Temperatures and notices from the April 12 1963 Daily Record
The April 12 1963 issue lists high and low temperatures for many cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and New York plus rainfall totals and the five day forecast. It also contains church service notices obituaries and multiple court and civil notices with names ages and locations across Iowa including Kalona Manchester Anamosa and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Minnapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Sheriff Seeks Quick Action On Crowded Linn County Jail Women
Linn County Sheriff Jim Smith urged immediate steps to relieve crowding at the county jail where five women share a 12 by 12 foot cell. He cited past board promises, the need to separate genders, and a projected $5000 expansion to create a female housing area on the second floor with a basement conversion for 20 to 25 male prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Jim Smith
Smith
Four objectors in Mechanicsville appeal seek cost exemption
Four named objectors plus about 170 unnamed opponents in the original suit push for exemption from paying project costs. The intervenors had authorized filing the appeal to avoid their share. Resumption of payments in Mechanicsville is expected once the legal battle ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Judgment Given Against Hedges Gough Lumber Co Tipton
In Cedar Rapids federal court Judge Edward J. McManus ordered judgment against the Hedges Gough Lumber Co of Tipton for unpaid balances to Illinois firms Rock Island Millwork Co and Wholesale Distributing Co Division I totaling 121367.12 and 14834.91 respectively. Individual stockholders and officers were cleared of liability. The judgment form must be drawn within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedges-Gough Lumber Co
Tipton
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. McManus
Rock Island Millwork Co. Land Wholesale Distributing Ico
Division I
Division II
W. R
Margaret Gough
June E. Current
W. D. Willer
Charles E. Hedges
Mt. Vernon
Helen L. Hedges
McManus
John B. Evans
North Iowa
Charles Penningroth
James F. Pickens
TV 9 Sport Wrap with Bob Brooks
Bob Brooks delivers the nightly sports wrap from TV 9 at 10 25 p m each weekday highlighting local teams results standings and notable national events for the sports audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TV 9
Bob Brooks
SUI Postpones Plans For New Dormitory Expansion
Joliff notes a larger dormitory is still sought to mirror Burge hall and may open in 1966. Currier hall was the first dormitory, completed in 1913. SUI now houses 2100 women and 1600 men, with women’s dorms lagging behind men’s in construction.
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University
Burge Hall
Joliff
Currier
SUI
Gazette Want Ads Quick as Wishing
Gazette want ads move fast, with quick turnaround comparable to a wish. Short lines promise prompt responses for readers seeking services and notices.
Gazette Want Ad Encourages Selling Unused Items
A brief notice urges residents to sell unused household goods through Gazette want ads, highlighting rapid sales and clearing space. It references Mrs. Charles Verda in a casual anecdote as part of the call to action.
Estate of Adah H. Smith valued at 1.5 million in Linn probate
Inventory filed in Linn probate lists Adah H. Smith died Nov 9 with estate estimated 1,518,752.74. A fourth of the total goes to son Stevan, with three-fourths to daughters Marian Miller Hester Larner and Martha Noell. Collected stock in 29 companies and 192,000 in savings bonds. Coe College receives 5,000 plus minor bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah H. Smith
Linn
Isaac Butler Smith
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Stevan
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Marian S. Miller
Palatine
Ill
Hester S. Larner
New York
Martha S. Noell
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Coe College
Parole Revoked for Wehrenberg in Iowa City Case
Ronald Lee Wehrenberg 19 of Iowa City had his parole from a 15 year term at Anamosa reformatory revoked by Judge Donald Barnes. He had been paroled Oct 12 after pleading guilty to larceny from a person for taking 140 dollars Sept 19 near First Avenue and Twenty ninth Street NE. Four juveniles involved were referred to juvenile authorities. names include three 16 year olds and one 17 year old. Parole revoked for gambling drinking late hours leaving restricted area and missing work per State Parole Officer Harold Cerveny.
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Reformatory
Anamosa
Ronald _Lee Wehrenberg
Iowa City
Donald Barnes
Wehrenberg
Charles Penningroth
First Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Harold Cerveny
Pierce Fined $100 and Jail Term Suspended
Claude R. Pierce, 26, of 1200 K Street SW, was fined $100 and given a five month jail sentence suspended for good behavior after pleading guilty to driving with a suspended license. Arrested Monday in the 700 block of Third Street SW, sentencing was deferred earlier. Vonley B. Hall, 39, of 900 Tenth Street NE, pled innocent to a morals charge at arraignment before Judge Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Pierce
Charles Penningroth
Pierce
Third Street
Vonley B. Hall
Tenth Street
B. J. Maxwell
Read Want Ads For Profit
Classifieds advise readers to study want ads to find profitable opportunities. The piece highlights how buyers and sellers leverage listings to discover deals, employment, and services, urging careful reading and timely responses.
