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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1968
Page
4
Marion city actions include approving a 1968 No 1 paving project and plan specifications with a June 10 hearing and bid night. Residents cited cost and fixed incomes for objections while council okayed widening in residential and commercial cost shares.
Marion Independent and Linn- Mar school districts schedule final activities with tests and graduations toward the end of May. Seniors in Linn-Mar finish testing by Wednesday while most Marion seniors finish Thursday. Kindergarten ends Monday. Cards and assemblies follow.
Roy Edward Inger Jr 29 died in El Centro California last Friday from burns suffered in an auto accident the prior Thursday He was born July 27 1938 in Harpers Ferry Iowa and served eight years in the U S Air Force He lived in El Centro eight years was an apprentice machinist at Central Motor Parts Co Surviving are two daughters his parents a Marion brother and grandparents Services are Wednesday at 2 pm at Chapel of Memories with military rites by Legion Hanford Post No 5 at Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call after 9 am Wednesday Casket to remain closed The family prefers contributions to a charity of choice Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
Eureka police arrest 21 year old Darrell Greene for possession of marijuana after he shared a joint with an ape at Sequoia Park Zoo. Officials report the ape took two puffs, clapped twice, and danced briefly after the act.
Jack Hotchkiss of Marion wins first lieutenant governor post in District 19 Iowa Toastmasters. Spring conference was in Muscatine Sunday. Also named are Cleon Babcock Des Moines as governor George Hertema Marshalltown as second lieutenant governor and Robert Glenn Ames as third lieutenant governor.
The Civil Service Commission upheld the State Department's disciplinary action against Otto Otepka, the former chief security evaluator. He was fired in 1963 for allegedly giving classified documents to a Senate subcommittee. Secretary Rusk later demoted and reprimanded him after an appeal.
Milton P. Houser aged 24 of 2925 Johnson Avenue NW was arrested Monday on a lewdness warrant and held on a parole violation. Authorities say he exposed himself to two young girls on May 17 and he awaits arraignment.
London reports that David Essex manager sought Rodin photos to promote a new love song. He asked Tate Gallery for samples and received an image of Rodin's statue Despair, creating a publicity mismatch and irony.
Warden John E. Bennett of Fort Madison state penitentiary says no known racial discrimination and that all inmates are treated the same. Iowa Civil Rights Commission official reports Negro inmates complain of discrimination in discipline and parole. prison staff push for equality and minority recruitment.
A jeering crowd in Belfast pelted Prime Minister Terence ONeill with eggs stones and flour as he spoke before a Conservative party meeting. He was unharmed. placards read ONeill Must Go and protesters surrounded his car while police protected him amid anti Catholic protests over his reconciling moves with Dublin leader Jack Lynch.
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