January Weather and Local Births and Incidents
The Daily Record notes a steady barometer with 5 indicates low temperatures and a mixed forecast with little precipitation. It lists numerous birth announcements from January 16 and 17 for towns like Center Point Marion and Hiawatha, and records minor local incidents including a false alarm on Glass Road, a fireplace incident on Hertz Drive, and a trash container issue plus a gas flush at a parkade.
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Cetti
Eaaian
Pace Eos
Virtas
Glass Road
Hertz Drive
Auburn Drive
First Street
Eight CB Radios Stolen From Vehicles
Cedar Rapids police report eight citizen band radios stolen over the weekend. Six radios worth over $1,100 were taken Friday from autos in Cedar Rapids, with two thieves hitting the same neighborhood. Multiple residents, including Elmer J. McEl meel and John Schibi, reported radios stolen from their vehicles at their residences on Redbud road NE. A pickup at Dale L. Peterson’s home yielded a 20 gauge shotgun and a pellet rifle. Other victims listed radios valued from $130 to $189 stolen from cars in front of homes Saturday afternoon, along with a tape player and another radio theft from separate vehicles.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer J. McElmeel
Redbud Road
John Schibi
Dale L. Peterson
Dennis McGlashing
J Avenue NW
Delbert P. Keasling
Brookland Drive
Stewart W. Case
Ridge Trail
William Jacobson
Terrace Hill Drive
Gloria Beck
Eenth Avenue SW
Dennis Hildebrand
Fifth Avenue SE
Second Charge Against Man
A Minneapolis man, Ronald Eugene Thompson, 26, was charged with receiving stolen property in addition to breaking and entering. Police report he possessed stolen credit cards when booked for breaking into Ottson Oil Co. The cards were stolen in Richfield, Minnesota. Thompson was held in county jail Saturday with $1,000 bond on the stolen property charge and $10,000 bond on the breaking and entering charge.
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Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Eugene Thompson
Ottson Oil Co
Tenth Street
Richfield
Minn
Thompson
Robbery at 7-Eleven on Center Point Road
A masked black man 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 150 pounds robbed the 7-Eleven at 2904 Center Point Road NE after 4:15 a.m. Sunday, with no weapon shown and the loot undetermined. He fled on foot. police seek an unidentified witness to a related attempted robbery at 2711 Bever Avenue SE Friday.
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Center Point Road
Bever Avenue SE
Bever Avenue
Drive Safely The Cedar Rapids Gazette History Note
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883 by The Gazette Co, is published daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. The piece notes subscription details and that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
Obituary of Mary Ellen McPike 1896 1976 Bowling Green
Mary Ellen McPike 79 of Bowling Green Missouri died Friday in Cedar Rapids where she had lived seven months born September 15 1896 she was a White Rose Baptist Church member survived by two sons Kenneth of Cedar Rapids Edward of Bowling Green five daughters Claudine Fannie Hattie Pauline Leona 13 grandchildren and a sister Rena Smith Cedar Rapids Services at Kirk Funeral Home Bowling Green burial in City Cemetery Bowling Green local arrangements by Turner Chapel East
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Mary Ellen McPike
Bowling Green
Cedar Rapids
White Rose Baptist Church
Kenneth McPike
Edward Jackson
Claudine McPike
Fannie Wilson
Hattie Stamps
Pauline Harrelson
Muscatine
Leona Harris
John M. Zaruba
Eighteenth Street
Wilson and Co
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mary Regis Monaghan
Parnell
William Walke
Oelwein
Helen Rezab
Center Point
John B. Zaruba
Marion
Paul J. Zaruba
Helen Trachta
Ann Wallace
Mary Moore
Lillian Synacek
Joseph Zaruba
Martin Laughlin
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba Funeral Home
Four Injured One Dead in Iowa City Auto Crash
Iowa City youths face hospital in fair condition after a Friday night collision near Mt. Pleasant killed one passenger William Vandersnick and critically injured Joseph Murtens. Driver Jay Wildman 18 and three passengers 13 to 15 years old also listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital. Authorities report the fatality occurred in the Wildman car while Murtens remains in critical condition at University hospitals in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Jay Wildman
Joseph Murtens
Wildman
William Vandersnick
Murtens
Laura Schweigert
Bonnie Berdman
Laurie Fay
Martens
University Hospitals
Two Charges Against Woman
Yvette M. Myers of 1207 N street SW faced two charges on Friday for receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance. Police linked the theft from a car at the Steve Tatum residence, 220 Nineteenth Street NE, reported November 17, with recovered items. Myers posted a 1500 bond and was released from county jail.
