First Street
Bigger
Charles Malin
Omaha
St. Luke’s
Charles R. Cross
Boone
Cecil van Etten
Peoria
Ill
Linn Sclerosis Society Elects Joseph Palumbo Chairman
Joseph D. Palumbo has been elected chairman of the Linn County Multiple Sclerosis Society. Other officers are Emil M. Reyhons vice-chairman Elizabeth Dearborn secretary and Michael E. Kelly treasurer. All are Cedar Rapids except Reyhons from Mt. Vernon. The society serves about 100 people in the county. Office at 215 Higley building.
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Joseph D. Palumbo
Linn County
Emil M. Reyhons
Elizabeth Dearborn
Michael E. Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Reyhons
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Higley Building
Fire Destroys Home. Resident Flees in Nightwear
Emmet Ryan, 60, escaped a frame home in subzero weather when a fire swept the outskirts of New Albin early Saturday. Officials say a faulty furnace likely caused the blaze. Drive safely.
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NEW Albin
UPI
Emmett Ryan
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