Weather notes and obituaries from a busy Iowa day
The Daily Record provides weather observations with temperatures, precipitation notes, sunrise and sunset times, and wind data at 2 p.m. from Gazette weather station. It also lists births in Mercy on March 6 and multiple funeral notices across towns such as Traer, Oxford Junction, Garrison, Belle Plaine, London, New Vienna, Ridgeway, Decorah, Kalona, Monticello, Victor, Oxford, Independence, Oelwein, Waukon, and more with names and service times.
Shirk urges action on northeast Iowa highways
R O Shirk of Oelwein a Republican officer and former Second district chairman says highway officials must move from study to action on Cedar Rapids Interstate 80 links. He criticizes delays in the northeast Iowa corridor including the Cedar Valley expressway and urges four lane freeways linking the region to the interstate. Shirk cites Linn county Republicans named as candidates for the Iowa highway commission alongside Gov Ray planned appointees.
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Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Interstate 80
R. O. Shirk
Shirk
Iowa Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa
Northeast
City
Linn County
Robert Ray
William C. Gray
Jerry Ovel
B. A. Jensen
John Bickel
Dudley Henderson
Central City
Speeding and Stop Sign Citations Across Multiple Residents
A list of residents from Marion, Hiawatha, Anamosa and surrounding areas cited for speeding with fines of 10 or 15 dollars plus costs. Bonds forfeited for Gary Johnson. Citations include addresses on Fourth Street SW and SE and other avenues across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Wolfe
E Avenue
Marie E. Williams
Fourth Street
Patricia J. White
Hiawatha
Helen A. Olson
Oakland Road
Arthur E. Cambridge
Herst Drive
George R. Cruze
C Avenue
Robert C. Blythe
Tama
Galen R. Hunter
First Street
Frank J. Meyer
Mt. Vernon
Paul H. Giblin
Greenfield Street
DeWayne J. McMurrin
Independence
Jean E. Kruse
Sue Lane
Merle M. Stone
Marion
Lila M. Moore
Twenty-first Street
Bill R. Johnston
Faye S. Hoelker
Eighteenth Street
Ronald P. Eden
Anamosa
Robert J. Bieschke
Old Marion Road
Marcia D. Draheim
Higley Avenue
Jim W. Dunsil
Troy Mills
Jeanne A. Eisenbarth
Ohio Street
Steven J. Fiala
Sue Jane
Russ A. Hein
Thirty-second Street
Virginia A. Kinkead
Seventh Avenue
Barbara J. Korbelik
Forrest D. Parks
James E. Vanek
Woodland Drive
Lee W. Woods
Central Avenue
Roger A. Geesaman
North Towne Lane
Irene M. Craft
O Avenue
Stephen M. Camp
Thirty-eighth Street
Virginia M. Wilson
Texas Avenue
Walter Lehamn
Mt. Vernon Road
Gary L. Johnson
Waubeek
Robert G. Blozvich
Irene M. Sova
Twenty-fourth Street
Donald L. Rogers
Thirteenth Street
Father’s gift book traces 32 year memory
Spencer Merwin III found a library book donated by his father 32 years earlier. The discovery at the Frankfort library connects generations through a single title page showing the donor’s name.
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Frankfort
Spencer Merwin III
Merwin
Apollo 10 rendezvous ramps up with LEM tests
The Apollo 10 crew near rendezvous with the lunar module as McDivitt and Schweickart return with reduced ship mass. They fire the descent stage engine and jettison legs, leaving the LEM in space. Officials say such success could advance moon landing plans and may move Apollo 11 earlier to June.
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McDivitt
Schweickart
NASA
Tom Jones Guests Engelbert Humperdinck on KCRG TV
A lively Friday 6 30 PM color program on KCRG Channel 9 features Tom Jones with guest Engelbert Humperdinck. The show highlights a concert style segment and upbeat introductions for a TV audience.
