Weather and city notices from March period winds and deaths
Frigid highs and brisk winds marked Friday with scattered rainfall totals. March rainfall and normals listed, plus noon humidity at 70 percent and NW winds at 8 mph. Upcoming sunrises and sunsets noted. Obituaries and funeral services for Springville Grace E McFadden, Sigourney Warren Bowers, Manchester Carrie Satterlee, Gill Bodenkamp, Rowley Nellie Oatman, Independence Mrs Chester Williams, McCleery Howe, Vinton Hazel Brehm, Campbell Emma Jordt, Strawberry Point Ralph Dunn, Yap Western Carolina Islands Mr and Mrs Scott Stodola welcome a son, adoption by Alvin Keljey, several services and obituaries follow. Car and fire incidents cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yap
Western
Carolina Islands
Scott Stodola
Stodola
Leonard J. Sachs
Twenty-sixth Street
Mr. Stodola
Sag J. Stodolas
A Avenue i
Deaths of Mrs Roy Fowler and others in Cedar Rapids area
Thelma E. Fowler 57 of 1113 Second St SE Cedar Rapids dies after long illness. Born 1910 in Burlington she married Roy Fowler in 1930 and is survived by her husband a son and five grandchildren. Amos A. Strickel 1888 died after short illness with two stepsons and a brother, services planned. Bernard D. Freed 69 formerly of Cedar Rapids dies in Everett Washington after 20 years there. Noah George Myers 96 Cedar Rapids resident dies after short illness with four grandchildren. Burial and service details listed for each at Cedar Memorial and related chapels.
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Roy Fowler
Thelma E. Fowler
Second Street
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
LeRoy Fowler
Leon J. Smith
Virgil C. Smith
Des Moines
Msgr. A. W. Chihak
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar ‘Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Amos A. Strickel
Rockford Road
North Western Railroad
Jones County
Maine Lodge
IOOF
Elmer W. Heald
Azusia
Calif
Eugene Heald
Springville
Robertl Strickel
Marion
Turner Chapel
L. George Pimlott
Cedar Memorial
Bernard D. Freed
Everett
Wash
Omaha
Daisy Freed
Norma Jean
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Betty
Walter Bucher
Elmer Frazer
A. F. Knorr
Tempe
Ariz
Iva’ Neal
Effiey Evinger
Florida
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Noah George Myers
Third Street
Linn County
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
Canon D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Shiloh
Hiawatha
Memorial Services for Mumm and Merveaux. Demery R
Memorial services announced for Lester T Mumm at Brush chapel Monday 2 pm with burial at Hala cemetery near Walford and for Robert W Merveaux at Hesser Memorial chapel Monday 1 30 pm with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call. A funeral for Harry Demery is set at Rohn Funeral Home Monday at 2 pm with burial at Linwood cemetery.
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Mumm
Lester T
Brush Chapel
A. T. Washington
Hala
Walford
Merveaux
Robert W
Hesser Memorial
Glenn W. Mc Michaels
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial
Demery
Harry — Rohn
Mary A. White
Linwood Cemetery
Britain Signals Determination to Join European Market
London AP reports Foreign Secretary George Brown on Saturday declared Britain's clear intention and determination to join the European Common Market, signaling a major shift in postwar economic policy.
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London
George Brown
Britain
Canary Bird Satellite Achieves Hover Orbit Position
Washington AP reports the Canary Bird satellite joined Early Bird in a near circular orbit of about 22,300 miles. The maneuver used the Apogee motor fired from the Andover Maine ground station to align the craft five degrees west over the Equator for future communications. Atlantic II is planned to link Africa and Latin America with North America and Western Europe.
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Washington
Canary Bird
Early Bird
Atlantic
Communications Satellite
Corp
Andover
Maine
Comsat Operations Center
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Europe
Africa
Latin America
Atlantic II
North America
Fairfax Woman Hurt in Crash
Beatrice N. Hatch, 58, of Fairfax, suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at First and Second Avenues West Saturday morning. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Hatch rode with her husband Lawrence, 61, whose vehicle collided with a car driven by Charles Sewell, 54, of 212 Fourth Street NW. Sewell was charged with failing to yield at a stop intersection. Lawrence Hatch was charged with an expired driver’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice N. Hatch
Fairfax
First
Second Avenues West
Urbana Search Expands Near Carman Home and Car Site
Urban search teams extended today from the Carman family residence in rural Center Point toward the car location and surrounding woods. Fire marshal and state criminal investigators joined Benton county authorities as more personnel gathered at the Urbana fire station before dispersing in groups. The Carmans, new Urbana homeowners and Urbana High School graduates employed at Collins Radio Cedar Rapids, remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carman
Clifford Carman
Center Point
Urbana
Carmans
Urbana High School
Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
State Fire Marshal’s Office
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Vietnam Battle Reports Jangling Fight on Road to Cao Thien
U S Marines faced another brutal ambush on a road known as Street Without Joy as two mines destroyed trucks, killing two marines and wounding six then another mine killed an additional marine. Paratroopers repelled further attacks near War Zone C near the Cambodian border with three Marines dead and 148 wounded. Communist losses were believed heavy as fighting continued late Saturday. The objective remained to neutralize Gio Linh guns and seize Cao Thien mountain dominating invasion routes.
