Winter Ends? Towans Brace for Warmer Days, Weather Gridlocked
Winter 1968-69 lingered with heavy snows and cold across Towan region as officials note it among the cloudiest, coldest in years. Meteorologist Paul Waite cites five coldest winters since 1985 while Willard Chadima adds it has been a harsher, stormier season with persistent cabin fever and high fuel costs.
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Kueler Gazette
Towa
Paul Waite
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hong Kong
Waite
Towans
California
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
North America
Willard Chadima
Washington Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Chadima
Leonard E. Storm
Lincoln Drive
Marion
Gerald J. Frost
Hiawatha
Not-So-Frigid February Sparks Mixed Winter Talk
The piece surveys a mild February after a harsh January with Cedar Rapids hitting subzero temps twice and four days above freezing. It notes light snowfall with a four inch heaviest storm, and features residents including Mrs. Winter and Mrs. Rainwater debating winter’s impact. Some recall harsher days, others lament driving and illness delays.
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Cedar Rapids
Laval
Blakeslee Warns Parents On Teen Drug Peril Series
Alton Blakeslee, AP science writer, spent months interviewing authorities for a ten part series on Safeguarding Your Teen Against Drugs. The articles begin this newspaper Monday and will advise parents how to detect marijuana use pills and injections and how to head off or break such habits with practical methods.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Hong Kong Flu Hits Xingu Indians in Para Jungle
BELEM Brazil AP officials of the National Indian Foundation report an epidemic of Hong Kong flu among Xingu Indians in Para state and the Amazon river basin, said to be brought in by American researchers.
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Belem
Brazil
National Indian Foundation
Para State
Amazon River
Opium Seizure In Transit From Yugoslavia to West Germany
Customs officials in Turkey seize 40 pounds of opium concealed in a big container hidden in a Volkswagen. The contraband was being transported by train from Dimitrovgrad Yugoslavia toward West Germany. Authorities halted the shipment during transit and opened a formal investigation.
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John Aclvor
Critle
Richard M. Winter
Winter
Ninth Street
Mrs. Winter
Robert Weatherbee
E Avenue NW
Mrs. Cleave
Mrs
My God
Mrs. Rainwater
Noel Freeze
Brockman Avenue
The
Rad
Blakeslee
Bill Sims
Amazon Jungles
Pierson
Ellis. Blvd
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Boat Club
Famous Labels
Seinsheimer Groshire
Leban
Lindale Plaza
Pape
Cedar Rapids, Sow
Wovi K
Lindale
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