Weather Summary and Obits From Daily Record
Daily Record presents a weather page with highs and lows for cities including Atlanta Miami Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New York Denver Phoenix Duluth Spokane Houston and Los Angeles plus an extended forecast. The page lists May birth announcements for several families and a series of funeral notices across towns like Tipton Marengo Hoover Blairstown Kalona Lisbon Monticello Van Horne Mechanicsville Central City and Peterseims with church service details.
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Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Apolis
Chicago
New York
Denver
Phoenix
Duluth
Spokane
Houston
Shrevep’t
L.angeles
Wash‘ton
Avenue of Flags at Oelwein Vandalized
Vandals stole 10 flags from a 100 flag Avenue of Flags at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein before 9 30 a.m. Memorial Day services. Flags on 10 foot poles lined the cemetery entrance and were donated by relatives and friends of deceased veterans.
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Oelwein
Woodlawn
Ceylon Rebels Fail In Overthrow Attempt
In Colombo AP reports Ceylonese Che Guevarist rebels failed to topple Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government. Security forces mop up holdouts in remote mountains as the government prepares radical socialist reforms from the 1970 election vow. Cabinet has approved a radical package including land reform and economic control. A $30 million Chinese loan issued amid North Korean and Chinese suspicion news. Nearly 13,000 rebels detained at Vidyodaya and Vidalankara universities with about 200 released. Mig-17s from the Soviet bloc and pilots lingering in the country as security is strengthened island wide. A dusk to dawn curfew remains in effect and life slowly returns to normal.
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Vidyodaya
Vidalankara
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Summer Reading Program Starts at Cedar Rapids Library
The Cedar Rapids Public Library launches its summer reading program on Tuesday. Children can register for the Library Game at the main library Kenwood branch or Bookmobiles. Each participant gets a game board and tracks progress toward ten-book bonuses, aiming to reach the BIBLIOPHILE rank by August 31.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Evelyn Zerzanek
Children’s Service
Kenwood
Man Suffers Smoke Inhalation at Home in Cedar Rapids
A 70-year-old Cedar Rapids man, L. E. Shaffer, suffered smoke inhalation when fire ruined the living room of his one-story home on Cold Stream Avenue NE. He was admitted in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after escaping before firefighters arrived at 9:20 p.m. District Chief Thomas D. Phelps Jr. said Shaffer lives alone and there was no immediate cause determined for the blaze.
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Cedar Rapids
L. E. Shaffer
Shaffer
Cold Stream Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Thomas D. Phelps, Jr
Central City Man Hurt In Rural Road Crash
Marion L. Reed, 17, route two Central City, was listed in good condition at St. Luke's hospital Monday after a Sunday one vehicle crash near Viola. Linn County sheriff deputies say Reed likely fell asleep driving east on a county road, ran a stop sign, and struck an embankment, damaging a barbed wire fence. He sustained chest and mouth injuries.
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Marion L. Reed
Central City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Viola
Linn _ sheriff's deputies
Reed
Last of Island Folk Leaving in Mafia Protest
Fili cudi’s doctor and telephone operator packed Monday to follow the rest of the residents of this tiny island in protest against the exiling here of 15 Mafia chiefs. Ailing Antonio Rondo, 83, and a few others too old to want to move were among the handful who remained after the others sailed for nearby islands Saturday. But Rondo was carried away over the weekend on a stretcher and the other elderly went with him. The exiles, left alone but for a few police to watch them, found time heavy on their hands. "We'd rather be in prison," complained Calogero Sinatra. "At least there we'd have company."
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Filicudi
Sicily
Antonio Rondo
Rondo
Rosario Federico
Calogero Sinatra
Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Circulation Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co operates daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 with second class postage. Subscription rates list carrier 75 cents weekly and mail options including night and Sunday editions at varying monthly and yearly prices. non mail subscriptions limited by carrier service areas.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Obituaries for George Welch and Augusta Farley
George E. Welch 85 of 437 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW died Saturday after a short illness born December 4 1885 in Cushing Nebraska he farmed in Elm Creek Nebraska before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1966 Surviving include a daughter a son a step daughter a stepson two sisters fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services Wednesday at Jacobsen Funeral Home St Paul Nebraska with burial at Elm Wood Cemetery Friends may call Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and Central Park Presbyterian Church The cashet will be closed at 9:55 a.m. Augusta A Farley 82 of 1742 First Avenue NE widow of E J Ted Farley died Saturday after a short illness Formerly of Monticello and Washington DC she had resided in Cedar Rapids eight years Born August 28 1888 she was a member of Central Park Presbyterian Church YWCA St Luke’s Auxiliary National Council of Senior Citizens AARP Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club and volunteered at Iowa City Veterans Hospital Surviving include a son John Hay a sister Helen Gould three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services Tuesday at Central Park Presbyterian Church with Rev Allen S Van Cleve officiating Graveside service Tuesday at Wyoming Cemetery Friends may call Monday at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and Central Park Presbyterian Church after 9 a.m. Tuesday The casket will be closed at 9:55 a.m.
