Weather and court notices from a midwestern daily
Sunday high 82 low 57 with partial sunshine and scattered showers expected into midweek. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures 74 to 81. precipitation around half to one inch. Also reported are traffic fines, court outcomes, and obituaries from multiple towns including Vinton Davenport Marion and Independence with many service times and house addresses listed.
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Minapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
N . Duluth
Phoenix House
Seattle
L. Angeles
Washington
Births and Divorces in Cedar Rapids Area Notices
Birth notices list numerous families in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns with names and addresses for new daughters and sons. Divorce dismissals and decrees alongside petitions appear for individuals including Cruise House Albin Grunder and others. Traffic matters note speeding citations and police logs, plus incidents of burning lumber and water pressure surge.
France Faces Prolonged General Strike Across Sectors
As the general strike enters its third week, transport and schools stay halted while industry remains paralyzed. Negotiations continue in many sectors. gas and electricity supply holds steady though rank and file voices remain decisive. Postal workers vote today on a protocol agreement as teachers keep schools closed and unions seek independence from government control.
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State Gas and Electricity Works
Union of Journalists and Technicians
Charles de Gaulle
Want ads do more things for more people
Early classified notices emphasize the efficiency and breadth of want ads, highlighting economic speed and broad reach for buyers and sellers. The piece frames classifieds as a versatile tool for commerce and community updates.
Riley Plan Explained To Council
Iowa lawmakers discussed value analysis to trim state costs without cutting services. Sen. Tom Riley cited Amana Corp. savings of 800000 and urged forming a committee to study statewide implementation. Officials noted current planning efforts and Massachusetts experience as a model.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Executive Council
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Riley
Amana Corp
Executive Council
Massachusetts
Donald Madden
The
Society of American Value Engineers
Viet Cong Deaths and US Weapons Sighted in Vietnam
May casualties in the capital military district totaled 2 537 enemy troops and 233 South Vietnamese soldiers killed with 882 government soldiers wounded. Hanoi Radio claimed Viet Cong forces wiped out 20 000 allied troops including 8 000 U S and Australian soldiers in Saigon attacks May 5 19. American troops uncovered eight Russian 23mm anti aircraft guns near a Hue to An Shau Valley road junction, possibly to shield road building and threaten air operations.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Hue
An Shau
U.S
Trial Figure Dies
Thomas Hinkel age 55, principal assistant in the interrogation section at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, died Sunday of a heart attack in New York.
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New York
Thomas Hinkel
Obituary of Walter Dunshee Dies in Scottsdale Arizona
Walter E. Dunshee, 70, Cedar Rapids resident for years, died in Scottsdale after heart attack while recovering from surgery. Former Chandler Co. president 1951 to 1960, WWI veteran, survived by wife, three daughters and 10 grandchildren. Memorials suggested to Heart of Cancer funds. service at Turner Chapel East with burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Walter E. Dunshee
Cedar, Rapids
Scottsdale
Ariz
Dunshee
Chandler Co
Cedar Rapids
Polk School
Washington High School
Coe College
Frederick Channer
Palatine
Inl
Nicholas Stark
Leo G. Shea
Birmingham
Mich
Elks Lodge
Pickwick Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Turner Chapel East
James Gundrum
Oak Hill Cemetery
iFriends
Heart of Cancer Funds
Edward F Shors longtime Cedar Rapids real estate man dies
Edward F. Shors aged 58 dies after a brief illness in Cedar Rapids. Born January 23 1883 in Chicago he spent over 40 years in Cedar Rapids real estate. Survived by wife Abbiline Krupp six daughters a son a brother twenty two great grandchildren and fifteen grandchildren. Requiem mass at Immaculate Conception church Tuesday 10 30 a m with parish rosary Monday 7 30 p m at Brady Mortuary for friends to view burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery.
