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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1963

Page

3

Weather outlook and state of temperatures across major cities

Sunday to Tuesday forecast covers Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Duluth New York Denver Omaha Los Angeles Phoenix Miami Seattle and more with mild to cool temperatures and scattered rain. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures, rain mainly late week, turning partly cloudy and warmer midweek.

Bismarck Apolis Chicago Orleans Duluth New York Denver Omaha L. Angeles Phoenix Miami Seattle

Jury selects in Linn County condemnation case over farm-to-market road

In Linn district court a jury was chosen to hear a condemnation appeal seeking 12500 dollars in damages from Linn County. Plaintiffs include Donald H Newland Clifford H and Nellie E Mather and Donald E and Bernice B Dvorsky claiming a 5.36 acre tract was taken for a farm-to-market road south of Center Point reducing a 134 acre farm value from 35000 to 22500. Judge B J Maxwell presides with jurors Vera Fritz George W Turner Frank Janda Margaret Dolph Susan F Muller Donovan D Hahn Donna Kloster Earl M Brink Marquis Heindselman Lloyd Thomas Vincent Sullivan Zelda Boggs.

Linn District Court Linn Donald H. Newland Clifford H Nellie E. Mather Donald E Bernice B. Dvorsky Mathers Center Point B. J. Maxwell Vera Fritz George W. Turner Frank Janda Margaret Dolph Susan F. Muller Donovan D. Hahn Donna Kloster Earl M. Brink Marquis Heindselman Lloyd Thomas Vincent Sullivan Zelda Boggs

Navy Locates Six Ocean Protrusions in Thresher Search

Navy ships report six oceanographic protuberances off the Massachusetts coast as strong prospects in the Thresher search. The Atlantis II will lower underwater cameras about 8,400 feet Tuesday to inspect the ocean floor for the sunken submarine with 129 aboard, lost April 10.

Washington Thresher Atlantic Massachusetts

Israel President Growing Weaker

Jerusalem AP reports President Issak Ben Zvi, aged 78, weakening due to liver and stomach cancer. The chief of state faces a serious health decline as officials assess his condition.

Man 41 Charged As Drunk Driver

Calvin Ohlhauser, 41, of 936 Tenth Street NE, was charged with drunk driving after police arrested him in his car Friday evening at 1 Avenue and Center Point Road NE following citizen complaints.

Calvin Ohlhauser Tenth Street 1 Avenue Center Point Road

Khrushchev Hails Lenin On 93rd Birthday

Premier Khrushchev at the Kremlin marks Lenin’s 93rd birth anniversary calling Lenin the apostle of peaceful coexistence. He urges steady effort for world peace and friendship among peoples and warns communists to curb imperialists to prevent thermonuclear war.

Moscow Khrushchev Lenin Kremlin

Army Offers Anesthesiology Course For Nurse Enlistees

The Army announces a post graduate anesthesiology course for nurse enlistees at Beaumont General Hospital earning certification by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Recruiters provide more details. Home on leave Monday were Pvt. Robert G. Tefr and Construction Mechanic Robert E. Bergstrom returning from Fort Gordon and Davisville en route to San Juan.

Beaumont General Hospital American Assn Robert G. Tefr Godfrey Tefr Mallory Street Signal Corps Fort Gordon Robert E. Bergstrom Davisville R.I San Juan Puerto Rico Monticello High School Navy

Air Force ends Stargazer manned balloon project

CHICAGO UPI Dr Allen Hynek director says the air force will discontinue its Stargazer manned balloon program due to lack of funds He announced the plan at a news conference in Chicago on Monday.

Chicago UPI Air Force Allen Hynek

Allergist Dr Carl Giles Dies at 86

Allergist Dr Carl Prausnitz Giles, 86, a German born authority on allergy, died Sunday in Ventnor Isle of Wight AP reports.

Ventnor Isle of Wight Carl Prausnitz Giles

Polio vaccine distribution totals near Linn county Sunday

Nearly 70 thousand Linn county residents received the Type III Sabin oral polio vaccine Sunday with 69,756 doses recorded. Three more clinics for the Type III vaccine are planned next Sunday at Central City Alburnett and Center Point schools.

