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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
1
The brief lists high and low temperatures for Thursday and precipitation, mixed city readings, five day forecast near normal with little rain. Includes December totals, barometer, humidity, and sunrise sunset data. Also notes births by families in Cedar Rapids area, multiple divorce dismissals, traffic fines, and funeral notices with several town and church references.
Look magazine controls serialization in multiple countries and vows to halt unauthorized copies. Reports from Taipei say Formosa authorities may block pirated editions of Manchester's book, amid claims material has been sent for reproduction and cleared by Mrs Kennedy, with Look denying her approval on the current cover.
Charles Bruce 83 longtime chairman of the E. L. Bruce Co. hardwood products maker died Thursday in Memphis. He led the firm for decades guiding growth and industry standing. His passing marks the end of an era for the family business and regional manufacturing.
Mrs. Frank Remington, 52, of 2128 Eighth Avenue SW, moved from poor to fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after a Wednesday crash. Her husband, 54, stayed in fairly good condition. Mary Ainsworth, 19, of 214 Nineteenth Street NW, improved to fairly good from fair. Alan Remington, 15, and two others were treated and released. The five car accident occurred at Sixth Street SW and Ingleside Drive.
H A Bill Woito 62 of 2311 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday of an apparent heart attack. Born December 28 1903 in LaVerne he served as Cedar Rapids Neighborhood Youth Corps director since March and had a wife Lois L. severin a daughter Betty L. Woito two sons William H. Woito and Robert L. Woito four grandchildren a mother Ellen Waite and a sister Mrs Dale Kiltey. Services Saturday 1 30 p m Turner chapel east with burial at Cedar Memorial. Memorials suggested to Westminster Presbyterian church fund.
Renee Jean Clark, month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Clark of 1524 Thirteenth Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, born Nov 15 1966, died Thursday. Survived by parents, maternal grandparents Harold Chismore, paternal grandparents Jesse Cortez, great-grandmothers Avis Radford and Gertrude Barrier, great great grandmother Bessie Hanson. Services held Friday at Chapel of Memories by Rev Donald T Caspers. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in charge.
Agnes Michalec 44 died after a long illness in Iowa City on Thursday. Born in Cedar Rapids on March 4, 1922 she lived there all her life. Surviving are a sister Mrs Willard Clay and three brothers Frank Joseph and Rudolph Michalec of Cedar Rapids. Services 9 15 a m Monday Kuba funeral home Requiem mass 9 30 a m St Wenceslaus church Rt Rev Msgr Anthony W Chihak burial St John Rosary 7 30 p m Sunday. Friends may call after 5 p m Sunday. The family invites donations to Linn County Assn for Retarded Children.
Memorial services are set at 9 a.m. at St. Pius X church for Mark Lee English by Rev. John C. Sims. A second service at 1:30 p.m. at Turner Chapel East for Harold Waite, arranged by Turner Chapel East and Dr. John P. Woods. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery and Linwood Cemetery. Alma Alice Goertz will be laid to rest at 1:30 p.m. at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home with Rev. E W Koberg officiating.
An urban newspaper notice promotes placing want ads with a phone line 369 1234 and direct contact for classified insertion. The brief markets the service as a quick dial option for readers seeking ad placement.
Robert L. and Mildred E. Durgin file a 165000 suit against Harley Bartosh John O Deets and International Harvester Co alleging negligence for a Dec 24 1964 collision near Mt Vernon. Durgin suffered a severe concussion head lacerations and multiple fractures and claims 140000 personal damages while Mildred seeks 25000 for loss of her husband's services and income. Trial before Judge G B Richter began Monday.
William G. Harrington II of 1515 Second Ave SE files a 5500 suit against Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. of Cedar Rapids alleging negligence in underground repair work. He claims a three by three foot barricade on Center Point Road NE Aug 9 1965 was not clearly discernible due to no warning devices beyond a faint blinking light, causing permanent left knee injury.
Linn county Attorney Jack Fulton dropped charges of false uttering of a check against Al D. W. Nelson of Cedar Rapids and Melvin Bensley of Manchester due to insufficient evidence. Nelson faced a $25 check incident on August 4 at Merchants National Bank. Bensley faced a $30 check incident on March 30, 1957 at a Sun Mart in Cedar Rapids.
A jury awarded $1,675.22 to Kaye B and Laura R Keister in a $50,000 suit against Ronald R and John M Thorne. The case concerns injuries suffered by Mrs Keister in a September 12 1964 incident at 6969 Mt Vernon Road SE.
Cedar Rapids two inmates were ordered released for Christmas. Eleanor Phillips Knott, 1543 B Avenue NE, charged with assault with intent to commit murder, was released on her own recognizance to her daughter until December 28. Thomas E. Carney III, 18, Cedar Rapids, released Saturday at noon until 8 p.m. Monday. he faces concurrent sentences for breaking and entering, resisting an officer, and contempt of court, with release time expiring July 27, 1967.
Cedar Rapids Block Co Inc files a 63800.29 suit against Knowlton Construction Co Bellefontaine Ohio charging breach of a purchasing contract for precast concrete and other construction materials for the Cedar Rapids post office. The suit names Federal Insurance Co of New York and notes Knowlton merged with The Columbia Co of Iowa after the project.
Linn county Sheriff Walter Grant was informed by the department of public safety that running lights are approved for highway use. The notice follows a directive two weeks earlier prohibiting headlight modifications, which Grant interpreted as allowing running lights in grilles.
Deputy officials order warning tickets while Grant seeks state guidance on running lights. The commission notes lights are not required and jurisdiction to exclude them is lacking. Town law appears to exclude parking lights. the section is poorly written and may be corrected. Grant argues running lights blind motorists, creating hazard on highways. D and B Construction versus Allied American Co. and Walter J. Kassuba and North American Construction Co. breach of oral contract.
Prime Minister Ian Smith said Rhodesia has effectively been a republic outside the Commonwealth since the U.N. Security Council imposed mandatory sanctions. He will wait until after the new year and a national referendum to decide on formal declaration, with Africans largely excluded from the vote. He claimed Britain lost control over Rhodesia due to U.N. actions.
Snow blanketed highways in the Texas Panhandle and southern regions while West Plains near the Arkansas border reported its first white Christmas in 20 years. Corpus Christi reached 84 degree highs breaking a 1954 record as sub zero cold expanded northward into North Dakota and Minnesota with lows down to 25 below in some areas.
Army Sgt. Richard Campos, raised as an orphan with no known relatives, died in Vietnam and lay unclaimed in a Oakland military morgue. His brief life included a judge’s permission to enlist at 17, a path through juvenile custody, and foster care before entering the Army.
Douglas D. McDowell of Cedar Rapids was fined 200 and given two 30 day jail terms on four charges from a high speed chase across three counties on Sept 29. The pursuit ended when his car crashed in a ditch near Homestead after leaving highway 149.
A thief who stole 933 dollars from ABC Rentals, Inc. in Houston did not read the front door sign and apparently overlooked a safe containing most of the money. Police note the sign posed a riddle: Think, What did you forget.
Athens AP reports the Liberal Democratic Center party announced it will vote against the new government of Premier Johin Paraskevopoulos. The move signals opposition within the coalition and could affect early parliamentary dynamics.
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