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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1973
Page
3
The draft includes extended forecast with scattered showers in the southeast and cooler temperatures later in the week. It lists city temperatures for Atlanta through New York, rainfall totals, barometer readings, and daily weather notes. Also reported are births, police actions, traffic fines, service notices, and obituaries from multiple towns.
Officials said ranking members of the justice department and FBI aided the effort. Glenn Sedam, Nixon campaign lawyer, was told not to act after the arrests and Robert Mardian was made project officer. The sources indicate Nixon learned of the Watergate raid post hoc but knew earlier of political espionage within the campaign.
Two 15 year old Cedar Rapids boys were arrested Monday night and charged with stealing a car believed to belong to Jo Ann Ockenfels. The vehicle was recovered on Prairie Drive NE. They are held in Linn county jail. Two 12 year olds were arrested Tuesday on malicious damage charges for damaging construction equipment at a Green Valley Drive SE site. They were referred to a portation officer.
Flooding Mississippi River breaches Keokuk levee flooding plant area and trapping workers. Keokuk river crest reaches 23.5 feet with 24-foot forecast. residents aid sandbagging along highways while guardsmen bolster flood defenses.
Stein notes a 3 percent forecast with some economists suggesting up to 5 percent. He anticipates inflation will ease from February and March figures and says the government is studying the possibility of tax increases as a cautious measure to slow the economy.
Sister Mary Redempta Howe 80, formerly director of Mercy School of Nursing Cedar Rapids and administrator of Mercy hospitals Anamosa and Oelwein, died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1923 and served as assistant mother general 1942 47. Wake Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. and funeral Thursday at 10 30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Convent chapel. Burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Stewart funeral home in charge.
Funeral services are set for Beverly Ann Collins 40 Cedar Rapids resident and St Luke hospital employee shot to death at her home. The service will be at Bethel AME church Thursday at 3 pm with viewing at Turner east until 9 pm and at the church from 10 am Thursday.
Fannie Butterfield formerly of 935 Twenty sixth Street SE died Monday at a Marion nursing home. Born October 17 1880 in Knoxville she married Edwin M Butterfield June 16 1909 in Knoxville. She lived in Knoxville for 69 years before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1969. Survived by son Arthur E Butterfield Sedalia Missouri two granddaughters seven great granddaughters. Services pending at Evans Arlington chapel Knoxville burial Graceland Cemetery Knoxville. Murdoch Funeral Home Marion in charge.
Esther M. Krska 88 of 407 Eighteenth St SE Cedar Rapids died in a local nursing home Monday evening. A lifelong Cedar Rapids resident she taught in public schools and later tutored at home. Survived by son Ralph C. Eiska, Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner Chapel East 1 30 p m Thursday by the first reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist burial Oak Hill cemetery friends may call at Turner East until 1 p m Thursday casket not opened after service.
Lawrence J. Hayes 74 of 913 Tenth avenue SE Cedar Rapids a lifelong resident and retired construction worker was found dead at his home Monday Born April 15 1899 in Winston Salem NC he was a life member of the Moose and a Teamsters union Surviving are two stepsons Robert Hudson Cedar Rapids and James Hudson Denver Colorado and three grandchildren.
Warner G. Mudge of Boone died Monday in a Des Moines hospital. Born July 8, 1906 in Dallas City Illinois he lived in Cedar Rapids during World War II and headed window displays at Armstrongs. He belonged to the International Association of Display Men Salem Lodge and First Presbyterian Church Boone. Survived by wife Dorothie. Funeral arrangements at Stark-Welin funeral home Boone.
Memorial services set for Elsa Krall at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev Leonard Showalter. Burial at Czech National cemetery. Debra Jean Verteiko to be laid to rest Tuesday at 10 a m in Kuba funeral home east with Rev Harry Egner of Calvary Baptist church officiating. burial at Linwood.
Rev Allen S Van Cleve of Central Park Presbyterian church will be buried at Cedar Memorial cemetery with viewing at Turner East. Meta Elliott 80, widow of Magnus Elliott, died April 13 in Milwaukee. survivors include two daughters, a granddaughter, two sisters, and a brother. Services held at the Methodist Manor chapel Milwaukee. burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Memorials may be given.
The Linn county grand jury convened to review 42 cases bound over from lower courts and to probe two intoxication reports from recent crises. Jurors include William J. Klein Charlotte A. Worley Marilne B. Watkins Dorothy A. Hronek Lee O. Alitz all of Cedar Rapids Joseph J. George of Fairfax and Ruth L. DeYoung of Marion.
Cedar's inspection team led by Building Official Ed Winter and Planning Director Don Salyer will inspect unoccupied Oak Hill houses, photograph and assess which properties qualify as public nuisances. A council hearing will decide removals or repairs, then actions move to the legal department. most cases do not go to court.
Shire-Hattery & Associates asked the city Tuesday to raise engineering fees on two urban renewal projects. Proposed increases would raise R-9 Cedar Lake from 61325 to 103800 and R-13 downtown from 233000 to 314500 with actual time billed. The urban renewal board backed the amendment. the firm has served since 1965 as the engineering consultant.
John R. Opfer of Center Point received a six month jail sentence after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of lascivious acts with a child. He had faced rape charges related to a February 5, 1972 incident involving a 12 year old girl. District Judge Ansel Chapman recommended work release and continued treatment at the county mental health center.
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