Weather Summary and Local Births and Death Notices
Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered thundershowers mainly in the north and little temperature change. High near 90 Friday, low Thursday night 70 to 75, cooler and fair Saturday. Also includes noon readings, rainfall totals for August and 1963, and birth and funeral notices for multiple individuals across Iowa towns and military postings. Continuous references to local places, times, and names such as McGregor, Dubuque, Davenport, Oelwein, Cedar Rapids, and Xenia.
Municipal Court Police Division cases and incidents
Summary of incidents and fines from Municipal Court Police Division. Fire and fuel spill reports include a burned washing machine motor at 1000 Old Marion road NE, diesel spill at 120 Fourth avenue SE, and an illegal trash fire at 802 B avenue NE. Multiple defendants received $10 fines plus costs for speeding disobeying stop sign failing to yield and related offenses, with some fines suspended on costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Road
Fourth Avenue SE
B Avenue NE
Noted Commentator Ron Cochran Reports Weeknights at 6
Ron Cochran, noted commentator, anchors TV 9's thirty five minute evening report airing weeknights at six. The program covers local and national updates with concise headlines and brief feature segments each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Cochran
TV 9
KC Knights May Keep Liquor Licenses Despite Rules
Cedar Rapids Knights of Columbus need not surrender its liquor license, legal adviser Scolaro says after a letter from Supreme Knight Hart indicated councils may lawfully obtain licenses for beverages up to 5 percent alcohol. State records show four KC units in Iowa paid for Class A licenses, with others seeking refunds or inquiries ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roger Keppers
Clarion
Catholic Men’s Organization
Keppers
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Knights of Columbus
Ilubs
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Commission
Knights of Columbus Group
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison Knights of Columbus Group
Cedar Rapids Group
Burglars Take $56 In Coggon Breakin
Special to The Gazette reports a breakin at Light Implement Co. in Coggon where $56.90 was stolen. Entry was forced by prying open a side window and cash was taken from a filing cabinet. Deputy Sheriff Bob Burt investigated for Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggon
Light Implement Co
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Bob Burt
City Could Save On Insurance Through higher coverage
A Cedar Rapids study shows city property protection could rise to 18.27 million while lowering annual premiums to 19 709.45 from 24 569 94. The plan promises a 6.19 million increase in protection and 4 860 49 in savings, plus 3 547 more if a 1000 deductible is adopted. The council likely will approve, citing good loss experience and deductible benefits. The study was directed by Shepard Insurance and Whipple and Winterberg with ongoing insurer discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
Shank
Two Women Hit By Car At Fourth Street Crosswalk
Two Cedar Rapids women were injured but not seriously after a car struck them at the Fourth Street crosswalk on Third Avenue SE Thursday around 1 p.m. The victims, Mrs. Howard Springer and Mrs. Bruce Suthers, were admitted or listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital with abrasions, hip injury, and lacerations. The driver, Sharon I. Bachman, 20, of 1700 Park Avenue SE, was charged with failing to yield to pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Third Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Howard Springer
Blake Boulevard
Bruce Suthers
Eighteenth Street
Sharon I. Bachman
Park Avenue SE
Khrushchev Seeks Berlin Breakthrough With Troop Shift
Premier Khrushchev reportedly proposes deploying part of the Soviet 300000 in East Germany to influence Berlin and the Sino Soviet frontier. Western reporters and West Berlin diplomats see the move as a possible lever for concessions. Frankfurter Rundschau cites Moscow sources about daily border incidents and heightened patrols on the Soviet Chinese frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
Frankfurter Rundschau
Moscow
Spraying Dutch Elm Disease Cautions From City Official
