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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1972
Page
3
June notices record many births and deaths across towns including Amana Iowa City Arlington Atkins Elkader Fairfax Ke ystone Tama Tipton Williamsburg and Nobles. Daughters Rickey Freese and others named. several services announced with dates times and churches. donations asked to Heart fund.
The rules committee approved changes including ending crossover voting in Democratic primaries, eliminating winner-take-all contests in 1976, expanding equal seating for blacks youths women and economic classes, funding for poor delegates, studying a university campus convention, and appointing a woman as 1976 convention chair with rotating gender leadership and four co chair positions for minority groups starting 1967.
Fairfax man Wesley Zamastil died Friday evening after a short illness. Born October 5, 1907 near Fairfax he farmed in the area his whole life. Survived by wife Emma nee Hieak a son Robert brother Paul Swisher and mother Anna Swastil Swisher. Services at Brosh chapel 2 p.m. Monday with burial at Czech National cemetery.
Montevideo teachers from high schools and the trade university announce a 72 hour strike starting Monday to protest three teachers shot. In Iowa City a separate report notes injuries amid a Friday demonstration at the finance ministry involving a soldier and a university program.
The UN Security Council split over condemning Israel for mid east hostilities as Lebanon seeks a resolution with backing from Britain France Belgium and Italy. Delegates warn a one sided text may fail to secure nine votes and Lebanon may instead back a balanced draft condemning violence. The proposal also seeks immediate release of five officers and a halt to Israeli military actions in Lebanon.
After the Chemung river flood in Elmira New York the city of about 40000 faced wrecked homes water filled cars and hundreds of displaced residents. A green striped suitcase found on a mud crusted car hood contained two unused greeting cards and no name or address offering a haunting clue to a family and their fate as guards clean up and shelters house the homeless.
The Arkansas Democratic convention voted to award its 27 national convention delegates to favorite son Rep. Wilbur D. Mills. Mills leads the field as the party consolidates support in Little Rock.
The Miami men including Bernard Barker, once tied to the Bay of Pigs era, face attempted burglary charges after two rooms were used at the Watergate Hotel. Police found 6500 in new Ben Franklin bills and a stolen Ameritas letterhead on reservations. The group’s CIA ties and motives remain debated amid broader convention politics.
Thomas F. Fauk, 48, charged with drunk driving after Center Point officers reported erratic driving Saturday. He was held in the county jail pending arraignment.
In Tokyo, women tea pickers endure extended hours on the 88th night after spring’s start. The lunar calendar tradition holds that leaves picked on Hachi Juhachiya grant immunity to disease, a cultural claim reported by UPI.
Gov Robert Ray announced Kenneth M Karch of Des Moines will lead the new department of environmental quality set to form January 1 1973 The air water and solid waste divisions from the health department merge and Karch as environmental engineering chief will direct the transition He will earn 24000 annually until January then 25000 with the chemical technology review board joining the agency The Iowa Daily Press Association first reported the appointment via The Gazette story
DES MOINES AP Sen Harold Hughes argues Nixon administration agriculture policy remains essentially the same despite rhetoric by Earl Butz He spoke at a $25 per plate fundraiser for William Gannon Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Hughes criticized a secret 15 department of agriculture report about phasing out farm programs calling it the most sensational document since the Pentagon Papers Gannon plans a statewide horseback ride to highlight legislative inefficiency in Iowa.
McGovern narrows gap to 176 votes from a first ballot nomination at the Democratic National Convention as state caucuses deliver gains. New York contributes 226 delegates with 32 more. Washington shows losses while Jackson gains. Delaware Nebraska and Columbus meetings shape final delegations ahead of Miami Beach.
DES MOINES announces Dr. Ramon H. Green of Stormont community schools and J. Lowell Ryan of Norway are among new members of the Advisory Council and Coordinating Committee for Improvement of Education in Iowa.
Ramon E Urban 349 Twenty seventh Avenue SW lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and president of Midwest Metal Products Cedar Rapids and Marion died in Houston Texas Saturday Born July 26 1926 in Cedar Rapids he married Maxine Schoonmaker November 28 1947 Surviving wife three daughters two sons a brother and three sisters Services 3 p m Monday Turner Chapel West burial Anderson Cemetery Swisher Friends may call after 3 p m today until 2 30 p m Monday Casket will not be open after service Contributions may go to Cancer Society.
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant investigated a Mt Vernon Fun Days carnival for gambling violations but found no offense after learning a single game operated with no prize did not meet gambling criteria. Tickets were sold and patrons tried to knock down a hanging bowling pin with a ball.
North Vietnamese offensives against Hue have weakened enemy capacity to launch another major push. South Vietnamese forces on the My Chanh line are expected to hold. Air strikes remain high with over 320 sorties reported. An Loc siege sees fresh Vietnamese troops moving along Highway 13 despite shelling.
Ralph Cass Pitts a Cedar Rapids resident most of his life moved to Harrison Arkansas where he died Saturday Born November 28 1895 in Cedar Rapids he was a World War I veteran retired U S postal clerk and husband of Mildred E Taggert They survive his wife a son Frank J Lippert St Louis two daughters Mrs C P Parker and Miss Sharon Lee Pitts both of Singapore and a brother R Donald Pitts Harrison Funeral services were 1 30 p m Tuesday at Bethany Congregational church with burial in Campbell cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p m Monday.
Mary F Holladay 57 longtime Cedar Rapids resident widow of Joseph W Holladay died Friday in Chicago She was born August 28 1914 in Kansas married December 20 1934 in Marion She was a homemaker Survived by two daughters Mrs Curtis L Kuehl and Helen Witherell both of Cedar Rapids two sons Robert F Holladay North Aurora Illinois and Donald L Holladay Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Louis Evans Las Vegas Nevada Mrs Edwin Garious Iowa City and Mrs Donald Nelson Belph Maryland three brothers Vincent Foley Marion Frank Foley St Louis Missouri and Eugene Foley San Antonio Texas and five grandchildren Services will be held 1 pm Tuesday at the Chapel of Memories with Rev Larry Johnson First Presbyterian Church Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 1 pm Sunday The casket will not be opened after the service
Twenty years ago the president vetoed a bill to overhaul the immigration code, calling the measure in famous for its flaws and urging Congress to tighten provisions.
Memorial services are announced for Vera Anderson Monday at the Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery arranged by Cedar Memorial funeral home. Leo Steckel of St Patrick's Catholic Church will be funeral Monday at 11 a.m. at Mt Calvary cemetery with Rev Paul J Maguire officiating. Rudolph Teahen of Grace Baptist Church will have a Monday 10:30 a.m. service at the Chapel of Memories, Cedar Memorial burial follows. Joseph Nezerka will be at Turner chapel east 10:30 a.m. Monday with burial at Oak Hill. Murray Hassen of Turner east goes to a 1:30 p.m. service Monday with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the funeral home until 10 a.m. Monday. casket will not be opened after the service.
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