Clergy Role in War Objectors Debated at Iowa Diocese Meet
At the 116th convention of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa held at the Roosevelt hotel, resolutions urged broader recognition of conscientious objectors and clergy counseling. Bishop Gordon W. Smith urged renewed evangelistic zeal, addressing poverty and racial discrimination as priorities amid declining confirmations.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Holy Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Episcopal Church
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
University of Iowa General Hospital to Get 17.5 Million Addition
Iowa board of regents approves plans and a preliminary budget for an eight story 17.5 million dollar expansion to the University of Iowa General Hospital. The project adds 400 beds as part of the University Hospitals complex in Iowa City with operating rooms diagnostic radiology and outpatient facilities. Financing combines revenue bonds hospital funds and federal money with no state tax funds. Construction includes 11 million in bonds 1.55 million from the building fund and 5 million from federal sources.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
University of Iowa
General Hospital
Iowa Board of Regents
University Hospitals
Town City
Iowa City
Viet Photographer Rescues Wounded GIs Under Fire
South Vietnamese Associated Press photographer Dan Vang Phuoc, wounded thrice in combat, risked sniper fire to rescue a badly wounded American soldier after a grenade hit a sergeant and radioman near the Kinh Doi canal. He directed medics to aid the victims and carried the radioman on his shoulders, lifting about 115 pounds.
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Phuoc
Woody Dockerman
New York
Newsday
Long Island
Maryland Delegation Plans All 49 Votes for Humphrey
The Maryland Democratic delegation to the national convention voted to cast all 49 votes for Hubert Humphrey for the presidential nomination. A note in the report mentions an unusual item described as a "wanted" ad.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Hubert Humphrey
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Advertisements
Local notes include siren tests Saturday at 10 a.m. and city market days Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Listings cover auctions for silver certificates and coins, a surgical patient at St Luke's Hospital, a burglary report worth about $34 in groceries, and various local ads for services and events. Community meetings on urban renewal and remodels are announced, plus TV and entertainment notes and a Mother's Day plant reminder.
Court hears theft case against Rosenberger and Matteson
Robert C. Rosenberger and Leslie Matteson appeared in Cedar Rapids municipal court on a charge of larceny over twenty dollars. Judge Loren M. Hullinger Jr. set a May 24 preliminary hearing and released them on their own recognizance. They allegedly took a brass chandelier from the Matsell mansion near Viola April 22, with deputies later recovering the piece from a Matsell access cabin owned by Rosenberger.
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Robert C. Rosenberger
Stone City
Leslie Matteson
Buffalo Township
Cedar Rapids
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Matsell
Matsell Bridge
Viola
Matsell Access
Rosenberger
Matteson
Man Freed on $110 Bond After Roller Drome Incident
Donald L. Kness, 28, of 2740 J street SW, posted $110 bond after sheriff's deputy arrested him on a disturbance of the peace warrant. Rex Rohr and Charles Dvorak allege he drove erratically in the Roller Drome parking lot on Highway 30 West and threatened patrons. Kness is to appear in Justice Glenn Powers court on May 15.
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Donald L. Kness
J Street
Rex Rohr
Charles Dvorak
Court of Justice of the Peace
Glenn ‘Powers
Kness
Highway 30
Wodtke-Ferring Sues For Unpaid Commissions
Cedar Rapids firm Wodtke and Ferring Sales Co. sues Rawlen T. Smith doing business as Special Products Co. in Linn County seeking a full accounting and judgment for commissions claimed due from shipments into the plaintiff's territory. The exact amount is unknown due to missing invoices from a July 12 1967 agreement.
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Wodtke and Ferring Sales Co
Linn District
Rawlen T. Smith
Special Products Co
Teresa Murphy Sentenced for Larceny in Cedar Rapids
Teresa A. Murphy, 23, of 5108 First Avenue NW, received a suspended five year sentence in the Rockwell City women's reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny. Judge B. J. Maxwell placed her on probation for stealing a $9 suit and a $42 topcoat from Clan cy's, Ltd. in Cedar Rapids on December 12.