Parks Commissioner Don Gardner urged residents to plan elm treatments carefully and avoid hasty spraying. He noted reports of contractors in the city and advised spraying during the dormant beetle stage around 40 degrees with leaves off. Gardner urged callers to verify proper timing and urged firms to discuss methods at the parks office. Eleven new Cedar Rapids Dutch elm cases raised total to 131, including five on city property and six on private trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Gardner
Gardner
Parks Office
SEC study weighs changes to stock exchange rules
A study group backs proposals to curb floor traders and tighten controls on floor specialists to keep markets orderly. It notes odd lot trading breakdowns on the New York Stock Exchange during last year's price slide and cites stop loss orders as a key factor slowing executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flor
Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Milton Cohen
Deaths Lina A Geiger Widow of George F Geiger
Lina A Geiger meaning widow of George F Geiger died at Keokuk Wednesday after forty years in Cedar Rapids Born January 14 1895 at High Amana she was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist Surviving James Geiger Keokuk William Geiger Overland Park Kan her mother Alma Haldy Middle Amana two sisters Mrs Henry Geiger Cedar Rapids Mrs Paul Herr Middle Amana one brother Fred Haldy Cedar Rapids and five grandchildren Memorial services Friday at 3 p.m. in Turner chapel by a Reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist Burial Cedar Memorial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina A. Geiger
George F. Geiger
Harrisoncourt
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
High Amana
James Geiger
William Geiger
Overland Park
Kan
Alma Haldy
Middle Amana
Henry Geiger
Paul Herr
Fred Haldy
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Cedar Memorial
Widow Lena Billings Springer Dies in Cedar Rapids Home
Lena Billings Springer widow of Ernest J Springer a Cedar Rapids resident for 39 years died after a sudden illness at her daughter Mrs Clyde L Kegin 317 Thirty first Street NE She was born May 28 1872 in Nashua She belonged to Kenwood Park Presbyterian church and Cedar Chapter OES Memorial services will be held at Turner chapel at 10 30 a m Friday officiated by Rev R F Galloway and Cedar chapter OES Burial will be at Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
Elsie Schwartz
Presbyterian Church
Peffers
Waukon
Charles Beardmore
United Church of Christ
Wheatland
Martin's
Marengo
William A. Pfisterer
Amana
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Cedar ‘Memorial
Cedar Rapids
Hoover's
Oelwein
Floyd Wood
Hazleton
Brant’s. Traer
Katherine Axon
Erickson’s. Decorah
Mayme Boehm
Brandt
First Christian Church
Dyssart
Fry and Holland
Iowa City
Rose Maude Wilt
Tampa
Fla
Oakland
Beckman’s
Lena Billings Springer
Ernest J. Springer
Clyde L. Kegin
Thirty-first
Nashua
Death of Clyde C. Lutz Marks Cedar Rapids Roots
Clyde C. Lutz 77 former Cedar Rapids Robins resident died Monday in a Sacramento hospital He was born in Linn County in 1886 Survived by sister Bertha Tedstrom Auburn WA and brother William Lutz Marion Graveside service at 10 30 Saturday Shiloh Cemetery Hiawatha Rev Milton R Vogel St Pauls Methodist church Beatty Beurle Funeral Home arranging care
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde C. Lutz
Cedar Rapids
Robins
Sacramento
Calif
Linn County
Bertha Tedstrom
Auburn
Wash
William Lutz
Marion
Shiloh
Hiawatha
Milton R. Vogel
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Beatty Beurle Funeral Home
Funeral services for Libbie Vavricek Friday at 2
Services for Libbie Friday were held at the Janeba Kuba funeral home conducted by Jerry Dra hovzal. Burial followed at Czech National. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vavricek
Libbie
Janeba-Kuba
Jerry Drahovzal
Study School Addition Plan In Lone Tree
Lone Tree Community School District board approved a 1963-64 budget of 269259 after a hearing with no objections. Preliminary sketches by Lewis Kingscott and Associates of Davenport show an addition west of the entrance and south of the shop to house industrial arts agricultural and music classes. The project would connect to the current building via an enclosed corridor and use the existing heating system. Officials say it will relocate noisier activities and free three academic classrooms. Meanwhile two rooms at the Masonic Lodge hall across the street will be used next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Lone Tree Community
Lone Tree Board
Lewis Kingscott and Associates
Davenport
Masonic Lodge
