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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
3
Cloudy with scattered showers possible tonight and mild Wednesday. Highs reach the 80s, with lows in the 60s. August totals and local obituaries for St. Pauls Lutheran and area churches listed. services scheduled Wednesday and Thursday for multiple residents.
Aug 5 lists births to McCullough Butterfield Streit Groff Weis at various addresses. Aug 2 notes birth to Harty. Other entries show births to Jeffrey Tuchel Michal Hamilton Bromley Visek. Also two divorce-style cases Dame Bennington vs Hagerman. Records show names, places and parental or spousal lines.
Water surge triggered an alarm system at 3015 First Avenue SE Monday at 12 47 p.m. affecting Cedar Rapids residents Robert Sadilek Jr Judith Klimes Theodis Wright Assie Nixon David Rusk Marie Riley Leonard Vanorny Sojan Gloria Moser Fred Fordice Barbara Exline and others from Swisher Mt Vernon.
Mercy hospital lists patient Charles Reynolds at 1002 Thirty-sixth Street SE with visitor access. Reports include fishing gear and binoculars stolen, residents cited for traffic and safety violations, and local youths treated for bicycle and head injuries. Several residents cited or fined for traffic and equipment violations. exam passes for CPA candidates noted.
Monticello Dulley Nel ly 82. Services Thursday 9 30 Sacred Heart church. Burial St John’s cemetery Independence Devanys. Luana Mrs Charles Landt 75. Services Wednesday 2 St John’s Lutheran Schultz in Monona. Iowa City Isabel Elliott Campbell 91. Services Wednesday 2 Cathouts burial Oxford. Sigourney Gene Robertson 91. Services Wednesday 3 30 Reynolds Garnaville Herman Weiss 85. Services Wednesday 2.
St Louis police say a housekeeper identified as Josephine Jackson 54 struck 105 year old James Whittenburg with a hatchet during a dispute over his seeing another woman. Whittenburg was in serious condition at City hospital. He said he was born in Tennessee 105 years ago.
About 50 African Americans staged a vote-in at Greenwood city hall as a protest against Mississippi registration practices. Voters presented affidavits and ballots already marked to election officials in groups of five, with no incidents reported.
Only nine of 36 Cedar Rapids Community School District buildings met state fire safety standards in a Bureau of Fire Prevention inspection. Officials deem no serious hazard, but 27 buildings require changes such as smoke detectors, stairwell enclosures, or better storage of flammable liquids. funding is planned in next year’s budget.
In Asheboro North Carolina racial tensions flare as four white teenagers are wounded by a shotgun outside a newly integrated theater. Five Negro youths are harassed near Sunset theater. Police report no arrests yet and a curfew may be enacted.
Washington AP reports representatives of railroads and the engineers and firemen unions met in a useful session. It marked the first across the bargaining table meeting in weeks as both sides renewed efforts to settle a strike threatening dispute over work rules and other issues with government officials meeting separately.
William Guthrie of Webster City won unopposed to become the new commander of the Iowa Department of the American Legion. He succeeds Donald Birkett of Dubuque after the Legion's 45th state convention election.
Helen Vavra 45, Cedar Rapids resident died Monday. Born May 31 1902 in Keystone she married Charles Vavra December 31 1929 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Lee Woods Marion a son Charles Vavra Jr Cedar Rapids and two grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m Thursday Turner Chapel burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mae Yoho Mahaffy widow of Charles S. Mahaffy of Cedar Rapids died Monday after a long illness. Born February 18, 1873 in Illinois she was 52 years a resident of 1849's avenue NE. Surviving son Leland W. Mahaffy of Rensselaer Indiana. She belonged to St. Paul's Methodist church and Chapter FO of the PEO. Services at Turner chapel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday led by Rev. Milton Vogel. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday granting a hefty pay boost for most active duty military personnel. The measure aims to raise basic pay across the armed forces, improving compensation for service members nationwide.
Florida hotel operators lament scratched glass doors near door handles blamed on wealthy women guests and their diamond rings.
Bernard J Schulte funeral set Thursday at 9 30 by Rt Rev Msgr William Roach burial at Mt Calvary rosaries parish 7 30 Wednesday Knights of Columbus 8 Brady mortuary. Cora May Harper funeral 1 30 Wednesday by Rev J P Hanter Marion First Presbyterian church burial Linwood.
In Waterloo Lewis Thompson, 63, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident here on July 25.
Judge Charles Penningroth revoked the parole of Robert G. Wiggins after he was arrested hitchhiking in Oregon while leaving his parole territory in Indiana without notice. Wiggins, 25, had a ten year sentence for forgery from Anamosa reform school and a $20 check forged in Cedar Rapids. He is held in Jackson county jail Medford Oregon and is wanted in Washington for motor vehicle larceny.
Ronald S. Johnston, 28, of 1007 Fourth avenue SE, and Herbert Bobzien, 64, of Jesup, faced Linn district court charges Monday for drunk driving. Johnston is charged with a second offense after Friday arrest at First avenue and Nineteenth street E. his prior offense was April 25. Bobzien faces a first offense after a Sunday 10:40 a.m. arrest following a minor accident at Fifth avenue and Sixth street SW.
William R. Sawyer Jr., 32, of Norfolk, was sentenced to six months suspended by Judge Charles Penningroth after pleading guilty to possession of prescription drugs. Sawyer, a truck driver, was arrested in Cedar Rapids July 20 for drunkenness and reportedly carried amphetamine pills. he served 10 days on the drunkenness charge.
Linn county board recommends approval of a class A liquor license for Hillcrest Country Club Mt Vernon filed by Gerald H Cave club president. Fee set at 300 dollars for a private club under 250 members and will be sent to Des Moines for final approval. Also dismissed case Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids vs John and Mildred Willman appointment of receiver and foreclosure for unpaid balance of 4731.34
American tourists in Rome observe Italian diners lifting dripping spaghetti toward their mouths rather than twirling on a fork as in the United States. The article notes casual dining customs and contrasts American and Italian table manners in public eateries.
The United States plans experimental Vela Hotel satellites to detect underground and above ground detonations by measuring X rays gamma rays and neutrons. Two 485 pound satellites will launch from Atlas Agena into an egg shaped orbit to cover space up to 50 000 miles high with ground stations in Mahe Seychelles.
A Marine patrol fights through dusk near Duc Hoa, sustaining injuries as they push toward a secure hamlet. A wounded pilot is evacuated to Sai Gon, while a rookie lieutenant reflects on his first combat experience and the Viet Cong’s elusive threat.
African members of the United Nations urged the Security Council to impose a total arms export embargo on South Africa during a Tuesday meeting. The call followed ongoing tensions over apartheid and regional security concerns in the region.
Arthur Franz stars as a brave atomic-jet pilot whose mission ends in a crash causing loss of memory. The midweek tale unfolds at 10:30 Tuesday night on SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE with dramatic space-age peril and recovery themes.
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