Weather Almanac and Local Birth Announcements
Five day forecast notes temperatures three to five degrees above normal with rain and possible snow mix on Saturday and Monday. Normal highs range 30 to 38, lows 14 to 21. precipitation about a quarter inch. Also lists newborns and families receiving births notifications including Everett Mysak, Winfred Rahn, James Volk, Delbert Sturtz, Alvin D. Meyer, Morgan L. Heister, James M. Michelson, Annette Jacobson, and Shirley A. Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Long
Westwood Drive
Everett Mysak
Springville
Winfred Rahn
E Avenue NW
James Volk
Hiawatha
Delbert Sturtz
C Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids residents named in fire and explosion incidents
The report lists Cedar Rapids residents Daniel LeRoy Puckhaber Cheryl Lenton Thomas Sojka and Sally Ruckle plus Francis Lahus and Linda Ward and Lon Scriven and Jan ice Mae Daywitt with locations. At 3 15 p m Thursday a gas explosion at 915 Twelfth Street NE injured Virginia Pudil who had minor facial burns. At 2 08 a m Thursday a lit cigarette started a fire damaging hand tools in a truck at 5640 Colorado Drive SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel LeRoy Puckhaber
Cheryl Lenton
Thomas Sojka
Sally Ruckle
Kenneth A. Hasson
Linda M. Womacka
Cedar Rapids
Francis Lahus
Marion
Linda Ward
Lon E. Scriven
Janice Mae Daywitt
Fairfax
Twelfth Street
Virginia Pudil
Colorado Drive
Traffic fines listed for motorists in Cedar Rapids area
The notice enumerates individuals from Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Shellsburg and surrounding towns fined for traffic violations including speeding disobeying school and general signals and failing to control a vehicle. Amounts range from 10 to 20 dollars plus costs with several residents named and their addresses provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Rawson
Route One
Cedar Rapids
Patty L. Cranston
D Avenue
William L. Redfern
Hiawatha
James J. Basino
Thirtieth Street
Richard R. Novotny
Watkins
Violet M. W. Kreutzer
Charles Haefner
Willman
Walker Street
David Kenny
Hopkinton
Gary A. Carter
K Avenue NE
Shirley K. Wiggins
Center Point
Joe F. Malake
Keys Court
Marion
Sarah J. Ronnenburg
Twenty-sixth Street
Irma E. Brown
Twenty-second Avenue
Richard J. Hrvel
D Avenue NE
Maxine M. Rose
Higley Avenue
Rheumatic Fever Warning Issued for Chicago Teens
CHICAGO UPI scientist warns rheumatic fever, major heart disease cause among teens, is rising in the Chicago area with about 1,000 heart-disease cases tied to rheumatic fever in city public schools. He calls 1965 the worst year yet and urges early diagnosis and treatment of strep infections to prevent the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Robert Miller
Obituary notices and funeral services across Iowa towns
A list of death notices with ages and service details from multiple communities including Tipton Davenport Waukon Anamosa West Union Kinross Vinton Kalona Sigourney Reynolds Toledo and Wellman. Entries report names ages locations churches and scheduled service times for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
John C. Martins
Goettsch's
West Union
Harry Turner
Burnham and
Wood Kinross
Eva Jane McDowell
Kinross Christian Church
Powell's
Wellman
Vinton
Bertha Belle Turner
First Presbyterian Church
Fry and
Holland
Kalona
William L. Shalla
Holy Trinity Church
Richland
Peterseim’s. Sigourney
Floyd L. Cheney
Reynolds
Toledo
H. L. Mason
Henderson's
Court Grants Injunction in Equanil Trademark Case
Federal Judge Edward J Mc Manus issues a permanent injunction stopping Robinson Wholesale Inc of Cedar Rapids from selling or supplying products under the Equanil trademark. American Home Products Co of New York, owner of the Equanil mark, had alleged infringement and unfair competition. The decree notes waivers of $10,000 exemplary damages and destruction of substituted Equanil goods. Acme Transport Co’s jury trial and disqualification motions were denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McManus
Robinson Wholesale Inc
Cedar Rapids
American, Home Products Co
New York
American
Robinson
McManus
Acme Transport Co
Acme
Quaker Oats Co
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Weather Alert Delays Flights Across Nebraska Iowa
The FAA said weather socked in eastern Nebraska and Iowa with visibility at zero and ceilings near 100 feet. Regulators require 200 foot ceilings and two mile visibility for airport flights. Frigid nights in the 30s north to 40s south. Saturday highs around 40 to 50. Rain ends Saturday afternoon with colder Sunday.
