Weather notes and obituaries from Midwest towns
Daily weather data for May including rainfall and wind. notices of births at several Marion area families and funeral service schedules for Center Point, Columbus Junction, Edgewood, Elkader, New Hampton, Mt. Vernon, Norway, Sigourney, Tama, Vinton, and Williamsburg. Names include Eugene Fitzgerald Roger Reid Edward Horak May 5 and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Fitzgerald
Cherry Hill Road
Roger Reid
Parkview Drive
Marion
John Walker
Tower Terrace
Edward Horak
Westwood Drive
Richard Panosh
Boxwood Lane
Relations Unit Seeks Improved Jail Conditions
The Cedar Rapids-Marion council of human relations will send letters to municipal court judges, the Cedar Rapids police department, Linn county sheriff, and the city council. Requests include on call Saturday judge rotations, better overnight prisoner bedding, allowing prisoners to wear own clothing at court, and waiving weed cutting fees for residents over 65 or disabled.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Linn
The
YWCA
Deaths Peter R Astrosky 58 Cedar Rapids resident
Peter Robert Astrosky 58 of 2255 C street SW Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness. He was born November 5, 1912 in Cedar Rapids and was a World War II veteran. Survived by four sisters and two brothers. Services at St. Patrick's Church Monday at 9:30 a.m. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Wake Sunday at Teahen Chapel 7:30 p.m. where friends may call.
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Peter Robert Astrosky
C Street
Cedar Rapids
Astrosky
St. Patrick’s Church
Wilson-Sinclair Co
Elizabeth Lauratan
Chicago
Robert Beaver
St. Petersburg
Fla
Rose Bergstrom
Ann Astrosky
San Jose Calif
Charles Astrosky
George Astrosky
Long Beach
Calif
Paul J. Maguire
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen ‘Chapel
Leo Burrell 82 Dies After Long Illness
Leo Burrell 82 of 2247 C Street SW died Saturday after a long illness. A retired Stamats Publishing Co employee he was born February 17 1890 in Peoria Illinois and was a Mexican Border War veteran. Survived by brother George Wicks Ark and five sisters Bessie Meyer Cedar Rapids Mary McComb Tracy Minn Beulah Lauerter Blairstown LaZella Morrison Scottsdale Ariz Mildred Freeman Phoenix Ariz. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday Turner Chapel West with Vicar Richard L Thompson. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Military rites at graveside by Mexican Border Veterans. Friends may call Turner Chapel West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Burrell
C Street
Stamats Publishing Co
Mr. Burrell
Peoria
Ill
American Legion
George
Wicks
Ark
Bessie Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Mary McComb
Tracy, Minn
Beulah Lau
Turner Chapel West
Richard L. Thompson
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Obituary for Kathryn M. Rahe 1883 Dyersville to Cedar Rapids
Kathryn M. Rahe 89 widow of Henry Rahe died Saturday after a short illness. Born March 25 1883 in Ossian she lived in Dyersville before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1935. She held Catholic and charity memberships and is survived by four daughters four sons 31 grandchildren seven great grandchildren two sisters a brother and other relatives. Funeral services are set at Immaculate Conception church with wake prayers at Teahen Chapel and burial at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
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Ossian
Dyersville
Cedar Rapids
Rahe
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
The
Legion of Mary
St. Martha’s Circle
Third Order of St. Francis
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary
Fu Jen Missionary Club
Daughters of Isabella
Catholic Daughters of America
Court
Bea Rahe
Chicago
Marguerite Thornton
Waterloo
Marian Teahen
Cedar
Immaculate Conception Church
William Leonard
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Fu Jen Club
St. Martha's Circle
Teahen Chapel
Memorial Services for Larsen and Hoxie at Turner East
Anna C Larsen will have a memorial service at Turner East Chapel at 10 30 a m Monday conducted by Rev David Larson of St Marks Lutheran with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Sunday after 11 a m and until 10 a m Monday. The casket will not be opened after the service. George Warren Hoxie’s memorial at Turner East Chapel Noon Monday led by Rev John S Shew and Rev Larry R Johnson with cremation committal. Friends may call until 11 30 a m Monday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
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Turner East
Extra Second To Be Added To the World's Clocks
The world's master clocks will add a leap second on June 30 to correct Earth rotation changes. The extra second will be inserted just before midnight CDT, a move to keep atomic time and universal time aligned, despite risks to precise military and space operations.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Space Agency
R. Glenn Hall
U.S. Naval Observatory
Truman's 88th Birthday Party Set for Monday
Former President Harry S Truman will be toasted by about 300 guests at a downtown Kansas City hotel at noon Monday for his 88th birthday. He and wife Bess will spend the day quietly at their Independence home.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry S Truman
Truman
Bess
Independence
Truman Birthday Gala Recalls Early Presidency in Missouri
The feature notes Truman’s absence since 1966 but highlights this year’s party spon sor Harry Talge who views the event as a labor of love. A film on Truman’s post presidency life will screen amid speeches by Missouri politicians and friends, with Battery D and H Roe Bartle among speakers.
