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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1972
Page
3
Daily weather summary for Saturday with rainfall and barometer details followed by births and obituaries across Marion and nearby towns. Includes birth announcements at Mercy and St Luke's, plus funeral notices for Clarence Horn Dysart Emil Kvidera Marengo Furler Reardon Floody Zhorney Davis Stratford and Werner with service times.
The article notes timing before the U S presidential race as communists seek to project strength. It details U S air forces at Bien Hoa, missions in Saigon and the Mekong Delta, and cross border support to Cambodian forces. Kissinger meets Thieu amid peace talks with Bunker present.
Mabel V Fogarty 87 wife of John D Fogarty died at home 1105 Thirty third street SE after a short illness She was born April 6 1885 in Lawler and lived in the Elma area before moving to Cedar Rapids 16 years ago Surviving are her husband two daughters five sons two sisters 26 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren Services Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception Church with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery Rosaries Monday at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the funeral home
Anna Dvorak of 835 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at her home Saturday morning. Born August 13 1889 in Czechoslovakia she came to Cedar Rapids in 1913. Survived by brothers Louis and Albert Dvorak both of Cedar Rapids. Services Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. in Turner Chapel East conducted by Very Rev Cannon D A Loferski of St John s Episcopal Church. Cremation committal. Friends may call at Turner's. Group contribution suggested to charity of choice.
Private family services at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Lutheran Church by Rev. Larry Fruehling for Erik Wayne Rebertson with Cedar Memorial funeral home handling arrangements. Joshua Williams service at Mount Zion Baptist Church 1:30 p.m. Monday by Dr. LeRoy White. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. calling hours Turner East until 9 p.m. Sunday and church 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. casket will not be opened after the service. Walter E. Wagner service at Turner Chapel West 10:30 a.m. Monday by Rev. George McDill. burial Linwood Cemetery. calling west until 10 a.m. Monday. casket will not be opened after the service.
Informants spoke of a proposed union between Egypt and Libya. Security in Cairo was tightened after the coup attempt and there were no unusual demonstrations since. Sadat's expulsion of Soviet advisers was popular among officers but army unrest over the no war no peace stalemate with Israel remained a pressure point.
Phillip J. Petersen a 47 year old from Alburnett was arrested by Cedar Rapids police on a drunk driving charge Saturday night. He was found slumped over the wheel in a ditch on Otis Road SW and held in the city jail on a 500 dollar bond.
Nixon defended hard choices and opposed busing and quotas while Ehrlichman warned of vetoing bills. Agnew urged precinct turnout, cautioned reporters to drop Watergate questions, and Shriver resumed campaigning after a rest period with Eleanor McGovern returning for a Madison Square Garden rally.
A Nader group report highlights Harold Hughes as a liberal Iowa senator known for landmark laws on alcoholism and drug abuse. It notes his anti Vietnam War stance and restrained defense spending views though he seeks another committee assignment. It profiles Schwengel and Gross with votes, procedures, and advocacy for federal employees.
U S Senator Jack Miller reacts to a profile by the Ralph Nader organization calling the research biased and irresponsible. He defends his voting record noting three thousand eight hundred Senate roll calls and misquoted campaign funds in the report.
Janice Sims 25 of St Louis remained in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital after a three car crash on highway 218 Friday night south of the Iowa river bridge. Her husband and two children were treated and released. Patrol had no further details.
Time reports North Vietnam's Pham Van Dong outlines a staged peace plan with a cease fire in place first, followed by talks on U.S. withdrawal and POW releases. A caretaker government would prepare for elections and a new constitution with broad participation, including Communists, then reunification steps and possible reconciliation.
President Nixon approved the 1972 Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act boosting EPA power to ban or restrict unsafe products. He also signed legislation creating Lassen Volcanic Wilderness in northern California and a bill to develop Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treasury to the Capitol with ceremonial buildings.
The pursuit lasted about 30 minutes before troopers found Kozuka's body. The Japanese carried dried beans, rusty bullets, locally made cigarettes, a sewing kit, and a coconut spoon. A 15-man search party including a Japanese Peace Corps volunteer began the next morning, with orders to avoid shooting and hopes to capture the other soldier alive.
The American Cancer Society warns lung cancer now tops cancer sites in United States with up to 91 percent mortality. It projects 79,000 new cases in 1973 and 72,000 deaths, noting smoking as a major preventable cause and stressing better early treatment improves five year survival.
A collection of short items notes thefts car stereo $125 at Washington high school and a $75 outboard motor from 2629 Twenty-fourth Avenue SE. Arrests, meetings and talks include Bascom released on bond after an assault warrant, a boy purse theft, and talks by Gene Connor on products liability at Longbranch with local groups.
Boggs notes the air force reported the twin engine plane had exhausted fuel about eight hours earlier while Stocker suggested extra flying time could come from landing on a beach strip and taking off again. Radio operators also indicated a light plane had landed on a beach and was attempting another takeoff.
Cedar Rapids police logged three more burglaries on Saturday. Rodger Sands of 1203 Twentieth Avenue SW reported entry to his home early Saturday and theft of $102 from his billfold. Kenneth H. Wright of 1517 Avenue NE said his unlocked house was entered early Saturday with $33 taken from a purse and billfold. Betty Dvorak of 611 Twenty First Avenue SW reported $2 stolen. she did not know how the burglar entered.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions by carriers 75 cents a week by mail night edition and Sunday six issues two dollars a month nineteen dollars a year afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues two dollars and fifteen cents a month twenty dollars a year. No mail subscriptions accepted in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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