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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1966
Page
15
A fragmented newspaper snippet mentions an address in Cedar Rapids and a person named Leonard Wood, with a reference to Gar H. Demmel and Carel A. Demme. It also lists places Knox Kentucky and a 14 day period, but essential context is missing to determine the event or action.
Items include Marine hospitalizations from Vietnam to Cherry Point North Carolina and San Diego to Kansas City detours. Public notices, ads for sundae offers, rummage sales, beautician openings, and a memorial obituary for Nellie Cunningham with campus honors for Margaret Moehlmann are reported among community notices and local business promotions.
Cedar Rapids reports twenty four enlistments in army, marine and navy during a Friday tally. Navy sent three to Great Lakes. list includes Knupp, Kloubec, and Turner. Army enrollees include Yoder, Meiserer, Sparks, Bahnsen, Sutzelman. Marine corps members headed to San Diego include Somerville, Graham, Salat, Schall, King, Fink, McGee, Fish. Delayed program enlistees listed. several others reported home on leave.
Schirra praised the rendezvous and docking with Agena as the best Gemini landing yet, but noted control problems during docking and a rocking motion. The crew reduced speed to separate, risking fuel loss and ending with an emergency recovery. About 600 Okinawans gathered, while the scorched Gemini 8 waited on the destroyer before shipment home.
In Karachi Pakistan the U S embassy appeals for help to locate five American Peace Corps volunteers Kathry Erie Susan Green Sarah Moorehead Sharon Gehrke and Charles Timm believed to be in grave danger after exposure to rabies infected dogs.
In Iowa City two men, Donald L. DeWees and Michael G. Maddipan, pled guilty to willful mischief after taking highway patrolman William Kidwell’s hat and badge from a cafe on February 28. Each was fined $20 and costs. petty larceny charges were dismissed.
In Quito, Ecuador, police dispersed about 300 women and girls with tear gas during an anti-government demonstration on Thursday night. No injuries were reported.
The Cedar Rapids post office releases two new stamps. An eight cent regular stamp features Albert Einstein. A five cent commemorative marks the 50th anniversary of the migratory bird treaty between the United States and Canada.
Maury Willis and Mudcat Grant appear as guests on THE JEMMY DEAN SHOW at 9:06 PM Friday on Channel 9. The broadcast features the two baseball stars discussing their careers and upcoming games.
Indonesian leaders linked to communism faced military custody as Lt. Gen. Suharto moved against 15 cabinet members including Subandrio. Jakarta stated the ministers remained in protective custody to avert mob violence amid anti communist protests, signaling a decisive power shift from Sukarno to the military.
A pre dawn fire destroyed a two story dormitory at the Methodist home for children in Philadelphia killing three boys and injuring six others including the house mother. Surviving boys leaped from second floor windows as the night watchman tried to raise a ladder and raise the alarm. The home houses dependent children not all orphans.
Howard Lee Purdy of 368 Seventh Avenue SW was arrested Thursday night on a lewdness charge linked to an indecent exposure report at the West Side Econo-Wash laundromat on Third Avenue SW. He was taken into custody at a tavern and given until Friday to enter a plea in Linn district court, held on $500 bond.
The Collins Radio Co. secured a government award of 8,812,000 for production of ANARC 51 radio sets to be installed in Navy A4F and T3A aircraft. All contract work will be done at Collins Cedar Rapids division.
Thirty three youths from the Kilmer Job Corps center at Edison New Jersey will visit Washington this weekend and be hosted by local families. Their trip aims to build cultural exchange and community ties.
Killian's Co nominated by judges for the 1966 AMY award presented by Seventeen magazine. The contest honors stores with distinctive teen retailing and community services. Presentation is June 3 in New York. Killian's competes with 30 U.S. and Canadian stores. Beulah Marsh oversees youth programs in Cedar Rapids and Marion.
Vivian Barrigar 40 of 3856 Bever avenue SE sustained minor injuries in a two car crash on the 3600 block of First avenue East Friday at 9 40 am. She was treated at St Luke's hospital and released. Henry Bockenstedt 21 of 3735 Havenue NE was charged with failing to yield when emerging from a private drive.
Police in Vientiane said they recovered 300000 dollars in cash from the Tuesday bank truck holdup while 100000 dollars remains missing. The heist prompted a search and official statements from local authorities.
Don Knop reported a Thursday afternoon attack by motorcyclists in Lincoln Nebraska. He said cyclists rode beside his eastbound 1965 car on First Avenue for about twelve blocks, denting the front fender and snapping a radio antenna before driving away. Knop is staying at the Town House.
Cub News Pack lists awards presented Thursday at Kenwood School naming recipients Jim Bowers Steve Combs John Hendrickson Pat McMickle Terry Vogel Tom Kurtz Garry Corrigan Jeff Redman Mike Long Larry Thompson Scott Loftsgard Mark Underwood Chuck Hogue Jim Bender Bobby Gertson Tom Smith Chris Mack Scott Zimmerman Bernie Crinigan Mark Fedde Danny Travis Larry Blackledge Richard Beedy Steve Corrigan Daniel Morris Mike Johnson Jeff Reed Douglas Moyer Donald Moyer Donald Eberle Danny Morris Herby Bowers and David Possehl.
Gale L. Moore, 31, of route two in Cedar Rapids, stayed in fair condition at Mercy hospital Friday after a Thursday incident in which he was accidentally run over by a school bus on a county road 3 1/2 miles west of Hiawatha and 1 1/2 miles north of Blairs Ferry road.
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