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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1963

Page

3

Weather highlights and city updates from Tuesday forecast

The bulletin lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities, rainfall amounts, and a five day outlook. It notes near normal temperatures with cooler days and occasional showers or thunderstorms, plus a detailed look at barometer, humidity, and sunrise sunset times.

Bismarck Apolis Chicago Denver New York Uluth Omaha L.angeles Phoenix Miami Seattle Iowa

Amana Colonies Highlight Hughes Tourism Talks

Gov Harold Hughes said Amana colonies dominated tourism questions at Gilbertsville Kentucky. He floated a four state circular trail Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota with plans to involve Illinois Indiana and Kentucky governors in July.

Amana Hughes Des Moines UPI Gilbertsville Harold Hughes Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana Kentucky Otto Kerner The American Petroleum Institute

City Briefs and Local Notices Highlight Community Events

Community items include a MissionSunshine Bible class Friday at 9 30 am, a festival at Truman Elementary Friday 5 30 to 8 pm with games, and a neighborhood meeting at East Side Recreation Center 7 30 pm tonight with city officials. Also notices on a crane damage, a physician office closure for a convention, a death in Hollywood, and a speaker at the Alnon Family group.

Truman Bob Johnson East Side Recreation Center Fourth Avenue Seventeenth Street SE

Funeral services for Krejci Charles Kuba at St Wenceslaus

Funeral services are set for Krejci Charles Kub a at 9 30 Thursday and 10 at St Wenceslaus church officiated by Rt Rev Msgr Anthony W Chihak. Burial at St John s. Emil M Lopata to be buried Thursday at 2 in the Bresh chapel with burial in Czech National.

Krejci Charles — Kuba St. Wenceslaus Church Anthony W. Chihak St. John’s

Truck Fire Triggers Brick Searing Heat Across Freeway

Eyewitness recalls a blazing truck explosion that sent a furnace like heat roaring along the roadside. Police reported nearly 1,000 lined fences and many on garage roofs watched as heat blistered paint and melted siding up to a quarter mile away.

Registration Drive Arrests in Desegregation Effort

In Birmingham Alabama authorities quickly arrested 15 Negroes attempting to march on the county courthouse as part of a 15 day desegregation voter registration drive.

Birmingham Ala UPI

Senate strips interim powers from governor

The Iowa Senate 36 to 12 on Wednesday voted to remove the governor’s authority to make interim appointments to posts previously rejected by the Senate. Democrats opposed, arguing the move is political. the bill would take effect after July 4 and faces House action.

Walter Edelen Garner Democrat Liquor Control Commission Board of Control Des Moines Iowa Senate Howard Buck Melbourne Rep A. L. Mensing Rlowden Advisory Investment Board of Legislative Research Bureau State Department of Agriculture General Assembly Iowa Senate Jacob Grimstead Blake Mills Harold Hughes Grimstead Robert Fulton Waterloo Robert Rigler New Hampton House

Car Involved In Leaving Scene Found With Ohio Plates

A car wanted for leaving the scene after injuring a 7 year old boy was located at Sixth street NE between First avenue and A avenue. The vehicle bearing Ohio PQ468 plates was linked to the incident at First avenue and Center Point road NE where Frank Tracy and his grandson Bruce Tracy reported the boy was struck while jaywalking. The driver claimed the boy jaywalked and offered to take the boy to the hospital. Police were verifying the driver’s witness and story.

F. E. Goodhue Sixth Street First Avenue A Avenue Frank Tracy Rochelle Ill Bruce Tracy Stewart, Ill Center Point Road Tracy

Man Gives Silent Charity After Tragedy

A man urged to pursue charity work chooses seclusion instead. Lee donated property to a school for the blind, child welfare agencies and hospitals, leaving behind plaques to honor Shirley Ellen Lee. He hopes future generations will learn of her through the memorial plaques and feel someone loved her deeply.

Lee Shirley Ellen Lee

U.S. Recognizes Guatemala’s New Military Government

The United States recognizes Guatemala’s new military government three weeks after it overthrew President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, signaling official acknowledgment of the regime.

Washington U. S Guatemala Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes

Gregory Fired from Galaxy Supper Club Over Late Show

New York AP report says Negro comedian Dick Gregory was fired from the Galaxy Supper Club in Queens after a one week engagement. Club officials cited lateness as cause, while Gregory says he will sue for breach of contract. He had donated his salary to Mississippi integration efforts.

