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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1973
Page
3
Daily weather data for Saturday with highs of 40 and 35, rainfall none, humidity 62 percent at 6 p.m. and 70 percent at 11 p.m. Names and addresses announce births and marriages in Marion and nearby towns, followed by funeral service notices across multiple communities with times and church affiliations.
A passenger plane crash near the Massachusetts Port Authority airport ended with one body recovered at sea and two on land. The crash caused a pier fire and searchers recovered cylindrical nitric acid cargo washed ashore near Point Shirley and Deer Island.
Scott D. Parry, 18, of 805 Valley View Drive SE, was arrested Saturday afternoon for shoplifting a pair of work boots worth 19.99 from Payless Shoe Store on Sixteenth Avenue SW. Parry signed a promise to appear and was released. Mexican actor Arturo de Cordova, known for For Whom The Bell Tolls and 100 other films, died Saturday at age 66 in Mexico City AP.
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The president faces renewed pressure as two tapes could not be located and testimony resumes. Officials warn facts will emerge as inquiries proceed while pundits and editors call for resignation or impeachment and poll numbers show record-low approval.
Susie Haak, 75, a former Marion resident, died Saturday in Champaign Illinois after a long illness. Born October 27, 1898 in Marion, she married Willard Haak in 1919 in Marion. Survived by daughter Mrs. John Engleman of Champaign, son Willard of Peoria, sisters Opal Mohn of Lisbon and Mrs. George Bowers of Lisbon, and two grandchildren. Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Rev. Glen W. Lamb officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call Monday afternoon and at the chapel after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Expedition leader Michio Yuasa related that two Japanese climbers Ishiguro and Kato braved a perilous descent from Everest after reaching the 29,028 foot summit on October 26. With no water food or oxygen they spent the night sitting on an ice chair and slapping each other to stay awake. They feared sleep would kill them and resumed descent at dawn with exhausted supplies.
In Bankston Iowa an unusual municipal election shapes up with 10 of 26 registered voters running for office Tuesday. The incumbent slate faces three challengers for town council seats and no candidate is expected to win a majority. The last election top poll was 10 votes.
A classified notice invites readers to announce a sale type across basement attic or garage space. It lists contact number 398-8234 and frames the event as a generic community sale opportunity.
Texaco Inc and Exxon Co USA raised prices of gasoline and heating oil to all customers on Saturday.
Coast guard helicopters searched a 250 mile south Texas coast for corroded cyanide barrels drifting from an August ship jettison off Mexico. Two casks found near Padre Island south of Corpus Christi. one broken, fish kill reported. Barrels reportedly contain potassium and sodium cyanide. skin contact or ingestion dangerous.
In Chicago, several defendants in the conspiracy trial were acquitted of contempt counts and discharged. Remaining contempt counts target Dellinger Rubin Hayden Davis Hoffman with varied totals. The only defendants in court Saturday were Froines and Weinglass as appeals court orders new trial due to Judge Hoffman’s disqualification.
Cindy Waltz of 2281 C Street SW reported a starter valued at 35 dollars stolen from her car in the 100 block of Tenth Street NW Friday night.
New York police traced an anonymous phone tip that led to the recovery of a Picasso etching valued at about 50000 dollars. The artwork was found in a Queens garbage can after the tip.
Vernon C. Platte 46 of rural Solon died after a crash between a car and a semi at Sixth Street and Seventy-sixth Avenue SW. Born June 20, 1927 in Readlyn, he married Ruth Thomas Oct 3, 1969 in Minneapolis. Surviving his wife are two sisters and several relatives. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Turner chapel west with burial at Forest Lawn in Osceola. callers welcome before the service.
Agnes Gatewood age 83 of 415 A venue NW widow of Robert Gatewood died Saturday after a brief illness. She was born April 22 1890 in Nebraska and married Charles Strachota on June 20 1911. Later she married Robert Gatewood in 1960. Survived by one son George Strachota Huntington Beach California seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services pending at Teahen Funeral Home.
Terry Zern 23 of Golden Colorado a former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday night when his jeep struck ice and overturned. He was born September 9 1950 in Waterloo and graduated from Cedar Rapids High School. He was active in Boy Scout work in Cedar Rapids and served one year in the navy. Surviving are his parents.
Cedar Rapids police charged 20 year old Bill McMurrin with larceny of a motor vehicle after the car owner Domingo del Villar and two companions chased the suspect to Sixteenth Avenue and A Street SW. A 17 year old male was questioned, and the youth was treated at Mercy hospital for a baseball bat injury.
Dale Smith age 22 of 1207 Second Street SW Cedar Rapids died Saturday in Peoria Illinois after an auto accident on Interstate 80 near La Salle Illinois. Born October 18 1951 in Cedar Rapids she married Norman Smith on November 15 1971. Surviving are husband parents Mr and Mrs Dale Peyton two sisters Mrs Kenneth Arnel and Rae Lynne Peyton and two brothers Steven and Scott all of Cedar Rapids grandmother Mrs Rose Clark Marion. Funeral arrangements are at Janeba Kuba funeral home west with Rev Ramon Booth of Central Assembly of God and burial in Oliphant Cemetery. Friends may call Monday at Janeba Kuba funeral home west.
Memorial services for Verle L. Ralston are set for 1 30 p m Monday at Murdoch Chapel Marion with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery Marion Rev Gene Applegate to officiate Graveside services for Emily Fletcher Winslow at 1 30 p m Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery conducted by Rev John Shew Friends may call at Turner Chapel East until 11 30 a m Monday
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