Weather, births, notices fill Cedar Rapids daily page
Overnight weather shows a low of 31 with a high of 39 and no precipitation. Births announced include a daughter for Michael Mendez and sons for several families across Marion and Cedar Rapids. Police, fire, and court items report smoke odor, a locked house, a frozen sprinkler, and a car motor fire, plus multiple traffic violations and upcoming funeral services in several towns.
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Jacelyn Drive
Williams Boulevard
Third Avenue Bridge
Tenth Street
Jury Convicts James Auman in Linn County Breakin Case
A Linn County jury convicts James W. Auman, 25, of Marion, for breaking and entering the Cedar Rapids Bowl at Town and Country shopping center on November 25. Co-defendants’ cases pending. sentencing set for January 22.
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Linn
James W. Auman
Auman
Route One
Marion
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Bowl
Town and Country
Lynch Authorized To Leave State With Extra Bond
Judge Warren Rees granted Kevin Lynch permission to leave Iowa if he posts an additional 4500 bond with sufficient surety. The Dallas youth, 20, already on 3000 bond for possession of narcotics, sought travel to plead guilty in Los Angeles to a lesser disturbance charge and to enroll at Santa Monica College. He had been ordered not to depart the state and recently spent time in St Luke's psychiatric ward after release.
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Warren Rees
Kevin Lynch
Lynch
Dallas
Harold Vietor
Los Angeles
Linn County
Santa Monica City College
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Man Accused of Looting Checked Luggage with Hashish Claim
An individual allegedly took luggage checked by Lynch in California. Authorities say the suitcase contained hashish valued between four and five thousand dollars.
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Lynch
California
Valachi Tax Claim Filed Over 1950s Income
The Internal Revenue Service filed a 10860 dollar income tax claim against Joseph Valachi the Cosa Nostra informant. The court lien covers taxes allegedly unpaid from 1950 to 1956. Valachi later faced narcotics charges and a life sentence for inmate death, and in 1963 exposed Cosa Nostra secrets in a senate committee hearing.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra Canary
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Senate Committee
Moscow Hit by Hong Kong Flu
The Hong Kong flu spreads quickly in the Soviet Union. The WHO reports the incidence has doubled in Moscow with no figures provided.
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Moscow
Hong Kong
Geneva
Soviet Union
U.N. World Health Organization
Swarthmore College President Dies Quieting Racial Tension
Swarthmore Pennsylvania AP reports Dr. Courtney Smith age 52 died of a heart attack in his office Thursday, a day after naming a faculty committee to address Negro student demands for special privileges. The Afro-American Student Society ended a weeklong sit down in the admissions office and called a moratorium on talks though they did not abandon their demands.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Courtney Smith
Weather raises river levels as Iowa school year extended
A weather bulletin notes sharp rises in the Lower Skunk and Iowa rivers due to rain on snow. The weather bureau cautions about fluctuating stages but says no flooding is expected. Temperatures will dip to the teens Friday night with highs in the 20s Saturday.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Skunk
Memorial Services for Naomi Doebel Saturday Noon
Memorial services for Naomi Doebel, longtime The Gazette real estate editor, will be held at Turner chapel east at 12 noon Saturday, with burial at Mound Cemetery near Watkins. No casket opening after the service. Born in Cedar Rapids, she lived here most of her life. she belonged to the Order of Eastern Star and the Home Builders Assn. of Iowa. No immediate survivors. Friends may give to the Heart fund.
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Naomi Doebel
Third Avenue SE
the Gazette
Turner Chapel
Paul K. H. Figge
Newhall
Burial Mound
Watkins
Miss Doebel
Cedar Rapids
Order of Eastern Star
the Home Builders Assn. of
Iowa
Heart Fund
Whiting Leisures Nephews and Nieces at Cedar Memorial
Leslie Ernest Whiting 79 of 3643 Westwood drive NW Cedar Rapids died Thursday after brief illness. Born February 5 1889 in Hardy Nebraska he married Nona Knox October 28 1908 in Marion. Surviving Opal Abernathy Mildred LaVelle Clyde Ralph E Duane Whiting 14 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren. Services Beatty Bearle chapel 2 p.m. Saturday Rev Glen V High Berean Baptist Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 7 p.m. funeral home.