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Edward F. Shors
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Abbiline Krupp
Iowa City
Edward F. Shors, Jr
Kathryn Rayner
Sioux City
H. R. Dickson
Walnut Creek
Calif
B. C. Woodson
Marion
Geraldine Gable
Joliet
Ill
Carl Wolfe
Waterloo
Charles Shurtz
James Shors
Pocahontas
Immaculate Conception
Roger E. O’brien
Brady Mortuary
Mt.Calvary Cemetery
Obituary: George J. Wilson
George J. Wilson 49 of 4641 Midway Drive NW Cedar Rapids died after a brief illness He was born April 9 1919 in Shelby Nebraska and married Lorraine Bliss May 3 1952 in Sioux City He leaves wife three sons Jim Jack Jerry and daughter Nancy plus five sisters and two brothers Funeral at Turner Chapel West with burial at Cascade Community Cemetery The casket will not be opened after service.
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George J. Wilson
Midway Drive
Cedar Rapids
Crest Realty &Co
Shelby
Neb
Lorraine Bliss
Sioux City
Presbyterian Church
Cascade
Jim
Jack
Jerry
Nancy
C. W. Selden
Lincoln
A. L. Clark
Indianapolis
Ind
R. J. Carney
Newark
Calif
Phil Vella
Rockford
Ill
Louis Radloff
Jack Wilson
Morton Grove
del Wilson
Tucson
Turner Chapel West
Wilbur Nolte
Cascade Community Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Obituary: Joseph J. Buresh former Cedar Rapids resident
Joseph Jerry Buresh a retired carpenter and former Cedar Rapids resident died in Yucca Valley California after a sudden illness. Born November 20 1892 in Linn county he lived in Ely and Cedar Rapids then resided in Yucca Valley the last five years. Surviving: son Robert W. Buresh Cedar Rapids two brothers George L Ely and Wesley F Ely two sisters Rose Kaplan and Emma Buresh Cedar Rapids. A member of Presbyterian church Ely Odd Fellows Lodge Elks Yucca Valley Club Moose Lodge Landers Orange County Carpenters Local. Burial at Buresh cemetery near Ely.
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Joseph Jerry Buresh
Cedar Rapids
Yucca Valley
Calif
Linn County
Ely
Robert W. Buresh
George L
Wesley F
Rose Kaplan
Emma Buresh
Buresh
Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
The
Elks, Club
Moose Lodge
Landers
Orange County
California
Carpenters
Turner Chapel
Mrs Marek Rites Held in Cedar Rapids Burial in Czech National
Mrs William Marek died Saturday after a long illness at her Cedar Rapids home. Born September 3 1883 near Shueyville she lived in the city 48 years. Surviving are husband three sisters Mrs Paul Swenka of Tiffin Mrs Frank Swenka and Mrs Jerry Andrie of Cedar Rapids and a brother Louis Shebtka of Solon. Services 10 30 a m Tuesday Brush chapel by Rev Lyle R Graff. Burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William Marek
Third Street
Shueyville
Cedar Rapids
Paul Swenka
Tiffin
Frank Swenka
Jerry Andrie
Louis Shebtka
Solon
Brush Chapel
Lyle R. Graff
Czech National Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Man Ernest Largent Dies After Long Illness
Ernest Wilbert Largent of 723 Eighteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Monday after a long illness. Born December 16, 1908 in Shueyville he was married to E Louise Madeson on May 29, 1936 at Vinton. He worked for Quaker Oats Co for 23 years.
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Ernest Wilbert Largent
Eighteenth Street
Cedar, Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
Shueyville
E. Louise Madeson
Vinton
Largent
Mary Grubhoffer Longtime Cedar Rapids resident dies
Mary Grubhoffer widow of Frank Grubhoffer dies Saturday at her daughter Anne Miller's home in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Born February 2, 1877, she married in 1906 and is survived by two daughters, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A member of the First Church of Christ Scientist and Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn., funeral services are planned at Czech National Turner chapel east.
