July 26 27 Birth Announcements From Local Families
July 26 lists new daughters for Robert Bell James Pettitt Ivan Lamparek Lawrence Gephart David Jordan Joseph Keut Bruce Gillum David Cook. July 27 adds sons for Charles Purdy Alan Lang er Larry Frederick Donald Mains Milo Maeder Dennis Krizan Ralph Moore Keith Hamiel Michael Hawkes Richard Philipp Gerald Wingett Richard Berndt and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Charles McMillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Bell
Hillside Drive NW
James E. Pettitt
G Avenue NE
Ivan J. Lamparek
Swisher
Lawrence H. Gephart
Seventeenth Avenue SE
David H. Jordan
G Avenue NW
Joseph M. Keut
Walker
Bruce L. Gillum
F Avenue NW
David E. Cook
Center Point
Charles C. Purdy
Third Street
Alan E. Langer
Sixteenth Avenue
Larry G. Frederick
Second Street
Donald Mains
Thirtieth Street
Marion
Milo Maeder
O Avenue NW
Dennis Krizan
Thirty-first Street
Ralph Moore
Keith Hamiel
Tipton
Michael Hawkes
South Amana
Richard Philipp
Thirtyfifth Street
Gerald Wingett
Thirteenth Street
Richard Berndt
Oakland Road NE
Charles McMillan
McCarthy Announces Iowa Signature Drive Campaign
Mitchell says luncheon with Hughes was pleasant and no commitments were made. John Garfield leads a statewide drive to collect thousands of Iowa voter signatures by Aug. 5 to prove McCarthy is the strongest candidate to Democratic leaders and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Garfield
McCarthy
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Rally Planned for McCarthy Support
McCarthy campaign announces a public rally in Cedar Rapids on August 15 to back the presidential candidate. The event links with about 150 cities via closed circuit and local TV, chaired by Mrs. Justin Huber, and to be held at the Arm ar ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Cedar Rapids
Sen. McCarthy
Justin Huber
Cedar’ Rapids
Armar
Agreement Near on Food for Biafrans
The Biafran government has agreed mercy flights carrying relief supplies should land at Nigerian-held Enugu airport. The deal would clear the last hurdle for a large food lift to aid nearly one million people in the war zone facing starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aba
Biafra
API
Enugu
Want to Sell Big or Small Items Now
Classified prompt invites readers to call 369-1234 for selling various items. The note uses casual language, offering quick contact and implying items of varying sizes are purchasable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial
Iowa Deaths List Brings Services for Five Residents
Cascade Leo J Sullivan 69 Devaneys St Martins church Monday 10. Brennan Ralph W 66 Bests in North English Monday 2. Malcolm Elmer Kriegel 14 son of Mr and Mrs James Kriegel rural Malcom Monday 10 St Patricks church Brooklyn Rosary Sunday 7 30. Springville Raymond D Clary 55 United Methodist church Monday 1 30 Friends may call at Murdochs after 11 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Leo J. Sullivan
St. Martin’s Church
Devaney
United Methodist Church
Murdoch’s
McGovern Daughter Held On Drug Charge In South Dakota
Teresa McGovern, 19, daughter of Senator George McGovern, was arrested in a motel raid with Barry Magin, 19, and Mary Shanley, 24, on illegal possession of narcotics. The trio posted $2,500 bonds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Tidball
Miss McGovern
South Dakota
Former Cedar Rapids Pilot Shot Dead in Saudi Arabia
Lurlin Collins, 55, a former Cedar Rapids resident and Trans World Airlines pilot, died last week in Saudi Arabia from a shooting. The Saudi government is investigating. Collins lived in Marshalltown earlier, served as a civilian flight instructor in Missouri, tested for Republic Aviation in Indiana, and worked for Republic Experimental at Glen Cove before joining TWA. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, and multiple children. The body is en route to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Trans World Airlines
Saudi Arabia
Lurlin Collins
Harvey Stauffer
Marshalltown
State Department
Department
Collins
Missouri
Indiana
Republic Aviation
Glen Cove
Long Island
Republic Experimental Outfit
William
Virgil
William J. Takach
Avenue NE
L. Karl Collins
N.Y
Fredrick Doerring
Des Moines
Culver Urges Hoover Type Commission to Cut Red Tape