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Tom Jones
Engelbert Humperdinck
Kcrg TV
Channel 9
Obituaries for W L Harrison and Jessie M Harrison
Mrs W L Harrison 75 of 2051 Bever avenue SE died in Iowa City after illness. He was born June 22 1893 in Clinton and lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years. Survived by wife Clara son Lyle Clinton daughter Mrs Wayne Sorensen Dierks Ark brother Earl Clinton and sisters Mrs Loren Pence and Mrs Virgil McMullen Los Angeles five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services Saturday 1 PM at Rohn funeral home with military honors by American Legion. Burial Chapel of Memories. Jessie M Harrison 96 Cedar Rapids widow of William Leonard Harrison died Friday. Born August 25 1872 in LaCrosse Wis she belonged to Central Park Presbyterian church JH Chapter PEO Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Irene Douglas Circle of King's Daughters. Survived by daughters Mrs William P Hall Jr Colorado Springs Colo and Mrs Edward J Den Abel Bartlesville Okla four grandchildren and sister Marion Higgins Mt Pleasant. Memorial services Monday 1:30 PM Turner chapel east burial Oak Hill cemetery. Casket will not be opened after service. Friends may call chapel until 1 PM Monday.
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Jack Dahl
Bever Avenue
Iowa City
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Dahl
Moose Lodge
Legion of the Moose
Moose
American Legion
Modern Woodmen of America
Order of Eagles
Clara
Lyle
Wayne Sorensen
Dierks
Ark
Earl
Loren Pence
Virgil McMullen
Los Angeles
Rohn Funeral
A. J. Stokes
Chapel of Memories
Rohn
Jessie M. Harrison
William Leonard Harrison
Nassau Street
LaCrosse
Wis
Harrison
Central Park Presbyterian Church
PEO
Woman’s Club
Irene Douglas
King’s Daughters
William P. Hall, Jr
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward J. den Abel
Bartlesville
Okla
Marion Higgins
Mt. Pleasant
Turner Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Oak Hill Cemetery
Visalia Woman Ethel Kunzman Dies After Brief Illness
Ethel Kunzman 62 of Visalia California wife of Ralph Kunzman and Cedar Rapids native until 1967 died Tuesday after a brief illness Born in Council Bluffs she married Ralph Kunzman in Anamosa July 24 1926 She was a member of St James United Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Survived by husband two sons Richard Visalia and Dr James Portland Ore two daughters Mrs John Dale Cedar Rapids Mrs Lowell Smith Des Moines a brother Robert Petersen Oakland four sisters Mrs Jack Brooks Fremont Calif Mrs Lloyd Grow Mrs Harvey Grishaber and Mrs Paul Bowser all of Cedar Rapids ten grandchildren Services Saturday at Brook Miller Funeral Home Visalia
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Ethel Kunzman
Visalia
Calif
Ralph Kunzman
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Kunzman
Anamosa
St. James United Methodist Church
Richard Kunzman
James Kunzman
Portland
Ore
John Dale
Medal for action in combat in Vietnam 1968 heroism cited
The account describes a soldier in communist territory on February 19, 1968 who organized a helicopter evacuation under heavy Viet Cong fire. He was injured yet continued to rescue wounded comrades and a pilot, dragging the unconscious officer to a hovering helicopter before collapsing from burns and crushed ribs.
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Zabitosky
Today's Columnists see 15 5 12 Rick DuBrow
Columnists Rick DuBrow and Leonard Lyons are noted in the Today’s Columnists feature with a brief index of page listings and columnist initials.
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Rick DuBrow
Leonard Lyons
Obituaries and funeral notices from a Iowa area church services
Obituaries list service times and locations for several individuals including Schnoebelen Mrs Fred at St Matthew's church with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery. Charles R Berry at Murdoch chapel Marion with burial at Campbell cemetery. Elizabeth Grennan at Turner chapel east with entombment at Chapel of Memories. John Vernon Williams at Turner chapel east with burial at Indian Creek cemetery. Paul R Hope at Turner chapel east with entombment at Chapel of Memories. Lloyd L Welch at First Christian church Vinton with graveside military rites by American Legion. plus a note on a Masters Masons meeting and a change in funeral home for Lloyd Welch.