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Mary Grubhoffer
Mary E. Grubhoffer
Cedar Rapids
Frank Grubhoffer
Anne Miller
Ellis Blvd
Grubhoffer
Miller
Kathryn Cox
Belle Plaine
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Mother Church
Boston
Mass
Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn
Turner Chapel East
Czech National Cemetery
Widow Zofie Kun Dies After Long Illness at 88
Zofie Kun widow of Godfrey B. Kun age 88 of 112842 Ninth street SE died Sunday after a long illness. Born March 28 1880 in Czechoslovakia she came to this country at five and lived near Ely before Cedar Rapids for over seventy years. Surviving are daughter Mrs Martha Peck and three sons Carl John Joseph all of Cedar Rapids five grandchildren four great grandchildren. Services 10 30 a m Wednesday at First Presbyterian church near Ely by Rev Arthur Nash. Burial First Presbyterian cemetery. Friends may call Brush chapel Cedar Rapids after 3 p m Tuesday.
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Zofie Kun
Godfrey B. Kun
Ninth Street
Czechoslovakia
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Martha Peck
Carl
John
Joseph
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur Nash
First Presbyterian Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Mary E Johnson 88 Cedar Rapids widow dies after long illness
Mary Elizabeth Johnson 88 widow of Emory D Johnson died after a long illness. Born January 31 1880 in Linn County she married Emory Johnson June 28 1896. Survived by sons Adolph R and Frank C both Cedar Rapids. daughters Pearl L Reed and Mrs George Riedel both Cedar Rapids. eight grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Memorial services will be announced later Turner Chapel West is in charge.
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Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Emory D. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Covington
Mr. Johnson
Linn County
Adolph R
Palo
Frank C
Pearl L. Reed
George Riedel
Turner Chapel West
Dial M for Murder in Color Starring Kelly and Milland
Channel 9 presents the suspenseful murder thriller Dial M for Murder in color featuring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland as a Monday night attraction.
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Dial
Grace Kelly
Ray Milland
Channel 9
Army Recruiters Enlist 12 Men From East Iowa
Twelve East Iowa men enlist in the armed forces and head to training camps. Robert Hartman and Steven Cook ship to Ft. Polk and Ft. Bliss respectively while others go to Ft. Leonard Wood and Ft. Dix for officer candidate school. Reported on leave are Marines James Klima and sailors Larry Bender and Daniel Vogel with Quass earning the Army Commendation Medal for valor in Vietnam.
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Army
Ft. Polk
Robert D. Hartman
Eighteenth Street
Walker B. Kelly
Iowa City
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Steven M. Cook
Forty-second Street
Thomas R. Oakley
Twenty-sixth Street
Jerry L. Crandall
Fourteenth Street
James R. Pelech
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Gregory D. Lebeda
Belle Plaine
James W. Osterkamp
Anamosa
Harry J. Naughton
Williamsburg
Edward L. Niedent
Evansdale
Donald W. McDonald
Ft. Dix
N.J
Marine Cpl
James Klima
June Klima
Linn Boulevard
Cherry Point
N.C
San Diego
Pfc
Larry Bender
John Bender
Chandler Street
Vietnam
Daniel J. Vogel
George Vogel
Hollywood Boulevard
Ft. Monmouth
Ft. Huachuca, Ariz
Coe Senate Rejects City Damage Payment
Coe college student senate declines to pay Cedar Rapids 93.85 for city equipment damage from the May 9 Flank day disturbance. Senate will push 16.50 for an officer cap and badge in next Campus Chest drive, while 77.35 covered two police cars. Mayor and city council view is that taxpayers should not bear costs from school sanctioned events.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
John Oberthien
Student Senate
Tim Mauldin
Mauldin
Coe
Joseph McCabe
Oberthien
McCabe
Panel to Study Government Pay Led by Frederick Kappel
President Johnson named a nine member commission to review pay levels of high level federal officials including Congress and the Supreme Court. Frederick Kappel of New York is named to head the panel which begins work next month and must report by December 1.
