Five Day Forecast Temperatures and May Totals Summary
The daily and five day forecast show temperatures across major cities from Atlanta to Seattle with highs in the 60s to 80s and lows in the 40s to 60s. Iowa five day outlook flags 2 to 5 degrees below normal, with most precipitation around Thursday night or Friday, and again near period end. Data includes May rainfall totals and barometric notes, plus local notices on traffic, court actions, and births.
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Iowa
Local official weighs Wolfson request for possible sentencing
Pepper notes Wolfson seeks possible 60 day sentence or more while Bennett says he will appear for any constituent. A Holland aide says Wolfson had never previously asked for anything and hints at campaign contributions. An aide says Attorney General Mitchell advised the President to avoid connection with the matter.
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Pepper
Wolfson
Bennett
Jacksonville
Holland
Louis Wolfson
Mitchell
Barrage causes alarms in Macon as live ammunition feared
Residents panicked as a barrage echoed through Macon with no warning it was live ammunition. Officials reported jammed telephone lines at the city offices while authorities traced a truck carrying the ammunition from Homestead air base Florida to Columbus Ohio.
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Macon
Tri-City Motor Transit of
Joplin
Homestead Air Base
Fla
Columbus
Ohio
Plumbers Ratify Pact as Roofers Prepare Vote
Cedar Rapids plumbers Tuesday night ratified a new contract with contractors. Roofers, earning 4.25 an hour, were to vote Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Montrose hotel. Carpenters have a meeting Thursday and sheetmetal union talks occurred Wednesday afternoon. If no progress, federal mediators may be brought in.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Armed Forces II East Iowans Enlist and Drafts Reported
Eleven individuals enlist or are drafted across services. Thomas L. Rebly, 20, sent to Great Lakes by navy. Army drafts include Tom L. Jones, 18. David Koehn, 18. John LeHew, 18. Delayed program entrants include Michael Finn, 17. Ernest Squires, 18. Bruce Bickford, 19. James Minninger, 22. Doug las Shepard, 18. Richard Pritcher, 18. Anne E. Chesney, 23, enters the women's army corps. Two Cedar Rapids men drafted to Ft. Polk are Steven Hasley, 23, and Martin Michalec, 28. Glen A. Moss reenlisted in navy. Leave reports list several service members including Steven Vick and Samuel Lafrenz, plus Sgt. Michael Forbes, Hal Hart, and Jon Mullan discharged or enroute, with destinations noted.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Thomas L. Rebly
Thirty-fourth Street
Ft. Polk
Army
Tom L. Jones
Walker
David Koehn
Main Amana
John LeHew
Twelfth Street
Marion
Michael R. Finn
Anamosa
Ernest Squires
Highland Drive
Bruce Bickford
West Branch
James Minninger
Sixth Street
Douglas Shepard
Madison Street
Richard Pritcher
H Avenue
Anne E. Chesney
Twenty-eighth Street Court
Women’s Army Corps
Cedar Rapids
Steven M. Hasley
Indiana Street
Martin L. Michalec
Glen A. Moss
Lowdon
Shipfitter
Steven E. Vick
Elmer Vick
First Avenue
Yorktown
Samuel W. Lafrenz
Walter Lafrenz
London
Little Creek
Michael Forbes
Glen E. Forbes
Schaeffer Drive
Shepard Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Hal Hart
Marvin C. Hart
O Avenue
Vietnam
Germany
Syrian Forces Besiege Hasbaya Amid Lebanon Clash
The mountain town of Hasbaya in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border is besieged by about 2,000 Syrian backed Arab guerrillas. Lebanese troops and Al Saika loyalists clash after days of fighting, with at least one Lebanese soldier dead. Authorities say opponents are non Palestinian armed groups. Syria’s Baath links speculated.
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Hasbaya
Lebanon
Beirut
al Saika Group
Syria
Baath Party
Israel
Court hearing set on suppressing evidence in Root case
Courthouse News Dick Root of Cedar Rapids asks Linn district court to suppress proposed evidence in a fraudulent acts case arguing it was obtained via confidential attorney client channels. Judge Naughton sets June 6 for a hearing as details about a related ADC payment confession by Root’s former wife surface. County Treasurer reports 1,000 tax statements returned due to change of address and urges residents to update records.
