Daily Record Weather Temperatures on Wednesday
Wet, cooler spell marked by scattered showers across the region. Temperatures dipped into the mid sixties with a brisk breeze and overnight lows near the upper fifties.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1969
Page
3
Obituary notices and service details from Iowa area
Iowa death notices list several individuals with service times and church details including Holy Cross Elmer Kinesner 61 Luxemberg Holy Trinity Luxemberg Rosary at 9 30 and 9 Kramer's in Dyersville Williamsburg Mrs Edwin Watkins 57 St Pauls Lutheran MecSwiggin and Uhlmann Marenge Lee R Jackson Bo service times Frising at 1 30 etc plus births Mercy July 23 Adams and Peters 74 Oxford Junction Sobotka 04 Haydens Springville Gearhart 96 services listed across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Cross
Elmer Kinesner
Holy Trinity Church
Luxemburg
Kramer's
Dyersville
Williamsburg
Edwin Watkins
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
MecSwiggin and Uhlmann
Marenge
Lee R. Jackson
Absentee Vote Start Set For Civic Center Referendum
Harold Schaefer city clerk announced absentee ballots for the August 12 civic center referendum will be available Monday at city hall. Voters out of town August 14 may vote at the clerk's office through August 11. Mailed ballot requests permitted for those hospitalized or away on election day. Registration deadline August 2. voter office hours listed. contact 298-30184 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schaefer
Cedar Rapids
Civic Center
City Hall
Carolyn Ann Morrissey
Rowland Kenneth Morrissey
Alice Mae Wirth
Gerald Duane Wirth
Bruce L. Rhoads
Patricia E. Rhoads
City Tral
St Call
Kennedy party incident and court case details unfold
The report describes a confrontation at a courthouse lobby involving Father George and photographer Ritzman during a Kennedy related event. It notes a struggle with a light, pushes, and statements about not wanting to be photographed. Names connected to the Kennedy circle and a separate witness context are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father George
Hem
Ae Ritman
George Allerney
New Bedford
Dist
Edmund Dinls
Nole
Ritaman
Valess
Ritzman
Dints
Kennedy
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
USC Budget Seeks City Wide Priorities Study
Rovaniemi Finland dispatch notes UCS discussion on Bettiga proposal to study city programs. The plan would compare city, school district, UCS and other bodies to form priority ratings and improve coordination. Board asks further cost discussion with officials and Area Ten College board. a labor spokesman supports the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCS
Johnson
Bettiga
Area ‘Ten Community College Board
Rovaniemi
Finland
UPI
Jet
Sweden
Girl Drowns In Washing Machine Tragedy in Wales
A 23 month old girl, Rhian Cartyn Davies, climbed onto a chair beside a washing machine and fell head first into the tub. Police report the child drowned while the grandmother hung washing on a clothesline outside GLAMORGAN Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glamorgan
Wales
UPI
Rhian Cartyn Davies
Flying Nun snafus birthday party plans on TV
The Flying Nun segment faces programming mixups with a birthday party plans feature airing at 6 30 p m Thursday on KCRG TV Channel 9f in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Flying Nun Snafus
Kcrg-Tv
Wyoming Game Law Violations Rise with January Arrests
Wyoming game and fish commission officers arrested 53 people in January for violations of game and fish laws. Violations included shooting from a public road, failing to stop at a check station, resisting arrest, hunting rabbits without a license, shooting illegal ducks during the mallard season, killing antelope out of season and waste of game meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
UPL
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
I Aerest
Jonathan Seeley Injured After Fall From Seawall
Jonathan Seeley 2 of SW First Avenue NE was reported in fair condition in the ICU at St Luke's Hospital after a fall from a concrete seawall near the SW avenue bridge. He suffered head and back injuries while searching for sinkers in rocks and attempting to climb down a cable to escape. Police and EMS responded. two men moved a stretcher down to assist, and the fire department assisted with ropes and hoisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Seeley
First Avenue NE
St. Luke's Hospital
Seeley
SW Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D.C
Se, Twake's Hospital
NDP
Frank Bush
Plan-ning
Don B. Salyer
Ralph Herod
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Emma Baxa Dies After Short Illness at 1007 Ninth Street
Emma Baxa 1007 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a short illness. Born April 1 1907 she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life. Survived by sister Eva Kamberling Mechanicsville and four brothers Albert Lisbon Emil Mechanicaville Gorge Solon Leo Mt Vernon. Services at Brush funeral home Solon 2 p.m. Saturday Rev A F Washington burial Sulliff cemetery near Solon. Friends may call at funeral home Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Baxa
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Tobias
Neb
Eva Kamberling
Mechanicsville
Albert
Lisbon
Emil
Mechanicaville
Gorge
Solon
Leo
Mt. Vernon
Brush Funeral Home
Washington
Sulliff Cemetery
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge Closed After Erosion Evidence
Cedar Rapids officials announce the Sixteenth Avenue bridge over the Cedar River is closed after a section of the deck caved in due to ballast erosion from high water. Public Improvements Commissioner Donald Carney says subsidence of ballast material over the barrel arch caused the damage, and a temporary repair plan versus expedited reconstruction will depend on cost. The inspection, led by Century Engineering, aims to measure ballast erosion extent as engineers await results before moving ahead with repairs or reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barette