Regents Sell $3 Million Bond Issue for Iowa Dormitory
The Iowa state board of regents sold $3,050,000 in bonds to Merrill Lynch in New York. Proceeds fund a dormitory addition at the State College of Iowa campus, at 3.75 percent interest with total interest over 30 years of $2,336,946. The same firm previously purchased a regents issue for Iowa State University projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
New York
State College of Iowa
Iowa State
Tammy Feature Framed Friday Night TV Preview
Friday night at 7 00 on KCRG TV Channel 9 viewers are invited to watch Tammy in a color telecast. The segment highlights the program and its introduction of Tammy to the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Tammy
Meany Skips Assurance of Pay Restraint
In San Francisco AFL CIO chief Meany tells Johnson he backs fighting communist aggression in Vietnam and seeks a larger share of wealth for workers. He avoids promising to curb wage demands to check inflation while urging a minimum wage rise from 1.25 to 2. Johnson defends Vietnam policy and wage- price spiral concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Johnson
Organized Labor
Vietnam
America
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Afl‘cio
Congress
White House
Humphrey
Two Churches Chart Merger
Holy Cross Lutheran and St. Margaret's Episcopal plan a merger in Bellevue across the street from each other. Holy Cross serves 40 families and St. Margaret's 90. the proposal would move St. Margaret's into Holy Cross and form a joint Episcopal-identified congregation led by co-vicars Rev. Paul Christiansen and Rev. Bertram Apland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
Bellevue
Holy Cross
St. Margaret’s
Episcopal Church
Paul Christiansen
St. Margaret's
Bertram Apland
Mr. Apland
Linn County Seeks Injunction Over Tax Revaluation
Linn County Attorney Jack Fulton filed for an injunction in Polk county district court to delay state tax commission revaluation orders for one year. The bid follows Judge Dale Missildine's order barring mandatory revaluations this year in 34 counties and cities and targets Linn County’s 10 percent land valuation increase proposal. The commission hears Linn County protest December 23. Fulton expects a ruling next week alongside other protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Jack Fulton
Polk County District Court
State Tax Commission
Dale Missildine
Tax Commission
Fulton
Tom Wilkinson
Commission
Kenneth Weber Found Innocent by Linn County Jury
A Linn district court jury acquitted Kenneth W. Weber of embezzlement by an agent. Weber faced a $14,133.45 charge from E. R. Christie of Iowa City for October 1964 while managing a service station at 804 Center Point Road NE. Jury deliberation lasted under an hour. trial began the prior Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Kenneth W. Weber
Weber
E. R. Christie
Iowa City
Center Point Road
C R Man Fined For Drunk Driving
Bert L. Wren, 44, of 717 Fourth Street SW, pled guilty to drunk driving. He was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge B J Maxwell and his license was revoked for 60 days after arrest near May s Shopping Center parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert L. Wren
Fourth Street
B. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
May
Courthouse Announces Holiday Closing Hours
The courthouse will close at 3 p.m. December 24 and 31, with the driver's license bureau closed December 24 and open December 31. A case against Burton Anthony Richardson III for resisting an officer is continued until February 1. Richardson is a Mt. Vernon student. A petition filed by Farmers Elevator Company of Alburnett vs Marvin Fernow shows an account due of 2373.19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Driver’s License Bureau
Burton Anthony Richardson III
Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Farmers Elevator Company of Alburnett
Marvin Fernow
Braille School Vinton Hospital Pact Okayed
The Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton won board approval to use the Iowa Braille and Sightsaving School infirmary in a disaster. With beds tight at 95 to 100 percent, administrator George Garwood proposed transferring geriatric patients to the six-bed infirmary during emergencies. The hospital plans a new 60 bed unit to relieve crowding within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Virginia Gay
Vinton
Iowa
George Garwood
Keokuk
$11,094 Accident Damage Suit Filed
