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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1973
Page
3
Weather summary for Saturday with high and low temperatures and rainfall totals plus a March rainfall recap. Birth announcements list new babies for the Hawks and Leavy Powers Swenka Counter families with addresses in Marion and surrounding areas.
In a page 1 continuation, the Cardinal Dougherty high school band from Philadelphia performs Scotland the Brave in fresh uniforms. Patrick Capobianco jokes about the tuba while rivals discuss St Patrick’s birthplace with Auxiliary Bishop Patrick V. Ahern noting his high pedestal in New York.
James P. Houlahan, 31, of 2035 Grande avenue SE, held in Linn county jail without bond on five charges. He was arrested on Third avenue SE for drunken driving and caused a disturbance. Deputies charged resisting arrest, assault and battery, improper registration, and violation of a restricted driver's license.
Money taken from a purse at Sultan's Palace where Kathy Theoff les works. Howard Sampson is charged with larceny and held on bond. A door damage incident at 3025 Outlook drive SW. Tools valued at 92 dollars stolen from a remodeling site. Cash and a savings bond taken from a car at RTC Bus Lines lot. Doran Beitz in fair condition after a truck ran off Alburnett road.
Jack Detling of 1005 Westview Drive Marion is held in Linn county jail on a $3000 bond for failing to return a rented vehicle. He was arrested Saturday night by sheriff's deputies on a municipal court warrant.
Multiple death notices with ages and funeral details across Blairstown Center Point Monona Anamosa Decorah Vinton Waukon Keota Mechanicsville and other towns. Services scheduled at churches including United Methodist St Patrick St Mary Glenwood Lutheran Basilica of St Francis Xavier and St Michael's with callers and wake times noted.
Viet Cong Lt. Gen. Tran Van Tra promised the last batch of American prisoners would be released by March 28 as the U.S. withdrawals end. Lon Nol imposed a national emergency in Phnom Penh after a palace bombing by a renegade Cambodian pilot, killing at least 20 and wounding 35 with many civilians among the dead. curfew and civil-liberties suspension followed.
A group of returned prisoners of war landed Saturday including civilian Bobby Joe Keesee an alleged Army deserter accused of hijacking a plane to Hanoi. A state department official said no charges were pending against him and Keesee wept kissed an American flag as the plane landed in March after refueling in Hawaii.
The article notes the ongoing push by President Nixon to secure congressional approval for a new trade bill allowing U S negotiators broader authority in what could be called the Nixon round. Danish official Finn Olav Gundelach and French commissioner Jean Francois Deniau discuss Mediterranean trade amid hopes of progress with Common Market reforms and a France government transition. The aim is to boost U S exports and expand overseas investment to rebalance international payments, addressing the dollar’s weakness from the trade deficit.
The body of 24 year old Joan Ellen Duffy was found in her Coralville apartment shortly after noon Saturday. Dr T T Bozek Corallville Medical Examiner said there is no evidence of foul play though the death is under investigation. Duffy a native of Dubuque worked as a licensed practical nurse at an Iowa City nursing home and had recently applied to a Cedar Rapids hospital. Linda Till of Bellevue found the body. Duffy had been dead two to two and a half days.
Dr. James Kelsey said Atty. Gen. Richard Turner, 44, hopes to return to work by mid or late May after a March 10 heart attack. Turner began aggressive rehabilitation at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines and may stay two to three more weeks as his carefully graduated exercise program strengthens the heart.
William J Schultz 88 of 841 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born December 20 1884 near Burt he was former manager of the Pullman hotel. Surviving nieces and nephews. Services at Beatty Beurle Chapel 3 PM Tuesday burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 7 PM Monday. Also obituary notes a local woman born January 3 1884 in Johnson County employed as milliner at Lyman company in early 1900s. She is survived by a sister Mrs E H Bleedner of Miami Florida. Graveside service 11 AM Tuesday Linwood cemetery officiated by Very Rev Canon D A Loferski of St Johns Episcopal Church. Friends may call Beatty Beurle's after 1 PM Monday until 9 PM.
Bessie E Hugunin 1015 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday at a local hospital after 35 years in the city born near Cordova Illinois September 22 1880 she worked for Underwood Typewriter and National Tube in Chicago a member of Buena Memorial Presbyterian church Unity Center Jane Boyd Circle of Kings Daughters and Eastern Star no immediate survivors services at Turner Chapel East 1030 am Tuesday graveside Albany Illinois 230 pm Tuesday friends may call Turner East after 1 pm Sunday
Verna M. Sila 70 widow of Wesley E. Sila of 1743 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a lingering illness. Born June 16 1902 in Muscatine she had lived here 68 years. A retired secretary she worked for Thomas Plumbing Co. Surviving: sister Annabelle Reindl and brother Raymond Reindl Athens Georgia. Visitation Stewart funeral home Monday 3 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until services. Services Tuesday 1 30 p.m Stewart chapel Rev William P Leonard. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Besse Verney Wood, 89, widow of Jesse G. Wood and longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She lived at 2255 C Street Southwest.
