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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1966
Page
3
Public notices list births and family announcements for families in Anamosa Arlington Belle Plaine London New Vienna North English Olin Quasqueton Stanley Oelwein Victor Vinton and more. It records names ages locations church services funeral arrangements and burial details for late September and early October.
Saturday night a frame building at 534 Tenth Street SE suffered a major fire on the second floor with heavy smoke and water damage to the first floor. No occupants were present, and two Chihuahua dogs were reportedly missing as Cedar Rapids firefighters contained the blaze within an hour. The upstairs was under remodeling and a short in wiring was suspected. Linda Corbett alerted authorities at 10 20 p.m.
The item lists memorials for Eleonor C Handler and Roland Pierson with their birthdays noted. It also shows a wedding fee of 2.00 and a total of 10,252.93. The 1966 budget is 12,220.00 with 1,967.07 yet to be raised.
Four youths from Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls were injured when the stolen car they rode in went into a ditch eight miles south of Vinton Saturday night. The car, owned by Lewis Zaspal, was reported stolen minutes earlier. A highway patrol car escorting a beef caravan mistaken a roadblock, prompting a sharp turn onto a gravel road. One juvenile suffered a broken leg, another had cuts around the mouth, and the remaining two were shaken but not hospitalized.
Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine urged voters in Iowa 1st District to reelect John Schmidhauser, praising his independence and hard work. He spoke at a Democratic meeting in Davenport and planned stops in Muscatine and Cosgrove before a supper near Iowa City.
A mother and five children died in a Los Angeles housing project fire Saturday started while the father cleaned a living room rug. The father and a son suffered minor burns.
Wyckoff town council passes an anti noise ordinance outlawing singing canaries and parakeets that disturb nearby residents. Violators face a 50 dollar fine and up to 15 days in jail according to the new measure.
Police investigate a crude bomb that exploded on the Iowa State University football field less than three hours before the ISU Nebraska game. No injuries occurred. the trigger remained intact and the FBI is involved. ISU student Steve Brower operated the roller that tripped the device and described a delayed-action blast.
A man swung a hammer and damaged about $5,000 worth of windows at the U S consulate and nearby Metropolitan Toronto courthouse in Toronto. He struck a policeman, who was knocked unconscious, and police detained a 230-pound, 6 foot 6 inch man with a history of mental illness.
An explosion at an army munitions plant in Inhominim near Rio de Janeiro killed nine people on Friday. Soldiers and emergency crews responded to the blast at the facility 19 miles north of the city.
Grace Vera Stevenson 66 wife of Charles Stevenson Cedar Rapids resident for 25 years died Saturday after brief illness Born Aug 5 1900 in Vinton married Earl Dowler 1923 Dowler died 1942 married Charles Stevenson 1952 Surviving husband two daughters seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services Beatty Bearles 1 Monday Rev D A Loferski St Johns Episcopal burial Evergreen Cemetery Vinton Call hours at Grace Episcopal church Turners after 1 Sunday until 9 Monday Casket not opened Contributions may go to Grace Episcopal Church Memorial Fund Infant Scott Mathew Bell son of Mr and Mrs Gene R Bell died Friday night Born that morning Survived by parents one brother and one sister and grandparents Graveside services Monday 10 at Mt Calvary Cemetery Teahen funeral home in charge
Howard G. Hughson 49 former Cedar Rapids resident died at home in Oelwein after a lingering illness. Born July 1, 1917 in Bennett Colorado he worked for Iowa Manufacturing Co and Fruehaus. Survived by wife Audrey married June 11 1946 at Anamosa a daughter Sandra Sue five brothers and a grandmother. Memorial services Tuesday at Janeba Kuba's burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Monday.
Memorial services and funeral arrangements announced for Leet Thomas D Corbett Dewey Popelka Frank J Underhill Eva Hamill Joseph J Monahan Stewart’s. Services set Monday at Cedar Memorial Kuha All Saints Rohn Immaculate Conception St Patrick's Toledo with rosary and calling hours noted.
Cedar Rapids resident William V. Hanna aged 58 died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born May 13, 1903, he worked 23 years as a Cedar Rapids post office letter carrier. Survived by wife Julia Ernberger, three sisters Grace, Ester, and Ann. Burial by Rev. Thomas S. Hulme with Requiem Mass at 9.
Kenilworth Illinois police report no new clues in the Valerie Percy murder case though several leads are being checked by Police Chief Robert Daley. The investigation remains active with ongoing inquiries.
In the aftermath of months of drought floods in low-lying areas of Ceylon cost 13 lives and left about 100000 people homeless.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co and published in Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail with options for night and afternoon editions including Sunday issues. The paper notes that no mail subscriptions are accepted in towns with Gazette carrier service and that The Associated Press maintains exclusive rights to local news republication.
Science fiction feature lands on KCRG TV CH 9 Monday at 4 PM. The program promotes Land Unknown with suspenseful plot hints and noted cast members to attract viewers.
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