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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1969
Page
5
Daily weather figures include highs and lows for Saturday, barometer, humidity, wind, and sun and moon events. Obituaries list multiple deaths with service details across towns including Goettsch's, Sheets and Son, Murdoch chapel, and local churches.
A clued list of memorial donations and tributes from individuals and groups to Camp Good Health, hospitals, and veterans, naming donors such as OES auxiliary, FMC Corp, UAW Local 299, and families. Amounts include 250.00 300.00 and smaller gifts. Names include Nettie Danberg, R J Vorkoper, Frank Orr, Charles Mann, George Miller, Blanch Harris, Nellie Pfaff, Libbie Sopousek, Daisy Davis, Henry Meyer, H O Brainerd, and many others. Funds support the Chil dren's Home and related community causes amid Vietnam era references.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller shortened his Bolivia visit to three hours as violence fears rise after a bomb at the U S embassy and clashes in Ecuador. He avoided student meetings and blamed a minority of outside-influenced students for potential bloodshed, choosing to cut the trip short to prevent further unrest.
A collection of funeral notices from Turner chapel East and West with burial details at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Names include Nelson Marshall B and Cora Belknap Ramsey with services Monday. Donations suggested to the Heart fund. Shelly Ann Staab to be buried at Linwood Cemetery with services noon Monday.
Four new base ball catchers gloves and eight to ten baseballs valued at 65 dollars were stolen Friday night from a city park shed, police reported. The items belonged to the city Little League program.
Marie Dean Arrington 35, described as a cold-blooded killer, is added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. She escaped a Florida women's prison March 1 while awaiting appeals and was sentenced to death for the murder of Vivian Ritter.
Snipers and soldiers battled through the night in Cordoba, Argentina, where six people were killed in two days of violence. Troops patrolled the streets, armored vehicles rolled through downtown, and shots echoed as authorities hunted snipers. A taxi driver blamed rising prices for public discontent.
Police in Cedar Rapids arrested Harold De Graw 24 of Vinton and George Kirby 27 of 251 Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE after a report of a fight in the Wilson and Co parking lot. The brothers-in-law posted $30 bonds each and were released from the city jail.
Four persons were injured in a two car collision on First street east in Mt. Vernon Saturday night. The most seriously hurt was Mrs Roy Wilson 44 who suffered head and nose injuries and was listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids. Her husband 44 and daughter Dawn 22 also were treated at the hospital. Driver Michael Kingsbury 19 and Leonard Sebesta 23 received injuries. the crash occurred about 9 30 p m with both cars moving in opposite directions.
Rome reports union leaders said they will accept government proposals to end a long work slowdown that has left Italy with hundreds of tons of undelivered mail. No date for full resumption was set, but officials indicated service would return soon.
Thieu- continues from page one with a personal report on his Saigon and other Asian capitals trip. Ziegler notes Rogers brought back excellent comments and response from officials in each city visited, cooling talk of trouble with Saigon.
A Cedar Rapids man, 26 year old Marion Rodriquez of 426 Thirty-fifth Street SE, was treated at St. Luke's and then taken by ambulance to University hospitals in Iowa City with possible head injuries after a one car crash on East Post road in Marion at 9 p.m. Police were investigating the incident.
Hoover argues the SDS conflict over a viable revolutionary youth program will be hotly contested at the upcoming SDS national convention. He warns the New Left seeks total control of education, rejecting mere reform and any concessions to compromise, urging America to heed warning signs.
Leaders of a new Citizens Action Council for Education plan to endorse city school board candidates and study curriculum and teaching methods. Temporary president George E. Brosseau Jr said the group will meet Wednesday evening and will present research findings to the school board and public.
A brisk ad mindset defines daily outreach as a salesman’s core. The line between market reach and persistent persuasion rests on constant classified-style notices.
Photo shows two men fishing in the Cedar river west channel between Second and Third avenues bridges on a warm Saturday afternoon. The image captures the downstream view with heat reflected off nearby concrete while the catch pace remains steady.
In Brakpan South Africa the lack of television boosts demand for American style TV dinners. A local food company reports sales exceed 1000 dinners daily.
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