Weather and obituaries notes from September updates
The Daily Record lists September weather totals and conditions at 6 p.m. including rainfall 2.63 inches, normal 3.97, year-to-date 27.13, barometer fall, humidity 80 percent, and a Gazette wind report. It then catalogues funeral notices from towns like Anamosa, Marion, Hiawatha, Tipton, Lisbon, Oelwein, Ossian, Williamsburg, and Webster with names such as Kaufman Jensen Campbell and Haigh, plus service times, churches, burial locations, and visitation details.
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Gazette
City Takes Step In Integration Pairs Schools
Minneapolis moves toward school integration by pairing Hale and Field elementary schools. Upper grades from Hale were bused to Field, while Field’s younger students were moved to Hale, creating about 25 percent black or Indian enrollment at each school. The district notes increasing minority shares and ongoing integration challenges.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Board of Education
Hale
Field School
Field
Sabotage Network Uncovered by Jordan Police
Security forces in Amman say they uncovered a sabotage network operating under direction from an unidentified Palestinian guerrilla group. Police announced the finding on Saturday.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Stamp show opens at Montrose Hotel with postal demo
A two day Cedar Rapids Stamp club show begins at the Mont rose hotel with a special branch post office set up Saturday. Dennis Hansen cancels a letter for Tom Banowetz of 826 Twenty fifth street NE as the stamp exhibit continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A large assortment of commemorative stamps is available.
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Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Derailment Fire Forces Town To Flee
A 116 car eastbound freight train derailment near Weston Illinois spilled 38 cars igniting a chemical fire. Residents fled before dawn as a naphtha and an alcohol container burned, no injuries reported, fires burned six hours, police halted danger as flames died, cans of tomato sauce and paste scattered along the right of way.
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Toledo, Peoria and Western
Illinois
Weston
Ill
UPI
Chenoa
McLean County
Chicago
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Peoria
Top Students Feted By U. of Missouri
University of Missouri honors winter semester outstanding students from East Towans Anamosa Cedar Rapids Iowa City Lamont Lansing West Union and nearby towns. Recipients include Donna Archer Richard Schrodermier Max Thomson Robin Glover Susan Harper Nora Roberts Kristine Davidson Walli Amundson Noel Garvin and others.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
East Towans
Anamosa
Donna Jean Archer
Cedar Rapids
Richard Schrodermier
Max W. Thomson
Robin Neil Glover
Iowa City
Susan Marie Harper
Nora Jane Roberts
Lamont
Kristine Davidson
Lansing
Walli Jo
Cedar Rapids Gazette Advertisement Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 lists subscription options and prices including carrier 75 cents per week and mail rates for night and Sunday editions. It notes region restrictions on mail subscriptions and credits the Associated Press exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Reshaping of Society Not Court Job
Chief Justice Burger argued Americans should not rely on courts to reshape society. He cited litigation advances in personal rights and consumer protection while urging lawmakers drive real change. Kunstler disputed the view at Georgetown and criticized lawyers seeking change through anti establishment avenues.
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Burger
Washington
Georgetown University Law Center
Legislative Branch
Georgetown Law
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Chicago Seven
Attica
Butler’s Cane Chases Burglar From Cowles Home
Vincente Soto the butler, 30, surprised a burglar in the second floor master bedroom at publisher Gardner Cowles home in Chappaqua New York. Soto struck the intruder with a hickory cane sending him fleeing onto a roof and patio. Police noted a jewelry box and one sneaker were dropped. motive unknown and no theft confirmed. Cowles who founded Look magazine said it will cease publication next month and was downstairs during the incident.
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Chappaqua
N.Y
Gardner Cowles
Vincente Soto
Soto
Cowles
Look Magazine
Westchester County
Heritage Society Guest Night in Linn County
Heritage Society of Linn County to host a guest night Thursday at 7 45 p m in Peoples main bank community room. Rotary Club speaker D G Hackett of Phillips Petroleum Co will discuss petroleum industry impact at noon Monday at the Mon trose.
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Heritage Society
Linn County Heritage Society
Peoples Main Bank
Rotary Club
D.G. Hackett
Phillips Petroleum Co
Montrose
Environmental Council
Citizens Environmental Council
Peoples Bank
Vietnam Ambushes Kill U.S. and South Vietnamese Troops
Reported in Vietnam the Viet Cong attacked near a Michelin rubber plantation. Americans suffered heavy casualties after a jeep ambush followed by mortar, grenade, and machine gun fire on rescue platoons of South Vietnamese soldiers.
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Michelin
Infant Hurt in Two-Car Collision In Cedar Rapids
A 17 month old child was injured in a two car crash in the 2100 block of First avenue NE. Michael D. McCoy and Gerald A. McCoy, both of Cedar Rapids, were involved with Robert M. Hattenbauer. The child was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Hattenbauer faced a charge for driving with an expired license.
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First Avenue NE
Michael D. McCoy
Cedar Rapids
Gerald A. McCoy
McCoy Auto
Robert M. Hattenbauer
Oakland Road
Hattenbauer
Mercy Hospital
U N Panel Urges Seats for Divided Nations at U N
A U S panel led by Nicholas Katzenbach urges seating of Peking in the General Assembly and Security Council, plus admission of East and West Germany, South and North Vietnam, and the two Koreas to boost U N effectiveness. It notes the two China solution is impractical now and cites potential veto challenges. Members include Cordier Jessup Gross Yost Johnson Talbot.
