Daily Record Weather Summary and Temperatures Across Cities
The Daily Record lists high temperatures Monday and overnight lows for Amarillo Miami Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Denver New York Phoenix Seattle Washington and others. It also notes Tuesday forecasts, precipitation inches, humidity, barometer, wind, sunrise and sunset times, and lake pool levels for Coralville Lake and nearby dam readings.
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Miami
Bismarck
Io Minapolis
Chicago
Orleans
Denver
New York
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Phoenix Iie
Seattle
Washington
Births and local notices mix in Cedar Rapids area page
Mercy Hospital lists births for Thomas Lehmer and Elmer McEl meel among Cedar Rapids families. Madison Wisconsin reports a July 25 birth for Mark Bunge’s family. Local marriage hints, residence notes, and obituaries appear alongside traffic incidents and penalties.
Three Vacant Cedar Rapids Homes Cleared of Violations
Cedar Rapids building official Edward F. Winter reported to the city council that three unoccupied houses at 1314 1316 and 1320 C avenue NE, owned by Coe College, were inspected and found free of building code or zoning violations. A petition from thirty-one property owners prompted the complaint earlier this month. Winter advised maintenance steps to preserve the structures.
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Avenue NE
Edward F. Winter
Cedar Rapids
C Avenue NE
Winter
Coe College
Obituary notices from multiple Iowa towns
Death notices list several residents with ages and service details including Vinton Ronald A Soren 23 Fry and Hollands burial Oakland Shellsburg Letts Ira Vernon Snyder 65 Hemet burial Letts cemetery California rites in California Dysart August J Seemans 74 Overton s Dyersville Mrs Ed Bartels 66 services Basilica St Francis Xavier Rosary Kramers Judith Ann Disch 24 private services Basilica St Francis Xavier Kramers Oxford Junction Mrs Herbert Marr 81 Haydens Wyoming Dale Moore 48 services Onslow Presbyterian church Haydens Marengo Robbie Ray Robinson infant son of Mr and Mrs Ronnie Robinson services Harrison s Delta Henry Jacobson 68 Methodist church Holms in Sigourney
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Methodist Church
Holm’s
Sigourney
Protests Grow Over Weekend Rock Festival Plans
In Wadena area elders and rural residents oppose the festival as Elkader hires extra firefighters to support a three man police force. Oelwein to deploy 15 to 20 Citizens Band volunteers for weekend traffic. A 50 by 70 foot stage and eight foot cyclone fence rise at the site as about 75 youths aid construction. Tickets start at 10 dollars in advance and 15 at the gate. Local officials discuss injunctions and crowd control amid mixed support.
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Elkader
Oelwein
Citizens’ Band Radio Club
Chicago
Schmitt
Wadena Development ‘Co
Sound Storm
Four Cities Experience Disorders Across Nation
Police faced volleys of rocks and bottles dispersing a Negro crowd in Asbury Park New Jersey after disturbances in Bridgeport Connecticut New Bedford Massachusetts West Chester Pennsylvania Police used tear gas dogs and mace as crowds of black youths demanded arrests In Asbury Park sixteen arrested one policeman wounded and earlier this month West Side clashes caused 160 injured 200 arrested and 4 million in damage
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Asbury Park
N.J
Bridgeport
New Bedford
South End
West Side
Rain Expected But Sprinkles Stop Short
A county resident hoped for 4 inches of rain in the festival area Tuesday morning, but sprinkles arrived briefly and dissipated by midmorning.
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Tival Area
Violence erupts at park concert during 1968 Democratic convention
Chicago witnesses six hours of clashes between police and demonstrators with looted displays. Victims include Robert Johnson 16 in serious condition Kevin Purett 13 and Edward Harms 18 both in fair condition. Park concert by Sly and the Family Stone canceled amid security concerns.
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Robert Johnson
Kevin Purett
Edward Harms
Chicago
Dropping for New York City Police
A justice department funded study shows the 1969 average IQ score of New York City police recruits at 98.20 from 2,075 recruits, the lowest in recent years. Earlier averages were 107.7 in 1962, 107.28 in 1964, and 105.75 in 1967.
