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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1963
Page
2
Frigid temperatures and scattered showers across cities with detailed daily readings. Forecast expects fair skies, mild with weekend highs in the 60s and a gradual warming trend toward Monday. Obituary notices for local residents and service details accompany daily weather data.
Death notices for Marian S Siebke of Cedar Rapids and William Lockridge of Cedar Rapids, with service details and survivor lists. Also lists various funeral notices from towns including Anamosa Elkader Millersburg Monticello North English Elgin Coggon Columbus Junction Belle Plaine and others, plus police court outcomes and local incidents.
The Gazette reports that a warrant for the arrest of Fisher has been withdrawn and his father says his son was largely an innocent bystander. Fisher, pursuing a master's in linguistics at Indiana, faced representation by Bloomington attorney Fred Gregory while notes hint at possible links to Miss Dillingham and the Young Socialist Alliance.
Vatican City AP reports Pope John XXIII offered condolences to President Kennedy and the families of the submarine Thresher tragedy, expressing sympathy for the victims and the penahal people.
In Birmingham Alabama police arrested Martin Luther King Jr and other SCLC leaders as they tried to move a several hundred strong Negro protest into the downtown business district. The marchers faced barricades and scattered briefly before regrouping, with police using billy clubs but no violence occurred.
City briefs report Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting, Inc. canceled all ties with A C Nielsen Co citing doubts about survey methods and data accuracy. The action follows congressional criticism and prior withdrawals by Triangle Publications stations. Also noted are theft reports, an injury at St Luke's hospital, and various local ads.
Willis P. Lange, 42, of 726 Third Street SW, sentenced to three years in the Anamosa reformatory and a bench parole after pleading guilty to a third offense drunk driving charge. He also was released from the county jail after paying part of a $500 second offense fine, with 26 days served. The third offense stemmed from a March 16 minor accident at Second Avenue and First Street SE. His first conviction was March 6, 1951 in Clay County.
Two motorists pled guilty in a municipal court on separate counts of leaving the scene without naming themselves. Glen Rummells of West Liberty was fined 50 dollars after his car struck George Koehler’s vehicle at First avenue and Fifteenth street east on Nov 2. Edna Maier, 79, of 1821 Grande avenue SE, was fined 25 dollars for striking Hazel Peddycourt’s car at First avenue and Thirty eighth street east on Thursday.
Axene defended the overhaul work on the submarine, saying workmanship was as good as available in the country and not responsible for the loss. He remained confident in Thresher class submarines. Navy plans 22 more similar attack subs while a new study of the structural design proceeds.
A brief note highlights rapid exposure for advertisements as thousands will learn about the offer within hours, signaling high immediacy and broad reach for readers seeking quick notices.
In Lubbock Texas Dorothy Lowe caught her hand in an electric mixer Thursday night. Two fire trucks one fire rescue unit and three ambulances from three services plus a police car responded after neighbors alerted authorities. She was treated and released for a bruised finger.
Glenn B. Lacock, 45, of 515 McKinley Street SE, was arrested on a drunk driving charge Friday night after police observed him driving erratically in the 300 block of Seventh Avenue SE.
Victor H Huber aged 19 of 508 Third Avenue SW received a 30 day suspended sentence after pleading guilty in municipal court to petty larceny. He admitted stealing towels and bed clothes valued at 11 dollars from a rooming house at 1314 Second Avenue SE.
Classified item notes a want ad category nine or eight about who does it. No clear names or events are provided. The readable text resembles a catalog header rather than a full story. It suggests a help wanted or service query but lacks concrete details.
Special to The Gazette reports two suspicious fires in Iowa City. A second floor hallway blaze at 20714 Iowa avenue started around 3 35 a m when smoke was smelled, leaving an eight inch hole in a wall. During response, a second fire at Eicher Florists 14 South Dubuque street involved a back step paper box that ignited and spread to the basement. Damage at Eicher Florists is estimated at $1000. State Fire Marshal Roland Straup will return Monday to continue the investigation into the earlier fire in which Chester Frantz of Iowa City died Tuesday night.