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Harry Talge
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
William S. Morris
Warren E. Hearnes
Woman Arrested on Charge of Larceny in Linn County
Linda S. Edgeton, 23, of 428 B avenue NW, arrested Saturday night on larceny charge. Held in Linn County jail under $500 bond. Detectives linked her to last Wednesday's theft of Diane Von Ahsen's purse containing $40 cash and $113 in checks from 814 Third avenue SW.
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Linda S. Edgeton
B Avenue NW
Linn County
Diane von Ahsen
Third Avenue
Resourceful Thieves Take Stalled Car
Jody Rigby, 19, failed to start his 1964 car after 15 minutes and left the keys at a service station. A more resourceful thief drove off with the stalled vehicle.
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Dallas
Jody Rigby
Venezuela did not seek U.S. aid during thwarted communist uprising
Ten years ago the Venezuelan government asked for no assistance from the United States as a communist inspired uprising was thwarted, leaving local security forces to handle the crisis.
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Venezuela
U.S
Tax Message At Monticello Chautauqua Draws Voters
A political chautauqua in Monticello hosted by the Iowa State Education Assn drew about 100 attendees from Eastern Iowa taxpayers groups. Speakers included Mrs. E A Staley and T T Tilton plus candidates for Iowa governor lieutenant governor U S senator and congressional seats. The event urged opposition to high property taxes the welfare system and backed a progressive income tax.
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Monticello
Iowa State Education Assn
E. A. Staley
Eastern Blvd
Cedar Rapids
T. T. Tilton
Anamosa
Jones County
G.O.P. Central Committee
Iowa
U.S
First Basewoman Hit by Pitch at Van Vechten Park
Jane A Kinney thirteen of 333 Forest drive SE was playing first base in a Saturday game at Van Vechten park when a pitch struck her in the right eye. She received treatment at Mercy hospital for a facial laceration and was released.
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Air
Women’s Liberation
Jane A. Kinney
Forest Drive SE
van Vechten Park
Jane
Mercy Hospital
Black Graduate Sees Slow Progress After Alabama Breakthrough
Vivian Malone Jones, first black Alabama graduate, now regional EPA director in Atlanta, laments ongoing inequality. She cites unemployment, housing, and schooling as persistent issues despite gains, recounting treatment on campus and calling for continued change.
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Atlanta
UPI
Vivian Juanita Malone
Gov
George C. Wallace
She
James Alexander Hood
University of Alabama
Iowa Conservation Commission Approves Mushrooming
The Iowa conservation commission announced that mushroom hunting in state parks is now legal with restrictions in posted areas. The policy also applies to other lands governed by the ICC, while removing plant life remains prohibited within park boundaries.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
ICC
Students Arrested On Drug Charges In Mt Vernon
Two Cornell college students were arrested Saturday afternoon at Mt Vernon bus station after picking up a five pound sack alleged to be marijuana. Rich ard P. Gibson 19 of Summit NJ and Jeff M. Katzmann 19 of LaGrange IN are held in Linn county jail on $2500 bond. Narcotics squad officers charged them with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Arraigned before Justice Glenn Powers. Marijuana valued at $550.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Linn County
Richard P. Gibson
Summitt, N.J
Jeff M. Katzmann
LaGrange
Heydrich Arrives in France as Himmler’s Representative
Thirty years ago Reinhard Heydrich, assistant chief of the Gestapo and protector of Czechoslovakia, reached France as a representative of Heinrich Himmler, signaling high level Nazi leadership in occupation zones.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
France
Himmler
Atkins man Frank Husted dies after short illness
Frank Husted 70 died last Friday after a short illness. He was born May 26, 1901 in Atkins and formerly worked for The Corn King Co. in Cedar Rapids. Surviving: wife Elizabeth Raussen, two daughters Mrs Eugene Root and Mrs William Cady, son George, sisters Mrs Henry Johnson and Mrs Clarence Kelly and Mrs Herman Becker, brothers Roy Melvin Jack, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services Monday 1:30 pm at Kuba funeral home Cedar Rapids. burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. The casket will not be opened after the service. Friends may call Sunday after 1 pm until 1 pm Monday.
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Atkins
Frank Husted
Husted
The
Corn King Co
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth L. Rasmussen
Marion
Eugene Root
Minneapolis
William Cady
George Husted
Henry Johnson
Long Beach
Clarence Kelly
San Fernando Valley
Calif
Herman Becker
Blairstown
Roy
Melvin
Shellsburg
Jack Husted
Kuba Funeral Home
Charles R. Mehaffey
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Trapped Allied Forces on Corregidor in 1942
The War Department reported 11 574 soldiers sailors marines and civilians were trapped on Corregidor and the four Manila Bay forts when Japanese forces captured them, marking a grim milestone in the Pacific war.
