Community group notices and club speaker events in Cedar Rapids area
Local clubs announce upcoming meetings and speakers. Navy recruiting film Oceanography at YMCA Lincoln Room for Senior Men’s Christian Club. Jaycee Toastmasters at Baranchi’s with Enzler Shakespeare and Jackson. Canopus Club host Frank Teply at Embassy Club. Exchange Club features Wardell Diggs at Montrose Hotel. Optimist and Evening Optimists schedule talks. shoe sale at Shoe Outlet. Tales of the Town now available. Fortified by Adv listings and business promos.
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Christian Club
Navy
Lincoln Room
YMCA
Percy says he would accept Republican VP nod if asked
Illinois Senator Charles Percy told reporters he would accept the Republican vice presidential nomination if the party’s presidential candidate asked. He said Nixon is likely to win the nomination and would accept the VP role only if Illinois delegates release him from Senate duties.
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Rock Island
Ilinois
Charles Percy
Percy
Richard Nixon
Illinois
Illinois Republican Party
U.S
Vietnam battles deepen as toll rises near Khe Sanh
U S losses reach 25 killed and 112 wounded after a second attack on Marine positions near Khe Sanh this week. North Vietnamese forces killed 15 Marines and wounded 96 more. Radio Hanoi claimed three U S jets were shot down over Con Co, with pilots unconfirmed. no Saigon confirmation.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
Radio Hanoi
Con Co
Singapore
Saigon
Longtime Walker Resident Dies
Dannie P. Mahoney, 81, a Walker resident for 40 years and former farmer, died Saturday at his home. Born March 15, 1887, in Castle Grove, he married Elizabeth McAreavy in 1912. Survived by his wife, four daughters, one son, two sisters, a brother, thirteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. A Requiem High Mass will be held noon Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
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Walker
Dannie P. Mahoney
Castle Grove
Ryan
Elizabeth McAreavy
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mary Leavens
San Bruno
Calif
Ralph Zieser
Center Point
Leonard Zieser
Urbana
Harold Kramer
Daniel Mahoney
Julia
Nellie Mahoney
Joe Mahoney
Manchester
Robert W. Swift
Scorpion submarine missing near Azores extends search
Navy expands air search 100 miles either side of the Scorpion’s projected course after radio reports place the submarine south of Miguel Island in the Azores. Compass Island, 1125 miles east of Norfolk, probes the ocean bottom with sonar while private mini subs Aluminaut and Alvin standby.
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Miguel Island
Azores
Irving Banks
Navy
Aluminaut
Palomares
Spain
Compass Island
Norfolk
Civil Air Patrol Expands Search for Lamont Flight Missing Couple
The Civil Air Patrol will cover the entire flight path from Lamont to Madison Wisconsin and areas on either side. The search now extends into Independence Missouri and Des Moines Iowa with two more days needed for full coverage. Aboard the missing plane are Mr and Mrs David Epperson.
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Civil Air Patrol
Lamont
Madison
Wis
C.A P
Iowa City
Independence
Missouri
Des Moines
Mississippi River
Copper Creek
Blanchard Island
Dubuque
Burlington
Ely
Solon
David Epperson
Teen Road-E-O Winners Named
Two Washington high school students won the annual Teen-Age Road-E-O sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Jaycees and Steitzer Lincoln-Mercury. Michael R. Valliere and Debbie Knake topped the boys and girls divisions earning plaques and $50 bonds and will compete at Centerville on June 8. Second place went to William Kurth and Linda K. Smith, with fourteen contestants taking tests Wednesday and driving tests Saturday.
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Washington High School
William Kurth
Jefferson High
Linda K. Smith
Kennedy High
Italy Parliament to convene after election shifts amid party tensions
Italy’s parliament reconvenes Wednesday after a break with the Christian Democrats. Socialists lost 5.4 percent and 4 seats to 91, while the Communists rose to 177 seats, making them the largest party in the west. Moro expected to resign formally. Saragat may accept, as Christian Democrats clash with center-left ties.
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Christian Democrats
Pietro Nenni
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Communist Party
Moro
Giuseppe Saragat
Say Future Danger to Florence Art Is Gone
Florence Italy AP reports most flood damaged artworks from November 1966 are now nearly safe. Restoration chief Prof Umberto Baldini says foreign aid boosted rapid progress while mold and cracking risks are addressed through controlled drying and care.
