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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1968
Page
1
The forecast for Tuesday through Saturday shows temperatures near normal with normal highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s and lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. A warm Tuesday, cooler midweek, and warming again Friday and Saturday are expected. Rain totals range from four tenths to six tenths of an inch in the west and six tenths in the east, mainly as showers or thunderstorms Tuesday night or Wednesday and again around Saturday.
The Eagle division of Lucky Stores plans a grand opening Tuesday at 10 am for a new Eagle supermarket located at 3451 Mt. Vernon road SE Cedar Rapids. Harold Curtiss is store manager with Wayne Deerberg as assistant manager Bill Meeker as produce manager and Douglas Blue in charge of meat. The chain recently announced new discount pricing tied to cost-cutting measures.
Berlin reports describe West German students in revolt after an assassination attempt on 28-year-old Rudi Dutschke. They wave red flags shout anti establishment slogans and reject Soviet style communism while seeking to reshape German society. The SDS leads protests as youth break with traditional leaders and push for change beyond parliament.
James L Vileta a 19 year old of 2913 Waveland drive NW was arraigned in municipal court on larceny. He was held on 1000 dollar bond after allegedly cashing a 155.79 paycheck at Wareco service station and again at Mays City lanes by manipulating the check. He was arrested Sunday on the charge.
Amman reports an emerging plan by U N envoy Gunnar Jarring to demilitarize Israeli occupied Arab lands. The proposal envisions Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank Sinai and Golan while Arabs pledge no troop movements, with Jordan and Egypt showing active interest and Nasser viewed as likely to accept.
The Cedar Rapids Baseball Club has asked for a beer permit for Veterans Memorial stadium. Police fire and Linn county health departments have approved. building safety inspection pending. Home opener is April 30 with beer to be sold in paper cups at concession booths behind the grandstands. council has four objections on file.
Daniel J. Griffin of Palo faced contempt in Linn district court before Judge Warren J. Reed after a Monday hearing. He was sentenced to 30 days in county jail but the sentence is deferred to May 6 to allow compliance with a divorce ruling. Griffin allegedly owes 1050 in back child support, failed to grant possession of a house to his former wife, and has not paid 50 monthly child support. sheriff ordered eviction. Griffin has filed suits claiming defamation by his former wife's Cedar Rapids attorney and alleging conspiracy to deprive him of constitutional rights.
Merle J. Meyers trial on a charge of attempting to produce an abortion has been reset for July 15. A continuance motion was filed last Thursday by his attorney and the state did not oppose. The trial had been set for April 29. Meyers, 43, of 1815 Eighth avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, is named in connection with an alleged abortion ring along with two other Cedar Rapids area men.
Federal agents pursue Eric Starvoalt in the largest manhunt in FBI history for the King assassination. No warrant is issued for the suspect. two hitchhikers arrested in Jacksonville are not connected. Witnesses saw two white Mustangs near the shootout as Galt’s possible alias is explored. The gun used was a 30.06 rifle believed bought in Birmingham.
The Atomic Energy Commission reports five buried nuclear charges detonated in Nevada on March 12 created a 300 foot wide canal trench about 900 feet long and 80 feet deep. Rep. Chet Holifield calls the experiment well proven and plans more tests. The study considers nuclear digging as a possible sea level canal across the Western Hemisphere as an alternative to the Panama Canal.
Princeton N J UPI King Fellowships will fund returning Negro veterans to attend graduate or professional schools under programs named for Dr Martin Luther King The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the plan The Rockefeller Foundation contributed 200000 on April 4 just hours before Kings assassination Coretta King approved use of her husband name through Dr Benjamin Mays Morehouse College president emeritus.
Larry Von Ahsen 18 son of Mr and Mrs Loren Von Ahsen of Williamsburg is hospitalized at Marengo Memorial with lacerations and bruises from a Sunday night one car accident. His car left Highway 149 south of Conroy at 10 30.
Dr James H Robinson director of Operations Crossroads Africa told Rotary club that nine of ten Africans favor the United States over communist nations despite U S race problems. He urged Americans to strengthen Africa relations and warned against disillusionment about new African nations.
Grace Murray age 60 of 431 Ninth Street Marion was admitted to Mercy hospital with a fractured right leg after a fall from a restroom step at Killian's store located at 201 Third Avenue SE. Hospital officials said the injury occurred when she slipped on the step while exiting the restroom.
Colombo Ceylon UPI reports the American hospital ship Hope docked Monday for a ten month stay. U S doctors will treat local patients during the extended mission staffing medical teams and providing care across the region.
Two Cedar Rapids area obituaries note long illness deaths. Marie Isabella Cherry 72 of 830 Eighteenth Street SE died Sunday. she was born October 12 1895 at West Point Iowa and married Raymond G Cherry in Cedar Rapids in 1930. Surviving relatives include her husband four sisters and three brothers. Requiem Mass Wednesday 10:30 at Immaculate Conception Church burial Mt Calvary. Parish rosary 7:30 at Brady funeral home with callers after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Hazel Nancy Byers 69 of 1645 Thirteenth Street NW widow of Robert Samuel Byers died Sunday after a long illness born November 27 1898 in Langworthy married July 10 1918 in Anamosa. She had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1942 with two daughters two brothers a sister four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial services Tuesday noon at Turner Chapel West with Rev John E Wheatley. burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call chapel until 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. casket will not be opened after the service.
Mrs Elnore Mae Leefers widow of William G Leefers of 3615 White Oak se died Monday in Rochester Minnesota. Born November 17 1921 in Fredericksburg she married July 1 1942 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving are two sons William H and John A Leefers a daughter Patricia A Leefers her parents Harry and or Worm of San Diego three brothers Dale Stanley Worm and Carroll Worm two sisters Donna Rose Stambaugh Evansdale and Phrone Railsback Waterloo. Memorial service Wednesday 1:30 p.m. at First Lutheran church Cedar Rapids. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Turner chapel east 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and church 10 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. Wednesday. Casket will not be opened after service. Memorials may go to First Lutheran church memorial fund.
Rose Slaughter 90 of 527 Second Street SW widow of Jesse Slaughter died Sunday after a long illness. Born June 9, 1877 in Maxwell she lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years. Survived by three daughters Mrs James Shope Mrs Hazel Koach Mrs Frank Moore five sons Leo Howard LeRoy Paul Robert 14 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren. Services 3 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel by Rev John M Hardy. Cedar Memorial burial. Friends may call at the chapel.
Memorial services were conducted at Gordon Turner Chapel East at 10 30 a m Tuesday by Rev Fred Woolsey for Olson with further rites at Stavanger Church in Dunbar Iowa and burial at Stavanger Cemetery Christine M Cerny had her service at Gordon Turner Chapel East at 1 30 p m Tuesday led by Rev Allen S Van Cleve with burial at the Czech National Cemetery Two services honored these individuals with final dispositions on record.
Various governors including John Dempsey Charles Terry John Burns Roger Branigin Otto Kerner Richard Hughes Buford Ellington John Connally Calvin Rampton and Hulett Smith shift to uncommitted in the Democratic nomination fight. World Bank President Robert McNamara declines to endorse Kennedy though praising him on a taped Indiana program ahead of the May 7 primary. Senator Thruston Morton criticizes his political involvement. Rockefeller supporters hope Nelson Rockefeller will announce candidacy within a month on national television.
A deer was killed when Carroll Appleton 55 of Edgewood struck it on highway 13 three and a half miles north of Manchester. Appleton said two deer darted in front of his car before impact.
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