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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1966
Page
12
Community notices report weekend weather highs and lows, rainfall totals, and barometer readings. Local incidents include two house fires due to faulty furnaces and extension cords, plus speed and traffic violation penalties across Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Obituaries list several services scheduled Monday in Iowa churches and towns.
The University of Town Scottish Highlanders greet the senator at the airport and the Decorah Kil ties meet him at Marion park. Congressman Culver's office notes backup by the Grenadiers drum and bugle corps and six acts. The rally program begins at 3 46 with a $25 savings bond for best poster.
Obituaries from Cedar Rapids detail the deaths of Anna S. Haldy of the Roosevelt Hotel and Mae Toben at age 76, with service plans and surviving relatives listed. Also noted are Sirenus Kraus and Mary M. Lattimer with burial details and church commitments. film listing for The Red Pony airs at 9 30 P M on KCRG TV.
Fire officials reported a basement explosion at the Sheetz home that blew out windows and bowed walls. Gas fumes and minor blasts spread to nearby basements in Robert Everts and Frank Stastny homes, with no evacuations but street barricades on Twenty first avenue.
John L. Coolahan, 38, faced two drunkenness charges within 12 hours. He received a 1-day jail sentence after a 12:45 PM arrest at the Norva hotel lobby and a second arrest about 11 PM in the 200 block of First Street SW. Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin ordered two consecutive 30-day terms starting Saturday.
The Young Communist League in Moscow denounced sex education lectures delivered before mixed audiences on Saturday, signaling ideological rejection of the program and prompting debate among regional groups.
Four Linn county deputies a highway patrolman and the Solon marshal found 83 year old Josephine Jansa of Solon route 4 early Saturday after a late night call from a man claiming his mother was on the floor. She was listed in fairly good condition and rushed to Mercy hospital.
A book shop in Harlem the headquarters of a pro Peking communist splinter group was fire bombed early Saturday. There were no injuries.
A patient at St Luke's hospital was robbed Friday when two women posing as visitors took money from a purse left in a nightstand. The incident was reported by Albert J. Mastin of 1302 Ellis Boulevard NW.
Johnson praised firemen for a quick arrival and rapid extinguishing of the blaze. The extension cord started the fire and was the only such cord in the Johnson home. The house is insured against fire.
Ravenna Ohio sheriff’s deputies reported a luminescent object at 100 miles per hour over Conway Pennsylvania, joined by nearby police. McDonald cites Air Force Regulation 2002 punishing disclosure, and accuses a science blockade steering reports to Wright Patterson.
James McKiernan aged 22 of 212 Third Street NW was arrested on four traffic charges after a car he allegedly drove led officers on a high speed chase on the southwest side shortly after 1 am. The auto struck a garage toppled three garbage cans and smashed a picket fence during the pursuit.
Police reported a rock broke a 7 by 6 foot window at a Cedar Rapids home Friday night. A separate chase ended with McKiernan captured after a high speed escape across the city. warrants issued for his arrest.
In a tense game the Dodgers and Orioles remain scoreless through six innings as pitchers Bunker Lefebvre and Kennedy hold the line. Blair homered for Baltimore. Parker, Aparicio and Blefary contribute hits but no runs cross the plate.
Dr. Dale Brainard, a Cleveland dentist, works in Bechuanaland, South Africa, serving 275000 square miles with a 48000 population. He joined the United Church of Christ Board for World Ministries and offers his services to aid missions.
Two Cornell College students, Steve Farber 22 and Esther Thompson 21, were admitted to Mercy hospital after a Mt Vernon collision with a police car. Deputy Sanders said Farber failed to yield and the motorcyclist fled. Police car driven by Don Sievers was not hurt.
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