Weather Summary and Almanac Readout
Weather figures show high 72 and low 58 on Wednesday with noon 56 and 2 pm 59 Thursday. Regional readings include Seattle 72, New York 64, Los Angeles 64, Phoenix 69, Miami 89, Omaha 45, and LaCrosse 4.7. Barometer steady at 29.70, humidity noon 64 percent, NW wind 15 to 22 mph at 2 pm. sun times and past day changes noted.
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Rigmarck
Slingoatis
New York
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Rania: Siees
Gazette
Births and obituaries across multiple Iowa towns
Mercy births list includes names and addresses for families welcoming daughters and sons in Marion, Hiawatha, Mr. Vernon, Central City, and other locales. Following are divorce dismissals, separations, and maintenance cases. Notices cover fires, services, and burial arrangements for several communities including Traer Middle Amana Maquoketa Belle Plaine and Columbus City with dates, church names, and funeral homes.
Speeding and traffic fines in county court
A list of defendants with addresses including Wells, Short, Cramblin, Livingst on, Calvert, Wilson, Rehons Jr, Lehman, Marion, Cole, Vicker, Garcia, Jackson, Meiners, Hangartner, Fogarty, Sterling, Walton, Klemm, Andrew, Coolahan and Jacobi. Fines range from 10 to 30 dollars with bonds forfeited or costs assessed. Court actions include speeding, no stopping distance, loss of control, yielding right of way, disobeying traffic signals, drunkenness and a 30 day sentence.
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Francis V. C. Wells
Twenty-fifth Street
Robert J. Short
Second Street
Cecil E. Cramblin
Hollywood Boulevard
Keith A. Livingston
Thirty-sixth Street
Steven L. Calvert
Thirtieth Street
William M. Wilson
Thirty-first Street
Robert J. Reyhons, Jr
Sixteenth Avenue
Joseph Lehman
Fourth Avenue
Marion
Robert C. Cole
Tenth Avenue
Vernon C. Vicker
Anamosa
Raymond P. Garcia
Ely
Henry G. Jackson
Greenville
S.C
Robert L. Meiners
Coon Rapids
Ronald R. Hangartner
Wilson Avenue
Francis E. Fogarty
Elma
Roy Sterling
Torrance
Calif
Carl R. Walton
Troy Mills
Frank W. Klemm
Valley View Drive
Mari Ion
Pauline A. Andrew
Hinkley Avenue
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Dyersville Lamont Oxford Junction
Dyersville Laura Collins 70 funeral Saturday 10 at St Francis basilica with rosary Friday 8 at Kramer's. Lamont Frank Yonda 72 parish Marys Catholic church rosaries Thursday and Friday 8 at Rhines. Oxford Junction Fritz Bur richter 86 service Friday 1 30 Bethlemen Lutheran church Lost Nation. Hayden's Mechanicsville Mary A.
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Mulherin
St. Mary’s
Rosary
Horner’s. Traer
Andrew Addison
Erickson’s
Middle Amana
Johanne Hergert
Middle Amana Community Church
Hoover-Valentine
Marengo
North English
Mary E. Saulcher
Christian Church
Powell’s
North English Cemetery
Maquoketa
James M. Kearns, Jr
Chapman’s
Clarence
Riverside Cemetery
Anamosa
Belle Plaine
Burt Wandling
First Lutheran Church
Peffer’s
Pleasant Hill
Blairstown
Manchester
Frank O’leary
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Ryan
Gill-Bohnenkamp
Springville
Bess A. Newland
Presbyterian Church
Murdoch’s
Vinton
Roy McNeal
Fry and Holland
Edward E. Allen
Columbus City
George Tucker
Stack-Lewis
Columbus Junction
McGregor
Louis J. Troester
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thornburg’s
Dyersville
Laura Collins
St. Francis Basilica
Kramer's. Lamont
Frank Yonda
Rhines
Oxford Junction
Fritz Burrichter
Bethlemen Lutheran Church
Hayden’s
Mechanicsville
Mary A
Death Probe at Oxford Junction After Fight
Mizaur dies at 8 45 p m following a fight outside a West Side lounge in Oxford Junction. Police say bad blood stemmed from a prior incident when Mizaur broke up a dispute involving Mayfield. Survivors include his wife Ethel a son James a daughter Mrs Lyle Willett two grandchildren a brother Ray and a sister Mrs Lester Mowry. Services set for Sunday at 1 30 p m at the Methodist church with burial in Mayflower cemetery.
