Weather and death notices mix from a late edition
The page lists high and low temperatures for cities including Atlanta New York Phoenix Seattle and details precipitation totals and normal year figures. It also reports wind speed humidity sun times and lunar data. Obituaries and funeral notices from Iowa towns name Ralph Snodgrass Bernard Knudtson Lonette Glascock Ina Voelker Lloyd Burge and others with service times and churches.
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Atlanta
New York
Phoenix
Seattle
Washington
Cedar Rapids and Marion Police Recruits Complete Course
Seven Cedar Rapids recruits finished a ten week law enforcement course: Charles Tauber Richard White James Kinkead Harvey Denlinger Russell Slaman Gerald Hinzman David Young. Linn deputy sheriffs James Paulson John Hromidko Charles Siebert also completed the program. Marion officers Gary Thompson and Thomas Walderbach completed the course.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Tauber
Richard White
James Kinkead
Harvey Denlinger
Russell Slaman
Gerald Hinzman
David Young
Linn
James Paulson
John Hromidko
Charles Siebert
Marion Police Department
Gary Thompson
Thomas Walderbach
Monona Trucker Crushed to Death in Quarry Accident
Guard Herbert Schlitter, 53, of Monona, died Friday at a stone quarry near Clayton when an end loader rolled over a 6 foot embankment while loading gravel. He is survived by his wife, one son, six sisters and four brothers.
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Herbert Schlitter
Monona
Clayton County
Schlitter
Chain reaction crash in Munich leaves multiple dead and injured
A chain reaction collision in Munich on Friday involved at least 50 vehicles. Police reported four people killed and 25 injured as responders worked at the scene.
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Munich
Turner Credit Union Elects Dorothy DeMoss President
Dorothy DeMoss was elected president of the Turner Credit Union at a recent special meeting. Mary Ament served as vice president and secretary, Dianne Berkenpas as treasurer, with Mary Mundorf, Duane Hinrichs and Ed Fitzpatrick named to the auditing committee. Mildred Hay and Jerome De Muth were elected to the credit committee.
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Dorothy DeMoss
Twentyfirst Street
Turner Credit Union
Mary Ament
Dianne Berkenpas
Mary Mundorf
Duane Hinrichs
Ed Fitzpatrick
Mildred Hay
Jerome DeMuth
Draft Lottery Quiz Delayed by Kennedy
Senator Kennedy postpones hearings on the December draft lottery validity. He says Armed Forces Committee Chairman Len Stennis will study the issue thoroughly during April hearings on draft legislation.
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Washington
Kennedy
D-Mass
Armed Forces Committee
Len Stennis
D-Miss
Budget Ceiling Hike Sought by Administration
Washington AP The administration seeks a $3.2 billion rise in the fiscal year spending ceiling. Budget chief Robert Mayo proposed a $198.9 billion limit for year ending June 31, arguing the current $195.7 billion cap is unrealistic due to uncontrollable outlays including social security veterans benefits and prior contracts.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Robert Mayo
Mayo
McCormack
Agnew
Senate
No Sanction for Taking Letter From Johnson Aide Says
A letter to former President Johnson from T S Eliot was taken from the White House without authorization and later moved to private possession. An autograph dealer reported FBI agents obtained the letter, which had previously been withdrawn from sale, while Johnson aides say the Archives and federal authorities are handling the matter.
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Austin
Texas
Johnson
T. S. Eliot
White House
New York
Charles Hamilton
FBI
Tom Johnson
Eliot
United States
Washington
Herbert Angel
National Archives
City Briefs Report Theft and Break-ins
Gladys Kolek reported coin theft from her home on Friday. Items stolen across several addresses include rifles, cash, watches, clothes, and a television. Police noted multiple break-ins with varying losses, and December weather items are handled by local cemeteries and nurseries.
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Gladys Kolek
Twenty-fifth Avenue SW
Lawyers urge disclosure on Carswell nomination
A 300 member group of U.S. lawyers urged that government and court records on Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell be subpoenaed. They warned hearings reveal a mental attitude harmful to black citizens and cited a 1948 white supremacy speech. Senator Clifford Case became the 22nd to oppose confirmation.
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Ganization
U.S
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Carswell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Activi
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Tallahassee
Judiciary Committee
Georgia
Tories Link Victory To Teenage Voters
London AP reports the Conservative party won a special parliamentary election in Bridgewater, boosted by alleged teenage turnout after lowering the voting age to 18. Labor disputes the claim, noting the result shows an increased Tory majority of 4,800 votes and an 8.6 percent swing.