Emil Rasmussen 73 of 1728 B avenue NE died Friday after a long illness. Born June 8 1899 in Delmar he married Inez McGuire June 30 1937 in Dubuque. He earned a 1927 BS in agriculture from Iowa State University was a counselor at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery 40 years and a member of Central Park Presbyterian Mizpah Lodge 639 AF AM Iowa Congregational Cedar Rapids Hi Twelve club and Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Senior Men. He is survived by his wife two sisters and three brothers. Services 1 pm Tuesday at Chapel of Memories with Reverend Allen Van Cleve. Masonic rites by Mizpah lodge. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Sunday at Cedar Memorial funeral home the casket closing 12:30 pm Tuesday. Donations preferred to Central Park Presbyterian memorial fund or American Cancer Society. Master Masons to meet 12:45 pm Tuesday at Chapel of Memories.
Memorial services announced for Ralph F. Sedlacek Monday 9:30 am at St. Jude Catholic Church with Czech burial rites at 7:30 pm. Rosary Sunday 7 pm at Teahen chapel. Karl Warren Seelig to burial at Turner National Cemetery with prayer chapel service at 1:30 pm led by Rev. C. M. Howe. Masonic rites by Crescent Lodge. Adelia M. Middaugh to burial at Oak Hill Cemetery after Turner chapel service.
Monday services mark Mass of the resurrection at All Saints church at 10 a.m. for Stella A Bartosh conducted by Rev. Edmund Becker. Rosary is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Kuba funeral home east. Burial at Czech National cemetery. Additional services in St John’s church Ft. Atkinson at 2:30 p.m. Burial in St John’s cemetery Ft. Atkinson.
William J. Horak 84 a lifelong Ely area farmer died Friday after a lingering illness. Born March 11 1889 near Cedar Rapids he married Olga Fejfarek October 10 1910. Surviving Olga two sons Marvin Cedar Rapids Ernest Ely two grandchildren one great grandchild. Services Brushchapel 1:30 Tuesday Rev A T Washington burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Monday.
John Kenneth Lewis aged 57 of near Palo died Saturday after noon following a sudden illness. He was born January 5 1916 near Palo and was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his mother Alice M. Lewis Cedar Rapids his father C Ira Lewis near Palo and a sister Mrs Lucille Beatty near Center Point. Services are pending. Deputies said his car veered into a ditch near Center Point after an apparent heart attack.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates are listed by carrier and mail options with varying monthly and yearly costs and restrictions on mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas.
Murphy reported 40 to 50 shots midmorning Saturday near an Indian outpost, fired from an automatic weapon as target practice with no return fire. Nine arrests at a federal roadblock outside Wounded Knee on Saturday included six in a car with Ontario plates for armed possession and three from New York for narcotics, plus three unidentified non-Indians charged with obstructing federal officers Friday night.
Ronald Chittick aged 26 of 1503 Seventh Avenue SE is jailed in Linn County on $1000 bond after police said he pointed a loaded .22 rifle at officers during a call to his home. A babysitter summoned authorities to the Chittick residence and found him in the basement.
A two-car collision at the K-Mart entrance and Highway 149 left Carol Schmidt, 19, of 1208 Third Avenue SW, hospitalized with head injuries and later released. Ralph L. Schmidt, 19, at the same address, faced charges for driving without a valid license while Vivian L. Kemp, 64, of 900 Twenty-seventh Street, Marion, was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers representing the Postal Service advertises bids to lease a new build or existing building for a LeGrand post office. Further information is available at Le Grand or Cedar Rapids post offices. Bids must reach the Corps of Engineers in Omaha Nebraska by April 13 1973.
Congressman John Culver chairing joint hearings with the Europe subcommittee to study U S trade policy toward the European Economic Community. He argues for removing Common Market barriers to boost American agriculture exports and notes Iowa exports, current strengths, and a witness, former U S ambassador J Robert Schaetzel.
Floodstanoogans evacuated from homes spent Friday night in school buildings as a freeze warning and snow flurries were forecast for higher elevations. Flash flood watches covered Vermont, western Massachusetts and most of New York. Heavier rains faded but showers persisted from the mid Atlantic to New England. Gale warnings lined the Atlantic from Maine to North Carolina. Strong winds battered the Great Lakes with large waves and widespread erosion and flooding. Snow warnings remained for parts of Michigan and Ohio with up to 15 inches around Jackson and six inches in Detroit. Snow reached Tennessee.
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