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Mizaur
Mayfield
George Utley
Clarence
Fred Mizaur
Oxford Junction
Ethel
James
Lyle Willett
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Lester Mowry
London
Mayflower
Hayden
Navy faces manpower strain prompts new retention plans
Navy leaders discuss shortages across submarine and surface line services. An officer says junior officers are filling lieutenant roles or sailors shifting warfare specialties to cover gaps. Proposals include higher sea pay, on the job education, and expanded family-life opportunities.
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Navy
J.g
Seven Rhodesian Soldiers Killed in Tanzania Clash
Seven Rhodesian soldiers died in a clash with African nationalists in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. The encounter underscores escalating regional tensions and colonial-era forces facing renewed nationalist resistance.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Religious Lay Leader Search On by Jaycees
The Cedar Rapids Jaycees seek nominations for the outstanding young religious lay leader in the city. James Colbert III, project director, says honoring such individuals will encourage religious lay activity and model high moral character in life and business. Nominations from congregations are invited for men aged 21 to 36 who have shown contributions to their church and been active members.
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Cedar Rapids
Auditors Flag Parking Funds Lacking in City Finances
The 1965 city audit by McGladrey Hansen Dunn finds on street off street and surplus parking funds not maintained as required. Four funds exist for parking activities and sinking bonds with $409 267.67 in the sinking fund at year end. City officials discuss possible ordinance revisions to align procedures with practice.
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McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Co
Ray Norman
Norman
Sixteenth Avenue
Stewart ‘Shank
Shank
Hoover Coffee Charged with Pointing a Gun
Hoover L. Coffee aged 39 of 1513 Seventeenth Avenue SE was arrested Wednesday on a charge of pointing a gun at Joan Harkless 35 of 1512 Seventeenth Avenue SE after a traffic accident argument. He posted a $110 bond and was released.
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Hoover L. Coffee
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Coffee
Joan Harkless
Death notices for John Yossi and infant son in Cedar Rapids
John Yossi 815 Tenth Street SW Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a short illness aged 18 years. Born March 13 1888 in Grindelwald Switzerland he married Frieda Marie Bohren March 6 1918 at Monticello. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Saturday Turner Chapel burial Monticello. Infant son Richard Mendoza died Thursday after a short illness. services pending Monahan-Stewart funeral home.
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John Yossi
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Frieda Marie Bohren
Monticello
Lattner Manufacturing
Yossi
Salem E.U.B
A. F. Frankhauser
Richard Joseph Mendoza
Carlos Mendoza
Third Avenue
Richard Mendoza
Clara Burgess
Pearl Kruse
Monahan-Stewart
Emilie Walters 67 Former Cedar Rapids Teacher Dies in South Carolina
Emilie Walters age 67 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday in Mitchell South Carolina where she had lived the last five years She taught in the Cedar Rapids school system from 1927 until retirement five years ago including a tenure at Franklin junior high from 1939 to retirement Burial set for Friday in Gettysburg South Dakota
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Emilie Walters
Cedar Rapids
Mitchell
S.C
Miss Walters
Franklin Junior High
Gettysburg
S.D
Memorial Services for George T and Sidney Rohn
Memorial services will be held at St. Matthew's Church for George T at 10 a.m. Friday conducted by Rev. L V McDonough, with burial at Cedar Memorial. Noble and Sidney-Rohn Funeral Home announce a service Friday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Barton G. Murray, burial at Linwood Cemetery.
Mobile X-ray Units Schedule This Friday
Mobile X-ray units will operate at Lindale Plaza south offset parking lot from 12 to 3 p.m. 4 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. They will also be at Mays City parking lot at highways 30 and 149 SW from 4 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.
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Lindale Plaza
Mays City
Eastern Iowa youths fined for drag racing
Two Eastern Iowa young men were fined $100 each in municipal court for staging a drag race between Third and Seventh avenues on Second Street SE. Sammy Turner, 23, of 630 Seventh Street SE, and Lyle R. Timm, 18, of Sumner, appeared Thursday on the charges.
