Local Weather and Obituary Notices From Small-Town Gazette
The Daily Record lists a Saturday high of 89 and overnight low of 58 with a 59 percent humidity reading at 6 p.m. Winds SW at 10 mph and sunset at 7 13. Sept 15- Kenneth Roth and Bernard Beuter announce newborn sons. Sept 16- multiple families welcome sons and daughters in Belle Plaine and surrounding towns. Obituaries include Lavonne Harris, Minnie Prusha, Richard Wolf, Clyde Coffman, Otto Sandersfeld, Anna Blong, Arthur Wessels, Gary Laing, George Laing, Alma Herman, with service details, church names, and visiting hours across Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Lana
Tads Kas
Gazette
Elkader
Richard C. Wolf
Peace United Church of Christ
Witt’s
Independence
Clyde L. Coffman
White’s
White's
Marengo
Otto A. Sandersfeld
Trinity Lutheran Church
Conroy
McSwiggin-Uhlman’s
Newhall
Cleora Kline
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Vinton
Oelwein
Margaret King
Christ United Presbyterian Church
Hintz
Ossian
Margaret Wenthold
St. Francis DeSales Church
Schmitz
Petersburg
Arthur G. Wessels
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
McBride's
Dyersville
St. Lucas
Anna Blong
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Chekal’s
Fort Atkinson
Shellsburg
Rolland E
Kind
Sheets and Son
van Horne
A. J
Andy” Guider
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
Fellmer’s
Keystone
Waukon
Alma Herman
Martin’s
Vandals Damage Franklin Junior High Building
Vandals caused extensive damage early Saturday at Franklin junior high on B avenue and Twentieth street NE. Doors were kicked in desks pried open windows broken intercom speaker knocked from wall coaches' office ransacked ten gallons of paint strewn on the fourth floor and a small amount of cash stolen from a classroom.
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Franklin Junior High
B Avenue
Twentieth Street
Former Coggon Resident Dies at 99
Sadie M. Clemons, 99, longtime Coggon resident who spent the last 20 years in Denver, died Friday. Born July 16, 1873 near Coggon, she married James L. Clemons on January 20, 1896. Survived by two sons Roy of Champaign Illinois and Paul of Scottsdale Arizona, three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Coggon
Sadie M. Clemons
Denver
Colo
James L. Clemons
Roy
Champaign
Paul
Scotsdale
Ariz
Culver Proposes 60 Million For Great River Road
Congressman John Culver announced a bill to provide 60 million dollars in federal funds to build and beautify the Great River Road a scenic route along the Mississippi from Lake Itasca Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico spanning ten states He argued recreational driving is highly popular with Americans traveling about 300 billion miles yearly and demand for access and facilities is overwhelming and growing.
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Washington
John Culver
Iowa
America
Mississippi
Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Lake Itasca
Gulf of Mexico
Phillip Arrested on Wisconsin Warrant
James Phillip, 34, of 1401 N street SW, arrested Saturday on a Wisconsin warrant. Wanted in that state for attempted felony theft and failure to appear for trial. Held Saturday evening in city jail in lieu of a 2500 dollar bond.
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James Phillip
Wisconsin
Employment disparities rise after King assassination riots
Violence figures show 9.9 percent in 1969, the peak since 1963, with Howard Robinson of the Congressional Black Caucus noting many blacks avoid employment offices after repeated denials. The federal workforce reflects ongoing gaps, with blacks at 15 percent of workers but only 3 percent in higher grades and under 10 percent in blue collar jobs paying $8,000 plus in 1970.
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Martin Luther King
Howard Robinson
Congressional Black Caucus
Hotel evacuation during travel ordeal described
Mrs Charles prepared for a bath after a long day when sirens echoed from the hotel. Staff hurried her downstairs as Gray haired Mrs Gartley joined her on the stairs and they moved through back rooms to a concrete basement room for safety.
Quality Control Group To Meet in Davenport
The University of Iowa section of the American Society for Quality Control opens its 1972-73 year with a ladies night program at the Clayton House in Davenport. Social hour at 6, dinner at 6:30, then Phyllis Lovrien of the Oscar Mayer Co. speaks on The Consumer is always right. Call J. S. Lafferty or D. J. Palmer to attend.
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Davenport
University of Iowa
American Society For Quality Control
Clayton House
Phyllis Lovrien
Hall Radiation Center to Expand at Mercy Hospital
Work begins this month on a 4200 square foot expansion of the Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center at Mercy Hospital on the Sixth Avenue side. The project funded by the Hall Family foundation adds a linear accelerator and a superficial X ray machine, plus a simulator, the first in the state. Completion is scheduled for January.
