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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1971
Page
3
Weather readings for Saturday with highs 86 and 84 and a low 78 plus nighttime conditions. Obituary and family notices list numerous births and services across several towns with dates and locations.
Lynn Anderson saved the All Iowa Fair grandstand show after sound equipment failures. She performed among the Hawk Eye Downs crowd of about 1500, auctioned a doll, and signed autographs for many as 5000 gathered for her evening concert. She praised fair audiences as family friendly and supportive.
The All Iowa fair features judging of dairy cattle and sheep, with Friday activities including the Mitchell Marionettes and a moon rock display. The $100 prize winning sculpture Red Light Lady stirs controversy while Dan Thompson notes the Turbo ride's debut. Apollo 12 moon rock To be secured in a safe at night under NASA rules. Monday brings entry day for blooms and design classes, while artificial flowers and table settings stay on display.
Nola Geraldine Cummings, 54, of 1809 Fifth avenue SE, died at Iowa City Saturday. Born July 30, 1916 in Marion county, she is survived by her husband Sam W. Cummings, a son Gary of Cedar Rapids, a daughter Mrs Stan Kavadas of Des Moines, two grandchildren, two sisters Jessie Hunter of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Howard Shannon of Knoxville, and a brother Cecil Hunter of Sunland California. Services are held at Richardson's Funeral Home in Carlisle. Burial at Hartford.
Glenn E Poundy longtime Cedar Rapids resident and Penick and Ford employee died at Poplar Bluff Missouri Veterans hospital on Friday He was born February 12 1909 in Dundee a World War II veteran and American Legion member Surviving are a son three daughters a sister ten grandchildren Services will be at Turner chapel east at 130 p m Tuesday Burial will be at Spring Grove cemetery Troy Mills
Memorial registration at Turner chapel east today. Memorial services and cremation were conducted in Denver Thursday.
Carroll, IA AP Richard Stangl 31 of Carroll drowned Saturday while swimming at Swan Lake near Carroll. Authorities say he apparently fell from a pontoon boat he was riding with friends. his body was recovered immediately.
Attendees at the All Iowa Fair may sign a petition at the Red Cross booth urging the President and Congress to secure release of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam and to ensure Geneva Convention adherence. As of Saturday evening over 550 signatures were collected.
Governor Ronald Reagan signed a 6.79 billion dollar state budget after vetoing a record 503.6 million from the 7.30 billion package approved by the legislature. He warned the remaining plan required no tax increase, or else a tremendous tax hike.
The Times reports a Pentagon secret study showing Gen Westmoreland and the joint chiefs pressed Johnson toward national mobilization during the February 1968 Tet offensive. Johnson resisted, ultimately sacking Westmoreland and limiting US operations, citing domestic dissent and a desire for a negotiated settlement.
Charles S. Slaughter, 22, of 129 Thirty sixth Street NE, charged with larceny in the nighttime for the June 17 theft of a $200 dishwasher from Skogman Construction Co. He was arrested Saturday afternoon and held in the city jail in lieu of bond. The dishwasher was stolen from a model home at 105 Brentwood Drive NE.
Lemars resident Carol Fare of Alburnett, a Westmar College graduate, earns dean's honor roll for the second semester of the 1970 71 term, recognizing academic achievement.
Eaton says North Vietnamese leaders claimed U S forces planned to invade Cambodia and Laos. He describes 1969 Hanoi visits with Premier Pham Van Dong and Tan Doc Thang, meetings with Hoang Pung, and ongoing contact with Communist officials in Paris and Moscow.
Alan and Noreen Cullimore in Hertford England refuse to change their daughter's name Kiola after a church vicar declined to christen her citing the name sounds like a fruit drink. They remain determined to find a way to proceed with the ceremony.
Police reported a store theft at We Three Grocery 342 Fifth Avenue SW with 291 dollars of items missing. Stolen items include an adding machine pots and pans silverware a carton of cigarettes and two cases of beer.
Jeff Bickford five son of Mr and Mrs Jack Bickford of Marion was in fair condition at St Luke s hospital Saturday night with injuries from an accident while riding on a motorcycle driven by his father Marion police said the cycle struck a dog in the 1200 block of West Fourteenth street about 2 30 pm causing the cycle to fall over The father was treated and released from the hospital.
Braniff vice president Harry Marples said Argentina sought a U.S. embassy note confirming refueling and government responsibility as negotiations with hijackers continued in Monterrey. The hijackers, quiet and composed, demanded to fly to Algiers with hostages and a four-man U.S. crew remained aboard. Police surrounded the jet briefly, then withdrew after threats of “dead people” if authorities pressed further.
Collins Radio Co. explores possible sales of commercial communications gear in Russia during a brief Moscow visit. A spokesman confirmed a team from Cedar Rapids Dallas and European offices is in talks with Russian officials amid U S easing of trade limits with the Soviet bloc.
Iowa City UPI report shows assistant professor Donald K. Woolley may lose his job next June after calling a university commission’s inquiry into the journalism school a whitewash. Senator Francis Messerly joined critics who say the effort unfairly evaluated the program. The council defended the experimental program as sound but criticized administration and noted faculty bitterness.
Richard K. Feuerhelm, 28, of 606 Second Avenue SW, remained in critical condition at St. Luke's hospital after a Sunday night crash. Deputies said his car went through a T intersection on a county blacktop south of Troy, left the road, and landed on him after he was thrown from the vehicle. Chest injuries were reported. Passers-by lifted the car off him.
The ABC Evening News team led by Howard Smith and Harry Reasoner will anchor color broadcasts on KCRG TV 9 from Monday through Friday at 5 PM. The program promises authoritative national reporting and familiar anchor presence for local viewers.
David Hilliard a top Black Panther official began a prison term after being found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in the 1968 Oakland shootout that killed Panther leader Bobby Hutton and wounded Eldridge Cleaver. He will undergo psychiatric evaluation before transfer to state prison.
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