Weather roundup and extended forecast for multiple cities
The daily weather report lists high and low temperatures for cities including Atlanta Miami Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Phoenix Houston Seattle Los Angeles and Washington with precipitation amounts. Extended forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions through Monday with rain and modest warming next week. Normal values, barometer, humidity and sunrise sunset data are included for the Gazette weather station.
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Atlanta
Miami
Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Houston
Seattle
L.angeles
Washington
Surrey half for abortion curb easing births
New national study shows public support shifting toward liberalizing abortion restrictions while many favor voluntary sterilization and smaller families. About 50 percent want decisions left to individuals and their doctors, 41 percent approve in certain cases, and 6 percent oppose in all cases.
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U.S. Commission On Population Growth and the American Future
Commission
Opinion Research Corp
Obituaries and funeral notices from multiple Iowa towns
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list names ages and service times across Holm Iowa City-Maine Colony Tiffin Columbus Junction Fairfax Cedar Rapids Central City Williamsburg and related burial locations. Visitation and wake details are provided for each case with church or cemetery affiliations and service times.
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Brosh’s
St. Patrick’s Church
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Shannon
Verne Sandersfeld
St. Paul’s Lutheran’ Church
McSwiggin and Uhlmann
Hearing November hearing set on malicious injury charge
Edward W. Voespel aged 28 of 1437 Second Street SE appeared in municipal court on a charge of malicious injury to a motor vehicle. He requested a preliminary hearing and the date was set for November 22. The alleged offense involved kicking a car on October 22 in the 200 block of Seventh Street SE.
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Edward W. Voespel
Second Street SE
Seventh Street SE
Mistrial Declared in Carney Breakin and Entering Case
Linn District Judge B J Maxwell declared a mistrial in the Thomas E Carney III break ing and entering trial after the jury foreman said further deliberation would not overcome an oral objection from one juror to a unanimous verdict The foreman said a unanimous written verdict could be returned but would be opposed orally The jury was told they may talk to attorneys The case concerns a break in at Shorewood Restaurant 1900 Collins Road NE on Oct i Carney 23 of 1004 Regent Street NE was caught hiding in the dining area Police said the gloves flashlight and a coin machine found at the scene suggested intent to commit larceny The defense contends the state did not prove intent to commit a public offense The state argues the evidence supports intent to steal
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Linn
B. J. Maxwell
Thomas E. Carney III
Carney
Regent Street
Shorewood Restaurant
Collins Road
Oct
Humphrey
Texas
City Sues Over Stop Sign Obscured by Tree Branches
Richard R. Reisner doing business as Dick's Tree Service sues Cedar Rapids and Public Safety Commissioner John Oberthien in Linn District Court claiming a July 30 accident occurred because a stop sign at Sixteenth Avenue and L Street SW was obscured by tree branches. The petition alleges damages of 2500 for the plaintiff's truck and 1000 for its repair downtime, and seeks a declaratory judgment that the city and official are liable for damages to unrelated drivers Gee and McLaud.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
John Oberthien
Sixteenth Avenue
L Street
Richard R. Reisner
Dick’s Tree Service
Linn District Court
Harleth H. Reisner
Albert G. Gee
Richard D. McLaud
McLaud
Gee
Bargain Block Auction Starts Saturdays at 9 on KCRG Radio
The place to be for bargains is KCRG Radio 1600, each Saturday morning at 9. The program features an auction style format where listeners bid on items during the Bargain Block segment.
