Daily Record weather and notices from March 19 1971
Extended forecast shows partly cloudy conditions with showers possible Thursday and highs in the 40s to 50s across regions. Overnight lows in the 30s, with rainfall totals for March at 0.94 inches versus the normal 2.84. The section lists numerous birth announcements, deaths, funeral services, police calls, and traffic fines across Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Amana, Traer, and surrounding towns, including several name-and-address entries and service times.
Marion Expressway Hearings Scheduled
Dates set for public hearings on the Cedar Rapids Marion expressway proposal. Informational meetings will be 7 p.m. April 25 at Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Armory and April 26 at Marion city council chambers. A corridor hearing is tentatively 7 p.m. May 11 at the Cedar Rapids Armory focusing on the Marion bypass from Collins Road NE to Highway 151 east of Marion.
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State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Collins Road
Highway 151
Want Ads Work For Buyers And Sellers
A brief note emphasizes that want ads serve both buyers and sellers, offering a flexible option for locating goods or services. The message highlights practical usefulness and broad audience reach in a concise promotional style.
Agnew Defends Police Stance At New York Breakfast
Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew told a Communion breakfast of Roman Catholic police and sons in New York that he is sick and tired of claims police overreact. He vowed Nixon administration support for strict law enforcement, praising officers’ dedication and sacrifices as he urged standing firm against crime.
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New York, N.Y
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Holy Name Society
Agnew
New York
Washington
Road Pr ibr Jams Freeway Opening With Bicycles
San Diego reports 8 000 to 10 000 bicyclists clogged seven miles of new California 805 during a dedication ride. Four people were hospitalized and many injured in sideswiping crashes. The freeway closed to cyclists four hours early. opening day the next Monday banned bicycles on freeways.
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San Diego
California
Tricked Leaders Slain in South Yemen Reconciliation Talks
Forty South Yemeni opposition figures, including FLOSY head Abdulla Asnag and ex-Premier Abdul Kawi Mekkawi, were lured to a reconciliation meeting in Sheiha and killed when mines exploded near their tent. The Aden government and Saudi agency report says the massacre escalated Yemen South Yemen tensions to warlike levels and border forces remain on alert.
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Lebanon
Aden
Yemen
South Yemen
Front For the Liberation
FLOSY
Abdulla Asnag
Abdul Kawi Mekkawi
Britain
People’s Republic of
Marxist
National Liberation Front Party
Asnag
Mekkawi
Tai’z
Sheiha
Brezhnev Opposes European Security Treaties and Aims for Conference
Brezhnev argued against treaties that would confirm current European borders as non negotiable. He emphasized SALT's importance, urged equal security, proposed setting a date for an all European security conference, and condemned NATO pressure in the Mediterranean. He criticized Israel with U S backing and noted shifts in Arab politics and alliance potential shaping the Middle East long term.
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Mid-East
Israel
United States
Middle East
Deaths James V Smith 49 Cedar Rapids Resident
James Victor Smith 49 of 1016 Eleventh avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday at Veterans Hospital Iowa City after a brief illness. Born November 16 1922 in Zachary Louisiana he married Gwendolyn Smith October 2 1954 in Baton Rouge Louisiana. He worked for Quaker Oats a WWII veteran and member of several lodges and the American Legion. Surviving wife three stepsons a stepdaughter mother sister and brother plus 13 grandchildren. Services at Turner Chapel East Wednesday at 3 p.m. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday until 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Baton Rouge.
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Eleventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Zachary
Gwendolyn Smith
Baton Rouge
Quaker Oats Co
American Legion
Fidelity Lodge
IBPOE
William Downs
Evanston, Il
Ronald Downs
Kenneth Downs
Desmoines
Juliet Ambers
Davenport
Louis Palmer
Emma Harrison
Thomas Earl Smith
Turner Chapel East
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Turner’s East
Obituary for J. F. Irvin at 93 in Fargo
J. F. Irvin born July 13 1878 in Cedar Rapids died Sunday in Fargo North Dakota at age 93. He married Belle Stewart on June 19 1909 and worked for Wilson Sinclair Co. Services will be held Tuesday at Ivers Funeral Home Fargo.
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J. F
Fred) Irvin
Fargo
N. D
Cedar Rapids
Belle Stewart
Wilson- Sinclair Co
Ivers Funeral
Alice Guthrie Dies in Zearing at Cedar Rapids Native
Alice Guthrie, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died March 13 in Zearing. Services are scheduled March 20 at the Nevada Ry an funeral home in Nevada.
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Alice Guthrie
Cedar Rapids
Zearing
Nevada-Ryan Funeral Home
Nevada
Kidnap Attempt Victim Roberto Uzal Dies in Buenos Aires
Roberto Mario Uzal, 52, a conservative lawyer in Buenos Aires, died Monday from injuries after a Saturday kidnap bid. Warned by his wife, Uzal fired at a group identifying itself as the Montoneros, a Peronist armed faction. A kidnapper was wounded. three assailants returned fire and struck Uzal in the chest, then fled in a car.
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Roberto Mario Uzal
Uzal
Montoneros
Gap Between Rich and Poor Widens in US Study
Washington AP reports a congresscion-related MIT study showing the gap between the poorest and wealthiest Americans nearly doubling since 1949. In 1949 the disparity was 10565 dollars, rising to 19071 in 1969, with conclusions urging wage policy, manpower programs, and minority job quotas to improve income distribution.
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Washington
America
Congress
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Economic Committee
Environmental Commission Plan Advances With Four Panels
A compromise bill creates a nine member chemical technology commission moving into the new department while three other commissions remain five members each. An executive director, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, could be paid up to 25000 dollars annually. The director will work with an executive committee of the four chairmen and six ex officio state officials.