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New York
New York City
Appeals Challenge 1970 Assessments Across Linn County Iowa
Ten new Linn County and Cedar Rapids appeals question 1970 property values and tax burdens. Grace Selzer and Edward Newkirk challenge road-related properties for tax-free status, citing public roads and county maintenance. Other appellants seek lower actual and taxable values on real estate including Bezdek's Marion property, Mt. Vernon acreage, and residential and industrial parcels, with disinterested appraisers to testify.
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Linn County
Linn District Court
Grace A. Selzer
Selzer
Edward F. Newkirk, Jr
Rosetta A. Newkirk
Sunset
Cedar View Drives
Newkirk
Hillcrest Road
Alarm Clock Fire in Cedar Rapids Home Sparks Alarm
Eugene Sand at 929 Regent Street NE reported an alarm clock fire caused by a lightning strike from a Cedar Rapids storm. The clock burst into flames after being energized by an outlet, waking the Sands and was extinguished before firefighters arrived. The storm also damaged wiring at 3641 Lynbrook Drive NE, with no other injuries or effects reported.
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Tenth Avenue
Otis Road
Sixteenth Avenue
Williams Boulevard
Linbrook Drive
Regent Street
Eugene Sand
Cedar Rapids
Sand
William Dalton
Lynbrook Drive
Fishermen Fire On Cod Vessels at Gaspe Coast
Fishermen on the Gaspe Peninsula fired on 18 trawlers they say are taking cod in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and fouling beaches. About 30 rounds were fired from 500 to 1,000 feet offshore. By-standers reported little visible damage. Vessels hailed from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia.
Difficulties in Studying Faced by Youth Discussed on KCRG
Dr. James Howard Jacobson joins TALK OF THE TOWN on KCRG RADIO 1600 at 12:50 PM Wednesday to discuss challenges young people face in studying today. The program covers learning obstacles, motivation, and resources available to students and families.
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James Howard Jacobson
Kcrg Radio 1600
Linn property valuations rise by eight million dollars
Linn county outside Cedar Rapids for 1970 taxes payable in 1971 is estimated at about 106 million, up roughly 8 million. Real estate 93 million, personal property 7 million, utilities 6 million, with real estate split: 47.1 percent agricultural, 46.54 percent residential, 5.68 percent mercantile, 0.66 percent industrial.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Forest Holveck
Holveck
State Department of Revenue
Want ads prove convenient and effective for job seekers
Classified want ads offer a quick, affordable way to find employment. They connect applicants with local employers, highlight key roles, and enable rapid matching in a busy market.
B 52s Streak Across Laos Front in Heavy Bombing
U S B 52s conducted heavy raids along both sides of the Laos frontier and into South Vietnam dropping over 1800 tons of bombs. About 60 bombers operated with most strikes along a 200 mile Ho Chi Minh trail corridor into the Laotian panhandle and toward Cambodia. Ensuing ground activity rose slightly in northern South Vietnam as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces pressed Kim Rom on Monday. Four American reconnaissance troops were killed and eight wounded in a Sunday engagement near Da Nang. in Cambodia refugees and Vietnamese sailors were wounded by machine gun and grenade fire aboard a civilian ship.
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U. S
Cambodia
Kim Rom
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Man Killed as Truck Explodes Near Bloomfield
Bloomfield authorities report Bryan Bailor 86 died in the blast when a pickup overturned five miles east of town Monday. His son George Bailor 37 suffered second and third degree burns and was in fair condition Tuesday at Davis County Hospital.
