Weather and community notices from a 1970s daily record
The page lists daily high and low temperatures for multiple cities with scattered forecast notes, a normal June climate line, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and year-ago highs and lows. It also records several minutes of traffic fines for stop sign violations and notes numerous funeral services with times, locations, and burial details across Iowa towns including Elkader, Victor, McAninch, Delhi, Aurora, Vinton, Manchester, Kalona, Greeley, Shelly's in Manchester, Monticello, and more.
Mississippi flood stages and Iowa births notice
Mississippi flood stage figures list LaCrosse Lansing Dam Dubuque Davenport Cedar Rapids Coralville Lake pool level rise. Individuals Rolland Smith Richard Waterhouse Leslie Santee Douglas Heiden William Eichhorst are named with addresses and newborns.
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Mississippi
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Miss Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Rolland Smith
Fortysecond Street
Richard Waterhouse
Urbana
Leslie Santee
Chandler Street
Douglas Heiden
Ryan
William Eichhorst
Third Avenue
Marion
Traffic citations and fines from Cedar Rapids area incidents
The report lists multiple small incidents with names and addresses from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Fines range from 10 to 20 dollars plus costs for speeding, disobedience of traffic signals, faulty equipment, and driver license violations. Several addresses and residents are named alongside times from Wednesday.
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William K. Megonigle
Independence
Kerry D. Hauser
Old Marion Road
Kay L. Wessale
Locust Road
Thomas M. Knight
Worthington Drive
Phyllis J._ Tielebein
Winthrop
Elaine Sallis
Eleventh Avenue
Lynn D. Clifft
A Avenue
James €. Yousse
West Post Road
Kathryn M. Wood
Oakland Road
David L. Dahl
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Anita J. Johnson
Otis Road
Steven E. Eldred
Springville
William F. Olinger
Cottage Grove Woods
Kenneth L. Wilkins
Briarwood
Ronald Stanbaugh
Shellsburg
Vaul H
Financier Fined On Contribution
John Loeb prominent Wall Street banker fined 3000 dollars for violating federal election laws by disguising a 45900 dollar contribution to Hubert Humphrey’s campaign. He pled no contest to three counts of an eight count information. He says unaware of law effective April 10 1972. He reimbursed staff who made the payments.
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New York
UPI
John Loeb
Wall Street
Hubert Humphrey
Loeb
Loeb, Rhoades and Co
U.S
John Cannella
Eisenhower Named Outstanding Father of 1943
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, famed Allied commander in North Africa, is selected as the outstanding father of 1943 by the National Father’s Day Committee, highlighting his leadership and wartime contributions.
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Voting Begins On Farm Bill
Washington AP reports the senate started voting on a new five year farm bill with amendments on subsidies, conservation, and payment limits. Humphrey won approval of an amendment to pay farmers for vegetative cover on land pulled from production, tied to crops through 1978, seen as a REAP restoration. The Nixon administration ended REAP for cost and usefulness reasons. Pending amendments seek to cut the $55,000 per crop payment limit.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Nixon
Talks Resume In Vietnam Truce Talks Amid Delta Fighting
Indo China talks resumed last month and again Wednesday with plans to meet Thursday. No details released. Nguyen Co Thach said points of the truce were reviewed. In the Mekong delta, four days of heavy fighting left 46 communists killed. Saigon counted 3 dead, 16 wounded. Delta totals show 207 communist troops killed, 29 government dead, 72 wounded, eight missing. Fighting also reported in Binh Dinh with evidence of escalation plans for Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces.
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U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen Co Thach
Mekong
Saigon
Kien Thien
Delta
Binh Dinh
Quang Ngai
Cedar Rapids man given up to ten years for forgery
A 19 year old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty to forging the name on a $24 check last December 12. He was sentenced to up to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory by Linn district Judge Ansel Chapman.
