Weather and births mingle in a crowded local page
May weather notes show normal temperatures with a chance of thunder showers. Births reported include multiple families such as Mr. and Mrs. Doyce Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. James W. Danskin with new daughters and sons in Marion and Parkersburg. Local police and ambulance calls are listed through Saturday afternoon.
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Doyce Bailey
Thirty-second Street
James W. Danskin
West Post Road
Barbara Walters
Carriage Drive
Garland
Hilltop Road
Marion
Patrick Kellen
Widowed Mary Wiley 78 dies in Minnesota after short illness
Mary Wiley 78 former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday at a St. Louis Park Minnesota nursing home after a short illness. Born December 20 1896 in Devils Lake North Carolina she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life before moving to Decorah in 1965 and to Wabasha in 1973. She was a University of Northern Iowa graduate and a member of the Decorah United Methodist Church. Survived by three sons a daughter a sister two brothers twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services set for Decorah United Methodist Church and Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial funeral home in charge.
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Mary Wiley
Wabasha
Minn
James Wiley
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis Park
United Methodist Church of
Decorah
Kenneth
Excelsior
Russell
Douglas
Crystal
C.H. Vetter
J.W. Dyson
Port Orchard
Wash
Leonard
Donald Eich
Morris
United Methodist Church
Chapel of Memories
David Ash
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Ethel Louise Alnutt
Fleetwood Road
Henry
Bruce) Alnutt
Geraldine Miller
Turner Chapel East
LeRoy White
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mary McDonell Dies in Cogginn Services Monday
Mary McDonell 93 lifelong Coggin area resident died Thursday in a Monticello nursing home. Born Aug 13 1881 near Coggon she belonged to St John s Catholic Church. Services Monday 10 at St John s Catholic Church burial Immaculate Conception Cemetery Castle Grove. Visitation after 1 Sunday at Murdoch s Coggon with rosary at 8 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Felling
Hoover-Valentine’s
Ioof Lodge
Anamosa — Catherinege
St. Joseph's Catholic Stone City
DeWachter’s
Mt. Vernon
Margaret Ullrich
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Morgan’s. Sart
Walter H. Mills
Zion Lutheran Church
Overton's
Tipton
David W. Henderson
Red Oak Presbyterian Church
Sheets and Sons
Charles
Louis) van Kerckvoorde
Nevenhoven’s
Coggon
Mary
Mayme) McDonell
Monticello
St. John’s Catholic Church
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
Murdoch
Richard Adams Dies at 93 Solon Farmer and Chrysler
Richard K Adams 93 lifelong Solon resident and farmer died after a brief illness. He helped lead local agriculture as a Farm Bureau member and long time Masonic Blue Lodge No 4 member. Born Jan 23 1882 he attended Iowa State University and belonged to Solon Methodist Church. Survived by wife Alice Strand Boldan married Feb 1967 in McAllen Texas. Services 1030 am Tuesday Brosh Funeral Home Solon. Burial Oakland Cemetery after noon Monday.
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Solon
Richard K. Adams
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Masonic Blue Lodge No. 4
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Solon Methodist Church
Alice Strand Boldan
McAllen
Texas
Brosh Funeral Home
Richard Pomeroy
Oakland Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Mailing Info
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1863 lists subscription by carrier at 1.05 weekly and mail options with varying 6 and 52 week terms. It notes editions available daily and Sunday with regional restrictions and AP exclusive republication rights.
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The
Gazette Co. and Publi
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Stolen purse reported from Sportsman Lounge booth
Dianne L. Hannum reports a purse worth about 270 dollars stolen from a booth in the Sportsman Lounge at 1514 First avenue NE around 1 a.m. Saturday. The bag contained contact lenses and other items.
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Dianne L. Hannum
Thirty-second Street
Sportsman Lounge
First Avenue NE
Mrs Carl Johnson of Hopkinton Dies
Mrs Carl Mary Johnson 29 died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness. Born Jan 5 1946 in Hopkinton she attended local schools and married Feb 18 1966. She worked ten years as a medical technician at John McDonald Hospital Monticello. Surviving husband mother Richard Carsener Marion sister Cindy Richardson Marion grandmothers Helen Metcalf Ruby Richardson Hopkinton. Services Tuesday 2 pm at Hopkinton Methodist Church Burial Hopkinton Cemetery. Friends may call after 11 am Monday at Goettsch's funeral home.
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Robert D. Bailey
Willman Street
Hiawatha
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Lee
Donna Rich Bailey
Robert W. Moenk
Kenwood
Zion Lutheran Church
William
Renee
Tony Hopker
Melvin Rich
Marion
Edith Moenk
Hopkinton
Larry Brelje
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Murdoch Chapel
St.*Jude's Children’s Research Hospital
Carl
Mary) Johnson
John McDonald Hospital
Richard Carsener
Richard Richardson
Cindy Richardson
Iowa City Man Charged in Porch Fight
A 20 year old Iowa City man, John Calvin Pierce, was charged with fighting after an incident at about 4 50 p m that caused about 30 damage to a porch rail, step and door screen at the Emily Kane residence 715 First street SW He was held briefly in the county jail and released on bond.
