Drowning During Cedar Rapids Duck Trip Capsizes Boat
Four Cedar Rapids men duck hunting on the Mississippi south of Burlington faced tragedy when their 18 foot boat capsized in rough water. Gordon McKay, 48, president of McKay Construction Co. Inc., drowned after being unable to hold on. Three others survived after spending about an hour in the water and were treated at Burlington hospital. The body was recovered later by conservation officers. Surviving relatives and McKay’s civic ties are listed, with services planned in Cedar Rapids.
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Burlington
Gordon McKay
Cottage Grove Avenue SA
McKay Construction Co. Inc
McKay
Roy
Buli" Jameson
Robert la Fontaine
Twenty Sixth Street
Iowa Electric Tight and Power Co
C. F. “Bud’* Hunter
TA Thirty-fifth Street
Hedges Associates
Int
Jamnesen
Jameson
Mel DeLang
Sole Ducks
Delang
Burlington Hospital
Lee County
Donald Arnold
Douglas Franta
Don Tall
Ft. Madison
Arnold
Mississippi
Ick
Pope Defends Trip as Health Fear Denied
Pope Paul VI lands in Tehran on way to East Asia to become first pope to visit Iran. He is greeted by Shah Reza Pahlavi Premier Amir Hashemi and parliament leaders, cheered by Iranian Catholics. Vatican denies his health fears amid criticism before departure.
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Iran
Paul VI
East Asia
Pacific
Mehrabad
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Amir Haveida
Rome
Sirport
Jesus
Keith Simmons Fatally Injured in One Car Crash
Keith K Simmons 30 of 1130 Zika avenue NW was fatally injured in a one car accident on highway 149 about a half mile west of Walford Benton County. Nora Simmons 24 in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with lacerations and abrasions. Highway patrol said Simmons lost control after passing another car then skidded into a ditch rolled over and fell into a field.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith K. Simmons
Zika Avenue
Benton County
Walford
Simmons
Nora
Mercy Hospital
Highway Patrol
Hane
Parking Ticket Sparks Community Help for widow in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids woman facing Thanksgiving hardship received a $5 parking ticket for overtime parking. Her story spread via a parkette, prompting donations from neighbors totaling about $40 for groceries and aid. The widow, who lost her husband in October, said landlord restrictions and lack of income left little funds to bury him and support the family. The car issue began when she parked in a hot space at the parkette’s notice, amid social security delays from November and waiting for December benefits.
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Pat Radthe
Rapids
Dar Rapids Parkette
Parkette
Tov O
Cedar Rapids
Teeneiead
Hickel Ousted From Cabinet
President Nixon fired Interior Secretary Walter Hickel for a lack of run with confidants and announced nominating Rogers Morton as successor. Ziegler said Hickel resigned in a two minute White House meeting amid prior tensions over Cambodia policy and Hickel’s CBS interview remark. Morton, a four term Maryland congressman, is expected to win senate approval easily and would bring White House support, with Fred Russell to assume Hickel’s duties temporarily.
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Run
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Ronald Ziegler
Hickel
White House
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Alaska
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Cambodia
CBS
Morton
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Miami Beach
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Senate
Murray Chotiner
Congress
Fred Russell
Crash Kills Waukon Youth on Highway Nine
A one car crash near Decorah Iowa killed 16 year old Steve Hitchwek of Waukon and injured passenger Frank O Malley also of Waukon. The car rolled into a ditch after swerving on Highway 9 seven miles east of Decorah. Funeral plans were pending.
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O'Malley
Hitchcock
Ellen Hitchcock
Waukon
Maclin Brotherg
Decorah High Hair Case Hits Federal Court Ruling
Federal Judge Edward J. McManus ordered that two Decorah high school students with long hair be re admitted to classes. Kai Kaasa and Peter Torvik were suspended Oct 5 and had studied at home, with library access. The ruling blocks expulsion for hair length and notes no class action. merits remain undecided.
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Cedar Rapidy News
Edward J. McManus
Decorah
Decorah High School
McManus
There Are Still Things for Which To Be Thankful
An optimistic Thanksgiving column notes resilience during war and inflation, celebrates declines in Vietnam casualties and tobacco use, and praises voter moderation and rejection of bigotry. It cites improved food production through a green revolution and a hopeful political climate despite ongoing global tensions.
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Hiere
Siice
India
65 Deaths Highest in 2 Months in Indo China
SAIGON AP The U S command said 63 Americans were killed in Indo China last week the highest toll in two and a half months Part of the increase came from a helicopter crash southwest of Da Nang in which 19 marines died More than a dozen booby trap and mine deaths from two weeks ago were counted Also 23 Americans died from non hostile causes last week 335 wounded in action the most in a month Total American in Vietnam deaths in action reach 44056 with 849 non hostile deaths and 292187 wounded U S casualties include 14218 missing captured or interred in Indo China
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U. S. Command
Indo-China
da Nang
Morehan
Vietnam
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Ase
Commandos Rescue Downed Flyers During Laos Mission
In Laos, a rescue helicopter team aiding the Son Tay operation picked up two downed airmen from a jungle location minutes after their plane went down. Pentagon officials said the pilots were recovered in good condition after mechanical failure grounded the F-105. The incident followed a North Vietnamese report accusing U S air action of causing civilian deaths in raids.
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Pentagon
Son Tay
Saigon
Plain of Jars
Laos
North Vietnam
U. S
U.S
Chuckle A Wall Pokes Fun At Two Unhappy Marriages
Chuckle A Wall quips about two failed marriages with a joke that his first wife divorced him and his second wife married someone named Conyrlaht, delivered in a humorous old‑timey voice.
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