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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
3
The weather bureau expects temperatures three to six degrees above normal from Tuesday through Saturday with warmer midweek. Rainfall across the period is forecast to total about .10 to .20 inch in scattered thundershowers, mainly Friday or Saturday. Local readings include highs in the upper 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s, and a detailed daily snapshot follows.
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports show guns were used in 63 percent of U S homicides in 1967, with handguns dominating at 48 percent. States with gun control had lower firearm murder rates, while the South and Northeast exhibited wide regional differences. Missouri and North Carolina stood as exceptions with high firearm murder shares.
Sources say reformist leaders control the situation in Czechoslovakia as Bratislava prepares for a Slovak party congress. Officials reject full press censorship while warning neutralism could provoke protests, and Russians in Czechoslovakia face potential unrest if accords fail.
Gov. Harold Hughes said Ted Kennedy is a courageous man and would accept an honest draft for the Democratic nomination. Speaking after a closed Iowa caucus, Hughes indicated Kennedy might run if drafted, while reaffirming his backing for Sen. Eugene McCarthy and declining to address why the caucus was closed.
Two Cedar Rapids residents die within days of each other. Robert Earl Hart, 1921 202, longtime RTC assistant superintendent and WWII veteran, is mourned by family including wife Janice Kugel and several children. services scheduled at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial. Walter Allen Klinger, 66, Sanitary Farm Dairies salesman, dies after a short illness. survived by wife Maxine Bennett. services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Bessie Brooks 81 died Sunday at a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids about a year and was born June 20, 1887 in Sigourney. Survived by three sons Bennie Warrington Cedar Rapids Boyd Warrington Springfield Mo Chancy Reth Eleason Calif three daughters Helen Klingaman Tekonsha Mich Ruby Finley Elberon Edith Meader Alburnett one sister Florence Shaffer Konopolis Kansas one brother Marion Ruby Florida 22 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Rohn funeral home with Rev Ernest W. Larson of Trinity United Methodist church burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Visitation after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Rohn funeral home.
Arthur John Wall a Cedar Rapids resident for 62 years and retired building contractor died Monday Born October 31 1890 in Goteburg Sweden he married Rinda Aletta Brudos November 4 1925 in Cleveland He leaves three sons Arthur J Richard and John all of Cedar Rapids two sisters Hanna Wall Alma Lundstrom of Cedar Rapids and Gerda Ortenwald of Goteborg and two brothers Nils and Whilhem of Goteborg He was a member of St Marks Lutheran church burial on Wednesday at 1 30 p m with Rev Daniel F Larson in Cedar Rapids relatives may call at the chapel until 1
Doctors describe two heart issues in President Eisenhower including the heart’s pumping task and rapid irregular beats. They say the outlook remains guarded and disclose for the first time weekend reports of minimal and controllable heart failure with fluid pooling.
In New York AP reports that the starling, a noisy black bird, spread through North America from Central Park in the 1890s. The species arrived via England, imported by Eugene Schieffelin a drug maker and Shakespeare enthusiast who sought birds named in his favorite works.
Harold Dale Corell, 67, died Sunday in Des Moines where he had lived since 1948. Services are set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Dunn Funeral Home in Des Moines and at 3:30 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Born November 29, 1900 in Greeley he married Bess Kammer of Cedar Rapids June 10, 1926. Survivors include two sons James and Richard of Cedar Rapids two daughters Mrs Jay Culver of Waterloo and Mrs Don Murphy of Los Angeles 13 grandchildren a sister and six brothers. Corell served as Keokuk County auditor from 1937 to 1948.
Kennedy supporters opened a two room headquarters at the Sherman House hotel with 40 delegates from 15 states meeting to gauge support for a Kennedy draft. Jerry Dotterman said the group is contacting delegations and that Kennedy would likely accept if shown the party needs him. He noted no direct talks with Kennedy or his aides have occurred.
Tom Hyde of Cedar Rapids says chatter increases about placing Ted Kennedy in nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Hyde notes Iowa delegates are split among candidates, with big delegations like Illinois and California still uncommitted and some support for Kennedy on a potential second ballot. William Sueppel of Iowa City echoes that view while voting for McCarthy on the first ballot.
At the Democratic National Convention key figures push for a unity plank while factional disputes erupt over bloc voting and seating. Muskie backs Humphrey, Hughes argues for broad platform goals, and Connally presumes a unit vote but keeps Johnson off the ticket for now. McCarthy edges into vice presidential talk but signals no sure bid.
CUTTACK India AP Officials report 33999 major cases in the last year up from 28491 the year before reflecting a sharp rise in crime in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.
Roy E. Borseth, 27, of 716 F Avenue NW, faces seven traffic counts after a Sunday chase ended when a Linn County sheriff’s car struck his vehicle. Charges include failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and two counts of failing to stop for red signals. Court is in Marion justice Jessie McCormack. Sheriff estimated patrol car repair at about $500. Borseth is jailed on $770 bond.
Carleton D. Heins of Cedar Rapids sues RTC Corp and driver Joseph Collogan for 4240 damages after a 1967 Oakland road near Thirty-fifth Street NE crash where his daughter Meridee Heins was injured when a RTC bus struck the rear of her car at a red light.
Paula Dugan Forsyth faces a perjury charge in Cedar Rapids municipal court after her former husband Marvin W. Forsyth signed the information. He alleges she testified at an April 9 divorce hearing that she had “absolutely no control of any money.” The divorce was finalized in Linn district court on May 2.
Legal notice lists Everett E. Reynolds against John H. Nelson doing business as General Electric Contract Co and individually for 3000 dollars. Also Finance Acceptance Co. against Jerry L. Harford and Judy Harford aka Mrs. Richard H. Allsup for 280.81 dollars.
Trans World Airlines bought 2000 newly hatched chicks after a consignee refused them. A Newark flight delay left the birds in poor condition and TWA paid 650 dollars. With liability doubts, the chicks were handed over Sunday to the Watts Labor Community Action Committee which runs a youth poultry project.
Ronald J. Edmonds, 23, of 6052 Fourth Street SW, received a suspended ten year sentence in the men's reformatory at Anamosa on his guilty plea to uttering a forged instrument. Judge B. J. Maxwell placed Edmonds on probation and linked the sentence to the state parole board. The case involved a $125 check passed at Palumbo's grocery, 801 Third Street SW, on July 8.
Several Eastern Iowa service members receive promotions and medals. William Stanford becomes lieutenant colonel in Air Force medical corps at Lackland Texas. Garry E. Pugh earns Army aviator wings and is named warrant officer at Hunter AAF Georgia. Robert J. Hood earns aviator wings at Hunter AAF. Ronald D. Henry rises to specialist 4 c in Korea. Richard L. Day earns outstanding military achievement award after rotary wing training at Fort Wolters Texas and will attend Fort Rucker Alabama. Home on leave are John G. Callahan for 14 days from Fort Ord to Vietnam and Lowell A. Lain for 14 days from Aberdeen Proving Ground to Germany. Duane C. Bemrose home 20 days from Camp Pendleton. Donald D. King 15 days en route from San Diego to Port Hueneme.
The text captures delegate William Pulley from Ohio reflecting on confusion at the Miami Beach convention as press briefings are unclear. It contrasts insider discussions with outside perception and notes the need for clarity on policy. Secretary Rusk states the U.S. expects North Vietnamese response before any further bombing cuts.
An advertising blurb promotes watching the 10 O clock News on KCRG TV 9 for full regional and state coverage evenings Monday through Friday in color.
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