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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1968

Page

9

Daily Record weather and obituaries update

The Daily Record notes a high Tuesday of 78, low 56, no rainfall for the period, and June totals at 2.08 inches with a normal 5.28. A variety of funeral notices follow for Mt. Vernon, Kalona, Belle Plaine, Monona, Tipton, West Union, Burr Oak, Cascade, Vinton, Dyersville, Williamsburg, Olin, Hayden's Brooklyn, Columbus City, Sigourney, and others with service times and locations listed.

Gazette Mt. Vernon Anton Biderman First Presbyterian Church Campbell Cemetery Cedar Rapids Friends m Brosh’s Cedar ‘Rapids Kalona Harry A. Strabala Holy Trinity Catholic Church Richmond Peterseim’s Belle Plaine W. Scott Henry Peffers-Halverson's W. R.white Hraback's Monona Stephen Johnson St. Paul's Lutheran Church Tipton Clarence R. Mussig Sheets and Son West Union Minnie Weatherby Burnham

Deaths Christine Earhart longtime Cedar Rapids resident

Christine Earhart 77 widow of Charles Earhart formerly of 1623 B avenue NE died Friday after a long illness. Born August 26, 1891 in Cordova Illinois she married June 16 1914 in Rock Island. A Cedar Rapids resident 52 years she belonged to multiple fraternal bodies and clubs. Survived by brother Chris Frederickson of St Peters burg Florida Memorial services 1 30 p m Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel with Rev Ernest W Larson burial Linwood. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.

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

Death of Cedar Rapids Resident Frank Edmonds

Frank Allen Edmonds aged thirty years died Friday after a short illness. Born March 10, 1902, in Vin ton he married Ruth Stern August 24, 1940, in Cedar Rapids. He was a Wilson and Co. employee for 22 years and a member of the Eagles lodge. Survived by wife Ruth, a brother Carl Edmonds of Vinton, three sisters Esther Peters of LaPorte City and Pearl Kisling and Florence Kisling both of Urbana. Memorial services will be held at Turner chapel east at 3 p.m. Monday with Rev. Walter Kellison of Peoples church officiating. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call until 2:30 p.m. Monday. casket will not be opened after the service.

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 Iowa Turner Chapel Walter Kellison the Peoples Church Linwood Cemetery

Prague Admits Budget Deficit Amid Economic Struggles

Prague reports a national budget deficit for the first time in 20 years of communist rule, totaling about 47 million dollars. Finance Minister Bohumil Scucharda cites old guard policies as the cause and says no currency reform is needed despite severe economic problems.

Prague Czechoslovakia Bohumil Scucharda Old Guard

Plot continues as accomplices plan ambush and killings

Howlette and Harris recall driving to Wilkins residence on April 8, 1967 to find an ambush site. They decided to kill the moderates after Ferguson said a manifesto against black power had been signed.

Harris Howlette Queens Wilkins Ferguson

Hoegen To Aid in California Study

J Thomas Hoegen Cedar Rapids realtor and Build America Better committee chair will travel to Bellflower California June 23 to 26 to help conduct a study on conservation rehabilitation and redevelopment. He is joined by John A Dodds Detroit chairman of the advisory team William H Dolben Jr Boston and Thomas P Kobhr Columbus.

J. Thomas Hoegen Cedar Rapids Build America Better National Assn. of Real Estate Boards California Bellflower Calif Long Beach Hoegen John A. Dodds Detroit William H. Dolben, Jr Boston Thomas P. Kobhr Columbus

Mercy Hospital Commencement Honors Nursing and Tech Graduates

Five radiologic technologists five medical technologists and 31 nurses completed Mercy hospital school programs. Archbishop James J. Byrne presided conferred diplomas with Rev. Roger E. O'Brien delivering the address. Nancy Tiefenthaler received the $25 senior nursing award.

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

Court Admits Linn County Drunk Driving Guilty Plea

William W. White, 40, of 186 Sixteenth Avenue SW, pled guilty in Linn district court to a second offense drunk driving. He was ordered committed to the Independence mental health institute for alcoholism treatment before sentencing on the DUI charge.