New York Dick Gregory Gregory Mississippi Galaxy Supper Club Queens Greenwood Miss Frank Krulik Harlem

Tax Bill Aims at Local Property Relief and Tax Hikes

The measure would raise sales and use taxes from 2 to 3 percent, extend the levy to hotels and similar services, lift individual income tax rates from 33 to 50 percent across brackets, and raise the corporate tax from 3 to 4 percent. Some amendments rejected by informal votes may return, including a bid to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse and dog races, which narrowly failed 51-49.

Mowry Alvin Meyer Winterset

Attempted arson on foreign car in SE Minneapolis

Winfield Schulz of 1900 Memorial Drive SE reported to police that someone twice tried to burn his 1959 foreign car in the 400 block of Ninth Avenue SE. He said Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed a bucket seat and a small hole burned earlier. windows were closed and the act appeared cigarette related.

Winfield Schulz Memorial Drive TCO Ninth Avenue McGregor Davenport MOORE Aces Schulz Ninth Avenue SE

Sgt. York Back On Critical List

Sgt. Alvin C. York, famed Tennessee mountaineer and 1918 Argonne hero, remained in critical condition in Nashville after a hospital stay began last Saturday. He had shown brief improvement Tuesday before slipping back to critical status late that day.

Sgt. York Nashville, Tenn Alvin C. York Argonne Forest

County Chooses Excavator Bids After Board Review

Courthouse board of supervisors studied bids on a front end boom excavator for the engineer ing department. William Harrington said a week may pass before awarding the contract with offers from All Wheel Drive Co Davenport Hanstrom Hubly Tractor Co Marion Herman M Brown Co Cedar Rapids Moorman Equipment Co Cedar Rapids and Spreitzer Inc Cedar Rapids. The board also granted permission to Northwestern Bell to bury a wire in a county road near Cedar Rapids and accepted a homestead credit from the city assessor along with several reports from Justices Svoboda and Adams.

Board of Supervisors William Harrington All Wheel Drive Co Davenport Hanstrom-Hubly Tractor Co Marion Herman M. Brown Co Cedar Rapids Moorman Equipment Co Spreitzer, Inc Northwestern Bell Telephone Co Cedar River

Douglas Hanson Acquitted on Burglary Tools Charge

A Linn County jury found Douglas Hanson, 22, of Minneapolis not guilty of possession of burglary tools after a trial that followed his March Cedar Rapids arrest. Police had found a loaded revolver, crowbars, punches, a hammer and radios in his car. John Galush, 22, also from Minneapolis, was arrested but escaped, later re-arrested in Minneapolis.

Douglas Hanson Minneapolis Hanson Minnesota Cedar Rapids John Galush G. B. Richter Innocent

Man Fined 300 For Drunk Driving

James L. Hollingsworth, 30, of 3310 Weing Road NE, pled guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth to drunk driving and was fined 300 plus costs after a Tuesday 11:48 p.m. arrest following a minor crash at Center Point Road and Avenue NE.

James L. Hollingsworth Weing Road Charles Penningroth Center Point Road Avenue NE

Pleads Innocent to Fourth Check Count

Clyde Kramer 24 of Dubuque pleaded innocent to a fourth offense charge related to a forged or bad check case. He appears in local court with details pending.

Clyde Kramer Dubuque

Classified Ad: “Who Does It” Seeks Helpers

Local want ad seeks qualified applicants for classification 8 role. Employers outline duties and hours. Applicants urged to submit resumes with references to the address listed in the ad.

Gazette Adv

Man arraigned on false check charge in Cedar Rapids

Kramer is accused of cashing a $10 bogus check March 21 at Killian's Co. in Cedar Rapids. He was arraigned Tuesday before Judge Don ald Barnes. His prior convictions occurred in municipal courts in Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Davenport.

Donald Barnes Kramer Killian’s Co Cedar Rapids Waterloo Davenport

Two Deserters Sentenced In County Court

Stanley J. Woodward 25 of Anamosa received one year at the Anamosa reformatory and a bench parole after pleading guilty to desertion and abandonment of three minor children aged two, one, and four months. Leland D. Stephens 36 of La Porte City pleaded innocent to desertion and abandonment of two children aged ten and three.

Stanley J. Woodward Anamosa Donald P. Barnes Woodward Mary Leland D. Stephens la Porte City

Auto Accident Damage Suit Filed For 8316.38

Suit filed in district court seeks 8316.38 for an October 2, 1960 crash on Highway 30 near Cedar Rapids involving a car and a semi trailer. Plaintiff E. L. Quade of Sioux City names defendants Judith Dodd and Arlo Becker of Michigan City Indiana and Iris Y. Melendez of Milwaukee. Quade seeks 6157.09 for trailer and truck damage and the rest for loss of use of the truck.

