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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1969
Page
3
Federal inspectors probe Keokuk post office burglary after burglars cut a large hole in a rear walk in safe and stole an undetermined amount of postal items. A truck driver sighted one intruder. others fled to a car in an alley. Acetylene and oxygen welding tanks found nearby trace to a local welding shop.
3M Co announced it will start a multimillion dollar manufacturing plant project in Knoxville Iowa with groundbreaking planned for fall 1970. The move signals a sizable investment and job creation for the region.
Fort Dodge architect Stanley M. Griffith is defendant in Webster county district court suits totaling 1.13 million. Widows claim propane gas burners in a cabin near Morson Ont heated four Iowa educators who died July 2 1968. Plaintiffs say vents were dirty and not properly vented and Griffith failed to warn of gas dangers. The victims include Harold Harris James Davis Harry Schroder and Richard Fossum all connected to the Howard Winneshiek district.
A television tease announces a 6 p.m. Tuesday broadcast on TV 9 featuring mobsters with a gun and loot landing on Gilligan's Island. The wording emphasizes suspense and action for the episode lineup.
Rep. William Scherle of Iowa announces bid for a third term in Congress from the Seventh district. He was first elected in November 1966.
A Des Moines man died Tuesday after Monday night crash near Polk City, lifting the Labor Day weekend Iowa road toll to eleven. The report details multiple fatal and serious accidents across the state, naming victims such as Carl Andrew Albright and others from Osceola Osceola Tama and nearby areas, with several hospitalized and families affected.
The Iowa highway patrol identified the victim as Leonard Joseph Dittman, driver of the truck, in a crash on a county road.
Des Moines, Iowa. Richard Ramirez, 41, remained jailed after an open murder charge was filed over the shotgun death of Gonzalo Avilla, 40, of Newton. Avilla was found slain in front of a Des Moines house after an argument. a .16 gauge shotgun and empty beer cans were found at the scene.
Rock Island Line officials blamed a broken rail for derailing six freight cars and two engines of a 33 car train on Iowa Falls east side. Agent Don Riley said about 300 feet of torn track would take two or three days to repair. None of the cars overturned and no injuries were reported.
SIGOURNEY Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Holm funeral home for John A. Schiltz 82 a former Sigourney businessman who died over the weekend. He helped organize the S and F Shoe Store in 1908 and became sole owner in 1942 retiring in 1947 selling to Art Prall and M L Schroeder. He served as Chamber of Commerce secretary and president and was secretary of the Keokuk County Red Cross.
Douglas D. Grant, 26, of Bingham Lake Minnesota, walked away uninjured after his Call-Air single engine plane crashed while spraying weed killer on a bean field. The craft snagged a high wire and was destroyed in the crash, near the Dale Young farm, about 3% miles northeast of Graettinger, Iowa.
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