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George E. Welch
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Cushing
Neb
Elm Creek
Cedar Rapids
Interdenominational Church of
Nampa
Idaho
Duane Richards
Kearney
Donald Welch
Harold Joseph
Palmer
Carl White
Gravity
Iowa
Merle Myers
Kuna
Ella Bombeck
Shelton
Jacobsen Funeral Home
St. Paul
Elm Wood Cemetery
Augusta A. Farley
First Avenue NE
E. J
Ted’’ Farley
Monticello
Washington, D.C
Iowa City Veterans Hospital
John Hay
Burlington
Helen Gould
Conrad
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Allen S. van Cleve
Wyoming
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mrs Claude Goodenough Rites Set In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Claude Goodenough 65 of 919 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness Born September 20 1905 in Cedar Rapids lifelong resident She was married October 11 1925 Surviving Claude her husband and three Cedar Rapids sisters Services 130 PM Wednesday Brush Chapel Reverend Harry R Egner Calvary Baptist Church Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning
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Claude Goodenough
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Claude
Lorene Keister
Donald Fox
Daisy Pisarek
Brush Chapel
Harry R. Egner
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mrs William Lightner 84 Dies After Illness In Des Moines
Mrs. William Lightner Catherine Lightner aged 84 of 1700 C avenue NW widow of William H Lightner died Sunday after a long illness Born January 12 1887 at Monti Settlement she was a member of St Patrick Church and the National Catholic Society of Foresters Services will be at St Patrick church Tuesday at 9 30 a m conducted by Rev Paul J Maguire Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery Rosary will be Monday at 7 30 p m by Father Maguire the National Catholic Society and the parish at Teahen chapel where friends may call
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William Lightner
Catherine Lightner
C Avenue NW
William H. Lightner
Monti Settlement
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
National Catholic Society of Foresters
St. Patrick’s Church
Paul J. Maguire
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Maguire
Teahen Chapel
Former Luana Man and Wife Die in Wisconsin Crash
Staff Sgt. Kermit Brooks 27 and his wife Sharon 25, both formerly of Luana, were killed in a Wisconsin auto crash Sunday. Brooks stationed at Camp Douglas. they had visited her parents in Prairie du Chien. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brooks of Luana. Double services set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien.
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Luana
Kermit Brooks
Sharon
Wisconsin
Brooks
Camp Douglas
Wis
Prairie du Chien
Allen Brooks
St. John’s Catholic Church
Denies Footwear Causes Bunions Says Bunions From Inheritance
In Los Angeles AP reports foot doctor Dr Joshua Gerbert says ill fitting footwear is not the sole cause of bunions. He notes that primitive peoples without shoes still develop bunions and that inheritance congenital malformations and diseases are major factors while shoes may aggravate the condition.
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Los Angeles
Joshua Gerbert
Gerbert
Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Memorial area
Multiple memorial notices list Adele Davis Marcy Ann Nagel Gerald F Ard and John A Kretschmar with services on Wednesday or Tuesday. Revs from Immaculate Conception Turner west and Linwood Cemetery military rites noted. Caskets unopened after service and burial at Cedar Memorial Oakwood Linwood.
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Davis
Adele
Chapel of Memories
Richard Hess
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial
Nagel
Marcy Ann
Turner
James M. Lesher
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Ard
Gerald F
Turner West
John Shew
Friends
Kretschmar
John A
Turner Chapel West
Stephen R. Root
Linwood Cemetery
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Cecil Farris 59 Central City Dies After Brief Illness
Cecil Farris 59 of rural Central City died Monday after a brief illness. A retired construction worker born January 5 1912 in Madisonville Kentucky he lived in the Central City area nine years. Survived by wife Virta five daughters Roberta Marsha Venessa Shirley Roberts Beverly Harper five sons Wayne Ray Gerald Forrest Rickey two brothers Marvin Roy and a sister Marvel Winnebader. Services Thursday in Madisonville burial Hicklin Cemetery Madisonville. Friends may call at Turner chapel east until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Central City
Cecil Farris
Madisonville
Virta
Roberta
Marsha
Venessa
Shirley Roberts
Beverly Harper
White Plains
Wayne
Ray
Colton
Ore
Gerald
Washington
Iowa
Forrest
Molalla
Rickey
Hiawatha
Marvin
Roy
Bremen
Marvel
Manitou
Hicklin Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Jackson County rescue squad recovers Chicago man from Mississippi shore
Bellevue AP reports the body of Chicago man William Ellis 54 was recovered from the Illinois side of the Mississippi River across from Bellevue. Ellis had been missing since he fell from a small boat on May 23.