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Hall Radiation Center
Margaret and Howard Hall
Mercy Hospital
Hall Family Foundation
McGovern presses for impartial Watergate probe
McGovern urged President Nixon to name an impartial investigator into the Watergate case. He warned Nixon would be derelict in duty without such an inquiry. Rep Patman said house banking officials may hold more hearings on campaign contributions from Mexico and Minnesota tied to Nixon's re election effort.
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McGovern
Nixon
Wright Patman
Texas
House Banking Committee
Mexico
Minnesota
Russian troops admit German push near Stalingrad
Thirty years later a Russian headquarters acknowledged for the first time that German forces had breached the outskirts of Stalingrad and reported bloody house to house fighting under way.
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Stalingrad
Kennedy Secretary Urges Support for Franzenburg
Evelyn Lincoln former Kennedy secretary addressed about 100 at Mt. Mercy College urging support for Franzenburg Democrat for governor. She linked McGovern and Franzenburg to Kennedy’s aims and condemned Nixon on Vietnam drug addiction pollution funds and tax abuses while Franzenburg criticized Gov. Rayne for a rhetoric and business as usual approach and high property taxes.
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John F. Kennedy
George McGovern
Paul Franzenburg
Kennedy
Evelyn Lincoln
Mt. Mercy College
Franzenburg
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Explosions Rock Mexico During Independence Day Festivities
Mexico City and four other cities were rocked by 12 bombs over two days as Independence Day celebrations proceeded. No major injuries. targets included IBM offices Coca Cola locations in Morelia and Guadalajara and a Pepsi site in Morelia. Attacks also hit a library, a union HQ, a Ford plant, a bank and a supermarket office. Westmoreland attended as a Nixon representative among diplomats and officials.
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Mexico City
U. S
IBM
Coca-Cola
Morelia
Guadalajara
Pepsi-Cola
Oaxaca
Ford Motor Co
William C. Westmoreland
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nixon
Vet Poster Contest Deadline Is Sept 22
DES MOINES The deadline for entries in the Iowa high schools Hire A Veteran poster contest is Sept 22 announced by the Veterans Administration. Students in grades 9 12 from public parochial and private schools may participate with poster sizes limited to 17 by 22 inches. Winners will be named by Oct 11 and receive 500 200 and 100 savings bonds. Contact school art director principal or Phil Stevens VA regional office Des Moines 210 Walnut 284 4244 for details.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Veterans Administration
Phil Stevens
Walnut
Taft to Speak in Shenandoah on October 8
The Republican National Committee announced that Senator Robert Taft would speak in Shenandoah on the evening of October 8, the same day President Truman was slated to deliver a major address in the city.
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Republican National Committee
Sen
Robert Taft
Shenandoah
President Truman
Busing Controversy Spurs Boycott and School Strife
The Las Vegas busing plan remains in effect while groups press for action. In Philadelphia 285,000 students face a two-week labor dispute as teachers seek a 34 percent pay raise against a 4 percent offer. Negotiations stalled. next talks set for Tuesday as districts see continued strikes and widespread disruption among 34,000 pupils in western Pennsylvania.
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U. S. Senate
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
Jack Soloff
Edward A. Feehan
Pennsylvania
Vietnamese losses mount in counteroffensive amid higher field estimates
Field reports estimate more than 8,000 South Vietnamese killed or wounded over the 81 day counteroffensive, far above Saigon figures. U S air force navy and marines conducted 340 strikes across North Vietnam, concentrating on Hanoi area, while avoiding Hanoi on Saturday to escort three captured pilots home.
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U.S
Navy
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Jailed youth Wilde held on municipal order
Gregory F Wilde 21 of 2423 First Avenue SW was arrested Saturday on a municipal court order. He faced a $250 fine or 50 days in county jail for possession of a controlled substance and was held in the county jail Saturday. A motor and spare parts belonging to Ralph Coffman of Newton were reported stolen from Ellis Boat Pier between 11 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Gregory F. Wilde
First Avenue
Wilde
Ralph Coffman
Newton
Ellis Boat Pier
Obituary Notices for Merlin Hugh and Grace Allen
Merlin Roy Hugh 50 of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a brief illness born September 23 1921 in Hopkinton resident since 1946 employed by the Iowa highway commission since 1960 hunter safety instructor NRA and Trinity United Methodist member survived by his wife Ella Bailey two daughters one son and several relatives services Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church burial Linwood friends may call Kuba Funeral Home Grace P Allen 85 widow of William T Allen long time Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday survived by two daughters and fifteen grandchildren services Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church burial Mt Calvary Cemetery friends may call Beatty Bearle Chapel Monday evening and parish rosary at 7:30 p.m.
