Weather and birth notices compiled for week
The snippet lists weather data for Saturday and March totals plus obituaries and funeral notices from towns including Amana Anamosa Brandon Decorah Appleton Guttenberg London Norway Rosary Petersburg Tipton Sheets and Son Toledo Wake and Wellman. It notes several births and many funeral service details across communities.
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Brandon
Clara Turner
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Independence
White's
Decorah
James D. Groff
Decorah Lutheran Church
Stevie’s. Edgewood
Pearl Reedy
Methodist Church
Appleton’s. Guttenberg
William Kregel
St. John’s Lutheran
Tuecke’s
London
Leo Twachtmann
Zion United Church of Christ
Chapman’s
Clarence
Norway
Marie Meredith
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
George Brush
Petersburg
Mike Putz
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
McBride’s
Dyersville
Tipton
Ernest O. Gaul
First United Church of Christ
Sheets and Son
United Church of Christ
Toledo
Joseph Brickner
St. Patrick’s Church
Tama
Mason's
Robert Amidon
Omaha
Woodlawn
Henderson's
Wellman
Charles Whetstine
Powell’s
Bomb hits U.S. Consulate in Turin injuring residents
A bomb exploded at the U.S. Consulate in Turin on a Saturday night, injuring people in the building. Police suspect leftist militants protesting the Vietnam War, noting the blast was powerful and caused widespread panic among families in the same structure.
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Turin
Italy
U.S
Two Injured in Three Car Crash Near Cedar Rapids
Ronald McConaughy 22 of Marion and Sue Hathaway 19 of Muscatine were treated and released from St Luke's hospital after a three car collision on highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids at 8 45 PM. Drivers Nathan Moore of Iowa City and Rodney Conrad of Waterloo involved. Sheriff deputies charged Conrad with failure to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
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Ronald McConaughy
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Sue Hathaway
Muscatine
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Airport Road
McConaughy
Miss Hathaway
Nathan Moore
Iowa City
Rodney Conrad
Waterloo
Linn County
Conrad
More Charges Filed in Store Breakin
Grand larceny charges added Saturday against eight suspects connected to the Pazour Motor Sports break in at 3303 Sixteenth Avenue SW. Names include Michael P. Berns James A. Henrikson Carl F. Schultz David A. Kreibich Jack O. Peck Gene A. Eglieder Craig R. Mueller Lester J. Engler. Two motorcycles were stolen.
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Pazour Motor Sports
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Michael P. Berns
James A. Henrikson
Carl F. Schultz
David A. Kreibich
Jack O. Peck
Gene A. Eglieder
Craig R. Mueller
Lester J. Engler
Seventh Avenue SE
Mueller, Eglieder
Engler
Cape Town Heart Transplant Patient Near Discharge
Dr Barnard reports Blaiberg, a 54 year old retired dentist, is progressing well two months after the operation and likely to leave Groote Schuur Hospital for Cape Town around mid March. Blaiberg is the second living heart transplant patient. Washkansky had his new heart on December 3. Other transplants occurred at Maimonides, Stanford, and King Edward Hospital.
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Barnard
Blaiberg
Cape Town
South Africa
Groote Schuur Hospital
Washkansky
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto
Calif
King Edward Hospital
Bombay
India
Camp Good Health Memory Fund Gifts From Iowa Bricklayers
Memory fund donations from Bricklayers No. 1 Iowa for Camp Good Health list include Merle Dilley Frank Klepach Clarance Hindman Fay Swarzentruber Stella Cerveny Milton Pflitzhaupt George Maxfield and others. Balances show a previous 1968 camp budget of 1,966.67 with 2,063.67 applied and 2.00 remaining.
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Merle Dilley
Frank Klepach
Bricklayers No. Lof
Iowa
Iowa Theater
Fay Swarzentruber
Donald F. Hersch
Stella Cerveny
Stanley Cade
Clarkson, Nebraska
Milton Pflitzhaupt
George and
Frieda Davis
George Maxfield
George
Frieda
Oregon Papers Urge Rockefeller Run in Oregon Primary
The Oregonian, Oregon Statesman, and Eugene Register-Guard join Gov. Rockefeller's push to enter the Oregon primary despite his stated intent to stay out. They argue he must file by March 22 to avoid ballot removal and discuss his possible paths to the GOP nomination amid Nixon and Reagan interests.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Rockefeller
Oregonian
G.O.P
New York
Tom McCall
Washington
Nixon
Reagan
California
Oregon Statesman
Salem
Michigan
Rominey
Romney
Eugene Register-Guard
Nab Two Youths In Cafe Breakin
Two 17 year old youths were arrested by Cedar Rapids police for a break in at the Sky Light cafe at 1200 Fifth Street SE. An undetermined amount of money was taken from vending machines cookies candy and gum. Cafe owner Benny Bickham said the break in occurred between 2 30 a m and 2 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
Sky Light Cafe
Fifth Street
Benny Bickham
Motel Safety Box Entered at Howard Johnson
A safety box at the Howard Johnson motor lodge was entered and $194.72 stolen. The envelope with several checks was taken and found nearby. Cedar Rapids detectives are investigating the Saturday incident between 2:20 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.
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Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Vote Help for Draft Evaders Voted by ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union voted on Saturday to provide legal help to people indicted for counseling draft evasion, reversing its prior position. The decision was announced in New York.
