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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1963
Page
3
The report lists Wednesday high and low temperatures for multiple cities, precipitation totals, barometer and humidity readings, and sunrise sunsets. It also records December totals and year-to-date figures, followed by numerous birth notices and funeral/service details for residents across several Iowa communities.
Municipal Court records list fines for speeding left of center and disobeying signals with $10 and costs for several defendants. Resisting an officer earned a 15 day sentence, and drunkenness cases resulted in multiple 30 day terms with suspensions conditions to leave town. Funeral service notices follow for Wyoming Oxford Junction Calmar Urbana Williamsburg and Columbus Junction, listing names ages churches and service details.
President Johnson calls for immediate restraint on federal jobs. He directs agency heads to set end-of-year targets below new maximum employment levels based on budget decisions for 1964 and 1965. He predicts a small overall reduction and emphasizes tighter management and redeployment over dismissals.
Josette M. Kippenhan and 22 from Lubbock Texas suffered minor injuries when her car left the road on highway 149 inside Cedar Rapids city limits. The Air Force wife was treated at Mercy hospital for a possible shoulder injury and released. Police report her right front wheel slipped and caused a skid into a ditch.
A 20 year old Cedar Rapids parolee Steven Stratton faced three charges plus a parole violation after attempting to kick Patrolman Lynn Faaborg during transport. Stratton slipped seven steps, continued to struggle, was booked on driving with suspended license and excessive noise, and bond was set at 35 dollars on the resisting charge. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr postponed action pending parole officials.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed convictions of Robert H. Slocum and Leroy Eaton on mail fraud charges tied to Main Sewing Service in Cedar Rapids. It rejected claims of improper trial by a federal judge and jury in Dubuque as the firm, bankrupt since 1959, sold sewing machines via contracts later assigned to a Cedar Rapids finance company.
Two teenagers were injured about midnight Wednesday when a car left the road two miles north of Waukon and went into a ditch likely due to ice. Ann Henning, 15, sustained a knee injury while David Johnson, 17, had a back injury and lacerations. Both spent the night in the hospital. Drivers Kermit Knudson, 18, and Debrah Johnson, 15, were not hurt. all from Waukon.
A blaze in Fairmont Minnesota burned out ten business places early Tuesday with losses possibly up to 200000. The fire started in the basement of Harold's shoe store and quickly spread to a realty office and several shops. Fire crews from Fairmont and Welcome contained the flames before they reached the three story Masonic building nearby.
Marion Democratic club announced support for electing Linn county supervisors at large. Club President Howard Morton said petitions will be circulated this weekend to advocate the change, arguing Marion would gain a dedicated supervisor and a voice in other races.
Classified for sale ads promise fast cash with contact via EM 2 1121 for ad placement. The notice invites readers to place buy and sell listings through an ad-taker.
George A. Gibson, 76, of 1618 D avenue NE, died at 12:05 p.m. Thursday after a brief illness. Born August 22, 1887 in Maquoketa, he married Edna Wetterlen in 1917 at Waterloo and lived in Cedar Rapids 50 years. Survived by wife, two sons, four grandchildren, three sisters, three brothers, funeral at Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday.
Harry Franklin Hoover 79 of 1244 Twenty-first Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Born June 2 1884 in Lancaster Pennsylvania he left a widow Laura E. Hoover who died in 1960. Survived by four daughters Martha Linnell Elsie Buswell Helen Tiegen Ethel Berry and four sons George Harry John Clarence all of Cedar Rapids plus George Baldwin Park California. Twenty two grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. Services 1 30 p.m. Saturday Beatty Buerle Funeral Home with Reverend Bernard G Olson of Kenwood Methodist Church burial Linwood Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.
ae c Kuback 85 of 1300 Oakland Road NE died Thursday after a long illness Born January 14 1878 in Beaver Dam Wisconsin she lived with her niece Mrs Joseph Sindelar Survivors include two sisters Esther Baldwin Cedar Rapids and Mrs William Spafford Barrington Illinois and three brothers Stephen Seattle Albert Kalispell Montana and Andrew Washington IA Services will be Saturday at 11 am at St Patrick's Church with Rev J Robert McDonald Burial will be at Mt Calvary Cemetery Friends may call Friday at Teahen Chapel Rosary to be recited at 8 pm Friday by Father McDonald
Harley O. Sisco, longtime Cedar Rapids resident who moved to Glendale, Arizona, last November, died there at 5 15 p m after a brief illness. He was born in Grinnell on November 23 1897. Survived by his wife Theola two daughters Darlene Rion and Edythe Parker four sons Richard Verle Lyle and Gerald his mother Mrs Clarence Sisco of Cedar Rapids. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home at 10 30 Monday conducted by Rev Theodore Clemens of Church of God of Prophecy. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel after 7 p m Saturday.
Mrs Fred Langhurst aged 66 of 529 C Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday following a sudden illness. Born at Monticello on August 11 1897 she came to Cedar Rapids thirty years ago. She is survived by her husband and two brothers Walter H Boner of Cedar Rapids and others not listed in the readable fragment.
