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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1962
Page
4
Forecast shows clearing and very cold conditions tonight with diminishing winds. Tuesday temperatures ranged from the 20s in the north to 40s in the south with varying precipitation amounts. Thursday expected to be fair with highs in the 30s and lows around 15 to 20 degrees, followed by partly cloudy conditions and near normal temperatures on Friday.
Walter Hermann Julius Raus, described as a former Nazi SS officer, was arrested in Santiago on war crimes charges. Chilean authorities say he faces extradition to West Germany after being flown from Punta Arenas where he was living as a salesman with two sons. The supreme court will decide on the extradition request.
A list of individuals from multiple Iowa City area towns and nearby cities who were fined sums ranging from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs. Names include Hilda Worrell Leslie Smith Ronald Cowger Violet Cosgrove Patricia Unruh Paul Ello Mary Edwards Bonnyle Wadsworth Mariam Wilson etc. Several other defendants appear with addresses and offense types such as permitting unauthorized person to drive failing to yield and disobeying a stop sign.
Anamosa Otis Babcock 53 Cedar Rapids services Thursday 1:30 Goettsch's. Anamosa W L Jim Miller 83 services Friday 1:30 Goettsch's. Waukon Harold Kellison 57 services Friday 1:30 Old East Paint Creek church. Martin Delta Harry Lisk 63 services Thursday 2 Methodist church. Arlington Will Gable 93 services Thursday 2 Methodist church. Gleim's Oelwein Mrs William Youngton 60 services Thursday 2:30 Brant's. Oelwein Ray Elliff 54 services Thursday 11 Sacred Heart church Brant's. Oelwein Katherine Rum mell 61 services Friday 11 Sacred Heart church Hintz'. Tama Andrew Suchanek 95 services Thursday 2 Mason's Tama. Fayette Jerald Everett 7 son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Everett Waterloo. Services Thursday 2 Bellas Wright. Mt Vernon Edward Beebe 92 services Friday 2 Morgan's. Lisbon Jessie Shaw 90 services Saturday 2 Federated church. Friends may call Morgan's afternoon Friday. Toledo Jack Zmolek 25 Mason's. Delhi William Koppele 75 Methodist church. Clifton's Earlville Norway Andrew Joseph Nolte infant son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nolte services held Wednesday St Patrick's cemetery Watkins Monahan Stewart.
A Central German War Crimes Investigation Agency spokesman on Wednesday night said a Santiago report misidentified former Lt. Gen. Walter Rauff as arrested. Rauff, a Reich security official allied with Eichmann, aided the final solution program. His name appeared on a list distributed by Israeli authorities during the Eichmann trial.
Jack Zmolek age 25 father of four small children was killed while driving a tractor on a county road near his farm when a rear wheel dropped off the edge and the tractor overturned. He suffered a crushed skull and is survived by his wife four children parents and two siblings. Body at Mason funeral home.
Carrara marble quarry owners commission sculptor Nardo Dunchi to create a 36 foot high monument to the cosmonauts. U S and Soviet spacemen invited to the unveiling next spring.
The United Community Service budget panel tentatively approved ten reduced agency budgets in a bid to close the fall campaign gap. Reductions totaled 21,968 with 14,402 from agency balances and 3,217 more cuts planned, leaving 3,413 to be bridged.
Sen John Walker denounces State Safety Commissioner Carl Peschs order to use unmarked patrol cars calling it Gestapo methods. He warns a patrolman could be killed and questions who would take responsibility while noting the law offers no clear permission or prohibition. Walker says he is absolutely opposed.
Joseph Hill a 35 year old bridge tender in Wilmington Delaware spotted a man climbing the rail to commit death by own action He urged the man to the center of the bridge The man jumped Hill grabbed the jumper by the wrist and held on until help arrived.
An Indonesian student group with about 15 000 members condemned the planned stationing of U S Peace Corps volunteers arriving next May. The organization described the Peace Corps as a form of neo colonialism threatening Afro Asian and Latin American nations.
Walter Earl Hollenbeck 1006 Twenty third Street SE Cedar Rapids a retired Milwaukee railroad locomotive engineer died Sunday in Phoenix after a brief illness. Born April 29 1888 in Linn County he married Genevieve Benson in 1925 in Iowa City a Navy World War II veteran he survived by his wife a brother Elsworth R. Hollenbeck of Cedar Rapids. He belonged to Trojan Lodge Marion Iowa Consistory El Kabir Shrine Hanford Post American Legion and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Services Thursday at Turner Chapel 1 30 led by Rev. Leonard Deaver Burial Linwood Friends may call after 10 a m. Master Masons to meet Trojan Lodge at 12 30 at Marion Masonic Hall.
Carrie P. Rees widow of Milo E. Rees and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday after a sudden illness. Born May 24, 1880 near Oskaloosa, she lived with her son Vernon Rees and daughter-in-law in Linn Junction read NE. She leaves a daughter Olive M. Rees of Huntington Beach California, two brothers Charles Powell of Ohio and Ernest Powell of Minneapolis, a sister Mrs Clyde Lockard of New Sharon and four grandchildren. She was a member of the Friends Church on College Avenue in Oskaloosa. The body was moved from Turner chapel to Garland chapel in Oskaloosa for services and burial.
Emma E. McDonald 277 Twenty-eighth Ave SW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a long illness. Born July 14, 1894 in Watkins she married in 1919 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband a son Dale G. McDonald a daughter Lois Dick two grandchildren and a brother Will Monson. She belonged to Trinity Methodist church the VFW and American Legion auxiliaries. Services at Turner Chapel 1 30 Saturday with Rev Warren L Feller burial in Watkins Mound Friends may call after ll Thursday.
