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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1971
Page
3
Weather outlook calls for below normal temperatures Saturday through Monday with highs in the 20s and lows near zero to the teens. Daily records list highs and lows, precipitation, barometer, humidity, and sunrise sunset times, plus several local notices including births and incident reports.
Police charged several individuals in a Cedar Rapids Iowa City narcotics operation. Fun City managers Michael G Andersen and Jerrome W Padzewsky faced drug sale counts with bonds set around 5,000 dollars. Undercover agent Mike Emerson traced hashish and hashish related sales to the Bowery store, while other arrests followed a late night raid.
Des Moines Linn county legislators at a weekly luncheon offered to help solve ambulance service for Cedar Rapids welfare recipients. They urged interested citizens to meet with the legislative liaison committee at Marion city hall Saturday at 9 30 a.m. The Cedar Rapids ambulance operator complained of unpaid funds from a federal welfare program. Last Friday B T Howell agreed to resume transporting welfare recipients for ten days with county payment in full while a permanent solution is sought.
An overnight breakin at Lange's Skelly station in Mt. Vernon was reported to the Linn county sheriff's office Thursday. About $75 was reported stolen.
Eschbach H Johann of 1010 Belmont Parkway NW was re elected president of the Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly on Wednesday night. He was first chosen in October to fill an unexpired term. Officers include Virgil Andrew first vice president Doris Peick second vice president Mathelle Carlson recording secretary Rose Cavanaugh financial secretary Bill Cutchlow executive secretary and Charles Ask trustee. Board members are Clyde Traw Doran Miller Frank Reynolds Leonard Bird Royal Sheldon Paul Hawke Joan Segebarth Mickey Cooley Richard Hawk Ethan Akin and Joe Green.
London news reports Fred Sherwood a British rail signalman tired of waiting for a tardy relief man switched all signals to red at Dagenham dock station and left after his shift ending at 6 a.m. The busy lines between Frenchurch Street and Tilbury were shut for two hours with red signals. A shuttle bus service was arranged for passengers. Sherwood said his replacement would not arrive until 9 a.m. A railroad spokesman stated he was within his rights to go home after his shift.
Catherine Bridge Cole 59 widow of Irvin Cole and former Cedar Rapids resident died Wednesday after a long illness Born December 18 1911 in Cedar Rapids she worked as a book keeper at La Plant Choate She leaves a daughter Ellen Winford Glendale California a son Ronald Cole Burbank California her mother Mrs Roy Bridge Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Royal Lambert Cedar Rapids and Mrs Donald Krohmer Des Moines and four grandchildren Services are pending at Cedar Memorial funeral home Ernest N Dunsmoor 89 of 1239 Tenth Street NW Cedar Rapids retired Link Belt Speeder Co died Wednesday after a brief illness Born November 5 1881 near Forest City he married Bertha Dunsmoor December 21 1905 Strawberry Point Surviving are wife a daughter Mrs R W Hahn Mason City a son Harold Dunsmoor Marshalltown a brother Frank W Dunsmoor Port Orchard Washington five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Services Turner Chapel West at 10 30 a m Saturday by Rev Stephen Root of St James Burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at Turner Chapel West
Elsie Baker 80 of 1230 Wiley Boulevard NW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a long illness born March 21 1890 at Cedar Valley. Survived by two daughters Ella L. Riser Camilla G. Webber four sons Victor E. Buker Peter G. Buker Francis E. Buker Melvin A. Baker 14 grandchildren four great grandchildren and brother Fred Mickelson. Services 1 30 p.m. Saturday Turner Chapel East Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call until 1 p.m. Saturday. Memorial Fund for Bethany Congregational Church suggested.
Burl E. Fields born June 16, 1923 in Oklahoma City died after a long illness. A resort trout dock operator in Mountain Home Arkansas before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1970. Survived by wife Mabel, son David in Germany, stepson Clarence Pisarik, two stepdaughters, five grandchildren, and sister Merle Clark. Service 3 p.m. Saturday at Turner Chapel East with Rev. John M. Jensen. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Visitation until 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Casket will not be opened after service.
Clarence Guy Engle a Cedar Rapids resident of 40 years and a former interior decorator died at Sigourney Wednesday after a long illness. Born May 17, 1896 in Talleyrand Keokuk county he was a World War I veteran and a member of Hanford American Legion post. He is survived by his wife Mrs Robert Mallinger Sigourney two sisters and four brothers with a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday at noon at St Johns Episcopal church with Very Rev D A Loferski officiating and burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery with military rites by Hanford American Legion post. Friends may call at Turner east.
Mrs. Max Cohn a Cedar Rapids resident for 37 years prior to 1953 died Saturday in South San Gabriel California at age 84. Services were Monday with burial in Burbank California. Survivors include Cedar Rapids residents son Jack J Cohn and daughter Mrs Marvin Sanders.
Leo B Wagner of St Joseph's Catholic Church North England was laid to rest Friday at I.C. Cemetery Armah after services at 11 a.m. performed by Rev Wilbert Sontag. The Rosary was recited Thursday evening at Turner Chapel East by Rev Joseph Fagan.
Washington notes Congressman John Culver urged a full investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the House Indian Affairs Subcommittee into Rosebud South Dakota. He cited food and clothing shortages, low life expectancy and employment, high dropout and crisis rates, and criticism of bureau red tape and ineffective programs.
Grenades ripped through a theater in Binh Dinh province killing 10 Vietnamese and wounding 19. A parallel bomb in a nearby market killed nine civilians and injured 22. The Viet Cong cease-fire period for the lunar new year ran until 1 a.m. Saturday Saigon time. In Cambodia, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops harassed four government outposts near Phnom Penh with no allied casualties reported.
The testimony paints Brown as a self made entrepreneur with ties to Tama Pack and Guardsman Life Insurance while portraying his reliance on advisers. He describes his early life in Arkansas, move to Iowa, and leadership roles, including Tama Pack, Hawk Eye Plaza, and Triad dealings, with questions about tax and legal actions surrounding the case.
Parsons College President Carl Kreisler escaped injury when the college airplane’s landing gear collapsed on landing at Fairfield airport. Charles Fletcher at the controls of the twin engine plane. Kreisler and two staff members were returning from Cedar Rapids. One wing and the landing gear were damaged.
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