Daily Record Weather Summary From March 1969
The Weather Desk reports high temperatures Monday and low overnight, with inches of precipitation for multiple cities including Manta Bismarck Chicago Los Angeles and Seattle. March totals show 2.42 inches of rain, normal 2.48, year-to-date 3.00 inches. barometer 30.01 steady, humidity 64 percent, NNE winds at 9 mph, sun rise 6:26, set 6:09. Coralville Lake pool level noted.
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Manta
Noose
Bismarck
Apolis
Chicago
N.ans
Luthee
Phoenix Desugee
Houston
Seattle
Oon
L. Angeles
Washington
Gazette
Iowa Senate Advances Public Employee Pension and Will Reform Bills
The Iowa Senate convened at 10 10 a m to concur in a conference committee report on the public employees retirement system and pass HF 1176 by 58 to 1. It concurred with a minor house amendment to SF 1058 legalizing wills, repassed 56 to 0. An amendment to SF 1136 on information for property owners in highway negotiations and land acquisition was repassed 56 to 1. Six noncontroversial bills were passed and session recessed to 1 30 p m. The chamber reconvened at 10 30 a m receiving four bills, including one creating civil service commissions for county sheriff offices. Birth announcements list Mercy Ebertsch and several other newborns to local families. Divorce decrees include Mary Ann Murphy from Franklin D. Murphy. Police and accident notes cover overheated incinerator, a fuel spill, a grass condition, and multiple speeding citations for residents of Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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Iowa
Multiple Offenses and Services Noted in City Notices
A list of traffic fines and bonds is followed by obituaries and public notices across many Iowa towns. Fines include $10 to $55 bonds for violations such as disobeying signals, stop signs, and license issues. Obituaries list numerous residents with service times across churches in Tama to Tipton and Decorah areas.
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Gary Nesteby
Elm Avenue
Susan Schener
Cavalier Street
Beverly Stepanek
Lisbon
Sam Smith
Ely
Esther Teslow
Thirty-fifth Street
Rosema Wienke
First Avenue
Thomas Kolvak
Moline
Ill
William Moses
Sixth Avenue
Steven Dougherty
Dubuque
Joseph Roethler
Waterloo
Louis Womacka
Eleventh Street
Vernon Zila
Tama Street
Rick Jones
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Randy Dulin
Vinton
Joyce
Door-to-Door Sales Options Bill Passed
Special to The Gazette Des Moines Iowa bill granting households three days to rescind door-to-door purchases passed 110 to 8. The measure requires refunds within 10 days after notice and counts business days Monday through Friday, aiming to curb fly-by-night salesmen without hindering bona fide sellers.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iown House
Senate
Fischer
Grundy
Freeman
Buena Vista
Ossian
Doyle
Poncy
Rodgers
Skinner
Swartz
Dooley
Kluever
Langland
Strothman
van Nostrand
Mayberry
Oceanography Student Faces Danger on Marcus Welby Dramedy
A stubborn oceanography student nearly dies aboard the Marcus Welby M D during a dramatic 9:00 PM Tuesday TV episode. The tension centers on life threatening risk and a life saving choice by a doctor.
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Marcus Welby
TV 9
Waiver controversy over ship Sansienena aid debated
Lawmakers question Treasury Secretary actions granting a waiver tied to the Sansienena case, arguing national defense needs and shipbuilding policy. They note a possible $5 million cash value and potential use of Liberia-registered vessels to exploit higher foreign crew costs.
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Mollenhoff
Tydings
U.S
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Defense
Bel Air explosion halts trial move and sparks protests
Deputy Attorney General Robert Sweeney and attorney Kunstler warned Bel Air would be unworkable for Brown’s trial amid hostility and publicity. An 11:45 p.m. car explosion near Route 1 killed a man linked to civil rights work, drawing police cordons and witnesses hearing two blasts. Demonstrators gathered outside the rural town, shouting power to the people as debate over venue continues.
