Weather and notices from Daily Record data and family announcements
The Daily Record weather report shows 6 p.m. figures with a barometer at 29.77 and humidity at 51 percent, plus a Gazette station reading of NNW at 8 mph at 11 p.m. Year ago highs and rainfall are listed. The obituary and notices cover the Sherwood family of Moline and Greenwood, a Knox Presbyterian service at Turner chapel, and June 30 to July 1 birth announcements for multiple families with listed addresses and names.
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Gazette
Deaths Stena K Kirkberg, longtime resident of 5037 Louisa St NE
Stena K Kirkberg died in a local hospital Saturday after a long illness. Born February 7, 1893 in Carnavon, she was first married to Milton Sherwood, who died in 1948, and later married Arnold Kirkberg on August 16, 1949 in Moline, Illinois. She was a Congregational church member. Surviving relatives are listed in the full obituary.
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Stena K. Kirkberg
Arnold Kirkberg
Louisa Street
Carnavon
Milton Sherwood
Congregational Church
Moline
Iil
Bugging continued after meeting with FBI agents
The Justice Department reported that a walkie-talkie and an unloaded pistol were found by White House staff in the desk used by Hunt in the Executive Office Building where he worked until last March 29 as a part-time consultant to three top presidential advisers. Barker and his four companions were caught in the Democratic offices with two walkie-talkies.
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FBI
Justice Department
White House
Hunt
Death of Robins man credited to self Infers suicide
John I. Schafer 46 of 505 Rickey drive was found dead by his wife at about 3 45 with a shotgun and a note at his Robins home Linn county deputies said the death appears to be self inflicted He was a Otis Elevator employee and a World War II veteran Surviving include his wife two sons a daughter and his father and three sisters Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Brethren in Robins noon Monday with burial at Cedar Memorial and military rites by Hanford post 5 American Legion Visitation is planned at Turner chapel east Sunday afternoon and church hours Monday prior to the service The casket will remain closed after the service
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Robins
Linn County
John I. Schafer
Rickey Drive
Linn
Otis Elevator Company
Mary L. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Church of the Brethren of Robins
IAEC
Jeffrey
North Carolina
John
Marvelene
Delmar
Kenneth Vesely
Tiffin
Hazen Stipe
Mt. Pleasant
Otto Seeberger
California
John Deck
Church of the Brethren
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Turner Chapel East Area
Obituaries list multiple services and burials with times on Monday at various chapels and cemeteries. Louis Blazek, Henry Cambridge, Albert Hintz, Elsie Turner, Otto Lambertsen, Ellsworth Dart, and others are noted, with burial sites Cedar Memorial Mount Calvary Oak Hill and Czech National cemetery and church dedications by Rev. McGill Rev. Gregory Rev. Jensen Rev. Ellerbeck Rev. Carlson.
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Blazek
Louis
Brush
George McGill
Czech National Cemetery
Cambridge
Henry Charles
St. Jude Catholic Church
John Gregory
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Teahen Chapel
Hintz
Albert B
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
John M. Jensen
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial
Turner
Elsie R
Turner Chapel East
Clifton Ellerbeck
Oak Hill
Lansing
Turner East
Lambertsen
Otto R
George W. Carlson
Mt. Herman Lodge
Dart
Ellsworth
Eugene
Turner Chapel
Mabel Swanson
Friends
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Iowa Towns
Coralville John Halvorson 88 George L. Gay’s Iowa City burial Oak Hill cemetery visitation Sunday. Decorah Blanche Headington 83 Cresco services Monday Steine’s Manchester Elmer Sheppard 77 Golden Congregational church visitation Shelly's. Manchester Etta Reed 84 services Monday Shelly's visitation Shelly's. Marengo Cecil Dillin 83 services pending Hoover Valent ine in Marengo. Mechanicsville Mrs Neil Williams 59 services Monday Horner's. Oelwein Ernest Welsh 82 services Monday Hintz'. Strawberry Point Gertrude DeShaw 77 services 130 p m Monday Lutheran church burial Hopkinton. Sigourney Pearl Fuchs 69 services Monday Reynolds. Tama Oren Long 58 Harrison's. Vinton Ernest Wilson 80 died Friday Monroe Wis services Monday 130 Campbell's after 7 p m Sunday burial Garrison cemetery. West Liberty George Schneider 67 services Monday 130 Snider's. West Branch John Moore 18 services Monday 10 St Bridgets Nolan Settlement Rosary Sunday 8 Barker's.
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Coralville
John Halvorson
George L. Gay
Shelly’s. Marengo
Cecil R. Dillin
Hoover-Valentine
Marengo
Mechanicsville
Neil Williams
Horner’s. Oelwein
Ernest Welsh
Hintz
Strawberry Point
Gertrude DeShaw
Lutheran Church
Hopkinton
Sigourney
Pearl A. Fuchs
Reynolds
Tama
Fischer missess last airliner to reach world chess match
New York based Bobby Fischer failed to board the final regular U S flight to Iceland to begin the world championship series with Boris Spassky. Reported talks of a two day postponement were cited by Dr Max Euwe as potentially grantable, while others warned of disqualification if Fischer did not arrive.
