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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1968
Page
3
Weather data for Saturday with highs, lows, precipitation none and barometer rise. Plus obituaries and funeral notices listing numerous names, ages, towns and service times across Iowa communities.
Dr. Philip Blaiberg the world’s longest living heart transplant recipient has permission for a lecture tour to Europe and the United States next March. The retired dentist announced after an intensive exam by Dr Christiaan Barnard’s team that he will include TV appearances and visit overseas well wishers who wrote during his hospital days.
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The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 50 percent rate. Subscription options include carrier 65 cents per week and mail plans from $1.70 to $16 per year with various editions. No mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Robert Teel, 22, of 935 L Street SW, arrested Saturday on an assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm warrant issued by Glenn Powers. Geraldine Teel, 20, also arrested on intoxication. warrants for assault, battery, blasphemous and obscene language, and neglect of children found and later dismissed. Both held in city jail in lieu of bond.
An 18 year old probationer Darrell R. Cooley was arrested for possession of liquor as a minor after a vehicle collision in which a Cedar Rapids teen driver also faced liquor and hit and run charges. The 17 year old was released to parents. case referred to juvenile authorities. Cooley held without bond for alleged probation violation related to a prior break in at Johnnie's Parkway tavern.
Police arrested Anthony Mathis 25 of 1809 Fourteenth Avenue SE Saturday night on prohibited sales and advertising. Two Lisbon boys, ages 16 and 14, were charged with beer consumption by a minor and turned over to Lisbon authorities. Mathis also faced a driving with suspended license charge and was held on $500 bond per charge after arrests at Otis Road and Memorial Drive SE.
Based on witness descriptions, officers issued a composite image of the suspect in an armed robbery at Roy's Horseshoe Lounge located at 608 Sixteenth Street NE. About $600 was stolen in the early Saturday incident.
A scanned notice lists donations and tributes in memory of various individuals including Mrs. Ingram Bixler Mrs Rose Swab Libbie Sopousek and Paul Fedderson. Donations from families friends and organizations such as Cub Scout Pack No. 42 Garfield School and local residents amount to several dollars with totals around 4 945.0 dollars.
The London Observer reported a Yugoslav state of emergency with thousands mobilized for possible Soviet bloc confrontation. Citizens aged 17 to 65 were said to be affected as Tito warned Warsaw Pact leaders of retaliation if propaganda persisted.
Elwin E. Gorkow died Saturday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a sudden illness. He owned Walford Garage for 14 years and was born March 6, 1901 in Littleport. He married Edna Hartbeck July 22, 1945 in Lancaster Wisconsin. Survived by wife, three daughters, two sons, thirteen grandchildren, five sisters, a brother and a half brother. Services pending at Turner chapel west with call after 2 p.m. today. Mesa service Tuesday with burial at Mt View Memorial Gardens.
Charles L Lindquist 71 of Cedar Rapids died Saturday from a sudden illness after living in Cedar Rapids 22 years and moving to Chicago Born August 6 1897 in Sac City he was a World War I veteran and retired chauffeur Surviving are three sisters Laura Fahey Lillian Farmer and Jennie M Lindquist and two brothers Noble A Smith and Leonard Lindquist Services are pending at Cedar Memorial funeral home.
Iven L Armstrong 73 a World War I veteran and longtime Link Belt Speeder employee, died Saturday in Mesa Arizona after moving from Linn county to Apache Junction. Survived by his wife Verna and three daughters Arlene Hand Las Vegas Wanda Harms Las.
Funeral services are listed for Hendrickson Lloyd L at 1 p.m. Monday at the Chapel of Memories with burial in the Mausoleum. Frances Johnson to be laid to rest at Oak Hill after a 10:30 a.m. service at Turner Chapel East. Robert E. Lalle to receive a Requiem Mass at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Jude's Church with burial at St. John's. Elsie Marie Reid to be honored at Turner Chapel East at noon Monday with burial in Kankakee, Ill. Additional services and gatherings noted for St. Jude's parish and Knights of Columbus activities. John Mokress to be cremated after a 2 p.m. service at Hess er Memorial chapel. Cremation to follow. A funeral service for an unnamed former reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist is also noted at Hess er Memorial chapel.
Johnson aims for one more meeting with Soviet Premier Kosygin on the arms problem. Technical conversations on approach now seem possible on short notice. Nixon likely to refrain from further commitment while Johnson follows what he sees as national interest. Johnson aides acknowledge Nixon’s efforts to ease the Washington Saigon Paris talks impasse.
The Saigon government labels the Front an armed opposition and says any return must renounce communism. Huong notes internal talks with the Front are possible, but Paris talks require Hanoi and Thieu's consent. Western observers doubt settlement, awaiting Thieu's final agreement.
Police arrested two men, Robert Cudak and William Ricchuti, both NY City residents, after a heist at O Hare International Airport yielded seven mail pouches with securities and jewelry valued at up to two million dollars. The pair, dressed as airline ground crew, loaded mail into their car then were spotted by a Rosemont officer and tracked to the Caravelle motel before arrest. Officers found rifled registered mail in the room and believe the theft occurred within 24 hours prior.
Ankara reports the death of Mrs. Mavis Karagoz, 40, Turkey's first heart transplant patient. She died 18 hours after receiving a heart from a young boy, marking the world's 86th such operation.
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