Rep. John Culver proposes immediate action to reduce government bureaucracy. He calls for a bipartisan Hoover style commission to study management, cut duplication, and improve resource use across eight health agencies and 18 environmental programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
John C. Culver
Iowa
Culver
Congress
Hoover Type Commission On Reorganization
Executive Branch
Deaths Alta Holets longtime Fairfax resident
Alta Onetta Holets wife of Ben F Holets of rural Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a long illness born August 22 1886 at North Liberty married November 7 1906 in Iowa City the Holets ran a Fairfax general store until 1937 later moved to a farm north of Fairfax she was a member of St Pauls United Methodist Cedar Rapids Fairest chapter OES Fairfax and charter member of Edna Duncan Past Matrons of Fairfax Surviving husband son Ronald R Holets Cedar Rapids route one daughter Maxine McCollister Cedar Rapids three grandchildren one great grandchild a sister Mrs Oda Anderson North Liberty funeral Tuesday at Turner Chapel West burial Fairfax cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Onetta Holets
Ben F. Holets
Cedar Rapids
North Liberty
Mr. Holets
Iowa City
Holets
Fairfax
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Fairest Chapter
O.E.S
Fairfax Cemetery
Humphrey Seeks Peace Plan Amid Los Angeles Protests
Humphrey in Los Angeles urged peace and progress with a plan for free elections in South Vietnam and withdrawal of outside forces. He faced hecklers as about 100 demonstrators gathered at El Mercado while police secured the area. no violence occurred during his market visit aided by a Small Business Administration loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Los Angeles
Humphrey
el Mercado
Small Business Administration
Dubcek Defends Czechoslovak Path in Talks with Moscow
Prime Minister Dubcek insists Prague will not abandon its foreign policy line and rejects attempts to force an open conflict with allies. He acknowledges isolated anti-socialist currents but frames them as temporary, hoping summit talks will ease tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubcek
Prague
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Stelcik Rites Held For Rose A Stelcik
Rose A. Stelcik 66 wife of Jerry Stelcik 1544 Seventh Ave SE died Friday after a brief illness Born in Pardubice Czechoslovakia May 9 1902 she came to the United States in 1921 Married June 25 1927 in Cedar Rapids Surviving husband a daughter Mrs Donald C Houts of Prairie Village Kan a son Gene Stelcik Cincinnati Ohio four grandchildren a brother Bohumil Libal Pardubice Czechoslovakia Services Monday 2 p m Janeba Kuba funeral home west by Rev Lyle R Graff Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Burial Czech National Cemetery Memorial fund for church service invited Friends may call after 1 p m Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose A. Stelcik
Jerry Stelcik
Seventh Avenue SE
Pardubice
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cedar Rapids
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Tabatha Society
Z.C.B.J
Jerry
Donald C. Houts
Prairie Village
Kan
Gene Stelcik
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bohumil Libal
Janeba-Kuba
Lyle R. Graff
Czech National Cemetery
Funeral services for Oma Louise Turner and Byron Dale Kessey
Oma Louise Turner will be buried at Linwood Cemetery after a chapel service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Turner West at 3 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev Mary White. Byron Dale Kessey will have a service at Trinity Lutheran Church at 1 30 p.m. Monday by Rev E W Koberg followed by graveside rites in Cornell Wisconsin at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday. Friends may call Turner West Lutheran until 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from 10 a.m. to 1 25 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getlin
Oma Louise
Turner Chapel
Mary White
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Man Charged With Disturbing Peace Over Shotgun
Cedar Rapids police charged 23 year old Richard R Juenger of 1410 Third street SE with disturbing the peace after a report he was carrying a shotgun on Eighth Street SE. He was held in the city jail in lieu of 110 dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Street
Richard R. Juenger
Third Street
Driver Severely Hurt in Cedar Rapids Crash
