Weather and legislative roundup from March 1968 record
The Daily Record weather figures show a Monday high near 33, low around 5, with Tuesday readings near 21 and 20 at 2 PM and trace precipitation. March totals reach 0.09 inches, below normal 2.48, year-to-date 82.9 percent of normal. Barometer trends down, humidity 55 percent at noon, wind from the west at 14 mph. A assembly session processed 90 plus bills, including HF368 for school aid, SF254 on social services transfers, HF319 motorcycle regulations, HF320 license provisions, and ethics reforms. Votes ranged from clear passes to governor, with adjournment for further committee work. Local notices list obituaries and services across Cedar Rapids, Keota, Vinton, Manchester, Toledo, What Cheer, Hardin, and surrounding towns, with multiple funeral arrangements and private graves.
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Pen Poe
Gazette
State Department of Social Services Authority
Senate
Iowa
Supreme Court backs city council in urban renewal ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a district court finding that council members acted with no dishonesty or improper motive in an urban renewal case. It held the law aims to avoid potential conflicts of interest rather than require financial gain, though Justices Hickerson and Stuart dissented on the validity of votes by conflicted officials. Mayor Hickerson criticized the broad interpretation and urged careful review of the full opinion.
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The
Supreme Court
Theodore Garfield
Hickerson
W. C. Stuart
Robert Larson
Iowa City
Garfield
Stuart
Missing in action report for C R Man Donald Lee Rupe
C R Man Donald Lee Rupe 20, son of Mrs Hugh W Scriven and Harvey Rupe, listed missing in action by the army in Vietnam. Last seen March 6 during a combat operation when his unit faced hostile mortar fire. He served with the 52nd Infantry Division, 198 Light Infantry Brigade, a 1966 Washington high school graduate who joined the army March 1968 and has been in Vietnam since August 1968.
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Donald Lee Rupe
Hugh W. Scriven
Fifteenth Street SE
Harvey Rupe
Sixteenth ‘Street SE
Vietnam
198 Light Infantry
Rupe
Washington High School
Army
Funeral Home Seeks Clarity in Care for Suffering Families
A terse remark from a grieving speaker underscores a demand for straightforward communication and compassionate service at a local funeral home. The message signals expectations for clear guidance, respectful handling, and transparent costs during a difficult time.
Death notice for James T. Morgan longtime Gazette foreman
James T. Jay Morgan 60 of 22110 avenue NW Cedar Rapids died Monday after months of illness. Born June 10 1908 he married Virginia Bauman Feb 16 1937 in Rock Island. Survived by wife two daughters one son a sister stepmother two stepbrothers a stepsister and one grandchild. He worked for The Gazette and belonged to International Typographical Union Local 192 and the Gazette 25 year club. Memorial service Thursday at Turner Chapel West at 3 30 p.m. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Cedar Rapids
Virginia Bauman
Rock Island
Richard Cecetka
Denver
James Landenberger
James D. Morgan
Fred Welsh
A. H. Morgan
van Nuys
Calif
Central Park
William E Drake dies at 78 in Davenport
William E Drake 78 of Davenport and former Cedar Rapids and Amana resident died Monday in Davenport. A retired Penick and Ford Co employee, he married Elizabeth Schinnerling on March 20 1917 in Iowa City. Survivors include daughter Mrs Woodrow Ferguson, foster-daughter Vera Davis, brother Lawrence Drake, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Body at Hill and Fredericks Davenport.
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William E. Drake
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Amana
Penick and Ford Co
Nebraska
Elizabeth Schinnerling
Iowa City
Woodrow Ferguson
Vera Davis
Des Moines
Lawrence Drake
Eugene
Ore
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hill and Fredericks
Memorial Services and Burials Listed for Local Clergy
Memorial services and funeral details for Richard Jay Beach Roberta Wertz Mary Babbage and others are listed with times at various churches including First Assembly of God Emanuel Baptist St Wenceslaus St Pius X and Cedar Memorial. Burials occur at Czech National and Mt Vernon cemeteries with Kuba and Janeba Kuba funeral homes named. Military honors noted for John L Nemec.
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Czech National
Kuba Funeral Home
Nemec
John L
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
William B. Harnish
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
O'Neal
Michael J
St. Pius X
Laverne Schueller
Cedar Memorial
Kuba Funeral Home East
Offshore oil wells total near nine thousand, says National Geographic
National Geographic reports that about 9,000 offshore wells have been drilled on the world's continental shelves. The figure highlights the scale of offshore extraction spanning multiple regions and decades.
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The
National Geographic
Paper Mill By-product To Be Used on County Roads
Linn County Engineer Bill Harrington outlined plans to stabilize unpaved county roads with lignin sul phate tree sap by-product from paper mills. After years in Lee County since 1960, a concentrated form lowers transport costs. The project on Blairs Ferry Road NE will serve as demonstration and potential sub base for future road work with long range plans discussed by the board.
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Linn
Bill Harrington
Harrington
the Gazette
Linn County
Lee County
Blairs Ferry Road
Twin Knolls
Board of Supervisors
Blairs Ferry
Gene Hale
Judge Postpones Sentencing of Hoover Coffee
Convicted slayer Hoover Coffee may wed the mother of his shotgun slaying victim before sentencing. Judge William Eads delayed sentencing by a week due to marriage license timing and a pending remarriage after divorce. Coffee, 39, was convicted of second degree murder for the October 24 killing of Michael Lawson, 18, in a southeast side apartment.
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Hoover Coffee
William Eads
Joan Harkless
Coffee
Michael Lawson
Nixon and Burnett Launch 1969 Easter Seals Campaign
President Nixon joined television star Carol Burnett and seven year old Donna Kay Howell of Tallahassee Florida at the White House to launch a nationwide Easter Seal drive for crippled children and adults. Donna, the national Easter Seal child, has battled a stroke related speech defect and receives ongoing therapy. Burnett heads the national volunteer corps and presented Nixon with the first 1969 Easter Seals sheet.
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Washington
Nixon
Carol Burnett
Donna Kay Howell
Tallahassee
Fla
Donna
White House
Miss Burnett
Feaker Trial Continues With Bank Robbery Testimony
Witnesses described a February 7 Ely bank holdup with Feaker identified by Miss Gladys Holets as a participant. Baresh and Holets recounted the robbers ordering, the masked gunman warning, and money taken before the pair alerted Cedar Rapids.
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Feaker
Baresh
Fairfax
Ely Bank
Gladys Holets
Miss Holets
Buresh
Bank
Cedar Rapids
Highway Patrol
Trial verdict fuels conspiracy theories in Ray case
In a Memphis era court report, supporters urge continued pursuit of those responsible for the crime while opponents question the notion of a city-wide conspiracy. Judge Battle notes no conclusive proof of conspiracy yet acknowledges the possibility remains, as questions about motives and race linger.
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Tennessee
U. S.S
Abernathy
Ray
Memphis
Sheriff's
W. Preston Battle
Hamlet
Cedar Rapids residents named in release
Louis M. Nelson Daryl Wiesender Eleanor M. Sardeson Mary C. Wilson Marilyn Cook and Nicholas H. Schmitz all of Cedar Rapids are listed as parties in the document.
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Louis M. Nelson
Daryl Wiesender
Eleanor M. Sardeson
Mary C. Wilson
Marilyn Cook
Nicholas H. Schmitz
Cedar Rapids
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