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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1968
Page
13
Noon weather report for Friday and Saturday with April totals and normal figures. Local birth announcements include Leslie Trubell and Laverne Knock sons. multiple funeral notices list names, ages, and service details in various towns.
Washington AP The Pentagon moves slowly in launching the Army and National Guard call up for Vietnam as President Johnson announced. Defense Secretary Clifford delays due to other business priorities and a canceled Honolulu trip while North Vietnam may press talks. One view fears jeopardizing negotiations. another urges continued strength to deter terms.
Senator Robert Kennedy announced plans to attend the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta on Tuesday. The remembrance will draw national figures as Kennedy travels from Washington.
Authorities investigate the decomposed nude female body found about 11 am in North Liberty Park by Boy Scouts of Town City camping nearby. Foul play suspected. medical examiner notes multiple bruises and scratches. victim estimated 18 or 19. Scouts from troop 14 reported the discovery.
Belgrade asked Washington to postpone the U S Sixth Fleet flagship visit set for Saturday to avoid incidents. The plan clashed with a mass meeting in Belgrade protesting the U S role in Vietnam.
Eleven men died and twenty nine were injured when steel scaffolding inside a factory chimney under construction collapsed in Kota on Friday AP reported.
Baylor College of Medicine researchers unveiled a portable chamber to preserve a beating heart and lungs for transport between hospitals. The device keeps donor blood and uses a respirator to maintain circulation, potentially extending the viable window for transplants. Further studies aim to determine how long tissue remains viable in the system.
Senator Rourke B. Hickenlooper cut his remarks at the Rotary International conference in Cedar Rapids short after experiencing chills and illness. He warned that the United States faces economic peril without currency gold backing and urged swift action within months before leaving for Washington.
City Briefs report Marion Moon of Nevada held in Linn county jail on $1000 bond for false uttering of a check. Also noted are donation appeals for New Bertram Youth Center, local break-in attempts at Kenwood Bakery and Kenwood Methodist Church, a Sunday flea market in Hiawatha, and various ads and public notices.
At Coe college Moray Eby fieldhouse 130 student scientists compete for over 2500 dollars in prizes at the ninth Eastern Iowa Science fair. Exhibits include frog heart transplants robot Oscar and intricate models plus a battery of microscopes showing experiments on spirogyra and particle bonds. Awards are announced Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Coe auditorium.
The Conference of Clergy and the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Council of Churches urges members to attend a memorial service for Dr Martin Luther King Jr at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mt Zion Baptist Church. A silent march from Greene Square to Mt Zion begins at 2 15 p.m.
Martin Luther King will return to Atlanta to be laid to rest at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The funeral will be led by Dr. Benjamin Mays with burial at South View cemetery and memorial service at Morehouse. U Thant will send Bunche as UN representative. African delegations will send envoys.
Funeral services for Robert J Lodage are set for Monday at 11 a.m. at the Monahan Stewart chapel conducted by the Rev Louis V McDonough. Burial will follow at Mt Calvary cemetery.
Army Pfc. David Hintze was wounded in action March 27 in Vietnam. He had surgery in a military hospital and was evacuated to an army hospital at Camp Zama Japan. He is married to Sharon Froelich of Newhall and is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Hintze of 3114 Leonard Terrace NE.
Rep John Rhodes will not stay in Cedar Rapids Monday night as planned. He will meet Coe College classes Monday morning and speak at 1 PM in Daehler Kitchin Auditorium before returning to Washington. The campus visit is part of a Republican Speak Out on Vital Issues program for college students.
Jeff Davis 84 longtime organizer and self styled emperor of the knights of the road died Friday in Cincinnati AP reports his Hoboes of America group aimed to aid homeless travelers and promote roadside fellowship.
A U S state department official defended the domino theory at a Mt. Mercy college conference. Gordon Knox warned of Southeast Asia instability if the U S withdraws. Critics questioned the theory citing Vietnamese support and Tet events while Mussari pressed for withdrawal.
Five burglaries were reported Saturday morning. The Greene Square tavern at 525 Fourth avenue SE was pried open, with a $28 electric razor and $1.95 in change taken. The Hoff residence at 720 Twenty-ninth street NE was broken into by a window, with rings, a radio, a camera and $60 in change missing. Other incidents include Sun Mart on Center Point road, the Commerce Exchange building, and the Twenty seventh Street Building at 2701 First avenue NE where three offices were entered and $2 plus about $50 from vending machines were taken. Detectives said several entry attempts failed.
Detroit saw 218 arrests from 3:30 p.m. to midnight with three wounded in gunfire during looting. Tallahassee reported a white 19 year old burned to death after a store was fire bombed. Philadelphia faced a state of emergency with bars closed and crowds banished. Other disturbances hit Pittsburgh Erie and Lancaster as gunfire erupted in Pine Bluff with no injuries reported.
A 1962 St Patrick's graduate and air force veteran John B. Cummings, son of Mr and Mrs John B Cummings, of Cedar Rapids, dies. Survived by parents, brother Patrick in Germany, sisters Colleen and Cherri. Services at Teahen funeral home pending.
Officers stopped a vehicle and found a pistol hidden under a seat. Three men were held for questioning as search warrants yielded pay rolls, a check protector, three pistols, a bench grinder, a typewriter, walkie talkies and clothes. Detectives reported $6,200 in cash and six cashed checks over $200 in value. Checks were cashed in Hiawatha and Marion before a stop at Eagle store in Lindale Plaza.
Don Adams hosts Nancy Sinatra and The King Family on Hollywood Palace tonight at 8:30 p m color broadcast on KCRG TV 9.
President Johnson's top advisers split between hopeful and gloomy views on a Vietnam peace settlement. Some fear miscalculation by North Vietnam after stopping bombing, while others see North Vietnamese gains fading. Rostow more optimistic, Rusk less hopeful, and a third view notes Hanoi may pursue a fight and negotiate strategy.
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