Cedar Rapids Traffic Jam Tied to Flooding Freight Trains
In Cedar Rapids long trains rerouted due to Mississippi flooding caused a traffic tie up east of Fourth street on Second avenue near Fifth street after a signal stuck. Patrolman H. T. Reuscher redirected cars, easing a 20 minute gridlock with motorists and a police unit en route to an accident scene.
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Cedar Rapidian
Los Angeles
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Fourth Street
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
H. T. Reuscher
Marion
Fly Out Two Survivors of Nepal Climb
Five Americans and two Sherpa guides were buried alive in an ice avalanche on Mt Dhaulagiri while attacking the southeastern ridge. Two survivors, William Read and Jeffrey Duenwald, were evacuated to Katmandu and reported the others still on the mountainside. The two said the remaining survivors were uninjured and in good condition, with searches ongoing for missing bodies.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Dhaulagiri
U.S
William Read
Moose
Wyo
Jeffrey Duenwald
Pullman
Wash
Read
Pekhara
Here
Duenwald
Roland Grisham Beaten Robbed Near Greene Square Park
Roland Grisham of 521 Fifth Street SE was beaten and robbed at about 2 a.m. Friday in the 400 block of Sixth Avenue SE after two young men, aged 17 to 20, lured him with wine. They knocked him down in an alley, tore his wallet from his rear pocket, and fled. He was treated at St Luke's hospital for a head injury and released.
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Roland Grisham
Fifth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Grisham
Greene Square Park
St. Luke’s Hospital
Man hospitalized after overdose attempt
Mickey Lepper age 21 of 500 First Avenue NE was admitted to St Luke's hospital Thursday night for observation. Authorities said Lepper attempted to take his life by overdosing on mellaril and dormin.
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Mickey Lepper
First Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lepper
Jack La Lanne Returns to Channel 9 in New Color Series
Jack La Lanne returns to Channel 9 on weekdays with an all new color series at 8 30 a m starting Monday. The program promises fresh demonstrations and routines hosted by the fitness pioneer in a brighter format for morning viewers.
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Jack LA Lanne
Channel 9
Listen-In event drew Cedar Rapids senior turnout
Officials from Regis and LaSalle high schools said more than 100 seniors will join a listen-in on the Des Moines capitol steps Monday. Gov. Ray plans to meet with seniors from non public schools at 11. Archdiocese officials say legislature has not taken their education proposal seriously. Cedar Rapids seniors will travel by chartered bus at their own expense.
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Regis and LaSalle High Schools
State Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Lowa
Russell Bleich
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Boy Thrown From Tractor, Merchantville Youth Injured
Steven R. Krizek a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Krizek route one Marion was thrown from a tractor he was driving around 6 p m Thursday and pinned beneath it for about an hour The accident was found by the boy s mother He was taken to St Luke s hospital treated for a leg injury and released.
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Steven R. Krizek
Clarence Krizek
Route One
Marion
Young Krizek
St. Luke's Hospital
Nab Peruvian Jurist On Smuggling Count
New York AP report identifies Justice Felix Portocarrero Olave a 54 year old Peru Supreme Court member accused of smuggling diamonds valued over 100000 into the United States from Israel. He was arrested at Kennedy Airport arraigned Thursday and released to Peruvian consul general pending grand jury action.
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New York
Felix Portocarrero Olave
Peru
U.S
Israel
Portocarrero
Kennedy
Want Ads Help You Find Part or Full Time Work
Local employment service highlights that want ads can connect job seekers with part time and full time opportunities. Readers are urged to place ads to reach employers seeking qualified applicants.
Employment Up in Linn County in March 1969
Linn county's March employment rose by 400 from February and 1,110 from March 1968, with nonagricultural wage and salary jobs rising 0.6 percent from February and 1.7 percent year over year. Unemployment stood at 1.9 percent of a 75,560 civilian work force. fuelled by seasonal gains, construction and agriculture will add jobs, while skilled machinists and office workers remain in short supply.
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Linn County
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Faculty Panel To Discuss Coe Curriculum Plan
A panel of Coe college faculty and students will discuss the three three curriculum schedule this Wednesday in the Daehtler-Kitchin auditorium from 1 to 3 p.m. Dean Leo L. Nussbaum will moderate. Panelists include Dr. Kenneth Cook on the system history, Dr. Irving Churchill on merits, Dr. Fred H. Willhoite on disadvantages, seniors Johanna Josephson and David Christopher on student evaluations, and Dr. Frederick B. Butsler proposing an alternative.
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Coe College
Daehtler-Kitchin
Coe
Leo L. Nussbaum
Kenneth Cook
Irving Churchill
Fred H. Willhoite
Johanna Josephson
David Christopher
Frederick B. Butsler
Joseph E. McCabe
Stephen Nussbaum
U.S. Copters Shot Down by Cambodian Frontier Post
U.S. helicopters were reportedly shot down by ground fire from a Cambodian frontier police outpost. The Cambodian news broadcast described a crash about a mile from the outpost after flying at roughly 130 feet. Prince Norodom Sihanouk praised the police for their victory amid diplomatic tensions over frontier recognition.
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Washington
U.S
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambo
Services Monday for Msgr Kreimer 88
UPI reports Msgr Anthony Kreimer 88 died Thursday in Dyersville. He previously served at Dyersville and last parish at Sherrill in Dubuque county. Services set for Monday at 11 a.m. at St Francis Basilica in Dyersville.
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Dyersville
UPI
Anthony Kreimer
Kreimer
Sherrill
Iowa
Dubuque County
St. Francis Basilica
Conviction Upheld in Reckless Driving Case
Jo seph H. Schmidt of Greeley had a reckless driving conviction upheld by the Delaware county district court this week. He appealed a $25 fine from the justice of the peace court, with the district court ruling that he drove recklessly in Backbone park picnic and parking area.
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Manchester
Joseph H. Schmidt
Greeley
Delaware County District Court
Schmidt
Justice of the Peace Court
Backbone Park
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