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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1965
Page
6
The Saturday weather shows a high of 61 and a low near 59 with 0.10 inches of precipitation. December totals reach 0.54 inches normal 1.43 inches. year total 46.60 inches. Birth announcements list families in multiple towns including St. Luke's and Mr. and Mrs. Woodson, Hosch, and Blairs, each noting newborns and locations across Marion, Decorah, Sigourney, Williamsburg, Dyersville, and Iowa City.
Police logged three vandalism reports involving outdoor Christmas decorations. Mrs. Fred Schnoeblen reported a white wreath valued at $10 stolen from her home on 1960 A avenue NE. Mrs. Richard Hendrickson and Mrs. Donald Coleman reported missing colored bulbs from their outdoor displays on 5620 Sharon Lane NW and 1548 D avenue NE.
Tanzania orders a vaccination campaign in part of Dar es Salaam after three smallpox cases were reported in the past week. Public health authorities act to curb potential spread and protect residents.
Mechanicville reports 18 year old Marine Dennis Lee Weber killed in Vietnam. A marine officer notified his mother Emma Weber in Mechanicsville by telephone. Weber served in the Third Marine Division since September and had enlisted November of last year. Survived by his mother and father Henry of Sioux City, six brothers, four sisters. He attended Mechanicsville schools.
Two Cedar Rapids residents were injured Saturday afternoon in a two car crash at Eighth Avenue SW and L Street. Mrs. Ronald A. Yancey, 21, of 348 Eighth Avenue SW, suffered broken teeth and possible nose injuries and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Harold Porter, 39, of rural Cedar Rapids, was treated for lacerations at St. Luke's Hospital and released. he was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
The Linn county area may see tuition at the new vocational technical school approved for the region. Alvin Albertus notes the Vocational School Study allows charging tuition to generate revenue and attract motivated students, with boards choosing to add a small fee to encourage course completion.
In Famagusta, after five weeks of negotiations, the U N peace force dismantled 1000 fortified positions held by Greek and Turkish Cypriot factions for two years. The move marks a significant easing of tensions in the divided city amid ongoing Cyprus talks A P reported from Famagusta.
Space Center Houston hosts holiday antics as Gemini 7 mission control dons Santa gear. Newsman Karl Abraham riffs a Jingle Bells parody about spaceflight while Borman crews monitor the craft, ahead of a planned December 18 splashdown.
Grace Blom wife of Forrest Blom dies in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 Satur day after a long illness. Born July 15 1899 in Cedar Rapids she married July 15 1941 Kahoka Missouri. Survived by husband mother Mrs William Waddington brother Glen R Waddington six sisters and others all in Cedar Rapids and Mt Vernon. Member of Trinity Methodist church Memorials at Turner's 10:30 Monday with Rev Warren Feller Burial Linwood. Casket not opened after service.
Memorial services for Charles W. Van Fossen and Mary M. Stien are scheduled for Monday with funeral conduct by Rev. Glen High and Rev. E F Dohrmann. Van Fossen will be buried at Dunkard cemetery and Stien at St John cemetery. Visitation at Turner's ends Sunday 9 p.m. and at St John Lutheran church 11:30 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. Monday.
Demonstrating students sang the U S civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome in Welsh to protest the central British post office's refusal to use Welsh on signs and forms in Wales.
Ground trackers in Hawaii fired a Laser beam skyward to guide Gemini 7. Command pilot Borman aligned the craft toward the beam as Lovell used a six pound transmitter sized like a home movie camera to try matching the ground signal. No voice communication yet.
Kasper told police that someone entered his locked room at the Marley hotel Friday night and stole $18 in cash and $21 worth of clothes. A 16 gauge automatic shotgun was reported stolen from the George DuCharme garage between Sunday and Friday. Vandals used a BB gun to break a window at 1527 N street SW causing $25 in damage.
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Education Association executive board approved a resolution endorsing Oelwein school officials in the Amish schooling dispute. It urged aid from public officials to enforce Iowa law requiring children to be educated by certified teachers. Sixteen Amish men had been fined over refusal to send children to certified schools amid Governor Hughes moratorium.
Johnson stated it took six months to regain fitness and expects to be back at normal operating strength by year’s beginning. Moyers, at White House headquarters in Austin, noted Johnson rested at his ranch on Saturday. A presidential statement announced a plan to honor about a million schoolchildren for physical fitness next year, with top achievers earning Johnson’s presidential award.
The annual Christ mas program at North Tama County High includes band and chorus. It will be held in the school auditorium on Monday December 20 at 7 p m.
A national group urges colleges to avoid overemphasis on premarital activity among undergraduates while calling for clear standards on conduct. The report cautions privacy for individuals and supports informed contraception and sex education without campus policing of private behavior.
Health officials in Chicago and Washington acted after reports about plastic water balls. Chicago officials ordered removal from stores on FDA advice though no illnesses were reported. Distributors claim tests show water in the balls is safe and comparable to city water.
Rosann Wasek a Bob's Certified Foods cashier at 1110 Nineteenth Street SE told police a woman phoned about 8 p m Saturday threatening to bomb the store and end its business. The caller hung up before identifying details could be obtained.
Previously reported figures show $12,384.76 connected to Camp Good Health. Gary Gohmann is noted among involved parties in the partial text.
Second District Congressman John Culver of Marion will address the Marion Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday at 7 p.m. at the Town House restaurant. He has 23 speaking engagements that week across Linn Jones Jackson and Clinton counties including Monticello Anamosa Iowa City Olin Wyoming and Maquoketa.
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