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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1966
Page
1
The daily forecast calls for temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal from Saturday through Wednesday with normal highs in the lower to mid 80s and lows near 60. Rainfall expected at 0.60 to 1.00 inch, with locally heavier totals in scattered showers or thunderstorms most days. A cooler trend begins Saturday and continues into Sunday, followed by only minor changes.
A list of speeding offenses and related traffic violations with names and addresses in Marion Norman areas. Kenneth M Elam, Leonard Buser, Hartwig, Wood, Reese, Stickley, Skogman, Kuba, McDonald II, Murphy, Hartke Meyer, Martin, Wessling, Huerter, Dayhoff, Dippel Jr, Crail, Nehl, Collinge appear with fines ranging from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs.
Lt. Glen Kalember 24 of Grosse Pointe. Navy Skyraider pilot stationed at Leemore Calif who had flown over 100 missions in Vietnam died when his plane struck a tree on a third pass near his parents summer home in Suttons Bay. He had taken off from Glenview Ill and circled the family residence before the crash occurred.
The Rev Andrew Young executive secretary of the SCLC argues that life in crowded tenements under $3 000 income and harsh treatment by case workers and police can devastate generations in four to five years He praises some police efforts but questions the officer's social understanding of city forces.
North Vietnam announced it had captured two American airmen from the June 29 raid on the Hanoi fuel dump. Major James Kasler, the raid leader and noted fighter-bomber ace, and Captain Wiley Shattuck were cited as taken prisoner as Hanoi described continued missile barrages over the north with spacing to restock launchers for Soviet-built rockets.
Twenty one local enlistees join Army and Navy programs. Recruits sent to Ft. Knox Ft. Dix and Ft. Leonard Wood for officer and basic training. Navy trainees depart for San Diego and Great Lakes with delayed enlistment entries listed. One graduate from officer candidate school commissioned as ensign. several on leave.
A two car crash left five injured in Iowa City. Russell Carmichael, 24, Riverside, in fair condition with facial lacerations and fractures, is brother of a deceased youth. Mrs. Klein, native of Hills area, with her daughter Vickie McNeal, 24, Williamsburg, and family, suffered facial injuries. Children were moved to Mercy hospital in good condition. Services planned for Carmichael and Mrs. Klein include memorials at local churches and cemeteries.
New York AP reports Judge John Unger of Danville Illinois was elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans on Friday. The selection marks a leadership shift for the veterans group as Unger assumes the top post.
George G. Miller Jr doing business as Miller's Citgo Service is not the principal defendant in a Linn county district court case. The Iowa State Bank and Trust Co sued two defendants for 3996 over a promissory note. Kenneth W Winston is the principal defendant. The bank seeks foreclosure of a chattel mortgage on a 1966 model car, with Winston as the car owner and Miller named only to have his interest declared junior to the bank's.
Jerry Joe Everett, 23, of Hazleton, received a 10-year sentence in Linn district court for a October 18 break-in at Baranchanus restaurant. The term runs concurrently with another 10-year sentence from July for a break-in at Briner’s grocery in Springville. Everett changed his plea on the second charge from innocent to guilty.
Three Waterloo men James M. Jones Charles C. Talley and William Oliver each pled innocent in Linn district court to forgery charges arising from cashing stolen postal money orders in Cedar Rapids. Judge Warren Rees reduced bond for all three to $2,500.
Frank Strueve of Bensenville Illinois received a ten year prison term and parole in Linn district court after pleading guilty to stealing a 1966 model car from a Cedar Rapids dealer in June. Judge Warren Rees ordered parole under state supervision and to Illinois authorities. Dismissed Roy Miller vs Merle Plummer oral agreement.
City council and urban renewal board discussed expanding the Civic Center renewal project in a joint meeting on Friday. Urban renewal consultant Carl Landino from Chicago explained potential north west and south expansions. Further studies and reports were ordered for a future meeting.
At Fifth Avenue and Third Street SE a car driven by Mildred L. Philiph and a truck driven by Clair L. Scott collided Friday at 9 15 a m. The truck overturned. Philiph and her 3 year old son Brian and Scott were treated and released from St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals respectively. Philiph was charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
James Darren stars in THE TIME TUNNEL in color. Advance premiere Friday, September 9 on KCRG TV Channel 9, offering a new sci fi adventure.