William W. White Sixteenth Avenue SW Linn District Court White Mental Health Institute Independence

Outlook improves for bullet baby in New York case

A 2 day old girl, weighing five pounds one and a half ounces, remains critical after passing a bullet lodged in her intestine. Doctors say she has a better survival chance as the bullet will not require surgical removal, following the mother's abdomen shooting.

New York

City Briefs Showcase Weekend Stolen Items and Local Notices

A string of petty thefts and incidents reported this week includes a $15 tricycle stolen from 218 Fifteenth street NE, $100 rods and reels taken from a dock behind 1815 Ellis boulevard NW, and an antique lapel watch missing from a home on First avenue SE. Other items stolen include a wedding and engagement ring valued at $50 from 1705 Johnson avenue NW, a yellow Soap Box Derby racer from 1740 Linmar drive NE, and an automotive tape player plus two tapes from Vera Smith at 1053 Twelfth street NE. Also noted are a June 15 roast beef supper ad and a July-like municipal court note about a Hopkinton driver with injuries. Police report an assault at 1300 First avenue SE, leaving facial and arm injuries.

Allen Eckert Ellis Boulevard Robert Andrews Johnson Avenue Vera Smith Twelfth Street Third Street

Monument of Bad Planning Hinders Indian Housing Program

Congress heard that more than 2,300 federally financed homes for impoverished Indians lack water and sanitation facilities, with total unusable homes possibly reaching 6,000 or more by fiscal 1969. Officials blamed poor coordination among agencies and funding shortfalls.

Gress Sen. Pastore D-R.l Senate Appropriations Committee Rabeau Bureau of the Budget Congress

Lansing Girl Hurt In Two Car Mishap

A 14 year old Lansing girl Lois Knickerbocker was injured in a two car crash at First avenue and Nineteenth street E. Timmerman 23 of 1209 Third street SE turned into Heiserman 33 of 106 North Towne Lane NE. Knickerbocker was taken to Mercy hospital for observation and released the next morning.

Lansing Lois Knickerbocker First Avenue Nineteenth Street LaVerne Timmerman Third Street Roger Heiserman North Towne Lane Miss Knickerbocker Mercy Hospital Timmerman

Sirhan Joined Rosicrucian Order Months Before Kennedy Killing

Rosicrucian supreme secretary Arthur Piepenbrink says Sirhan Bishara Sirhan joined the Rosicrucian Order a few months before he was arrested for the Robert Kennedy murder. He received membership by letter, but Piepenbrink notes the dues lapsed due to nonpayment.

San Jose Calif Sirhan Bishara Sirhan

Hillcrest and IMS Agency Join Forces

The merger of Hillcrest Children’s Services of Dubuque and Cedar Rapids with Iowa Methodist Services to Youth of Des Moines received final approval from the South Iowa United Methodist Conference. The new Hillcrest Services to Children and Youth will operate in Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Des Moines offering foster care adoptive and preventive services counseling for unmarried parents and maternity home care with group home care for troubled boys in Des Moines.

Hillcrest Children’s Services Dubuque Cedar Rapids Iowa Methodist Des Moines South Iowa Iowa United Methodist Church Board of Trustees

U S Begins Turnover Of Military to Turks

The United States started handing over Site 23 in Golbasi Turkey a major NATO relay and listening center to the Turkish general staff in a brief ceremony. The 15 million installation sits 23 miles south of Ankara on 340 acres and will operate under Turkish officers with American support.

Golbasi Turkey United States NATO Parker T. Hart Justice Party Ahmet Topaloglu Ankara Site 23 Soviet Union

Vietnam War Brief: Mortars Hit Quang Ngai and Can Tho

Mortar rounds struck Quang Ngai airport killing one civilian and wounding 20 while Can Tho faced four mortar rounds with four civilians killed and four wounded. A refugee camp south of Da Nang was raided with 60 abducted after tents burned. Rocket findings near Saigon rise to 267 hits since Jan. 29 and 304 rockets found in caches.