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Florence
Italy
Umberto Baldini
Lipsky Nominated for Iowa Advisory Council Post
Gov Harold Hughes recommends State Rep Joan Lipsky to the Iowa employment security commission advisory council. Des Moines names John Estes Nolden Gentry as public reps, with J C Craiger Kenneth Lewis William McFarlin Jr as employer reps. Labor picks Virginia Morgan Ted Pike Patrick Glenn.
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Joan Lipsky
Rc.r
Harold Hughes
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Cecil A. Reed
Reed
John Estes
Nolden Gentry
Desa Moines
Rep. Lipsky
J. W. Janssen
J. C. Craiger
Kenneth Lewis
William McFarlin, Jr
Des Moines
Henry Carter
Virginia Morgan
Oskaloosa
Ted Pike
Patrick Glenn
Craiger
Iowa Manufacturers Assn
Lewis
Towa Master Builders
McFarlin
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Pike
Teamsters Union
Glenn
United Rubber Workers
Communist march plans protest at U.S. embassy in Copenhagen
A communist led demonstration against the U.S. presence in Vietnam is set for Sunday before the U.S. embassy. Party wardens expect about 25,000 marchers and aim to keep the event free of violence.
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Copenhagen
API
Vietnam
U.S
Communist Party
Kennan Urges End to U S Foreign Efforts
George F. Kennan told a Williamsburg audience that the United States should withdraw from global meddling and focus on domestic problems. He warned real progress requires accepting segregation as a local reality and criticized current racial solutions as insufficient while urging a calm, silent foreign stance.
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Kennan
U.S
Williamsburg
UPI
George F. Kennan
Russia
United States
Iowa Emerges As National Leader In Blind Services
Dr Jacob Freid of the Jewish Braille Institute praised Iowa for leading the nation in rehabilitation and employment programs for the blind at the Iowa Association of the Blind annual meeting in Waterloo. He called Iowa the top standard in the country. The Altig Award honored AP reporter William Eberline for contributions to advancing the blind in Iowa.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Jewish Braille Institute of America
Jacob Freid
New York City
Iowa Association of the Blind
Freid
New School For Social Research
Association
Altig
William Eberline
Associated Press
Lenin Child to be Renamed After Cuban Refugee Airlift
A Cuban refugee airlift brings Nicolas Lenin to Miami where Adela Torres, mother of the child, plans a legal name change. She cites the father’s Fidel Castro allegiance and the child’s Russian communist christening as grounds for a new surname.
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Miami
Nicolas Lenin
Cuba
Adela Torres
Fidel Castro
Drake President Vows Firm Stand Against Violent Student Acts
Drake University President Paul Sharp told trustees in Des Moines the school will uphold due process and student rights while not tolerating illegal or violent activities on campus. The report notes some students sought policy changes, and Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott outlawed miniskirts.
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DES Moines
Drake University
Paul Sharp
Sharp
Drake
Stu- Nouakchott
Mauritania
UPI
Local Youth Receives Air Force Academy Appointment
Philip Sharp, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Sharp of 31130 Avenue NW, is set to enter the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs this fall after receiving an appointment from Congressman John C Culver last week. He will graduate from Jefferson High School on Tuesday.
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Philip Sharp
Richard Sharp
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
John C. Culver
Jefferson High School
Elkader Driver Killed in Head-On Crash Near town
Elkader Lloyd Millard Jr. 22 was killed when his northbound car struck a southbound car driven by Mrs. Richard Troester 19 five miles south on a gravel road. Troester and passenger Larry Hohman 24 were in fair condition with head lacerations. Sheriff reports the Troester car rolled three times. Millard car was pushed onto the shoulder. Services pending.
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Elkader
Lloyd Millard, Jr
Richard Troester
Here
Troester
Ed Ralz
Millard
Larry Hohman
Central Community Hospital
Milton Klink
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Enzler’s
Sykora Bakery
Fairfax Bank
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Canopus Club
Frank Teply
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Wardell Diggs
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Robert A. Frederick
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Jerome
Berger Furrier
Marion
Jane Boyd
Joey's Drive-Inn
Jane Boyd Community House
Ralph Clements
Optimist Club
Conrad Johnson
WMT
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Optimists
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Scorpion
UPI Photo
Edward Weed
Oshkosh
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Olympia
First Avenue
Iowa Typewriter CO
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Stewart Heasley
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