Weather notes and births mark March news items
The Daily Record provides a Saturday weather snapshot with high 35 and precipitation 0.09 for March, plus horizon details and year-ago figures. It also lists numerous birth announcements across multiple families in Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals and notes several out-of-town birth records and funeral service details for communities including Lima, Atkins, Coggan, Columbus Junction, Iowa City, Keystone, South English, Springville, Waukon, Williamsburg, and Anamosa.
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C.R
Gazette
Services Tuesday for Mrs Waterman Atkins
Mrs Waterman 68 died from injuries in a two car collision east of Atkins Friday night. Survived by husband one son Robert of Wilton Junction and three stepsons Don Warren and Keith Waterman Atkins. Body at Fellmer funeral home Keystone. Casket not open. Mr Waterman injured in accident in hospital in fairly good condition.
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Atkins
Walter Waterman
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Fellmer's
Keystone
Coggan
Phillip H. Kester
Zion Presbyterian Church
Goettsch’s
Monticello
Columbus Junction
Clifford Tisor
Aledo
Reiser
Columbus City Cemetery
Robert John Green
Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home
Iowa City
Dietrich Siemer
Our Redeemer Lutheran
George L. Gay Hazleton
Raymond Zimmerman
Ulm
Ark
Rudolph Niebel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Fellmer’s
Israeli Warplanes Hit Three Jordan Bases
Israeli warplanes attacked three Arab guerrilla bases inside Jordan on Saturday. The army named the targets as Dibin near Jarash, Yedi da near Amman, and Dabrat near Shurak, detailing locations in northern and southern Jordan.
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Jordan
Tel Aviv
Dibin
Jarash
Yedida
Amman
Dabrat
Shurak
Perkins fights to preserve Job Corps role in OEO overhaul
Senator, backing a committee line, argues the plan to cut Job Corps 25 to 50 percent and move Head Start to HEW risks program disruption. He contends HEW lacks a Head Start host agency and notes HEW secretary Finch has not decided where the program will land. Supporters foresee hearings fuelled by fury and confusion.
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OEO
Perkins
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert Finch
Congress
Boy and Grandmom Share Identical Heart Repairs
A 13 week old Plainfield New Jersey boy and his grandmother from London England underwent separate surgeries for the same heart defect in adjacent hospitals. Daniel Potter and his grandmother Mrs Gerald Morse both had aortic stenosis with procedures on January 22 and February 20 respectively and are reported in good condition.
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Boston
Plainfield
N.J
Daniel Potter
Bruce Potter
Children’s Hospital ‘Medical Center
Gerald Morse
London
England
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Daniel
Four Larcenies From Parked Cars Reported
Cedar Rapids police logged four vehicle thefts Saturday in which items valued at $300 were stolen from a car belonging to Dieterich Becker of 3912 E Avenue NE. Other losses included shirts and trousers from Tom Whittemore at 1549 D Avenue NE totaling $155, fishing and hunting gear and tools from Richard J. Franks of 1503 L Street SW worth $61, and $80 in stereo tapes stolen from Richard Riehl of 300 Thirty first Street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Dieterich Becker
E Avenue
Penick and
Ford
Tom Whittemore
D Avenue
Richard J. Franks
L’ Street
Richard Riehl
Thirty-first Street
Rockets Fire on Saigon as Offensive Moves Resume
At 2:32 a.m. rockets and mortars rocked Saigon and surrounding areas. The enemy unleashed intensified shelling across 70 bases and towns in South Vietnam. Ground assaults followed on the approaches to Saigon as residents sought shelter in bunkers and sturdy buildings.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Haunted Land of the Giants air time today
Earthlings are stranded in a haunted house on Land of the Giants at 6 p.m. today in color on Channel 9.
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Channel 9
Nixon Lights Tomb Of Unknown Soldier At Legion Dinner
President Nixon lit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington via remote from a Washington Legion banquet. He pledged peaceful aims and strength to lead, noting donations of 100000 dollars for lights and 25000 dollars for maintenance. He recalled laying wreaths in Europe and urged a world where no boy is shipped home from war.
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Washington
Nixon
The
Legion
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac
Virginia
American Legion
Europe
United States
U.S
the Legion
Counterfeit $20 Bill Found at Des Moines
A counterfeit $20 bill was found by the head teller at the Iowa State Bank in Des Moines. Police fear more counterfeit notes may be in circulation. The bill bore serial L-713-S-3284-D and felt flimsier with darker green printing. The Des Moines police will hand the note to the U S Secret Service on Monday.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Bank
Eskil Peterson
U. S. Secret Service
Cosmos 271 Satellite Launch Reported by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite Cosmos 271 on Saturday. Reports also suggest a moon probe could be attempted soon, though details remain secret as in the Cosmos program. The orbital size mirrors the earlier Cosmos launch on March 6.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Obituary notices for Carfrae and Hynek services and deaths
Services for James C. Carfrae will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic church. He died from injuries in a vehicle accident near Russell, Colorado, as a junior at Adams State College Alamosa. Milo F. Hynek, 77, of 78 Twentieth Avenue SW, was found dead Saturday. natural causes per medical examiner. He was born February 1, 1892, in Cedar Rapids and survived by two nieces and a nephew. burial at St. John's after a Requiem Mass at St. Wenceslaus Church. Rosaries and calling hours noted for both events.