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U.S
Dmz
Fot Gio Linh
Cao ‘Thien
Brooke Favors Replacing Draft with Career Army
Senator Brooke of Massachusetts backs phasing out the draft in favor of a career army funded by good pay and equipment. He warns against lotteries and says a voluntary force would attract many volunteers, with a gradual transition based on global conditions after study. The plan envisions a well-equipped, dignified army for a limited war if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
If Ae
Yance
Brooke
North Vietnam
China
Dance Foot Tragedy Leads to Fatal Shooting in New York
In New York a Friday night youth dance ended in tragedy when a footstep led to a fight. Cyril B. Neuhaus, 33, died after an accident at Penick and Ford plant. Leroy Bright, 17, was booked on a homicide charge after Bright retrieved a rifle and fired outside. Police halted two fleeing youths.
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New York
Cyril B. Neuhaus
Pe i Penick and
Ford
Penick and
Neuhaus
Perhood
Robert
Leroy Bright
Bradshaw
Bright
Extradition Fight Over Embezzlement Case Continues
Courthouse reports Lt. David Webster will again seek Peter G. Zimmerman from Flushing New York next week to face Linn county charges of embezzling mortgaged property. Zimmerman contests extradition claiming the warrant invalid and cites habeas corpus. Webster will bring witnesses to prove the offense occurred in Linn county. Separately Cedar Rapids man Robert M. Smith appeals a Linn district court judgment. Smith was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling County
David Webster
Peter G. Zimmerman
Flushing, N.Y
Webster
New York
Zimmerman
Linn County
Linnteounty
Iowa
Robert M. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Linn District Court
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Call U N Man To Head Junta In Sierra Leone
UN mission member Lt Col Ambrose Patrick Genda was named chairman of Sierra Leone's national reformation council, a six army and two police panel. The shift followed Brig. Lansana seizing power after disputed election results, with leaders detained as clashes left about 20 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Sierra Leone
Ambrose Patrick Genda
U.N
Genda
Palestina
David Lansana
City Briefs and Local Notices Summary
Wigs disappear from a beauty academy reception room on Friday. A $34 loss reported from a restroom at East Side Maidrite. Nelson's Grocery opens 8 am to 11 pm for Easter. A $40 transistor radio stolen from Robert Moore’s unlocked home. Funeral services for Theodore J. Birdsell II set for Sunday at 2 pm in Cedar Rapids. Hayden Funeral Home handling arrangements. Kristen Clarke named to fall dean’s list at Diablo College in Pleasant Hill. Cedar Rapids friends notified of Bernice Var Ness’s death in Miami. services Monday in Miami. Las Vegas death of Laura M. Danish, formerly of Cedar Rapids. Des Moines funeral Monday for Mrs. Alvin T. Jones, sister-in-law to Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore J. Birdsell
T. J. Birdsell
Greenville
S.C
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction Methodist Church
Hayden
Kristen Clarke
Walter Clarke
Johnson Avenue NW
Diablo Iall College
Pleasant Hill
Calif
Miami
Fla
C. C
Bernice) Var Ness
Las Vegas
Nev
Laura M. Danish
Nevada
Paul L. Jones
Carroll Drive
Des Moines
Alvin T. Jones
Dunn
Vandals Damaged McKinley Junior High Building
Police and detectives report vandals broke into McKinley junior high Friday night or Saturday, kicked in a basement window, shattered ten panes in a classroom door, forced entry through a broken front door, damaged two more windows on the second floor, and left after using a trampoline and gym equipment. No items were reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Junior High School
Jnothing
Quest Turns Up No More Bodies
Jackson Township New Jersey FBI agents prepared to end the search for a suspected Cosa Nostra Cemetery after two days of digging yielded no additional bodies. Richard Baker of the New York office said the effort would likely be completed today making the operation likely to be called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
FBI
Richard Baker
New York
Youth Given 60 Days for Wild Chase
Edward J. Duffy, 19, of 3512 Bel Air drive SE, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail after pleading guilty to two traffic charges from a police chase early Saturday. He also had a 6 month suspended sentence revoked and ordered to run consecutively with the 60 days, with the chase reaching speeds over 70 mph through a loop area and four red lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald L. Harford
