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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1972
Page
3
The Daily Record lists Saturday highs around 80 and a 51 percent humidity reading at 6 p.m. with NW winds at 7 mph. It also provides July rainfall totals and a long roll of funeral notices and family announcements from towns including Decorah, Elkader, London, Montour, Tama, and Wellman.
Joseph Kender president of District 28 USW which covers northern Ohio and the head of United Auto Workers district said they will actively support George McGovern. Kender, a Democrat, plans to meet with USW President I W Abel who has said he would not support McGovern.
Clarence Schilling, 63, of 316 Seventh Street SE, was struck in the 1000 block of Second Avenue SW Saturday night and treated at Mercy Hospital, and released. The driver, Elaine I. Jensen, 32, of 804 Second Avenue SW, was not charged.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated from 1883 lists subscription options for carrier and mail deliveries, with pricing by week, month, or year and restrictions on mail subscribers in carrier areas. It also notes exclusive AP republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Mary E. Riha 81 widow of James Riha died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born Sept. 17 1890 in Protivin she spent the last 20 years in Cedar Rapids. Survived by two daughters Clara Riha Mabel Kletecka and two sisters Mrs James Markovetz Cresco and Mrs James Sobolik Ridgeway. Body moved to Conway funeral home Cresco. Services Tuesday 10 am Conway funeral home burial Bohemian cemetery Protivin.
Edward W. Kelly 85 a retired farmer and longtime Fairfax resident died Friday after a brief illness He was born August 15 1886 near Fairfax and belonged to St Patrick s Catholic church There are no immediate survivors Services will be at St Patrick s Church Fairfax at 1030 a m Monday conducted by Rev John A Schmitz Burial will follow in St Patrick s Cemetery Rosary by Father Schmitz 8 p m Sunday Turner Chapel West will hold the Rosary Friends may call at Turner Chapel West until 9 p m Sunday
A fire heavily damaged the east end of Urbana's school bus barn and a new 66 passenger bus. Discovered around 2 PM by nearby high school baseball players, the blaze likely began from spontaneous combustion in the southeast corner. Fire Chief Hepker and Deputy State Fire Marshal Smith investigated as Urbana firefighters contained the flames.
Obituaries list services for Don A. McQueen Edward Henry Wessel John F. Balik Emil Conrad Freese Edward W. Kelly Charles Edward Luloff Arthur M. Tschirgi with church services at Kenwood St Patrick St Wenceslaus Turner East and Turner Chapel East. Burial sites include Cedar Memorial Calvary London St Johns and St Patrick cemeteries. Funeral homes Turner Cedar Memorial and Freese. Services Monday afternoon.
Wallace Fox, 12, visiting Marion, suffered head injuries when his mini-bike was struck by a milk truck driven by James W. Mershon. The crash occurred in the 700 block of Thirty-fifth street. Fox remained in serious condition at Mercy hospital ICU Saturday. No charges have been filed as investigators continue.
About $1,000 in instruments and gear were taken from an unlocked garage at 411 Twenty seventh street northeast. Randy Schmitt reported four drums four brass cymbals and four chrome stands missing from his belongings. Tom Rogers said two bass amplifiers and public address equipment were stolen from his property.
Gov George Wallace is at Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham for intensive therapy. Dr George Traugh says he should be physically able to wage a third party bid if he chose, though aide Elvin Stanton says no definite plans exist.
The match stalls as Fischer refuses to play game three unless a default point for Spassky is removed. An engineer found no noise difference from cameras, while Icelandic organizers had removed cameras earlier to ease conditions. Fischer remains unsettled but plans to stay, with attorneys and Lombardy seeking a solution.
Spokesmen denied report of a victory claim suggesting 30 tanks and armored cars captured, which would mark a major Indo China war event. U S command noted B 52 missions near Quang Tri City with heavy raids described by an adviser as readable on a map by bombs.
Rogers said foreign leaders expressed warmth and enthusiasm for Nixon's peace efforts. He noted broad abroad support that Nixon will win re election, while acknowledging uncertainty about Hanoi's view.
Five men were treated for gunshot wounds after a disorder at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup. Fire damaged the administration building as state police investigated the Saturday night incident near Waterloo barracks.
In remarks, Ginsberg condemned protests surrounding a marriage form for senior citizens and their young heirs, tying the scene to a push for voter registration outside the convention hall.
Melvin Waterbury reports his wife’s billfold with twenty dollars was stolen from their residence at 1517 Avenue NW. Police are investigating the theft.
Independent experts challenge claims of large scale Soviet and Chinese airspace violations by the United States since the 1960s. They note satellite imagery overflights and routine signals collection, while recounting Peck's 1967 Turkey and Vietnam duties and the Liberty incident near Israel.
In Houston a 22 year old Ethiopian suspect held on a $1 million bond for hijacking a jetliner reportedly attempted suicide on his second night in confinement. Cellmates restrained him as he used a blanket to knot his neck and he proclaimed I want peace I want to die.
Czechoslovak Communist Party general secretary Gustav Husak arrived in the Crimean resort area on Saturday for a vacation at the invitation of the Soviet Communist Party, Tass reported.
Twenty years ago, Red China conditionally recognized the Geneva convention's ban on germ warfare and its rules for the treatment of war prisoners, signaling a partial alignment with postwar humanitarian norms.
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