Linn county Iowa farm land valuations were increased 10 percent by the state tax commission in 1965 with farm building values cut 10 percent. Affected landowners may not appeal to the local board of review, and no adjustments can be made unless building values changed after Jan 1, 1965. Appeals await the next revaluation in 1969.
Richard Speck, accused mass killer, moved Friday from hospital to a maximum security cell in Cook County Jail after doctors said his condition improved. Warden Johnson noted a possible heart ailment could require up to a year of bed rest, but would not stop his August 18 court hearing.
In Salisbury Rhodesia an oil tank truck and two heavy trucks collided at Makuti Friday, resulting in seven Africans burned to death. The AP report notes a major highway accident with multiple vehicles involved and casualties.
The 82nd biennial convention of the Iowa Association of the Deaf began in Cedar Rapids with over 110 registered by Friday noon. Mayor Bob Johnson and John X Waters welcomed delegates at the Roosevelt hotel as the event runs through Sunday with about 400 expected. Robert Sanderson of the National Association of the Deaf scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. replacing 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The program includes officer elections, site selection for 1968, and a Saturday banquet with Frank Nye of The Gazette speaking after the banquet.
Details mix a 47 foot missile description with a busy fair schedule. Pigs compete in open swine show with 200 pens entered, livestock judging begins at 9 a.m. for Angus Hampshire Duroc and Poland China, followed by 4 H and FFA lamb judging at 9 30 a.m. Arts include 249 amateur paintings judged by Robert L Kocher. Auto racing opens with midgets on the quarter mile track led by Dick Ritchie and Willard Yates. Demolition derby, midways concerts, flower shows and forecasted crowds frame a weekend of fair activities in Cedar Rapids.
Eva Kalinsky born March 8 1904 Cedar Rapids lifelong resident died Friday after long illness She is survived by two sons Robert and Wayne Kalinsky Cedar Rapids a daughter Rose Gaeth Astoria N Y and two granddaughters Memorial services at Turner Ady chapel 10 30 a m Monday by Rabbi Isaac Neuman Burial Eben Israel cemetery Casket will not be opened Friends may donate to Temple Judah Building Fund
Cedar Rapids and Marion civil defense sirens will be tested Saturday at 10 a.m. A pot luck picnic is planned at Parkview pavilion in Jones Park Sunday at 4 p.m. Magnificent Trop ic Lanes offers bowling reopening specials at four lines for $1. Indoor Sporting Club promotes the event.
A compact page of community ads lists a grand opening for Debonaire Beauty Salon at 162 Jacolyn Drive with a 10 percent discount, a vacation closure for Jim's Barber Shop August 15–20, bowling session specials at May City Lanes, and a fire damage note from Joe West after an ember tossed into his car on Sixteenth Avenue SW. Also promotes a Flame's Fox and Hounds Lounge show, a seven week AKC Cocker female contact, porch sale at 132 32nd Street NE, S&F Machine Co new location at 413 8th Ave SE, and Mitvalsky August sale.
Leonard Sturm operator of the Purple Cow restaurant at 316 First Avenue NE was arraigned in U S district court Des Moines on four counts for failure to file cabaret excise tax returns for 1963 and 1964. He pled nolo contendere to the first two counts. judge Stephenson accepted the pleas and ordered a pre sentence investigation. Counts detail taxes due: 1963 Q3 1317 dollars, Q4 81.02 dollars, 1964 Q1 776 dollars, Q2 1244 dollars.
DES Moines AP State Safety Commissioner Gene Needles announced a policy shift on suspending licenses. Licenses will suspend after a first hand highway patrol investigation, with a 30 day minimum for unusually serious offenses. Speeding over 20 mph may avoid the report based suspension.
Regents allocations show the University of Iowa to receive 25 million, Iowa State 20 million, and State College of Iowa 9.2 million. The Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs gets 385 thousand and the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving school in Vin ton 350 thousand.
Witnesses recalled rapid gunfire as an assailant opened fire in a cafeteria near the sports stadium. Widmann, hiding behind a rolling table, exchanged shots with officers who entered at 12:39 p.m. Rebecca Wilson, 34, of New Haven and mother of four, was found murdered nearby with injuries from a heavy instrument.
A Japanese fishing boat sank after a collision Friday with a West German freighter near Tokyo. Eleven crewmen were rescued while four remain missing in the incident reported by UPI.
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