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James C. Carfrae
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Louis V. McDonough
Carfrae
Eastern Avenue
Russell, Colo
Milo F. Hynek
Twentieth Avenue
Percy Harris
Hynek
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
St. Wenceslaus Church
Clarence Frana
St. John’s
Kuba Funeral Home
Death Notices for Cedar Rapids Resident Charles Huster
Charles Huster died Friday after a sudden illness. Born February 15 1889 in Bartlesville Oklahoma he lived in the Vinton area before moving to Cedar Rapids. Survived by two daughters Leona Chesmore Tipton and Dorothea Kindig three sons Charles Huster Moberly DeWayne Huster Omaha and Bill Huster Monticello 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial service was held at Turner's East at 1 30 Tuesday led by Reverend Hugh Ghormley Coggan burial in Troy Mills. Friends may visit the chapel until 1 p m Tuesday. The casket will not be reopened.
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Charles Huster
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Bartlesville
Okla
Vinton
Huster
Christian Church
Troy Mills
Leona Chesmore
Tipton
Dorothea Kindig
Moberly
DeWayne Huster
Omaha
Baxter's offers free extras with basic services
The ad emphasizes no extra charges for copies of certified death certificates flower delivery to shut-ins and nursing homes and for VA and social security papers as part of the regular service. It asserts that the only charge is the lower base price.
Funeral services announced for several local residents
Beach Ethel Hester Beatty buried at Mt Vernon cemetery after services at First Assembly of God. Elizabeth L Janos to be laid to Cedar Memorial with burial at Cedar Memorial. Betty Lucille Toussaint to be cremated with service at Turner's East. Rose P Visha to be buried at Linwood after service at Turner's East. Earl Madison Rowray to be laid to Shiloh cemetery after service at Turner's East.
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Canon D. A. Loferski
Linwood
Rowray
Earl Madison Turner
Glenn High
Shiloh Cemetery
Iowa schools seek formula-based state aid distribution
Leaders of Iowa area schools urged distributing state aid for the 15 operating schools by a formula rather than projected enrollment. The move would let each school know its exact share of the 19.4 million Governor Ray proposed for the coming biennium, enabling solid two year budgets. The plan, unanimously endorsed, will be presented to the legislature.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Ray
O. N. Emerson
Eagle Grove
Iowa Council of Area School Boards
Emerson
State Department of Public Instruction
Nixon Suggests New Arms Features For Geneva Talks
President Nixon said he would recommend some new features to be discussed at the 18 nation disarmament conference in Geneva but declined to reveal specifics. He spoke during a White House meeting with Gerard Smith, US delegation head, and was joined by Secretary of State Rogers and Henry Kissinger.
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Washington
Nixon
Geneva
White House
Gerard Smith
U.S
Smith
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Secretary of
William Rogers
Henry Kissinger
National Security Affairs
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication and subscription details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in id by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Night edition and Sunday six issues cost 1.70 a month or 16 a year by mail. Afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues cost 1.85 a month or 17 a year. Subscriptions outside Iowa 27 a year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
St Luke's to Dedicate New Health Science Library
St Luke's Methodist hospital in Cedar Rapids nears completion of a five year effort by its auxiliary to fund a health science library. The $125000 project will open with a 2 p.m. dedication next Sunday followed by an auxiliary tea and reception honoring five presidents. The stacks hold 10500 books and 150 periodicals and will be run by two librarians for use by medical staff students and interns and the broader community.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
St. Luke’s
Cardinal Cushing Returns Home After Illness
Richard Cardinal Cushing 73, archbishop of Boston, resumed residence Saturday after hospital treatment for fatigue and a respiratory illness.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Camp Good Health Budget Notes 1969 Totals
A community drive records 1969 budget details with line items for memorial gifts totaling 2432.20 and a remaining goal of 14067.80. Contributions include 2387.20 in memory of Gregory Jacobs and 10.00 in memory of Kath eryn Vrba plus other gifts from Link Belt Speeder Heat Treat Dept Theristrial Club and F.A.M. and coworkers.
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Gregory Jacobs
Katheryn Vrba
C. F. Peremsky
August Ginkel
Link Belt
Theristrial Club
Lucius E. MacLaughlin
F.A.M
C R Man Charged With Drunk Driving
Robert J. Thompson age 62 of 407 Sixteenth Street SE was charged with drunk driving after erratic driving in the 100 block of Fifth Street SE. He was held in the city jail on a $1500 bond on a third offense drunk driving charge.
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Robert J. Thompson
Sixteenth Street SE
Fifth Street
Thompson
Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway TV Special
Channel 9 airs a color broadcast tonight featuring Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway, a prime time music and comedy collaboration. The program promises lively performances and banter as both stars highlight their stage talents.
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Carol Channing
Pearl Bailey
Channel 9
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