Linn County Marion High School Linn- Mar School Mt. Vernon Springville Central City Alburnett Center Point

Lester Pearson Sworn In As Canada’s Prime Minister

Liberal leader Lester Pearson became Canada’s 14th prime minister in Ottawa and vowed to seek nuclear warheads for the armed forces. He pledged the friendliest possible relations with the United States and took the oath at Governor General Vanier’s bedside as he recovered from a heart attack following the April 8 election. His new Liberal cabinet also took oaths.

Ottawa UPI Lester Pearson Canada U.S George Vanier Vanier House of Commons Pearson

Tanker Freed from Ice in Great Lakes

The tanker Comet, carrying petroleum products from Toledo, was freed from Lake Erie ice Sunday by the coast guard cutter Ojibwa. All 21 crew members were safe, and the vessel was guided to clear water near Port Colborne, Ontario, to wait for passable ice for onward travel to Lackawanna.

Buffalo N. Y Great Lakes Lake Erie Coast Guard Toledo Ohio Port Colborne Ont Lackawanna

Hal March Sister Killed in Woodland Car Crash

Four people died in a Sunday two car collision on rainslick U S 99W south of Woodland. The dead include Isadore and Bessie Friedman of East Palo Alto Helen E Hellings 55 of Woodland and Ralph Douglas Oliver 52 of Capay Valley. Mrs Friedman was Hal March sister and quizmaster on The $64,000 Question.

Woodland Calif Hal March Rainslick U.S Highway Patrol Isadore Bessie Friedman East Palo Alto Helen E. Hellings Ralph Douglas Oliver Capay Valley

Beeching Blames Public for Dirty Rail Stations

Dr. Richard Beeching, head of the nationalized British railways, says cleaning stations and rolling stock is hard because the public is so filthy. This remark reflects tensions over maintenance costs and passenger behavior.

Brighton England Richard Beeching British Railways

Severe storm damages across several Iowa counties

A storm lashed a broad region causing 86 mph winds, dozens of antennas and power poles to fall, and a smashed supermarket window. It damaged barns and killed livestock, with Osceola and Creston areas seeing major losses. Rain totals varied, with several towns recording over an inch. Scattered showers followed with cooler, north winds and lows in the 30s.

Ottumwa Jefferson County Fairfield Kenneth van Winkle Osceola Daniel Lundy Creston

Obituary A. W. Peterson 71 former Cedar Rapids furniture man

A. W. Peterson 71 died at his California home after a sudden illness. He owned Peterson Furniture Co until retirement eight years ago and had moved to El Cerrito. Born February 2, 1892 in Paxton Illinois, he married Olga Hackerson in 1913. He earlier ran an appliance store in Fort Dodge and Cedar Rapids before joining the furniture field in World War II. Survived by wife, two sons, two daughters, three brothers, and 12 grandchildren. Services in Berkeley California. Burial in Sunset View Cemetery.

A. W. Peterson Cedar Rapids California Peterson Furniture Co el Cerito Paxton, Ill Olga Hackerson Fort Dodge Galyn Allen Sidney Scott Orinda Calif Roy Riviere Colorado Springs Reuben Elgin Ill E. E Seattle A. N Peterson First Covenant Church First Presbyterian Church Berkeley Sunset View

Thunderstorm Tosses Trailers. Three Injured Near Monmouth

A westward moving thunderstorm battered the Monmouth area causing three trailers to overturn and power outages for two hours. Byron Toten 21 Melissa Toten 22 and Lauri Lynn 5 weeks were treated for bruises and abrasions after their trailer blew over. Police reported three trailers overturned and the storm damaged a rendering works southwest of Galesburg.

Monmouth, Ill Monmouth Monmouth Hospital Byron Toten Melissa Lauri Lynn Vincent Romano Galesburg

Severe Weather Warning for Midwest Regions

A severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast was issued for extreme southeast Iowa northeast Missouri and parts of southern and central Illinois. The Weather Bureau warned of scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail damaging winds and several tornadoes expected this afternoon and early evening from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. CST along a 60 mile wide band from Kirksville Missouri to Rantoul Illinois.

Kansas City Iowa Missouri Illinois Weather Bureau Kirksville Rantoul Ill Wayne Lee Des Moines

Former Independence Man Held on Embezzlement Charge

David Hodgins 55 of Waterloo is jailed in Buchanan county on a charge of embezzling mortgaged property. He was arrested Sunday. Hodgins former manager of Radio Station KOUR in Independence.

