Six Leap Year Babies Born in Cedar Rapids
Six infants welcomed Thursday in Cedar Rapids hospitals were born on February 29, a date that occurs only every four years. The newborns at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals include boys and a girl, with parents listed for each family and addresses in Marion Central City Fairlane NE Owen NW and Klinger SW.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Jerry van Gerpen
Sixth Street
Marion
Robert Hirvela
Fairlane Drive
Nile Brown
Central City
St. Luke's Hospital
Harry Shearer
Sussex Drive
Harlan Baskerville
Owen Street
James Starkweather
Klinger Street
Murder Charge Filed in Death Of Former Iowan
Willie Ellis 37 was charged with murder in the death of Wallace E. Merrick 39 a former Scott County Iowa park district director. Ellis said he shot Merrick after a threat and a locked door incident at Ellis apartment in Phoenix Illinois near Hazel Crest. Merrick who lived in Hazel Crest died after being shot in the chest back and ankle, while working as a Chicago area employment agency administrator.
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Phoenix, Ill
Willie Ellis
Wallace E. Merrick
Scott County
Iowa
Park District
Arthur Hooker
Ellis
Merrick
Phoenix
Hazel Crest
Chicago
Hooker
Els
Homewood-Flossmoor Park
Grass Fire Reported Near Lisbon Railroad Right of Way
Lisbon firemen were called about 3 45 am Friday to extinguish a grass fire along the North Western Favorite C and W hits on the rairoad right of way about 1 2 miles east of the city. A small area burned. Saturday at 5 30 pm in COLOR was burned in Channel 9.
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Lisbon
C&w
Rairoad
Channel 9
Howard Colson 65 of Masonville Dies After Illness
Howard B. Colson, 65, of Masonville died at his home after a brief illness. A World War I and World War II veteran, he will be buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Masonville after services at Gill Bahnenkamp funeral home. Survivors include his wife Helen Wendt, two brothers Herbert and Millard, and five sisters Laura Trimble Alice Wolfe Lilly Madlem Luetta Davis and Ruth Boots.
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Manchester
Howard B. Colson
Masonville
Gill-Bahnenkamp
Greenwood Cemetery
Colson
Citizens’ Band Radio Club
Helen Wendt
Herbert Colson
Cedar Rapids
Millard Colson
Laura Trimble
Alice Wolfe
Lilly Madlem
Luetta Davis
Ruth Boots
Ames Couple Waive To Embezzling Count
Former Iowa State basketball star Melvin Froistad and his wife Linda waived preliminary hearing on bank embezzlement charges and were released pending grand jury action. The fund shortage at Union Story Trust and Savings Bank totaled under $1000. Linda Froistad worked there and Melvin was an accessory.
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AMES
Iowa State
Melvin Froistad
Linda
Union Story Trust and Savings Bank
Froistad
Cocaptain
Des Moines Man Reports Van Theft in Cedar Rapids
Des Moines salesman Dick Robertson told Cedar Rapids police a canvas bag with 400 dollars in cash and a 75 dollar check was stolen from his van Thursday afternoon. He reported the loss from Des Moines after visiting about 15 locations in Cedar Rapids. the bag was taken from the glove compartment.
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Des Moines
Dick Robertson
Cedar Rapids
Robertson
Dinsdale School Closes After Morning Furnace Room Fire
Tama UPPI reports the Dinsdale elementary attendance center was closed Friday after a fire in the furnace room. Officials say the blaze was confined to that room and no cause has been determined.
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TAMA
UPPI
Dinsdal
Keota Sets Base Salary for New Teachers
The Keota school board fixed the starting pay for teachers with bachelor’s degrees at $6,200 with no fringe benefits included.
Dignity in New Plan for Welfare Adoption in Iowa March April
Des Moines AP reports Iowa moves to declare welfare need and eligibility to speed aid. By April 1 the declaration method will replace old proof based verification in the aid to dependent children program, cutting delays from as long as 90 days to 15 and often to two or three days. Chief Robert Hyde says the change preserves accountability through random verifications and extends to old age, blind, disabled, and medical programs.
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DES Moines
Iowa Social Welfare Department
Iowa
Robert Hyde
Department
Family and Child Services Division
Hyde
DeWitt voters approve 969000 bond for new and remodeled school
Voters in the DeWitt Central community school district approved a 969000 bond issue by a 73 percent margin. The plan funds an elementary school construction and remodel of the current facility, with 1592 votes in favor and 427 against.
