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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1968
Page
1
The Daily Record posts a five day Iowa forecast with normal highs 77 to 84 and lows 56 to 62 plus expected precipitation. It lists current highs and temperatures and notes August totals and year-to-date figures. The notice includes funerals and memorials for multiple individuals with service times and burial or church details.
Aug. 27 notices list names and relations including James Turner Walker a son John Brockschink Norway a son Larry Finn 2467 Teresa drive SW a daughter David Cronbaugh 310 Sixth avenue SW a son Donald J Mulvehill 120 School street Marion a son Charles G Schmitt 1603 avenue NE a son Thomas R Tompkins 1401 Sixth street NW a daughter Jon W Lympus 5500 Gordon avenue NW a son Margaret F Stanard from Lester J Stanard Ella Louise Hoskins from Richard Hoskins Jeannette A Wolfe from Rob ert L Wolfe Maxine Marcella James from Richard Arland James
The notice compiles names of residents involved in civil actions including Bedford P Lattner and Dorothy B Taylor. Phillip K Price and Sandra M Smith. Richard J Humphrey and Marilyn S Usher. Mark B Arthur. Nancy K Frueh, Cedar Rapids. It also lists traffic fines for Edward O Miller Marion. James W Smith Winthrop. William D Linderwell. Richard M Fortner Mt Vernon. Jane E McFadden. James L Gremmels. Daniel L Cullivan. Sheldon A Dewees. Cheryl S Marti. Leland O Brown with sentences and fines. Reports describe vehicle and fire incidents on Second Street SE Random Road SE, Sixth Street SW, and Brentwood Place NE, plus a tear gas ventilation aid.
Three traffic charges filed July 13 against a Davis Junction man were dismissed after confirmation he serves in the armed forces and is being transferred abroad. John Miller faced reckless driving failure to stop for a stop sign and attempting to elude police following an east side incident. Judge John Reilly ordered charges dropped on payment of court costs.
Deming debate rages over Vietnam policy as Humphrey wins key credentials battles. McCarthy aides deny defeat while delegates sweat through adjournment attempts. Southern governors endorse Humphrey as antiwar factions clash on bombing halt.
George Edwards, 60, of Marengo was listed in grave condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a gunshot wound to the head. He was found early Wednesday in Marengo Memorial Cemetery.
The Riley for Congress Committee chairman alleges political opponents vandalized the home and property at 13 Glenbrook Drive SE, including damage to a campaign trailer, torn signs, and a gunshot through a plate glass window. Tom Riley is unopposed in the GOP nomination. incumbent John Culver leads the Democratic side. DeFoy Goudy Bickel, lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and widow of Earl Bickel, died after a brief illness at 96. Memorial services set at Turner Chapel East Friday morning. burial Cedar Memorial.
Cedar Rapids residents petitioned the city council to move the annual Soap Box Derby from Fifteenth Street SW citing yard damage and neighborhood disturbance. They urged a nonresidential site or rotating location and suggested Hawkeye Downs as a suitable venue.
Police report 11 arrests by the youth bureau for glue sniffing at Noelridge park and beer possession in the 800 block of First Avenue E. Eight youths, ages 14 to 16, were released to parents after juvenile probation reports. Three older youths, 16 and 17 from Anamosa, faced beer possession charges and one resisted arrest before also being released.
The council gave third reading to an ordinance allowing police to impound bicycles. The 3-1 vote included Mayor Frank Bosh in opposition, arguing the text permits indefinite impoundment. He urged limiting impoundment to seven days.
Wednesday granted third readings to three rezoning ordinances. The changes include R-2 to R-3 at O Avenue and Twenty Seventh Street NW sponsored by Kenneth C Schneiderman and J G and Alvin Sattler. Also R-1 to R-3G along Council Street NE north of Blairs Ferry Road NE. Midwest Development Co. requested the R-1 to R-2 change on adjacent property.
Funeral services for Cpl. Kurt P. Stephenson are moved to Thursday at 9:00 a.m. at St Matthew's Church with Rev. Louis V. McDonough. Military burial will follow at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday after 1 p.m. at Monahan Stewart Funeral Home. Rosaries are planned at 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. nearby.
Walter J Cosgrove 1128 Ninth street SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday age 38 years born March 28 1906 Coggan. Survived by two sons Ronald and John D two daughters Mrs Vernon Brusha Elaine Cosgrove a brother Joseph P Cosgrove four sisters and seven grandchildren. Requiem mass 10 30 a m Thursday at Immaculate Conception church Rev Roger E O'Brien Parish Rosary 7 30 p m Wednesday Brady mortuary Friends may call after 3 p m Wednesday Burial Mt Calvary.