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Kcrg-Radio- 1600
Kissinger Says Nixon to Visit Peking Early Next Year
White House adviser Henry Kissinger said Nixon will travel to Beijing early next year to reset relations with mainland China. An official date will be announced before December 1, with talks focusing on bilateral issues and Vietnam not on the agenda.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Peking
China
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Rogers
United States
Vietnam
Deaths of Mary Frances Fortsch 79 Cedar Rapids widow
Mary Frances Fortsch 79 of Alice Texas died Wednesday after a long illness. Born Sept 30 1892 in Iowa City she worked 24 years as a family memorial counselor for Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Assn retiring in 1957 and moving to Houston. She belonged to the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Houston. No immediate Eastern Iowa survivors. Services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday Chapel of Memories with Rev Arnold Herbst. Entombment in Chapel of Memories mausoleum. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial funeral home Friday afternoon and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. casket to be closed at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Mary Frances Fortsch
Alice
Texas
Arthur Fortsch
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Cedar Memorial Park
Chapel of Memories
Arnold Herbst
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Obituaries of Knapp Havorka and Hefflefinger in Marion
Arthur A Knapp funeral Friday 1 30 at Murdoch chapel Marion by Rev Charles F Byers burial Prairieburg cemetery. Edward W Havorka service 1 30 p m Friday Turner chapel east by Rev Clifton Ellerbick burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Verna M Hefflefinger service 2 30 p m Thursday at the Chapel of Memories by Rev Peter Morgan of the Marion Christian church burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial funeral home.
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Hefflefinger
Verna M
Chapel of Memories
Peter Morgan
Marion Christian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Egypt Rejects U S Mid East Plan
Moscow reports that Egypt has rejected the U S plan for an interim Middle East accord. Tass called the proposal a diversionary maneuver on terms unacceptable to Egypt. It marks the first public response by both sides to Rogers U N outline aiming to open the Suez Canal.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Egypt
U. S
Middle East
Tass
William Rogers
U. N
Suez Canal
Martelle Driver Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
Howard Clark, 44, of Martelle, pled guilty in municipal court to drunk driving. He received a $300 fine and a 120 day license suspension after his arrest on October 23.
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Howard Clark
Martelle
Dockers Return At New Orleans After Court Order
Longshoremen on the New Orleans docks began returning to work on Thursday after a federal court ruled their strike an illegal secondary boycott unrelated to the primary New York port dispute. A few ships were in harbor while returning workers were quickly sent to assignments.
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New Orleans
New York
Motorist Charged As Drunk Driver
Owen S Brislawn a 55 year old resident of 437 Sixteenth street Marion was arrested on highway 151 west of Springville shortly before 7 am Thursday and charged with drunk driving Officers said he drove erratically and nearly struck the patrol car He was held in the county jail Thursday afternoon awaiting arraignment on the charge
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Owen S. Brislawn
Sixteenth Street
Marion
Springville
Brislawn
Want Ads Promote Buying and Selling Market Reach
Readable line notes that want ads serve buyers and sellers seeking quick exposure. The message emphasizes versatile classifieds to connect individuals with goods services and opportunities across the community.
The City Candidates Discuss Crime and Safety in Cedar Rapids
Safety Commissioner John Oberthien told the Wednesday Morning Optimist Club at the Spring House restaurant that the crime rate in Cedar Rapids fell 9.5 percent while the national rate rose 11 percent across seven felony classes. He noted fire safety inspections ceased a decade ago due to apathy but remain available on request, and he described plans to test a digital master control signal system as a middle step toward a computer, which the city cannot yet afford. He also said Cedar Rapids would refile its railroad crossing bill with the legislature after last year’s committee failure.
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Cedar Rapids
John Oberthien
Spring House
Oberthien
September Linn County Employment Up Four Hundred
Dennis McDonald of the Iowa State Employment office reported 400 more people employed in Linn County in September than August. The unemployment rate fell to 4.0 percent from 4.2 percent, though up from 3.4 percent a year earlier. Non farm employment rose by 990 mainly in services government and construction while agriculture fell by 420 workers.
