Hospital to Expand with $950000 Federal Aid
Mercy hospital will use 950000 in federal aid toward a 9.5 million modernization project. A 145 bed six story wing will replace the 103 bed 1903 wing and include a trauma center and outpatient facilities. A joint fund drive with St. Luke’s hospital will raise nearly 2 million.
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Mercy Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ketchum Co
Chicago
Iowa Advisory Council For
Des Moines
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids Students End First Semester Early
Cedar Rapids public schools held a one day holiday Friday marking the end of the first semester. Teachers spent the day on clerical work in school buildings. Classes will resume Monday.
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Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Want Ad Delivers Hard-To-Find Items for Seekers
Classified readers discover a playful prompt inviting people to use want ads to locate rare goods or services. The note emphasizes quick connectivity between buyers and sellers through short listings.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established in 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co. is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include 65 cents a week by carrier and monthly or yearly mail plans with varying prices for local and out of state editions. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Laws
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Today’s Columnists Spotlight: Editorial and TV Panelists
The page lists columnists and editors across sections including Marquis Childs Drew Pearson and Suzy Knickerbocker with Abby Van Buren Erma Bombeck. Health notes from General Dr Andelman and the Jacobus bridge column are featured alongside entertainment writers and sports reporters Gus Schrader and Don Walton.
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Suzy Knickerbocker
Abby van Buren
Erma Bombeck
Soviet shooting not at Kremlin contradicts cosmonaut account
Soviet foreign ministry issued a clarification stating the shooting occurred outside the Kremlin before the Borovitsky gate as Brezhnev and Podgorny rode behind the cosmonauts. Officials portrayed the attacker as mentally deranged and said the would‑be assassin fled into security’s unseen world. Tass called the act provocation and confirmed the assailant was a man.
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Kremlin
Borovitsky Gate
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Tass
Moscow
Hawaiian Surfing, New York Derby Highlight ABC Sports
Saturday 4 p.m. ABC Wide World of Sports features the Hawaiian Big Wave Surfing Championship from Oahu and the Ladies Demolition Derby from Islip New York. Coverage is in color on KCRG TV Channel 9.
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ABC
Wide World OF Sports
Oahu
Islip
New York
Kcrg-Tv
Burglaries Hit Two Salons and Nearby Firms
Solon police investigate two burglaries and two break in attempts. At Gamble store Don Phillips reports eight guns and three radios valued at 750 dollars taken after forcing a rear door. Solon Implement owner Pat Nally says tools worth 185 dollars were stolen with a forced front door. Unsuccessful attempts occurred at Bittner Ford and Vaughn's tavern.
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The
Gazette Solon
Don Phillips
Gamble Store
Pat Nally
Solon’ Implement
Bittner Ford
Vaughn
Hospitalized at Mercy John Dobeck at 208 Eleventh Avenue SE
John Dobeck is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital. Visitors are permitted. Also notes several ads and notices including stolen items, dean’s list honors for Mike Jennings and Pat Tramner at College of St. Thomas, a break in at Sokol Hall, bake sale and various ads for local businesses.
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John Dobeck
Eleventh Avenue SE
Mercy, Hospital
Mike Jennings
Hill Drive
Pat Tramner
Fourth Ave
College of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minn
Four Die and Seventeen Hurt in Chicago High Rise Fire
A fire on the 36th floor of a luxury high rise on North Lake Shore Drive killed four residents and injured 17, including eight policemen treated for smoke inhalation. The blaze was confined to the starting floor with $50,000 damage. Names of the dead identified at St. Joseph hospital were Joel R. Fitzgerald Anna Peterson and David Shefflin.
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Chicago
North Lake Shore Drive
Curtis Volkamer
St. Joseph Hospital
Joel R. Fitzgerald
Anna Peterson
David Shefflin
Tipton Youth Seriously Injured in Home Explosion
Steven Rekemeyer, 15, of Tipton was injured Thursday when a homemade artillery cannon exploded at his home. He received initial care in Tipton before being transported to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids for further treatment.
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Tipton
Steven Rekemeyer
Rekemeyer
Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital
Boy injured by homemade cannon blast in Thursday incident
Hospital officials reported the boy sustained deep chest lacerations and minor facial wounds with a left hand injury after a homemade cannon exploded. He was listed in good condition Friday.
Paristhe sight seeing terrace and opening talks
Ky and Lodge plan a strategy conference in Paris as old acquaintances from Lodge’s ambassador days. Neither side will have a formal agenda for Saturdays session, relying on topics chosen by each delegation amid firm statements. Tran Buu Kiem demands settlement on the National Liberation Front five point program and Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh rejects partial troop withdrawal.
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Lodge
U.S
Saigon
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nguyen Thi Binh
Ship Adrift with 986 May Be Towed to Shore
A Liberian owned vessel Fairseas with 986 passengers drifted 900 miles off Panama. Navcot Corp. said it may tow to Balboa if repairs to the engine are not completed. coast guard and rescue center coordinate sail to Cristobal. No injuries reported. ship sails from Australia to Balboa en route to Southampton.
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NEW York
Panama
Balboa
Price
Navcot Corp
Coast Guard
U.S. Air Force Rescue Center
Albrook
Canal Zone
Cristobal
New Orleans
Passenger Liner Service, Inc
Monrovia
Liberia
Australia
Southampton
England
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Tenth Street SE
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the Jacobus
Leonard Lyons
Florabel Muir
Rick DuBrow
Frank Nye
Gus Schrader
Don Walton
Teore Bee Eeee
Emmons House of Beauty
Terry Moore
Eastern Boulevard
Albert’s Cleaners
Albert’s
Lindale
Sokol Hall
Third Street SE
Bake Sale
Johnson Ave
Scarlet Angels
Jerome’s
Adv
Miss Mary’s Town House
Wilber H. Walkup
Walkup
Landis Insurance Agency
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Alaska
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Paris
Kiem
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CBS
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