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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1971
Page
3
The page lists city high and low temperatures and precipitation hints for several cities, followed by Saturday afternoon times and normal values. It also covers sun and moon events, humidity, wind, and barometer readings, then shifts to a lengthy obituary and funeral notices for multiple Iowa towns with names, ages, and service details.
M Beatrice Toman 64 owner of Toman Florists died at University Hospitals Iowa City after a brief illness Born May 14 1907 in Cedar Rapids a lifelong resident She was a member of St Matthews Catholic Church Altrussa Club and Cedar Rapids Floral Association Survived by two daughters two sons seven grandchildren a sister and a brother Funeral mass 10 a m Tuesday at St Mathews Church Burial Cedar Memorial Mausoleum Rosary 730 Monday at Brady Kuba Funeral Home friends may call after 400 p m Sunday
Members of the Citizens League for Environmental Action Now met with Cargill Inc. officials to tour the corn starch facility on Otis road SE. Judy Jones said letters urged reductions in pollution and that the group will apply pressure while noting progress and newer pollution control equipment at the plant.
Gladys Raygor 64 widow of James A. Raygor died Saturday in a Central City nursing home after a long illness. A lifelong Cedar Rapids Marion resident born March 22 1907 she belonged to the Free Methodist church and the VFW auxiliary. Survived by a son James of Phoenix a sister Carmaleta Jeffery Marion and 14 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. Teahen chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call Monday until 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 1 p.m. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Funeral services scheduled for Fieseler Beatty at 1 30 p m Monday officiated by Rev J Richard Wagner with burial at Czech National cemetery. Frank Swanda to be laid to rest at Janeba Kuba funeral home at 1 30 p m Monday with burial at Oakhill cemetery. Sister Mary Inez Zeman to be remembered Monday at 10 a m in Sacred Heart convent chapel with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery. wake Sunday 7 30 p m.
Wantz recounts a retroactive Medicare rejection after initial approval. He faces a bill from the hospital, plans for a hearing that has not yet occurred, and questions why Medicare officials can’t resolve the issue promptly. He believes action is needed on Medicare.
Sitehousing Inc of Milwaukee leas es 58 000 square feet of warehousing from Henderson and Associates to store heavy equipment tires for B F Good rich Co and other national clients. The Cedar Rapids site will begin with 40 boxcars a month and is led by Gayle Lucksinger and Oliver Schuetz with Kenneth Becker as local manager. A separate lot east of First Avenue on Thirty second Street Drive SE is sold to Howard J Hampton for Charter Coaches Inc. Possession for Pioneer Terminals is set for Oct 15 and for Charter Coaches around Nov 1 with construction to start immediately.
A survey across major cities shows 18 year olds largely silent for now yet registering in numbers in college towns. Viewpoints split between hope for change and a belief the era of upheaval has eased with fewer jobs and a slower Vietnam end.
In Jerusalem Hadassah Hospital reports Israel’s first quintuplets born to 23 year old Hadasah Bermann after fertility treatment. The two boys and three girls weighed 1 pound 7 ounces to 2 pounds 6 ounces. Mother delivered in the seventh month. Moshe Bermann, haberdashery owner, expresses happiness.
Pamela Jo Alfers, 21, of 1106 Eighteenth Street SW, was listed in critical condition at University hospitals in Iowa City after a Saturday morning traffic crash on Sixteenth Avenue SW. She was a passenger in a car driven by Larry F. Svestka of 5661 Vermont Street SW.
The Supreme Soviet will begin its regular session on November 24, Tass News Agency reported on Saturday.
In South Vietnam Typhoon Hester swept northern and central provinces, killing two American servicemen and injuring at least twenty, the U S command reported Sunday.
Police charged Robert F. Riches, 23, of 1205 Fifth Street NW with drunkenness and reckless driving after his car struck a parked vehicle on Eighteenth Street NW and then crashed into a cement block porch at the Frank Shoemaker home at 256 Eighteenth Street NW. No injuries were reported. Riches was held on a $220 bond. The crash occurred at 7:43 PM and involved a vehicle owned by Arnold McDowell of 4742 Danbury Street NE.
Linn county sheriff's deputies spent about two hours Saturday night pursuing youths and rumors between Central City and Coggon. A large beer party two miles southeast of Coggon drew over 50 people, with field fires and reported gunshots. By midnight, only one person was charged with intoxication.
Bellevue Alton Orange City Boyden and Fonda were named by the Iowa Development Commission as filming sites for The Numbers Start at the River a USIA project. Producer Donald Wrye said the film will depict small town Midwestern life and will be distributed to foreign television and embassy screenings.
The On-to club will hold a work session a tour of project areas and a business meeting of the haunted house committee on Sunday at 4 p.m. at 1126 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 reports daily and Sunday publication from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier 75 cents a week and various mail options with monthly and yearly prices. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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