16 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1970
Page
1
The Daily Record reports a five day forecast with mostly cloudy skies and chances of showers in the south and east, with highs from the mid 50s to upper 70s and weekend warming. The page also lists local deaths and funeral services for multiple individuals across towns including LaCrosse, Lansing, Dubuque, Davenport, Monticello, and Waterloo with service times and burial details.
Mercy welcomes a daughter September 15 to Mr and Mrs Robert Achey at 2604 E Avenue NW. Daughters are also born to Elmer Behrens of 2749 Teresa Drive SW John Wedding of 408 First Street SW William Weaverling and Mr Vernon. Greensburg Pa sees a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Gillick on September 16 with Gillick’s family connections listed. Decorah greets a son to Mr and Mrs Douglas Stolba September 15. Oskaloosa records a daughter to Mr and Mrs Norman Hillier September 15 with ties to the Petrusch family. Cedar Rapids young Mary Dumond and Donald Mathy, Sharon Burger Fairfax and David Meskimen Swisher noted.
A series of police and public safety notes lists individuals by name with incidents and minor penalties. Entries include fires, resuscitation calls, lockouts, shorts in wiring, and traffic violations across several streets and neighborhoods, with several residents receiving fines or bond forfeitures.
City officials continued waiting for Transamerica Investment Group to advise when it will receive the title to 92 000 square feet of urban renewal land on First Street SE. A ceremony marking the title passing was tentatively set for a Wednesday morning. A 21 story office building will be built on the site and the project is planned to take up to 18 months.
Vickers Refining Co of Wichita, Kansas bid 84 420 for a 25 200 square foot urban renewal parcel at the northwest corner of First Avenue and First Street West. The bid proposes an auto service station use and was sent to the city planning and redevelopment office this Wednesday. No bids were received for two other parcels on First Avenue East and Second Avenue SE with listed former sites.
A public hearing failed to discuss adding 22 properties to the Oak Hill Neighborhood Development Program. Fifteen parcels support widening Mt. Vernon road Eighth avenue SE and Tenth street SE. Three are for clearance two for rehabilitation. two are partial takings for alley widening. One property would be deleted from acquisition plans.
A major eligibility provision in Argentina requires the president and vice president to be Roman Catholic and Argentine by birth. This rule shapes who can hold the nation's top offices and reflects historical ties between church and state.
Exports rose from 483 million dollars in 1960 to 1.759 billion dollars in 1969, marking a rapid growth in Hong Kong’s trade. The statistics reflect a significant expansion in export activity during the decade.
The report details Democratic and Republican primary results across Minnesota Maryland Rhode Island Massachusetts Oklahoma and Washington. Key figures include Earl Craig in Minnesota Clark MacGregor Humphrey J. Glenn Beall George Mahoney Tydings and Beall in Maryland Rhode Island and Massachusetts nominees Kennedy Pastore De Simone and St Germain. Tulsa attorney David Hall wins Oklahoma Democratic runoff to face Dewey Bartlett in November.
President Nixon defended free pursuit of truth in universities and urged scholars to resist internal and external threats to academic liberty. He warned against parroting protests and four letter words, calling for reason, tolerance, and defense of rights within a free society. The trip includes meetings with Chicago editors and publishers before returning to Washington.
The Pentagon said campus militants and anti war critics have had little effect on the ROTC program and it will remain the primary source of officers for the military.
Mary Alice Gilbertson Reed 49 wife of Everett Reed died in Long Beach California after a long illness. She was born October 10 1920 in Kansas City Missouri and recently attended Long Beach City College. Surviving husband two sons two brothers mother and stepfather nine grandchildren. Memorial service 1 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel east led by Rev Wayne Shireman. Anna Dusek Zika 80 widow of Frank Zika died after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. Born November 15 1889 she leaves son Arnold Zika sister Kate Polansky six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial service Saturday 2 p m at Janeba Kuba funeral home west with Rev James Pittman. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home west after 7 p m Thursday.
David F. Myers, 64, of the Taft hotel, died Wednesday after a brief illness. Services are being arranged by Baxter Memorial chapel in Marion.
Memorial services were held or announced for Lorraine Burgus Joshua Runner Phronia Rorabaugh Raymond Morey and Kenneth Witt. Services occurred at Turner Chapel East West and Kenwood Park United Presbyterian with multiple pastors and burials planned at Cedar Memorial and Witt Cemetery. Family may visit Turner East until 9 pm Thursday and church from 9 to 10 25 am Friday. casket will not be opened after the service.
London report recalls Churchill’s praise for 2,500 RAF pilots who repelled the Luftwaffe in 1940. Historians now rank the Battle of Britain among the war’s decisive events, noting 375 pilots killed and 733 aircraft destroyed as the Luftwaffe never regained air superiority.
Egypt’s foreign minister urged renewed four power talks to implement November 1967 UN resolutions for a Middle East settlement. He welcomed Ambassador Jarring’s mission and Egypt’s cooperation if talks start. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine rejoined Arab guerillas, backing a Palestinian line after PLO suspended PFLP for hijackings built toward Jordan's new government.
In Phnom Penh the exile Sihanouk and Lon Nol regimes share trouble with their Vietnamese allies. The Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong reportedly clash with Cambodian fighters, while South Vietnamese troops face accusations of mistreating civilians and provoking retaliation.
Richard Welch of 2611 First Avenue SE was arrested by Linn County sheriff's deputy Tuesday afternoon after officers found part of a marijuana cigarette in a car east of Cedar Rapids. Welch is held in the county jail at noon Wednesday pending arraignment.
Bahama today features nearly 50 miles of lush green golf fairways with an additional ten miles under construction enhancing the island’s courses and tourism appeal.
A regenerated or intact rib bon worm is capable of surviving one year or more without eating, indicating remarkable resilience and potential implications for studying starvation endurance in simple organisms.
Central Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce voted against extending downtown store hours on Friday nights by a nearly unanimous margin. They approved keeping Saturday openings at 9:30 a.m. after January 1 to standardize weekly hours, with most downtown stores already open Monday and Thursday nights.
Midland, Kentucky residents learned the Midland natural gas field, among the nation’s largest, was created by an ancient river about 300000 years ago. The river eroded a gorge and laid down an 11 mile long sandstone bed averaging 1.3 miles wide at the era of the first reptiles. The porous sandstone sits about 2000 feet beneath farmland and gas exists in microscopic airholes between grains.
New York reports that more than a million Americans receive treatment for hypothyroidism. Many suffer weight gain and skin flakiness, with reduced heart output and diminished sex drive. undetected cases are linked to heart attacks and blood clots in women on birth control.
President Nixon’s lengthy address to Congress outlines domestic programs aimed at blunting Democratic criticism and lays groundwork for the fall campaign. The document frames changes in American society and government role as the nation moves beyond an era of growth to anticipate future shifts.
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