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New York
The
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI arrests one of 10 most wanted in Tampa
Leonard Daniel Spears aged 31, on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list for the Louisville police officer slaying after a Sept 1 supermarket robbery, was nabbed in a Tampa apartment. Paul Clifford Hill, — unarmed — charged with attempted burglary, was also arrested. Both face federal warrants and extradition to Kentucky and Illinois.
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Washington
Illinois
Paul Clifford Hill
Springfield
Ill
Spears
Billy Smith
Tampa
FBI
Hoover
U.S
Kentucky
McCarthy Appeals to 400 in Nashua Primary Push
Dis sident Democrat Eugene McCarthy spoke to about 400 at a Roman Catholic high school in Nashua. He urged Democrats to aid their country over party and criticized Johnson Viet War policy, calling for an end to the fighting. He also urged independents to back Romney in the GOP primary.
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Nashua
N.H
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
New Hampshire
Vietnam
South Vietnam
McCarthy
America
George Romney
Childhood Pals Buried Together After Vietnam Service
Owen Garnet and William Goldberg, childhood friends from Miami, were buried together after coming home from Vietnam. Garnet, 20, enlisted when Goldberg was drafted. Goldberg, 21, died nine days after Garnet. Their bodies arrived Thursday on separate flights.
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Miami
Owen Garnet
William Goldberg
Vietnam
Garnet
Goldberg
Fort Jackson
S.C
East Iowa Students Shine in Speech Meet State Qualifiers
Judges advanced over 100 Eastern Iowa high school students to the state finals from a district meet at La Salle high school sponsored by the Iowa High School Speech Assn. Finals are set for March 22 and 23 at Newton with categories spanning oratorical, dramatic and humorous declamation, poetry, prose, oratory, extemporaneous speaking, radio, public speaking, storytelling, after dinner, book review and play reading.
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Eastern Iowa High School
la Salle High School
Iowa High School Speech Assn
Newton
Alburnett
Janene Paul
Kristine Scott
Anamosa
Cathie Holthaus
Mark Robertson
Steven Day
Nancy Holland
Belle Plaine
Donna Malacek
Benton Community
Sue Banse
Mike Schmitz
Peg Allers
BGM
Brooklyn
Roxanne Rodgers
Luces Reported to Have Tried LSD in Past
The New York Post quoted Clare Boothe Luce saying she and her late husband Henry Luce tried LSD once or twice in an experimental program led by Dr. Sidney Cohen at the Los Angeles VA hospital. Kobler’s biography cites multiple experiences over the years with medical supervision.
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NEW York
The
New York Post
Clare Boothe Luce
Henry Luce
Luce
John Kobler
Luces
Sidney Cohen
Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital
Kobler
Man Arrested On Car Theft
James Payne Jr was arrested on Highway 149 south of Cedar Rapids Saturday evening and charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. Norway police stopped him driving a car reported stolen from outside the Cedar Rapids bus depot at 8 15 p m. The 1953 car owned by Tony Tzortzoudakis of 713 Sixth Avenue SE was recovered. Payne was booked at the city jail on the larceny charge.
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James Payne, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Norway
Payne
Tony Tzortzoudakis
Sixth Avenue SE
Big Three Automakers Build 694 047 Cars in February
Detroit based UPI reports the nations Big Three produced 694 047 cars in U S plants during February. Output rose nearly 200 000 from the same month a year earlier, signaling a strong jump in domestic production.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Want ads perform an im portant community service
A reader urges daily use of want ads as a key community resource for notices and classifieds, framing them as a steady, helpful service to residents seeking jobs, housing, and items.
Deaths Lena Marguerite Robinson 76 Cedar Rapids resident
Lena Marguerite Robinson 76 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday after a long illness. Born December 10, 1891 she lived with son Andrew W. Robinson and daughter in law at 1117 Tenth Street NW. Surviving husband Wilford and another son Franklin of Seattle plus seven grandchildren. Services at Beatty-Bearle by Rev Mary A White of Bethany Congregational Church with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Lena Marguerite Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Inlaw
Andrew W. Robinson
Tenth Street
Wilford
Franklin Robinson
Seattle
Beatty-Bearle
Mary A. White
Bethany Congregational Church
Cedar Memorial
Sibrava Burial Puts Former Cedar Rapids Resident To Rest
Anna M. Sibrava 79 longtime Cedar Rapids resident buried Saturday in Czech National cemetery. She died February 17 in a Sturgis nursing home. Born in Czechoslovakia she moved to Sturgis from Cedar Rapids in 1964. Services held February 29 with Kuba East in charge.
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Anna M. Sibrava
Cedar Rapids
Czech National Cemetery
Sturgis
S.D
Sibrava
Czechoslovakia
Kuba East
Memorial Services Held for Barkwill and Gelski
Memorial services scheduled for Anna Turner Barkwill at 1 30 Monday conducted by Rev Lewis Miller. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Cedar Turner Gelski to be honored at 10 30 Monday by Rev Edmund J Becker with burial at Czech National Cemetery.
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Barkwill
Anna
Turner
Lewis Miller
Cedar Memorial
Gelski
Cedar
Edmund J. Becker
Drive Safely newspaper listing and pricing details
Establishment date 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Includes subscription rates by carrier and mail with weekly and monthly terms, U.S. territories pricing, and carrier service restrictions.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Cedarapids
Iowa
Cedars
Rieht Eption
Angeg
Say
U.S. Territories
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