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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
3
The Gazette reports a barometer steady with light northwest wind at 2 p.m. The day shows sun rise at 6 08 and sunset at 8 16 with the moon setting 9 58 p.m. Year ago today high 83 low 67. La Crosse and other towns record rainfall and river readings with several inches of - fall and some rises.
Aug 7 birth notices list Stanley Nelson and others with newborn sons and daughters. A series of divorce lawsuits and civil actions include Lelan Keefer versus Shirley Keefer and others. Traffic fines from a Monday night incident show multiple individuals fined for speeding, running red lights, and license issues in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Death notices mention several local residents with service details in Iowa towns.
Anna Patik 89 died in Oskaloosa after a long illness. Born in Czechoslovakia May 4 1878 she came to the United States in 1902. Survived by her husband four daughters five sons and 21 grandchildren. Requiem masses and burial planned in Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids with services by Father Anthony Patik. rosary wednesday evening and caller information available.
Mrs. C W Browning 86 of 1701 Washington Ave dies after a long illness. Born July 29 1881 in Fairfax township she married Charles W Browning April 20 1919. She lived in Cedar Rapids 58 years was active in Trinity Methodist WSCS cradle roll and chancel choir. Services Thursday 2 pm at Rohn funeral home with Rev Warren L Feller burial Fairfax cemetery. Friends may call after 7 pm Tuesday.
Orville S Dorland 1024 Ninth street SW reports the death of his brother Leo D L Dorland 58 formerly of Cedar Rapids and employed by Allis Chalmers in Cedar Rapids and Springfield Illinois on August 4 in Springfield Ill Burial was at Oak Ridge cemetery Survivors include his wife and other information indicates a Springfield address at 2 o clock for services.
Ina Davis a Cedar Rapids resident for 28 years before moving to East St. Louis Illinois three years ago widow of Lew Davis died Monday afternoon born May 29 1896 in Audubon county Surviving son Harold R. Davis East St. Louis services Turner chapel east at 3 p.m. Thursday burial Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call after 6 p.m. Wednesday
Cedar Rapids resident Edlee May Robertson age 70 died Monday after a brief illness. She was born January 19 1891 in Hinsdale and was a member of St Pauls Methodist church and Malta chapter. Her sister Mrs. (text incomplete) is listed among survivors.
Robert E. Buchanan of Sarasota Florida died with services set for 1 30 p m Thursday conducted by Dr Glenn W McMichael Burial will be at Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel until 1 p m Thursday The casket will not
Mrs Ina Borland aged 77 died Monday afternoon in Cedar Rapids after living there two years. Formerly of Oelwein she resided with daughter Mrs Thomas Sherren at 2187 Chandler St SW. Survived by son Bill of Oelwein and five services set for Thursday at 3 in Brant Funeral Chapel Oelwein with burial at Grandview Cemetery Fayette.
Minerva M Moore funeral services held at 2 p m Wednesday in Hesser Memorial chapel led by Rev Mary White of Bethany Congregational church Burial follows at Blodgett cemetery Central City Friends may call at the chapel.
A tentative identification of Samuel Riemer, 52, of Chicago, as the pedestrian killed when struck on highways 64 and 151 east of Springville was made. Calvin Roberg, 17, of Anamoja, Iowa, could not stop as the victim waved, no charges filed. FBI fingerprints to confirm ID.
Jet will fly in Hirt from New Orleans to Cedar Rapids for Friday's fair appearance. Mail orders for Friday and Monday acts Eddy Arnold may be picked up at Hawkeye Downs to account for time constraints. Officials report a new portable stage nearly ready for use and plan to seat about 15,000 fairgoers on opening day, aiming to top last year's Wednesday turnout of 8,388.
Boston reports Gen Wallace Greene, commandant of the Marine Corps, will speak to delegates at the 49th American Legion convention on August 30. The address is expected to focus on veterans issues and national defense.
Fugitive airs Tuesday at 9 PM with the last two episodes scheduled for August 22 and August 29. The program is broadcast in color on Channel 9.
The Regional Transit Authority proposed to the city council a time purchase to acquire 16 school buses from Howard Hampton for 50 000 dollars amortized over five years at six percent. The plan would lease the buses back for 967 dollars monthly with no cash change hands.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City a one car accident six miles northwest of North Liberty claimed the life of the driver John Madden 74 of Tiffin who died at Mercy hospital in Iowa City shortly before 8 am Tuesday from injuries suffered in the mishap Johnson County sheriff's officers said Madden believed he had seen something cross the road causing him to lose control the car went off the road and struck a tree Services are pending at the George Gay Cathout funeral home.
