Cedar Rapids Classics and Local Notes Across Pages
A Cedar Rapids newspaper page mix covers graduation notes from Jefferson High School, a speeding fine story, a Western summit on Soviet moves in Africa, Philippine business comments on martial law, an open letter by James Reston about search cases, tax tips on selling a house, Jackie Gleason’s medical update, Capricon One film premise, broadcasting ad restrictions, pork production forecast, NBA finals setup in Seattle, and Billy Martin’s 50th thoughts.
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Philippines
Cedar Rapids
Page
Weather Cloudiness Increases With 30 Percent Shower Chance
A census taker joke frames a fifth grader's remark about visiting homes to count people. Weather forecast calls for increasing clouds tonight with a 30 percent chance of showers, lows near 60, and highs around 80 on Tuesday. Light southerly winds tonight.
Fleck Gives Back Through Race Proceeds At Hawkeye Downs
Keith Fleck a Cedar Rapids beer distributor and longtime sports fan blends service with charity. A former Army Corps of Engineers veteran he travels from bar to rink to rally support for the Falstaff 100 at Hawkeye Downs and other community events.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith T. Fleck
Fleck
Bac
Army
San Diego
South Pacific
Army Corps of Engineers
Gazette
Hawkeye Downs
Watergate panelist Montoya dies at 62
Former Senator Joseph Montoya of New Mexico and longtime liberal voice on the Senate Watergate Committee died at 62 after hospitalization for gastro intestinal bleeding. A Democrat first elected to Congress in 1957 and the Senate in 1964, he opposed Nixon nominees and backed consumer protection and truth in advertising while supporting Vietnam war end measures.
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Washington
Joseph Manuel Montoya
New Mexico
Senate Watergate Committee
Montoya
Georgetown University Hospital
Joseph Jr
New Mexico House
Georgetown University
Mexico House
State Senate
Congress
Senate
Edwin Mechem
Dennis Chavez
Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement Haynsworth
G. Harrold Carswell
Nixon Justice Department
Supreme Court OK's return of Joan Little to North Carolina
The Supreme Court ordered the immediate return of Joan Little to North Carolina state prison where she fears abuse or death. Little escaped Beauford jail after a 1975 acquittal for murder related to a jailer’s death and had sought to stay in New York City pending appeal.
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Supreme Court OK
Joan Little
Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Miss Little
Raleigh
N.C
New York City
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Lit
Tle
Beauford County
Women's Correctional Center
Beauford
Car-Bus Crash Near Cedar Rapids Kills Woman
A Sunday afternoon crash at Ellis Boulevard and Edgewood Road NW in Cedar Rapids killed Patricia Nordmann, 24, and injured 13 others when her car struck the rear of a Good News Baptist Church bus turning onto Edgewood Road. Nordmann died at St Luke's Hospital from multiple injuries.
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Ellis Boulevard
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Nordmann
Birchwood Drive
Good News Baptist Church
Nordmann
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids Bus Crash Claims Fifth Death This Year
A bus crash in Cedar Rapids killed a woman with head throat and chest injuries, the fifth fatality of the year. Eleven children on the bus were injured but not seriously, and the driver Robert Mittan was treated and released. Nordmann and Braumann, a passenger and a car occupant, were listed in fair condition with facial lacerations. Police continued the investigation as four ambulances aided at the scene and firefighters extricated the Nordmann vehicle. Several children were treated and released at Mercy and St. Luke's Hospitals for head, neck, or limb injuries. Additional details followed for others treated at Mercy and St. Luke's, with two more names noted. The incident occurred around 12:30, causing three hours of traffic disruption.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Mittan
16Th Ave
St. Luke’s
Nordmann
Robert F. Braumann
Second Ave. SE
Mercy Hospital
Braumann
Tara Martin
North Towne Court
Tera A. Willhout
Thiher
Hiawatha
Phillip Wideboer
Robins Road
Richard W. Cummings
Summer Circle
Daniel Wideboer
Dawn M. Shaffer
Brandon Ave
Gina Blount
Brad Unkel
Tracy Zahn
Westland Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tory Machado
Clymer Road
Joey Bount
Feathers Fly in Hopkinton Chicken Pluckin Contest
Veronica Leneberg contends with a wrist in a cast as Hopkinton Civil War Days hosts a chicken pluckin contest. Carol Zumbach wins 15 dollars with a clean pluck, while Veronica places second and Maxine Zangerle third amid crowd enthusiasm and questions over animal killing methods.
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Veronica
Hopkinton
Carol Zumbach
Coggan
Arlene Ejisermann
Cascade
Mary
Arlene
the Clucker
Veronica Leneberg
Maxine Zangerle
Mrs. Zumbach
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Jefferson High School
The
Western
Africa
James Reston
Bryan R. White
Sylvia Porter
Jackie Gleason
Sheriff Buford T
Justice
Smokey and the Bandit
Agriculture Department
Seattle
Billy
Martin
Marion
Associated Press
UPS
NEW York Times
Iowa
By Jeanne Steele
Thedford
Jefferson
Tokyo
Doris Dudley
Churdan
Watergate
Anderson Carter
Joseph Montoya
By John Carlson
Boone
Bill Corbin
Diane Corbin
Ames
Coggon
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