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Leslie Ernest Whiting
Westwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Hardy
Neb
Marion
Nona Violet Knox
Opal Abernathy
Vinton
Mildred LaVelle
Minneapolis
Clyde C. Whiting
Ralph C. Whiting
Des Moines
E. Duane Whiting
Ely
Roy
Archie
Willis Whiting
Central City
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Glen V. High
Berean Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial
Longtime Cedar Rapids Garage Owner Dies at 73
Jordan M. Castek 73 of 714 Second Street SW died Friday after a long illness. He was former owner of the Castek garage and a World War I veteran with the 608th Aerial Squadron overseas. Surviving brother Charles of Cedar Rapids. Services at Brush chapel 2 p.m. Monday by Rev. A. T. Washington. burial at Castek cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call Sunday.
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Jordan M. Castek
Second Street
Castek
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
608Th
Charles
Brush Chapel
A. T. Washington
Sam Kalell Sheronick 91 Funeral Notices
Sam Kalell Sheronick 91 of 7006 avenne NW died Thursday after a long illness. Born March 15 1877 in Djib Djinen Lebanon he came to the United States in 1907. He married Emney Rahal Aug 14 1914 in West Union. Survived by wife a son Line of Cedar Rapids three daughters Mary Fick Frieda Rossey Sadie Mishal thirteen grandchildren a brother Hassen Sheronick Hudson and a sister Fatima Sheronick Lebanon. Memorial services Islamic mosque 2 30 p m Saturday Imam Adi IL Aseer of Toledo and burial in Islamic cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel west until 9 p m Friday and at the mosque after 10 a m Saturday. Friends to donate to the building fund of the Islamic.
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Sam Kalell Sheronick
Avenne
Djib Djinen
Lebanon
United States
Emney Rahal
West Union
Line
Cedar Rapids
Mary Fick
Frieda Rossey
Toledo
Ohio
Sadie Mishal
Hassen Sheronick Hudson
Fatima Sheronick
Adi! Il-Aseer
Turner Chapel West
Attorney Mary Ellen Crosby Dies at 86 in Cedar Rapids
Mary Ellen Crosby 86 of 1422 Fifth Street NW died Thursday after a brief illness. Born October 8, 1882 in Peoria, Illinois she served as executive secretary to the superintendent of foreign mails in Washington and was a US Postal Union delegate in Paris in 1947. She did civil defense work in World War II and lived with cousin Helen F White. Services will be in Washington, D.C. Friends may visit Beatty-Bearle from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
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Mary Ellen Crosby
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Post Office Department
Washington
D.C
United States Postal Union
Paris
France
Helen F. White
Washington, D.C
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
Memorial Services and Funerals Listed for Several Individuals
Memorial services and funeral arrangements announced for Catherine Monnahan, Buie G Hindenach, Stella Taylor, Florence De Yarman, Gerald Bohr. Services set at Immaculate Conception, Turner chapel west, Olivet Presbyterian, Turner chapel east. Burials at Mt. Calvary Cedar Memorial Oak Hill Troy Mills cemeteries. Casket not opened after service. call at Brady mortuary.
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Monnahan
Catherine
Immaculate Conception
Roger E. O’brien
Mt. Calvary
Brady Mortuary
Hindenach
Buie G
Turner Chapel
Roger Patton
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Taylor
Stella
Olive
Humphrey Signals Political Return After Leaving Office
In Miami Humphrey, 57, told 350 at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation fundraiser that he is not done yet and may pursue roles in party rebuilding and teaching. He teased future runs, praised Israel, reflected on leaving office, and urged unity as Nixon takes office. He plans teaching posts at Minnesota colleges and a college speaking tour.
