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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1967
Page
1
Five day forecast shows temperatures near normal with highs in the low 80s and lows around 60s. Precipitation expected around a quarter inch or less with showers after the start of the week. August rainfall totals reach 4.79 inches, above the normal 2.97 inches.
Mary Lou Howell 33 of 1209 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids was arrested Friday on a six count federal indictment charging possession and sale of amphetamine sulfate tablets. Warranted for Dec 1966 to Jan 1967 drug activity, she was arraigned in Waterloo and released on bond pending federal arraignment in Cedar Rapids.
Alan L. Buch, 18, fainted in Judge Warren J. Rees’s courtroom and was taken to St. Luke's hospital after pledging innocence on charges including larceny and driver’s license violations. He had six stitches for a facial wound and admitted altering an operator’s license to buy beer.
A small amount of what is believed to be marijuana was found in a matchbox on a roof outside a youth's apartment. The drug was turned over to state narcotics agents for analysis and authorities said more arrests are expected as the case is investigated.
Cedar Rapids city council asks Iowa Attorney General for opinion on whether a municipal transit system can acquire and operate buses solely for charter work including transporting parochial and public school children. The request follows a Regional Transit Authority plan to buy 16 buses for charter use. The staff noted efforts to arrange service for public school children and other groups. An arrest is mentioned for an incident on Eighth Avenue SW in April.
Lynn Ricklefs of Lisbon was given until next Friday to show cause why items found under a search warrant should not be forfeited. Judge Harold D. Victor set a hearing for Aug 18 at 1 30. Aug 2 search warrant authorized officers to search Ricklefs car and residence. Items allegedly belonged to former employer Robert Newmire.
Noble Woods Jr., 39, of 5999 Mount Vernon Road SE, received a one year suspended sentence on two counts of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm and was placed on probation by Judge B J Maxwell. He pled guilty to the Nov 3 incident at Yankee service station, injuring Richard Burns and Judy Portz with a tire iron and a pop bottle respectively.
The Linn County district court petit jury will not have to report on the scheduled date. The postponement extends to ensure proper docket handling and adjusted court operations. Names of judges or official new dates are not provided in the readable text.
Clayton Ohlauser, 41, of 3730 M avenue NW pleaded guilty to third offense drunk driving. Judge B J Maxwell imposed a suspended one year sentence in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison and placed Ohlauser on probation to his attorney Robert Nelson with conditions to follow recommendations.
Joy M. and George R. Huston sue Linn district court for unpaid damages totaling 1 021 53 for personal injuries and 833 08 for auto damages from a Sept. 26 accident. The Chesmore vehicle insured by Dairyland, driven by Lloyd Chesmore, collided near Bowling Street and Twenty ninth Avenue SW. The Hustons seek a jury trial.
John L. Fitz age 23 pled guilty in Linn district court to gross fraud or cheat at common law for writing a $1000 bad check to Schamberger Motor Co. He was extradited from Los Angeles on a false pretenses warrant and given five months in the county jail with work release. County Attorney Faches intends to move to dismiss the false pretenses charge for insufficient evidence.
Aug 4 arrest reported for Blick 27 after police found a .25 caliber pistol in Russo's Pizza House. Court case details mention a weapon possession incident in Lindistret with related statements from officers.
Kenneth E. Crutchley 18 of rural Alburnett pled not guilty in Linn district court to a drunk driving charge. He was arrested Saturday near Avenue and Robins road NE. He is free on a 500 dollar bond.
Judge Warren J. Rees reversed a justice of the peace ruling and acquitted Central City man Larry J. Fuller of failing to stop at a stop sign. Fuller had been found guilty by Maine township Justice of the Peace John Dake on Feb. 9 and fined ten dollars after pleading innocent on Jan. 12 for an alleged Jan. 10 incident in Central City.
In a continuing report from page one, Javits condemns the regime's actions, noting jailed opponents and harassment hindering campaigners. He says if free elections are impossible, the United States may reassess its commitment and potentially phase it out.
Kennedy praised a common purpose with the government of Vietnam while asserting commitment to the Vietnamese people. Senator Case criticized the military government’s tactics and called Johnson’s troop decision incongruous amid the election campaign.
The fair hosts a two pm Friday start for the Tournament of Music at the Teen center in the quonset building. Eight local bands vie for 250 dollars in cash and a championship trophy led by organizer Dave Schneider, while livestock judging and garden shows proceed and square dances begin in the tent area.
Civil sisters Jack Burke and Mrs. Harley Richards report the death of their sister Mary Fraiser a former Cedar Rapids resident in Oakland California.
Charles Clark Antes 26 a Coe college graduate and former public relations director for the college died in Chicago after a long illness He was born September 16 1940 in Detroit married Sally Efner on June 26 1965 He worked two summers on The Gazette staff and later moved to Skokie Illinois to work for Teletype Corp His survivors include his wife his mother Elizabeth Parker and grandmother Mrs Charles V Clark memorials to Coe College. Burial in Montrose Cemetery Chicago. Services Saturday in Wilmette Illinois. Burial Linwood Friends may call at the chapel after 2 pm Sunday.
Elizabeth Van Vechten Hull of Cedar Rapids died Thursday at her Connecticut country home after a long cancer battle. Born August 19, 1902, she was a granddaughter of C. D. Van Vechten and once worked in the New York Theater Guild production department. She is survived by her Cedar Rapids brother and two nieces in Phoenix and Bermuda. Services will be private.
Nellie Shields, 63, of 924 Nineteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Friday after a short illness. Born May 3 1904 in Cedar Rapids she married Kenneth M Shields April 2 1923 in Marion. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Onis Koontz Waterloo a son Kenneth J Cedar Rapids six grandchildren two brothers Walter J and others.
A Requiem Mass for Charlotte Campagna is held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St Patrick’s Church with burial at Mt Calvary. Friends may call at Brady Mortuary. NCSF Court 727 plans to meet at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the church to form an honor guard.
The state liquor store on C Street SW in Des Moines saw manager Wayne W. Whiteman resign after an Iowa Liquor Control Commission hearing. An audit found two checks cashed from store receipts for 100 and 275 dollars, the bank returning one for insufficient funds.
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