Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1968

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

London Britain United States France

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Record C. R. Weather Gazette 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
Search Courier

Search the Cedar Rapids Gazette Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication