Local Family Announcements and Weather Summary
Daily Record weather notes show Saturday highs around 66 and 65 with late evening 56 and a 30.28 barometer reading. June tallies include 1.20 normal for June and 5.21 normal, total 16.61 for 1972. Birth notices list Ted Fuhrer, Charles Frantz, Vernon Sand, Paul Robertson, German Walker, Lowell Lain, Jan Messer, Daryl Gladwin, Ronald Capps, and other newborns. weddings and service notices follow for several towns including Hiawatha, Palo, Marion, Dysart, and San Diego. Community obituaries include Stella Sibcey, Joe Kapucian Jr., and Bertha Ward with service details and memorials. several funeral homes and churches noted in Lisbon, Morgan’s Mt. Vernon, Olin, Oxford Junction, Haylock-O’Hara’s, Rowley, Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Thomas Patterson
Fifth Avenue
Hiawatha
Ted Fuhrer
Larry Drive
Charles Frantz
Palo
Vernon Sand
Center Point Road
Paul Robertson
Highview Drive
Marion
German Walker
Surrey Drive
Lowell Lain
Fourth Street
Jan Messer
Dysart
Daryl Gladwin
Avenue NW
Ronald Capps
Seely Avenue
Wendell Booth
Randall Washburn
Sidney Street
Ronald Prescott
Danbury Street
Keystone
Joe Kapucian, Jr
Felmer’s
Lisbon
Stella Sibcey
Federated Church
University Hospitals
Morgan's
Mt. Vernon
Merrill Burge
Methodist Church
Morgan’s
Olin
Howard Grassfield
Goettsch’s
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Maeme Pashek
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mayflower
Haylock-O’hara
S. Rowley
Wilbur G. Miller
Seattle
Wash
White’s
Independence
Rowley Cemetery
Wellman
Bertha Ward
Powell’s
End of An Loc siege signals Saigon victory
After two months of heavy bombardment and fighting, allied officials say An Loc remains under Saigon control as North Vietnamese forces retreat into Cambodia. Casualties exceed 4,000 for South Vietnamese, with daily losses around 10 killed and 60 wounded in the city. shelling peaked at 7,800 rounds in one day. Military observers note the Viet Cong four divisions aimed to seize An Loc within 10 days and capture Saigon within a month, but air strikes and time delays disrupted their plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Loc
U.S
Indo-China
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Cambodia
An Loe
Highway 13
Binh Long
Hue
Bastogne
Deaths of Glenn H Herrick of Waterloo during visit
Glenn Howard Herrick a former Geerling Feed Co. accountant born January 12 1889 in Masonville Illinois died Saturday after a brief illness while visiting his step daughter Ellen Hardesty of 1574 Third Avenue SE Waterloo. He married Hazel Campbell Swain May 29 1941 in Missouri and was a 50 year Mason and member of First Presbyterian in Waterloo. Surviving are his wife daughter Mrs Russell I Jones Cedar Rapids son Robert Herrick Johannes burg Africa step daughter and step son plus nine grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren and brother Col Charles Herrick of Oakland California. Services at Turner Chapel East Tuesday at 3 pm conducted by Rev Wayne Overholser with viewing after 1 pm Monday until 2 30 pm Tuesday. Casket to remain closed after service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geerling Feed Co
Waterloo
Masonville
Ill
Herrick
Hazel Campbell Swain
Missouri
First Presbyterian Church
Mason
Russell I. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Robert Herrick
Johannesburg
Africa
Robert Swain
Col
Charles Herrick
Oakland
Calif
Turner Chapel East
Wayne Overholser
First Presbyterian Church of
Turner East
Controversy Over General LaVelle Retirement and Dismissal
Four star general LaVelle faced scrutiny as he was relieved of command of the Seventh Air Force in March 1972. A House Armed Services subcommittee opened a hearing amid questions over irregularities in command and alleged violations of orders after U S bombing raids. White House nominates him to retire at lieutenant general as debate continues over actions in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Air Force
John D. Ryan
Air Force
United States
White House
LaVelle
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Pike
North Vietnam
Obituaries and Services for Johnson Spitznagle Grooms Kusilka and Valerie Martha
Obituaries list multiple services at Brosh Turner East and Turner West chapels. Johnson Orlena and Valerie Martha Johnson, burial at Linwood cemetery. Spitznagle Henry burial Czech National cemetery. Grooms Mitchell at Linwood. Kusilka Virginia burial Czech National cemetery. Services conducted by Reverends Oscarson Da noeerakt Griffis Ellerbeck. Friends may call at turner chapels. Services scheduled Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Cemetery
Turner West
City Briefsitem: Courley Gun Pointing Arrest and Car Fire
Dennis C. Courley, 26, of 810 Ingleside Drive SW, posted $110 bond and was released after arrest on a warrant charging him with pointing a gun at another person. An abandoned car at 1525 Bever Avenue SE was damaged by fire as a boy playing with matches sparked the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis C. Courley
Ingleside Drive
Bever Avenue SE
Eyewitness Account of Canyon Lake Dam Burst
Mrs. Owen reports torrential rain caused Canyon Lake dam to fail, sending a wall of water down Rapid Creek through Rapid City. Many canyon homes destroyed, several people missing, and communication with Rapid City hindered by the flood aftermath. Owens family sheltered at home after others fled west of Rapid City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Canyon Road
Rapid City
Owen
Canyon
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Land Use Bill Grants Escrowed Funding Across Three Years
The proposal sets 7 percent in year one 14 percent in year two and 21 percent in year three. Funds are held in escrow and released after the state satisfies the bill terms. It would require states to use zoning powers and other authorities to implement the land use programs.