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Iowa City
Emily Kane
First Street
John Calvin Pierce
Two Car Crash Injures C R Man In Marion
Elmer Allen O'Shannon 51 of 1644 Second Avenue SE sustained minor injuries when his car collided with a car driven by Larry O'Neal Robbins 29 of 344 Thirteenth Street Marion at the Bever Avenue Nineteenth Street SE intersection. Robbins cited for disobeying a traffic signal.
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Elmer Allen O’shannon
Second Avenue SE
Larry O’neal Robbins
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Bover Avenue
Nineteenth Street
O’shannon
Mercy Hospital
Robbins
Bever Avenue
Nineteenth
Cedar Rapids man named barber examiner named to state board
A Cedar Rapids man Richard Sisco was named to the Iowa state board of barber examiners joining two other licensed barbers Harold Ehrichsen of Sioux City and Alfred Wilson of Des Moines. Public representatives Betty Biondi and Patricia Cornick both from Des Moines were also appointed. Wilson and Cornick are Republicans while Sisco Ehrichsen and the others are Democrats.
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Des Moines
UPI
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Barber Examiners
Robert D. Ray
Richard Sisco
First Avenue NW
Harold Ehrichsen
Sioux City
Alfred Wilson
Ray
Betty Biondi
Patricia Cornick
Wilson
Cornick
Woman Killed In Rural Two Car Crash Near Millersburg
Ethel Alling of rural North English was killed in a two car collision Saturday night one and a half miles south of Millersburg. George Ulliny 70 was the husband passenger in the vehicle he drove. Michael Lynn Dietze 19 of Millersburg drove the eastbound car that struck the Ulliny vehicle broadside. No other injuries or charges were reported.
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Millersburg
Ethel Alling
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ullicny
George Ulliny
Ulliny
Michael Lynn Dietze
Motorcycle Hit Injures Rider on Forest Drive Scene
Bruce Parker Heck, 21, of Circle Drive NE, sustained minor injuries Saturday when his westbound motorcycle was struck by a station wagon driven by Homer L. Huskamp, 71, at the Forest drive and Grande avenue SE intersection near 1:30 p.m. Huskamp was cited for illegally entering a stop or yield intersection.
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Bruce Parker Heck
Circle Drive
Forest Drive
Grande Avenue SE
Homer L. Huskamp
Dows Avenue SE
Forest
Grande Avenue
Heck
Mercy Hospital
Huskamp
Clark views 1975 as a turning point for U S leadership
Sen. Dick Clark tells Mt. Mercy College graduates that the nation faces a turning point in 1975. He urges demand for stronger statesmanship, civic service, and leadership at home and abroad amid Watergate fallout, energy concerns, unemployment, unrest, and food shortages.
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United States
Dick Clark
Mt. Mercy College
U.S
Clark
College
Giscard and Chirac Plan China Visit Next Year
French President Valery Giscard dEstaing and Prime Minister Jacques Chirac announced they will travel to China next year. The statement was made in Paris on Saturday.
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Paris
Valery Giscard d
Social Security Fact or Fantasy Examined
Gazette Financial Expert Sylvia Porter presents a five part series on the social security program. She analyzes long and short range problems and summarizes expert opinions on its future and how reserve funds might ease concerns.
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Gazette Financial
Sylvia Porter
Barbie Case Spurs Global War Crimes Debate Still Unresolved
The article profiles Barbie and other alleged WWII war criminals avoiding extradition. Bolivian courts refuse to transfer due to treaty limits, while figures like Walter Rauff and Alfons Willem Sassen live abroad. Critics warn of impunity as cases hinge on origins and local law.
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Klarsfeld
Georges Pompidou
Supreme Court
Barbie
France
Walter Rauff
Auschwitz
Punta Arenas
Chile
Salvador Allende
Alfons Willem Sassen
Ecuador
Blouin urges economic ties over military in talks
Blouin says the U.S. should expand international cooperation on an economic basis rather than a military one. He met constituents in Cedar Rapids and plans to move his headquarters this fall to the old Federal building on First Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Building
First Street
Cedar Rhapsodies Take Third in Regional Contest
Cedar Rhapsodies from Cedar Rapids placed third Saturday in the Region Seven Sweet Adelines contest. The Wichita winner and Raytown Missouri runnerup Jacomo topped the field including choruses from Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota. Director Mrs LaVerne Eggleston 2042 Bever Avenue SE. Next year the regional contest will be held in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Wichita
Jacomo” Chorus
Raytown
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
LaVerne Eggleston
Bever Avenue
Communities Lose Long-Distance Service
Residents of Mt. Vernon Mechanicsville Clarence and Lisbon were without toll service for about four hours on Saturday afternoon after an underground cable was accidentally cut by a farmer installing a sump pump. Local service remained unaffected. Service began at 3 10 p.m. and was restored at 7 05 p.m.
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Mt. Vernon
Mechanicsville
Clarence
Lisbon
Telephone Company
Five Charges In Cycle Chase Near Parkcourt Intersection
Rickey Allen Miller aged 21 of 1608 C avenue NE was charged with license plate violation driving with license restriction attempt ing to elude officers and two counts of running a stop sign after a motorcycle chase. The crash at 2 15 p m ended with Miller refusing medical treatment for knee injuries.
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Third Avenue
Parkcourt SE
Rickey Allen Miller
C Avenue NE
Miller
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