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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1972
Page
3
The Daily Record lists Saturday weather with highs around 60 and 56 for the evening, rainfall none, and October totals. It also publishes a long obituary notices section with numerous names and service details across Iowa towns including Hiawatha, Marion, Norway, Lost Nation, and Williamsburg, detailing births, services, and burial arrangements.
McGovern told black ministers in Chicago that opponents in business suits are trying to bar polling places as violent segregationists did in the past. Dole replied by denouncing McGovern as a foulmouthed desperate politician disgracing the Democratic party and its legacy.
State troopers and Grinnell police arrested 28 year old Everett Donaldson near Grinnell on Saturday afternoon. He was wanted on escape and aggravated assault charges plus attempted murder stemming from a LaSalle county jail escape on October 5. A resident spotted him at a local trailer court and authorities planned to transfer him back to La Salle County Saturday night.
Paul Armstrong Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Paul D Armstrong died in a local hospital Saturday after being born Friday. Survived by grandparents Mr and Mrs Wilfred Marr 2018 H Ave NE and Mrs Donna Armstrong 1109 Maplewood Dr NE and great grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Marr of Riceville Iowa. Private services were held in Turner Chapel east Saturday afternoon.
Victor D Maas 45 of 3141 Emerald avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday morning after a brief illness. He worked 21 years as a semi driver for Vitalis Truck Lines and was a WWII Army veteran. Survived by wife Luene and four children with services planned in Cedar Rapids and Guthrie Center. Burial at Union Cemetery Guthrie Center. Memorials at Methodist church Guthrie Center.
Funeral services are scheduled for multiple individuals with services at Turner east and Teahen chapels. Clara Irene Morena to be buried at Cedar Memorial after services. Mac Watson to receive military honors. Anna Light to be buried at Sts. Peter and Paul cemetery with Rosary. Jean McGinnis Taylor to be buried at Mt Calvary. Calls and casket policies noted. Contributions suggested to charity.
Floods across Virginia Maryland and Delaware eased as Richmond reported far fewer problems with water and power. A shelter housed 20 Fulton area residents advised to evacuate while highways suffered 1.5 million dollars in damage and dozens of roads remained closed. The storm moved north toward New England after soaking New York with a record rainfall.
A car bomb in a Belfast Roman Catholic area killed Olive McConnell, 22, and injured 11 others including a 9 year old girl. The blast hit near the Long Bar in Leeson Street Lower Falls as security forces faced crowding and sporadic fighting. Authorities note uncertainty over whether the attacker was IRA or Protestant. Three British soldiers were wounded in separate incidents in Belfast and Londonderry. A civil rights rally is planned in Londonderry on Sunday to mark four years since Catholic militancy surged.
The Iowa Association for Retarded Children will host an Educational Meeting for Legislative Candidates at the Roosevelt hotel on October 19 at 6 30 p.m. Iowa Senate and House candidates will attend. Participants include Helen Henderson executive director Sandra Scott federal state program coordinator and Boyd Shannon executive secretary of the Iowa Association of School Administrators.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Franzenburg spoke at an $8-a-plate fundraiser criticizing Gov. Robert Ray for slow vacancy fillings on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. He cited vetoes totaling 15 during the administration, including 13 involving education, retirement benefits or health care.
London AP Heath was sure he would lose Britain’s 1970 general election and quit politics before becoming prime minister. The biographer Margaret Laing says polls predicted a Labour landslide until a late shift helped Heath win in one of Britain's biggest upsets. He secured support by promising price cuts and inflation curb.
Seven people injured in the Walford crash were taken to Mercy Hospital, while five injured in the Shellsburg crash were also transported to Mercy Hospital. Investigators are examining two separate incidents.
Seven people were injured in a two car collision two miles south of Walford on highway 149 Saturday night and were taken to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. State troopers investigated. injured names were not released at press time.
Five persons were injured in a one car accident on a county road south of Shellsburg around 9 03 p m Saturday. The crash was under investigation by the highway patrol. A state police radio official said injuries did not appear to be serious and all were taken to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids.
City Briefs note a Board of Education meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the high school library. Area Ten Drug Abuse Council meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Joint County School system offices. Donald Nebergall of Brenton Bank and Trust speaks Tuesday at the Montrose with a social hour at 5:15 and dinner at 6:15. Sertoma Club meets Tuesday noon at the Elks club. State Rep. Ivor Stanley speaks Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Longbranch. Optimists film show by George Henry Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt river float trip.
Combat units advance along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, nearing key infiltration routes. U.S. forces report continued pressure against supply lines and checkpoints, highlighting strategic gains in the border region.
The report covers heavy B 52 bombing near Saigon and near Dong Hoi along with fierce fighting around the capital. It notes a four month high in enemy attacks and captures hamlets, while Khrushchev era style rationing spurs bread saving in Russia. In Kazakhstan drought and rain hamper harvest with claims of missing 10,000 railroad cars hindering grain movement.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co lists daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail with monthly and yearly prices and notes no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
A decade ago the Supreme Court agreed to revisit the issue of prayer and Bible reading in public schools, signaling a higher court review of church and state in classrooms.
New Delhi said East Germany would gain full diplomatic recognition on Sunday and that the move would contribute positively to the consolidation of international peace and security, according to a government communique.
The report details a gun battle where a suspect wrestled with Trueby, resulting in a shot that wounded Stallings in the neck as Deputy Fisher entered and fired. Stallings faces charges of kidnapping for ransom and assault, per Sheriff Colman.
Twenty years ago the Iranian Premier Mossadegh demanded Britain pay 56 million dollars within one week to clear the way for settlement of the oil dispute between Iran and Britain.
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