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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1969
Page
3
The Daily Record reports five day temperatures in Iowa will run two to four degrees below normal from Thursday through Monday with normal highs in the mid to upper 50s and lows in the 30s to upper 30s. Rainfall is expected to total about a half inch in the north and three quarters in the south, mainly later in the week.
Three separate civil notices list Mary Louise Frycek versus Joseph F. Frycek Betty Marie Bramow versus Elmo R. Bramow and Donald G Wilcox versus Katherine E Wilcox. The filings indicate disputed marriages or splits and involve petitions filed in family court.
Fifteen residents of the K avenue NE area petitioned Cedar Rapids city council to deny Imperial Apartments request for a one way exit on K avenue. They call the plan a traffic hazard and the petition was sent to the traffic engineering department.
Alexander announces resignation effective May 1 amid claims the administration will not enforce employment discrimination laws. He cites crippling lack of administration backing and argues the commission cannot expect cooperation from employers and unions. Dirksen accuses Alexander of harassing businesses and vows action to restore authority.
Cedar Rapids fire officials say a 2-year-old boy started a Tuesday blaze at the Robert Carney home 232 Boice road NW. The living room and kitchen suffered heavy damage. the family of six escaped with minor injuries and a pet cat perished.
Cedar Rapids police know the motive but not the suspects in a theft of a 16 foot aluminum boat from David Kohl's property. A neighbor saw three boys, about 10 and 11, drag the boat off a trailer Tuesday afternoon toward Indian Creek. Ground marks led toward the creek but the boat and riders remain missing.
At about 4 20 a m a motorcycle overturned at 1 avenue and Shaver road NE injuring Monty J Volker 20 of 1206 First Street SW treated for an ankle injury and released Denise Ditter 18 of 1569 First Avenue SE was admitted with a broken leg Police charged Volker with failure to have vehicle under control and license restrictions The cycle hit a curb as Volker tried to turn a corner
Governor Robert Ray signed a law creating three long weekends for lowans starting in 1971. Washington's Birthday will be the third Monday in February, Memorial Day the last Monday in May, and Veterans Day moved to the fourth Monday in October.
Wednesday granted first readings to four rezoning ordinances. Changes include R-1 to R-36 garden apartments on Bowman Road NE opposite Bowman Woods Elementary. R-1 to R-2 on adjacent property by Midwest Development Co. R-3 to B-1 at 1627 Hamilton Street SW by One-Two-Nine Corp. R-2 to B-2 on Center Point Road NE between 32nd Street and Glass Road NE by Isadore Ginsberg.
The Justice Department filed suit against Cannon Mills on charges of discriminatory hiring and housing practices affecting Black workers at 16 factories in the South. The NAACP also charged Defense Secretary Laird and other officials over defense contracts given to Dan River Mills, J. P. Stevens, and Burlington Industries without written equal opportunity programs.
Davenport officials challenge a federal water quality report on Iowa interstate waters saying it contains inaccuracies and aims to impose federal standards. The Iowa Water Pollution Control Commission argues against uniform secondary treatment for all waste discharges and questions the need for costly upgrades by 1971. Robert Buckmaster of Waterloo condemns the federal publicity campaign.
Elliott C. Ricehill, 28, of Winnebago Nebraska, faces murder charges in Linn district court with a speedy trial demanded. The Iowa Supreme Court ordered disclosure of FBI analysis and autopsy reports but denied access to police investigative files and witness statements. The case concerns the beating death of 75 year old Mabel Bigley in her northeast side apartment on July 2.
Donald L. Bergen an 18 year old of Grandview was fined 25 dollars and given a three month suspended jail term after pleading guilty in Linn district court to larceny in the nighttime of less than 20 dollars. The trio were accused of taking 155 dollars worth of items from a cedar Rapids car on March 14. The other two received similar sentences for the lesser charge last week. County Attorney William Faches cited lack of criminal record and consistency with the other two as reasons for accepting the lesser charge.
Richard J. Herbers, 18, of New Vienna, pled guilty in Linn district court to larceny in the night time of less than $20 related to a Marion incident on April 1. Judge Warren Rees fined him $100 and gave a suspended three month jail term. A second youth involved also pled guilty earlier and received a similar sentence after wheels were removed from a jacked car at 825 Twenty-sixth Street.
