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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1971
Page
6
Highs and rainfall figures for June and 1971 season reported. Multiple obituaries and service notices listed for towns including Cascade Coralville Dyersville Independence Monticello Tipton Traer and Williamsburg with names ages and service details.
The Rev. H. B. Geers, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williamsburg, died of a stroke at the rectory. He was a longtime local clergyman and church leader.
William Maman reported a burglary at his home on Sharwood drive NE. Entry occurred late Friday or early Saturday and $180 in twenty dollar bills was stolen.
The Cedar Rapids NAACP executive board endorses a full investigation into alleged racial discrimination at Kirkwood Community College following the termination of grant funds for Don Fleetwood, a black veteran in a business training program. Mayor Canney supports a human rights commission inquiry to avoid pre judgment.
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Wine Advisory Board chair warns summer heat could ruin fine wines at the Iowa Liquor Commission Camp Dodge storage facility. He notes warehouses reach up to 90 to 100 degrees in summer and stresses the need to keep wines cool to prevent spoilage.
Harry H. Metzger 1615 Thirty-second street NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a sudden illness. Born September 6, 1886 in Everly Harlingen he lived most of his life in Cedar Rapids. Services are at Turner chapel cast at 9 a.m. Monday with Rev. J. Richard Wagner of First Congregational Church officiating.
Chapel services set for Anna G Hulet at Bethel AME Church at 1 30 PM Monday with cremation following. Friends may visit Turner's Chapel East until 9 PM today and at the church from 10 AM to 1 PM Monday. Casket remains closed after service. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
The report traces a narcotics supply from Jan 1 to May 1 with shipments of opium kilo quantities and morphine base. It notes trawler-based movement toward the Lema islands near Hong Kong for loading into Hong Kong junks and rising No 4 heroin prices. It cites increased heroin addiction among U S servicemen in South Vietnam and insurgent-controlled opium refining areas in Burma, Laos, and Thailand as part of ongoing narcotics activity.
Richard Meinen of 85 Florida Avenue SW was admitted to St Luke's hospital after a jack slipped and a truck fell on him at his residence. A hospital spokesman said he was being observed for abdominal injuries.
Delegates to the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to allocate $20,000 to each of three nurse training schools in Iowa. The schools are at Iowa Methodist hospital in Des Moines, St. Luke's Medical Center in Sioux City, and St. Luke's Methodist hospital in Cedar Rapids.
A Nader group study urges a $20 million FTC action plan to curb mergers by the 500 largest firms, ban new consolidations unless assets are divested, break up shared oligopolies, repeal so called fair trade laws, and merge the justice department Antitrust Division with the FTC. It criticizes past enforcement, cites Johnson era faults, and questions large firms’ efficiency and innovation, estimating social costs of monopoly between 48 and 900 billion annually.
Cedar Rapids briefs list meetings for Hiawatha Council Optimists Kiwanis and more at city buildings and clubs. Includes church events, school board session, florist and sale ads, and a note on price increases for Inn Keeper services starting June 7 1971.
Leo J. Schulte 61 of Walford died Saturday after a long illness. Born April 19, 1910 in Walford he farmed locally and belonged to Holy Trinity Catholic church. Survived by wife Grace Van Antwerp four sons Larry Donald David Stephen two grandchildren sister Matilda. Services Tuesday 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity. rosary 8 p.m. Monday at Janeba Kuba funeral home Cedar Rapids.
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