Weather and obituaries fill June days in Gazette region
Daily records show high and low temperatures across cities, precipitation totals for June, and a 1968 rainfall total. The list continues with numerous funeral notices and service times for residents in Mt. Vernon Kalona Belle Plaine Monona Tipton West Union Oak Cascade Vinton Dyersville Williamsburg Olin Hayden Brooklyn Columbus City Sigourney and surrounding areas.
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Atlanta
Miam
Bismarck
Minapolis
Chicago
Oren Buin
Chaeeles
Wariinston Tao C.R
PAL Rgs
Tha
Tage
Frbnom
Mt. Vernon
Anton Biderman
Route Two
First Presbyterian Church
Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Brosh’s
Kalona
Harry A. Strabala
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
Peterseim
S. Belle Plaine
W. Scott Henry
Peffers-Halverson
W. R. White
Hraback
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Hayden's
Brooklyn
Elsie Keeney
Bramer
Deaths Christine Earhart 77 widow of Charles Earhart
Christine Earhart 77 of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness. Born August 26 1891 in Cordova Illinois she married Charles Earhart in Rock Island June 16 1914 and lived in Cedar Rapids 52 years. Survived by brother Chris Frederickson of St Petersburg Florida. Memorial 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel Reverend Ernest W. Larson to officiate. Burial Linwood. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at Hesser chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Earhart
Charles Earhart
B Avenue NE
Cordova
Ill
Rock Island
Earhart
Cedar Rapids
Star of Maine
Rebekah Lodge
Malta
Eastern Star
Daughters of the Nile
Social Order of Beauceant
Degree of Honor
Chris Frederickson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hesser Memorial Chapel
Ernest W. Larson
Trinity United Methodist Church
Linwood
Hesser Chapel
Edmonds Rites Set For Cedar Rapids Resident
Frank Allen Edmonds 898 Eleventh Street NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a short illness. Born March 10, 1902 in Vinton he married Ruth Stern Aug 24 1940 in Cedar Rapids. He was a Wilson and Co. employee of 22 years and a member of the Eagles lodge. Surviving are wife Ruth, brother Carl Edmonds of Vinton and sisters Esther Peters LaPorte City Pearl Kisling Urbana Florence Kisling Urbana. Memorial services at Turner Chapel East Monday 3 p.m. with Rev. Walter Kellison. burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call until 2:30 p.m. Monday. casket not opened after service.
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Frank Allen Edmonds
Eleventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Co
Vinton
Ruth Stern
Edmonds
Eagles Lodge
Carl Edmonds
Esther Peters
LaPorte City
Pearl Kisling
Florence Kisling
Urbana
Prague Admits Budget Deficit After 20 Years
Prague admits a national budget deficit for the first time in two decades of Communist rule. Finance Minister Bohumin Scucharda cites about 47 million dollars in shortfall and blames older leadership policies. Authorities assure there is no need for a new currency reform despite economic troubles.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bohumin Scucharda
Old Guard
Ambush Planned in Queens Kill Plot Involving Harris Howlette
Howlette testified he and Harris drove to Wilkins home in Queens to pick an ambush site on April 8 1967. The plan to kill the pair arose after Ferguson said moderates had signed a manifesto against black power.
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Harris
Howlette
Queens
Wilkins
Ferguson
Rocky in Warm Praise of Kirk
Governor Nelson Rockefeller praised Florida Governor Claude Kirk as a dynamic Republican leader and suggested he could be a possible vice presidential nominee.
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Rocky
Kirk
Tulsa
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Florida
Claude Kirk
Hoegen Aids California Study in Bellflower Visit
J Thomas Hoegen Cedar Rapids realtor and Build America Better committee chairwill travel to California June 23 26 to assist a Bellflower study suburb of Long Beach He will be joined by John A Dodds Detroit chairman of the advisory team William H Dolben Jr Boston and Thomas P Kohr Columbus The committee represents NAREB and seeks recommendations on conservation rehabilitation slum clearance and redevelopment.
