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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1963
Page
3
Weather outlook shows clearing skies Tuesday night with freezing temps north 25 30 south 28 34 then a gradual warm up into the 50s by Wednesday. Iowa legislative items list numerous appropriations and governance actions including road funding licensing changes and tax provisions plus a long list of local obituaries and funeral notices with service details.
The senate approved a 250000 welfare allotment up 82000 from current, 132000 less than the department asked and 75000 below the governor's recommendation. An emergency relief fund of 50000 remains the same as two years ago and Hughes' two year plan. The section on Indians at Tama gains full agreement at 15000, matching the three other figures. The bill omits 168 million annual Kerr Mills medical aid pilot.
The Cedar Rapids Jefferson high school band will give a concert in the Strawberry Point high school gymnasium on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Local students perform selections for the Strawberry Point community.
Des Moines Iowa AP the senate passed home rule liquor control bill was moved from the sitting committee to calendar for next week after a house Republican caucus. Majority Leader John Mowry moved other measures to calendar including denying interim gubernatorial appointments and criminalizing employment discrimination. An implied consent amendment to the liquor bill could suspend licenses for refusing chemical tests.
About 75 public officials from Eastern Iowa attended a seminar in the Chamber of Commerce building under state highway sponsorship. Speakers from the state highway commission the U S Bureau of Public Roads and local governments explained a new uniform traffic control devices manual adopted by the Iowa Highway Commission and the Bureau. Target conformance on federally aided highways is January 1967.
Three men accused of conspiring to attack defense sites and crowds with explosives had indictments dismissed in Manhattan federal court. Molina fatally shot bystander Magdalena Urdaneta during Castro supporter clashes. Molina to be treated as escaped convict if he returns. Officials discussed highway sign standardization and traffic safety funding, urging cooperation across jurisdictions and increased public education to curb vandalism and risky driving.
A Tuesday morning Cedar Rapids meeting on a new municipal auditorium failed to choose a site. Seventeen officials from the city county Chamber of Commerce and All Iowa Fair discussed Hawkeye Downs downtown and Lindale Plaza areas plus riverfront blocks. A feasibility study will run about six months with periodic meetings.
James Riley 82 a Cedar Rapids resident for 20 years and a former Link-Belt Speeder employee died Monday night in a nursing home. Surviving are a son Louis Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Ed Hart Toledo three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body to Mason's funeral home Tama with services tentatively set.
Irma M. Biedermann to be buried at St. John's after Mass at St. Wenceslaus Church at 10 with Rt. Rev Sch Chihak. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home. J A Swanson to be laid to rest Wednesday at 1:30 in Johnson Gill funeral home Galva. Turner chapel to receive callers until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
A weather move into northern Missouri brings fair skies to Iowa on Wednesday with a gradual warmup. Highs reach the 50s Wednesday, in the 40s Tuesday, and the upper 50s to 60s by Thursday. Frost risk remains limited to the extreme northwest with overnight lows mainly in the 30s.
Decorah resident Erroll Felke suffered a fractured hip when his car left Centennial road and overturned in a ditch southeast of Decorah. He was driving north when he lost control and the vehicle overturned. Felke was admitted to Smith Memorial hospital.
Decorah announces Phil McDonald is new Jaycees president, succeeding Bert Hartwich who becomes state director. The leadership change to guide local activities and state efforts is effective immediately.
Thirteen children have died in 72 hours in Monterrey due to an extreme heat wave. About 300 children hospitalized with acute dehydration as temperatures reach up to 103 degrees in Nuevo Leon state.
The Waterloo Ridge Rural Independent school district voted to merge with the Allamakee Community district. The ballot result was 21 votes in favor and 6 against.
The second day of the jury trial covers Allen Dunek alias Allen Behel 21 of 728 Thirty-sixth street NE accused of aiding in beating Frank X. Dolan of Anamosa Feb 6 and taking 7 dollars. Co defendant Joseph Botello 22 pled guilty Feb 19 and was sentenced to ten years. Jurors from Cedar Rapids and Marion are seated in Judge G B Richter's court.
A hearing to dissolve a temporary injunction prohibiting picketing at Kouba's barber shop at 1608 E Avenue NE is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. in Judge B J Maxwell's court.
A public finance service brings a judgment action against William J. Thompson for a claimed promissory note debt of 84 dollars and 26 cents. The filing outlines a civil action seeking recovery of the amount plus potential court costs.
Dismissed appeal from Cedar Rapids municipal court by Robert Leo Johnson 22 of 1435 Fifth Avenue SE regarding a 30 day sentence for disturbing the peace. Also suit filed George L Schooley Ralph K Schooley vs Mr and Mrs Richard Williams eviction petition for lots 14 and 15 Paralta.
Nelson Lewis age 30 of Davenport was arraigned Monday before Judge Charles Penningroth and given until Friday to plead to a charge of desertion and abandonment of minor children. He is accused of deserting two children aged 2 and 14.
In the Antonino Pusateri will the deceased Cedar Rapids resident named three children Mary T Kolek Augustus Pusateri and Frank Pusateri as heirs Mary T Kolek was named administratrix by the court Roy E Green who died February 10 named sister Henty Mills of Central City as executrix She and two other sisters Pearle Hasbrook of Cedar Rapids and Ada Barber of Palm Springs California were named heirs
Leo H. Moor man sues Lacy Coons seeking 2510 dollars after an accident December 6 at Third avenue and Sixth street in Marion.
Charles C. Andrews a 33 year old transient was arraigned in Linn district court Monday before Judge B J Maxwell on a charge of breaking and entering. He was given until Friday to plead and police said he burglarized the Pazour Cycle Co 1057 C street SW last Tuesday night taking about 120 dollars in cash and more than 200 dollars in checks.
Ronald Hopp of 939 Belmont Parkway NW reported to the sheriff that his car parked on Glass Road near Linn Junction was broken into and $30 and two hubcaps were stolen on Monday.
AP reports two young skiers Lonnie Huston 18 Palo Alto Calif and Alton Smith 24 Salt Lake City were found dead in a car near Alto ski area in the Wasatch mountains. Police say carbon monoxide from a running engine warmed the vehicle. snow buried the car and blocked the exhaust. Huston’s University of Utah student status noted.
The house voted down the Lange amendment by 67 to 35. Listed supporters included Anderson Ringgold Ballou Briles Busch Carsten sen Chalupa Coffman Den man Dietz Duffy Dunton Falvey Fisher Greene Frazier Gittins Grassley Hegie Hakes Halling Cluver Lange Miller Page Mowry Ossian Petersen Dallas Reppert Riley Shaw Siglin Stanley Van Nostrand Walter Wells Winkelman Worthington. Absent or not voting were Edgington Knowles Mensing Murphy Prine Swisher. All others voted against the amendment.
NORTH AUGUSTA S C UPI Republicans won two seats on the city council the first of their party to serve in municipal government in this town s history.
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