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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1966
Page
3
The Daily Record weather page lists Saturday highs around 70 and 72 with a 6 p.m. reading of 70 and a 1.31 total for September. The section then lists numerous funeral notices across towns including Marion Arlington Brooklyn Clermont Marengo Mechanicsville Swisher Bramer’s Muehlenthaler’s Elgin and more with service times and churches.
James H. Moyers 39, assistant to President Johnson and brother of White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack at his McLean Virginia home. Funeral plans set in Marshall Texas where his parents reside. Moyers served on the White House staff since September 1965 and helped prepare proclamations and statements, occasionally acting as the president's spokesman in Texas.
Deborah Kerr stars in King Solomon's Mines presented on ABC Sunday Night Movie in color at 8:00 p.m. on Channel 9 KCRG-TV. Stewart Granger co stars in the adventure as the telecast promotes the film and network.
A Cedar Rapids strike saga centers on City Lines and an unnamed outside bus firm as talks progress. Wagner notes exploratory meetings amid dissatisfaction with a city council ultimatum while Bagley defends City Lines investment and forecasts renewal of its franchise next year. Fares and wage demands remain unsettled as mediator McCann says both sides are closer to agreement.
ABC Sunday Night Movie in color airs at 8 on KCRG TV Channel 9 featuring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger in an adventure. The feature highlights classic cinema for viewers seeking a swashbuckling quest.
Mrs Opal Wilson 52 of 509 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at home after a brief illness. Services Monday at 2 PM at Hauser funeral home Charles City with burial in Floyd Cemetery. Born May 18 1914 in Charles City she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1953. She married Walter Wilson November 30 1957. Survived by two brothers and four sisters all of Charles City.
Memorial services set for Emma Marie De Blaire at St Matthew's Church at 9 a.m. Monday with Rev L V Mc Donough. Burial at St John’s Cemetery Independence. Also listed are George Henry Hoffman at Turner Chapel noon Monday with Rev A J Stokes and burial Mt Vernon Cemetery, L B Jack Davis at Turner Chapel 1 30 p.m. Monday with Rev A F Frankhauser and burial Linwood, Frank Suchy Monday 10 30 a.m. at Czech National Cemetery with Jerry Drahovzal, cremation committal for Susan Bean 1 30 p.m. Monday at Hesser Memorial Chapel with Rev John Wheatley.
In a taped interview aired in St. Louis Humphrey said Johnson invited him to be his running mate in 1968 but added the president is still free to change his mind. He expressed a desire to be vice‑president again, noting the decision rests with Johnson though he believed the president wanted him on the ticket.
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Former actor Senator George Murphy of California accuses Democrats of using federal farm policy to win votes. He claims land reductions caused shortages and prices rose, urging voters that rising costs threaten the nation ahead of election day. Murphy spoke to about 1,000 at a Des Moines fundraising dinner after a throat cancer operation.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, long opposed to expanding the Vietnam war, offers a qualified endorsement of the U S military build up in Thailand. He cites credible reports of two new bases and says a need may exist given current conditions.
A 22 year old Ames man named Carl E. Delander, serving a 10 year term for breaking and entering, escaped Saturday afternoon from the Men’s Reformatory in a state owned dump truck license 910. He was not missed until the 4 p.m. head count. Delander, brought to the Reformatory on April 4, 1964, has numerous tattoos and was the third inmate to escape recently, with two others fleeing the work camp at Lester Heights near McGregor and returning from Illinois later Saturday.
A 13 year old Amana youth, Arthur Petrzelka, was injured Saturday afternoon when the tractor he was driving overturned and pinned him. He suffered head lacerations and back injuries and was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital in Cedar.
Services are set for Richard Kaplan 60 of route one Swisher killed in a car tractor crash near highway 218 shortly before noon Friday. He was born August 29 1906 near Swisher and married Adeline Stancel February 15 1945 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his wife a sister Mrs William Raim of Amana and a brother Charles of Swisher. Services Monday at 2 pm at Brosh chapel with burial at Blaine cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call at the chapel after noon Sunday.
Louis Mauer age 34 of Wellman remained in critical condition Saturday night at University hospitals Iowa City after a two car crash near Clinton Friday night. His passenger status was in a car driven by Albert Barnes 47 of Iowa City who was less seriously injured. The driver of the other car Duane Farrell 46 of Preston was killed.
In Luton England Pamela Claridge gave birth to twins thirteen months ago a boy and a girl. A few days ago she returned to the maternity ward to welcome twin boys. The couple notes the odds were a million to one and they did not insure against it.
Hart predicts a ban on racial discrimination in housing may become government policy and notes its prospects improve if a civil rights proposal starts early next year. Johnson proposed the current bill in an April 28 message, passed the house August 9, and encountered a September filibuster in the senate.
In Burlington Iowa the Gideons International Iowa branch re elected its top four officers on Saturday. Harvey Goodenough of Cedar Rapids was named president Robert L Smith of Cedar Falls vice president W G Bengston of Des Moines secretary and Andrew L Jurriaans of Hospers treasurer Lonnie Conger of Davenport was elected chaplain Four new area vice presidents were chosen Charles P Hurd Des Moines Lester M Stacy Morland Henry Witwer Cedar Rapids and Fred Winn Muscatine were named among them.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates are listed with carrier and mail options including night and Sunday editions and territorial rates.
The ledger lists donations to Camp Good Health and a 4-H bake sale, plus memorials for Mrs. Henry Spitznagle and Mrs. John N. Kucera. Totals show 9,792.93 in one column, 12,220.00 another, and 2,427.07 in a final amount, reflecting Cedar Rapids and local groups’ contributions.
The narrative describes a brutal firefight as two lead Marines are fatally wounded. A corpsman desperately administers aid, failing to save the men, while the company fights on for an hour and a half. Helicopters evacuate the wounded and dead at dusk to Iwo Jima as the survivors dig in for night.
Classified notices in the paper spotlight items for sale jobs and services across the city. Readers find employment listings real estate offers and miscellaneous requests reflecting daily life and community needs.
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