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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1971

Page

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Daily Record weather and local notices roundup

A compact weather and public notice page lists high temperatures by city such as Atlanta Miami Chicago and New York with readings and precipitation. county and state data include barometer humidity and wind at noon. It also covers a legislative session with bills passed and adjournment and lists numerous obituaries births services and fines from various towns including Coralville Lake readings and a long notice of civic events and driver violations.

Three Hurt in Train Crash Near Wilson and Rockford

Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon when two North Western locomotives collided south of Wilson avenue and Rockford road SW. Names were not available. An attached southbound train and an unattached northbound engine on the same track led to the collision after the signal to stop was not obeyed. Police moved two victims on stretchers to an ambulance. the third walked.

North Western Railroad Wilson Avenue Rockford Road

Daily want ads urge buying and trading locally

A public notice promotes everyday opportunities to buy sell rent or trade through local want ads and lists a contact phone number 369 1234 for inquiries.

Dial

Vietnam War Prisoner Repatriation and Green Beret Training

The report notes that repatriation of 226 sick and wounded North Vietnamese prisoners has occurred since January 30, 1966, including 37 in the last two days. It also states that Pentagon officials say Green Berets are training Cambodian troops in South Vietnam and Thailand, with no timetable given for the broader group actions.

Washington Pentagon Green Berets South Vietnam Thailand

GI Mission In Cambodia

A CBS Radio News dispatch from Cambodia reports American troops in civilian attire recovering several unmarked helicopters from the Phnom Penh airport after Friday’s attack. The group, led by a colonel named McKinley, arrived by two large Chinook helicopters and a smaller one and left with the captured machines amid a tense scene observed by a CBS camera crew.

New York Phnom Penh CBS Radio News Cambodia Don Webster Webster CBS McKinley

Regional Planners Get Transportation Plan

The Cedar Rapids Marion regional planning commission received the long awaited 214 page 1990 transportation plan. Prepared by Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorf the study compiles earlier studies and uses the 1965 origin destination data. It supports federal funds eligibility and the Cedar Valley freeway project while noting the plan remains subject to change and is concept approval.

Cedar Rapids-Marion Linn County Regional Planning Commission Planning Commission Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf Kansas City Iowa Highway Commission Burke, Inc Landrum and Brown Marion-to Cedar Rapids Crosstown

Deaths Edward F Shimek 77 retired Penick and Ford employee

Edward F Shimek 77 of 1923 Second Street SW died after a long illness. Born May 25 1894 in Cedar Rapids he was a member of St Ludmila church a charter member of St Joseph branch Catholic Workman and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Surviving are his wife Lydia Kroul two daughters a son eight grandchildren two great grandchildren and two sisters. Services Thursday and a memorial mass at St Ludmila's church with burial in St John's cemetery. Roary Wednesday. Friends may call after 7 Tuesday at the funeral home.

Edward F. Shimek Second Street Penick and Ford Cedar Rapids St. Ludmila’s Church St. Joseph Catholic Workman Order of the Eagles Lydia Kroul Lodge Mrkvicka Paul Morgan Wilbur E. Shimek Louis Besta Godfrey Jandik Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home A. L. Zachar St. John’s Cemetery

Wagner Rites Planned for Cedar Rapids native

Leo E. Wagner 84 died in Fort Wayne Indiana after a long illness. Born April 8 1886 in Armah he lived with his daughter Eileen Burns in Cedar Rapids. Surviving relatives include two brothers Gregory and Virgil Wagner and three sisters Bernadette Fitzgibbon Leona Kitt and Anna Mary Gallagher. Services at St Josephs Catholic Church North English 11 a.m. Friday with burial at Immaculate Conception cemetery Armah. Friends may call Turner Chapel East after 4 p.m. Wednesday Rosary there Thursday at 7:30 p.m. by Rev Joseph Fagan.

St. Jude’s Catholic Church Cedar Rapids Stark Settlement Cemetery Pale American Legion Turner Chapel West Ely — Herbert Trokosh Brosh’s. Ely Frances Lee St. John’s Lutheran Church Oakland Cemetery Solon Brosh’s Leo E. Wagner Fort Wayne Ind Armah Eileen Burns Gregory Wagner Denver Colo Virgil Wagner Davenport Bernadette Fitzgibbon Leona Kitt Anna Mary Gallagher Des Moines St. Joseph’s Catholic Church North English Wilbert Sontag Immaculate Conception Turner Chapel Joseph Fagan

Obituary: Earl Randall longtime Penick and Ford employee

Former Cedar Rapids resident Earl Randall died January 21 in San Francisco. There are no Eastern Iowa survivors. Services were held in Santa Ana, California, on Monday.

Earl Randall Penick and Ford Cedar Rapids San Francisco Iowa Santa Ana Calif

Memorial Services for Raymond E Osborn at Turner Chapel

Memorial services for Raymond E Osborn held at Turner Chapel West at 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Mary White with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Military honors by Hanford American Legion post accompany the service.

Abortion Ban Debate Advances In State Legislature

Walsh defended the unborn child's right to life and urged protection of embryonic life. He noted amendments to the state constitution require two General Assemblies and voter approval, with the earliest possible approval in 1974. The Catholic sponsor aims to keep discussion non religious.

Walsh

French Iranian team uncovers Xerxes palace near Susa

A joint French and Iranian archaeology team reports discovering the remains of a 2500-year-old palace once belonging to ancient Persian King Xerxes at Jaffar Abad near Susa in southwest Iran.

Tehran Xerxes Jaffar Abad Susa Iran

Brown Denies Large Donations to Unity Center in IRS Transcript

The trial of Eugene Brown centers on his taxes for 1964 and 1965 with Brown insisting he never gave 5153 or 7155 to Unity Center, while government witnesses allege large charitable deductions. Witnesses include Unity Center minister Mabel Swanson and accountant Fletcher Carter who discussed brown tax returns and stock exchanges involving Tama Pack and Triad Securities. The case, tied to Tama Pack's sale and Triad finances, proceeds as Brown may testify and the government seeks a verdict this week.

Eugene Brown Internal Revenue Service Brown Unity Center Cedar Rapids Tama Packing Co U.S Evan Hultman Edward White William Condon IRS Condon Unity Church Mabel Swanson St. Louis Fletcher Carter Carter Triad Securities Co Triad Tama Pack White Hawkeye Plaza, Inc Tama Hawkeye Krekel Donald Neale Asheville N. C Peat, Marwick and Mitchell Eugene Doris Brown Twelfth Avenue SE Neale Internal Revenue Tama Packing Ft. Lauderdale Fla Norma Kirkley Route One Marion Kirkley Ovesen Zimmerman Edward Bock W. W. McAllister International Harvester Hawkeye Downs McAllister Brown's

Smoking risks rise. report links cigaret use to heart and pregnancy harms

The 500 page Public Health Service report notes cigarette smoking as a significant risk factor for coronary heart disease. It details nicotine and carbon monoxide promoting arterial hardening and heart attacks. It also finds smoking mothers have higher rates of miscarriages, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths compared with non-smokers. This is the latest in four supplementary anti-smoking reports since 1964.

Public Health Service

Airport Plan Seeks Road Access Considerations

The report urges extensive review of roadway access to the airport. The cost estimates for expansion were not to be developed per a agreement between the airport commission and the consultant, though Sioux Falls has just spent 3 million dollars on a new terminal.

Jameson Airport Commission Sioux Falls 8. D

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