Weather summary and notices from daily records
High temperatures and overnight lows listed for cities including Atlanta Miami Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Denver New York Duluth Phoenix Houston Seattle Los Angeles Washington and others. Normal through November barometer steady at 30.27 humid 72 percent wind S 14 mph. Births and obituaries noted for St. Luke's Goettsch Cedar Rapids and Appleton's Anamosa Dubuque. services planned Friday and Saturday. misc alarms and resuscitation calls reported.
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Gazette
Strike cripples British trains in Britain
Rail engineers and firemen struck in Britain on Thursday causing massive traffic jams as commuters turn to cars. Of 17,000 passenger trains scheduled, fewer than a dozen ran by 9 a.m. and London subway commuter services were halted. The one day strike by the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen targets British Rail's new 125 mph Advanced Passenger Train and a new pay deal.
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London
Britain
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
British Rail
APT
Money, Tape Player Are Taken in Holdup
Center Point man and Cedar Rapids woman report they were robbed at gunpoint by two men early Thursday at the rear of a McKinley Street home. Cross says about 120 to 130 dollars and a stereo tape player were taken from his car while Susan Baker reports her purse and billfold stolen. The case remained under investigation Thursday.
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Center Point
Cedar Rapids
McKinley Street
Marshall Cross
Susan Baker
Billfeld
Poultry Plant Blast Kills Two in Claxton Georgia
A natural gas explosion at the Claxton Poultry Plant killed two people and injured five others, trapping workers under a concrete roof as flames spread. The blast disrupted a 400 employee operation during a Thanksgiving shutdown, with 266 workers absent and several injured hospitalized in Savannah and Claxton.
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Claxton, Ga
Claxton
W. W. Strickland
Police and Fire Department
Memorial Hospital
Savannah
Evans Memorial Hospital
Three Steel Firms Join Price Hike Roll In 1950s Market
Republic Steel Armco and Jones & Laughlin announced upward revisions to basic price lists effective January 1. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem followed earlier in the week as prices rise slowly amid a ballooning stockpile environment after a threatened strike. The increases, driven by construction and tool and die demand, average about two percent across product lines.
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Republic Steel
Cleveland
Armco
Middletown
Ohio
Jones & Laughlin
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
United Steelworkers Union
Price Commission
Republican
Chairman of Linn G.O.P. Announces Resignation
Cedar Rapids lawyer Gerald Sullivan, 35, resigns as Linn county Republican chairman effective immediately to devote more time to family and practice. He led since October 1969 and named Mother Strother of Mt. Vernon as county vice-chairman to head a committee selecting his successor. In a letter to central committee members he urged party image changes and argued the 1972 campaign overemphasized top ticket efforts at the expense of down-ticket candidates. Sullivan said Linn county is independent and will remain so, praising local workers and pledging to support future candidates.
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Gerald Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Republican
Mother Strother
Mt. Vernon
John Walters
Sullivan
Linn County Central Committee
Iowa
Nixon
Robert Ray
Nixon- Bay
Linn
U. S
Republican Party
America
Collins Radio Nears Seven Thousand Employees in Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Co in Cedar Rapids reports total employment just under 7,000, up from under 6,000 in early 1972. Most hires since early this year are production workers and engineers as the firm boosts electronic equipment production. about 45 engineers have joined, with plans for 50 more and additional draftsmen and technicians by mid 1973.
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Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Collins
Man Charged In Fight With C R Detective
James Ricketts, 26, of 209 Parkcourt SE, arrested Wednesday night on intoxication assault and battery and resisting an officer charges. He allegedly struck a detective after stepping in front of an unmarked patrol car in the 800 block of HE avenue NW. The detective sustained bruises and abrasions. Ricketts was treated at St Luke’s Hospital for hand lacerations and released, then bonded out of jail for 330. His father, Robert Ricketts, 55, of Gays Mills Wisconsin, bonded out for 220 on intoxication and resisting charges.
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James Ricketts
Parkcourt SE
Ricketts
HE Avenue NW
Robert J. Ricketts
Gays Mills
Wis
Darwin Ammeter
St. Luke's Hospital
Robert Ricketts
Deaths James N Robinson 49 Cedar Rapids resident
James N Robinson 49 of 155 Edgewood Road NW died after a short illness. Born September 10, 1923 in Cedar Rapids, he was a World War II veteran and St. Jude's Catholic Church member. Survived by wife Jean Balik, son Ronald A. Robinson, three daughters, three grandchildren, sister and two brothers. Services Saturday 10:00 a.m. at St. Jude church. rosary Friday 7:30 p.m. at Kubafu neral home East.