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Miami
Humphrey
Greater
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Richard Nixon
Senate
University of Minnesota
Macalester College
Nixon
Vietnam
Middle East
Cub Scouts Pack 134 Awards at Pierce School
Cub Scouts Pack 134 awarded honors at Pierce school on Thursday naming winners Mark Wisehart Michael Donahue Kevin Haag Kirk Ball Tom Daft Mike Davidson Steve Hastings Tom Long Steve Suisser Allan Roderick Mike Vandersee and Steve Everts Gold trophy for the Cub Olympics went to Den 1.
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Pack
Pierce
Mark Wisehart
Michael Donahue
Kevin Haag
Kirk Ball
Tom Daft
Mike Davidson
Steve Hastings
Tom Long
Steve Suisser
Allan Roderick
Mike Vandersee
Steve Everts
Den 1
Autopsy Panel Supports Kennedy Shot from Behind
The U S attorney's civil division said Judge Halleck would weigh subpoena needs and Rhoads appearance before Louisiana. A four doctor panel review of Kennedy autopsy materials, released with Kennedy family approval, concluded there was reasonable certainty Kennedy was not shot from the front. the evidence pointed to a back to front trajectory.
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U.S. Attorney's Office
Halleck
Rhoads
Shaw
Louisiana
Ramsey Clark
Kennedy
Air Force Plans on Fitzgerald Case and Lockheed Overrun
The Air Force refused to confirm plans to fire Fitzgerald after his Civil Service status dispute set off questions in Congress. Assistant Secretary Charles defended the underestimation of a Lockheed aircraft order, calling the overrun $882 million rather than two billion, and a memo outlined three removal methods.
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Air Force
Charles
Lockheed
Proxmire
Fitzgerald
Harold Brown
Brown
John Lang
Pentagon
Lang
Civil Service Commission
Iowa Development Unit To Review Road Plan Snarl
The Linn county regional planning commission referred a dispute over the Cedar Rapids area transportation plan contract to the Iowa Development Commission. The consultant argued current work matches federal requirements, while delays threaten two week review and up to four more months for refinement.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Development Commission
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
State Commission
Howard, Needles, Tammen and
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Iowa Highway Commission
Don B. Salyer
County Commission
U.S
Regional Planning Commission
The
Highway Commission
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Paul Heineman
Planning Commission
Heineman
Cedar Valley Expressway
Iowa 150
Blairs Ferry
Mt. Vernon Road
CAB tentative okay to plane fare boosts
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced a tentative determination to approve small domestic fare increases for airlines. One way first class would rise about $3 and coach fares under 500 miles about $2, aiming to add 3.8 percent more revenue than 1968 levels on 11 trunk lines. Final approval awaits careful tariff analysis and airline filings.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Johnson Leaves Office No Regrets in Farewell
President Johnson reflects on leaving the White House with no regrets about not seeking re election. He tells senators he never questioned his judgment and thanks them for fair treatment. He jokes about cost cuts and jokes with family as he prepares to move to the LBJ ranch after Nixon’s oath.
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Humphrey
Nixon
Capitol
Florida
Texas
Washington
Johnson
White House
Senate
LBJ
Johnson City
Johnsons
Richard Nixon
State Department
Dean Rusk
Chamber Board Approves 1969 Budget and Committees
The Chamber of Commerce board approved a 1969 budget of $218,219, up eight percent from last year. Directors restructured committees into steering and resources groups and named chairmen for 1969 including Harry Boyd growth, Lee Winterberg education, Dr. S. M. Lehr European tour, Robert Yaw international living, Terry Pointer fire prevention, J. F. Hladky Jr civic planning, Harold Wendorf highways, Forbes Osberg industrial, R. D. Vernon international visitors, Don Hines legislative, John Zachar Jr membership, and Ben Sterns publicity.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Harry Boyd
Lee Winterberg
Lee Winterberg, Education; Dr. S. M. Lehr
Robert Yaw
Terry Pointer
J. F. Hladky, Jr
Harold Wendorf
Forbes Osberg
R. D. Vernon
Don Hines
John Zachar, Jr
Ben Sterns
Local Graduates Earn Masters and Business Degrees
Linda H Mokrejs daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Mokrejs 622 Cottage Grove Ave SE earned a Master of Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Anne Spaight daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald C Spaight 222 Foote Street SW graduated from the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis
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Linda H. Mokrejs
J. J. Mokrejs
Cottage Grove Avenue
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Anne Spaight
Donald C. Spaight
Foote Street
Minnesota School of Business
Minneapolis
Kaohsiung Judge Given Eight Years On Graft Charges
Taipei AP reports Judge Li Shih lu aged 41 of Kaohsiung district court in southwest Formosa was sentenced Friday to eight years in jail on graft charges.
