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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1968
Page
7
The piece notes Roosevelt stamps by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Philatelic Society urging public support for a commemorative issue around his death anniversary. It covers society benefits and member activities while listing Fiji definitive stamps with Queen Elizabeth likeness and a Belgium semipostal set honoring Mexico City Olympics featuring multiple sports.
The 25th anniversary of Women Marines service will be commemorated July 26 in San Francisco with a 5 cent postage stamp card from the Post Office. Turkey issues a Tourism Year stamp set and Europa issue designs feature the peace dove and olive branch. Montserrat announces a stamp honoring its locale.
The Cedar Rapids building safety department issued 104 construction permits in June with total valuation 4,077,796.45. Highest value was 2,620,325 for the water department filter. Bowman Woods elementary school second at 366,402. Remodeling/repair/addition permits totaled 211 valued at 718,720.52. Miscellaneous permits 55 valued at 21,702.97. Overall permits 370 worth 4,818,219.94 with June receipts of 9,323.94.
The 1966-sized solar flare disrupted short-wave transmissions worldwide for about an hour. Forecaster Karl Kildahl warned of a greater than even chance of further radio trouble on Wednesday. The flare, lasting around an hour, was rated class 3, the strongest since May 1966, with possible 64 percent chance of recurrence.
A Soviet fishing and factory ship the Golfstrim was freed at Mar del Plata after paying a 25000 dollar fine for unauthorized fishing within Argentina 200 mile waters. The vessel left before dawn escorted by a navy cutter. it had been seized June 21 after warnings to surrender were ignored. Four Russian trawlers fled as warships arrived.
Daniel J. Ronek a 23 or 24 year old teacher died after a cylindrical eight ounce package exploded in his hands in Lorain Ohio The package said to be two inches in diameter six inches long with a metal screw cap It had been forwarded from Columbus and bore an erased Columbus address Postal authorities and police investigated It was the second fatal bombing in Lorain County this year with another bomb in Avon killing Samuel Ham mons Jr The FBI linked that case to a love triangle A friend said Ronek taught at Central junior high in Cleveland during the school year and worked at U S Steel in Lorain over the summer
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