Weather notes and obituaries from Saturday edition
The page lists high and low temperatures for Saturday across multiple cities with precipitation totals, humidity, wind data, and sun events. It also records March totals, year-to-date figures, and obituaries with names, addresses, and service details for numerous Iowa communities.
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Atlanta
Min‘apolis
Bismarck
Orleans
Chicago
New York
Denver
Peronis
Ramet
Angeles
Miami
Sabinetown
Gazette
Abduction Case Ties Victims To Farmhouse Abduction
Testimony describes four abductors forcing victims to a farmhouse at five in the morning. Dragan bound and locked in an upstairs room. Rick allegedly stabbed and Don jumped free as the group fled, with police later accusing Batley of rape and murder charges.
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Dragan
Miss Leister
McConnell
Perrine
Hosack
Bailey
Gary
Rick
Don
Kathy
Pop
Young Frick
VMI
Ford City
Batley
Tornado Funnels Spotted in Eastern Iowa But No Damage
Eastern Iowa faced a tornado warning Saturday night as a cold front passed. Funnel clouds were reported in Madison County and near Newton but no damage was indicated. Cedar Rapids airport logged 40 mph gusts at midnight as temperatures rose to 74 and humidity fell to 32 percent.
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Iowa
Madison County
Newton
Cedar Rapids
Kennecott Locals Ratify Contracts in Utah
All 19 union locals in Kennecott Copper Corporation Utah mining division ratified contracts after a 260 day strike. Workers would resume with day shift at 7 am, some recalled at 11 pm to ready furnaces and equipment as the nationwide copper strike ends with United Steelworkers Local 485 approval.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Utah
KCC
United Steelworker
Bingham Canyon
Lost and found ads draw fast results
Lost items are found quickly when using a local lost and found want ad. Call 369-1234 to place or check notices and reunite belongings with owners promptly.
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Dial
Kennedy greets large Goldwater area crowd on Phoenix visit
Senator Robert Kennedy spoke in Phoenix after landing to about 1,000 at the airport near Goldwater country. He addressed a $75-a-plate Democratic fundraiser at the Arizona Biltmore, urging reconciliation over Vietnam and warning against escalation. He called for an honorable settlement at the conference table to preserve Vietnam and domestic progress.
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Phoenix
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Goldwater
New York
Barry Goldwater
Vietnam
Johnson
Arizona Biltmore
Kennedy
Principal Upheld in Hair Rule Case at Manson High
Manson High School Principal Will Kaufman required long-haired male students to cut hair or face disciplinary action. Daniel Collins, 16, challenged the policy in District Court. Judge David Harris denied the restraining petition, ruling schools may set reasonable dress standards under Iowa law.
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Manson
Manson High School
Will Kaufman
Kaufman
Daniel Collins
Jack Collins
Near Manson
Young Collins
Collins
David Harris
Harris
Iowa
Girlie Slides Spark Brief KU Campus Stir
In Lawrence Kansas at the University of Kansas slides depicting scantily clad girls appeared on the exterior of a dormitory prompting a short campus stir. William Spotts manager of Naismith Hall identified male students from the dorm flashing the slides onto Oliver Hall across the street.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
William Spotts
Naismith Hall
Oliver Hall
Deaths August Pusateri longtime Cedar Rapids resident
August Pusateri 80 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Sun Valley California after a short illness. Born September 26 1887 in Termini Sicily he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1900. He owned a grocery at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street NE for 40 years later moved to California in 1951. He served Immaculate Conception church and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1966. Surviving are five sons Gus Anthony Joseph Peter John one daughter Rolland Diehl 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body will be sent to Monahan Stewart funeral home for later arrangements.