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Bellevue
Jackson County
Chicago
Illinois
Mississippi River
William Ellis
Daily want ads urge buying selling renting
Local notice promotes daily classified ads encouraging readers to buy sell rent or trade items. It includes a contact phone number 369-1234 for inquiries and submissions.
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Dial
Three Charged In Beer Party Near Fairfax
Linn County deputies arrested three for intoxication after a beer party at Prairie Creek near Fairfax on Phillip Drakos property. Twenty six additional youths face likely charges including contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possession of beer for minors. investigators will forward reports to the county attorney.
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Linn Sheriff's
Steven L. Ferguson
Colorado Drive
Douglas P. Stigers
Klinger Street
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Creek
Fairfax
Phillip Drakos
City Briefs and Local Theft Notices
City Briefs report a gun stolen from Lloyd Shreeves at 250 Twenty-eighth Avenue SW and a stereo taken from Wendy Shatzer at 437 Thirtieth Street Drive SE. Me Too store at 903 First Avenue SW had a beer bottle broken window. damage about $150. Coins pried from three coin boxes at Five Seasons mobile home court NE. Ads note Memorial Day hours for Hamms Beer and Jerome's trading old coins.
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Lloyd Shreeves
Twenty-eighth Avenue SW
Me Too
First Avenue
Wendy Shatzer
Thirtieth Street
Five Seasons
Breakin Reported At Marion-Adv Area Home
Ronda Krug reported a weekend breakin at her residence on 1438 Avenue NE. Stolen items included a stereo, head phones, 70 albums and several other belongings. Police are investigating the burglary and listed items are described for record purposes. Nearby businesses are noted in the ad section with pharmacy locations and salon specials.
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Breakin
Ronda Krug
Avenue NE
Culver Calls Rededication To Freedom At Memorial Day
Congressman John Culver urged renewed civic effort to defend democracy during Memorial Day observances. He warned against hollow patriotism and said dedication and respect for U S symbols cannot be legislated. The Riverside parade route was canceled and the service moved to Veterans Memorial Colisseum. Amvets post 50 organized arrangements.
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Riverside Park
Czech National Cemetery
Armory of Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Amvets Post 50
Burglars Take $60 From Smitty's Cash Drawer
Burglars broke into Smitty's in Monona Saturday night stealing $60 hidden in a pop cooler. Cash drawer change remained untouched.
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Monona
Smitty’s
Ancient Statue Stolen From Planetarium in Fitchburg
A 2,400-year-old alabaster statue valued at 500000 was stolen from a glass display case in the lobby of Fitchburg Planetarium. No suspects yet. director reported the theft about 1 30 pm with no guard present and investigators consider a range of possibilities from prank to professional theft.
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Fitchburg
Mass
UPI
Taharga
Sudan
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Alice G. Wallace Planetarium
W. Russell Blake
Richard Darcy
Darcy
Youth Falls From Dune Buggy In Pool Lot
Tama A 19 year old youth was injured Sunday afternoon when he fell from the back of a dune buggy in a swimming pool area. Tracy Brady was aboard as the car driven by John Boston lurched, tossing him from the vehicle. Brady suffered a concussion, severe facial and limb abrasions and other possible injuries. He was taken to Marshalltown hospital and remains in satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit.
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TAMA
Tracy Brady
John Boston
Brady
Marshalltown
Memorial day mass for 23 transients planned in Yuba City
In Yuba City California a memorial mass was set for Monday night to honor 23 transients whose bodies were found last week in graves among trees in the J L Sullivan ranch area. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker ordered a 25 man search team to scour two ranches adjoining Sullivan’s property where 21 bodies have been found. Deputies dug at three gravesites among peach trees but yielded no additional remains.
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Yuba City
Calif
Roy Whiteaker
J. L. Sullivan
Sullivan
McNeal Named Independence Hospital Head
Tom R. McNeal, Broadlawns Des Moines personnel director, will become administrator of Peoples Memorial Hospital in Independence. He succeeds Keith Campbell, who leaves June 5 for Seward Alaska General. McNeal starts July 12 with a 17000 annual salary after over two decades in the U S Air Force and 28 months at Broadlawns.
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U. S. Air Force
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