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Dewitt
UPI
DeWitt Central Community
Two Million Dollar Electric Car Effort Clampdown
A LAFF-A-DAY strip questions a federal grant for an electric car project. The caption warns of wasted funding while mocking the output and progress of the development effort.
Iowa Draft Head Faces Vietnam Policy Questions
Col Glen Bowles, Iowa selective service director, avoided policy questions at the University of Iowa while discussing draft rules for students. About 100 antiwar demonstrators pressed Bowles on Vietnam policy. he had questions screened before he spoke and stated he was not qualified to discuss foreign policy. No incidents occurred.
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Iowa CI’ Y
UPL
Col
Glen Bowl
Iowa Selective Service
United States
Vietnam
Theniversity of Iowa
Bowles
America
Viet‘nam
Caucuses Set In Buchanan County Republicans Hold Precinct Meetings
Independence Iowa Buchanan county Republican precinct caucuses set for Monday evening at multiple township locations including Aurora Fairbank Fremont Hazleton Homer Jefferson Liberty Madison Middlefield Newton Perry Sumner Washington and Westburg plus Independence wards one to five at local residences and public buildings.
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Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
Republican
Buffalo-Aurora
Aurora
Buffalo-Stanley
Mrs. H. W
Byron
Winthrop News
Cono
Vernon Arnold
Fairbank
Fremont
Fred Peck
Hazleton
Homer
David Solberg
Jefferson
Jefferson Township
Liberty
J. H. Buchanan
Madison
Lamont
Middlefield
Leon Bovenmyer
Newton
Burley Franck
Perry
Jesup
Sumner
Ross Copenhaver
Washington
Fayne Fuhrman
Westburg
Joe Kremer
Courthouse
Don Dunlap
Paul Greif
Frank Shaw
Frank Brimmer
Territorial Limit Bill by Schwengel
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa introduced a bill to extend the U S territorial sea limit from 2 miles to 12 miles for ships of other nations that claim a 12 mile limit. The proposal would keep the 3 mile limit for countries already using three miles.
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Washington
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
United States
U. S
Driver Killed In One Car Crash Near Council Bluffs
A rural Council Bluffs man Denver Pete Fox 77 died in a one car crash early Friday as he lost control while rounding a curve.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Here
Denver
Pete” Fox
Randalia Man Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail
Independence Judge George C. Heath found Ralph M. Fleck of Randalia guilty of uttering a forged instrument and sentenced him to 60 days in Buchanan county jail. Fleck was arrested Jan 1 for passing a $30 check at Central Chevrolet Co. A related charge against Darrell Anderson of Waupaca Wis was dismissed after he was released to Franklin county authorities on another forged instrument count.
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Independence
George C. Heath
Ralph M. Fleck
Randalia
Buchanan County
Fleck
Central Chevrolet Co
Heath
Darrell Anderson
Waupaca
Wis
Anderson
Donnell Bros
Franklin County
Fire Destroys Barn on Keota Area Farm
A barn measuring 30 by 60 feet on the Gary Romoser farm northwest of Keota burned around 8 a.m. hogs hay and straw were lost. Mrs. Romoser discovered the fire and alerted the Keota fire department. The cause was not determined.
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Keota
Gary Romoser
Here
Iowa City CAP Director Resigns
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program director Dwaine Schaffner resigns effective May 1 after serving since last April 1. The board met in special session to finalize merger details with Linn and Jones counties and refunding proposals for the new funding period starting May 1. Schaffner plans to return to school this summer after previously serving as assistant director of the Linn Economic Project.
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Iowa City
Hawkeye
Dwaine Schaffner
Linn
Jones
Schaffner
Linn Economic Project
Unemployment Rate Rises in Cedar Rapids 1968 Update
Cedar Rapids reports January 1968 unemployment at 1.9 percent, 0.5 higher than December and 0.4 above January 1967, with nonagricultural employment up 3.6 percent from 1967. Retail, service and government drive gains while weather and seasonality curb construction and holiday retail dips.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Security Commission
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Howard Colson
Peterman and
Haes
Delane Dr
Jubilee Lanes
Dinsdale
Mirot Nile
Buchanan
Schwengel
Aker OK
Waterloo
3Rd Ave
S. E
Boca Sited
By Joe Fischer
Ceeey Teely
Claire Stieg
Fortet i
CLR
Birchwood Drive
Redbud Road
Gene Todd
Knepper
Frank Sill
Bob Grill
Jack Haldeman
Don Fahren
Tommy Tucker
Alicia Jackson
Bob Seedom
Bernie Friedl
Flicker Realty Company
Realtors
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