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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
2
Hollywood AP Rudolf Friml aged 91 has returned home after his first ever surgery. He was hospitalized at Hollywood General Hospital last week and released Friday in satisfactory condition. The composer remains active as a conductor and pianist, known for operettas including Rose Marie The Firefly and The Vagabond King.
Charles W. Oliver of Bountiful Utah placed high on tests for a deputy sheriff job in Davis County north of Salt Lake City. He went in Friday for a personal interview and Sheriff William Peters checked records and arrested Oliver on warrants charging him with cashing loads and defaulting on a
Dr. Farle H. Munn 67 academic dean at Hillsdale College Hillsdale Mich nominated on first ballot at the Prohibition Party national convention in Wichita Kansas. His running mate is Marshall E Uncapher 47 a sales rep from Hutchinson Kansas. Munn says he does not expect to win.
In Des Moines Iowa AP Navy ceremony swears in Barry Douglas Nixon 18 Mount Sterling Iowa and Alice Maria Agnew 18 Hamilton Til both enlisted at Keokuk Iowa and brought to Des Moines for processing Neither knows of any relation to the President or Vice President Nixon will be stationed in San Diego California Agnew in Bainbridge Maryland
Imperial California faced a 30 hour evacuation after a fuel pump explosion at Imperial County Airport released poisonous fumes from insecticide storage. The 25 block quarantine was lifted as officials found no contaminant in water or air and most of the up to 1,000 evacuees returned home. Twenty seven people were treated, mainly for nausea.
Tricia and Ed Cox were spotted greeting the president at Camp David confirming they have stayed at the presidential retreat. White House sources say the couple is spending time at the secluded retreat, with Tricia noting Camp David’s privacy and freedom for sports as a favorite aspect.
Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas says he will seek removal of his name from any presidential primary ballot if supporters list him. He called the reports that he would run rumors and stated he does not want his name in any primary.
Mrs LaVerne Bertha Schultz 63 of 1503 16th Ave Sterling dies Friday after a lingering illness at Community General Hospital Funeral services 1 30 p m Monday at Allen Funeral Home Sterling with Rev David Fouts officiating Burial Oak Knoll Memorial Park friends may call 2 4 and 7 9 p m Sunday memorial for Cancer Fund She born Sept 11 1907 in Chicago married Frank E Schultz Nov 12 1924 in Rock Falls He survived by husband one brother Vernon Johnson Davenport Iowa one sister Mrs A E Marguerite Braun Sterling preceded in death by parents and one brother
Edwin Ted Lowder 58 of Rural Walnut died Friday at Community General Hospital Sterling. Services Monday at 1 30 p m at Howard A Johnson Funeral Home Manlius with Rev A Beam officiating burial in Greenville Fairfield Cemetery Visitation Sunday 7 9 p m at the funeral home born Feb ...
Milledgeville resident Joe Albert Sarber, 56, died Friday evening in Savanna City. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Woodin Funeral Home with burial in South Elkhorn Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. survivors include numerous nieces, nephews, uncles and aunts.
Funeral services were held Saturday June 19 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurora for Greg Glantz 26 husband of Jane Habben with burial in Aurora. Glantz died suddenly on June 16 survived by wife Jane a son Mitchell parents Mr and Mrs Edward Glantz of Aurora and two sisters Jane Habben is daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Habben of northeast Morrison.
East Pakistan reels from civil war and cyclone disaster killing hundreds of thousands. Army operation against Bengali secessionists widens the West East rift as refugees flood India and aid plans stall. Leaders in West push for civilian transfer while East resistance ferments amid reprisals and sabotage.
Carmine DeSapio once poor youth who led New York Tammany Hall began a two year federal term for bribery and conspiracy. Co defendant Antonio Corallo was convicted. Prosecutors said DeSapio helped arrange kickbacks via James Marcus to pressure Con Edison for contracts. Marcus and Herbert Itkin named coconspirators but not defendants. DeSapio escorted to Lewisburg prison and slated for Allenwood camp with parole possible February 1973.
U S and Soviet space officials completed five days of talks in Space Center Houston on a serious study of a joint docking system for Apollo and Salyut type stations. They foresee tests docking Apollo to a Salyut type station and a Soyuz to a Skylab type station, with further meetings planned in Moscow.
Doris Duke, once dubbed the world s richest girl, attends a black church in Nutley New Jersey and sings in its senior choir each Sunday. A congregation member said she has been a choir member for over a year and sings well. The remark came as he attended the church s 12th annual dinner for its 36 year old pastor in Orange.
Tokyo AP reports Bin Akao a longtime rightist candidate campaigning in Ginza. He says I dont like America yet seeks U.S. aid for security and notes his aim is to publicize opposition to communism. Akao predicts bleak odds in Sundays upper house vote amid Japan's strong Sato Liberal Democratic Party.
Secretary General U Thant will take his first vacation in five years, canceling a Geneva trip for a one to two week stay in Bermuda on medical advice. A UN spokesman said doctors diagnosed extreme fatigue after a dizzy spell last week.
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