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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1972
Page
4
The Daily Record lists high and low temperatures across multiple cities with precipitation and barometer readings. It also presents extended forecast for mild conditions, followed by a long obituary and public notices including births, marriages, traffic fines, and funeral services for several Iowa towns.
Mary A. Price 83 lifelong resident of Coggon and Troy Mills died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital born August 9 1889 near Coggon. She married Clarence Price August 17 1907 in Marion. Survived by husband three daughters three sons a sister and a brother nineteen grandchildren forty one great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Saturday at United Methodist church Troy Mills burial Troy Mills cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch funeral home Walker after 11 a m Friday.
Ten years ago President Kennedy outlined six conditions that would justify U.S. moves against the Soviet aided Cuban regime. The memorandum framed potential steps and set the stage for future policy decisions.
Social security benefits in Linn county total 2.302 million dollars monthly at year end 1971. Cedar Rapids district manager James Wood notes 12,566 retired workers and dependents, 4,355 survivors, 1,524 disabled beneficiaries. Many under 60, with notable student benefits under 22.
Nicholas L. Deak, president of Deak and Company, warned that the U S dollar is viewed as second class in Europe and could fetch wide discounts at hotels and other currency exchange points. He advised American travelers to carry traveler's checks in local currency.
Services were held for Robert Getlin 46 fatally wounded in a Wednesday dispute with Gerald L. Chapel 48 charged with murder. Getlin lifelong Cedar Rapids iron worker born June 16 1926. Also noted is the death of Vera H. Kleiman 55 wife of G J Kleiman with services at Turner chapel West and burial at Fairfax cemetery.
George O. Boyd of 150 Kenmore Street NE died Wednesday after a brief illness. A Cedar Rapids resident 35 years, he was born February 22, 1901 in Olin and married Ruth M. Richards in 1921. He worked 35 years for the Chicago North Western railroad and is survived by two sons, ten grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial. The casket will be closed at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
William C Parmer 85 of Cedar Rapids Iowa died Wednesday after a short illness. He was born in Missouri June 11 1887. Survived by four daughters Mrs Herbert Coates St Louis Mo Mrs Albert Swearingen Cedar Rapids Mrs Basil Harris Cedar Rapids and Mrs Gene Keiffer Cedar Rapids four sons Odas Tom Garlin and Earl all of Cedar Rapids 35 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren and sister Alta Mace Cainesville Mo Services 3 p m Saturday at Turner Chapel West with Rev Ramon Booth burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may view 2 30 p m Saturday casket not opened after service.
Merth R. Hepker of 2705 Wilson Ave SW dies Thursday morning after a long illness. Born February 25 1889 in Lafayette she is survived by two sons Martin Hepker Springville and Ernest Hepker Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Ray Schoonover Cedar Rapids nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren Private services will be held at Turner Chapel West at 10 30 a m Saturday conducted by Rev A T Washington of Sharon United Methodist Burial will be in Linwood Friends may call at Turner Chapel West until 10 a m Saturday Casket will not be opened after the service.
Robert H. Allen 81 a former Cedar Rapids resident and minister of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died Wednesday in an Omaha hospital after a long illness. Surviving are his wife Zella a son Edwin Omaha a daughter Roberta Brustkern Evansdale seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services Friday at 10 30 at Crosby Burket chapel Omaha and at 3 p m at the grave in Lamoni.
Memorial services conducted at multiple funeral homes for Stolba Godfrey F Wesley Krotz and Wilbur A Schappert with burials at Czech National Linwood and Cedar Memorial cemeteries. Services led by Rev. Francis King Rev. William B. Harnish and Major Eugene Adney. Locations include Janeba Kuba funeral home west Kuba funeral home east Turner chapel west.
The body was recovered from a water body near a lake with a water-entry area not easily accessible. Medical examiner T T Bozek said decomposition matched a days long immersion. Deputies from Johnson and Linn counties and federal authorities investigated as searchers looked for clues and possible ties to missing Cedar Rapids women. James Jones of Cedar Rapids reported finding the body while searching for Indian relics.
Hamner outlined three projects ahead of departure. A $150 million annual fertilizer supply to the Soviets for 20 years in exchange for ammonia and urea worth equal value. Gas purchases unnamed value, to be paid with U.S. machinery. Occidental would develop a Moscow trade center with space for 400 firms plus a hotel and offices.
Vice President Spiro Agnew charges the federal program offering free lawyers to the poor has become a vehicle for politically motivated attorneys who push their own social blueprints. In the American Bar Association Journal he urges focusing on individual clients rather than high profile causes.
A confidential House Banking Committee report links a $100,000 transfer from Mexico to Republican fund raisers and onto a Watergate suspect's bank account. Stans denounces the report as partisan misbehavior while the GOP sues Lawrence O'Brien for alleged court abuses. McGovern ally Mitchell defends campaign efforts amid party tensions.
The article reports U S grain sales to the Soviet Union boosting prices, a White House credit deal with Moscow, and partisan exchanges. McGovern accuses officials of a grain export conspiracy while Butz defends a calm, factual review and cites former agriculture officials now in private trade.
Sargent Shriver faced a late start from Miami delaying his planned Iowa stop. The Democratic vice presidential hopeful was due in Dubuque at 1 p.m. Thursday for a farm visit near Cascade but aides warned the trip may be scrapped due to a 90 minute schedule slip.
Four members of the Cahill family sue in Cedar Rapids federal court seeking an injunction to halt condemnation of part of their Cedar County farm for a roadway. They contend the road from Johnson county line to Cedar Bluffs necessitates a Cedar River bridge, and ask the court to declare rights and grant general equitable relief.
The 1,200-man construction force at the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo returned to work Thursday after a one day halt due to sheet metal workers picketing over task assignments to millwrights. Pickets were removed in a Wednesday meeting as Bechtel Construction Co. and unions seek a permanent jurisdictional resolution.
Police identify the Brussels shooter as Hassan Joudat a Moroccan known to the Israeli embassy. Authorities say the act was not part of a Palestinian terrorist plan but a personal initiative. Joudat had been jailed for passport theft at the embassy and had been banned from Belgium.
A short classified note urges readers to call 398 8234 to place a low cost want ad. The snippet highlights easy outreach and affordable advertising options.
Police seized a snow shovel a spade two knives and a machete during a August 28 search of Keith Schuller 3100 Thirtieth Street Drive SE. Linn District Judge Robert Osmundson ordered the items forfeited to the state for potential use in a case tied to Mrs Lynn Louise Schuller missing August 6. A charge for refusing to assist officers was filed August 28. motions in the case were set for Friday in municipal court.
The U S command reports 310 air strikes in North Vietnam with a Navy A-7 lost and the pilot rescued. It notes destruction or damage to 19 bridges along the coast and damage to the Lang Lau bypass bridge near Hanoi, as strikes target rail routes to Thai Nguyen.
Washington officials privately doubt a negotiated Vietnam peace can be reached before January. Earlier views held a settlement unlikely before the November 7 election, with the new estimate reflecting a two month enemy assessment after the vote.
The Iowa Board of Regents discussed residency requirements for the state universities amid a lawsuit against the University of Iowa over out-of-state status. They emphasized dependence on parents versus self support and noted no justification for a separate four year college of criminal justice in regent universities.
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