Weather summary and notable local births and records
Five day forecast notes below normal temperatures with a midweek cooling, then warming. Normal highs 71–76, lows 49–53. Precipitation under 0.2 inch possible midweek. Sunday highs 76, low 55. Monday noon 68, 2 pm 72. Year ago temps listed. nearby cities’ figures shown. Sept 17 and 18 births and a few new arrivals named in local notices.
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Min‘apolis
Chica
N. Orione
Denver
Pihnelesha — Pratt
Seattle
Gazette
Births and notices sweep Cedar Rapids region
A list of births includes Mercy Thomas 8 Katalinas and many Cedar Rapids couples with newborns. Police and court notes report traffic fines, suspensions, and penalties across Iowa towns. Funeral services are announced for several individuals in Knoxville Kalona Wellman and other communities with multiple church services scheduled this week.
Speeding Fines and Bonds Reported Across Multiple Cedar Rapids Areas
Police division records show Walter J. Cole forfeiting a $15 bond on route one at Shellsburg. Several residents including James C. Mercer, Byron L. Vredenburg, Jimmy J. Hurtt, Jerry M. Hilsenbeck, and others in Marion and Cedar Rapids posted fines or paid costs for traffic offenses. Names appear with addresses such as 1427 L Avenue NE and 1050 Twenty-fourth Street, with several NW and SE street listings.
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Walter J. Cole
Shellsburg
James C. Mercer
L Avenue
Byron L. Vredenburg
Twenty-sixth Street
Jimmy J. Hurtt
Eighth Street
Jerry M. Hilsenbeck
Fourteenth Avenue
Marion
Robert W
Kramer
Hiawatha
Merle D. Wood
Twentieth Street
William J. Royer
Fourth Avenue
Dennis O'Brien
Cedar Rapids
Richard L. Cayler
Twenty-fourth Street
Dorothy M. King
First Avenue
Teresa R. Adsit
Navajo Drive
Nellie Davis
Eleventh Avenue
Charles M. Hanley
Regal Avenue
Larry L. Bellach
Red Guards backed by army threaten Hong Kong border
Liberation Army Daily defends Red Guards as using Maoist methods against internal enemies. China cuts trade with Japanese Communist linked firms and shifts to partners with no political ties. Hong Kong reports say thousands of Red Guards tried to reach the border but were halted by Chinese troops. British border police deny involvement.
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Red Flag
Liberation Army Daily
Red Guards
Mao
Red China
Japan Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
Japanese Socialist Party
Hong Kong
Hong Kong- China
Fai Po
Police Search for Missing Woman Marjorie Foster
Police seek Marjorie Foster a 26 year old resident of 384 Fifteenth Street SE missing since Friday. Last seen at 5 30 p m Friday near Second Street and Fourth Avenue SW by a Century Cab Co driver. She is 5 feet tall brown hair blue eyes 100 pounds wearing a rust colored suede and cloth skirt and top with patent trim and white tennis shoes.
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Marjorie Foster
Fifteenth Street
Miss Foster
Century Cab Co
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
Slain Valerie Percy seen as political life ends in tragedy
Valerie Percy, daughter of Senator Percy, was stabbed to death in her Kenilworth home after a burglary attempt. Investigators noted struggle marks on the body and questioned possible suspects while Percys campaign paused. relatives and neighbors mourned as leaders expressed condolences and vowed a thorough probe.
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Valerie
Cornell University
Percy
Scott Cohen
Sen
Douglas
Kenilworth
Nelson Stoker
Chuck
Sharon
Anamosa Escapee Linked to Local Breakins
Carl Pelander, 23, an escapee from the Anamosa men's reformatory, is suspected in a break in at Eye Chevrolet four miles south of Anamosa and an attempted break in at Fairview Farmers Market. A witness spotted him at about 4 a.m. Monday but did not alert authorities. Pelander, serving a 10-year term, fled after driving a state dump truck to a pump house. the truck was later found, and he remained missing.
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Anamosa
Jones Couny
Ralph Albaugh
Carl Pelander
Ames
Fairview
Pelander
Eye Chevrolet
Reformatory
College Teachers Resume Picketing at St. John’s University
After a vacation lull striking members of the United Federation of College Teachers resumed picketing as fall classes opened. A handful of pickets greeted students entering campus areas in Jamaica Queens and Brooklyn.
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New York
United Federation of College Teachers
St. John’s University
Jamaica
Queens
Brooklyn
Kennedy Urges Dem Vote in Midwest Circuit
Sen Robert Kennedy spoke in four midwestern states urging voters to back Democratic candidates to advance programs started by his brother. He cited U S problems and invoked President Kennedy to get the country moving again and to hand a better world to the next generation.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Kennedy
New York
Cedar Rapids voter registrations rise to 49 530
With seven weeks to election day, Cedar Rapids reports 49 530 residents qualified to vote. Past years show 47 746 in 1962, 55 861 in 1964. 5 711 removed in January 1965 for failure to vote. Offices open weekdays 8 to 5, Saturday 10 to 2, Oct 29, with eight branch sites coming Oct 3–8.