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Taipei
Li Shih-lu
Kaohsiung
Formosa
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Twentieth Avenue SW
John P. Schirmer
Second Avenue SE
Steven C. Carolan
Hiawatha
St. Luke's
William Bray
Northwood Drive
Gary Gailius
Richard Caldbeck
Leroy Greenley
Independence
Richard Hare
Tenth Avenue
Oklahoma City
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E. M. Fatka
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Lavonia
Mich
Larry A. Johnson
Stanley L. Johnson
White Pine Drive
Carl D. Butterfield
Maplewood Drive
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Jan
Fretheim
Clara Fretheim
Jennifer June Schnuelle
Allan Fritz Schnuelle
Diana J. Cooley
Melvin A. Cooley
Eva S. Akrouch
Simon D. Akrouch
Eva Dell Rockett
Paul William Rockett
Emmett L. Nelson
Josephine C. Nelson
Marion G. Wilson
Wesley A. Wilson
Ray Vernon Antles
Belva Mae Antles
James Ray Whittemore
Susan Belle Whittemore
Sarah M. Westerly
Michael A. Westerly
Carolyn A Niles
Dick J. Northrop
Cynthia K. Conklin
Leon F. Hatchett
Jo Ann M. Zalaznik
Richard A. Steinhoff
Charlotte A. Pfiffmer
Timothy J. Spacek
Rebecca L. Jones
Dean A. Brown
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Mardene L. Buettner
Walker
Marion L. Dake
Barbara L. Kray
Blairs Ferry Road
Beverly L. Ruth
Suburban Street
Barbara A. Sankankas
Eighteenth Street
Joyce A. Downing
Tower Terrace
Judith A. Weezer
Robert W. Gorton
Parkview Drive
Cynthia L. Glass
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Harold W. Carter
Old Marion Road
Francis M. Evans
First Street
Patrick J. White
Danbury Street
Glenlce J. Wiley
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Sandra S. Redlinger
Oakland Road
Sally A. Donnan
Josephine Jane
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Paul T. Henshaw
Shawnee Mission
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Amos Funeral Home
Tama
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Harrison's
George Ratliffe
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Rosery
Mason- Hand
Waukon
Orrin L. Ames
Martin’s
Oelwein
William Walker
Hintz
Manchester
Cleve Harry
United Methodist Church
Colesburg
Bohnenkamp
Arlington
William Probert
Volga
Wadena Presbyterian Church
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Wellman
Mary Aliie Hotle
Powell's
Tipton
Daisy Sissel
Sheets and Son
McGregor
Dennis Lange
Thornburg’s
Linda Perrigo
William Faches
Allman
Ralph Koons
William Eads
Pierson
Doebel
Leslie E. Whiting
Jordan Castek
Sam Sheronick
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Stratton L. Douth
Janti
Federation
Israel
Cub
Third Street
Rohn Funeral Home
Third Avenue
By Jerry Elsen
Development Commission
By Martha Cole
Ned
Lyn Nugent
Lyn Restless
Lyn
Luci Nugent
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harvard
Yale
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery
John E. Lapes
Chamber Board
Lewellen
Florist
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