Can Tho da Nang U S U.S Saigon France South Vietnam

Soviet protests recall criticism from Czechoslovakia

The Soviet foreign ministry summoned ambassadors from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia to protest critical articles about the USSR in their press. Yugoslav reporters faced cited dispatches while Prague allowed Western reports on Jan Sejna defection to be reprinted. The ministry warned Prague to safeguard Soviet Czechoslovak relations.

Moscow Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Jan Sejna Prague

Student Leader Leaves London

Revolutionary student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit departed London aboard a flight to Frankfurt signaling a new phase in student protests.

London Daniel Cohn-Bendit Frankfurt Germany

Riley urges cross party help on Coralville reservoir

State Sen. Tom Riley urged Congressmen Culver and Schwengel to cooperate on raising Coralville reservoir levels. Riley, unopposed Republican in the 2nd district, urged joint effort to ensure project success. Culver planned a Coralville meeting with an appropriations member. Schwengel said he had not been contacted.

Tom Riley John Culver Coralville Fred Schwengel Riley

Rockefeller cashes first state salary warrants

Governor Winthrop Rockefeller cashed 33 state salary warrants totaling 10 544 75 for the first time since taking office in January 1967. A Rockefeller aide said they needed cashing to avoid routine cancellation by the state. Rockefeller had pledged to donate salary to the state mental hospital for a chapel but faced tax issues.

Little Rock Winthrop Rockefeller Little ‘Rock Rockefeller

Transfusion Order Overrules Parents in Child's Surgery

In New Orleans a judge ruled that 8 month old Tammy Labella must receive blood transfusions during surgery despite Jehovah’s Witness parents objections. Juvenile Court Judge Leon a Blessing cited Supreme Court decisions affirming the court’s life or death authority over parental rights.

New Orleans Tammy Labella Juvenile Court Leona Blessing Tammy Jehovah's Witnesses Blessing U. S. Supreme Court

Hanoi peace group protests Spock trial

A Hanoi based Vietnam Peace Committee protested Saturday against the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock, praising his contributions to the humanitarian cause and urging fair treatment in the proceedings.

Tokyo Vietnam Peace Committee Benjamin Spock

Liberal Support of McCarthy Is Galbraith Plea

John Kenneth Galbraith, national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, renewed his support for Eugene McCarthy and urged liberals to back him as the liberal answer to recent despair. He noted 70 to 80 percent of Democratic primary voters favor McCarthy or Kennedy and urged delegates to reflect the public will. He criticized Hubert Humphrey and called for rejecting the Vietnam policy, urging action and broad liberal support.

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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Daily Record C.R. Weather M. Feder and Sons F Avenue Frank Edmonds Judith Ann Benz Centerville Kathryn Glee Hemken Blairsburg Patricia Marie Kleespies Breda Judith Ann Suedkamp Adrian Minn Robert Tosh School of Radiologic Technology Dixie Jo Ducacek Diana Elaine Farley Perry Leah Glynn Hanson Waukon Colleen Catherine McGraw Masonville Joyce Elaine Waterbeck Toledo School ‘of Nursing Immaculate Conception Church Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Marilee Brustkern Waterloo Ann Willenberg Dyersville Tiefenthaler C.R. Man Andre Girod Fifteenth Street Karl Std St Robert Goodman First Avenue SE Moose Home 2Nd St. SE Hopkinton Mary McDonnell Hopkin Robert Salmon Linmar Drive Passion Vines Pierson’s Florists Ellis Blvd Montrose ‘Hotel Roy Lawrence Anamosa 5 William Hayes Ridgeside Drive By Lawrence Knutson Mundt Tulsa Nelson Rockefeller Florida Claude Kirk Edwin Rabeau Republican Leader Public Health Service Indian Health Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of Housing and Pastore Rocky Hillcrest and IMS Agency By James Ferenew York Times News Service Cemal Tural Republic of Turkey Vietnam Quang Ngai Ey Paar John E. Lapes 3Rd Ave
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