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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1968
Page
2
The page lists temperatures for many cities with rainfall totals for April and daily barometer readings. It also reports court fines for several individuals in Mason City and surrounding towns, and a long list of obituaries and funeral notices from various communities with service details and new births.
Mrs Arthur Wingert 91 died in Cincinnati after a long illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids until 1957 then moved to Cincinnati. Survived by a daughter Mrs George Sharp Cincinnati a son Don Wingert Cedar Falls two sisters Mrs Walter Meyer Cedar Rapids and Mrs Edward Moravec Encino Calif two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home Friday at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev A J Stokes. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Thursday.
Marlene Groethe Albers 58 wife of Richard Albers of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a brief illness. Born January 13 1934 in Elk Point South Dakota she married June 2 1956. Survived by husband two sons Robert Carl and Steven Richard daughter Elizabeth Ann at home mother Madeline Groethe Hastings Neb father Gordon Groethe Cedar Rapids brothers Keith John and Michael Groethe sister An- died Cedar Rapids Presbyterian church member.
Richard J. Pechota, 49, of 823 Sixth Street SE, died Sunday after a brief illness. Born in Little Turkey on April 19, 1919, he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1945. Survived by his father Wendl J. Pechota and several siblings. Requiem mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Trinity church Protivin. burial Holy Trinity cemetery Protivin. Balik funeral home of Spillville in charge.
Minnie Mae Kohlmier died Tuesday after a long illness at 614 Fourth avenue SW. Born January 6, 1874 in Clinton she lived in Cedar Rapids 64 years and belonged to First Christian church. Survived by daughter Florence of Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner chapel east at 1 30 p m Wednesday by Rev John M Hardy. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at Turner east until 1 p m Wednesday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
Obituaries chronicle funeral arrangements for Pusateri Regina M Tiernan George E Elizabeth Phillips Hazel Stivers and others. Services set at Immaculate Conception Cedar Memorial Cedar Falls Fairview Linwood with burial at Mt Calvary and Calvary cemeteries. Requiems led by local clergy and Knights of Columbus conduct prayers prior to services.
Frank McCollum 50 returned to jail after a work release. He already faced a 100 day shoplifting sentence and received 30 days on a new shoplifting charge to run concurrently with prior terms. Police arrested him hours after release. Judge John Reilly ordered the latest term.
United Air Lines officials announced a plan to convert Cedar Rapids flights to all jet service by October 1. The rollout includes gradual replacement of DC-6 and Viscounts, with initial 737 flights starting April 28 and May 15 introducing Boeing 727 service.
McCarthy said he spoke with former Johnson backers to keep the race alive, signaling continued effort. Johnson loyalists held a somber, wake like gathering chanting support for LBJ as the primary turnout eyed a record 1.3 million. Nixon faced a sparse field with Reagan and Stassen on the Republican ballot.
A Linn County Iowa suit filed Monday challenges the constitutionality of the state urban renewal law. Alice F. Thompson and the James N. Faulkes trust seek to void a $298200 condemnation award for Danceland Islander tavern and Tropic Lanes property and seek writs to compel access to the file. They contend the city failed to follow the law and that the project targets non blighted property for private sale.
A spring blizzard hit Britain Tuesday following a week of warmth. Norwegians faced freezing temperatures as a sudden snowstorm rolled in. meanwhile tourists flocked to Spanish beaches.
County Attorney William Faches told the Linn county supervisors that state law must be amended before voter registration can be implemented outside Cedar Rapids and Marion. The 1967 grand jury urged registration after 1966 irregularities, but current law requires a city central political committee to nominate registrars, a body not clearly defined. If clarified, nine of twenty townships could register. broader countywide registration awaits legislative action. The board will act after Supervisor Henderson returns.
Deputy serves papers on 30 property owners informing them houses would be sold at the courthouse door May 6 to satisfy a lien tied to a mortgage foreclosure decree in Linn County District Court. Errors in the legal description led to confusion over Maplewood Additions lots 90 to 118 and a single lot at 2042 G avenue NE.
Tate signals readiness to shift loyalty from Johnson to Humphrey at a Monday news conference while calling Hubert Humphrey a country unifier in perilous times. He criticizes Kennedy as a wise guy and doubts McCarthy as presidential timber as Texas Democrats endorse Connally as a favorite son to bolster Humphrey and block Kennedy.
Area Ten Community College officials express cautious optimism as they pursue accreditation with the North Central Association. Area Ten has earned correspondent status and plans candidacy by May 1 1969, while disputes between the NCA and Iowa state officials continue.
Judge J Paul Naughton ruled the state must provide Meyers with particulars on the means of the alleged abortion attempt and list defense witnesses. He allowed omission of exact date and place and postponed ruling on the demurrer until filings. Meyers 43 of 1815 Eighth Ave SE Waterloo faces additional charges with trial set for April 29. associates Geater and Abodeely implicated in the abortion ring.
Theola Keating sues Robert D. Fandrey for 15000 in a Linn district court trial over a November 16 1966 car pedestrian collision on Eighth Street Northwest at E Avenue. Cedar Rapids jurors named include Heinke McTavish Lane Smith Billington Wicke Mifflin Gates Arends White Beltz and Rice. Judge Joseph C. Keefe presides.
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