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Fry and Holland Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
The
American Legion
Moscow Riot Sparks Ink Toss in Street Confrontation
A brief clash in Moscow escalated as ink bottles flew and protesters crowded the scene. Onlookers snapped photos while police moved in to separate rioters and restore order.
Soviet Says 31 Troops Killed in China Attack
The Soviet foreign ministry said 31 Soviet soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a Sunday incident. A spokesman claimed Chinese troops fired point blank at the wounded and bayoneted them, with about 330 Chinese troops involved. no casualty figures for China were disclosed.
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Foreign Ministry
No Action on Coffee's Request To Be Married
Convicted slayer Hoover Coffee seeks to formalize a common law marriage to Joan Harkless, mother of victim Michael Lawson. Sheriff says a required blood test before license application is pending. a three day waiting period follows the filing. Coffee, 39, faces a 10 year to life term at Ft Madison. sentencing is set for next Wednesday.
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Hoover Coffee
Linn
Walter Grant
Coffee
Joan Harkless
Michael Lawson
Ft Madison
Grant
Dunes Search Expands in Probe of Missing Women
Police find two more bodies buried in the dunes while widening the probe into the Providence pair Miss Walsh and Miss Wysocki who vanished January 25. A car linked to the women, last seen near the dunes, later appeared in a Burlington parking lot with a claimed sale receipt. Costa, who checked in January 18, is questioned as investigators note his favorable remarks about the two guests.
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Providence
Haveeen
Dunes
Miss Walsh
Miss Wysocki
Burlington
Costa
Provincetown
Patricia Morton
Doolin Waives to Grand Jury in Iowa Homicide Case
LaQuesta Hortense Doolin, 33, of 1532 Fifth Avenue SE, waived preliminary hearing and bound over to the Linn County grand jury on an open murder charge. She allegedly shot her husband James five times at close range with a .22 revolver on January 24 at the Fifth Street residence and received permission to travel to Iowa City for psychiatric examinations. Bond conditions limit travel without court approval.
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LaQuesta Hortense Doolin
Fifth Avenue SE
Linn County Grand Jury
Bruce pleas to petty larceny in Linn County court
Robert E. Bruce 21 of 1316 J street SW pled guilty in Linn district court to a reduced petty larceny charge. Judge Warren J. Rees gave 30 days in county jail. He remains held on suspected probation violation with a March 14 hearing set before Judge Maxwell on revocation of two concurrent ten year sentences from July 28, 1967 related to earlier robberies and larcenies.
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Robert E. Bruce
J Street
Linn District Court
Warren J. Rees
County
Bruce
B. J. Maxwell
Roosevelt Hotel
Merrifield seeks 20000 in auto crash suit
Thomas Clyde Merrifield of Coggan files a 20000 auto accident damage suit in Linn district court against Gordon Wayne Horn of Cedar Rapids. He alleges permanent facial scarring from a two car crash northeast of Onslow on April 22, 1968, while a passenger in Horns car, caused by negligence including alleged drunk driving. The petition says Merrifield was asked to accompany Horn to East Dubuque to collect rent.
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Thomas Clyde Merrifield
Coggan
Linn
Gordon Wayne Horn
Cedar Rapids
Merrifield
Onslow
Horn
East Dubuque
Jurors Rule Margery Uris Died By Self Inflicted Wound
A six member coroner's jury in Aspen, Colorado ruled that Margery Uris, 26, wife of author Leon Uris, died by a personal safety related bullet wound. The body was found February 19. The jury deliberated about twenty minutes.
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Aspen
Colo
Leon Uris
Margery Uris
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