Cedar Rapids police with the highway patrol conducted auto equipment checks at four daytime locations on Friday from 9 am to noon and at three locations Friday night from 6 30 to 9. Morning checks yielded 205 equipment tickets 15 traffic summonses and two warnings while night checks produced 196 equipment tickets 25 traffic summonses and one warning. Traffic Captain Bill Remington said additional equipment checks will occur in the near future.
A business led tax program seeks to decouple tax reform from cuts and favors rapid passage of a revised tax bill. Committee members include Ford Cresap Fleming Saunders Wilde and treasury officials plan to broaden to 300 business leaders after informally discussing the plan with President Kennedy.
John E. Harrelson twenty of 710 Eighth avenue SE was fined 100 in municipal court Saturday after pleading guilty to reckless driving before Judge Loren Hul linger Jr. Police charged Harrelson after a two car accident March 30 at Third avenue and Tenth street SE.
Church Workers Association program set for Thursday at Monticello parish with a 2 p.m. start featuring a talk on a South American trip and a tour of the newly built high school. The Cedar Christian church of Cedar Rapids earns a Brotherhood Outreach Certificate for 23 percent of receipts to the denomination fund in 1961-62, ranking 13th among Iowa Disciples churches. Reverend Roy Crawford of Chicago will lead revival services April 19 to 28 at 7 30 p.m. in Cedar Rapids Wesleyan Church. Dawson Horn Jr president of Mary Holmes Junior College will speak at spring Presbyterial Society meetings in Iowa with events April 28 in Cedar Rapids and April 29 in Waukon. A short course on flowers for churches is set for April 25 at the University of Missouri. Pope John XXIII Easter message to be recorded and broadcast Sunday from 1 25 p.m. by station KCRG. Dubuque district WSCS meets Tuesday at Strawberry Point Methodist church. A Vacation Church School institute is to be conducted April 23 in Wellman Asbury Methodist church. The Rev Mr and Mrs Forrest E Whitlatch of Cedar Rapids will attend the Iowa Nazarene ministers convention April Monday through Wednesday in Des Moines. Rabbi Isaac Neuman of Temple Judah Cedar Rapids will lecture at Buena Vista college Storm Lake April 23 as a representative of the Jewish Chautauqua Society. Evangelical United Brethren Church general conference is slated for Oct 18-27 in Wichita Kan.
Decorah Dr Robert W Jenson head of Luther college philosophy department authored a new book Alpha and Omega on the theology of Karl Barth Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons The work analyzes Barth description of Christ as the beginning and end of human history Jenson 1951 Luther graduate studied under Barth at Basel Switzerland
The Rev. Roy A. Bettcher of Chattanooga will conduct a 10 day evangelistic series at First Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Rapids starting next Friday. Services will be 7 30 nightly. Bettcher is former pastor of a large denomination church.
The Rev. Lester Peter, chaplain of the state penitentiary, will address a Cedar Rapids zone Lutheran Women's Missionary League rally at St. Mark's Lutheran Church starting at 9 a.m. He has served Fort Madison since 1950 and previously led a Belle Plaine church. Twenty-two churches are expected to be represented.
Miss Miriam Parsell a field worker for the Methodist women's division of Christian service will speak next week in two Eastern Iowa churches at Women's Society of Christian Service district annual meetings. One at 9 30 a m Tuesday in Strawberry Point Methodist church for the Dubuque district and another at 9 30 a m Wednesday in First Methodist church Tipton for the Cedar Rapids district.
Annual convention of the American Lutheran Church Women of the Dubuque conference will be held April 28 at St John’s church in Arlington. Sessions begin 2 p.m. with speaker Mrs. Merril T. Gilbertson of Albert Lea, Minn. program includes a play by local women, business meeting, officer elections and a dinner.
Fire damaged the kitchen and spread smoke and heat to the house at 4740 Ford Avenue NW. Firefighters say a plastic baby bottle heated on the stove ignited, causing Friday’s blaze with no injuries reported.
A gas explosion in a central Formosan coal mine Friday claimed six miners’ lives. Rescue teams and officials investigated the blast while suppressing gas leaks and securing the scene. The incident raises ongoing concerns about mine safety standards in Formosa.
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