Tampers Needed At Center for Golden Agers
Greene Square project seeks motor tampers and materials to build footings for a Cedar Rapids union driven center. Eight month completion, Robin West coordinates site work with Earl Edwards reporting craft and supplier donations. Don Gardner notes city purchases but hopes most items donated. Bob Smythe Sign Co donates a site sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Square
Cedar ‘Rapids
Mmembers
Earl Edwards
Carpenters Union
Robin West
Edwards
West
Don Gardner
Bob Smythe Sign Co
Gardner
Deaths Wittke longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Fred W. Wittke 2178 Chandler Street SW died Thursday evening after a Cedar Rapids career at P. M. Lattner Manufacturing. Born July 26, 1884 in Decatur Illinois, he leaves two daughters Mrs Harold Leach of Denver and Mrs Harold Markle in Cedar Rapids, two sons Arthur O. and Fred W. Wittke, four half siblings and three half sisters, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He belonged to the Lutheran church Loyal Order of Moose and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. Funeral services Friday at Turner chapel 1:30 p.m. Burial Cedar Memorial. Rosary by St. Philomenia circle at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Wittke
Chandler Street
P. M. Lattner Manufacturing Co
Cedar Rapids
Decatur, Ill
Harold Leach
Denver
Harold Markle
Arthur O
Raftis Veteran Dies in Long Beach Hospital
Floyd W. Raftis 48 Cedar Rapids resident until 1955 died Thursday in Veterans hospital Long Beach California. WWII veteran he belonged to VFW and DAV posts while in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife a son Floyd Cedar Rapids two brothers George L Cedar Rapids Paul E Raftis in Navy Middletown Connecticut three sisters Mrs Frank Walters Oklahoma City Mrs Forrest Tiedge Long Beach Mrs S G Hendricks Fairbanks Alaska. Services and burial to be in Long Beach.
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Floyd W. Raftis
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
VFW
DAV
Floyd
George L
Paul E. Raftis
Navy
Middletown
S. G. Hendricks
Fairbanks
Alaska
Olga Kolarik Dies Lifelong Cedar Rapids Resident
Olga Kolarik wife of Joseph Kolarik of 3006 Madison Street NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long life as a Cedar Rapids resident. Local obituary notes her devotion to family and community.
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Olga Kolarik
Joseph Kolarik
Madison Street
Cedar Rapids
Girls Will Attend LaSalle High School Opens Co institutional Plan
The LaSalle co institutional Catholic high school in Cedar Rapids will admit girls this fall. Boys attend in the east wing taught by Christian Brothers and laymen while girls study in the west wing with Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Sisters of Notre Dame. Limited openings at 650 capacity with tuition 120 dollars for parish students and 170 for others.
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LaSalle
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s School
la Salle
Christian Brothers
West Wing
Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Patrick’s
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Ludmila’s
LaSalle Council of Administration
Assumption
Davenport
St. Jude’s
St. Patrick’s of Fairfax
Holy Trinity of
The
Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters J
St. Patrick's
St. Ludmila
Joseph A. Kenney
Robert ‘Naughton
Dominican High School
Milwaukee
Death of Donald Clayton Smith Leukemia Victim
Donald Clayton Smith age 20 of Cedar Rapids area died of leukemia Thursday at University Hospitals Iowa City Born December 18 1942 in Lone Tree he attended Shueyville and Prairie High School and was a member of St Wenceslaus church Survived by his mother Nora Smith grandparents John and Mary Swenka Riverside a sister Donna a brother Lawrence Funeral 9:30 a m Monday Brush Chapel and 10 a m at St Wenceslaus Church with Msgr Anthony W Chihak Burial St Johns Cemetery Rosary at the chapel Sunday at 7 30 p m Friends may call at the chapel Sunday
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Donald Clayton Smith
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville and Prairie High School
St. Wenceslaus Church
Nora Smith
John Swenka
Riverside
Donna
Lawrence
Donald C. Smith
Brush Chapel
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Chihak
Katherine Rommel 91 dies at son’s home in Cedar Rapids
Katherine Rommel born July 12 1871 in Walker died Friday at Donald C Spaight’s home 810 Eighth avenue SW Cedar Rapids resident age 91 Survived by sons Donald Leonard Spaight 13 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren Harold Spaight died 1961 Services to be held at St Patrick church 11 30 Monday Rev Robert Spaight Dubuque Burial Mt Calvary Rosaries Sunday 4 pm by Knights of Columbus and 8 pm by Rev J Robert McDonald Teahen funeral home callers welcome after 2 pm Sunday
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Katherine Rommel
Donald C. Spaight
Eighth Avenue
Walker
Cedar Rapids
Donald
Leonard S. Spaight
Harold L. Spaight
St. Patrick's Church
Robert Spaight
Dubuque
Mt. Calvary
Knights of Columbus
J. Robert McDonald
Teahen Funeral
U S Steel Declines Comment on Price Issue
U S Steel Corp the nation s biggest producer said it would not comment on the current steel price issue until after Easter. A spokesman said the firm would continue to study the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
Bernie Bowers Injured in Car Truck Crash
Bernie Bowers of 2142 Chandler Street SW was hurt when his panel truck collided with a northbound car driven by Richard E. Nelson of 1121 L Avenue NW on Twenty sixth Street NW. Witnesses described the truck rolling over and pinning him. Extent of injuries unavailable.