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Eared
Braenape
Mike
Anamosa On
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Ansel Chapman
Obituary: Earl W. Baird 67 of Cedar Rapids passes away
Earl W. Baird 67 of 1637 Thirteenth Street NW died at home after a brief illness. A 45 year Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. retiree and IBEW member, he was born June 4 1906. Survived by wife Sarah a daughter Ona Lee Andrews Memphis Tenn a son Ronald M. Baird Albuquerque NM three grandchildren three brothers and two sisters. Services Friday at 10 30 a m Turner Chapel West with Rev Earl W Osnes. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call Turner Chapel West until 10 a m Friday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
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Earl W. Baird
Thirteenth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
IBEW
Sarah
Ona Lee Andrews
Memphis
Tenn
Ronald M. Baird
Albuquerque
N. M
Robert
Elmer
George
California
Alice Fulton
Jane Lopez
Turner Chapel West
Earl W. Osnes
Ellis Park Church of God
Cedar Memorial
Palmer Rites Held For Cedar Rapids Native In Largo Florida
Helen M. Palmer aged 74 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Friday in Largo Florida after a brief illness Born May 4 1899 in Linn county she is survived by sisters Ida Feiereisen Mason City Hazel Babcock Cedar Rapids and nephew Orville Stearns of Chicago reared in the Palmer home Services Friday at 1 30 p m at the Teahen chapel with the Rev Harry Egner of the Calvary Baptist church Burial after 11 30 a m Friday at Teahen funeral home
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Helen M. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Largo
Fla
Linn County
Ida Feiereisen
Mason City
Hazel Babcock
Orville Stearns
Chicago
Palmer
Teahen Chapel
Harry Egner
Calvary Baptist Church
Teahen Funeral Home
Alioto Proposes Turning Schools Over to Teachers
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto proposes an experimental cooperative with three city schools run by teachers. Each school would receive a set per pupil budget and teachers could set curricula, hire a principal, and allocate funds within a city ceiling. Parents could transfer students if desired.
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San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Alioto
Board of Education
California
CBC Adds Satellite Movies to Arctic TV Service
Ottawa AP reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corp with satellite support now beams late night films to Arctic settlements expanding its television offerings and reaching remote viewers.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Arctic
Former Cedar Rapids resident Martin Udesen dies in Duluth
Martin C. Udesen 75 a Duluth Minnesota resident and former Cedar Rapids roller rink operator died Tuesday after a long illness. Surviving wife Florie two brothers Marvin of Newhope and Duane of Duluth two daughters Mrs Robert Van Orsdal of Waukesha and Mrs Melvin Leichsenring of Cedar Rapids 13 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Services set for 1 p.m. Friday at Johnson mortuary in Duluth.
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Cedar Rapids
Martin C. Udesen
Duluth
Minn
Udesen
Florie
Marvin
Newhope
Duane
Robert van Orsdal
Waukesha
Wis
Melvin Leichsenring
Johnson Mortuary
Cedar Rapids Woman Madaline Milligan Dies After Illness
Madaline R. Milligan 77 of 1507 Twenty-fifth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a long illness. Born December 12 1895 in Rock Island Illinois she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life. Survived by daughter Bernice Stolba and three granddaughters. Services 1 30 p.m. Saturday at Central Park Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Allen S Van Cleve. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner East until 1 p.m. Saturday. Casket will be closed after services.
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Madaline R. Milligan
Twenty-fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Ill
Bernice Stolba
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner East
Obits and funeral notices from Cedar Memorial and churches
Obituary notices for Gerald J Malloy Bertha Sadowsky Leslie Ankeny Anton J Novotny and Florence Fraser list church services at St Patrick Turner Chapel East Czech National Cemetery Jordans Grove Cedar Memorial with cremation or burial and arrangements by Cedar Memorial funeral home. Survivors include Esther Klemp Wausau Wis.
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Aleck Ulmer
First Church of the Nazarene
Jordans Grove Cemetery
Esther Klemp
Wausau
Wis
Novotny
Anton J
Chapel of Memories
Francis R. King
Olivet United
Florence E
John P. Woods
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Senate Debates Campaign Law In Iowa Senate
DES MOINES Iowa senators debated a campaign fund disclosure bill and an amendment by Sen John Nystrom to require candidates or committees to report contributions over 100 and keep records for over 25 The amendment also would require parties to report sources of 500 or more but the figure was cut to 100 by a 26 21 vote Other attempts to lower the threshold failed before lunch the senate passed the Nystrom amendment by voice vote.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
John Nystrom
R-Boone
Senate
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Watergate Hearings Continue With Testimony From Sloan
Sloan testified he feared administration retribution after truthfully recounting campaign money and the Watergate wiretap affair. He described pressure from Magruder to lie and seek money from Sloan for Liddy’s dirty tricks. Sloan noted a later Commerce post appointment and questioned the normalcy of the campaign’s direction. The Watergate hearings faced news coverage debates as Cox sought to limit access to certain testimony.
