Uncertain Trumpet Cuts Religion's Influence
Louis Cassels analyzes a Gallup poll showing 74 percent of Americans feel religion loses moral influence. The piece discusses the new morality debate led by Cox, Fletcher, and Robinson, contrasting love as core with critics who warn of slippery ethics and legalism.
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Louis Cassels
Press International
Apostle Paul
Asia
Minor
Gallup
Harvey Cox
Harvard
Joseph Fletcher
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
John T. Robinson
Robinson
Infant Twins Die From Gas Fumes in Iowa Trailer
Two five month old twins named Anne Lee and Artheda Lynn Treland were found dead in a Jesup area trailer from suspected asphyxiation due to bottle gas fumes. Sheriff Beier reported a strong odor at 3 am and autopsy results were pending. Funeral services are set for Sunday in Parker Funeral Home and Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Littleton
Anne Lee
Artheda Lynn Treland
Parker Funeral
Jesup
Rose Hill
Eagle Grove
Buchanan County
Fred Beier
A. E. Mayner
Winthrop
Des Moines Boy Dies in House Fire
A Des Moines 17 year old foster child, Chris D Hampton, died Thursday night after becoming trapped in his parents home fire. Fire damage estimated at $3000. A firefighter E L Fisher was hospitalized after smoke inhalation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Chris D. Hampton
Dale Timmons
Hampton
Authrotics
E. L. Fisher
Body misidentification shocks Chico family
Mr and Mrs Jack Adams reported a casket from Vietnam arrived at an Oakland base believed to contain their son Sp John R Adams 21 but was identified as another soldier. The Pentagon later said Adams was missing in action and the wrong body had been identified. The family faced funeral plans and confusion as officials corrected the record twice.
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Chico
Calif
Jack Adams
Vietnam
Oakland Army Base
John R. Adams
Army
Washington
Pentagon
Young Adams
Adams
Albers Guilty in Slaying of Wife at Nashua Farm
A Nashua farmer, Fred Albers, was found guilty of second degree murder by a Chickasaw county jury for the Feb 4 shotgun death of his wife Dora, 62, at their farm. sentencing was deferred, and he can appeal within 30 days while free on bond.
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New Hampton
UPI
Nashua
Chickasaw County
Fred Albers
Dora
E. B. Shaw
Albers
Eldon
Dismissal Bid in Riley Case Awaited in Court
Police Court Judge Marion Neely held the motion to dismiss the disturbing the peace charge against State Sen. Tom Riley in abeyance. Jerrold Sies, a University of Iowa senior, had arrested Riley after an antiwar demonstration on campus. Riley contends he aimed to prevent a riot. Sies argues inciting to riot.
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Iowa City
Marion Neely
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Jerrold Sies
Valley Stream
N. Y
Riley
Sies
Training Session Planned for Draft Consultants in Cedar Rapids
Clark Moses of the American Friends Service Committee announced a Tuesday training session for draft consultants at Coe Memorial Union to help people answer questions about the military draft especially for conscientious objectors. The event follows a Friday talk at Peoples Unitarian Church by former Vietnamese aid director Don Luce, who now opposes U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Coe College
Clark Moses
American Friends Service Committee
Moses
Peoples Unitarian Church
Don Luce
Coe Memorial Union
American Friends Service
Luce
Auto hits cow on Highway 150 injuring three near Center Point
Three people were slightly injured when a northbound car struck a cow on Highway 150 about 1.75 miles south of Center Point then collided with a southbound panel truck. Driver David Sailer 22 and passenger Lois Jean Sailer received cuts and bruises while truck driver Harry Skipton 68 suffered head lacerations and leg bruises.
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Center Point
Highway 150
Here
David Sailer
Harry Skipton
Fayette
Skipton
Sailer
Lois Jean Sailer
Two Students Free On Bond After Shooting Incident
Iowa City AP reports two University of Iowa students, John Gouldin and Vincent Adamoyurka, are free on their own recognizance pending a preliminary hearing for assault with intent to commit crimes after a shot hit a Cedar Rapids bound car. They did not plead at arraignment. Bond was forfeited by another defendant who failed to appear. In a separate note, a Leadville Colorado widow, Loriane Nelson, 24, is charged with first degree murder after her husband Everett Nelson, 29, was found shot dead in Malta Colorado.
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Iowa City
Justice of the Peace
T. E. Lyon
Coralville
John R. Gouldin
Cedar Rapids
Vincent P. Adamoyurka
Greenfield
Mass
Lyon
Mark Apleoff
Cedar
William D. Achey
Cold Rapids
Stream Avenue
Route
Here
Pear
Ads Gouldin
Adamoyurka
William
Loriane Nelson
Lake County
Everett Nelson
Nelson
Malta
Leadeville
Red Oak
Iowa
Leadville
Cedar Rapids Home Lighting Contest Rules Published
The city recreation department with Iowa Electric Light and Power sponsors the annual Christmas home lighting contest for private homes within Cedar Rapids city limits. Rules and entry blanks available at city hall or the utility sales floor. District prizes and city wide honors with cash and merchandise prizes announced. Deadline noon December 21 with a bus tour of prize homes scheduled for December 27.
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City Recreation
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Cedar Rapids
Town Electric
Three Des Moines Teens Charged in Weekend Shooting
Three Des Moines youths, Richard Marshall, Tom Lathh lam, and Gary Bowers all 19, were charged with assault with intent to commit murder after a teen was wounded Friday night. Michael Fineman, 17, was listed in critical condition in a hospital, found on a sidewalk, apparently hit by a shot from a car. The investigation notes the incident occurred near the city streets as officers reported the circumstances.
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Des Moines
Michael Freenan
Richard Marshall
Tom Lathhlam
Gary Bowers
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