Weather Daybook and Local Obituaries Snapshot
Daily record shows Monday high and overnight lows with precipitation totals for multiple cities including Atlanta Miami and New York. Extended forecast calls for little precipitation and highs in the 70s with lows in the 50s. several weather metrics and regional readings are listed. Obituaries and service notices detail births deaths and funeral plans across Monticello Postville Coralville Brooklyn Traer Sigourney Mt. Vernon West Branch Snider's Williamsburg and other communities.
Floods Strike Multiple Iowa Counties Evacuations Rise
The heavy rains and high water swept across Cass Audubon Adair Shelby and Pottawattamie counties causing evacuations. Rex Thompson age 2 drowned in a creek near Brayton as a car went off a washed out bridge. Red Cross reports 42 Harlan evacuations with meals provided at local restaurants. Flooding damaged homes and a mobile home park along the West Nishnabotna river.
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Rex Thompson
Gary
Linda Thompson
Fontanelle
Thompson
Brayton
Cass
Audubon
Adair
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Nishnabotna
James Altfeld
American Red Cross
Des Moines
Harlan
Altfeld
Tragedy Near Lowden After Truck Rollover
A student named Drewelow died after a gravel road truck overturn near the rock quarry three miles southwest of Lowden. The accident happened between 5 and 6 p.m. following baseball practice. he was thrown from the vehicle and another student transported him by ambulance to Davenport hospital where he died.
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Lowden
Young Drewelow
Davenport
War dispatches depict German losses before Stalingrad
A 30 year retrospective notes Soviet dispatches illustrating German casualties and the brutal conditions of the advance toward Stalingrad, with invaders described as moving through blood and debris as the war intensified.
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Stalingrad
Obituaries Lorene Hora 74 Cedar Rapids resident dies
Loren L Hora 74 of 714 Havenne NE Cedar Rapids died Monday after a long illness. Born July 19 1898 in Oxford township he was married to Bette Hilbert Jan 3 1948 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving wife two sons Loren J Hora Milan Illinois Howard L Hora Cedar Rapids eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services at Turner chapel east 3 p m Thursday burial Oak Hill cemetery. The casket not opened after the service.
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Loren L. Hora
Avenne
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Township
Bette Hilbert Jan
Hora
Central Assembly of God Church
Hearn Stevenson Motor Co
Handler Motor Co
Loren J. Hora
Milan
Ill
Howard L. Hora
Mervin Switzer
Morley
Fremon Shankland
Anamosa
Richard Smouse
Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard Hora
Leonard Hora
Wyoming
Turner Chapel East
Ramon Booth
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Mrs Divine, Cedar Rapids Widow, 70, Dies After Illness
Mrs Howard E Divine Susanna Violet Divine 70 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and vice president of Divine Engineering died Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness Born November 21 1901 in New Sharon she was married in Cedar Rapids A member of St Paul United Methodist Church she is survived by husband a daughter Milli cent L Ryan of Larchmont NY a son Dr Carl R Svoboda of Cedar Rapids a brother Walter L Meeker of Mr Vernon a sister Marjorie Radley of Dallas Texas and four grandchildren The service is 1 30 p m Thursday at St Paul United Methodist Church burial Oak Hill Cemetery visitation at Turner Chapel East after 10 a m Wednesday until 1 p m Thursday The casket will not be opened after the service.
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James D. Williams
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Anamosa
Anna Johnson
Blairstown
Lester J. Williams
Bernice Demery
Clara Thurston
Harriett Murray
Lillian Cohen
Turner Chapel
Earl W. Osnes
Ellis Park
Susanna Violet Divine
Glenway Drive
Howard E. Divine
Divine Engineering, Inc
New Sharon
Carl R. Svoboda
Walter L. Meeker
Vernon
Marjorie Radley
Dallas
Texas
Arnold
Herbst. of
St. Paul’s United
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bedell Bertrand Bedell 58 Dies. Cedar Rapids Veteran
Bertrand O Ol les Bedell 58 of Magnus hotel died Monday in Cedar Rapids after moving from Des Moines ten years ago. Born June 28 1914 at Anamosa he was a World War II veteran and former Century Cab Co employee. Survived by half brother Frank A Bedell. Services at Teahen chapel 1 p m Wednesday with Rev Charles R Mehaffey. Burial at Shiloh cemetery with military honors. Friends may register at Teahen anytime.
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Bertrand Olles Bedell
Magnus
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Century Cab Co
Frank A. Bedell
Teahen Chapel
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United Methodist Church
Shiloh
Obituary notices for McGowan Louis Beatty Bearle and Stella Brock
Funeral services held midweek for Louis Beatty McGowan at Sharon United Methodist Church with burial at Oak Hill. Stella Brock laid to rest at Cedar Memorial Cemetery after services at Chapel of Memories. Juanita Lucille Williams honored at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. arrangements by Cedar Memorial funeral home.
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Brock
Stella
A. T. Washington
Sharon United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Williams
Juanita Lucille Turner
Arnold Herbst
Kennedy and McGovern campaign amid Watergate chatter
The crowd roared as McGovern and Kennedy spoke at a rally where McGovern attacked the Nixon administration over alleged favoritism and the Watergate scandal. McGovern praised bringing home troops and called for accountability while Kennedy outlined plans to campaign nationwide with the Democratic ticket. Shriver urged unions to hold President Nixon accountable for unemployment inflation and taxes in Sacramento.