Young Democrat Dies in Crackup on Laurel Mountain
Roy Schafer president of the National Young Democrats was killed when a small plane crashed on Laurel Mountain in Ligonier Pennsylvania. A survivor, Philip Asher 33 of Bethel Park near Pittsburgh, an engineer for radio station WWSW in Pittsburgh, reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligonier, Pa
Roy Schafer
National Young Democrats Organization
Kennedy
Laurel Mountain
Philip Asher
Bethel Park
Pittsburgh
Wwsww
News correspondents worldwide report weekly on TV 9
Murphy Martin anchors the program with world correspondents reporting each weeknight at 10 15. The item notes the nightly schedule on TV 9 and credits Murphy Martin as host. It reads like a brief TV listing from a newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Report
Murphy Martin
TV 9
London Train Post Office Robbery Baffles Police
A 15 minute raid by seven bandits on a traveling post office train near Cheddington netted 238000 pounds with a potential total haul of one million. Whitby and Mills survived, Mills hospitalized with concussion, while police flag security lapses and signaling flaws. The caper echoes a 1952 London post office truck robbery as Britain calls for tougher guards and safer cargo handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Malcom Fewtrell
Post Office
London
West End
Britain
Boy Killed in Cedar Rapids Grandparents Named
The obituary notes Donald, son of Klein of Cedar Rapids, with grandparents Elma Melton of New London and Mr and Mrs R C Thomas of Dyersville. A member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, memorial services are at 1 30 p m Friday at 120 Nineteenth Street NE conducted by Elder Robert H Allen and Priest Eugene Kirkwood. Burial is Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Klein
Cedar Rapids
Elma Melton
New London
R. C. Thomas
Dyersville
Donald
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Nineteenth Street
Robert H. Allen
Eugene Kirkwood
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Ti tovs expect first baby after orbital journey
Moscow AP reports the Ti tovs will welcome their first child, a baby born to a father who has spent hours orbiting Earth, tying spaceflight to a home milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Titovs
Drunk driving fines and suspended sentence handed to two men
Kenneth M. Strinmoen, 39, of 630 Seventh Street SE, was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge B. J. Maxwell for drunk driving after being found guilty July 24 by a district court jury. He received a six month suspended sentence upon withdrawing his plea of innocence to driving with license suspended. Viktor Marti, 50, of Luana, was given until Tuesday to plead to a second offense drunk driving charge after arrest Saturday at 11:04 p.m. on Robbins Road NW at the boat harbor. his prior conviction was November 9, 1949, in Winneshiek county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth M. Strinmoen
Seventh Street SE
B. J. Maxwell
Strinmoen
Bowling Street
Maxwell
Victor Marti
Luana
Marti
Robbins Road
Boat Harbor
Winneshiek County
Injury suit seeks 95360 in Cedar Rapids crash
Patricia L. Burkle sues Gail E. McGrew and Wesley McGrew in Linn district court over a Nov 17 1961 traffic accident on Old Marion road NE Cedar Rapids alleging neck injuries from a rear end collision and requesting a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Patricia L. Burkle
Johnson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Gail E. McGrew
Wesley
Ellis Boulevard
Petit jurors excused until case on Aug 19
Judge William Eads said jurors need not report Monday. One DUI case was set for trial but continued until Aug 19, so jurors report again on Aug 19.
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William Eads
Eads
Judgments and Divorces in Shawnee and McGregor Courts
Multiple civil actions listed: Southwest State Bank versus Henry D. Vogel for 1147.26 in Shawnee County Kansas. Lynn Hill versus James R. Evans for 1415.50 from a May 1960 auto accident in McGregor. Rhetta Nabb against J. P. Jarard for 300 on account. Concrete Materials and Construction against Dee Minnis for 163.07 on account. several divorces dismissed including Betty Lee Kessler vs Paul L. Keesler Edith G. Rich vs Mervil J. Rich Bernadine B. Hamlett vs Bruce A. Hamlett Charlotte A. Trokosh vs Robert E. Trokosh. Prudential Insurance Company of America versus William L. Parkin Norma J. Parkin et al for 11436.52 with promissory note and appointment of receiver.