Land John J Boner of Honolulu and sister Mae Manus of Cedar Rapids are remembered in services at 1 30 p m Saturday at Rohn Funeral Home led by Rev William B Harnish. Burial follows at Oak Wood Cemetery Monticello.
The notice corrects earlier errors noting Mrs John J Scolaro obituary burial at Mt Calvary with a daughter Mrs Glen Klingaman of Cedar Rapids. her father then Prof A C Robbie of Coe. Minnie Barrett graveside at Pine Hill Wheatland, 11 30 a m. Fri. Tur ner Tur ner chapel calls until 9 p m Thu Frail Selbrig Florence Turner chapel service 1 30 p m Friday Rev Russell D Rasmussen burial Cedar Memorial.
A shooting near Oberbaum bridge kills Schulz and injures none of his companion. West Berlin officials call it a blow to goodwill as locals reflect on Christmas across divisions. Crosses and gloves mark the spot while bystanders discuss fear and calls for better times ahead.
Mayor Robert King High praised the city’s 67th birthday party calling for an annual event. A block-long cake with sparkler candles anchored downtown festivities.
A $150,000 damage suit filed July 18 over a highway 218 crash near North Liberty was dismissed Tuesday by the plaintiff Gary Buck's guardian and stepfather. The estate of Dalles Dorman, 17, was named as defendant. Buck claimed injuries to his spine. The youths had been returning from Coralville after playing in a band for a dance. No settlement details were disclosed.
David A. Maker a 17 year old of 1203 Center Point road NE pled innocent to a larceny charge when arraigned Thursday before Judge Warren Rees. Maker is accused of stealing a .22 caliber revolver from Buel Christiansen residence at 716 Seventh avenue SE.
Collins Em ployees Credit Union sues Janice F Cambell for 1706.32 on a promissory note. Interstate Finance Corp. sues Willis J O Rourke and Angeline O Rourke for 472.99 on a promissory note.
Leo McNamara of Cedar Rapids appeals a Marion Justice of the Peace Miles Adams court ruling. He was fined 100 dollars with 50 suspended on December 11 for selling beer to a minor.
Detectives report a Wednesday night break in at Ralph's One-O-Two club 102 Third avenue SW with about 15 dollars stolen. Entry was gained by prying a plywood rear door panel and the burglary was discovered Thursday morning by proprietor Ralph Edwards.
In Madrid a circus tent used for a film scene burned when a breeze drove the flames the wrong way. John Wayne Rita Hayworth Claudia Cardinale and director Henry Hathaway fled the fire along with about 75 technicians. Firemen controlled the blaze after top tent sections and animals were moved to safety.
Leo A. Kamberling, 42, of 224 Fourth Avenue SW, was jailed 30 days after pleading guilty to charges from a Wednesday night cab fight. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. split the sentence 15 days for intoxication and 15 for resisting an officer after Kamberling ripped the taxi microphone from the dash during a dispute with driver Gordon Duncan, 824 Third Avenue SW. Police required force to take him into custody in the 400 block of Third Street SW.
Nine crew members were plucked by navy helicopter crews from a sinking snapper boat in the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and heavy seas filled the hold. the boat later ran aground. The Sea Rider’s Captain J G Pringle reported a keel snap and $35000 in damage.
William J. Thompson, 40, once assistant cashier at Houghton State Bank in Red Oak, Iowa, is charged by FBI with embezzling 28 571.75 dollars over four years. He appeared before U S Commissioner Richard W Petersen, waived preliminary hearing, and was released on a 1 000 dollar bond pending U S district court in Council Bluffs. Thompson is married with three children and had worked at the bank since 1950.
The IRS started mailing its federal income tax forms to about 1 million Iowans from Ogden Utah with all recipients expected to have forms by January 1. The federal filing deadline is April 15. The Iowa Tax Commission will complete mailing state forms to about 825000 taxpayers by week’s end with a target deadline of April 30.
A charge filed by the state department of agriculture against Sanitary Farm Dairies of Cedar Rapids for selling homogenized milk with butter fat below the legal 3.25 percent level faces trial soon after New Year. The Vinton case, filed Dec 11 in Justice Fay Hite’s court, cites a 3.2 percent milk test in a Vinton store. Sanitary also faces two other Cedar Rapids court cases.
Roger P. Robertson aged 38 of 1212 Fourth Street NW was fined 15 dollars and costs after a municipal court appearance for disturbing the peace by fighting. He reportedly fought Richard A. Mausser 37 of 405 Eighth Street SE at a local tavern Monday night. Mausser received a 30 day suspended sentence Tuesday.
Douglas-Home and his cabinet plan to send 150 to 250 Foresters troops to Cyprus flown from Britain as US officials report a developing situation. President Johnson says 1,700 Americans live on the island and advises evacuation readiness though no orders issued yet. Fighting stems from Turkish islanders opposing Makarios' constitutional amendments seen as weakening Turkish rights.
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