A Springville couple filed an $11,094.65 auto damage suit in Linn district court against Richard J. Van Wey and his parents John James Van Wey and another party from Winneshiek county. They allege negligent driving caused a two car crash on January 1, 1964 at the Third Avenue and Twelfth Street SW intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Springville
Winneshiek County
Evelyn
Andrew J. Gunderson
Richard J. van Wey
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street
van Wey
John James van Wey
Judge Commits Drunk Driver to Independence
Donald John Hilton, 50, of 2821 Twelfth Avenue SW, pled guilty before Judge B. J. Maxwell to a third offense drunk driving charge. He was arrested at the junction of highways 149 and 30. The 1965 state law allows commitment to the Mental Health Institute in Independence for treatment instead of fines or prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald John Hilton
Twelfth Avenue
Mental Health Institute
Independence
B. J. Maxwell
Hilton
Maxwell
Institute
Grand Jury Call Moved to December 16
The grand jury special session for the murder case of Donald E. Thomas has been rescheduled to December 16 at 9:30 a.m. County Attorney Jack Fulton cited a missing juror as the reason for the change. Thomas is charged with killing his wife Sharon Kay Thomas on November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fulton
Fulton
Donald E. Thomas
Fifth Street NW
Sharon Kay Thomas
Fireball reports and meteor sightings across states
Reports describe a fiery object the size of a volleyball seen near Detroit and Windsor with no wreckage found. Deputies in Lapeer, Michigan found shiny foil fragments, similar to pieces found two years earlier. California patrolmen sighted a green glowing meteor with a tail exploding west of Humboldt County. Idaho Falls police logged about 20 calls of a bright orange ball moving across the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Detroit
Windsor
Canada
Lapeer
Mich
Kenneth Parks
Lapeer County
Jack Trumbull
Elyria
Ohio
California
Humboldt County
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Brooklyn Polytechnical dean named ACS president elect
Washington UPI reports Charles Overberger, dean of science at the Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn, was named president-elect for 1966 of the American Chemical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Charles Overberger
Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn
American Chemical Society
Bitter mood as AMC Yale shuts plants for Christmas
A year end layoff hits 19,500 American Motors workers with production halted at Kenosha and Milwaukee plants three days before Christmas. About 2,400 jobs vanish, mainly in Kenosha, as Rambler sales fall from 355,636 to 296,000 in 1965. Workers express worry while some secure unemployment benefits and hope for a return in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
American Motors Corp
Milwaukee
American
Doles
Bill Sanek
American Motors
Refugees Embrace New Lives After Cuban Exodus
Oscar Poveda and other Cuban refugees head to the United States after fleeing Castro through airlifts. They arrive hoping for work, with plans to start anew. Freedom House covers meals and initial funds as families settle in New Jersey, Los Angeles, Union City, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Poveda
U.S
Camaguey
Fidel Castro
Poveda
Edgewater, N.J
Leonila
Eduardo Sousa Gomez
Los Angeles
Freedom House
Miami
Sousa Gomez
Havana
Maria Mendoza Marti
Union City
N.J
Rafael Gandara
Cuba
New Jersey
Georgia
Wisconsin
Joaquin Godoy
Augustin Puente
Deanships filled at Iowa university on Jan 1
The college appoints two new deans effective January 1. Dr Hubbard 44 will head student affairs and has served on the university faculty since 1946, obtaining all degrees there. He leads Hubbard Instrument Co. in Iowa City. Dr Rouse 59, a hydraulic expert, has directed the institute since 1944 and has taught since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Des Moines
Hubbard Instrument Co
Iowa City
Rouse
Ayub Khan Leaves Karachi for London on Way to Washington
President Ayub Khan departed Karachi by plane on Friday heading to London before continuing to Washington. The trip is identified as part of his official duties as head of state and outlines his international travel schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
London
Washington
Deaths Charles W Van Fossen 44 Cedar Rapids resident