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New York
UPI
Bobby Fischer
United States
Iceland
Russia
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Max Euwe
International Chess Federation
Cedar Rapids Man Dies From Gunshot
A 27 year old Cedar Rapids man Fred Kremenak of 1576 Second Avenue SE was killed in a Saturday night shooting. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids from a pistol wound. No further details were available.
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Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
Fred Kremenak
Second Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Kremenak
All-Iowa Fair Opens Amid Rain Delay At Hawkeye Downs
Fair began at noon Saturday but was delayed nearly two hours by rain and mud on the Hawkeye Downs infield. More than 1,000 attended hot rod and stock divisions as Century 21 Shows promoted four new midway rides worth over 500000 and total ride cost above 2 million.
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Hawkeye Downs
Hugo Zacchini
Chieftones
Dan Thompson
Century 21
Thompson
Iowa
Billy Greiner
Greiner
Ifair
Congress Expectations Shape Clash Over Bills and Budgets
Congress, led by Democrats, contemplates reshuffling cabinet departments and advancing floor amendments to anti-busing and other stalled bills. The Senate will tackle a foreign aid bill with a no Vietn am amendment backed by Mansfield, while negotiating a higher minimum wage and no fault insurance. Gun control bills target cheap hand guns, and defense and foreign aid funding remains unsettled as appropriations lag.
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Congress
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Southeast Asia
Judiciary Committee
White House
Chamber
Private talks stall progress in Hanoi negotiations
The administration pursues secret talks to resume public negotiations while optimism fades over swift progress. In Vietnam the South Vietnamese counteroffensive toward Quang Tri is slowed by heavy rains and shelling, with 450 enemy troops reported killed and allied losses at 36 killed and 148 wounded. US spotter planes and a helicopter crashed in eastern Cambodia, one pilot missing.
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Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Hue
Quang Tri
Saigon
U. S. Command
Cambodia
Lost Item Found by Want Ad Dial 398-8234
A brief want ad urges readers to act quickly to locate a missing item by calling the provided phone number 398-8234. The notice is concise and emphasizes speed in recovering the item.
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Dial
Cedar Rapids highway plan gains planning commission approval
Twenty years ago a Chamber of Commerce subcommittee unveiled a plan to widen nine highway approaches to Cedar Rapids. The proposal won general approval from the city planning commission.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar
Rapids
City ‘Planning Commission
Nixon Signs Law to Boost Veterans Benefits Nationwide
President Nixon signed a bill raising monthly compensation for about 2 million service connected disabled veterans by 10 percent. The change ends wartime peacetime classification, adds a $150 yearly clothing allowance for prosthetic devices, and starts checks August 1 with first year costs around $260 million.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Korea
White House
Congress
Seek To Avert Crippling Dock Strike in Hawaii
Honolulu UPI negotiators held talks Saturday on a waterfront contract to avert a potentially devastating longshoremen walkout. About 700 workers threatened to strike at midnight Sunday if full agreement is not reached. A prior threat was averted when Gov. John A. Burns intervened on wages, but pensions, guaranteed work week, and workforce reductions remain unsettled.
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Honolulu
UPI
John A. Burns
Associated Press Rights Notice for Local News
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Associated Press
McGovern Nomination Sanction Sparked By Credentials Vote
The credentials committee decision seating 40 McGovern supporters replaces a Daley crew and could be reviewed at the Miami Beach convention. McGovern warned he would bolt if denied by an illegitimate power play, while Humphrey criticized the ruling and Indiana and Pennsylvania delegations shuffled credentials amid flood relief efforts.
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Daley
Illinois
Credentials Committee
George S. McGovern
Miami Beach
Challenge
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
South Dakota
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Indiana
Humphrey
Indianapolis
Gordon St. Angelo
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Democratic Credentials Committee
Mississippi
National Party
William Waller
Breakthrough Peace Talks Mentioned in Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon papers reveal a February 13 telephone intercept where Kosygin discussed a "great possibility" for peace if Vietnam accepts the current situation. The call, to Brezhnev, accompanied a revised U S position on a bomb halt delivered by Wilson after a late-night White House hotline transmission. Questions arise about who bugged Kosygin, who carried out the operation, and its duration.
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Pentagon
Kosygin
Brezhnev
U.S
Wilson
White House
Claridges Hotel
10 Downing Street
Fair Survey At All-Iowa Fair Reveals Voter Plans
A Gazette straw poll at the All Iowa fair shows nearly one third of voters plan split ballots in November. Of 364 ballots, 132 were splits, with Gov. Robert Ray leading Republicans and Sen. Jack Miller strong on split tickets.
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the Gazette
Robert Ray
Ray
U.S
Jack Miller
Ralph Scott
Miller
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Gov
George Wallace
Edmund Muskie
Ted Kennedy
Dick Clark
Marion
Paul Franzenburg
John Tapscott
Franzenburg
Tapscott
Congress
Exhibition Hall
Nations Form Wheat Pool for War-Stricken Areas
Thirty years ago the state department announced that the United States Great Britain Canada Australia and Argentina agreed to establish a wheat pool of at least 100 million bushels to relieve famine in areas affected by war.
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State Department
U.S
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Argentina
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