Independence David Hodgins Waterloo Buchanan County Hodgins KOUR

Ron Cochran Hosts Weeknight TV News on TV 9

Commentator Ron Cochran teams with the TV 9 newsroom for top stories each weeknight at 6. The program delivers front page headlines, live updates, and in-depth reporting from the station.

Ron Cochran TV 9

Notable Cedar Rapids Widow Irma Biedermann Dies at 72

Irma M Biedermann aged 72 of 626 Sixteenth Avenue SW widow of William died after a lingering illness. Born in Budapest April 19 1891 she came to Cedar Rapids in 1908. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joseph Lynn Spokane Washington and Mrs Lyle Williams Cedar Rapids three sons William James and Robert. 16 grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 9:30 am at Kuba Funeral Home and 10 am at St Wenceslaus Church conducted by Msgr Anthony W Chihak. Burial at St Johns. Msgr Chihak to recite Rosary Tuesday at 7:30 pm in funeral home with calling after 7 Monday.

Irma M. Biedermann Sixteenth Avenue SW William Biedermann Budapest Hungary Cedar Rapids Joseph Lynn Spokane Wash Lyle Williams William James Hiawatha Robert Millersburg Ohio Kuba St. Wenceslaus Church Anthony W. Chihak St. John’s Chihak

William L. West 80 Dies After Lingering Illness

William L. West age 80 of 1111 Third Street SW died early Sunday after a lingering illness. Born March 29 1883 at Mechanicsville he was a retired chef and the first chef at the YMCA who also worked at the Montrose hotel. Surviving are four sons Edwin L of Chicago William of New York Richard of Marshalltown and Carol of Hollywood nine grandchildren two sisters Elsie Onstott Anamosa and Hazel Stoner Edgerton Wis and two brothers Roy and Harry West Mechanicsville. Private services will be held Tuesday at 2 in the Janeba Kuba funeral home conducted by Rev William B Harnish. friends may call after 7 Monday.

William L. West Third Street Mechanicsville YMCA Montrose Hotel Edwin L Chicago William New York Richard Marshalltown Carol Hollywood Calif Elsie Onstott Anamosa Hazel Stoner Edgerton Wis Roy Harry West Janeba-Kuba William B. Harnish

Death of Cedar Rapids Man J A Swanson Dies at 81

J A Irving Swanson of Cedar Rapids died Sunday at his son Verne Swanson’s home after a three and a half year residency. Born November 7 1873 in Galva Illinois he is survived by a sister Dan Clark of Huron Ohio four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Visitation at Turner chapel continues until 9 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Galva at Johnson Gill funeral home on Wednesday.

J. A. Irving Swanson Twenty-seventh Street Cedar Rapids Verne D. Swanson Galva Ill Dan Clark Huron Ohio Turner Chapel Johnson-Gill

Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Willard Bortz

Dana Willard Bortz is the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bortz residing at 1412 Eighth Street.

Dana Willard Bortz Mrs. Willard Bortz Eighth Street

Memorial Services and Burials Noted for Local Figures

Rayman Joseph C. to be prayed for at St Wenceslaus church with rosary and Knights of Columbus events, burial at St Johns. Earl M Beatty Bearle to be honored at Beatty Bearle funeral home, burial at Oak Hill after service by Central Park Presbyterian minister. Gordon F Turner to be laid to rest at Oak Hill with military honors from Waverly Air Force Station. callers invited after 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Rayman Joseph C Brush St. Wenceslaus Anthony W. Chihak Knights of Columbus St. John

Reservoir plans set for seasonal flood control releases

Engineers announced a public policy of scheduled maximum outflow rates for crop season. The Iowa reservoir will store inflows above 4000 cfs and release downstream to avoid flooding unless an emergency triggers higher outflows. Public meetings in Columbus Junction and Iowa City outlined operation details.

Iowa River Columbus Junction Iowa City

Subways Stalled By Fire and Power Failure in Bronx

Fire and a transformer related power outage stalled two Bronx northbound trains for 45 minutes stranding about 100 passengers. Trains halted at 10:13 a.m. power was briefly restored to reach Bedford Park station for passenger disembarkation. No injuries reported.

New York Bronx Transit Authority Bedford Park

The Rifleman Overpowers Bandit Captor

The Rifleman defeats a bandit captor in a Monday night siege airing at 7 30 PM on TV 9 with action shown in prime time.

TV 9

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