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J. Thomas Hoegen
Cedar Rapids
Build America Better
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
California
Bellflower
Calif
Long Beach
Hoegen
John A. Dodds
Detroit
Mercy Hospital Nursing Commencement Honors Five Sets
Five radiologic technologists five medical technologists and eighty one nurses were graduated from Mercy hospital school of nursing at 7 30 p m Friday in Immaculate Conception Catholic The Most Rev James J Byrne Archbishop of Dubuque presided and conferred diplomas The Rev Roger E OBrien delivered the address Nancy Tiefenthaler Carroll received the 25 senior award for nursing spirit scholastic and clinical achievement Graduates in medical technology Judith Ann Benz Centerville Kathryn Glee Hemken Blairsburg Patricia Marie Kleespies Breda Judith Ann Suedkamp Adrian Minn and Mrs Robert Tosh Cedar Rapids Radiologic technology graduates Dixie Jo Ducacek Vinton Diana Elaine Farley Perry Leah Glynn Hanson Waukon Colleen Catherine McGraw Masonville Joyce Elaine Waterbeck Toledo Nursing graduates were listed previously
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Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
James J. Byrne
Dubuque
Roger E. O'Brien
Immaculate Conception
Patrick R. Connolly
Mercy Hospital
Nancy Tiefenthaler
Carroll
School of Medical Technology
Judith Ann Benz
Centerville
Kathryn Glee Hemken
Blairsburg
Patricia Marie Kleespies
Breda
Judith Ann Suedkamp
Adrian
Minn
Robert Tosh
Cedar Rapids
Dixie Jo Ducacek
Vinton
Diana Elaine Farley
Perry
Leah Glynn Hanson
Waukon
Colleen Catherine McGraw
Masonville
Joyce Elaine Waterbeck
Toledo
Immaculate Conception Church
Marilee Brustkern
Waterloo
Ann Willenberg
Dyersville
Tiefenthaler
Courthouse C R Man Admits Drunk Driving
William W. White of 186 Sixteenth Avenue SW pled guilty in Linn district court to a charge of second offense drunk driving. He was ordered committed to the Independence Mental Health Institute for alcoholism treatment before sentencing.
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William W. White
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Linn District Court
White
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Outlook improves for bullet baby in New York case
A two day old girl remained critical after passing a bullet lodged in her intestine. Doctors said she has a better chance of survival since no surgery is needed to remove the bullet. The infant weighed five pounds one and a half ounces and was born after her mother was shot in the abdomen.
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New York
Hopkinton Woman Hurt In Gravel Road Crash
Mary McDonnell twenty of rural Hopkinton lost control of her car two miles south of town on a gravel road Friday. She sustained facial lacerations and several loose teeth in the accident.
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Hopkinton
Mary McDonnell
Monument of bad planning haunts Indian housing project
Lawmakers heard that over 2,300 federally funded homes for impoverished Indians lack water and sanitation and may render 6,000 or more dwellings unfinished by 1969. Officials cited poor coordination among agencies and funding gaps, with $1,800 per home needed for facilities.
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Gress
Sen. Pastore
D-R.1
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rabeau
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of Housing and
Sirhan Joined Rosicrucian Order Months Before Kennedy Killing
Rosicrucian officer Arthur Piepenbrink said Sirhan Bishara Sirhan joined the Rosicrucian Order a few months before his arrest for the Kennedy assassination. The supreme secretary, 46, stated he was granted membership by letter to the San Jose headquarters and later had lapsed due to nonpayment of dues.
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San Jose
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
City Briefs Update: Stolen Items and Local Notices
A tricycle valued at 15 dollars was reported stolen from the Andre Girod residence at 218 Fifteenth Street NE. Other notices include stolen rods and reels worth 100 dollars from Allen Eckert at 1815 Ellis Blvd NW, a stolen antique lapel watch from Mrs. Robert Goodman, and a missing wedding ring set from Robert Andrews. Local court notices adjust jury reporting dates to June 24. Additional items mention a stolen Soap Box Derby racer, car tapes, a rare coin show event, and an assault on William Hayes with injuries reported at 1:30 a.m. Friday near 1300 First Avenue SE.
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Andre Girod
Fifteenth Street
Allen Eckert
Ellis Boulevard
Robert Goodman
First Avenue SE
Robert Andrews
Johnson Avenue NW
Robert Salmon
Linmar Drive
Vera Smith
Twelfth Street
Third Street
William Hayes
Ridgeside Drive
First Avenue
Lansing Girl Hurt In Two Car Mishap
Lois Knickerbocker a 14 year old passenger in La Verne Timmerman s car was injured in a two car collision at First avenue and Nineteenth street E Timmerman 23 of 1209 Third street SE and Roger Heiserman 33 of 106 North Towne Lane NE were the other drivers She was taken to Mercy hospital held overnight for observation and released Friday morning
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Lansing
Lois Knickerbocker
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
LaVerne Timmerman
Third Street
Roger Heiserman
North Towne Lane
Miss Knickerbocker
Mercy Hospital
Timmerman
Hillcrest and IMS Agency Merge Children Services
The South Iowa United Methodist Conference approved the merger of Hillcrest Children’s Services of Dubuque and Cedar Rapids with Iowa Methodist Services to Youth of Des Moines. New corporation Hillcrest Services to Children and Youth will operate in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Des Moines offering foster care, adoption, preventive services, counseling, and maternal home care with continued group home care for boys in Des Moines.