Robert Santee an 18 year old of 1026 Eleventh Street NE changed his plea to guilty to breaking and entering after a Linn district court overruled his motion to suppress police confessions. He faced trial for a March 29 burglary at the Tic Toc restaurant and was one of four men found at the scene. Judge Warren Rees accepted the plea and set sentencing for next Monday.
The Bohemian Savings and Loan Assn of Cedar Rapids sues Sophie F. Pilicer and Abraham M. Pilicer for foreclosure on a debt of 31 143.30 relating to a mortgage.
Gerald Hepker 22 of 931 Fourth Street SW was sentenced to concurrent one year terms in Linn County Jail on two charges tied to March 23 incident with Cedar Rapids Officer Dennis Rupp. Hepker pled guilty to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury and resisting an officer after attempts to break Rupp’s grip on a speeding car.
In Rock Island Iowa a UPI report notes the Coralville Reservoir in Iowa is the state s second largest body of water. An Army Corps of Engineers staffer calculated that summer water could produce about 281 billion cups of coffee.
Hubert R. Hoosman, 19, of Waterloo, had an assault and battery charge dismissed by Municipal Judge Clinton E. Shaeffer on state motion. Hoosman was found guilty of resisting an officer and fined $50. He was arrested March 12 for assaulting Gloria O Bannon and March 4 for giving a false name during a theft investigation at Newton Jewelry.
Cooley testified that the artificial heart was used 45 minutes after surgery began to repair a damaged heart chamber. The device kept Robert Karp alive 65 hours until Barbara Ewan's heart could be transplanted. Cooley said the patient favored a transplant but faced end of line limits.
Residents like James Cates of Cherokee say repeated flooding tests their resolve as spring rains threaten more damage. Officials forecast Rock River crests near 18 feet at Rock Rapids and Rock Valley while Floyd and Little Sioux rivers run high. A tornado was sighted briefly east of Hartley in O'Brien county causing light damage.
Major Gen. Frederick Clarke, deputy chief of army engineers, inspected flood preparations along the Mississippi in the Quad Cities area. Weather officials expect the crest from Libby to St Paul by midweek, Iowa crest by next weekend. Marquette reports 13 feet while flood stage is 18. Coralville lake at 687.12 feet and rainfall totals in Williamsburg, Sigourney, and Maquoketa accompany a cool, partly cloudy forecast with temps in the 30s tonight and 50s-60s Thursday.
Emily Jane Turner 90 of Waukegan Illinois died Tuesday after a long illness. Born March 22 1879 in Linn County she was married to Isa C Turner who died in 1956. Survived by two sons Harold C Turner and Ivan F Turner a daughter Loy Olcott four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Memorial services 1 30 p m Saturday at Chapel of Memories Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at Cedar Memorial funeral home after 4 p m Friday.
Louis K Berry to be buried at Cedar Memorial after services at Hesser Memorial chapel and St John s Eastern Orthodox church led by Father Alexander George. Charles Wesley Phillips to be interred at Oak Hill cemetery following Beatty-Bearle chapel service by Rev William B Harnish. Edward Hartl to be laid to rest at Czech National cemetery after Brush chapel service conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek.
President Nixon sent George Lincoln director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness to the Midwest to inspect flood readiness in Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota North Dakota Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa. Lincoln noted that prudent measures include over 100 miles of temporary levees stockpiled sandbags pumps food medical supplies and arrangements for evacuees.
The Walkoutrailway brotherhoods include the Railroad Trainmen Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen and the Switchmen's Union of North America.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men announced its 13 000 members would strike next Monday seeking higher wages from U S railroads. President C J Chamberlain said all procedures under the national railway labor act were exhausted and a skilled inequity wage adjustment for 1969 remained a key dispute.
The state executive council ordered the Statehouse and adjacent buildings evacuated at 2 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat. Switchboard operator Mary Bubon said a soft spoken man warned of a bomb and a call came in at 1 p.m.
Washington AP William Scranton former Pennsylvania governor is named U S representative to the 67 nation Intelsat Conference with ambassador rank. He succeeds Leonard Marks, former USIA director. Intelsat seeks an international agreement on a single satellite system for global coverage.
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