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Bloomfield
Here
Bryan Bailor
George Bailor
Davis ‘County Hospital
Obituary of J L Valandingham Cedar Rapids Man Dies
J L Valandingham 52 of 1715 Tenth Street NW an employee of Penick and Ford died Monday after a long illness Born Oct 9 1917 Eldora Married Mary Whitmore Oct 14 1946 Waukesha Wis An Army World War II veteran member of VFW Grain Millers Local 100 Survived by wife three daughters Linda Hammock Sharron Brown Wendy Hurley two grandsons his father Jesse Valandingham Rochester NY two brothers Jess and Harry and stepbrother Alvin Colman all of San Francisco CA and a sister Mrs Charley Brown Robins Memorial services Turner Chapel West at 1030 AM Thursday Rev Paul J Maguire St Patrick Catholic Church Entombment Chapel of Memories Military rites by VFW Friends may call Turner Chapel West Vices will be in Dallas Wednesday Rev Deman Wagner A Cedar Rapids native and Coe College graduate died Monday in Baltimore Ohio Also a Princeton Theological Seminary graduate Survivors include sister Mrs J Frank Palmer and brother John J Wagner Cedar Rapids Services pending
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Tenth Street
Penick and Ford
Eldora
Mary Whitmore
Waukesha
Wis
VFW and
Grain Millers Union
Linda Hammock
Sharron Brown
Wendy Hurley
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Valandingham
Rochester
N.Y
Jess
Harry Valandingham
Alvin Colman
San Francisco
Calif
Charley Brown
Robins
Turner Chapel West
Paul J. Maguire
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Chapel of Memories
VFW
Dallas
Deman Wagner
Coe College
Baltimore
Ohio
Princeton Theological Seminary
J. Frank Palmer
John J. Wagner
Russell C. Krouse dies after long illness at 1558 Bever Ave
Cedar Rapids resident Russell C. Krouse aged 55 died Monday after a long illness. Born September 3, 1905 in Toddville he married Bernice Monnahan February 5, 1949 in Cedar Rapids. A floor covering salesman in northeast Iowa he belonged to Vienna lodge 142 AF and AM Center Point and the Cedar Rapids Consistory. Survived by four sisters Mable Walser and Dorothy Troette of Cedar Rapids Hilda Ashlock and LaVerna Soukup of Center Point and a brother Floyd L. Krause of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at Chapel East at 3 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. George W. Kock. Burial at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Russell C. Krouse
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Toddville
Bernice Monnahan
Krouse
Iowa
Vienna Lodge 142
AF & AM
Center Point
Mable Walser
Dorothy Troette
Hilda Ashlock
LaVerna Soukup
Floyd L. Krause
Notable Cedar Rapids figure dies in Dallas
Clarence E. Barr a former employee of Wilson and Co and Penick and Ford in Cedar Rapids died Sunday in Dallas Texas where he had lived a number of years. Ser-
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Clarence E. Barr
Wilson and Co
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Dallas
Texas
Ser
Memorial Services for Holland and Kroupa Held Wednesday
Memorial services are scheduled at Brush chapel for Sid Holland at 10 a.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. A. T. Washington with burial at Norway cemetery. Joseph Kroupa will have a service at Turner chapel west at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday led by Rev. Ralph Young and T. B. Hlubucek, with burial at Cedar Memorial. Hanford American Legion to provide military rites. Al fed Kaufmann’s service at St. Pauls Lutheran in Maynard is at noon Wednesday, conducted by Dr. John M. Jensen. burial at Harlan Township cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel east until 9 p.m. Tuesday and St. Pauls Lutheran in Maynard from 10:30 a.m. until noon Wednesday. casket will not be opened after the service.
Virgil Bixby 20 Killed in Vietnam Patrol Overrun
The Department of Defense reports Pfc. Virgil Bixby 20 of Iowa City killed in action July 22 during a night patrol in Vietnam. He had been in Vietnam since April. Survived by wife Karen and 7 week old daughter Jennifer of Iowa City and parents Mr. and Mrs. James Bixby of Ainsworth.
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Department of Defense
Virgil Bixby
Iowa City
Vietnam
Bixby
Karen Bixby
Jennifer
James Bixby
Ainsworth
Amendment to lower voting age to 18 approved
Washington AP report notes a Senate judiciary subcommittee backed a constitutional amendment to drop the voting age to 18. The move follows calls from President Nixon for congressional action should the Supreme Court strike down recent legislation reducing the age from 21.
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Senate Judiciary
Nixon
Supreme Court
Congress
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