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New York
China
U.S
U.N. Assn
U.S.A
East
West Germany
South
North Vietnam
Koreas
Nicholas Katzenbach
Nixon
Peking
General Assembly
Security Council
Taiwan
Katzenbach
U.N
Southeast Asia
State Department
Andrew Cordier
Philip Jessup
Ernest Gross
Charles Yost
Joseph Johnson
Phillips Talbot
Inmates Petition Demands Evaluated at Attica
Oswald could not be reached Saturday. A Buffalo Courier Express piece dated Aug 12 quoted Gerald Houlihan, Oswald's press secretary, saying a petition from inmates was received in July and that the prisoners' demands are being evaluated.
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Oswald
Buffalo Courier Express
Gerald Houlihan
Aqueduct Vestiges Found Near Melun France
Archaeologists in Melun near Paris reported finding Gallic Roman aqueduct remnants dating about 2,000 years old. The discovery sheds light on ancient water systems and regional engineering.
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Melun
France
UPI
Moon Rock Age Set At 4.15 Billion Years
Stony Brook scientists date the Apollo 15 genus rock at 4.15 billion years with a 200 million year margin, making it the oldest lunar sample to date though possibly younger than the moon itself. Astronauts Scott and Irwin collected it during the Apennine Mountains excursion.
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Moon
Stony Brook
N. Y
State University of New York
Space Agency
David Scott
James Irwin
Apennine
Scott
Houston
Catholic Membership Up But Not Priests
Vatican report shows Roman Catholics total 690.5 million worldwide, up 252.5 million in 20 years, surpassing Protestants and Orthodox combined. Priests hold at about 350,000 for five years, with many nearing retirement and insufficient seminarians to replace them.
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Vatican City
UPI
Missionary Information Service
Power outage hits 300 Cedar Rapids residents Saturday
About 300 southwest Cedar Rapids residents lost power around 6:45 p.m. Saturday due to a primary line problem from Twenty-first Street SW to Edgewood Road. Sixth Street SW customers had power restored by about 9:15 p.m. from an alternate source, while Rolling Green subdivisions remained without power through 11:30 p.m. with the fault location still unrevealed.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Twenty-first Street
Edgewood Road
Sixth Street
Rolling Green
Two Injured in Two Car Crash Near Gateway Garden
Two people were hospitalized after a two car crash in front of the Gateway Garden apartments on Sixth Street SW. Rita Addison age 19 of 3721 Ohio Street SW was admitted to St. Luke's in good condition with head lacerations. Allison Andrews age 57 of 3071 Sixth Street SW was listed in fairly good condition at Mercy Hospital with multiple scalp lacerations. Police said investigation was ongoing.
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Gateway Garden
Sixth Street
Rita Addison
Ohio Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Allison Andrews
Mercy Hospital
High Court changes reshape balance in coming term
The article discusses how Justice Black’s retirement shrinks the Warren Court majority to three, raising the prospect of a Burger Blackmun coalition. It notes past debates over self incrimination and press testimony, and how new justice Poff could tilt rulings on surveillance, grand jury protections, and juries verdicts.
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Congress
Burger
Blackmun
Senate
Haynsworth
Carswell
Poff
Black
William Douglas
William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Burger and
John Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron White
Burger- Blackmun
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
St. Luke's
Larry Kaufman
Erven Wells
Jack Jensen
Washington Drive
Marion
Daniel Campbell
Midway Drive
Ray Oltragge
Hiawatha
Ronald Doubek
N Street
Gary Jensen
Elaine Drive
Robert Hamlin
C Avenue
Bruce Nunmaker
Brookfield Lane
David Camfield
Ray Penningroth
Tipton
John Frese
Norway
Merle Reed
Twentieth Avenue SW
Blairstown
Nicholas Leo Nolte
William Nolte
Peffers- Halverson’s
Visitation
Clutter
Thomas W. Dostal
Leonard Dostal
St. Wenceslaus Church
St. Vaclav Cemetery
Mason-Hand
St. Joseph’s Church
Clifton’s
Mildred Voss
George L. Gay
Fred Siegele
Thornburg’s
Oelwein
Dale Newton
United Presbyterian Church
Brandt’s. Ossian
B. J. Eimers
Schmitz
Quasqueton
Edwin Hay
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Harris McCleery
S. Stanwood
Elwood Becker
Sheets and Son’s
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mechanicsville
Stone City
Marguerite Haigh
First United Methodist Church
Manchester Cemetery
Goettsch’s
Victor
Henry Brandt
United Methodist Church
McAninch
Network Unearthed
Duane Crock
Beatty
Bearle Funeral iHome
3Rd Ave. S.E
U. of Missouri
West Union
Noel Jack Garvin
The
Cowles Butler
Hiawatha Fire Auxiliary
Mary Ann Paulsen
Chamber
John C. Culver
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and
Congressional Action Committee
Roosevelt Hotel
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
John E. Lapes Howers
3Rd Avenue
Vietnam
Tot
Green Thumb
Liaquat Husain
Pakistan
C.R. Folk
High Court
Teahen Funeral Home
Marian F. Teahen
Elden B. Rohn Mortician
First Ave
Merton Snapp
Newell Machinery CO
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