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Linn County
Dennis McDonald
Iowa State Employment Office
McDonald
Employment Matters Aide Named by Ray
Des Moines UPI reports William Smith 32 of Urbandale named administrative aide on Gov. Robert Ray staff with 14508 salary focusing on employment matters. He will liaison with state agencies and aid federal emergency employment act 1971 implementation. Smith is an Iowa State graduate and former Look magazine special projects assistant.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Ray
William Smith
Urbandale
Smith
Iowa State University
Look Magazine
Coon Rapids
Iowa Panel Recommends Comprehensive State Transportation Policy
A legislative study committee in Des Moines voted to urge the Iowa legislature to adopt a comprehensive state transportation policy. The recommendation passed with only one dissenting vote, signaling broad support from both Senate and House members for a unified plan.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Senate-House
Transportation study panel backs policy on coordinated system
The transportation study committee approved a policy statement by Sen. John Walsh advocating a coordinated transportation program to serve Iowa’s general welfare and well being. Sen. Eugene Hill dissented, opposing including pipelines and transmission lines, arguing regulation should stay with the Iowa Commerce Commission.
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Tation
John Walsh
Dubuque
Eugene Hill
Newton
Hill
Iowa Commerce Commission
Humphrey Sentenced on Manslaughter Charge in Wife Death
John E. Humphrey, 25, received a suspended sentence on a manslaughter plea for the Nov 13 1970 shooting death of his wife Elizabeth Mae at their Mt. Vernon residence. Linn District Judge B J Maxwell placed him on probation with up to eight years in the Anamosa reformatory and a $200 fine. A pre sentence report urged close counseling or institutional psychiatric help at Oakdale.
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John E. Humphrey
Elizabeth Mae
Mt. Vernon
Linn
B. J. Maxwell
Humphrey
Anamosa
Nixon Sends Greetings at Nixon Elementary Dedication
President Nixon telegraphed best wishes to Cedar Rapids for the dedication of the Richard M. Nixon elementary school. He emphasized education as America's foundation and extended congratulations to citizens, teachers, and children. Sen. Jack Miller and Rep. John Culver were slated to attend along with six other new elementary schools.
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Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
America
Cedar Rapids
Jack Miller
Rep
John Culver
Squaw Creek
Jackson
van Buren
Johnson
Polk
Tyler
Fatal Cedar Rapids crash claims Zola Fuller death
Zola Alice Fuller born March 8 1909 Estherville died in Cedar Rapids after a collision that sent her car into a ditch. She lived in Cedar Rapids about 50 years and was a Lutheran. Survived by husband sister Lillian Upmeyer Solon and brother Lloyd Ziemer Cedar Rapids. Teahen chapel service Saturday at 1 30 p m Zion Lutheran Hiawatha burial Cedar Memorial. Family at Ziemer home 1123 J avenue NW.
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Zola Alice Fuller
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran Church
Lillian Upmeyer
Solon
Lloyd Ziemer
Karl W. Hawke
Zion Lutheran Church
Hiawatha
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ziemer
J Avenue NW
Court Spurs Nuclear Test Halt Plea
A three judge federal panel in Washington declined to halt the five megaton underground nuclear test planned on Amchitka Island Alaska. The court sent the case to a lower court to pursue a stay and ordered release of environmental reports to the district court despite executive privilege objections.
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Washington
Amchitka
Alaska
U. S. Court of Appeals
Nixon
District Court
Justice Department
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Vernon
Donald McGlaughlin
Tipton
Clair L. Willey
William Mildredt
Old
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Ronald Hoyle
Hoyle
Leo J. Smith
Weolland Drive
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Falls Church
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Hayden
Thomas M. Sullivan
Ellis Boulevard
Charles M. Knoblauch
Mary L. Steitz
Les McKinley
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Urbana
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Marlene M Zeman
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K Avenue NW
Swisher
Frank Stangler
Monticello
Alva Behrends
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
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Russell Bair
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Columbus Junction
Clifford Wayne Idle
Stacy-Lewis
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Decorah
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Jefferson
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Steine
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Third Avenue
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People’s Republic
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3Rd Ave
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