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Yvette M. Myers
N_ street
Miss Myers
Steve Tatum
Nineteenth Street
Tatum
Drunk Driving Charge Against Ely Man
Donald Eldon, 62, of Route One Ely, in satisfactory condition at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City after a one car crash on the Ely blacktop in Johnson County about 4 30 p m State troopers charged Eldon with drunken driving and driving while license suspended They reported his northbound car left the road just north of Highway 382 and rolled over an embankment
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Donald Eldon
Route One
Ely
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Johnson County
Eden
Baylor graduate Whitaker earns bachelor’s degree in business
Robert E. Whitaker of 229 Windsor Drive NE received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baylor University in Waco Texas at the close of the fall semester On this date in 1971 a guerrilla force in Jordan threatened armed action against leftist Palestinian groups calling for the overthrow of King Hussein
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Robert E. Whitaker
Windsor Drive
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Jordan
Hussein
Nixon denies plan to counter Vietnam critics in White House
The article details Halperin’s lawsuit against Nixon Kissinger and others over 21 months of wiretaps arguing illegal surveillance and political misuse. It reports Nixon’s associates say he ordered a legal leaks hunt, denies knowledge of a plan to counter Clark Clifford’s Vietnam criticism, and notes Ehrlichman Haldeman involvement in producing material to counter Clifford.
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Halperin
Nixon
Kissinger
FBI
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
White House
Vietnam
Clark Clifford
Washington
Defense
Johnson
Truman
John Ehrlichman
Clifford
Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Senate panel seeks country deposit data from banks
The committee on multinational corporations led by Sen. Frank Church pressed for a breakdown of deposits by country in specific banks. After closed testimony, the panel dropped the Arab-deposit detail and accepted aggregated data by banks in groups of six or more and nations in groups of five or more, avoiding country-by-bank figures.
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Mittee
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
U.S
The
Post
Reagan Appears at Iowa Rally Amid Tax Cut Debate
Reagan’s Iowa visit drew applause as he urged supporters at an airport rally. Central Iowans recalled Dutch Reagan, a former Des Moines sportscaster, while aides said media exposure, not new issues, dominated his appearance. Ray Hagie noted proposed block grants would shift education health and social services funding to local governments, but face congressional opposition. Ray met Ford, discussed block grants, and the budget will be disclosed Wednesday after briefings from Greenspan Scowcroft and Lynn.
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Reagan
Turner
Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Hagie
Clarion
Ray
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Oval Office
Alan Greenspan
National Security Council
Brent Scowcroft
James Lynn
Budget Proposal May Please Governors and Mayors
Iowa Governor Robert Ray, chairman of the National Governors Conference, said most governors and mayors should be pleased by Ford’s budget plan to consolidate various state grants into block grants.
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Washington
Iowa
Robert Ray
National Governors Conference
Ford
Explosion at aerosol plant injures 27 in Cumberland
In Cumberland Rhode Island a large explosion at the Peterson Puritan Aerosol plant ripped through a one story building causing extensive damage. At least 27 workers were injured including seven in critical condition as fires and secondary blasts occurred. Police evacuated about 200 residents from nearby homes and a recreation center.
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Brule
Blackstone River
Robert Joly
Cumberland Fire Department
Berkeley
Correction: Aglow Fellowship reservations numbers error
The Gazette notes the Cedar Rapids Aglow Fellowship reservation numbers were reported incorrectly. For Tuesday's meeting, please call 377 5251 or 377 1621 to reserve by this evening.
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Cedar Rapids Aglow Fellowship
Manchester Chamber Dinner and Meeting Set Jan 31
Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce schedules its annual dinner dance and business meeting for January 31 at 5 30 p m at the Manchester Country Club.
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Manchester
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Gary L. Ludwig
Mark D. Matthews
J Street
Michael Eckerman
Eisenhower Road
Hiawatha
Galen G. Vetter
Harbet Avenue
Jan Schmidt
Strawberry Point
Larry L. Croxell
Springville
Jeffery Berg
C Street
Richard Nedved
Staudcourt
Greg Byers
Twelfth Avenue
Harry Miller
Mt. Vernon Road
Richard McCoy
Thirtysixth Street
Delbert Matt
Fourth Street
Kevin J. Klein
Amber Jack Drive
Patrick O’mara
Elm Street
Paul Reedy
Tulsa
Okla
Thomas M. Affeldt
Affeldt
Chester M. Affeldt
Terry Drive
Newport Flowers Inc
Betty Newport
U.S. Territories
Scott
Lillian M
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Canon D. A. Loferski
Cedar Memorial
Turner East
Mt. Vernon
Robert
Nancy) Majors
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church
Friends
Morgan’s
Rodolfo (Zulema) Medina
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Appleton’s. Marengo
Mabelle Sayers
First Presbyterian Church
Hoover-Valentine’s
Decorah
Arthur Evenrud
Glenwood Lutheran Church
Stevne's
Marengo
Ollie Denzier
City Telephone Information Service
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr. Pochobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
Congress
New York Daily News
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
John E. Lapes
Fonreniw
3Rd Ave
A LA
Monahan-Stewart Bcc
Baie Y Pre
Wilbert
Omllove
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
Pierson
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