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Cedar Rapids
Deaths Helen Lee Coe Librarian Dies in Greenfield Mass
Funeral services were held Monday in Greenfield Massachusetts for Helen Lee Coe College librarian since 1962 who died Saturday after a stroke. A library memorial fund will be established at Coe College. Miss Lee earned degrees from Queen’s University Pratt Institute and the University of Chicago and served as head librarian and associate professor at Coe.
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Greenfield
Mass
Helen, Lee
Coe College
Miss Lee
Coe
Miss. Lee
Helen Lee
Queen’s University
Pratt Institute
University of Chicago
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins obituary details life and death
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins died after a long illness at age 62. She owned Hygenic Beauty Shop until 1963 and was born in Vincennes Indiana on August 18 1879. Survived by son David Cedar Rapids two brothers Otto G Danville IL Edwin Pensacola FL sister Alma Vincennes ten grandchildren. Memorial services at Turner chapel at 10 30 a m Wednesday by Dr John P Woods. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
First Avenue SE
Wayne Perkins
Vincennes
Ind
Cedar Rapids
David Perkins
Otto G. Wehmeier
Danville
Ill
Edwin Wehmeier
Viola Tate, 57, Dies After Short Illness in Cedar Rapids
Viola K. Tate of 841 First Avenue NE died Sunday after a short illness. Born March 22, 1909 in Fillmore she had lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years and worked for National Oats Co. She was a member of Immaculate Conception church. Surviving: sister Mrs. Robert Neuman Cedar Rapids. brothers Joseph McDermott Sioux Falls SD Vincent McDermott Knoxville. two nephews James and Terry O'Tool California. Services Wednesday 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception. burial Mt Calvary. Rosary Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Teahen chapel by Msgr. Roach. Friends may call Teahen after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Viola K. Tate
First Avenue NE
Fillmore
Cedar Rapids
National Oats Co
Immaculate Conception Church
Robert Neuman
Joseph McDermott
Sioux Falls
S. D
Vincent McDermott
Knoxville
James
Terry O’tool
California
William A. Roach
Mt.Calvary
Teahen
Msgr. Roach
Fort Wayne Man Bruce Hutchisson Dies at 55
Bruce B. Hutchisson, 55, of Fort Wayne Indiana and formerly Cedar Rapids, died Sunday in Fort Wayne. He worked nine years at Wilson and Co. before leaving Cedar Rapids in 1964. Survived by widow and two sons Jeffrey Fort Wayne and Ray Oelwein, his mother, a sister and a brother. Services Tuesday at 3 at McComb funeral home.
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Bruce B. Hutchisson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Hutchisson
Wilson and Co
Jeffrey
Ray
Oelwein
McComb Funeral Home
Leonard, former Cedar Rapids resident, dies in California
Walter A. Leonard born March 10, 1898 in Cedar Rapids died Saturday in Fillmore California. Services will be held Tuesday in Fillmore. He is survived by his wife and two sisters Mrs Carl R Butterfield of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Mabel Kehne of South Bend Indiana.
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Walter A. Leonard
Cedar Rapids
Fillmore
Calif
Mr. Leonard
Carl R. Butterfield
Ridgemore Drive
Mabel ‘Kehne
South Bend
Ind
Service for Jay Norman-Turner at Dryden chapel
Funeral services for Jay Norman Turner will be held at Dryden chapel at 3 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. A L Zachar officiating. Military rites will be conducted at Linwood Cemetery by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Friends may call at the chapel until 2 30 p.m. Tuesday and the casket will not be opened after the service.
Goldberg says meeting with Jewish leaders was his own action
In New York AP dispatch Arthur Goldberg U S ambassador said he acted on his own not under President Johnson s instructions when he met with Jewish leaders last week.
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New York
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Johnson
G O P Legislative Candidates Back Constitutional Amendments
Eight Linn county Republican candidates for the state legislature issued a united statement supporting constitutional amendments passed by the last legislature in their current form. They favor a permanent reapportionment plan, home rule for cities, four year governor terms, the governor's veto power on appropriations, annual sessions, governor appointments to key offices, and state regulation of bingo, with senate thirds approval. They noted the need to allow sub districting per Iowa Supreme Court, pledged to answer questions on a special TV program, and listed slate of candidates.
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Linn County
Senate
Iowa
Channel 9
Tom Riley
Ernest Kosek
Dec Reed
Robert Landis
John Randall, Jr
Scott McIntyre, Jr
Joan Lipsky
N. F
Fritz” Sorg
Linn County to Pave Farm-to-Market Highways in Concrete
The Linn county board of supervisors announced concrete paving starts this week on two farm-to-market routes. Booth Associates Inc. of Sioux City holds both contracts and will move equipment into the county to begin work, starting with the Lisbon south route. A six-inch thick, 22 foot wide concrete road will be built using a slip form paver capable of laying up to one mile per day.