Tom Atertyrnar
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Public
Harry Hilton
Public Improvements
Don Canney
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar River
Donald Carney
Cedar Rapids
Darrell J.imle
Twentieth Street NW
Cedar
Carney
Century Engineering
Christ Repairs
Church United Presbyterian
Canney
Machinists and Aerospace
Ned Ashton
Town City
Ken
W. Carroll
Minneapolis
William
F. Hynds
Williamshig
Theodore M. Hynds
Maribelle Burkart
Theodore “W. Hynds
Ranthaf Mhinwen
Deaths Belmont to Bellvue high schools brief note
Vincent Driscoll 58 of 112 j Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a brief illness. Services Saturday at 8:20 a.m. Brush chapel and 9 a.m. in Immaculate Conception church. Burial St Johns cemetery. Surviving wife Bernice three daughters two sons ten grandchildren five sisters two brothers. Friends may call after 1 p.m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauray Tove
Bernice
William Claus
Oelwein
Cole
Roy
van Horne
Brush Chapel
Trmaculste Conception Church
Moger ‘O'Brien
A. L. Zacher
St. John’s Cemetery
Father O'Brien
Clarence Rowe Rites Set by Crescent Lodge AFAM
Clarence Rowe of Cedar Rapids later of Santa Monica Calif died Tuesday. Born May 20 1887 in Clinton he was an engineer for the North Western railroad for 45 years before retirement. Survived by his wife Glora Rowe son Donald L Rowe three grandchildren. Memorial services 10 30 a m Saturday Turner chapel east. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Masters Masons invited to meet at Masonic hall 10 a m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rowe
Cedar Rapids
Santa Monica
Calif
Clinton
North Western Railroad
Rowe
Crescent Lodge No. 25
Afram
Glora ‘Mulneaux
Donald L. Rowe
Turner Chapel
Crescent Lodge
Af&am
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Crescent [Lodge
Masonic Hall
Bridge surface sinks three feet prompting detours and closure
Canney said a part of the bridge has sunk about three feet but no danger of a vehicle falling through was seen on Thursday. A broad truck driver noticed the bridge settle in front of his truck and alerted police. Detours are marked as officials expect a long closure for full-scale reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canney
Abodeely Case Notes Abortions and Deaths
The article recounts that Abodeely faced imprisonment as a deterrent to crimes requiring deliberation. It mentions Wak, a referenced abortionist, and a woman who was found dead after an abortion. Infections afflicted several referred women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahodeely
Obituary and court notes mix in Cedar Rapids case
Michael McLaughlin of Richland Washington died there Wednesday. Born March 26 1930 in Cedar Rapids he was a Presbyterian member survived by parents and sister Patricia McLaughlin of Richland. A separate criminal case concerns Merle Meyers aided an abortion attempt with Abodeely facing maximum sentence as county attorney argues for severe justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Richland
Wash
Presbyterian Church
James C. McLaughlin
Patricia McLaughlin
Cedar
Eugene Talstedt
Central Park Presbyterian
Turner Chapel
Eust
Ted Ruffin
Abodeely
Merle J. Meyers
Meyers
Memorial Services and Burials Schedule
Memorial services for Nelson and Christoffey Turnes set for 1 30 p m Friday officiated by Major John Kimmmons. Burial at Linwood Cemetery Reynolds Hugh Brush Chapel at 1 30 p m Friday with Rev A F Frankhauser. Interment at Czech National Cemetery follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson, Christoffey
Turnes
John Kimmmons
Linwood Cemetery
Reynolds
Hugh—Brush
A. F. Frankhauser
Czech National Cemetery
Sun Shines in parts of Iowa after rainfall
Anamosa reported 2.2 inches of rain with scattered thundershowers statewide. Walford measured 1.98 inches and Independence 84, Clarence 58. Other amounts included 1.3 percent at Chilier and 0.28 at Garwin. Northern Town cleared to sunny with late clouds in the south. forecasters expect generally pleasant weather in Iowa for the next 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Walford
Independence
Clarence
Chilier
Garwin
Iowa
No Evidence of Arms Race in Latin America
James Fowler deputy coordinator for the Alliance Progress says there is no evidence of an arms race in Latin America according to a Washington report. He argues that regional defenses reflect legitimate security needs rather than escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPL
James Fowler
Alliance 1 Progress
Apollo 11 returns from Moon with dramatic splashdown
Apollo 11 completes a historic voyage. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins splash down in the Pacific off Hawaii after a high‑speed reentry and successful parachute deployment. The trio emerges to a triumphant signal and cheers from ground control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Evans
Aldrin
Columbia
Australia
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Richard D. Spurlock
Kenneth Ralph
Rammelsberg
Anna Marie Rammelsberg
Key F. Sobieski
John W. Sobieski
Mary Ann Hargens
Richard Andrew Hargens
Twenty-eighth Street Court
Sid
F Avenue Bridge
Thirty-fifth' Street Drive
Miss Kopechne
Joseph Gargen
Paul! Markham
U.S
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Ray LaRosa
Charles Trotter
Edgartown
Jonn Crimons
Esther Newberg
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Kent Tedy
Mary Ellen
Rosemary Keogh
Susan Vennenbaum
Mary Mills
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USC
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Third Avenue
Ida Mikulas
Dorothy Mikulas
Pompidan
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Co- Ndp
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Coe College
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Kuba
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Mikulas
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