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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1971
Page
3
The Iowa City area extends a mixed forecast with above average highs pushing to the low 80s and upper 80s across regions into Friday. Local births, traffic fines, service notices, and obituaries accompany the weather and daily municipal updates.
Longtime Cedar Rapids area physician Dr John Henry Rieniers died unexpectedly in Salida Colorado while on vacation. He practiced medicine in Cedar Rapids from 1938 to 1968 and held multiple professional affiliations. Surviving are his wife three children and four grandchildren. Services will be at First Presbyterian Church and graveside at Strawberry Point.
John Thomas Massey of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at age 81. Born February 17, 1884 in Albia, he starred in Coe College athletics under Coach Eby and played on a famed point-a-minute team. He served in ABF and coast artillery, later worked at Northwestern States Portland Cement Co until retirement in 1959. Surviving are two daughters, four grandchildren, and his church and lodge memberships. Services at Turner Chapel East to be announced.
Memorial services and funeral arrangements announced for Pepin William F, Klimes Joseph, Dykhuizen Gladys Louise, Hunt Marvin Dale, Dressler LaVerne Irene, Paul Lucille N, Choate Emilie H. Services held at Turner, St Johns Episcopal, Chapel of Memories and Cedar Memorial funeral homes with burial or cremation details and church affiliations.
In Marshalltown Iowa a double shooting left Charles C Burr dead and his brother in law Charles C Barker critically wounded. Police and Iowa BCI agents investigate the case with no initial determination of the shooter. Burr was in his mid-50s and Barker was treated at a hospital after being found with chest wounds. The basement body bore six bullet holes and a 22 caliber rifle lay nearby.
In Frankfort Kentucky the Council on Public Higher Education projects statewide enrollments at public universities will rise for four years before stabilizing. The forecast emphasizes increasing student numbers across multiple institutions and regions as funding and demographics shape access.
Unemployment in Cedar Rapids rose to 6.2 percent in June, the Iowa employment security commission reports. Total employment reached 73,240, the highest since October 1970, with 2,300 jobs added in the second quarter though 3,720 joined the work force. About 70 percent of quarterly gains came from agricultural seasonal work. The number of unemployed stood at 4,810 in June, with veterans making up a third and men over half of the unemployed. Educational levels among applicants are notably high, with about 70 percent having high school education or more.
NASA scientists study 230 pounds of Apollo 15 rock samples gathered after the Falcon jettison and Hadley base landing. The rocks may date to 4.6 billion years ago and could reveal whether volcanoes operated beneath the moon. Orbital readings complement the surface haul to map lunar composition and test origins theories.
The draft bill remains stalled as neither house has approved a key limitation. The measure would exempt sons from families that lost a member in combat. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said passage before recess is unlikely, due to long standing disputes over a Vietnam withdrawal provision that the conference committee has watered down.
The Cedar Rapids city plans a 9 a.m. Wednesday hearing in council chambers for a Wilson Avenue SW sidewalk construction project from Edgewood Road to Tow’s First Addition. A rumor of cancellation is false. The project covers about 4,500 feet and proposes an assessment of 14158.05 against 30 properties to help fund a total cost of 17247.78.
Moscow reports from Tass News Agency that the Lunokhod 1 moon rover has resumed its research program at the start of another two week lunar day. The statement confirms continued scientific activity on the Moon after a period of rest.
Trains with disputes submitted to a three member board for resolution.
A wage hike from 3.50 to nearly 5 per hour heads a union backed rail walkout that shut about 30 percent of the U S rail system. GM Kansas City plant resumes after 3,500 layoffs while Southern Pacific and Amtrak plan resumed service. Spokesmen stress rapid but uneven recovery as rail lines restart freight and coal movements and crews resume work with new rules.
The Freeway 30 project faces strong resistance from landowners and environmentalists. At public hearings in 1970 most opposed relocating the expressway. The commission staff again urged moving the highway half a mile south of present U S 30 and building to interstate standards in Linn county with limited access in Benton county. Opponents urged waiting to assess Interstate 380 impacts from Iowa City to Waterloo.
Westminster Abbey will place a new polyester resin head and hands on the effigy of King Henry V, replacing the 1546 theft. The replacement follows 425 years without the original, using contemporary descriptions and portraits. The crowning is set for October 25 amid ceremonial pomp.
The national weather service reported the highest temperature Monday, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, reaching 121 degrees at Furnace Creek California.
Linn county board delayed action on the only bid of 89388 for courthouse roof renovation far above the 46000 estimate by Armon Kopecky and Johnson. The project may be cut back to avoid a public vote required for any over 50000.
Cedar Rapids woman Sandra L. Reed refused to pay a meter violation fine in municipal court claiming her 5 year old daughter was raped and authorities are not acting. She showed the daughter’s clothing as evidence and said several Riverside park area girls have been harmed by the same man. The judge urged her to consult the county attorney. Reed said she would pay only after that meeting. The county attorney and police were informed of the allegations and other women planned to present cases.
Washington United Press International reports that Klein, Nixon's communications director, said his New Hampshire remarks about Spiro Agnew being the Republican vice presidential candidate were a personal opinion and not discussed with the president. Gerald Warren replied that Agnew’s on ticket status is not a current White House question.
New Delhi reports 107 deaths from monsoon flooding across India with damage exceeding 285 million dollars. Government data presented to parliament on Tuesday details widespread destruction and disrupts in multiple states.
Jerald R. Lane pled guilty in Linn district court to a reduced robbery charge in connection with the July 5 armed robbery and beating of Aleck Sheronick at a southwest Cedar Rapids grocery. Sheronick was robbed at gunpoint of about 400. A pre sentence investigation was ordered and sentencing set for August 17. Lane, 27, of northeast Cedar Rapids, has been jailed since the arrest day.
Roy D. Childers 27 of Fordyce Arkansas evaded extradition to Arkansas for now after a Linn County stay order by Judge Williams Eads. He was arrested in Cedar Rapids following an alleged escape from Tucker prison farm. A Monday appearance preceded a Sept 1 deadline set by Judge Osmundson. Childers is in the county jail on $10,000 bond with county-funded counsel.
Linn county deputy sheriffs arrested six youths early. Four Cedar Rapids boys aged 14 and 17 faced charges of minor possession of beer after a car stop in Linn Junction. Two youths, a 13-year-old from Central City and a 17-year-old from rural Anamosa, were charged with breaking and entering tied to a Lorraine Harmon residence burglary that saw food and a flashlight stolen. All were released to parents and referred to juvenile authorities.
The board of supervisors voted Tuesday to place stop signs stopping east and west traffic at the intersection of the Ely blacktop and the Ivanhoe road, located a mile and a half south of Highway 30.
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