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August Pusateri
Cedar Rapids
Sun Valley
Calif
Termini
Sicily
Pusateri
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
California
Immaculate Conception Church
Bowen General Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Gus
Kansas City, Mo
Anthony
Joseph
Peter
John
Rolland Diehl
Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home
Memorial Services and Burials Listed for Local Residents
Memorial services are set for Benda James at 2 30 today at Janeba Kuba West with Rev Warren L Keller of Trinity Methodist Church. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Dr C Wendell Couser to be remembered at Chapel of Memories 10 30 on Monday with Rev Leonard E Deaver officiating. Leven Cecelia has a Monday service at 1 in Chapel of Memories followed by cremation. Randall Terrell Lynn Pfc to be honored at Turner's West 1 30 Monday with Rev Hubert L Sunderman. military rites at Linwood graveside by the U S Marine Corps. Wisehart Lucinda service today at 2 in Murdoch Chapel Center Point with burial at Center Point Cemetery.
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Alburnett
Florence B. Dunlap
Murdoch's
Marion
Blairstown
Hazle Squire
Peffers-Halverson
Coggan
Fred J. Ross
Peace Lutheran Church
Ryan
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
John W. Masterhan
Shelly’s
Cascade
Sabina Supple
St. Martin's Church
Devaney’s. Guttenberg
Ida Duwe
Tuecke
Iowa City
Este G. Davies
First Methodist Church
Fayette
John Warren Davies
Old Gold Foundation
Alva Allen
Powell’s. Tama
James E. Ervin
Harrison's
St. John Lutheran Church
Tama
Maple Grove
Fordis G. Laird
Mason’s
Ossian — Edith DeCoy
Schmitz
Toronto
Jessie Jeffery
Hayden’s
Oxford Junction
West Branch
Monroe Hemingway
Barker’s
West Liberty
Charles Edwards
Snider's
Hubert L. Sunderman
Linwood
U.S. Marine Corp
Wisehart
Lucinda
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Center Point Cemetery
Eight Charles City Students Jailed For Vandalism
Eight of Charles City College's 93 students were jailed on arson and malicious injury charges after grass fires and campus vandalism. Bond set at 1000 dollars each. hearings Monday. College will close May 25 with salaries funded by donations.
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Charles City
Charles City College
Lee Woods
Montclair
N.J
John O'Hanlon
Greenlawn
N.Y
Richard Burchill
Boston
Mass
Michael Bollinger
Audubon
Fred Diabokonitz
Catasauqua
Edward Whitely
Chester
James Carldwell
Waterloo
Iowa
John Whitt
White Plains
Ballenger
Salsbury
RFK License Plates Spark Confusion in LBJ Texas
In College Station Brazos County officials issued car plates bearing the initials RFK causing confusion in LBJ country. The report notes no evident consultation with President Johnson about the plates.
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College Station, Tex
UPI
LBJ
Brazos County
Texas
RFK
McCarthy accuses LBJ of worsening civil disorder in cities
Sen. Eugene McCarthy told a Milwaukee rally that Johnson and his policy will guarantee years of mounting lawlessness and violence. He urged union members to push for Negro equality in jobs and housing and called Vietnam policy indefensible, urging focus on domestic crisis.
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Milwaukee
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Negro Elks
Vietnam
America
Minnesota
Wisconsin
McCarthy
FiveYearOld Hit by Car in Front of Home
A five year old boy struck by a car in front of his home at 3725 Oakland road NE Saturday afternoon was listed in serious condition at St. Luke's hospital. Larry Lamb, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Lamb, suffered head injuries a fractured leg and lacerations. Police said the car driven by Marvin L Gregory 43 of 1129 Dover street NE darted into the path of the boy. No charges were filed.
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Oakland Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Larry Lamb
Earl Lamb
Marvin L. Gregory
Dover Street
Orange, Texas
NBC
Texas
Bruce Powell
Arlington Heights
Ill
Chicago
Powell
Waggoner Carr
Carrs
No charges filed after two vehicle and bike accidents
Around 2 pm at Fifteenth street and First avenue E a motorcycle rear ended a parked truck injuring James A. Dircks 21 of 434 Eighth Avenue SW in fair condition at St Luke's The truck belonged to John J Robinson 348 Twenty ninth Street NW David Henson 12 of 1230 Sixth Street SW suffered leg lacerations when struck by Peggy Jo Edleman 18 of 1402 Eighteenth Street NW while biking on the sidewalk No charges were filed. Later at 9 pm a two car crash at Second Avenue and Tenth Street SE injured Mrs Ronald McDowell 269 Jacelyn Drive NW treated and released at Mercy Hospital Police charged Mrs McDowell for running a traffic signal and Phillip Winkler 420 Fourth Street SW for driving with a suspended license.