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Larry O’brien
McGovern
South Dakota
George
Kennedy
America
Senate
House
Kennedy Brothers
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Calif
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Shriver campaigns in West Coast swing for McGovern ticket
Shriver campaigned Monday in California and planned stops in Oregon and Washington with TV appearances to draw Nixon and Agnew into the race. In Los Angeles he told AFL-CIO machinists that voting to re-elect the President is unthinkable, contrasting Nixon’s low 13 percent and McGovern’s 93 percent congressional rating.
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California
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
el Paso
Texas
Los Angeles
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
McGovern-Shriver
Congress
Machinists
Barry Goldwater
George McGovern
Cedar Rapids Water Rates Likely Rise Within Six to Eight Months
Water rates in Cedar Rapids rose about nine percent as city officials note the lowest per thousand cubic feet in the state. The council hears that average monthly bills run about 3.30 for the typical family, with capital improvements planned through 1977. Future work includes added reservoir tanks near Bever Park Kirkwood Community College and Cedar Hills. Safety Commissioner Oberthien asks if the elderly rate aid affects revenue. Burrell says it does not, with only 1396 participants. Inflation remains the primary cost driver. no exact figure or effective date for rate increases was given, but Burrell expects action within six to eight months after an ordinance is passed.
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Burrell
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Hills
John Oberthien
Kissinger Plans London Paris Talks After Moscow
President adviser Henry Kissinger will visit London and Paris after Moscow talks to consult with Prime Minister Heath and Premier Pompidou, the White House said Tuesday.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
London
Paris
Moscow
Heath
Pompidou
White House
Lawsuit Details Omit Defendant’s Name in Cedar Rapids Case
Mona G. Phillips of New York sues Cedar Rapids resident in federal court for 25 782 dollars alleging an unpaid loan balance of 25 300 and 482 in insurance premiums plus interest. The Gazette omitted the defendant’s name in its report. Frank H. Collings, 375 Twentieth Street SE, is identified in the filing.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Frank H. Collings
Twentieth Street SE
Mona G. Phillips
New York
Five Named to Planning Team for City Social Outreach
Five new city employees form a social planning team to improve communication between the city council and citizens, especially minorities. Funded by a 69769 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the hires include Martin Mullane, Lloyd Glessner, Alma Stephens, Jonnie Payton, and Carol Rickey. The team reports to the city council via the Human Rights Commission and is supervised by William Cotton.
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Tom Aller
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Martin Mullane
Lloyd Glessner
Alma Stephens
Jonnie Payton
Carol Rickey
Council
Human Rights Commission
William Cotton
Carol Rickey Quits Cedar Rapids Rights Commission
Carol R. Rickey resigned from the Cedar Rapids human rights commission and told the city council she regretted leaving after brief service. She will join a new social planning team under William Cotton, executive secretary of the commission, as part of a city employee move.
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Carol R. Rickey
Cedar Rapids
Combat Jets, Bridges Hit in Renewed China Hanoi Raid
The command reports two U.S. Navy jets lost in raids. Air force jets struck three bridges 28 to 38 miles from the Chinese border to disrupt traffic to Hanoi. Hanoi says it downs three raiding jets. a SAM claimed a Phantom 37 miles southeast of Haiphong and another Phantom went down 31 miles southeast of the port. Four crewmen rescued. Farther south near Tien Phuoc fighting raged as 130mm artillery pounded gov ernment defenders and an outpost fell to North Vietnamese forces. South Vietnamese officers say 90 survivors were regrouped into other units.
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China
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tien Phuoc
da Nang
UPI
Edward Bassett
Nixon targets GOP success with new majorities and Texas foray
At a San Clemente news conference Nixon urged a Republican Congress for leadership, while backing a bipartisan majority if necessary. Campaign plans emphasize grassroots voter registration. Ziegler announced a Sept 22 Texas visit to Connelly's ranch. Agnew at Las Vegas union meeting touted 2.2 million jobs created and rising real wages, but warned unemployment remains a problem as the administration pursues the right road toward improvement.
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Congress
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G.O.P
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Nixon
Texas
Treasury
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Democrats For Nixon
Agnew
Fall of Tien Phuoc Falls After Week-Long Siege
The battalion was written off as a fighting force as Tien Phuoc surrendered on Sunday after a week of siege. Government efforts to retake the town have proven futile, signaling a setback for military operations in the region.
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Tien Phuoc
Cedar Rapids Airport approves 1973 budget report
Cedar Rapids airport commission approves a $318,915 budget for 1973, down $6,049 from last year. The agency pledges self maintenance with no tax money, expecting income to exceed operating costs. New limousine service contract replaces Marvin Hart, roof repairs at the fire station planned for $1,360, and Aaron Fanton honored on retirement after 27 years.
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Cedar Rapids Airport
Ray Deaton
Airline Services, Inc
Deaton
Marvin Hart
Aaron Fanton
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