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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1968
Page
4
The Daily Record reports temperatures and wind at Gazette weather station, with details on sunshine and lunar events. It lists numerous birth notices, marriages, and obituaries across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with service times and locations.
TEL AVIV AP The Israeli army enforces a general curfew on Gaza City's Arabs as security forces search houses for arms amid ongoing sabotage. Grenade attacks disrupt markets injuring Arabs. One Israeli soldier wounded near the Gaza railway stop. Authorities say 40 suspected PLO members arrested. Egyptian POW exchanges resume after storm delays and are due to finish early next week.
The National Automobile club warns that driving fast on curves shortens tire life. The UPI report notes this conservative guidance issued in San Francisco.
State Auditor Lloyd Smith announced a special audit of the Linn county engineer's office and a general audit of other Linn offices. The special audit will begin Jan. 29. the general audit's start date is undecided. Supervisor Anthony Scolaro had requested the audits, while Dudley Henderson had urged a 1967 field audit rather than a private firm.
City officials and the regional transit authority debate bus purchases with federal funds. Government favors integral construction and larger buses for longer life, while air conditioning is optional. Proposals include canceling leased Flxibles and buying ten smaller buses to reduce fleet size.
Premier Kosygin says he is terribly serious about ending the Vietnam conflict in a two hour Kremlin talk with Time and Life editors Hedley Donovan and George Hunt. He declines further detail on Hanoi bombing talks while discussing U S Soviet relations and Middle East efforts.
United Community Service must cover an extra 5,444 dollars after United Good Neighbors hit its 1968 fundraising goal of 914,000. If the goal had failed, 10,888 would have been split with Red Cross reserves, but now UCS bears the full amount. Ted Lloyd notes pride in supporting deployed servicemen as Red Cross plans SOS drives to cover Vietnam related deficits.
Eartha Kitt urged understanding of youths' rebellion tied to taxes and war, saying parents' anger fuels delinquency and that teens rebel because they cannot access authority figures. She described herself as a "mini-mommy" close to welfare recipients and noted youths feel alienated unable to reach leaders or the president.
Premier Chou En-lai was quoted saying China might announce nuclear tests when new properties were obtained but did not confirm a seventh explosion on Christmas Eve. Kyodo reported Chou told a visiting Japanese Socialist delegation that China has conducted only six or seven nuclear experiments, with six officially announced including a hydrogen blast.
President Tito of Yugoslavia said peace talks to end the Vietnam war hinge on the United States. He called for the final and unconditional cessation of bombing of North Vietnam and for recognition of the National Liberation Front as an equal partner.
Paris reported Cultural Minister Jean Noel Tremblay said France renewed its pledge to aid the French speaking province of Canada during a Thursday night statement.
Carmelita M. Fox 61 of 529 Thirty-eighth Street NE Marion Cedar Rapids resident died after a long illness Born May 6 1906 in Marion married to Harry G. Fox Sept 15 1928 in Cedar Rapids She is survived by husband two sons Harry A. Fox and Robert J. Fox and three grandchildren Services 1 30 p m Monday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Marion Burial Cedar Memorial Marion relatives may call Murdoch chapel Marion Saturday to Monday and at church Monday Memorials to St Pauls Lutheran Ebenezer fund or heart fund Arthur H Thurston 78 of 1318 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness Born July 12 1886 in Belle Plaine married to Clara Williams in 1918 in Plankinton SD A World War I veteran he is survived by wife three sons Harlan D Herbert H and Arthur W Thurston all of Cedar Rapids four grandchildren Memorial services 10 30 a m Monday Turner Chapel East Burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Frank Joseph Tiemann 80 of 1407 Fifth Street NW Cedar Rapids died Friday after a brief illness Born September 5 1887 in Scranton Pennsylvania he married Lillian Bateman September 27 1940 in Clinton He was a member of St James Methodist Carpenters Union and the Eagles Survived by his wife a daughter three grandchildren three great grandchildren a sister Ann Patterson Tampico Illinois and a brother Hugo Tiemann Sacramento California Funeral services Monday at 1 30 p m at chapel west with Dr Ralph Barron and Rev L G Pimlott Burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 11 a m Saturday
Winnifred Agnes Walsh 61 of 821 Fourth Street SW died Friday after a short illness. Born December 29, 1907 in Williamsburg she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life and was a member of St Patrick's Catholic Church. Survived by daughter Charlene Crowley Cedar Rapids son M C Walsh Minneapolis five grandchildren and five sisters. Services at St Patrick's Church Monday at 9:30 a.m. Reverend J Robert McDonald officiating. Burial at St John's Cemetery. Rosary Sunday at 8 p.m. Teahen chapel for viewing.
Eleanor Zvacek of 914 Seventh Street SE died Thursday after a long illness. Born May 27, 1911 near Ely she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life. She is survived by a daughter Frances a grandson a sister Mrs Glen Havlicek Cedar Rapids and two brothers Edward and Ernest. Services at Brush chapel at 10 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev Lyle Graff. Burial Rogers Grove cemetery near Ely. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Edwin Lnenicka and Mrs. Frank Havlicek along with Arthur C Loepp Sidney George Batten Leonard G Berry are scheduled for services Saturday. Requiem mass and burial rites will be held at St Wenceslaus Cedar Memorial St John s Ce dar Memorial and Turner chapels with military honors noted for some. Services begin 1:30 to 3:30 p m with calls Friday before services.
Tammy 4 Wendy 2 and Bonnie 1 Clark were treated at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids after carbon monoxide intoxication in a car driven by their mother Dolphus Clark They were released or held for observation Tammy remained overnight The mother said the fumes likely entered through a faulty muffler system and caused the illness while driving from Marion to Cedar Rapids.
Willam Henry Harper born October 5, 1902 in Princeton Missouri died Thursday at Cedar Rapids. A World War II veteran and 27 year Rapid Equipment Co. employee retired in 1965. He lived in Cedar Rapids for 40 years and was married to Anna Bell on December 14, 1946 at Cedar Rapids. A sister Mrs. Walter Sutcliffe of Palo is named. Burial at Cedar Rapids chapel east with service to be announced.
Mauritus in the Indian Ocean will become the 27th Commonwealth member on March 12 as independence is achieved. Secretary General Arnold Smith said Thursday.
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