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Gazette
L. W. Ward
Cedar Rapids
James A. Dircks
St. Luke's Hospital
Dircks
Eighth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
First Avenue E
St. Luke’s
John J. Robinson
Twentyninth Street
David Henson
Sixth Street
Peggy Jo Edleman
Eighteenth Street
Third Street
Ronald McDowell
Jacelyn Drive
Mercy Hospital
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
Phillip Winkler
Fourth Street
Lynda Bird Says Goodbye As Robb Heads To Vietnam
Lynda Bird Johnson and her husband Marine Captain Charles S. Robb prepared for 13 months in Vietnam at Norton Air Base. Robb, 28, an infantry officer, left with 165 Marines after a quiet farewell as reporters watched.
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Norton Air Base
Calif
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Charles S. Robb
Vietnam
Robb
Wanted ad prompts quick search by dialing listed number
A brief notice invites readers to locate a specific item using a wanted advertisement and provides the phone number 369-1234 for quick contact. The item sought and context are not specified beyond the call to action.
Bertram Man Killed In Shotgun Accident
George E. Potts 53 of Cedar Crestwood Acres south of Bertram died Saturday when the shotgun he was cleaning discharged, striking his chest. Deputy Sheriff Carl Schade said Potts was handling a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun when it fired for an unknown reason. Mrs Potts and son Tom 14 found the body after returning home about noon.
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Bertram
George E. Potts
Cedar Crestwood Acres
Here
Carl Schade
Potts
Bob Marston
Schade
Camp Good Health In memory of Mrs. John E. Stansbury
In memory of Mrs. John E. Stansbury a donation of 100 dollars is noted. A memorial gift of 15 dollars from Mrs. W. A. Dewey honors Marvin L. Doherty. An additional 10 dollars from L. Doherty and John and Verna Mc Knight is recorded as a memorial contribution.
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John E. Stansbury
Marvin L. Doherty
W. A. Dewey
John and
Verna McKnight
Allene
Elmer
Esther
Harold
Roger and
Ada
Woman admits hoax robbery tied to pistol theft
Patricia A. Coats and Shirley A. Dauber, both 19, were arrested after a fake robbery of $790 from the Collins Road drive in the 10.00 ater. Dauber, freed on $1,000 bond, confessed the plot. Coats was released to her attorney.
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Patricia A. Coats
Fiftieth Street
Shirley
A. Dauber
Collins Road
Miss Dauber
Miss Coats
John Reilly
Waukon Fire Kills Man Watching Blaze
A spectator, 56 year old Bernard Deeney, died of a heart attack while viewing a three story Waukon blaze. The fire damaged a building housing Happy's Service Station cafe and apartments, triggered by a hog water heater explosion, with smoke causing most of the damage.
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Gazette Waukon
Waukon
Francis L. “Happy
Bernard Deeney
Giant plant becomes Puerto Rico tourist attraction
In Mayaguez Puerto Rico Virgilio Justiniano grew a banana sized plant with 323 fruits each a foot long. After months of building supports they failed. Four men then hoisted the plant to warehouse rafters and it drew visitors as a local tourist draw.
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Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
Virgilio Justiniano
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J Avenue NE
Donald Seifert
E Avenue NW
Robert Abbott
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
Richard Havercamp
Twenty - Fourth Avenue
Daniel O. O’brien
van Horne
Darwin R. Baldridge
Mound Avenue SE
Shirley Wilson
Twelfth Avenue SW
Carroll L. Jones
Ely
Frederick J. Pins
Belmont Parkway
Kennecott
Bobby
Goldwater Area
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Gus Pusateri
C.R. Grocer
Chuck
White House
Lynda
Washington
Robbs
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Haxman
Fred A. Cook
William Eads
Curtis
Harry L
Michel
Man
5Th Ave
The
Gazette Co
Lowe
Cedar Raps
Stereen Ad
Associated Press
Pierson
Flowerphone
Ellis Blvd
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