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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1969
Page
2
Five day forecast notes near normal temperatures in Iowa from Thursday through Monday with high and low ranges and rainfall estimates. It lists barometer, humidity, sun timing, and pool levels. The text also records local traffic fines and a string of funeral notices across towns including Brooklyn, Sigourney, and Oelwein with service times and locations.
The session advanced bills on drainage districts and merged area school governance while other measures await the governor. April 22 reports multiple birth announcements in Amana, Bettendorf, Marion, and Cedar Rapids, plus divorce petitions and a barn fire incident. Traffic infractions cited include speeding cases in Marion and Cedar Rapids as listed.
O L Eckert secretary of Mt Hermon Lodge No 263 AF and AM asks Cedar Rapids city council for permission to retrieve the cornerstone box from the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen building slated for razing. He plans to place contents in the Masonic Library Museum for safekeeping. the box has been hidden since the 1890s temple construction.
Chichester-Clark quits after a stormy two hour party meeting saying reform timing could incite Protestant militants to bloodshed. He notes civil rights drives persist. Northern Ireland votes differ by election type, with heads of households qualifying in local ballots. Catholics face discrimination under census-based systems, though many poor Protestants are affected.
President Nixon announced a nominee for the Atomic Energy Commission vacancy Dr Theos J Thompson a nuclear engineer and MIT reactor director would fill the unexpired term of Dr Gerald Tape who has resigned but remains until his successor is installed The term ends June 30 1971
A Cedar Rapids man Victor Kramer 23 of 2925 Johnson Avenue NW was admitted to St Luke s hospital Wednesday after an apparent pill overdose. He was taken by ambulance in fair condition Wednesday afternoon.
Students at multiple campuses rally for open enrollment and a separate black studies school. Dartmouth, Marquette, Villanova, and Harvard report sit-ins and protests focusing on ROTC, tuition, and student involvement, with crowds ranging from dozens to thousands and varying university responses.
In the second general election since 1960 independence, the Somali Youth League secured 73 of 123 seats, with 68 other parties sharing the remaining seats according to official returns.
Joseph C. Hartl 80 of 1500 Third Street SW died after a long illness. Born August 15 1888 he married Marie Vrba on November 12 1920 and worked 36 years with the city street department. He was a member of the Karel IV ZCBJ Lodge Catholic Workmen at St Wenceslaus and survived by his wife three grandsons three great grandchildren three sisters and two brothers. Services will be 10 a m Saturday at the Brosh chapel and 10 30 a m at St Ludmila church with burial at St Johns cemetery. Rosary will be recited by Father Zachar at 7 30 p m Friday at the chapel. friends may call Friday. Burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Violet L McElwain funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. at Chapel of Memories with Rev. Donald T Caspers. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery, Cedar Memorial funeral home in charge. Dessa Alice Sidwell funeral at Turner chapel east at noon with Rev. Michael B Seitz. Burial Cedar Memorial. Clarence Clyde Steadman funeral at Turner chapel east at 1 30 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Paul Somerville. Burial Lafayette.
Max LaVerne Mudd 1006 Tenth Street NE Cedar Rapids died suddenly at age 89. He was born April 30 1911 in Anamosa and married Myrtle Smith in 1933 at Iowa City. Survived by wife three sons Lee Dale Benny all of Cedar Rapids two daughters Joanne Hopker Hiawatha Jane Schulte Cedar Rapids nine grandchildren two sisters Maldean Matthews Mt. Vernon and Hazel Byers Des Moines Memorial services Thursday 3 p.m. Turner Chapel East with Rev George Carlson First Lutheran Church burial Riverside Cemetery Anamosa callers may visit until 2 30 Thursday the casket will not be opened after the service.
Mrs P E Lowe widow of Phillip Edward Lowe died at her daughter Mrs S H McKean's home in Marion after a brief illness. Born July 17 1878 in Fayette county she was active in Lutheran church Mt Moriah OFS Anamosa PTA WRC and Women of Moose. Surviving children include James A Lowe and four daughters, with six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Memorial services planned by Turner.
Three suitors and their parents arrived at a nearby village to claim the same undecided rich girl in marriage. Elders ruled she would meet each suitor separately, then choose. She picked one, and the others attended the wedding with good grace.
Cedar Rapids detectives say an elderly west side resident lost about $1600 in a bank examiner fraud last week. She reported the incident Wednesday while investigators pursued six prior cases where residents were approached by people posing as bank employees.
Private interviews with former senior North Korean officials outline Kim Il Sung’s drive to provoke U.S. reactions to strike at ships, planes, and bases. They describe Kim’s plans to blackmail Moscow, gain international influence with Ho Chi Minh, and rally his people by creating incidents while rebuilding coastal defenses and shelters.
On day two of the murder trial, Capt. Judd Longerbeam and Detective Denton Schultz testified about the scene at 118% First Street NE and the Bigley apartment. Witnesses described Ricehill showing the body, blood on his hands, and alleged attempts at resuscitation, with defense questions on search legality.
A compact want ad urging readers to use classified options for quick solutions to purchasing renting selling or locating needs through the newspaper’s ad services.
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