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Southwest State Bank
Henry D. Vogel
Shawnee County
Kansas
Lynn Hill
James R. Evans
McGregor
Rhetta Nabb
J. P. Jarard
Martin Marietta Corp
Dee Minnis
Betty Lee Kessler
Paul L. Keesler
Edith G. Rich
Mervil J. Rich
Bernadine B. Hamlett
Bruce A. Hamlett
Charlotte A. Trokosh
Robert E. Trokosh
The
Prudential Insurance I Co. of America
William L. Parkin
Norma J. Parkin
District Court Jury Convicts Lucille King in Obstructing Justice
A district court jury found Lucille King guilty of obstructing justice for taking her three grandchildren out of state to prevent testimony against her husband Raymond, 56, on a lascivious acts charge. Trial began Monday in Judge B J Maxwell's courtroom. verdict reached at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday with sentencing deferred at least 30 days pending motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille King
Thirteenth Street NW
Suspended Sentence for Timmie Sacora in Check Fraud Case
Timmie R. Sacora, 18, of 1120 Third Street, Marion, was sentenced by Judge B J Maxwell to seven years in the men's reformatory with bench parole after pleading guilty to false uttering a $20 check. He allegedly passed the bogus check July 16 at Sun Mart, 3717 First Avenue SE after previously entering a not guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmie R. Sacora
Third Street
Marion
B. J. Maxwell
Sacora
Sun Mart
First Avenue SE
Long Given 30 Days For Larceny of King James
King James Long, 19, of Waterloo, pled guilty to petty larceny before Judge William Eads. He was sentenced to 30 days in Linn County jail for stealing a diamond ring belonging to Michael Dougherty on June 23 from an apartment at 217 Fifth Avenue SW. Credit was given for time already served since the charge filed July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Long
Waterloo
Linn County
William Eads
Long
Michael Dougherty
Dougherty
Fifth Avenue
Eads
Center Point Youth Given Time To Plead
Ronald D. Lint, 18, of Center Point, was given until Monday by Judge William Eads to plead to a charge of driving while license suspended. Lint was arrested Aug. 1 in Hiawatha by Patrolman G. M. Griffin. Records show the license suspension date as May 9 for failure to post financial responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald D. Lint
Center Point
William Eads
Lint
Hiawatha
G. M. Griffin
Math Instructor Hired at Upper Iowa
Gerald S. Sprouse of Mattoon Illinois has accepted a mathematics instructor post at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. He will move with his wife in September after earning a master of arts from the University of Arizona last spring. Sprouse is a Blackburn College alumnus with a B.A. from 1961 and has spent the past two years as a graduate teaching assistant at Arizona.
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Municipal
Mississippi
Nescesees
Dam No
Cccees
Dubuque
Cccccees
Moomue
Cccrenes
C.R
Mercy
Richard Spellerberg
Fairfax
Henry Groves
Richard Prohaska
Center Point Road
Gerald Althoff
Bever Avenue
Jerry Zimmerman
Central City
Kenneth Morrison
St. Luke's
Harry Sargeant
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Larry Johnson
Nancy Butterfield
John A. Kent
Alathea Kent
Luzerne
Wayne R. Schwingle
Bonnie J. Schwingle
Gladys L. Jones
Albert C. Jones
Alvin Kohout
Sandra Kohout
Rhodora I. Napierskie
John F. Napierskie
Iowa
Ismarck
Carolyn C. Puckett
Carl J. Puckett
Donald G. Ries
Seventh Street
William T. Grant
Sixth
William J. Price
A Avenue
Martin T. Beer
Gary L. Kamp
Mobile Court
Ronald Cosgrove
Ninth Street SE
Ruth A. Clinton
Paul E. Moritz
Twenty-second Avenue
James W. Pugmire
Warren L. Wassmer
Ely
Edward J. Prochaska
Wilson Avenue
William G. Buehler
William E. Long
Donald Lee Kness
Blakely Boulevard
Darrell E. Warner
Sixth Avenue
Kcs
Scolaro
Shepard
Jsurance Agency
Whipple and Winterberg, Inc
Nikita
Lena Springer
Clyde Lutz
Rohn Funeral Home
6Th St. West
Hatton Market
Gem
Whitby
Mills
Cheddington
Sears Crossing
London Mint
National Provincial
Titovs Expecting
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Kuba
Second Street
Edward R. Kuba
Janeba- Kuba Street
Edward R. Kuba, Jr
Courthouse News
C.R. Man
Beatty-Bearle
Funeral Home
David Noble
Timmie Sacora
Upper Iowa
B. Turner
Ave. S.E
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