Charles W. Van Fossen 44 of 5113 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday night after a long illness. Born May 22 1881 in Toddville he married Mary Holsinger Jan 4 1905 in Robins. Surviving are his wife a son a daughter four sisters a brother many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorial services at Turner chapel Monday at 1 30 p m with burial at Dunkard cemetery. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. van Fossen
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Toddville
Mary Holsinger
Robins
Wilber
Madison
Wis
Betty Zerba
Ann Rauche
Ida Holsinger
Center Point
Nancy Palmer
Lakewood
Colo
Martha Ealy
Asa van Fossen
Urbana
Turner Chapel
Glen High
Dunkard Cemetery
Thomas G Travers 84 Died After Long Illness
Thomas G Travers aged 84 died at his daughter's home Mrs Ivan Gengrich 1010 E Avenue NW Friday after a long illness. Born in Michigan December 9 1881 he had lived in Cedar Rapids six years. He belonged to Vesper Lodge 62 AF and AM in Mayville Wisconsin. Survived by three sons Milton Mayville Gordon Milwaukee Glenn Newport Beach California a sister Mrs Sam Jenni Dubuque seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Friends may call Tea Hen chapel 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Services planned in Mayville Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Travers
Ivan Gengrich
Avienue
Michigan
Cedar Rapids
Vespers Lodge 62 AF
Mayville
Wis
Milton
Gordon
Milwaukee
Glenn
Newport Beach
Calif
Sam Jenni
Dubuque
Teahen Chapel
Death of Anna Cubbage former Cedar Rapids resident
Word arrived of the death on Wednesday of Anna Cubbage 76 formerly of Cedar Rapids at St Petersburg Florida Survivors include her son William D Cubbage of 1304 Eighteenth Street SW Services and burial will be in St Petersburg Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Cubbage
Cedar Rapids
St. Petersburg
Fla
William D. Cubbage
Eighteenth Street
Funeral services and burial notices for several individuals
Brandon Theresa Mass of Angels 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church by Rt. Rev. Msgr. William Roach. Burial Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Gregor Abbie Moses Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1:30 p.m. Saturday by Dr. John P. Woods Westminster Presbyterian Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. The casket will not be opened at the service. Marsden Effie Mae Brush Chapel 1 p.m. Saturday by Rev. J. Richard Wagner Burial Coggan Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Theresa
Immaculate Conception Church
William Roach
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Gregor, Abbie Moses
Beatty-Bearle Funeral
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Marsden
Effie Mae
Brush
J. Richard Wagner
Coggan
Britain rules out negotiating with Rhodesia’s illegal regime
Prime Minister Wilson stated Parliament that Britain cannot negotiate with Rhodesia’s breakaway government led by Ian Smith. He said police state methods violate 1961 constitutional standards and that broad oil sanctions are being pursued with international partners to push the white minority regime toward change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson
Rhodesia
Britain
House of Commons
Ian Smith
Smith
South Korea to Boost Military Pay Up to 100 Percent
South Korea will raise military pay by as much as 100 percent next year, though the gain for a private is stated as less than a dollar per month in the new measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
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Daily Record
L Angeles St
Applis
N. Orleans
C.R
Gazette
Tempbory
St. Luke's
Alvin D. Meyer
Fifth Avenue
Melvern W. Osterkamp
Seventh Avenue
Morgan IL. Heister
First Avenue NW
James M. Michelson
Vernon
Annette Jacobson
Gayle L. Jacobson
Shirley A. Burns
Lee R. Burns
Tipton
Timothy N. Turner
Lance Turner
Sharlene Hajek
Davenport
Sheets and Son, Coggon
L. A. Hinton
Methodist Church
Masonic
Passmore-Murdoch
Waukon
Morris McCarty
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hanover
Bakke-Hanson
Owen Piggott
St. Patrick's Church
Harry Porter
Nebraska
Denver
FAA
Iowa Regents
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Chris
Courthouse News
Kenneth Weber
C.R. Man
Braille
Vinton Hospital
AMC
Yale
Robert O'Meara
Fellas
Bill Coles
Bill
Norma
By Theodore Ediger
Jose Garcia Garriga
Tarrytown
N. Y
Las Villas
Ayub Leaves
Charles van Fossen
Thomas Travers
Ice
Lewellen
Florist
Third Street
Lce
John E. Lapes
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