County Fair Events List Turbulent Schedule
Tuesday arrival announced with entertainment by Al Hirt and Pee Wee and the Young Set. Animal judging runs from morning through afternoon including Guernsey Milking Shorthorn and Cheviot Dorset. Shows cover rabbits and 4-H entries with livestock judging across multiple breeds plus square dancing and auto races in the evening.
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al Hirt
Pee-Wee
Guernsey
Cheviot
Corriedale
Dorset
Cedar Rapids grows beyond Marengas and headlines
A longtime country columnist recalls Cedar Rapids expansion surpassing Marengo and Deep River, noting the city’s growth, lack of neckties, and a shift in newspaper ownership. The piece blends local humor with brief notes on Amana Refrigeration housing needs, Viet Nam, and community figures as it surveys regional concerns and personalities. It mentions J W Grant selling the Citizen Times, Frank Nye, and a payroll joke amid a lively stream of anecdotal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TEV Howeship
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Mount Vernon
Des Moinés
Citizen-Times
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Frank Nye
Big Roster of Rapids Marines Complete Boot Training at Pendleton
A Cedar Rapids unit completes four weeks of individual combat training at Camp Pendleton California with over 200 hours of instruction. Privates first class Gary Dennison Robert Weithman Ronald Martin Don Munsell Derek Brockway and Jerry Fottral are named among graduates awaiting permanent assignments and further specialist training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Gary A. Dennison
Merlin O. Dennison
LaSalle Drive
Robert J. Weithman
E. P. Weithman
29Th St
S.E
Ronald D. Martin
van A. Martin
28Th St
Don R. Munsell
Mable O. Munsell
Third St
N.W
Derek E. Brockway
Duane E. Brockway
Gulf St
Jerry A. Fottral
Gerald J. Fottral
Second Ave
S.W
Marine Corps
War Boys Down Draft Call Up in Viet Nam Tales
Cedar Rapids veterans reportage highlights ongoing Vietnam war strain with growing draft calls and nine named servicemen. Ensign Shover reports for pilot training in Kingsville Texas. Airman Mullin returns from Pacific duty aboard USS Princeton. Marine Corporal Stanek awarded Purple Heart in Vietnam. O'Neal serves aboard USS Bennington. Sebetka to Beaufort. Cecil Houze receives Commendation after Oriskany fire. Donegan crew member aboard USS Intrepid during Gulf of Tonkin operations.
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Viet Nam
Wade Visors
Johnson
South
Asia
Cedar Rapids
Kingsville
Texas
Thomas M. Shaver
USNR
Myric V. Shaver
First Avenue NE
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Morningside College
Sioux City
Shover
Mullin
Pacific
USS
Princeton
James V. Mullin
USN
Thomas Mullin
Case
Long Beach
Calif
Western Pacific
Southeast Asia
Seventh Fleet
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Gio Linh
Demilitarized Zone
Stanek
Melvin G. Stanek
Alfred L. Stanek
Thompson St
S.E
Iowa
Seventh Engineer Battalion
First Marine Division
Marine Corps Airground
South Vietnam
Oriskany
Aviation Ordan
Cecil J. Houze
Dene Houze
2Nd Ave
Joseph R. Weinel
Carrier ‘Division
Gulf of Tonkin
Oster
Alameda’ Air Station
Forrestal
Ordéad
Donegan
Intrepid
Richards W. Donegan
Roger. Donegan
12Th Ave. SW
Gulf of Tomkin
North Vietnam
Induction Notice From County Selective Service Board
A county selective service board informs the recipient there is no documentary proof of completed military service. The notice orders reporting for induction on the first of next month at 5 00 AM at the local board office, with one copy of the CIA manual How to be a Spy Behind Enemy Lines in Viet Nam.
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Pentagon
Aare
Aam
CIA
Viet Nam
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Marengas
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J. W. Grant
Elmer Fudge
Shiek
Amana
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U. S. Treasury
LBS
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Cliff Bouma
Lynnville
Bennie O’brien
Missouri
Newark, Waterloo
Tillie Lugenheimer
United Good Neighbors
Cleo Edwards
Robert O'Meara
Merchants National Bank
UGN
O'Meara
YMCA
Linn County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Linn County
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
John J. Locher
Locher
Jerry Qvel
Ichard Scherling
Lou Burkhalter
L. W. Woolfork
Abbott Lipsky
Elmer Stambaugh
Houts
Saratoga
David J. Houts
Jehiras Houts
R. St. NE
Mediterranean
Carrier Air Wing Three
Rapids Marines
Pendleton
Ings
Ensign Shover
Kingsville, Texas
Bennington
Joseph W. O'Neal
Joseph E. O'Neal
14Th St
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Far East
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Pfc Seketka
Beaufo Beaufort
S. C
Frank J. Sebetka, Jr
Marine Corps Air Station
Besfort
Fleet
Fleet Marine
Jefferson High’ School
Sebetka
Service
County Selective Service Board
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