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Robert Sweeney
Bel Air
Kunstler
Baltimore
Featherstone
Mississippi
Washington
The
Spear and Drum
SNCC
Brown
Smith
Carl Broege
Dyer
Hartford County
Reforestation Plan Outlined For Cedar Rapids Council
Cedar Rapids forester Bob Ross presented a 1970 replanting and beautification program to the city council. Plans call for 400 to 450 trees along First Second and Third avenues on both sides of the Cedar River, replacing elms with maples lindens and ashes. The project targets parkings from Fourth to Nineteenth streets east and west sides near the river, with future expansion citywide. Traffic counts are 33500 on First Avenue, 30000 on Second, and 8000 on Third. A grant request seeks 50 percent HUD reimbursement. City parks and streets will share duties for plantings and improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Ross
Cedar River
Ross
First Avenue
Third Avenues
Richard Jensen
City Public Services
Fourth Street
Nineteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Department of Housing and Urban Development
van Vechten
Osborne
Tyler
Daniels
Seminole Valley
Greene Square
Island Plaza
Forestry Division
Parks Department
Courthouse Board Appoints Defense Counsel For Henderson
Linn county taxpayers will cover the defense of Linn Supervisor Dudley Henderson in a $200000 suit. The board on Tuesday named Keith Stapleton as Hendersons attorney, acting in his official capacity during a broadcast interview. The resolution cites a 1932 attorney general opinion allowing supervisors to hire counsel when sued individually for duties.
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Linn
Dudley Henderson
Linn County
Henderson
Linn District Court
Center Point
Tom Neenan
Neenan
Keith Stapleton
Floyd Emmons
George Clifford
Attorneys seek fee for projected work in Ricehill appeal
Lawyers for convicted killer Elliott Ricehill claim 4638 dollars for appealing to the state Supreme Court, including time not yet spent. Paul Kinion and R Fred Dumbaugh listed 301 hours at 15 dollars hourly plus 123 dollars in expenses, with 1080 miles travel.
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Elliott Ricehill
Supreme Court
Paul Kinion
R. Fred. Dumbaugh
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
J. Paul Naughton
Warren Rees
Ft. Madison
Ricehill
Easter Wedding Licenses Should Be Sought Early
Kenneth Perry Linn county clerk of court urges couples to apply for marriage licenses early for Easter weekend. With the courthouse closed Good Friday the last day to apply is the Monday before Easter and licenses must be picked up by the following Thursday. He warns that lines may be long so early filing is advised.
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Kenneth Perry
Linn County
Perry
Link 2 Deaths to Bomb Factory in Village Blast
Investigators found a second body among explosives ruins in a Greenwich Village townhouse, police say the site may have been a bomb factory operated by young radicals while owners vacationed. Five suspects reportedly fled the owner's Indiana radio station home after the initial blast, a group linked to a dynamite making accident.
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Greenwich Village
Indiana
Laotian convoy ambush leaves five dead near Luang Prabang
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao ambushed a small Laotian army convoy 14 miles south of Luang Prabang, killing five soldiers and wounding eight. Col Bouachanh said about 400 troops tried to recapture a Mekong outpost the Pathet Lao seized Friday. The Pathet Lao plans to send a top officer to Vientiane to deliver a peace proposal to Premier Souvanna Phouma.
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Laos
Pathet Lao
Luang Prabang
Northern Military Region
Bouachanh
Mekong River
Souvanna Phouma
Air Force Officer Retires After 30 Years of Service
Col. Charles G. Whitley, Fayette native, retires after three decades in the air force. He earned a second Legion of Merit for directing aerospace systems analysis at Ent Air Force Base. He flew 159 combat missions in the China Burma India theater in World War II and holds four Distinguished Flying Crosses along with three Air Medals. In other military moves, 21 locals enlisted, some to the Navy and delayed-entry programs, with several discharged or on leave.
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Charles G. Whitley
Harold Whitley
Fayette
Air Force
Whitley
Aerospace Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colo
China- Burma-India
ITT to Build 1000-Room Paris Hotel in 40 Stories
Boston based ITT Sheraton Corp. of America says construction will start in July 1971 on a 40 story Paris hotel with 1000 rooms, planned as the largest in France.