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Porter
Magruder
Liddy
Hugh Sloan
Sloan
Administration
Jeb Magruder
Haldeman
Dwight Chapin
Maurice Stans
John Mitchell
Ine Sim
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Sam Ervin
Cox
John Sirica
Committee
Senate
Missing Iowa fisherman shifts search to Canadian bush
Jerald Bronemann a 34 year old Monticello Iowa attorney and Jones county Republican chairman vanished after a night fishing trip near Slenderlake in Ontario. Police divers failed to locate him and said he may be lost in dense bush with tracing dogs due at daybreak. Bronemann was last seen Monday night by three companions who notified authorities Tuesday morning.
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Bronemann
OPP
Lake
Gerald Schubeick
John Kortemeyer
Michael Goettsch
Monticello
Slender Lake
Ontario
Thunder Bay
Jones County
City Pools to Open Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Four Cedar Rapids municipal swimming pools will open for the season Saturday at 1 p.m. Cashiers will be on duty to sell season tickets Friday 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Pools are in Ellis Bever Jones and Noelridge parks.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis, Bever, Jones and Noelridge Parks
Judge Says Bonds Require Periodic Checks to Prevent Oversight
The judge stated uncertainty about future actions but emphasized periodic checks of bonds to ensure no foul-up in handling them. She said she cannot commit to a yes or no and vowed to review all precedents to prevent oversight going forward.
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Supreme Court
Ends 45 Years As School Dad
CAMPBELLSBURG IN AP For the first time in 45 years none of J Harry Clipp s 16 children is in school. The 74 year old retired farmer had one or more Clipps in area schools each year since 1928. Danny Clipp s graduation ended the long run. Between Danny and Robert now 52 as many as eight Clipps were in school simultaneously. The oldest three were by his first wife who died. the other 13 are by Edith his present wife.
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Campbellsburg
Ind
J. Harry Clipp
Clipp
Robert Clipp
Danny Clipp
Danny
Robert
Clipps
Edith
Final Allocations Slated Monday on Shared Revenue
Linn supervisors set Monday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. to finalize the 253,627 check from the first installment of the county 1973 federal general revenue sharing funds. If no complaints arise, tentative allocations from last Monday will be affirmed. a Gazette error misstated the secondary roads total, which is 92,000. Supervisor Jean Oxley praised reactions to the proposals.
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Linn
Jean Oxley
St Luke's to Open Practical Nursing School
Twenty years ago, Supt. Louis B. Blair announced a new school of practical nursing to open in September at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
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Louis B. Blair
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Cadet Survives Pain of Mates Silent Treatment
WEST POINT AP James Pelosi aged 21 from West Hempstead N Y endured 19 months of isolation at the U S Military Academy after a Cadet Honor Committee ruled he violated a writing ban. He stayed at the academy, graduated 452nd in a class of 939, and will attend Infantry and Ranger schools before assignment to West Germany.
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West Point
N. Y
James Pelosi
U. S. Military Academy
Pelosi
West Hempstead
Ft. Benning
Ranger
West Germany
Skylab Walk Preparations Slow. Crew Delays Start
Skylab astronauts planned to begin their walk about 90 minutes early, with the commander noting a leg up on preparations. Minor problems slowed progress, so the crew kept to the original schedule and exited at about 11 13 a.m. rather than earlier.
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Mission Control
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Solon
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Twenty-third Street
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Philip G. Schreiner
Brentwood Place
Iowa
Elkader
Henry C. Eberhardt
Witt's
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Clayton Center
Goettsch’s. Monticello
Gene Taylor
First Presbyterian Church
Goettsch
C.R
Coralville Lake
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Michael W. Nash
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Indo-China
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Lewis Petrak
Fairfax
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Swisher
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Ely
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Fairmont
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Czech National Cemetery
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