Marion Man 25 Dies. Rites Pending
Francis R. Allison, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Kelley of 140 Tenth Street, Marion, died suddenly Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements are pending at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion News
Francis R. Allison
Maynard Kelley
Tenth Street
Marion
Murdoch Funeral Home
North Vietnamese Attack Probes Saigon Flanks Near Moc Hoa
Military sources report North Vietnamese forces clashed with South Vietnamese units Friday at Moc Hoa near the Cambodian border west of Saigon. Fighting also continued around An Loc and Hue with casualties and arms caches found. A week-old crash of a chartered Nationalist Chinese aircraft was confirmed, with 14 Americans among the missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moc Hoa
Saigon
Hue
U.S
Central Highlands
Read and Use Want Ads Regularly
A compact note urges readers to put their finger on what they need by reading and using want ads regularly to locate goods and services. It highlights frequent value in local listings and encourages daily attention to classified notices for timely finds.
Flood Disaster Deepens in Rapid City Area
The Black Hills flood wrecked homes and swept debris into streets and golf courses. Red Cross fed 2,000 homeless in Rapid City and reported over 500 homes destroyed or damaged. More than 900 injured, emergency centers opened, and heavy rains fed the disaster after the Canyon Lake dam failed, sending a four foot wall of water through Rapid City. Many bodies unidentified, removed with urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Rapid City
Red Cross
Midwest
Black Hills
Canyon Lake
Rapid
Canyon
Rockford Group Wins Cedar Rapids Drum Contest
The Phantom Regiment of Rockford Illinois won the Cedar Rapids Tournament of Drums at Kingston Stadium, scoring 62.55 points to edge two rivals, the Imperials of Skokie and another contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phantom Regiment
Rockford
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Kingston Stadium
Imperials
Skokie
Emerald Knights host Drum Tournament and Waterloo parade
The Cedar Rapids Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps hosted the Tournament of Drums with the Colts 45s of Dubuque scoring 62.15 points and See photo on page 20A lll noting 62.35 by another corps. Waterloo Royals scored 57 and Clinton Nee-Hi’s 50.7 as fourth and fifth. Emerald Knights will join a parade and competition in Waterloo Sunday.
Phone Company Asks Restraint on Rapids City Calls
Northwestern Bell urged Rapid City residents to limit calls to the flood area as repairs connected Rapid City with Spearfish and Deadwood. About 15,000 customers remained without service and officials asked only essential calls. Lines were jammed and outbound traffic slowed, with hour delays for lines out of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapids City
Rapid City
S. D
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Black Hills
Spearfish
Deadwood
South Dakota
Wallace Seeks Real Input At Miami Convention
Wallace plans to attend the Democratic National Convention in Miami despite being hospitalized and briefly paralyzed from a May 15 assault. McGovern aides said the governor might fit into the administration, as Muskie endorses shift, while Oklahoma and Michigan delegates show mixed support for each candidate amid tense convention jockeying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGovern
Wallace
New York
Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Sen. McGovern
Hannah Atkins
Miami
Detroit
George Wallace
Michigan
Alabama
Missouri
Democratic
Warren E. Hearnes
Edmund S. Muskie
Waterloodemands push for school system reform and staff dismissals
Waterloo officials respond to late month classroom incident with a push to upgrade human relations in schools. Diestelmeier cites progress, noting board approval of multi ethnic materials and active minority staffing recruitment. He did not address demands to dismiss West Junior High teacher Alice Hayes and principal Joe Doyle following a racial slur controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diestelmeier
Waterloo
West Junior
New Zealander condemns French Pacific nuclear tests
STOCKHOLM AP New Zealand environment minister Duncan MacIntyre condemned France for conducting "intolerable" nuclear tests in the Pacific. He urged the UN environment conference to condemn the blasts and pledged to work with Pacific nations to press Paris to halt testing. He questioned why environmental talks sidestep nuclear energy misuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
New Zealand
France
Pacific
U. N. Environment Conference
Duncan MacIntyre
Paris
McDonnell Douglas test flies advanced Skyhawk II plane
Palm Springs California McDonnell Douglas says a new Skyhawk II light attack aircraft completed its first test flight. Orders have come from Israel New Zealand Singapore Argentina and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmdale, Calif
API
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Israel
New Zealand
Singapore
Argentina
Australia
Cedar Rapids Gazette details and pricing notes
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier 75 cents a week and various mail options including night edition Sunday 6 issues at 2 dollars per month and 19 dollars per year, with different rates for afternoon editions and U.S. territories. No mail subscriptions are accepted in Gazette carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
St. Luke's
Iowa City
Ricky Leach
Washington Avenue
San Diego
Navy Bm
John Farinsky
Farinsky
Avery Litts
D Avenue NE
Glenn H. Herrick
Glenn Howard Herrick
Ellen Hardesty
Third Avenue SE
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
House
Dmz
City
Rapid Creek
Marion Man
Teahen Funeral Home
Marian F. Teahen
Elden B. Rohn Mortician
First Ave
Richard Blystone
My Chanh River
Not
Rockford Group
Dana Aaa
Monahan
Stewar
Beatty-Bearle
3Rd Ave. S.E
John E. Lapes Flowers
3Rd Avenue
Jace
David Hall
New
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Joan B. Turner & Son
Second Avenue East
First Avenue West
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