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Boston
UPI
ITT Sheraton Corp
America
France
Paris
Obituaries for Frank Shramek and Estella Stockman
Frank Shramek 69 of 1833 D Street SW died after a brief illness. He worked 35 years at Wilson Sinclair Co retiring in 1962 and leaves a wife Hilda Melichar, a daughter Mrs. Joseph Bevill, two grandchildren and a great grandchild, plus siblings. Memorial service Thursday at 2 p.m. at Janeba Kuba funeral home. burial in Czech National cemetery. Estella G Stockman 81 of 1738 Sixth Avenue SE died after a short illness. A Cedar Rapids resident 52 years, she was born Aug 5 1888 in Fort Madison and married Ed Stockman Sept 9 1910 in Des Moines. Memorial service Thursday 11 a.m. at Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids Consistory. burial at Aspen Grove cemetery Burlington. Friends may call Cedar Memorial funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday and at the chapel after 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Frank Shramek
D Street
Wilson- Sinclair Co
Cedar Lodge No. 7
ICBJ
Wilson and Co. Employes Club
Hilda Melichar
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Bevill
Jake Pernicka
Robert Conway
Joseph Hartman
Alma Shramek
Joseph Shramek
Estella G. Stockman
Sixth Avenue SE
Fort Madison
Ed Stockman
Des Moines
Aspen Grove ‘Cemetery
Burlington
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Morling Rites Set For Ames Widow Helen Morling
Helen Clare Roche Morling, widow of William Morling and former Cedar Rapids resident, died in Ames on Monday. Born January 30, 1891, in Cedar Rapids, she was a 1916 Coe College graduate and earned a 1928 master’s from Iowa State College. Survived by two daughters and six grandchildren, memorial services are a graveside 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Shiloh cemetery conducted by Dr. Glenn W. McMichael. Turner Chapel East to handle arrangements. The casket will not be opened.
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Helen Clare Roche Morling
William Morling
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Coe College
Iowa State College
Morling
United Methodists Church
Esther Chapter II
OES
Emmetsburg
National and State Economics Assn
Epsilon Sigma Phi National
Hans Uhling
New Towne
Richard Dyer
Kingsport
Tenn
Shiloh
Glenn W. McMichael
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Turner Chapel East
Obituary for Merle May Whitney of Cedar Rapids
Merle May Whitney aged 78 of 1601 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Monday after a brief illness. Born Springville February 2, 1892 she was a widow of Harry G. Whitney and a Cedar Rapids resident for 76 years. Survived by two sons Robert D. Osborne Cleveland and William D. Osborne Cedar Rapids. nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Services at Beatty Beurle chapel 1 30 p m Thursday conducted by Rev Barton G. Murray. Burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Beatty Beurle's after 1 30 p m Wednesday.
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Merle May Whitney
Second Avenue SE
Harry G. Whitney
Cedar Rapids
Springville
Memorial Services for Carl Henry Beatty and Gladys Fisher Turner
Services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Bearle and Turner chapels. Rev Richard Ernst and Rev John Wheatley to conduct. Burial at Lisbon cemetery with military rites for Beatty and Oak Hill cemetery for Turner. Both to be escorted by local veterans groups.
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Cabn
Carl Henry
Beatty- Bearle
Richard Ernst
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Lisbon
Graveside
Chord, Gladys Fisher
Turner Chapel
John Wheatley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hoffmans Honor Service for Howard W Hoffman
Howard William Hoffman of 1300 Oakland Road NE died Monday at Cedar Rapids. A 60-year Keystone Lodge AF and AM member born December 31, 1884 in Philadelphia, he lived with daughter and son in law Leon A Lee. Surviving are three daughters and four grandchildren plus a great grandson. Memorial at Jerry Gormley Funeral Home Atlantic City with burial at Laurel Memorial Park. Turner Chapel East in charge.
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Howard William Hoffman
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Hoffman
Leon A. Lee
Philadelphia
Keystone Lodge AF
Lee
Walter Stalberg
West Collingwood
N.J
Walter Hack
Hadden Heights
Jerry Gormley
Atlantic City
Laurel Memorial Park
Turner Chapel East
Cedar Rapids Woman 89 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. William Schnekloth Anna M. Schnekloth, 89, widow of William F. Schnekloth, died after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids resident since youth, she was born Sept. 5, 1880, near Newhall. She belonged to First Lutheran church and Cedar Chapter No. 184 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Heinrich of Estherville and Emma Broendel of Perry. Memorial services scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Turner chapel east with Rev. George Carlson. burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner east until 1:15 p.m. Thursday. Casket will not be open after the service.
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Anna M. Schnekloth
William F. Schnekloth
Upland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Charles Heinrich
Estherville
Emma Broendel
Perry
Turner Chapel East
George Carlson
Cedar Memorial
Turner East
Helicopter Crash Sparks Fire and Investigations in Vietnam
In Vietnam, a helicopter crash sparked a fire aboard the craft with ammunition and flares going off. Marines and MPs kept spectators away while fire crews extinguished the flames. Investigators consider overload as a possibility. Five Americans wounded as two Army helicopters were shot down over the weekend. New Laos air loss policy began Wednesday with no planes reported lost.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
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