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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
23
Daily Record reports Monday high temperatures across cities with overnight lows and Tuesday readings. It lists rainfall totals for April 1968 and year-to-date figures, barometer and humidity data, sunrise and sunset, and notes on other weather stations. Then it lists funeral notices for several individuals with service times and locations across Decorah, Keokuk, Luxemburg, Keystone, and other towns.
Birth announcements list several new arrivals including Lawrence P. Rogers and daughters for families in Cedar Rapids and Marion plus names of other newborns. Legal notices include judgments against various parties, traffic-related fines in Cedar Rapids, and obituaries/serv ices for Fannie Hall, Agnes Bouska, and others.
Willard Louis Carver 58 of 620 I avenue NW died Monday after a brief illness. Born July 5 1909 in Olney Missouri he married Beulah Whitney June 24 1944 in Dakota City Nebraska. Survived by wife a daughter a granddaughter his mother four brothers two sisters and other relatives. Memorial services Thursday at noon Turner Chapel West with Rev L George Pimlott. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call.
Mrs. Parour dies with service at Brush chapel conducted by Rev William Harnish burial at Czech National cemetery Friends may call. Margaret J Beatty Dill dies service at Beatty Bearle funeral home led by Rev A T Washington burial Mt Vernon cemetery. John C Reid entombment Chapel of Memories casket not opened after service. Ramsey Mrs George W service at Turner chapel east burial Cedar Memorial. Krueger Mrs Charles L service at Turner chapel east burial Linwood cemetery.
Dr. William O'Brien accused the FDA of approving indomethacin for rheumatoid arthritis based on overstated benefits and understated dangers. The UVA investigator testified before a senate subcommittee that the drug was released in 1965 with uncontrolled studies and widely used for over two years, causing serious patient reactions and some deaths.
Ray, wounded as the four way Republican gubernatorial contenders gather support, faces ankle surgery and several weeks on crutches. The casting period could last about two months, while Ray competes with Robert Beck Donald Johnson and John Knudson for the nomination in Centerville West Branch and Albion.
Judge J Paul Naughton issued a temporary injunction preventing C J Nemecek and Virginia Nemecek from locking or blocking Kenny s Bertram Villa on Mt Vernon Rd SE and from interfering with peaceful possession of the business. Kenneth Hamilton sought the order after an option to extend his lease and a dispute over April rent. The injunction lasts until a final hearing.
Linn County supervisors rejected the expansion of a salvage yard run by Leo L. Hayes and Leonard J. Hayes three miles southeast of Palo. The decision followed the zoning commission’s stance and denied a related greenhouse permit for the Zimmermans on South River Road outside Cedar Rapids. Attorney Thomas Wilkinson argued the Hayes yard violates agreement and harms the area with visible junk and dust. neighbors spoke but few objections were raised.
A group with about 250 signatures presented to the board of supervisors on Tuesday requesting paving of County Road C between Whittier and Waubeek. They cited heavy traffic from nearby Boy Scout camp and recreational facilities.
A hearing on revocation of Terry L. Neve s probation is set for April 29 at 3 p.m. in Linn district court. Judge B J Maxwell scheduled the hearing after Neve 18 admitted a felony larceny over 20 and was accused of other violations including carrying a concealed weapon failing to gainful employment associating with questionable characters late hours and operating a vehicle without permission. Neve was placed on probation Oct 20 after a ten year sentence at the Anamosa Men s Reformatory.
A defendant pled guilty to breaking into a trailer office at Billy Baum's Economy Salvage on July 7. The suspect, Neve, was arrested last week and charged with stealing an impact wrench from the Sixteenth Avenue Shell station at 600 Sixteenth Avenue SW.
A Cedar Rapids teen pled guilty to robbery without aggravation in a case tied to a $423 theft from Berry's Food Market on February 22. Harold E. Lindee, 19, faced a gun use allegation linked to a prior aggravated robbery conviction. judge Rees took the plea under advisement until Thursday.
Lindee, aged 15, and his brother Russell, 17, are charged with robbery with aggravation in the Berry case. Lindee pled to a lesser offense and may receive ten years without probation if accepted. Lindee reportedly did not resist after Wisniewski allegedly told him to shoot Berry.
The weather section reports flood stage at 13 feet with a rain area bound from Lamont to near Ottumwa. Two twisters spotted in southern Iowa. one near Garden Grove and another near Chariton, with no reported damage. Outbuildings damaged near Lehigh and Dolliver trees uprooted. Des Moines electrical service disrupted briefly by a storm. Winds 25 to 50 mph, turning west to northwest by Wednesday morning. highs projected in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Witness Curtis recalls Ray discussing a million-dollar bounty on Martin Luther King and plans to flee with a gun under a false name. He mentions talk of escaping to New Zealand Brazil and Argentina and questions the meaning of the business men’s association phrase.
Time magazine reported a Memphis man told the FBI he overheard a local business man directing an unknown triggerman to shoot King on a motel balcony. The tip included a price of $5,000 and a pickup point in New Orleans. The FBI gave no comment.
Jet crash report identifies brothers George Dye of Rockford Illinois and Charles Dye of California and their sister Vicki at home. The Dye family left Cedar Rapids eight years ago with Maj Dye a Franklin High School graduate of 1951 who later attended Coe College before entering the air force.
In Philadelphia observers watch the write in vote as only Senator Eugene McCarthy appears on the ballot for the Pennsylvania presidential preference primary Tuesday.
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