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Dick Root
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Root
Laural
John Siebenmann
County Legal Assistance Office
Robert Wilson
Liebenmann
Siebenmann
J. Paul Naughton
Lloyd Curtis
Curtis
Award Damages For Malicious Prosecution in Linn County
Galen C. Reynolds of Cedar Rapids won a 1250 dollar judgment against Ray Hayes for malicious prosecution after Reynolds was arrested and jailed overnight October 22 1967 on a felonious information charge later dismissed. Reynolds sought 5000 actual and 15000 punitive damages. judge granted 500 humiliation and distress 500 exemplary damages and 250 attorney fees due to malice.
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Galen C. Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Ray Hayes
Linn
Reynolds
Hayes
Justice of the Peace
Jessie McCormack
Harold Vietor
Motorist Fined As Drunk Driver
Jerry R. Moore a 31 year old resident of rural Iowa City pled guilty in Linn district court to drunk driving. Judge B J Maxwell fined him 300 dollars and allowed a new license application after 60 days. Moore was charged Monday on highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids after an officer observed erratic driving.
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Jerry R. Moore
Iowa City
Linn District Court
B. J. Maxwell
Moore
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Man Pleads Innocent to Drunk Driving Charge
Byron E. Hinton Jr., 32, of Hiawatha, was arrested Sunday on a drunk driving charge. He pled innocent in Linn district court Tuesday and was released on his own recognizance.
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Byron E. Hinton, Jr
Hiawatha
Linn
Fatal crash claims Cedar Rapids man life at intersection
Paul Everett Williams 28 of Cedar Rapids died after head injuries from a two vehicle 1966 model crash. His companion Powers and Castelein suffered injuries. Castelein released after treatment. Williams, a Link Belt Speeder Co. employee, is survived by wife Frances and two children. Memorial service set at Turner Chapel West with burial at Linwood.
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Cedar Rapids
Link-Belt Speeder Co
Paul Everett Williams
Link- Belt Speeder Co
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Frances Powers
Sharon United Methodist Church
Archery Assn
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Boy Scouts of America
Paul Eugene
Dawn Marie
Everett Williams
Newhall
Gale
David
St. Louis
Leroy
Kenneth
Dwaine
Deanna
Teresa
Lydia Williams
Rilla Fulwider
Anamosa
Karma Peters
Brentwood
Kyra Williams
Brenda Williams
Iowa City
Karen Bremer
LaRee Gatewood
Turner Chapel
A. T. Washington
Linwood Cemetery
Maternity Ward Names Nurses Snow Sleet Hale Rainy
In St Louis Homer G Phillips hospital maternity ward lists practical nurses with weather themed surnames Snow Sleet Hale and Rainy. The unusual set of nicknames stood out in a routine staffing note from UPI reports.
Iowa House Rejects Feeds Shift for Inspections
DES MOINES Iowa lawmakers rejected 74 to 29 a bid to move restaurant and food store inspections from the Agriculture Department to the Health Department. The House advanced a 1.3 million annual Agriculture Department appropriation with no line items for meat or food inspections, citing future bills. Rep Mezvinsky criticized the move while Rep Van Nostrand defended operators and argued daily inspector coverage is impractical.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
State Department of Health
Edward Mezvinsky
Diona City
Agriculture Department
Mezvinsky
Maurice van Nostrand
R-Avoca
van Nostrand
Dickey confronts demonstrators in office building stand-off
Dickey attempted to reason with intruders and ordered several to leave his office. When students moved toward his office, he kept it off limits and urged the crowd to depart. The president walked through the building urging the students to disperse but met no success and left.
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Dickey
Closed Again After Conflict At City College New York
Black students scaled an iron gate and clashed with white students at the City College of New York, prompting President Gallagher to close the school for a second time in three weeks. Police and Harlem residents joined the scene as injuries were reported and the engineers building saw clashes between groups.
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NEW York
City College of New York
Harlem
Buell G. Gallagher
Nixon Reaffirms Pacific Resolve After Talks With Australia
President Nixon ended two days of talks with Australian Prime Minister Gorton reaffirming U S resolve to continue contributions to the security and progress of the Pacific area including Southeast Asia in a statement from Washington.
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UPI
Nixon
Gorton
U.S
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Ernie Ford Special TV Color Spectacular
Ernie Ford hosts a color television spectacular with guests Danny Thomas and Andy Griffith. Airing at 9:00 PM Friday on Channel 9.
