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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
6
The bulletin outlines a cooler, cloudier pattern through Saturday with scattered showers and thundershowers Friday night and cooling highs in the 80s by Saturday. Rain totals near .50 to .75 inch expected, with normal August rainfall around 2.97 inches. Local gauges report a high near 87 and a low around 65 on Thursday, plus various city-level notes and police reports.
Harry Burke Frink of Chicago plans to appeal his 1 to 30 year sentence for assault with intent to murder Centerville Police Officer Curtis Green. Conviction upheld by Iowa Supreme Court on March 12 and Frink returned to prison May 14 after release pending appeal.
An Ohio National Guard battalion was brought to Camp Grayling Michigan for treatment after mess officer First Lt. James Hughes of Columbus contracted infectious hepatitis. Hughes was evacuated to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton in satisfactory condition. Contacts received gamma globulin to prevent spread.
In Santa Monica California producer Sid Luft 47 estranged husband of Judy Garland is hospitalized with a back injury from a rain slick crash on Wilshire Boulevard.
Vera Greer 67 died in Pecos Texas after five days stranded in extreme heat. She was rescued by Webb Air Base helicopter, found with her dog amid dense salt cedar near a 10 mile wandering area. Her daughter Mrs. R C Brumley Jr of Kermit reported the tire trouble and search effort.
Rusk arrived in Leningrad after a Moscow layover to meet Nikita Khrushchev and Andrei Gromyko. Khrushchev praised the city's restoration as a revolution symbol while noting rapid Soviet urban rebuilding. Gromyko parried a cameraman jab and referenced the troika plan for UN Secretariat reform.
Iowa City Knights of Columbus plans to apply for a liquor by the drink license. Grand Knight Robert Dautremont says state deputy Roger Kepper misreads the national constitution. He notes no liquor is served at meetings but a clubroom bar exists, and other councils interpret the rule similarly.
Word has been received of the death of Frank Sedlacek aged 60 of El Cajon California a former Cedar Rapids resident He died Thursday afternoon at home of a heart attack He operated a motel in El Cajon and attended Cedar Rapids schools Surviving is his wife Helen Funeral services and burial will be Monday in El Cajon.
Services for Clyde C. Lutz will be held at Shiloh Cemetery in Hiawatha at 10 30 Saturday led by Dr John C Ruthman. Beatty Bearle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Scotland Yard reports a red plane landed near Cheddington around the time of the robbery. Police say the best lead is possible infighting or sudden spending by gang members. McArthur denies tips on a planned train robbery and notes clues are hard to judge at this stage. The loot filled 110 mail bags and one large truck might have carried it all. Engin eer Jack Mills was knocked out with a blackjack and is in hospital. SWEDESBORO N J AP five killed in a head on crash involving a diesel locomotive and a car driven by a New York bound driver A note says the victims were Negroes and two others injured.
The account details Mills being struck and a guard offering cigarettes during the incident. The man claimed they did not intend to hit Mills and described sharing a light and lighter moments amid the confrontation.
City council refuses to approve a Memorial Commission land sale for a reserve training center near Memorial tennis courts. Mayor Johnson says the council never consented to sell, while Army Engineers threaten eminent domain. City officials note only a fair price could be pursued if condemnation proceeds.
Hurricane Arlene struck Bermuda at 92 mph causing minimal damage with banana and pine trees blown down and the causeway to Kindley Field blocked. The storm’s eye passed Bermuda at noon and moved eastward away from the U S coast with no threats reported.
A warrant was issued for Calvin H. Buckman Marion Linn County district court on Friday charging false uttering of a check. Other items note judgment for John A. Luck against L C Harrison and Ruth Harrison for 1059.91 and suits filed including Richard Hargens versus Lawrence Hamman for return of a 196 automobile and 1500 damages with Ruth Lathrop versus Robert Lathrop for separate maintenance.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy dies at two days old in Boston, becoming the fifth child of a U.S. president to die during a term. The article lists earlier royal-like losses: Charles Adams, Mary Jefferson, Mrs John Wayles Eppes, William Wallace Lincoln, and Calvin Coolidge’s son Calvin, noting causes and dates as presidents’ families faced loss during office.
Washington notes August brings the nation's bounty from roadside stands with peaches, corn and tomatoes. New Yorkers savor garden picks from Ohio and Kansas as roasting ears crown the August feast. The piece extols August as the peak time to eat and revel in summer produce.
A chlorine gas leak from a tank car on a siding near Wonder Chemical Co. sent hundreds to area hospitals in Philadelphia's northeast. Fire Chief George Hink said the gas was shut off but the area remained saturated and Frankford Hospital reported over 100 patients from the scene.
State Circuit Judge O H Barnett ruled Beckwith to be held for trial and ordered a permanent halt to mental tests. Beckwith was ordered returned to Hinds County Jail in Jackson for proceedings on the Medgar Evers slaying case.
Walt Rostow counselor of the U S state department and head of the policy and planning council is due in Mexico City this weekend to begin a three week visit. He will meet officials and discuss regional matters during the trip.
Iowa City authorities seek James V. Riley a 28 year old Anamosa reformatory prisoner who escaped Thursday from University hospitals where he was brought for treatment. He is five feet eight inches tall 154 pounds with brown hair brown eyes a ruddy complexion blue jeans and a blue shirt and has tattoos on his left arm.
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