Otis Babcock aged 53 of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday moving from Anamosa area where he farmed. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Richard Grafft Anamosa and Brenda at home a son Lynn Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Donald Mann Cedar Rapids Louisa Benau Allerton and Mrs Willis Fairbanks Anamosa and five grandchildren. Services set for Thursday at 1 30.
The council considers a contract award for Rompet sewer installation to Hennessy Brothers and approves paving assessment on Blairs Ferry road NE from Center Point road to C avenue. A petition seeks two hour parking on First avenue W between Fourth and Fifth streets. An ordinance sets garbage collection rules and rezones Ellis Blvd NW for Sheftic and Ross.
Prize Moscow reports Italian born nuclear scientist Bruno Pontecorvo, who defected to Russia, has been recommended for a Lenin prize in a government announcement on Wednesday.
Mina Wanamaker born January 11, 1878 in Johnson County and longtime Church of the Brethren adherent died Wednesday. She leaves a Cedar Rapids daughter, Mrs J P Specht, plus a grandson and great grandson. Services at Rohn funeral home Friday at 1 30 conducted by Rev Robert E Falls, burial in Ohio Cemetery Ladora. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday.
Services are set at Huff funeral home at 9 30 Thursday by Rev Elmer C Boom of Faith EUB church with burial at 2 30 Thursday at Armstrong Nietert Dale Turner chapel at 1 30 Friday by Rev John K Moore of Asbury Methodist church burial Cedar Memorial Erland Otto T Turner chapel at 3 Thursday by Rev J Richard Wagner burial Linwood
The article notes speculation that Stevenson faces criticism similar to other officials. It cites prior critical pieces about Chester Bowles and Fowler Hamilton before resignations, mentions Grewe’s recall, and states Rusk and Ball were upset while reportedly pro Stevenson's allies defend him.
A tense performance in Barcelona features a clash between rival houses as an actor hurls another into the audience during the Tuesday night staging.
Clem ent Blood, 38, of 3838 Old Marion Road NE, was found guilty by a district court jury on a second offense drunk driving charge after a Monday start. The panel deliberated from 1:50 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. The judge set no sentencing date. Blood, a cab driver, was arrested Sept. 30 in the Old Hickory West lot on Highway 30. his prior conviction dated May 28, 1951. In a separate second offense case, Robert P. McGill, 47, of 415 Sixth Street SW, pled guilty and was fined $500 before Judge Penningroth. he was arrested Nov. 24 on Highway 30 near Sixteenth Avenue SW in Cedar.
Two men received 60 day suspended sentences after pleading guilty to bad check offenses. Joseph A. Martin Jr. of Davenport faced false uttering of a check for 181.76 at Dean Powers Co. Leo W. Cannon of 615 Third Avenue SE pled to gross frauds and cheats for a 61.74 bad check cashed at Car Supply Mart.
Floyd S. McGarry, 44, of Coggon, pleads innocent to an assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury charge after a Nov. 10 gun fight in Coggon with two sheriff's deputies. Deputy Merle Spicer suffered gunshot wounds but was not hospitalized. McGarry was hospitalized in Iowa City until Nov. 23 and is held in the county jail on $2,000 bond.
An Italian economic team departs December 9 for Israel to inspect how the citrus sector operates and explore potential trade links. The delegation aims to assess cultivation, processing, and market opportunities for Italian producers.
Host Frank Buxton demonstrates creating simple musical instruments on KCRG-TV 9 as part of the DISCOVERY '62 segment airing Thursday at 4 30 p.m. The entry spot promotes an instructional TV moment for viewers interested in DIY sound makers.
Louella Brandt sueS Leo J. Simons for 7000 in district court over an Aug 15 1961 rear end collision on First Avenue E at Tenth Street. Brandt claims neck injuries and asks for a jury trial.
Bary LaBlanche, 42, of 906 Eighth Street SE, pled guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth to desertion and abandonment. He was sentenced to six months suspended on Wednesday after his wife Alamena accused him of abandoning the home.
Delmar F Bear, 47, of Mt. Vernon, was given a 60 day suspended sentence by Judge Charles Penningroth on a charge of driving with a suspended license. Bear was arrested November 17 on Highway 261 about two miles east of Mt. Vernon.
The Linn County Courthouse will be closed on December 24 and 25 and January 1. It will also close an hour early at 4 p.m. on December 21.
Dismissals include Adah W Neff versus Donald L Miller and Miller versus Harold Bauerle for an auto crash on January 6 1962 at the junction of highways 30 and 218 Irma G Simpson versus John B Johnson a $43998 81 damage suit from a November 20 1959 auto crash on First Avenue and Twenty Fifth Street Drive Sk dismissed with prejudice.
Judgment entered for Keith Kennedy against Wayne Schnell for $81.29 on account under the 1966 service action.
Seventeen groups and individuals endorsed a proposed Cedar Rapids human rights commission at a council on human relations meeting. The plan envisions a mayor appointed panel with city council consent, noting similar commissions in Des Moines Davenport and seventeen Illinois cities.
Kongolo in Katanga province reported captured by central Congolese forces. About 1,500 gendarmes loyal to Katanga's President Tshombe had defended the town since February, with the government claiming victory on Wednesday.
Lansing officials purchase a police car for 1700 dollars plus trade in of the old vehicle from Keenan Auto Sales.
The Gazette touts Want Ads as effective tools for buyers and sellers, urging readers to use classified sections to reach local customers and find sought items. The short note highlights broad utility and ease of posting.
Iowa safety chief says unmarked patrol cars will be phased in across 14 districts with reduced markings and dummy plates. Authorities cite state death tolls and compare to historical peaks while noting Connecticut usage and backing from police groups.
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