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Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Lisbon
Johnson County
Center Point
Alburnett Road
William Harrington
Booth Associates, Inc
Sioux City
Harrington
Iowa City Man Faces $1500 Bond Judgment
Judge Harold D. Vietor enters a $1500 judgment against Bobby Jones, 36, of Iowa City, after he failed to appear for arraignment on larceny charges. Jones and his surety Resolute Insurance Co. have 61 days to pay. He is accused of stealing a 20 inch fan and merchandise valued over $20 from Farm Market Store No 4 in Cedar Rapids on July 9.
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Harold D. Vietor
Bobby Jones
Iowa City
Jones
Resolute Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Central City Man Seeks Injunction Against McKee
Carl E. Mertka of Central City files an injunction petition against Robert L. McKee of Linn County alleging repeated visits to his home and disruptive phone calls day and night. The action seeks to protect his peace and quiet at home.
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Carl E. Mertka
Central City
Robert L. McKee
Linn County
McKee
Mertka
Appeals Suspension of Driver's License
Janice Marie Stine of Franklin township filed a petition appealing the suspension of her motor vehicle operator's license against Gene Needles Iowa public safety commissioner and the Iowa Department of Public Safety. She says the department suspended her license after the owner of a car she once owned was involved in an accident on June 27 1966 claiming she sold the car a week earlier and completed the title transfer.
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Janice Marie Stine
Franklin Township
Gene Needles
White Sentenced to Two 30 Day Terms for Reckless Driving
Wesley A. White, 24, of 808 Oakland Road NE, began a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to a July 24 reckless driving charge and attempting to allude. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. ordered 30 days on each offense, to run concurrently.
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Wesley A. White
Oakland Road
Loren Hullinger, Jr
White
Hullinger
Pleads Innocent to False Uttering Charge
James G. Jordan, 44, of 424 West Post Road NW, pled innocent before Judge Warren J. Rees to a false uttering check charge. He allegedly passed a $30 bad check on July 9 to Edgewood Grocery at 3401 East Avenue NW.
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James G. Jordan
West Post Road
Warren J. Rees
Edgewood
E Avenue
France Begins Air Route To Red China
An Air France Boeing 707 jet left on Monday for Shanghai, starting a weekly service between France and Communist China with layovers at Athens, Cairo, Karachi and Phnom Penh.
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France
Red
China
Paris
Air France
Shanghai
Athens
Cairo
Karachi
Phnom Penh
Youth Charged in Attack on Jefferson High Teacher
Thomas Spalding, 18, of 1506 Eighth Street NW, was charged with assault and battery for grabbing and slapping a woman teacher on Jefferson high school grounds on Sept. 7. He is a Roosevelt junior high school special education student and not a Jefferson student. Investigators said he has been a suspect since the day after the incident and the case was sent to the county attorney for review. Spalding was not held in custody and was ordered to report to the county attorney Monday afternoon.
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Thomas Spalding
Eighth Street NW
Spalding
Jefferson High
Jefferson
Roosevelt Junior High School
Woman Hurt After Car Hits Parked Vehicle in Oakland Road Area
Patricia A. Kendall, 25, of 641 Eighth Street SE, suffered minor injuries when her car struck a parked auto in the 800 block of Oakland Road NE Sunday at 5 11 a.m. She was treated at Mercy Hospital and released. The parked car belonged to Duane E. Robinson, 860 Oakland Road NE. No charges were filed. Police noted a flat tire on Kendall's car just before the crash.
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Patrica A. Kendall
Eighth Street
Oakland Road
Mercy Hospital
Duane E. Robinson
Home prices to fit every budget ad preview
Classified ad notes affordable home prices to fit any budget. Includes a want ad classification alongside listings and contact details for inquiries.
Thai General Denies American Special Forces Involvement
Bangkok, Thailand AP reports Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya says American Special Forces will only train Thai guerrilla fighters and will not join anti communist operations. He claims prior quotes claiming joint Thai American units are tracking communists were misattributed.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Dawee Chullasapya
Dawee
Tape Teaches While Driving Tape Teaches While Driving
Pathologists use car tape devices to learn during driving time. The American Society of Clinical Pathologists offers continuing education for 65 dollars a year, sending new material monthly to members to study blood chemistry and laboratory topics.
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Washington
Commission For Continuing Education
The
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Wasp Sting Fatal to Texas A&M Student
Eddie Irvin Fullen a 22 year old A M university student from Benchley Texas was stung by a wasp at his home near Bryan Sunday. He went into shock and died six hours later at a Bryan hospital. He was a second year pre veterinary student and left a wife and daughter.
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Bryan
Texas
UPI
Texas A & M University
Eddie Irvin Fullen
Benchley
Fullen
A&m
Salt and Water Used To Fight Haystack Fire
NEWHALL Newhall firemen adopted a salt and water treatment on a haystack fire at the Harold Carlson farm. The large stack, four inches of chopped straw on top, was covered with salt and dampened to smother the flames while firefighters monitor the stack for signs of reignition.
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Newhall
Harold Carlson
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