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Teresa A. Murphy
First Avenue NW
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
B. J. Maxwell
Clancy’s, Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Man Charged With Drunk Driving In Linn County
William R. McNeill, 31, of 215 Twenty seventh Street NW, was arrested early Friday by a Linn sheriff's deputy and charged with drunk driving. Judge B. J. Maxwell appointed an attorney and set bond at 325 dollars. The arresting deputy said McNeill drove erratically on Highway 94 northwest of Cedar Rapids before his arrest at E avenue and Thirteenth Street NW.
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William R. McNeill
Twenty-seventh Street
Linn
B. J. Maxwell
McNeill
Cedar Rapids
E Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Clary Sentenced for License Suspension Violation
Edward L. Clary of Central City pled Thursday in Cedar Rapids municipal court to driving while his license was suspended. He received a suspended six month jail term and was placed on probation to Sheriff Walter H. Grant. He was accused of driving in Waubeek while suspended.
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E. L. Clary
Edward L. Clary
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Walter H. Grant
Clary
Waubeek
University Closed After Three Days of Riots in Lagos
University of Lagos was ordered closed Thursday following three days of student riots. Authorities cited unrest and safety concerns as the reason for shuttering campus operations.
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Lagos
Nigeria
University of Tile Life
Fire at Portland Waterfront Triggers Major Firefight
Portland fire crews battled a blaze beneath Municipal Terminal 2 on the Willamette riverfront. At the peak, 350 firefighters, more than 30 pieces of equipment and three fireboats fought the blaze with 21 casualties and ten hospitalized. Fire hazards included chemicals and creosote treated timber. damage estimated at 650000.
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Portland, Ore
Portland
Municipal Terminal 2
Willamette River
City Dock’ Commission
Kennedy Eyes Davenport Des Moines Stops in Iowa Visit
Senator Robert Kennedy plans tentative visits to Davenport in the late morning and Des Moines in the late afternoon and evening, with rallies in each city. He will then go to Omaha to await Nebraska primary returns. Delegates to the state Democratic convention may meet him during these stops.
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Iowa City
UPI
New York
Robert Kennedy
Iowa
Iowa Kennedy Organization
William Sueppel
Kennedy
Davenport
Des Moines
Omaha
Nebraska
Sueppel
Suspended Term of C R Man Revoked
A 30 day suspended sentence for Charles E. Woodard 21 of 715 Sixth street SE was revoked Friday by Judge Loren Hullinger. The revocation relates to a June 2 1967 charge of pointing a gun at another person. Woodard was arrested Thursday night for resisting execution of process after allegedly striking a police officer at a residence during a family dispute.
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Charles E. Woodard
Sixth Street
Loren Hullinger
Woodard
Open House at City Greenhouse Over Weekend
Stan Reinas the city horticulturist will host an open house at the municipal greenhouse in Bever Park Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can view about 22 000 bedding plants soon to be planted in the citys 60 parks starting Monday. The display includes new geraniums petunias and exotic plants. A comparable open house occurred three years ago.
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Stan Reinas
Bever Park
Reinas
Trial May 7 on Disturbing Peace
George McEowen of 1116 Sixteenth Street SE pled innocent to a disturbing the peace charge filed by Isaiah Martin. The alleged incident occurred at Ninth Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Judge Clinton Shaeffer set May 17 for trial and released McEowen on his own recognizance.
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George McEowen
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Isaiah Martin
McEowen
Ninth Avenue
Seventh Street
Clinton Shaeffer
McBowen
Budding Musicians Seek Used Instruments In Want Ad
Local readers are invited to sell or trade used musical instruments as part of a community want ad. Musicians of all ages pursue affordable gear and collectors may find coveted pieces through the listings.
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2Nd Street
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Tom Wicker
Cee
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Eseses
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Leonard Lyons
Rick du Brow
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Serene
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Dr. Mother Penne Ween
Renee
the Jacobus Financial
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John Cunniff
Setae
Sam Shulsky
Marion Civil Defense
14Th Ave
Jerome
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E Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Earl Potter
Fifteenth Street
East Side
Clyde Bausch
H Avenue NW
Howard Kalenberger
Albert’s
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Hiawatha
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Oak Hill-Jackson and Ellis
Jane Boyd
Joey’s Drive-In
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FTD Florist
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Golden
Colo
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C.r.man
Ie Kei Ie Ni
1St St
Waterloo
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Dacron
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