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Senate
State Conservation Commission
Bacteriological
Department of Soil Conservation
Courthouse Conservation Unit Seeks 15000 Dollar Advance
The Linn county conservation board asks county supervisors to advance 15000 for county park operations until tax money arrives. Under a new law up to 25 percent of the 168042 budget may be advanced this year, with intent to build a cash reserve. If granted, it reduces the likelihood of early season park maintenance problems, though staffing has already been cut by half. Supervisors will consider the request Tuesday.
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Linn County Conservation Board
George Hamilton
Agent Former Owner Accused Of Deception
A Cedar Rapids couple sues the former owner of their home and a Cedar Rapids real estate agent for deceptive claims about a central air conditioner and the property's value. Herbert and Betty Berry seek 2000 dollars in actual damages and 1500 dollars in punitive damages against Max Ezra, Mary Ezra, and Gohmann and Associates.
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Cedar Rapids
Herbert C
Betty L. Berry
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Linn District Court
Max R
Mary E. Ezra
Berrys
Ezras
Gohmann
Delay Urged on Legalizing Pot
Strasbourg France AP European WHO director Dr Leo Kaprio urged delaying legalization of marijuana stating medical evidence on long term effects remains inconclusive He argued against exposing society to drugs and spoke to about 100 narcotics experts at a conference.
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Strasbourg
France
World Health Organization
Leo Kaprio
Martin Pleads Guilty To Reckless Driving
Earl B. Martin, 27, of 665 South Eleventh Street Marion, pled guilty in municipal court to reckless driving a reduced charge He was fined 100 and costs and was arrested January 8 on a drunk driving charge
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Earl B. Martin
South Eleventh Street
Marion
First Iowa Suit Is Filed Under Price Controls
The U S attorney in Iowa filed the states first wage price controls case under Nixon Phase II against Elba and Betty Breeden of Waterloo. They allegedly raised rent for Goldie Potter from 45 to 75 dollars a month and threatened eviction for nonpayment, with a 60 dollar refund sought. Potter had lived at 405 E Second Street, Waterloo, for 13 years. The suit seeks injunctions and return of the 30 dollar overcharge.
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Iowa
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Nixon
U.S
Goldie Potter
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Breeden
Goldie
Protection for 5 Candidates in Presidential Race
Secret service will protect five Democratic presidential hopefuls including Gov George Wallace and Senators Hubert Humphrey George McGovern Edmund Muskie and Henry Jackson Treasury Secretary Connally said protection may extend to others if poll support grows Protectees meet committee standards requiring at least five percent in Harris or Gallup polls The protection framework traces back to a 1968 law following Senator Kennedy s assassination.
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Washington
Secret Service
George Wallace
Treasury
Connally
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Two Change Pleas Return Prisoners to Leavenworth Kansas
Two federal prisoners, Thomas G. Rasmussen and Gerald O. Miller Jr., returned to Leavenworth Kansas after pleading guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to theft of an automobile. Their earlier pleas in Ft. Dodge are noted. they were indicted last September for transporting a stolen car from Leavenworth to Mason City. Sentencing will follow a background check.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Thomas G. Rasmussen
Gerald O. Miller, Jr
Ft. Dodge
Mason City
Man Wounds Youth and Ends His Own Life in Holy Cross
In Holy Cross Dubuque county a 30 year old man allegedly shot 15 year old Jeff Maiers in the stomach at the Maiers home while the parents were away. He then returned home and apparently killed himself. Jeff Maiers remains in critical condition at a Dyersville hospital.
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Dubuque
Donald Hess
Dyersville
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James Maiers
Hess
Maiers
Young Maiers
Charles Kline
Kline
Spring Arrives as Rain Clouds Move Into Iowa
Light rain moved into central and eastern Iowa Monday after spring arrived officially at 6:22 a.m. Forecasters predict an 80 percent chance of showers in Cedar Rapids Monday night and 60 percent Tuesday. Temperatures will drop to the 50s Monday night with highs in the 60s on Tuesday under cloudy skies.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cubs Pack 100 Awards Recipients Named at All Saints School
Friday night at All Saints School Cub Scouts Pack 100 honored Richard Brown Bernie Grandville Ned Zachar Fred Beckman Craig Magnill Mark Connors Rob Magill Cliff Moore John Staudacher Jerry Carlin Joey Brown and John Royer for their achievements in Scouting.
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Richard Brown
Bernie Gradeville
Ned Zachar
Fred Beckman
Craig Magill
Mark Connors
Rob Magill
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John Royer
Iowa House Approves Study Funds for Agriculture Building
DES MOINES Iowa lawmakers backed a plan to spend 50000 from agricultural trust funds to draft blueprints for a new state agriculture building. The move accompanied a 100000 allocation to study and begin design of a new state office building with extra 25000 from seed and fertilizer inspection funds. Representative Lawson argued the need for more space while Pierson secured the seed and fertilizer funds amendment.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa House
House
State Capitol Planning Commission
Murray Lawson
Mason City
Statehouse
George Pierson
Roskaloosa
House Appropriations Chairman Hospitalized After Chest Pain
Des Moines State Rep. John Camp, chair of the house appropriations committee, was taken to a Des Moines hospital early Monday after reporting chest pains. Rep. Dale Tieden said Camp was admitted around 1 a.m. and was later reported to be feeling better.
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John Camp
Bryant
House Appropriations Committee
Dale Tieden
Elkader
Camp
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