Fourth Street
David P. Burnett
Ford Avenue
Jarry L. Johnson
Ninth Avenue
Marion
David R. David
Richmond Road
Roy E. Ford
F Avenue
Andrew J. Connor
Atkins
Rose R. Henry
Arizona Avenue
Daniel E. Peddicourt
Twentieth Avenue
Yvonne J. Schneider
Monticello
Robert L. McGrew
Cedar Rapids
Gregory W. Johnson
Dover Street
Robert K. Chapman
Westlawns Drive
James Owens
Eighteenth Street
Patrick J. Cannon
Fifteenth Street
James F. Arbuckle
Vinton
Violet M. Weidman
Avenue NW
Dale D. Pearson
Edgewood Road
Bessie E. Karr
Bowling Street
Dorothy J. Collins
Hughes
Marilyn E.’ Dvorak
Twenty-eighth Street
Gary M. O’rear
Thirty-second Street
Edward J. Duffy
Bel Air Drive
James A. Everts
First Avenue NW
Kellogg L. Ewbank, Jr
Milwaukee
Wis
David T. Frantz
Gary L. Ehrke
Elvin E. Greenough
Twelfth Street
Fifth Avenue
Bonnie J. Mottinger
Seventh Avenue
Howard McLaughlin
Duffy
Youth Captured After Escaping From YMCA Home
Cedar Rapids teenager John Frazier aged 16 was recaptured after fleeing from the YMCA Boys' Home on John Street. He was arrested in a pool hall on a warrant for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and a parole violation. Frazier had pled guilty to taking a car without the owner's consent in October 1966 and was held in the Linn County jail after a judge ordered juvenile detention.
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Cedar Rapids
London training project approved for ten tech workers
Congressman John C. Culver announced a 27828 dollar man power development and training project at Area 10 Community College in Cedar Rapids to train 15 unemployed workers over 20 weeks in mechanical drafting. The program, coordinated by labor and HEW, targets manpower shortages and job placement through education and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Culver
Area 10 Community College
iCedar Rapids
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Physician Gets Year For Supplying Pills In Kentucky
A Lexington physician and two eastern Kentucky men were sentenced to one year in prison and a $100 fine after convictions for conspiring to illegally dispense amphetamine tablets. U S district court heard Evans delivered bottles for $445 while Cameron ordered 765000 tablets from New York and Philadelphia firms. The judge noted the quantity could supply the state. Attorneys said they would appeal.
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Lexington
Bennies
Kentucky
U. S. District Court
Donald Cameron
Owingsville
Tom Evans
Salt Lick
Food and Drug Administration
Evans
Cameron
New York
Philadelphia
Mac Swinford
House anti-trust group probes computer industry
A House anti-trust subcommittee seeks documents from IBM, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, and Sperry-Rand as part of a broader inquiry into the fast growing computer field. The Justice Department had been investigating cross licensing and market structure in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communication
Electronic Compu- Commission
Ter
Justice Connection
Possibility Department
House
Justice Department
International Business Machines, Corp
Subcommittee
Celler
D-N.y
Full
Judiciary Committee
IBM
Univac
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
U.S
Gordon Wise
Control Data Corp
Forrer Massnick
Honeywell
General Electric
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Daily Record
Bismarck
Min’apolis
Chicago
N. Or Suluin
K Angeles
Phoenix
Seatute
C.R
Gazette
Grace E. McFadden
Murdoch's
Strawberry Point
Ralph J. Dunn
Feeney-Knutson
Alvin E. Kel Jey
Eighth Street
Dennis Drive
Tenth Avenue
First Street
Lincolnshire Drive
Cottage Grove Avenue
New Telephone
Amos Strickel
Noah Myers
Vietnam
Army
Mercy Hospital
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Lower East Side
U.N. Man
Junta
Jeiee
Aaa
Sir Al’bert Margai
People's Party
All Peoples Congress
Diaka Stevens
Henry J. Lightfoot
Elizabeth III
Stevens
National Reformation Council
A. C Blake
Lansana
Sir Albert
Sir Henry
Paris Academy of Beauty
Second Avenue SE
Barbara Wallner
Fourth Avenue
East Side
Maidrite
First Avenue
Nelson's Grocery
16Th Street
B Avenue
Robert Moore
Moore
the Gazette
Dial
C.R. School
Tle
Seventh Street
Second Avenue
Penick, Ford
Ten Tech
UPI
Employment Service
John E. Lapes
Srd Ave
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