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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1969
Page
3
The page lists Saturday temperatures and rainfall totals with a long string of obituaries and funeral notices. It notes high 71 and low 52, wind at 7 mph, and sunrise and sunset times, followed by many short death notices and service details for families in multiple Iowa towns.
Bessie M. Miller 84 of Cedar Rapids died in Enid Oklahoma after a brief illness while visiting daughter Laura De Haas. She leaves four daughters Frances Collier Avis Leslie Laura De Haas Ruth Davis two sons Carl and Myrne and many grandchildren and relatives. She was a member of St Paul United Methodist Church and memorial services are to be announced at Turner Chapel East.
Lillian Zahorik and Bertha Nelson will be buried at Cedar Memorial and Oakdale cemetery in Davenport. Services are scheduled Monday with chapels east and ministers Rev Lyle R Graff Rev John Shew and Rev Fred Woulsey. callers may visit until 1 p.m. Monday and the casket will not be opened after the service.
Mrs King says a presidential stance was not prepared to back the project. A Nixon cooling off is linked to a Southern strategy to slow desegregation and poverty programs. She says national government is unwilling to help and urges mobilizing public support for Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory.
The itemized memory gifts total a series of donations from various groups and auxiliaries. Contributions come from Beta Lambda Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Golden Rule Lodge 486 and its Ladies Auxiliary, O.E.S. Auxiliary to the Children's, Linn Grove Youth Fellowship, and a Shueyville WSCS member, honoring Kelsey L. Fry, Harry Mellish, Warren Johnson, Charles Wescott, Otto Kieckhaefer, Mrs. Lillian Bell, Lucy Bowersox, and others.
Larry Hulke 19 of Oxford Junction moved to University Hospitals Iowa City in serious condition after a crash that killed William House 19 of Oxford Junction. The head on collision with a feed truck near Oxford Mills occurred about 7:30 am. House's funeral mass set for Monday at Sacred Heart church.
The letters between Treasury Secretary David Kennedy and HEW Secretary Robert Finch reveal a dispute over a tax reform act. Finch warns the bill could gravely damage public welfare by restricting foundation activities. Kennedy argues the bill mainly limits foundation participation in education and politics while preserving discretion.
Proponents among U S officials and public figures condemn U S policy in Vietnam and criticize President Nixon's campus remarks as stiff. The committee ads in Sunday editions of the New York Times list endorsements from Charles Goodell Mark Hatfield McCarthy and George McGovern supporting Oct 15 activities.
State Rep Richard Rad of Lisbon will speak at the Montrose Monday noon on Social Adaptability. Other briefs note Mrs. Guy Whitaker discharged from University Hospital and local thefts including a $560 camera from a car, $20 from a purse, and tire slashing at Brandywyne apartments.
In Saigon the U S military condemns the Pacific Stars and Stripes as the Hanoi Herald after Col James Campbell calls a Stars and Stripes eyewitness report treason and cites a specific Aug 31 story. Campbell says the paper spreads irresponsible reporting harming troops.
Police arrested a 16 year old girl on shoplifting charges after she allegedly tried to leave Osco drug store with a 27 cent baby pacifier. Store officials reported the item was unpaid.
President Nixon has begun personally aiding Republican candidates for the 1970 Senate elections. He has urged several sitting representatives and governors including George Bush of Texas, William Cramer of Florida, Paul Laxalt of Nevada, and James Rhodes of Ohio to run against vulnerable Democratic incumbents. A GOP gains of seven seats could give the party control with Vice President Agnew presiding.
President Nixon announced he would unveil his new Latin American policy on October 31 in an address to the Inter American Press Association in Washington. Press aide J Bruce Whelihan said the Nixon report A New Policy for the Americas would echo many recommendations from Nelson Rockefeller’s Latin America tour.
Preliminary autopsy shows 18 year old Patrick Wright of 4519 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday night from asphyxiation after inhaling antiseptic spray from an aerosol into a plastic bag. He was en route from LaPorte City to Vinton and died at Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton. Officials say the spray, not toxic, deprived him of oxygen. Wright bought the aerosol in Urbana. Autopsy done at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids with further tests planned.
Seven people were injured two miles south of Belle Plaine on the dump road Saturday night. Thomas E. Kent, 22, Belle Plaine, driver of the car, was taken to Marengo hospital then transferred to University Hospitals in Iowa City. Admitted in good condition were Cathy Ocheltree and Christine Kahler. Others treated and released included Charles Morrison Kevin Fabor Christine Kent and Gary Kuester. Kent suffered skull fracture and head and facial lacerations from a collision that began when his car struck a bridge after leaving a dump road.
Tokyo reports that over 23 years Soviet authorities detained 11,049 Japanese fishermen and 1,307 fishing boats for alleged waters violations. Currently 171 fishermen and 480 boats remain in custody.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions vary by carrier and mail including night edition Sunday and afternoon editions with monthly and yearly rates. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication.
Senator George McGovern of South Dakota suggested he might seek the 1972 presidency if others fail to address core issues. He spoke in Nashua to the Northern New England Young Democrats, stressing Vietnam, poverty and youth as key concerns and calling for party reform and limits on the military industrial complex.
Cedar Rapids couple Ward and Gladys Emerson both 70 were treated and discharged from St Luke's hospital after a two car crash in the 1000 block of Third avenue SE. Emil Nora E Uleh 53 of 1519 Center Point road NE was the other driver and not severely injured.
Advertise your unwanted belongings quickly by placing a low cost want ad. Call 379-1234 to reach buyers and clear space in your home.
Union leaders urged workers to return Monday while Mayor Daley planned a peace meeting to end clashes between trade unionists and the Negro coalition. Rev. C. T. Vivian said no demonstrations were planned next week as police kept riot duty teams ready amid work stoppages.
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