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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1968
Page
4
An organizational meeting for the Cedar Rapids Ad Club is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Town House Motor hotel FDR and Mississippi rooms. Registration not required. About 60 advertisers have signed up. John H Dow of Omaha will be guest speaker.
West Branch hosts the fifth film in the National Park Service nine week series. The 3 p.m. Sunday screening in the town hall features Shiloh Portrait of a Battle, filmed at the Civil War site for Shiloh National Military Park. The free program is presented with West Branch.
Dave Carter and Bob Brooks report on KCRG TV Channel 9 covering latest sports scores weather outlook and local updates for viewers.
Four Ryan residents were arrested at the Brown Derby tavern in Cedar Rapids and charged with frequenting a tavern as minors. Carl L. Stffen, 18, also faced unlawful use of another man's license. Patrick F. Duggan, 18, Shirley S. Ellis, 19, and Rose M. Nolan, 20, posted bond and were released. They must report to the Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism for evaluation and pay court costs.
State Senator David Stanley calls for national televised debates between Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and a permanent change to the equal time law. He urged this at Lions Club, a Marion coffee, and an Alburnett school assembly, urging public income disclosures for senators and urging citizen participation in politics.
A two vehicle crash at Eighth avenue and Sixth street SW left drivers Kenneth W. Rottman and Charles C. Stephens with minor injuries. Rottman had rib injuries and Stephens a forehead cut. Stephens was charged with disobeying a traffic signal. The incident occurred at 7 20 a.m. and both men were treated and released from St. Luke's hospital.
A third arrest followed a theft of four cases of empty soft drink bottles from a supermarket Monday night. Roger D. La Barge, 18, of 1212 Fourth Street NW, was charged with petty larceny and driving with a suspended license and released on bond. Earlier two youths were arrested for an alleged Hy Vee theft on Johnson Avenue NW.
The Iowa case State v Millard Ash was continued to May 2 after a municipal court preliminary hearing. Judge John B Reidy presided. Ash, 50, of 3480 E Avenue NW Cedar Rapids, is charged with rape and incest based on events in 1967 and 1968 including an alleged 17 year old victim.
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