Patrick Allen DeBrower died Tuesday evening at his family home. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John DeBrower and a brother Daniel John DeBrower and a sister Janine Marie DeBrower both at home plus grandparents and a step great grandmother. Graveside services were held at St. John's cemetery at 3 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Edmund J Becker. Turner Chapel East handled arrangements.
Allen Gene Rask infant son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Rask of 1616 Fourteenth Avenue SE died Tuesday evening born Tuesday morning. He is survived by sisters Caroline Mae and Geraldine Alice Rask and brother Edwin LeRoy Rask Jr at home. Grandparents Burdette Stone Jr of Manchester and Alice Rask of Sioux City and great grandparents Burdette Stone of Manchester. Private memorial services were held in Turner Chapel east with cremation committal.
Buckley and Vidal interpret the Democratic Convention in color on Channel 9 at 8 30 PM Wednesday offering analysis and highlights of the event.
The station was hijacked by Schaepperkotter who held O'Brien at gunpoint. After shots and gas grenades, Schaepperkotter surrendered. he had $75 and a prior record for burglary and auto theft. O'Brien and officer safety details followed, with two more nearby robberies under investigation.
The city council limited urban renewal area buildings to tenants involved in renewal or displaced residents seeking temporary relocation. Planning Director Don B. Salyer noted the change aligns rentals with federal rules altered earlier this year and excepts political office spaces from the general ban.
Eugene McCarthy offered to throw his full support to Edward Kennedy in a meeting with Stephen Smith, Kennedy’s brother in law. McCarthy indicated he would back Kennedy on a first ballot if sufficient delegate support could be built. Kennedy later announced he would not seek the nomination.
William Vanden Heuvel of New York City said he would renominate President Johnson to head the Democratic slate if the convention approves the Vietnam plank acceptable to the administration. The remarks were made to newsmen in Chicago on Wednesday.
Murray Bob at 1119 Twenty-first Avenue SW was appointed to Cedar Rapids board of plumbing examiners to replace Don Humphrey 1712 Arizona Avenue NE who was wrongly appointed April 3. Humphrey did not meet the five year master plumber requirement, so the council rescinded that resolution. Murray serves until March 31, 1970.
New York City registration card warns voters they are permanently registered if they live at their current address and vote at least once in any general election within two calendar years. The notice emphasizes preventing duplicate voting and prolongs registration status via continued participation.
Employers with eligible young men or the applicants themselves may apply for the Rotary Group Study Exchange with Australia. District 597 spans northern Iowa and links with District 267. Cedar Rapids Rotary can nominate two youths. Rotarians or relatives are ineligible. Rotary Foundation covers travel. host district provides food lodging and local transport. Contact Hamilton Vasey before Sunday for details.
Cedar Rapids building official Ed Winter reminded that city code bans outside paper signs in fire zone No 1 in the loop district. He noted the rule dates to circus ad days and applies to political signs while inside buildings may display them.
Kenneth L. Curran of 1825 Eighth Street NW filed nomination papers for the September 9 school board election becoming the second candidate. Incumbent Robert Barber filed earlier with four others obtaining papers. Norman Lipsky is the second incumbent up for reelection. Filing deadline is noon Friday.
Twenty five signers oppose St Pauls Methodist church proposal for a special permit to build a parking lot in the 1400 block of Third avenue SE. They argue the project would depress property values in the nearby residential area.
Police arrested 31 demonstrators at the International Amphitheater as 1400 National Guardsmen were deployed downtown to avert trouble during a planned march on the Democratic convention. Nine women were among those jailed for a prayer vigil in a secured area led by former Yale professor Dr Laughton Lyndh.
Czechoslovakia's Dubcek defended liberal reform and urged continued plans after Moscow talks. He spoke emotionally as residents faced Soviet occupation, with demonstrations and fatigue evident outside Parliament. An underground broadcast vowed to resist while seeking sovereignty and freedom.
The article notes higher apparel costs with shoes and men’s and boys’ clothing up 7.6 percent year over year and 1.1 percent from Q1 1968. Transportation rose 1 percent in the quarter and 2.7 percent year over year due to used cars and July gasoline. Food rose slowly with cereals dairy and some produce up. beef pork and chicken declined. Home ownership costs outpaced rents, with rent up 1.8 percent and ownership up 4.6 percent. overall 1968 pace slower than national rate but Q2 higher than January–April.
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