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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1973
Page
11
Weather notes show temperatures and humidity at Gazette station with Friday and Saturday readings. Obituaries list multiple residents and service details including Engstrom and Hanson families, plus local lost and reported events and memorials across several towns.
Fire swept Meyer Lincoln Hardware in downtown Oelwein early Saturday. Loss estimated at 100000 for contents and 50000 for the building, 30 firemen battled the blaze around 4 am from a furnace area suspected of malfunction. The store and contents were reportedly 80 percent insured. Owners listed as Pete Meyer and Bill Lincoln. Dial TSB for want ads.
Dense fog on Iowa highways Friday night and Saturday morning contributed to at least five deaths. Moorhead resident William Johnson, 22, died when his pickup collided with a car on Town Highway 183 near Moorhead. Two truck passengers were injured. the car driver was not seriously hurt. A second fatal crash occurred on U.S. 218 near Janesville, killing David Pacheco, 33, and Roland Stueller, 53, both of Waverly. Phyllis McComas, 46, of Toledo, was killed in Marshall County in a crash involving two cars and a truck after stepping out of her vehicle. Mrs McComas was struck by a truck driven by Melvin Baer, 19, of Rhodes, and the truck hit both cars. William Ard, 71, of Waterloo, died in a two car collision at a Waterloo street intersection. Michael Wagner, 23, of Cedar Falls, escaped injury but his wife Noreen was hospitalized.
Cedar Rapids resident 83 years, C W Bloomhall founder of the Diamond VI Mills, died after a long illness. He was born January 22, 1886, in South Dakota and married Edna Kent Wight. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, a son, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Services Monday at Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Memorials to Bethany Congregational Church memorial fund suggested.
John C Boedeker 62 of 1755 A avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long local residence of 40 years He was born April 3 1910 in Estelline South Dakota married Lettle L Cross February 10 1932 in Rock Island Illinois Retired in 1961 after 19 years with Wilson and Company Services Turner chapel east at 10 30 a m Monday led by Dr Arnold Herbst Burials Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call Turner east until 10 a m Monday Casket will not be opened after service Contributions to cancer fund or charity of donors choice urged Herman Kraus 75 of 1233 Sixth Street Ni died Friday after brief illness
Myron R Booze 78 of 1623 Hollywood boulevard NE Cedar Rapids died today after a long illness. Born June 24 18H in Cedar Rapids he married Marian Hoag June 18 1925 at Independence. Survived by wife two daughters Abs eonald Boo k Cedar Rapids and Mrs Charles S Wolf Marion two sons Donald R Booze Toddville and John A Booze Marion ten grandchildren. Services 3 30 p m Monday Chapel of Memories with Rev Floyd J Conroy Knox Presbyterian church Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Memorials to charity of donor's choice suggested.
James McGowan, 63, of 72 H street SW, treated and released from St Luke's hospital after a three car crash at Sixth street and Sixteenth avenue SW. Thomas Hennessey, 115 Sixth street SW, lost control on Lifth street, rear ending McGowan. McGowan’s car then hit Dewayne Nelbert, 208 East Post road SE. Hennessey charged with intoxication and failure to control vehicle.
Two one year old Cedar Rapids boys were charged with malicious damage after firing a BB gun at an apartment building on 100 J Street SW. They were arrested about 11 pm and released to their parents after processing by the youth bureau.
An IRS report cites a surge of January filing driving a $22 billion backlog, with early filers expecting larger refunds. The agency notes processing will catch up slowly as W-2 data and withholding adjustments complicate the workflow.
A garbled OCR snapshot mentions Cedar Rapids and Sunday events at a Third Avenue location. It references figures like $2404 and 32 per marth, with scattered mentions of MGM, Seever, and republicters, but the overall meaning is unclear and contains many errors.
Kathleen Kiernan, 21, detained by military authorities at Linn county jail after arrest Friday afternoon for going AWOL from an army base and for a controlled substance violation on a municipal court warrant. Also notes Tehran 20 years ago with 2000 communists marching Parliament Square shouting Yankee go home Down with the American advisers.
A network spokesman said live coverage of the POWs arrival was expected from about 2 to 4 p.m. CST Sunday, with taped highlights broadcast later from Stockholm. NBC planned to feed film to Hong Kong for satellite transmission and an airing on the Today Show Monday morning. ABC would show its film on news programs.
The Iowa highway commission schedules a public auction for a ranch style three bedroom house with attached two car garage a barn crib and inside elevator machine shed metal bin and hog house. Located on the south side of US 39 about a mile west of Cedar River formerly owned by Emma B Novak viewing times 2 to 4 30 pm Wednesday and Thursday contact Gordon Ellison Cedar Valley Expressway Office room 509 First Avenues Building 411 First avenue SE telephone 366 0491.
Los Angeles AP report describes defense witness Paul McCloskey arguing the Pentagon papers would not harm U.S. defense. He says released material related to Da Nang dated and misleading. testifies Ellsberg and Russo copied the study, while Admiral Gene Lallocque contends the release could not hurt U.S. defense interests.
West Union resident Kenneth Lee Osmundson died after a high speed crash on Highway 193 north of Alpha. His car overturned and he was thrown from the vehicle. Fayette County authorities vow stricter enforcement, noting this is the second fatality this year and 18 last year.
Kirkwood Community College plans a six month carpentry program at the men s reformatory in Anamosa led by DeWitt Booth director of rotational education. About 20 inmates will be trained yearly with emphasis on frame and concrete form construction replacing a shorter general carpentry course. An advisory committee from Town Builders Assn and Cedar Rapids apprenticeship committee assisted. John Mikesell appointed instructor for the new program.
President Nixon will deliver a series of radio addresses Sunday on community development. The taped speech will be used after noon news programs and precede a formal message to Congress on development next week.
Bernie Childress of Jefferson High School won first in data processing education division at Des Moines conference. Janet Schuller and Sally Mineck, Jefferson peers, earned merit certificates in office education. Wendy Anderson of Kennedy High School took third in job applications. Washington High received honorable mention for its chapter activities manual.
An Ozark Airlines official says mechanics plan a Sunday strike if no contract is approved. Talks in Washington with Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association stalled, with a federal mediator present. Ozark would likely use administrative staff on key routes if the strike occurs.
U S Senator Stennis from Mississippi, wounded in a street holdup January 31, is taken off the serious list as doctors at Waller Heed Medical Center report continued recovery. Full strength needed before visitors can be unrestricted. Remaining risk of complications noted by physicians.
The attackers demanded safe passage for guerillas as a deadline passed at the Khartoum embassy. Four gun bursts followed the deadline and Sudanese troops entered the building confirming two Americans dead. Eld was reportedly alive at first but later said dead by Palestinian claim.
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