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Austin
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Frederick Kappel
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph
Juvenile Plea Brings Suspended Year in Cedar Rapids Breakin
John O. Peck 18 of 1432 Seventh Ave SE received a suspended one year sentence in county jail after changing his plea to guilty to breaking and entering. He admitted involvement in the March 2 Pazour Motor Sports theft in Cedar Rapids where two motorcycles valued at 1700 dollars were reported stolen. Peck had denied the charge on March 6. Judge J. Paul Naughton imposed the sentence.
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John O. Peck
Seventh Avenue SE
Peck
Pazour Motor Sports
Cedar Rapids
J. Paul Naughton
Linn Deputies Issue 48 Holiday Speeding Tickets
Sheriff Walter Grant said Linn County deputies issued 48 speeding summonses over a four day Memorial Day weekend. Radar checks found drivers in a 30 mph Central City zone from 10 to 38 mph over the limit and one driver hit 100 mph in the 45 mph Fairfax area.
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Linn
Walter Grant
Central City
Fairfax
Grant
Middle East Tilt Toward War Escalates After Arab Summit
One year after the Middle East conflict, Arab unity frays as forces push for renewed hostilities. Arab leadership split between moderate leaders like King Hussein and hardline factions in Saudi Arabia and Syria. The main threat stems from armed Arab commandos whose raids helped trigger the war, with peace hinging on Israel’s withdrawal from occupied lands per U N Security Council Resolution.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Israel
Sudan
U.N
Hussein
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Miller sues Miami firm for 42000 damages over lists and trade names
Evelyn M. Miller of Cedar Rapids sues Vitalife Corporation of America and president Edward Weaver in Linn district court for 42000 in damages. She alleges failure to return lists of customer names and addresses and loss of goodwill after the 1966 sale of rights to Vitalife and Vita Guard. The suit also claims 2000 damages for withholding addressing machines.
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Evelyn M. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Vitalife Corporation of America
Miami
Edward Weaver
Mrs. Miller
Linn District Court
Vitalife
Vita Guard
Miller
Central City Man Held on Second Offense DWI
William C. Nielsen aged 28 of Central City appeared in Cedar Rapids municipal court on a second offense drunk driving charge. The arresting patrolman said Nielsen pulled in front of a pickup on Sixth Street SW and Twenty seventh Avenue, blocking traffic. Judge Loren M. Hullinger set bond at $1,000 and Nielsen was given until Thursday to waive to the grand jury or demand a preliminary hearing.
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William C. Nielsen
Central City
Grand
Cedar Rapids
Niesen
Sixth Street
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Loren M. Hullinger
Sturm Sues Self as Cedars Bankrupt Ex Restaurateur
Leonard W. Sturm former Purple Cow operator in Cedar Rapids files for bankruptcy in federal court listing 39383 dollars in debts and 700 dollars in assets with 300 exempt. He ran the Cedar Rapids eatery from 1962 to 1966. Also filing are Frederick R. Wills a construction worker with undeclared debts and Maximillian and Mary Basemann with 17934 dollars in debts and 400 dollars in assets.
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Leonard W. Sturm
Purple Cow
Cedar Rapids
Sturm
Oakland Road NE
The
Frederick R. Wills
Old
Marion Road
Maximillian and Mary Basemann
Route Two
Violence at Oxford U as 500 students storm gates
Five hundred Oxford University students smashed high iron gates and clashed with campus police in a protest over leaflets and wage policy. Police bruises were reported. no arrests. Proctors promised rule revisions as students staged a sit in at the administration building.
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Oxford
England
Oxford University
British Motor Corp
Cowley
Body of Woman Found in River at Ellis Park
A woman estimated at about 50 years old was recovered from the river in the boat harbor at Ellis Park shortly after 1 p.m. Monday. Cedar Rapids police had not yet identified her by 2 p.m. Investigators had not determined cause of death or how long she had been in the water. Workmen found the body and alerted police.