Regional Transit Authority announced on Tuesday that city buses will run hourly to the All-Iowa fair from 8 a.m. to midnight starting Wednesday. Buses depart the Second Avenue Second Street SE intersection and reach Hawk Eye Downs on the half hour, looping west to Sixth Street then south to the fairground, with boardings allowed at nonloop points.
Cedar Rapids airport commission opened low bids totaling 292 649 for a 1.5 million expansion. Morehead Construction bid 109 740 for a hangar addition for Wathan Flying Service, Kutchera Construction 52 909 25 for paving around T hangars, Kirks Construction 130 000 for 32 T hangars. Formal award expected Wednesday.
Miami Beach AP reports Rep Claude Pepper says the Vietnam war is no longer worth the heavy burden in money and lives. He told reporters he informed the White House he no longer supports any escalation and favors reducing military operations to a holding action with continued loyal support.
Foreign Minister M. C. Chagla said the Indian ambassador to Moscow was asked to investigate reports that the Soviet Union is supplying large helicopters to Pakistan. The move follows regional tensions and concerns over military aid.
The scene shifts to Senate hearings where Kennedy seeks witnesses to explore social and economic factors behind city turmoil. Dismissals include claims of a conspiracy among city rioters, with FBI head Hoover denying evidence. Nashville ant poverty funds face scrutiny over a school teaching Negro children to hate whites.
Explosions ripped through a large refinery unit near Sour Lake Texas after a fuel line leak. Firefighters battled the blaze as crude flow was halted and foam flooded sewer lines to curb the spreading oil. Residents of Lake Charles woke to the danger as police patrolled to deter looting.
Two accidents occurred in Iowa City during heavy rain and a third on Old Highway 6 eight miles east of the city. Louise L. Tuttle, of Erving Ky, was hospitalized with leg abrasions after a collision at an Iowa City intersection. no charges. Douglas Brintwall and Edward Greazel, both injured, were taken to Mercy hospital. driver Harrison Plingston not charged. Sharie Brown and Vern Seaton sustained injuries in the third crash. ambulance attended.
Betty Hutton visits with Joey Bishop Tuesday night at 10 30 on Channel 9 in color television coverage.
The Linn county board of supervisors asks county attorneys if the new open meeting law covers advisory boards and commissions. They seek definitions of city and public way in the county building code and raise issues about public access to executive sessions. A second letter concerns building code interpretations in the Troy Mills high school case.
Arthur J. Ellis, 31, of 815 Second Street SW, changed his plea to guilty on a lascivious acts with a child charge. Judge B. J. Maxwell gave a suspended six month sentence and placed him on probation to an aunt in Kentucky for an incident involving a seven year old on June 12. Ellis had pled innocent on June 15.
Judge Harold D Victor ordered Betty Schnor to be returned to Linn county jail for a court appearance on a charge of false uttering a check. The 26 year old Cedar Rapids woman, already serving forgery sentences, drew national notice April 8 with a habeas petition for her unborn child which the judge denied. The child was born June 19.
The Defense Department called for a draft of 17,000 men in October, 8,000 fewer than September and 12,000 below this month. No decision to expand the army beyond 1,520,000 despite a planned rise in U.S. troop strength in Vietnam.
Congress sent to the White House a 4.9 billion dollar authorization for the civilian space program with a slowdown after the lunar landing. The House approved the compromise with a voice vote after Senate acceptance. The bill cuts 234 million from the White House request though Apollo funding remains strong.
Esther Hamman files in Linn district court claiming negligence by Town and Country Shopping Center Inc. and Essen House Smorgasbord caused injuries from a February 3 1966 slip on an icy sidewalk in front of Essen House. Damages sought include medical expenses, hired houseworker costs, lost income and pain and suffering.
Senator John McClellan urged exposing so called human rats in cities as he questioned the census bureau plan to survey large cities. He pressed Alexander Trowbridge to include data on unrelated men living with families to determine if they are boarders or dependents. He refused to support funding until such data is included.
Cedar Rapids safety commissioner Frank Bosh said he will attend a conference on civil disturbances in Des Moines this Friday. Parks commissioner Don Gardner will also represent the Cedar Rapids city council at the meeting with invited officials from large cities and towns and Governor Harold Hughes expected to attend.
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