Cedar Rapids E. L. Quade Sioux City Judith Dodd Arlo Becker Michigan City Ind Iris Y. Melendez Milwaukee Becker Quade

Schweitzer Receives Six Month Suspended Sentence

Clarence D. Schweitzer, 22, of 1122 B Avenue NW, was given a six month suspended sentence by Judge G B Richter after pleading guilty to driving with a suspended license. He was charged after a Cedar Rapids police report of a traffic accident at Tenth Street and C Avenue NW. His license had been suspended on March 6 for failure to post financial responsibility.

Clarence D. Schweitzer B Avenue NW G. B. Richter Schweitzer Cedar Rapids Tenth Street C Avenue NW

Judgments Filed by Public Finance Service and Banks

Public Finance Service files a judgment against Robert A and Pauline Mordell for 190.98 on a promissory note. Minnesota Loan and Thrift Co sues John E Mulcahey for 342.28 on a promissory note. Farmers State Bank of Marion files against Verne V Ewing for 53.69 on a promissory note.

Public Finance Service Robert A Pauline Mordell Minnesota Loan and Thrift Co John E. Mulcahey Farmers State Bank of Marion Verne

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Daily Record C.R. Weather Municipal Nown Public Employes Retirement System IPERS Richard Reynolds Invenue SE Robert Schwab Elberon Donald Guinnane Hertz Drive SE St. Luke's Jerome J. Wilde Fairlane Drive Richard Am‘meter Central City George Fortner Mr. Vernon Alan E. Thomas D Street John Peterson Meadowbrook Drive John Karoules Camburncourt Roger Schubel Glenn Fye Johnson Avenue Donald Fiala Mr. Fiala Dominic Fiala Avenue NW Edwin L. McElligott Margo R. McNabb James Bonde Betty Davis Ernest B. Ludvicek Joyce A. Tichy Frederick Gardner Michele McQuade Leonard Siepker Judith Wennekamp Gary D. Roberts Rosemary Kopecky Betty Laing Darrel Laing Joan Watts Irwin W. Watts Marlys LaTour Mee Eae Jackie LaTour Leona Maeens Clark Ulmer M. Clark Thomas M. Nase Fourth Street Willard J. Laird Mary L. Gallagher John H. Lekin Ellis Boulevard Merlin J. Kramer Twenty-seventh Street Myrna P. Sadler Bowling Street Jesse L. Tompkins Woodside Drive Dwight E. Williamson Elizabeth T. Manz Nineteenth Street James R. Goodall John S. Williams First Avenue NE Donald J. Keffer First Avenue NW Chester L. Wenner Eighth Street Marvin P. Law Mabel Usher F. Avenue NW Guy O. French Tenth Street SE Jesse Day Clair Burgess Blair’s Ferry Road Tracr Mary Stark Earley United Presbyterian Church Erickson’s Iowa City Clarence Tucker Palmer Mass Vinton Louis H. Marietta Los Angeles Calif Evergreen Cemetery Fry and Holland Sigourney David Turnipseed Holm’s Elm Grove Kalona Ora T. Boone Peterseim’s Goettsch’s ii Mission Sunshine Mission Josephine MacArthur Fifth Street Mercy Hospital Springville Delmar Duffy Muscular Dystrophy Assn Alcove Spaight’s Sheraton- Montrose Border Veterans Iowa Department Mexican Border Veterans and Auxiliary Sokol Hall Third Street Maurice Goldberg Iowa Iron and Metal Co B Avenue NE Zmoos Chiropractors National Convention of Natural Food Associates Irving J. McMonigal Hollywood Constance Andreson Bever Avenue Alnon Harold Mulford University of Iowa Second Avenue SE Beatty-Bearle John E. Lapes 3Rd Ave Democrats Kenwood J Street Sixteenth Avenue George Matias Matias Regis High School Kutchera Construction Co Dale Sage Paul Knapp Riverfront Improvement Commission U.S Justices of the Peace Thomas Svoboda, Jr Otter Creek Township Miles N. Adams Marion Township Linn Man Roy Crawford Chicago, Illinois Wesleyan Methodist Church 1St Ave N.W Cedar Rapids, Iowa G. M. Hubby Charles Krejci, Sr Daniel's Pauline Pierson Ellis Blvd John B. Turner & Son Second Ave. S.E
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