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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1963

Page

2

Ohio Mennonite General Conference Elects New Moderator

The Mennonite General Conference elected Rev. Roy S. Koch of West Liberty Ohio as moderator for two years at the 33rd biennial session He succeeds Rev John R Mumaw of Harrisonburg Va The conference amended its constitution to allow a moderator elect and abolished the assistant moderator post The 1965 session will be in Ohio and the 1967 in Oregon with local conferences selecting sites The delegates also debated a revised faith statement and expected a tobacco and alcohol condemnation report

Kalona Mennonite General Conference Roy S. Koch West Liberty Ohio John R. Mumaw Harrisonburg

Tama City approves 15 monthly raise for police officer Fricke

The Tama City Council awards Richard Fricke a fifteen dollar monthly pay raise raising his salary to 315 dollars per month starting September 1 matching Officer Eddie McKee. The move reflects standard police pay adjustments in the department.

Tama Richard Fricke Eddie McKee Fricke

Rural Tama Youth Electrocuted Working Cement Crew

Darold Charles Vavroch 18 of rural Tama was electrocuted Wednesday afternoon while cement was being dumped from a truck. The accident occurred when the truck contacted a live wire as the crew spread cement eight miles southeast of Tama. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Vavroch and a 1963 South Tama graduate. He leaves his parents a brother a sister and two grandparents. Services Saturday at 9:30 at St Patrick's church. Body at Mason funeral home.

Toledo—Darold Charles Vavroch Tama Eldon Vaverka Vavroch Joe Vavroch Darold Charles Vavroch Marshalltown South Tama Duane St. Patrick’s Church The Mason Funeral Home

R. J. Vavra Injured In Fall from Porch

Rudolph J. Vavra of 1748 Tenth Avenue Marion was in fair condition at St Luke s hospital after a ladder slide caused a fall from a porch roof at 1261 Third Avenue SE He suffered fractures to both knees while siding a house for Brinkmann Insulation Co and the ladder moved beneath him on Wednesday.

Rudolph J. Vavra Tenth Avenue Marion St. Luke’s Hospital Third Avenue SE Vavra Brinkmann Insulation Co

Pays Back Taxes on Iowa Oil Stations

Des Moines entrepreneur C C Brooks owner of Colonial Supply and Oil Co has paid over 60000 in back taxes and can reopen ten oil stations in Iowa including one at Hazleton Bud Thompson the Hazleton manager says he is unsure about reopening the station though he continues to run a restaurant there Brooks owed 51338 in federal excise taxes plus about 10900 in back state taxes

Brooks Colonial Supply and Oil Co Des Moines Hazleton Bud Thompson

Jaycees to Sponsor Firemen Appreciation Night

Waukon reports the Jaycees sponsor a firemen appreciation night on August 31 at the high school with a dinner and a dance at the Veterans club.

Waukon The Jaycees Veteran’s Club

Kennedy unveils world speediest cargo plane C141 roll out

President Kennedy joined a ceremonial rollout at Dobbin's Air Base to introduce the C-141 jet military transport. He lauded the event as a major step in strengthening U S security and projecting freedom worldwide while speaking via closed circuit TV from the White House.

Washington Kennedy U. S White House Marietta Dobbins Air Base Ken

Negroes Arrested Defying Protests in Plaquemine City Hall

On Wednesday night 84 Black residents gathered at the Plaquemine Louisiana city hall and courthouse in defiance of a federal order to end protests. Police chief Dennis Songy warned them to disperse and then arrested 84 after they refused to leave. Police in Birmingham assisted in the operation.

Plaquemine Dennis Songy

Birmingham bombing probe widens amid segregation protests

A Birmingham bombing probe traces slender clues to a Tuesday night attack on a Negro attorney's home as National States Rights party leaders plan rallies against desegregation. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr warns of more racial problems and a potential "dark night of deeper violence." In Americus, Georgia, four civil rights demonstrators face charges of attempting to incite insurrection, punishable by death.

National States Rights Party Birmingham Chicago Martin Luther King Americus Georgia

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