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London
Labor Party
Bridgewater
England
Gerald Wills
Record 150 French priests leave priesthood in 1969
Paris based Le Monde reports a record 150 French priests quit the priesthood in 1969. The newspaper did not disclose its sourcing for the figure.
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Paris
le Monde
Max Berlin, Marion Indian Creek Manager Dies at 56
Max Berlin, 56, manager of Indian Creek Country Club in Marion, died suddenly. Services are being arranged at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion.
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Max Berlin
Indian Creek
Marion
Indian Creek Country Club
Murdoch
Cedar Rapids Woman Rose M Rejsa Dies After Long Illness
Rose M Rejsa 84 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Friday after a long illness. Born November 3 1885 she was a Royal Neighbors of America member and First Lutheran Church parishioner. Survived by daughter Mrs Arnold M Larson. Memorial services Monday 1 30 p m at Janeba Kuba funeral home. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m Saturday.
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Rose M. Rejsa
Hamilton Street
Cedar Rapids
Royal Neighbors of America
First Lutheran Church
Edmund Dulin
Charles Rejsa
Arnold M
Larson, Solon
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
John M. Jensen
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Milota dies in Seattle at 75 veteran of World War I
Albert M Milota former resident dies in Seattle Friday at age 75 He was a World War I veteran and a member of the American Legion in Seattle Military graveside services will be held He is survived by his wife Anna four sons Clarence Cedar Rapids William Center Point Ray Eureka and Ed ward Visalia Calif twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild two brothers James Cedar Rapids Louis Protovia and a sister Rose Hrdlicka Cresco Ballards Funeral Home is in charge
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Albert M. Milota
Seattle
American Legion
Anna
Clarence
Cedar Rapids
William
Center Point
Ray
Eureka
Edward
Visalia
Calif
James
Louis
Protivia
Rose Hrdlicka
Cresco
Ballard
Memorial Services for Schmidt and Mary Ann Petersen
Memorial services were held for Harlan Edward II at Turner Chapel West at 3 p.m. Saturday conducted byRev. E. W. Koberg with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Mary Ann Petersen held a graveside service at Linwood Cemetery at noon Saturday conducted by Rev. Dale J. Rausch. Turner West was the site for both services.
Jimmy Durante and the Lennon Sisters TV Special
Jerry Lewis and Jack Jones join Jimmy Durante and the Lennon Sisters for a rare behind the scenes TV special airing 8:30 PM Saturday on TV 9. The program promises lively banter and musical interludes in a classic variety format.
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Jerry Lewis
Jack Jones
Jimmy Durante
Lennon Sisters
TV 9
Priests Set Deadline for Papal Answer
The National Federation of Priests Councils, representing about 35 000 priests, set April 20 as a deadline for a Vatican review of 40 Washington, D C priests suspended over birth control views. The group warned of drastic action if ignored and urged U S clergy backing.
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San Diego
Calif
Vatican
National Federation of Priests’ Councils
Pope Paul VI
Washington, D.C
Patrick
Cardinal O’boyle
NFPC
Harry Arbanas
Great Falls
Mont
Nfpc House of Delegates
Patrick O'Malley
Chicago
National Council of Catholic Bishops
San Francisco
U.S
Black Mart Firings Set by U S Command
SAIGON AP The U S command orders more than 30 civilian contract firms to immediately fire all employees previously punished for illegal currency manipulation. The spokesman said the move could affect about 150 people among several thousand civilians employed by private companies under U S government contracts.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Soviet Army Conducts Tactical Nuclear Drills and Massive Tank Battle
The Soviet army practiced tactical nuclear strikes producing simulated mushroom clouds and followed with a vast tank clash near the Byelorussian plains close to the Polish border. Pravda reported 1000 plus tanks engaging in dense fire under Marshal Andrei Grechko with no soldier totals disclosed.
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Moscow
Byelorussia
Pravade
Communist Party
Andrei Grechko
Pravda
Vinton Man Hurt at Water Pollution Plant
Jack Roster of Vinton was listed in fair condition at Allen hospital with back and internal injuries after being struck by a crane while working at the water pollution control plant Friday.