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War Department
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Ethnic voting shifts in 1968 U S presidential race
A study analyzes New Jersey Italian and other ethnic voting patterns in 1968. Italians showed strong support for the Democratic ticket with Nixon gaining ground among Italians, black turnout declined in northern areas, and Mexican American and Puerto Rican enrollments varied. Irish middle class leanings toward Republicans noted.
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New Jersey
Richard Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Wallace
Iowa
Kennedy
New Mexico
Texas
New York City
Deputy Saves Life of Youth He Is Chasing
In Dubuque, Deputy Bernard Skahill rescued a juvenile fleeing by swimming across the Mississippi, catching up in the river's wide stretch after a pursuit sparked by a cottage break-in report. Two other youths fled. one was captured and turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Dubuque
Mississippi River
Skahill
Exclusive AP Rights Notice
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all local news from this newspaper and to AP dispatches. The notice informs readers that no other outlet may reuse the content without permission.
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Associated Press
Guardsman Granted Unemployment in Iowa Case
A Fort Dodge National Guard member, Steven R. Traster, quit United State Gypsum Co. due to harassment over his guard duties and being labeled a draft dodger. The Iowa unemployment commission ruled 2-1 he was justified in quitting, though one commissioner dissented citing doubts about the foreman’s obscenities and Traster’s work record.
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DES Moines
UPI
Fort Dodge
Guard
Traster
Abe Clayman
Clayman
Secretary Group Elects Officers at Iowa Legal Secretaries Meet
Rosemonde Rogers of Des Moines is installed as president of the Iowa Assn. of Legal Secretaries at the convention banquet at the Long Branch. Lorraine Treimer of Spencer is successor. Theresa Juhl of Waterloo is first vice president with Harriet Ulrick Council Bluffs second vice president, Sandra Kienest Waterloo executive secretary, Shirley Clarke Ames treasurer, and Mary Jane Brittian Des Moines national director. The three day convention ends Monday. banquet attendance reaches 178.
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Rosemonde Rogers
Des Moines
Iowa Assn
Long Branch
Lorraine Treimer
Spencer
Theresa Juhl
Waterloo
Harriet Ulrick
Council Bluffs
Sandra Kienest
Shirley Clarke
Ames
Mary Jane Brittian
Marion Woman 79 Lillian Thompson Dies in Marion
Lillian Thompson 79 of 2030 Twenty sixth street Marion died Saturday in a local hospital after nine years in the community. Born June 21 1892 in Scribner Nebraska she married Dr. Edgar S. Thompson June 22 1915 in Scribner. Surviving are a son E S Bud Thompson four grandchildren and a sister Edith Brayton of Fremont Nebraska. She was a member of First Presbyterian church and the UPW and past matron of the Order of Eastern Star. Services 11 a m Monday at the Murdoch chapel Marion. Burial Wisner cemetery Wisner Neb. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch chapel.
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Lillian Thompson
Twenty-sixth Street
Marion
Scribner
Neb
Edgar S. Thompson
E.S
Bud) Thompson
Edith Brayton
Fremont
First Presbyterian Church
UPW
Order of Eastern Star
Murdoch Chapel
Wisner
Read and Use Want Ads Regularly
A brief notice encourages readers to place their finger on needs and regularly consult want ads for what they want. The guidance emphasizes actively seeking items and opportunities through classified listings.
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Center Point
Don B. Maxson
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Murdoch
Columbus Junction
Carol Cutkomp
Robert Cutkomp
Hills
Stacy Lewis
Columbus City Cemetery
Edgewood
Dewey
Vera) Beddow
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Elmer FE
Millsinger
New Hampton
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Albion Roy King
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Morgan’s
Norway
Ida Range
St. Michael’s Church
Brosh’s
Sigourney
Roy L. Saxton
Kinross
the Holm Funeral Home
Burial Brethren Cemetery
South English
Tama
Sylvia A. Stephenson
Mason-Hand’s
Concord Cemetery
Knoxville
Vinton
Adelaide Griffin
Campbell's
Williamsburg
Evan J. Edwards
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jones
Peter R. Astrosky
Henry E. Rahe
Kathryn M. Rahe
Fourth Avenue SE
Henry Rahe
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
3Rd Ave
Duane Crock
Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Alabama National Guard
Glenn Powers
Stewart Funeral Home
Monahan-Stewart Eee
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center PT. RD
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Gary
Ind
Cicero
Buffalo
N.Y
Youngstown
Ohio
Hartford
the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
First Avenue
Teahen Funeral Home
Marian F. Teahen
Elden B. Rohn Mortician
First Ave
John E. Lapes Flowers
3Rd Avenue
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