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Iowa
Sammy Turner
Seventh Street SE
Lyle R. Timm
Sumner
Third
Seventh Avenues
Second Street SE
Five-Year-Old Girl Injured in Accident
Five year old Tami Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry L Johnson of 1635 Third Avenue SE suffered minor injuries in a car truck collision at Second Avenue and Park Court SE Wednesday at 1 15 PM. She was treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Police said the child rode in a car driven by Lilly M Spracklin 52 of Hiawatha. The truck was driven by Herbert M Shepard 46 of 1050 Prairie Drive NE. Mrs Spracklin was charged with failing to yield at a stop intersection.
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Tami Johnson
Larry L. Johnson
Third Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Park Court SE
Mercy Hospital
Lilly M. Spracklin
Hiawatha
Herbert M. Shepard
Prairie Drive
Linnco Credit Union forms with nine directors
The Linnco Credit Union for Linn County employees elected a nine member board Wednesday night at the courthouse. Directors are George Griffin Forrest Holveck John Arthurs Ruth Lovelace Joe Hurt Ray Brown Bruce Suthers Russ Benest and Ron Thillen for terms of one to three years. Harvey Thompson of the Iowa Credit Union League presented the charter and shares can be bought. The next meeting is October 10 with county employees urged to join.
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Linnco Credit Union
Linn County
George Griffin
Forrest Holveck
John Arthurs
Ruth Lovelace
Joe Hurt
Ray Brown
Bruce Suthers
Russ Benest
Ron Thillen
Harvey Thompson
Iowa Credit Union League
Arthurs
County to Offer Supervisory Management Course for Officials
Linn county will sponsor a management course for department heads and first deputies starting Nov 2. William Linstrom announced the program, to be run by Clayton Ringgenberg of the University of Iowa Institute of Public Affairs, Wednesdays 3 to 5 pm for 12 to 15 weeks, likely in a courtroom. The county cost covers textbooks about $10 per person. The program mirrors a course offered to city employees earlier, developed at the city’s request.
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Linn County
William Linstrom
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Clayton Ringgenberg
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
Linstrom
Giants Televised Game Amid City Unrest Calls for Calm
Willie Mays urged San Franciscans to watch the Giants telecast from Atlanta as curfew times were set 8 p.m. to 6 a.m in response to unrest. Governor Brown defended action and dismissed protest grievances while Ronald Reagan criticized leadership and warned of future trouble spots.
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San Francisco Giants
Atlanta
Giants
Willie Mays
Brown
Ronald Reagan
Watts
Riots After Demonstration Hit St. Louis Streets
An unruly crowd of about 100 Negro youths roamed downtown St. Louis and shattered windows after a police headquarters demonstration. A firefighter was struck by a rock. four straight nights of protests followed the fatal shooting of Russell Hayes in custody.
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ST. Louis
Russell Hayes
Anti Sukarno protest guards surround Jakarta palace
Armed soldiers with barbed wire barricades stood guard as about 5 000 students chanted Sukarno must be brought to trial and marched past the presidential palace in Jakarta.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Prisoner Freed For Treatment At Oakdale Unit
Judge Warren J. Rees ordered 57 year old Robert L. McKee of Cedar Rapids released from Linn county jail to receive treatment at the Oakdale treatment unit for alcoholics. McKee is serving 60 days for failing to pay a 300 dollar fine and costs from a drunk driving conviction. He was not arrested until September 16 after an April 25 arrest warrant for nonpayment. He was placed in the custody of James F. Sueppel, director of the Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism.
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Warren J. Rees
Robert L. McKee
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Oakdale
McKee
Rees
James F. Sueppel
Citizens’ Committee On
Alcoholism
Des Moines Man Denies Larceny Charge
Armel Hunt, 22, of Des Moines, pled innocent Wednesday before Judge Warren J. Rees to a charge of larceny of a motor vehicle. He is accused of stealing a 1966 model car from the Rapids Chevrolet lot at 601 First Avenue SE. Hunt is jailed in lieu of a $750 bond.