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Hillcrest Children’s Services
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Methodist
Des Moines
South Iowa
Iowa
United Methodist Church
Board of Trustees
Vietnam War Updates From Saigon Front Lines
Reports describe mortars hitting Quang Ngai airport and a Can Tho rice mill with civilian casualties. Viet Cong abducted 60 refugees near Da Nang after torching tents. Rockets detected around Saigon total 267 since Jan 29, while 304 caches were found. Embassies advise nonessential civilians to depart Saigon. US and France did not issue evacuations.
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Can Tho
da Nang
Saigon
U.S
France
South Vietnam
Soviet Protests Over Critical Yugoslav Czechoslovak Press
Moscow’s foreign ministry summoned Yugoslav and Czechoslovak ambassadors to protest articles published in both countries. Yugoslav dispatches criticized Soviet coverage of student unrest. Prague allowed Western reports on Jan Sejna defection to be reprinted.
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Moscow
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Jan Sejna
Prague
Student Leader Leaves London Amid Departure
Revolutionary student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit left London on an airliner bound for Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, signaling a dramatic withdrawal from the London scene.
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London
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Frankfurt
Germany
U S Begins Turnover Of Military to Turks
Site 23 a 15 million NATO relay station in Turkey is handed to Turkish general staff in a brief ceremony. An American flag is lowered as Turkish officers take over while officials stress continued NATO use under Turkish sovereignty.
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U.S
Golbasi
Turkey
United States
Cemal Tural
NATO
Parker T. Hart
Justice Party
Ahmet Topaloglu
Site 23
Soviet Union
Riley urges joint effort on Coralville reservoir project
State Senator Tom Riley, unopposed Republican candidate for the Second District, telegrams Congressman John Culver urging closer cooperation with Rep. Fred Schwengel to boost plans to raise the Coralville reservoir level. Culver plans a Coralville site public meeting. Schwengel says he has not been contacted.
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Tom Riley
John Culver
Coralville
Fred Schwengel
Riley
Rockefeller Cashes First State Salary Warrants
Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas governor since January 1967, cashed 33 state salary warrants totaling 10544.75 for the first time. Aides said the move avoided standard cancellation, and Rockefeller noted he planned to donate salary to the state mental hospital for a chapel but faced tax issues.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Judge Allows Blood Transfusions for infant Tammy Labella
A New Orleans judge overruled Jehovah's Witness parents to permit blood transfusions for eight month old Tammy Labella during surgery for a punctured esophagus. Judge Leon Blessing cited Supreme Court precedents on child welfare trumping parental rights in life or death cases.
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New Orleans
Tammy Labella
Leon Blessing
Tammy
Jehovah's Witnesses
Blessing
U. S. Supreme Court
Vietnam Peace Committee Protests Spock Trial
The Hanoi based Vietnam Peace Committee protested Saturday over the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock asserting he made great contributions to the humanitarian cause.
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Tokyo
Vietnam Peace Committee
Benjamin Spock
Liberal backers rally to McCarthy in plea for new policy
John Kenneth Galbraith, head of Americans for Democratic Action, renewed support for Eugene McCarthy and urged liberals to back his bid. He cited 70 to 80 percent of primary voters backing McCarthy or Kennedy, criticizing the Vietnam policy stance of Humphrey and calling for a rejection of old politics. He urged delegates and citizens to support McCarthy as the liberal answer to recent despair.
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Washington
John Kenneth Galbraith
Americans For Democratic Action
Eugene McCarthy
Galbraith
McCarthy
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Democratic Party
Hubert Humphrey
Martin Luther King
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Gazette
M. Feder and Sons
F Avenue
Frank Edmonds
School of Radiologic Technology
School of Nursing
C.R. Man
By Lawrence Knutson
Mundt
Edwin Rabeau
Public Health Service Division of Indian Health
Pastore
Karl
34Th St. NE
Moose Home
2Nd St. SE
Adv
Passion Vines
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
Montrose Hotel
Roy Lawrence
Anamosa
Hillcrest and
IMS Agency
Vietnam
Quang Ngai
By James Feron
New York Times News Service
Republic of Turkey
Ankara
EO Prin Des Et Council
Rapida
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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