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Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
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Steven C. Fisher
Judy Kilmer
Larry L. Witten
Dennis Drive
Terry G. DeMoss
First Avenue
Victor J. Lacy
Twenty-first Avenue
Ronald E. Jenkins
Mexico
Nevins H. Miller
Lloyd D. Haaz
Mason City
Edward L. Keener
Davenort
Dennis A. Gebel
Alta Vista
Donald D. Martin
Bloomfield
Ronald L. Jacquet
Fourth Avenue SE
James A. Melsha
First Street
Esther M. Lewis
Norway
Gale M. Brown
Seventh Street
Donald I. DeCamp
Glass Road
Deloris I. Cook
Center Point
James R. Hutchins
Doris A
Lientz
C Avenue NE
Lawrence A. Charipar
Twelfth Avenue
Ronald D. Utley
Third Avenue
Charles Moscow
George L. Gay
Samuel T. Morrison
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Rosary
Donohue’s. Vinton
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Tama
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Harrisons
Decorah
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St. Benedict's Church
Steine’s. Vinton
Lloyd Parker
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fry and Hell and
Marion Criswell
Fry
Holland
Elkader
Arthur M. Yearous
Bethany Lutheran Church
Witt’s. Oxford Junction
John Miller
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Hayden's
Joseph W. Kadlee
Brush
Methodist Church
Sorden and Adams
C.R
Mercy
Terry L. Fisher
Center Point Road
Wendell Aldrich
Hiawatha
Richard L. Cochrane
Twelfth Street
Robert F. Goebel
Center Street
Leon E. Elsbury
Alburnett
James A. Claflin
Seventeenth Street
Dudley D. Greiner
Tower Terrace
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St. Luke's
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Iowa Avenue
Jon Williams
Route One
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Blairstown
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Richmar Lane
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West
Ninth Avenue
Roger K. Lindsey
Linda Floyd
William R. Seden
Pauline M. Craven
Harold J. Mealhouse
Diana E. Swenson
Gary L. Preston
Penny L. Cooling
Lynn R. Seiler
Cynthia S. Koutny
Ronald M. Kofron
Marsha L. Proctor
Arthur C. Jones
Patricia L. Cook
Gary D. Oakley
Sue E. Jacobsen
James F. McVeigh
Michele J. Babish
Allan L. Jones
Dorothy J. Hartman
Frank J. Cerveny
Bernice L. Smith
Steven C. Kopp
Karen K. Ries
Loran L. Galpin
Panora
Terry A. Kutz
Stephen E. van Dellen
Betty J. Wynne
Leesburg
Fla
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Lee Ann Cruise
Robert Lee Cruise
Barbara Fef
House
Robert E. House
Phyllis L. Grunder
Edward Grunder
Howard I. Albin
Barbara A. Albin
Rock Island
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Ninth Avenues
Jack Patterson
Eleventh Street
Tom P. Owen
Johnson Avenue
Orval D. Faulkner
Seely Avenue
Walt D. Moscrip
Robert K. Keenan
Sherman Street
Richard A. Hathaway
George T. Cleveland
Thirteenth Avenue
Addalaide Wright
Elmer L. Conway
Old Marion Road
Dean A. Penn
Harold Drive
Harvey C. Knowles
Lorraine Street
Marie Richardson
Twenty Eighth Street
Betty B. Hardy
Skylark Lane
France
Paul Franzenburg
Melvin Synhorst
Lloyd Smith
Henry Ferguson
John Deere Tractor Works
Ferguson
Franzenburg
Governor's Office of
Sympathy Flower Shop
FTD Florist
Flowerphone
Walter Dunshee
Arizona
First Congregational Church
Richard Walton
Sacramento
J. Richard Wagner
Cedar Memorial
Joseph J. Buresh
Mrs. William Marek
Ernest W. Largent
Mary E. Johnson
John E. Lapes
East
Ronald R. Robinson
James N. Robinson
Edgewood Road
Marine Corps
Ronald F. Quass
Donald Quass
F Avenue
Quass
Kontum City
Beatty
Beurle
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Oxford U
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