Douglas L. Horn, 19, of 1961 Thirtieth Street Drive SE, was hospitalized with severe head injuries after a one car crash on highway 149 south of Cedar Rapids. Ro bert Blakeslee, 21, and William Jennings, 17, were treated and released from St. Luke's hospital. none wore seat belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas L. Horn
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Robert Blakeslee
Twenty-first Street
William Jennings
Fifth Avenue
Horn
Iowa Methodist Church Names New Midwest Leaders
Bishop James S. Thomas of Des Moines is reassigned to head Iowa United Methodists for 1968 to 1972 after a North Central Jurisdictional Conference vote. Forest City resident Mrs. Mat Goldman joins a national United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race, one of two laypeople and the sole woman chosen from the jurisdiction. Other Iowans elected to national church boards include Harry Young, Lester Moore, Perry Grier, A I Wilken, Edward Sears, Paul Hann, James Delahooke, and Maurice Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
North Central Jurisdictional Conference
Iowa
Forest City
Mat Goldman
National
United Methodist Commission On Religion and
North Central Jurisdiction
United Methodist
Harry Young
Oelwein
Program Council
Lester Moore
Corning
Board of Christian Social Concerns
Perry Grier
Waterloo
Board of Evangelism
A. I. Wilken
Des Moines
Edward Sears
Cedar Rapids
Board of Missions
Paul Hann
Board of Publications
James Delahooke
Marshalltown
Board of Education
Maurice Long
Fairfield
Board of Laity
Camp Good Health Open House Draws Public Help
Camp Good Health invites the public to an open house next Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The event, hosted by The Children's Home, aims to showcase contributions including cash gifts, equipment, supplies, and labor. Displayed memorials honor Julius Krumm Edythe M Braucher Major Richard E Dye and others with donors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Presbyterian Church of
West Union
Fay
Camp Good Health
Children’s Home
One Heart for Two Babies Born Joined Chest Tampa
Two infant girls born with joined chests at St. Joseph's in Tampa lie in incubators after their Friday birth. Doctors report the girls weigh five pounds each and remain in guarded condition with no surgery planned at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
St. Joseph’s Hospital
de Montford
Maundy Thursday Origin and Meaning Explained
The term Maundy Thursday derives from Latin mandati or mandate. It refers to Christ giving a new commandment to love one another on the Thursday evening, a key Christian observance.
Community Camp Aid Reported From Local Churches
The record details clothing and new shoes for campers from Rev. Gene Crooks and bedding from First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids led by Rev. George Carlson. Mt. Vernon First Presbyterian donated $200. Thursday Noon Optimists Club supplied a 17 cubic foot freezer valued at $212 five fans $155 and a new front gate plus kitchen utensils and games. Cash gifts noted: 9,165.42 and memorials for John H. McNiel Edward Mason Kaupke Matt J. Kozak Julia B. Kozak with 50.00 25.00 indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ette County
Gene Crooks
First Lutheran Church of
Cedar Rapids
George Carlson
First Presbyterian Church of
Mt. Vernon
Britain Has More Roads Than Cars
An AP report states Britain has 11.8 yards of road per motor vehicle, double the cars per mile in the United States or France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
France
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St. Luke's
Seat
Minneapolis
Pew Vere
Denver
Phoenix
Mt. Beach
Mitchell
Hughes
Sen. McGovern
McGovern
California
Washington
C.R
Mrs
Ben Holets
Edna Duncan
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Kinsey Memorial
Appeal For Freedom
Literarny Listy
Czech Communist Party
Bishop Thomas
Methodist Post
Peoria, Ill
James S. Thomas
United Methodists
Julius Krumm
Kochs
Edythe M. Braucher
Major Richard E. Dye
Shirley
Terry Walters
Duncan Wasson
Ruby
Robert Straka
Henry J. Geiger
William Marek
John Leonard
Jakarta
Indonesia
The
Aoe
Third Ave
Rapids
U.S. Territories
Ellis Blvd
Brady
5Th Ave
Center Point Rd
John H. McNiel
Edward Mason Kaupke
Matt J
Julia B. Kozak
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Turner
Turner’s
Turner Mortuary
First Ave
John B. Turner
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