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Danny Thomas
Andy Griffith
Channel 9
Towns Told to Make Stray Dogs Available for Research
Iowa officials said Des Moines and six central Iowa cities along with Polk County must provide stray dogs for medical research under state law. University of Iowa, Iowa State, and Des Moines medical facilities requested dogs. ARL to confine and hold them seven days before donation or euthanasia. Dr. Thayer noted dwindling stray dogs due to vaccination and licensing rules, with many cities unable to meet research needs.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Des Moines
Animal Rescue League of Iowa
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa State
Ames
Iowa Methodist Hospital
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
Altoona
Clive
ARL
Charles Thayer
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
Washington
Rock Island
Moline
U. of I
Thayer
State Department of Health
Deaths Minnie McDaniel 1875 1949 Cedar Rapids resident
Minnie McDaniel aged 94 died Wednesday at 1867 Ellis boulevard NW where she resided with Ruth Shields. A Cedar Rapids native born March 14, 1875 she worked 20 years at Fair Store and 30 years at Reps Store. Requiem mass 9:30 a.m. Friday at St Patrick's Church officiated by Rev J Robert McDonald. Parish Rosary 8 p.m. Thursday at Brady Mortuary with visitation 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Minnie McDaniel
Ruth Shields
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Fair Store
Reps
St. Patrick's Church
J. Robert McDonald
Brady Mortuary
Oak Hill Cemetery
Death of Buchanan native in Cedar Rapids hotel room
Hubert Miller, 51, a Buchanan county native and janitor at New Process Laundry, was found dead Monday in his room at the Magnus hotel in Cedar Rapids. Death attributed to natural causes. He had no immediate survivors. Services set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at White funeral home Independence with burial at Wilson.
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Buchanan County
Magnus Hotel
Cedar Rapids
New Process Laundry
White Funeral Home
Independence
Wilson Cemetery
Death notices for Eva De Sape and Leo Patterson
Eva De Sape services were at 4 15 p m Wednesday at the Chapel of Memories with Dr Glenn W McMichael of St Pauls United Methodist Church. Cremation and inurnment followed Cedar Memorial. Leo Patterson service at 1 30 p m Thursday at St Pauls United Methodist Church with Dr Arnold Herbst. Burial at LaPorte City Cemetery. Friends may call Beatty Bearle Chapel until 11 a m Thursday. Casket remains closed at church. Mrs Patterson died in Sioux City Monday.
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Independence
W. G. Miller
Spokane
Wash
White's
Rowley Cemetery
Manchester
Truman Ingels
Bloomfield
Bohnenkamp’s. Deep River
George F. Martens
Calvary Lutheran Church
McAninch’s
Victor
Belle Plaine
Emma M. Mathews
Seattle
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Redman
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Ida Combs
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Louis V. Podhajsky
Immaculate Conception
St. Vaclav
Mason-Hand
Colesburg
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First Methodist Church
Brown Cemetery
Appleton’s
Vinton
May Reiss
Fry and Holland
Keystone
Carl Seeck
Fellmer's
Iowa City
Maude Eskildsen
St. Patrick’s Church
Donohue’s. Shellsburg
Adella E. Penrose
Turner Chapel East
Cedar Rapids
Palo Cemetery
Bucher’s Promotion Hopes Amid Navy Review After Pueblo Case
Navy commanders face promotion selection with Bucher awaiting word on his future. Bucher became a commander on July 1, 1967, and could qualify for captain in four to six years. The Pueblo case is being dismissed, and service reputation may influence the board alongside official records. Laird says Bucher’s record stands without reprimand, placing him on par with peers.
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Bucher
Navy
Chafee
Pueblo
Laird
Iowa High Court Decisions Listed
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Supreme Court issued Tuesday opinions including Cedar-Townsend v Mid America Pipeline Co on land condemnation affirmed. Johnson-Bourjaily v Johnson County reversed remanded. Linn-Wells v Wells divorce affirmed in part reversed in part remanded. Linn-State v Lawrence murder reversed remanded.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar — Townsend
Mid- America Pipeline Co
Johnson — Bourjaily
Johnson County
Linn — Wells
Wells
Linn — State
Lawrence
Address Changes Halt Statements in Linn County Tax Notices
Linn County residents may not have received property tax statements due to address updates. Tax officials advise checking current mailing records and contacting the assessor’s office to confirm your address, request copies, and avoid late penalties.
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Linn County
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