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Bernie Bowers
Chandler Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Bowers
Richard E. Nelson
L Avenue NW
Airstrip built by Chi man villagers sparks first commercial flight
A jungle town completes a 300 by 17 meter airstrip after six weeks of community labor guided by planes. On March 30 two commando planes land to greet 300 cheering residents as Tule Arauz, visiting from the survival school, returns home after 33 years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gleason
Phoenixville
Smith
Air Force
Tasa Airways
Tule Arauz
Air Force Survival School
Chiman
Marengo Man Killed In Tractor Mishap
George Trimble 63 of Marengo died Thursday afternoon from injuries after a tractor overturned on the Roy Cursman farm near Ladora. He was employed there. Survived by his wife and four children. Services Monday at 3 p.m. in Hoover Funeral Home.
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Marengo
George Trimble
Roy Cursman
Ladora
Trimble
Hoover Funeral Home
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East Paint Creek Lutheran Church
Martin’s. Kalona
David B. Hochstetler
East Union Mennonite Church
Yoder’s. Manchester
Earl H. Raus
Baptist Church
Shelly’s. Marengo
Nellie Burmeister
Hoover’s. Marengo
Hoover’s
Rosary
McSwiggin and Uhlmann
Elkader
William
Bill” Orr
Witt’s. . Hopkinton
Warren A. Lux
Methodist Church
Charles Picha
Donohue
S. West Union
Pete Olson
C.R. Weather
Municipal
Cosscoes
Duane Meyer
Seventh Avenue
Noble Gibson
Hiawatha
Lee Giza
Fifteenth Street
Richard Redmond
Grande Avenue
Marion
Alfred Smith
Kencrest Drive
Franklin Norton
Westley Drive
St. Luke's
Otto V. Blackwell
Beverly Starmaker
Gary D. Rhodes
Gail A. Weisley
Evelyn L. Becker
Stanley Jene
Diane Bell
Jerry
Forty-ninth Street
Second Avenue
Cash Credit Corp
Roger O
Sharon K. Berg
Spiegel’s Inc
Harold E. Spores
John Stamy
Eleanor Shukers
Fingerhut Products Co
Harold S. Schaffner
Frank Kloubec
Howard Swain
Newton Jewelry Co
Larry and
Gayle Null
Ruth Kunce
Mercy Hospital
Jimmy D
Linda Stewart
Roswell J
Jean Iona McCauley
Theodore D
Ellyne M. Novak
Killian Co
Richard J
Dorothy Barnes
Iowa
Mississippi
Lansing
Fall Dam
Eeenne
McGregor
McVille
Beatty-Bearle
Charles Verda
Alice M. Sutherland
Charles S. Sutherland
George Dorwart
Santa Barbara
Cora Wood
Marion Happ
Wilmette
Frank Sutherland
Center Junction
Clark Sutherland
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
John Sutherland
Fred Wittke
Floyd Raftis
First Assembly OF God Church
Oakland Road N.E
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Fred R. Gottwald
John E. Lapes
R. L. Batchelder
Alburnett
Robert J. Kolarik
New LaSalle High School
U.S. Steel
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
N.W
First Ave
6Th St
Olovely Ce
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Charles S. Hempstead
D.D
Ald
T. Caspers
Brocktend
Lewellen
Florist
Turner’s
Youn B. Turner
Ave. S.E
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