This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1969
Page
11
Bob Neto of the Indiana Pacers appeared to celebrate by chinning the ball after a dunk that ripped the net. Oakland won the ABA playoff game on Saturday night.
Indiana trails Oakland 2-1 in a best of seven as they seek to rebound from backto-back results. Friday's win in Oakland followed by Oakland's overtime 134 128 victory in Indianapolis sets a pivotal fourth game to decide the series.
Cedar Falls report shows Lyle Collingwood of Cedar Rapids driving an AA/GD bike to a strip record of 10.74 seconds at 128.57 mph Sunday at NESTA Gateway. Jeff Wiley of CR posted laps in A/Modified. Don Hines of CR won the super stock title. Bob Strang of Fairfax in BB/Altered Corvette split the first two races before a blown engine halted him in the third.
Cedar Rapids freshman Sue Moen of Colorado State University captured the singles championship at the inter mountain girls tennis invitational in Collins Colorado last weekend. She and her partner finished second in doubles and Moen later earned a school assignment to speak at dormitories and security houses to boost tennis participation.
Bobby Isaac of Catawba North Carolina drove a 1968 Dodge to a 72.581 mph average and won the Fireball 300 at the Asheville Weaverville speedway. He led all but 16 laps as David Pearson briefly led and both Pearson and Richard Petty crashed. Jamie Hylton of Inman South Carolina finished second, John Sears third, Neil Castles fourth.
Waterloo climbs from last place in the Midwest league by splitting a Sunday doubleheader with Quad Cities ending a five game losing streak and finishing with a modest win and loss.
In Louisville, Majestic Prince edges Arts and Letters by a neck with Dike half a length back as Florida trainer Ray Metcalf vows revenge. Dancer’s Image drug case looms. Preakness and Belmont await the new champion.
Marion shooter Oksendahl captured two titles at the Shooter's Assn. meet in Delaware County earning a 100x score in the prone ten-shot event and another win in the offhand event. Other results and names appear garbled in the report.
Linn-Mar hosts the Lion Relays with preliminaries at 4 30 p m and finals at 6 30 p m on Tuesday as teams compete for the title and team honors.
Royals rookie Rob Oliver had six hits including a homer and four singles to power a 15-1 defeat of the California Angels. The performance marked him as the 20th AL player to collect six hits in a nine inning game, boosting Kansas City to 15 hits and three homers led by Roger Nelson on the mound.
Parnelli Jones of Torrance Calif won the seventh Yankee 250 mile stock car race at Indianapolis Raceway Park on the 214 mile course setting a record 82.17 mph. Al Unser of Albuquerque finished second in a 1967 Dodge Charger about a minute behind. A J Foyt Jr of Houston in a Torino finished fourth after a spin costs. Roger McChiske was third in a 1969 Plymouth. Don White of Iowa finished 10th in a Dodge Charger.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous minor and regional leagues such as Pacific Coast League and International League with scattered team references like Oklahoma City Shreveport San Antonio Birmingham and Manchester. Strong entities and precise facts are missing due to damaged text.
Cedar Rapids rider Jim Whitney won the 45 inch expert class in Anamosa as the CR Motorcycle Club opened its season with hillclimbs. He also placed second to Del Arbuckle in the 80 expert class and tied for top time of the day at 105.5.
Bob Helm of Rochester won the 2Hap feature in H Modified stock cars at the Cedar County Fairgrounds season opener. He also won the first heat ahead of Perry Reckler of Tiffin and Jim Havell of New Liberty. Street stock went to Tom Wacker of Elvira with other heat and trophy dash winners named from local tracks.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.