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James N. Robinson
Edgewood Road
Cedar Stupids
Mr. Robinson
St. Jude's Catholic Church
Jean Balik
Cedar Rapids
Ronald A. Robinson
Jamie Lahman
Patricia A. Robinson
John Jones
Hawthorne
Calif
Madaline Burke
John J. Robinson
William G. Robinson
Tucson
Ariz
Death of Winifred Ratcliff at 89 in Cedar Rapids
Winifred B. Ratcliff, 89, of 1412 Third Avenue SE and widow of Duke Ratcliff, died after a long illness. Born December 29, 1882 in Marengo, she married Duke Ratcliff in 1901. Survived by daughter Lualis Wagner, three grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Services at Turner Chapel East, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Rev. Francis King presiding. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner Chapel East until 10 a.m. Saturday. casket will not be opened after the service.
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Winifred B. Ratcliff
Third Avenue SE
Duke Ratcliff
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Ratcliff
Hladkey Grocery
Lualis Wagner
Turner Chapel East
Francis King
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial
Turner Chapel
Lydia B Valentine Services Set at Baxter Chapel
Lydia B Valen tine 84 former Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday at the Senior home in Monticello. Service scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Baxter Memorial chapel in Marion. Gazette had previously reported Tuesday service.
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Lydia B. Valentine
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Marion
Memorial Services for Local Residents Announced
Memorial services scheduled include Thomas F. Bavis at First Lutheran at 10 a.m. Friday by Rev. George W. Carlson with burial at Marengo Cemetery. Also Dolan, Mrs. James at St. Jude’s Catholic Church Friday 10 a.m. by Rev. John Gregory with burial Mt. Calvary and Rosaries by Father Gregory and Knights of Columbus at Teahen chapel. Bessie Sova to be buried at Czech National after 1:30 p.m. service by Rev. A. T. Washington. Stella Anderson at Turner chapel east 3 p.m. Friday with burial Cedar Memorial. friends may call, casket not opened after services.
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Bavis
Thomas F
First Lutheran
George W. Carlson
Marengo
Beatty Bearle's
Dolan
Mrs. James
St. Jude's Catholic Church
John Gregory
Mt. Calvary
Father Gregory
Knights of Columbus
Teahen Chapel
Sova
Bessie
Turner Chapel
A. T. Washington
Czech National
Friends
Anderson, Stella
Stephen Root
Cedar Memorial
Want Ad Seeks Extra Storage Space
Local resident promotes a want ad to buy or rent unused storage space options. It urges posting details like location, size, and price to connect with those offering spare room.
City Briefs Highlight Local Notices And Ads
A collage of small notices and ads from the Gazette includes shop closures for Thanksgiving and a Friday, early openings after, classified department hours, carpet and paint ads, a TV theft report at 525 Eighth Ave SE, and a range of local business promotions. Also listed are school convention news, an Eagles Club trip, an organ sale, magnetic signs, barbecue dinners, a tape player theft, a silver coin request, thanks messages after heart surgery, a Embassy Club event with Hersom's Band, and a prompt to use Want Ads for bargains.
Mechanical Santa Claus Theft In Cedar Rapids
A mechanical Santa used as a downtown Christmas decoration was stolen between 1 and 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Cedar Rapids. Charles M. Scheurs of Hiawatha reported the $100 decoration vanished, left beside a street light pole at Second Avenue and Second Street SE ready for installation.
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Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Charles M. Scheurs
Electra Ad Co
Robins Road
Hiawatha
Second Avenue
Second Street SE
FCC approves ATT rate hike despite dissent
The FCC set an 8.5 to 9 percent earnings range for ATT, denying 9.5 percent as requested. A 5 to 2 vote supported interim increases totaling 145 million, with past $250 million approved in January 1971 pending the second phase. Dissenters accused the move of aiding a powerful corporation over consumers.
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FCC
Bell System
Dean Burch
Richard Wiley
Robert E. Lee
Charlotte Reid
Benjamin Hooks
Nicholas Johnson
H. Rex Lee
Johnson
Commission
Lee
ATT
Hooks
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Robert Backstrom
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Harding Junior High
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