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Merlin Roy Hugh
Nineteenth Avenue
Hopkington
Cedar Rapids
Hugh
Iowa Highway Commission
National Rifle Assn
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ella Bailey
Rome
Jack McLaughlin
James Carnahan
Rhhard Hugh
Glyn Hugh
LeRoy Turner
Lloyd Buelow
Herman Reth
Monticello
Ernest Larson
Linwood
Kuba Funeral Home
Grace P. Allen
William T. Allen
Park Ridge
Ill
Margaret Kirkendall
Frances Rassenfoss
Immaculate Conception
William P. Leonard
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Beatty-Bearle
Leonard
Ray reshuffles planning office leadership in Iowa
Des Moines AP Gov Robert Ray announced personnel changes in the planning and programming office. Wayne I Laufenberg returns to coordinating the rural policy council while Robert Tyson becomes director of the state planning office and continues as CEO director. The move ties OPP and CEO for tighter cooperation on federal programs.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Office For
Wayne I. Laufenberg
OPP
Robert Tyson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ray
Tyson
Laufenberg
Rural Policy Council
Mayo Clinic to test new drug for heroin withdrawal
Mayo Clinic in Rochester will admit its first drug addict Sunday to test alphamethylpara tyrosine AMT a nonaddictive drug claimed to block withdrawal effects of heroin and other opiates The patient from Minneapolis is on a methadone program The study will assess if AMT blocks withdrawal and craving only during treatment or after cessation.
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Rochester, Minn
Mayo Clinic
Mayo
Robert Morse
Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis
Shellsburg Resident R. Rindernecht Dies
Rolland E. Rinderknecht aged 50 lifelong Shellsburg resident died in Vinton after a brief illness. Born July 23 1922 he was World War II veteran and member of Zion Lutheran Shellsburg American Legion and Lions Club. Survived by mother sister and brother. Services at Zion Church Monday 10 am with burial at St Stephen's Atkins Iowa. Friends may call Turner Chapel West until 9 pm Sunday and at church after 9 am Monday.
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Rolland E. Rinderknecht
Shellsburg
Vinton
Zion Lutheran Church
American Legion
Lions Club
Martin Rinderknecht
Bernard Miltner
Solon
Robert Rinderknecht
Atkins
Zion Church
E. F. Dohrmann
St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery
Iowa
Turner Chapel West
Memorial Services for Jones and Spurgeon Held Mon
Memorial services for Everett L Jones at Turner Chapel East at 10 30 a m with Rev Larry Fruehling followed by burial at Cedar Memorial Friends may call until 10 am Monday after the service Homer James Spurgeon at Turner Chapel East at 1 30 p m with Rev Charles Moore burial at Parkers Grove Cemetery near Shellsburg
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Spurgeon
Homer James - Turner
Charles Moore
Parkers Grove
Shellsburg
Israel kills, wounds soldiers as Beirut fights escalate
Israeli forces report three soldiers killed and six wounded with no civilian fatalities known. Air strikes hit guerilla HQs and eight other targets while Beirut claims a pincer move to seize 130 square miles. Lebanese Prime Minister Salam vows defense as 17 Lebanese soldiers die and a total of 61 are killed, wounded, or missing. emergency declared and hospitals mobilized.
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Tas
Beirut
Massachusetts
Saeb Salam
U.N. Security Council
Salam
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U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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C.R. Weather
Kenneth Roth
Belle Plaine
Bernard Beuter
Ozark Street
St. Luke's
Terry Robbins
Westwood Drive
Ronald Ehrle
J Street
Bobby Jo Slaton
Vermont Street
William Hamer
Ely
Cheryl Henry
Avenue NW
Joseph Cline
Sixteenth Avenue
Dennis Willson
Palo
Lynn Meech
Klinger Street
Cleve Morse
Twenty-fifth Street
Tacoma, Wash
Edward L. Burkhalter
Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter
Forest Drive
Richard Gatrelle
Christ Methodist Church
Hrabak’s
Blairstown
Lavonne Harris
Peffers-Halverson
Brandon
Ethel Stainbrook
Brandon Methodist Church
Chelsea
Minnie B. Prusha
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Culver
Great River
Phillip
Pws
Teahen Funeral Home
Marian F. Teahen
Elden B. Rohn
Mortician
First Ave
UPI
Santa Claus
Mary
National Gallery of Art
Linn County Cancer Society
Petersen
Patman
Watergate
Justice Department
Mt. Mercy
Robert Rayne
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Vietnam
Namese
Saigon
Merlin R. Hugh
William Allen
R. Rindernecht
Israel
The
the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Beatty
Bearle
3Rd Ave
John EK
LAPES
3Rd Avenue
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