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Waterloo
Jack Roster
Vinton
Allen Hospital
Ambulance Chief Demands County Funds or Service Halt
Ambulance head B T Howell warned Linn County supervisors that ambulance service to welfare recipients would stop at Sunday noon unless accounts are paid and back bills since May 1967 are cleared. He offered to bill Cedar Rapids for welfare-related ambulance work and urged the city to buy into ambulance operations.
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B. T. Howell
Ambulance Co., Inc
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Howell
George Clifford
Medicare
Cedar Rapids
Oberthien
Donald Canney
Iranian Pilgrims Lose 105 Lives in Sea Capsize
Tehran AP reports an Iranian pilgrim said 105 passengers died when a motor launch capsized in heavy seas in the Persian Gulf. The vessel carried 180 people, including 13 Iranians who joined Arab and Indian pilgrims after failing to secure plane seats. Mohammed Heli, 51, provided the account on Saturday after returning home.
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Tehran
Persian Gulf
Mohammed Heli
Mecca
Back Submarine Loan to Formosa Approved by House Panel
The armed services committee approved a loan of three conventional powered submarines to Nationalist China in a closed Feb. 3 meeting. The craft would be Formosa’s first submarines for anti submarine warfare. Officials fear the loan could hinder U.S.-Red China relations efforts.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Nationalist China
U.S
Mainland China
Formosa
Defense
State Departments
Daywitt Faces Three Motorist Charges After Street Incident
Richard G. Daywitt, 26, of 1712 Twentieth Street NW, was charged with disobeying a traffic signal, failure to stop for a stop sign, and placing glass on the street after witnesses saw him set a beer can at the First avenue and Second street NE intersection. He posted $550 bond and was released.
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Richard G. Daywitt
Twentieth Street
Daywitt
First Avenue
Second Street
First Street
Second Avenue
Center Point Boy Dies From Tractor Accident Injuries
Center Point teen Lloyd R. Moore, age 14, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday night from injuries suffered a week earlier when he fell from a tractor being driven by his father in Center Point.
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Center Point
Lloyd R. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Nixon administration sues Florida plant over thermal pollution
The Nixon administration filed a federal suit in Miami accusing Florida Power & Light Co. of thermal pollution in Biscayne Bay south of Miami. The complaint argues heated plant discharges harm marine life in the Biscayne National Monument area and growth will worsen when two nuclear plants are added at the sites.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Florida Power & Light Co
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Biscayne National Monument
Atty
John Mitchell
Fifth Yablonski murder charge filed against fifth man
Authorities filed a murder charge against Silous Huddleston in Washington Pennsylvania as part of a federal case charging five men with conspiring to kill United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Huddleston is an UMW official from Tennessee and father of one of the co defendants.
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Washington, Pa
Joseph Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Silous Huddleston
UMW
Tennessee
Cleveland
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Thirtysixth Street
Lansing
Ralph R. Snodgrass
Martin's
Waukon
Bernard Knudtson
St. John’s Lutheran Church
West Union
Lonette Glascock
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Burnham Wood
Oelwein
Ina Voelker
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Garnaville
Tuecke’s
North English
Gira E. Morse
Mt. Vernon
Lloyd C. Burge
Baxter's
Hopkinton
Jessie C. Keith
Goettsch
Clutter
Albert A. Ulch
Fellmet’s
Keystone
Newhall
Martin Werning
Clarence — Olin Braggs
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Moose
Duane Weaver
Sixteenth Avenue
Baumhoemner Nursery
Johnson Ave
Jack Tubbs
Teresa Drive
St. John’s Cemetery
Gallery
First Avenue SE
Ann Berger
Houghton House
F Ave
Raymond Ricklefs
L Street
Gene Mincy
McKinley Street
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Linwood Cemetery
Frank W. Pusateri
Fifth Street
Hiawatha Garden Center
Sportsman Tavern
First Avenue NE
Cold Stream Poultry Farm
Center Point Road
United State Bank
16Th Ave
David E. Thomas
Twelfth Avenue
Sykora Bakery
St. Pat’s
Frances Becker
Becker
Linda B. Smith
Larry Smith
Jerome’s
Adv
Des Moines Register
Mark Rodenkirk
A Avenue NW
Third Avenue SW
Ask Court
Judge Carswell
Tories
Cedar Memorial
Black Mart
Vinton Man
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Linn Board
By Jerry Elsen
City Hall
Dudley Henderson
Henderson
John Oberthien
Ambulance Co
Yablonski
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
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St. Mark
David R. Noble
Robert E. Keyton
William Duffy
James C. Nielson
John Charlson
Donald Weir
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