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Armel Hunt
Des Moines
Warren J. Rees
Rapids
First Avenue SE
Hunt
Linn County
Doctors blamed as major cause of death in new book
UPI reports author Martin Gross charges doctors with being among the top factors in modern illness, claiming 100000 to 200000 American deaths yearly. He cites tonsillectomies, diagnostic misses and experimental practices as key risks, based on interviews and reviews across hospitals and schools.
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New York
UPI
America
Martin Gross
Gross
David Spain
Downstate
Random House
Barker Sanders
U. S. Public Health Service
Henry K. Beecher
Massachusetts General Hospital
Air Force Veterans Administration
Public Health Service
Three Hurt in Noelridge Park Flag Football
Two Cedar Rapids men and a Marion man were injured Wednesday evening during organized flag football at Noelridge Park. Paul McKenzie and Eugene Sulek, treated at Mercy hospital, suffered collar bone injuries. Irvin Gerks, treated at St. Luke's, suffered a broken nose.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Noelridge Park
Mercy Hospital
Paul McKenzie
Sixteenth Street
Eugene Sulek
Forty-first Street
St. Luke’s
Irvin Gerks
McGowan Boulevard
Sulek
Gerks
McKenzie
Maddox Wins Georgia Governor Race and Party Takes New Shape
The Georgia lieutenant governor race sides with moderate George Smith over conservative Peter Geer. Martin Luther King Jr denounces Maddox victory, saying it pits Georgia against Mississippi in race relations as Maddox assumes control of a disorganized Democratic party and its 1968 national convention delegation.
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George Smith
Georgia House
Peter Zack Geer
Lester Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
Georgia
Mississippi
Maddox
Carl E. Sanders
Viet Cong prisoner camp found with lone old man left behind
In Vietnam a ragged old man remained in a deserted Viet Cong camp after guards fled with 60 other prisoners. US troops found over a ton of rice in the camp. The elderly inmate claimed 60 prisoners were evacuated weekly, but he was too weak to follow, left with two days of rice.
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Daily Record
C.R. Weather
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam No
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
C.R
Roger Bear
Thirteenth Street
James J. Mayes
First Avenue NW
Norbert Hanzelka
Second Avenue SW
Cecil J. Wehr
Jerome G. DeMuth
St. Luke's
Karl A. Himan
Langdon Avenue
Jerry R. Mendoza
Fourth Street
Bud E. Noble
Mr. Vernon
Clyde R. Taylor
Olin
John M. Tate
Ninth Avenue
Rodney R. Thein
Tenth Street NW
Richard A. Ewing
Twenty-second Avenue
Jerry R. Hiner
Central City
Beverley Gerbracht
William C. Gerbracht
Mary L. Ross
Earl Eugene Ross
Janet Riha
Duane Riha
Mildred D. Johnson
Arthur M. Johnson
Willis Ben Ruhser
Viktoria Luise Ruhser
Collene M. Goettsch
Carroll C. Goettsch
Joyce Elaine van Alst
Alva Eugene van Alst
Marlene Riha
William Riha
Patsy White
David White
Lynn J. Faaborg
Judith Ann Faaborg
Patricia Jane Kopecky
Wesley George Kopecky
Anne Hoopes
Jerome B Hoopes
Dorothy Marie Burns
Kenneth T. Burns
Carole M. Jenewein
Norman W. Jenewein
John L. Coolahan
First Avenue NE
Robert Jacobi
Pierson
Elli
Mt. Vernon
Ray Mizaur
Herman Hintz
Mander
Jaycees
By Bill Simbro
Bond
Hoover Coffee
Kuss and Janzen-Auen
Linnco
Thomas Cahill
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids ‘Paint Supply, Inc
Kenneth E. Jean
Elk Ready Mix, Inc
Walter Valenta
John O. Prange
Herbert R
Joan M. Bakeris
Globe Loan Co
A Corp
Leo
Beverly Bengford
Gary R. Dundee
Robert L
Phyllis Jo Kupfer
Harry G. Keller
David C. Randall
Chicago
The
American Medical Assn
Arthur James Mannix
American College of Surgeons
City College of New York
Columbia University
New School For Social Research
Congress
King
Vietnam
Cedar Memorial
Want
Home Buyer's Only
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Walker
Central
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