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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
2
The five day forecast calls for cooler air with temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal across Iowa. Rain totals expected from Tuesday to Friday range from .50 to 1 inch as showers and thunderstorms move through the state. Readings include high 83 to 89 and low 62 to 68 with variable humidity and regional river/dam notes.
The article details the Apollo 11 moon walk with Nixon’s radio call to Armstrong and Aldrin as they planted the flag. It covers their one sixth gravity movements, durations outside, rock and soil sample collection, instrumentation deployment, suit costs, extreme temperatures, TV impact, and mission timeline from wakeup to descent. 150 million viewers watched as Armstrong reported the surface and the Eagle’s wings.
Wulfsberg argues space exploration propels national progress and tech benefits. He celebrates the successful first lunar landing and urges continued funding and effort, noting England’s welfare focus led to stagnation. He compares Luna craft to Apollo 10 and cites confidence from a focused, well coordinated team.
Today's feature lists columnists James Reston Louis Harris Drew Pearson and others on page six with notes on entertainment TV and sports figures including Rick DuBrow Leonard Lyons Florabel Muir Dr Andelman and Art Buchwald.
Armstrong and Aldrin skimmed hostile craters before a manual correction saved the descent. The Eagle avoided a football field sized rock field and landed at 3 18 p m with only 49 seconds of fuel left of 114 planned.
Funeral services are scheduled for Clair R. Decious at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Janeba-Kuba funeral home west with Rev. William B. Harnish and burial at Cedar Memorial. Joseph Albert Paulette will be laid to rest at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Beatty-Bearle chapel with Pastor Gregory R. Hibbard of First Lutheran Church officiating, interment Linwood Cemetery, casket remains closed after 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Elias Orvie Johnson 1890 196? Cedar Rapids died at home after sudden illness. He worked 17 years for Allis Chalmers and was married to Gertie Risdal. Survived by wife, children, grandchildren, and siblings. Memorial services at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Mildred M Welter 1889 198? Mediapolis died in nursing home after long illness. Widow of Fredrick Welter, survived by son and three daughters, a brother and many grandchildren. Services at St Patrick s Church. Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery.
Jack Nelson 55 of 2135 F avenue NE Cedar Rapids died suddenly at home Sunday. Born January 17 1914 in Hopkinton he was married to Helen Perrill in 1934 in Dubuque and worked as a representative for Globemaster Midwest Inc. He lived in Cedar Rapids 37 years, was a Trinity United Methodist member and leaves his wife two daughters Mrs Terry Clancy Cedar Rapids Mrs Harv Harrison West Des Moines son David Nelson San Francisco brother Frank Nelson Dubuque. Memorial services 1 pm Wednesday at Chapel of Memories with Rev. Ernest W. Larson. Chapel of Memories Columbarium. Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home Tuesday afternoon. Casket will be closed at 12:30 pm Wednesday.
Preston R. Farris, longtime business agent for Plumbers Local 125 and Cedar Rapids resident 29 years, died Monday after a sudden illness. Born Feb 11, 1900 in Franklin County Arkansas, he married Julia Magruder May 4, 1927 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife, two sons Bruce and James, daughter Mary Louise Davis in Wales UK, three grandchildren, brother W. E. Farris and sister Mrs R S Durand. Memorial service at St Pauls United Methodist 9 a.m. Thursday. burial Hazel Dell cemetery Council Bluffs. Friends may call Turner Chapel East until 9 p.m. Wednesday. Casket will not be opened at church.
Lillian M Morrison aged 49 of 318 Seventh Street SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a short illness. Born December 3 1903 in Russia she was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and Legion of Mary auxiliary. Survived by husband Harry a son Carl Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Elvin Sands Osceola four sisters Angela Skorepa Martha McNamara Michaelena Silver Frances Thorington and a brother Frank 12 grandchildren. Services 10 30 a m Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church burial in St Johns Catholic Cemetery Parish Rosary 7 30 p m Tuesday Brady mortuary open 1 00 p m to 9 00 p m Tuesday.
Peter Ferdinand Mickelsen, 110 Ninth street NW, Cedar Rapids, a retired railroad inspector, died Saturday after a long illness. Born May 3, 1900, in Cedar Valley he married Vera L. Keister in 1922. A World War I Navy veteran, he leaves two daughters Dorothy Driscoll and Mrs. Walter E. Hanson, a sister Mrs. Elsie Baker, all of Cedar Rapids. Memorial services are at Turner Chapel West at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. John M. Hardy. Burial at Cedar Memorial Turner's West.
Penny Lynn Arens infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs Edward Arens died Sunday at home in Des Moines area. She is survived by a sister Paula Renee, maternal grandparents Mrs Ernest Gorsch and Omar Traut, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Rene Arens and paternal great grandfather Henry Arens. Services Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Monahan Stewart Funeral Home with Rev Louis V McDonough. burial at Mt Calvary.
Clarence W United Clarence Wilson Untiedt 64 of 25 Eighth Avenue SE died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born September 1, 1904 near Clutier he farmed in Benton County 25 years then moved to Cedar Rapids in 1951. He worked for Iowa Steel and Iron Works. Survivors: three brothers Kenneth Clutier Marvin Traer Lester Traer. two sisters Mrs Harry Rambow Clutier and Mrs Elvertus Ploen Gladbrook. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Fellmet Funeral Home, Keystone.
In Cedar Rapids July 21 1969 residents from Collins Radio Co to city officials reacted with awe and optimism to the moon landing. Citizens praised the achievement and hoped it would spur future space exploration and global unity.
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