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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1962
Page
2
The item lists Friday high and low temperatures for multiple cities, precipitation hints, and weekend outlook. It includes barometer, humidity, wind at the municipal airport, sunrise and sunset times, and year-to-date comparisons. It also records local birth, traffic fines, and funeral notices for several Iowa towns with service details.
Soviet scientists announced they bounced radio signals off Venus for the first time. Novosti said signals were sent on November 19 and 24, with the words Peace Lenin and USSR flashed in Morse code and returned about four and a half minutes later.
Virginia Novotny, 22, of route three, sustained a sprained right thumb when her car collided with another Friday afternoon at Nineteenth Street and Park Avenue SE. She was treated at St. Luke's hospital. The other driver, George W. Jaques, 1849 Miami Drive NE, was uninjured and charged with making an illegal left turn.
Secretary of Labor Wirtz proposed a fresh plan to resolve the six day maritime strike after a Galveston dock shooting left a Texas worker shot in the leg. He met with NYLA and planned talks with ILA negotiators as 75,000 ILA members halt port activity from Maine to Texas. District Judge Markle rejected a broad ban on ILA picketing but agreed to hear a temporary injunction request to restrain next Wednesday protests.
Concrete median strips at First Avenue intersections with Thirteenth and Nineteenth streets were removed Friday after problems clearing snow. Temporary concrete slabs near Center Point road and Nineteenth Street were taken out following a city truck collision. Safety Commissioner Frank Bosh said the dividers did not cause the accident and that about one million vehicles used the medians since installation near Thanksgiving. The rubber end poles will stay and the temporary medians may be used again at other sites including the First Avenue bridge next summer.
In Bremer county Iowa a judge dismissed milk price fixing counts against three dairy executives Leroy Hieber Homer Buck and F W Pechacek ruling they were immune after compelled self incriminating testimony at a county attorney hearing The corporations charges remain pending and an appeal is under consideration. Charles Nolan Dies Services Monday
Three persons sustained minor injuries in separate traffic incidents early Saturday. Lynn Aldrich 22 of 320 Fifth avenue SW required hospital care for a cut upper lip after a collision with John Larkin 37 of 1200 Twelfth street Marion at First street and Second avenue SE. Aldrich faced a disobeying a traffic signal charge.
Edwin A. Rabe, 19, of West Liberty was sentenced to ten years in state prison after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. He was arrested December 17 after a burglar alarm at Aero Rental in West Liberty prompted police pursuit.
Gladys Marie Curtis 602 Fourth Street NW widow of Guy Curtis and Cedar Rapids resident for 50 years died Friday Born in Anamosa on March 31 1902 She was affiliated with Calvary Baptist church Surviving are daughter Sharon Kuhn son Dale Streets both Cedar Rapids four grandchildren brother Victor Hamilton Cedar Rapids sister Mrs Homer Bell Des Moines Her husband died in Missouri in 1956 Funeral services at Rohn Funeral Home Monday at 1 30 conducted by Rev Don L Andersen Calvary Baptist Church Burial Linwood Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday
Mary Elizabeth Stoll infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman P Stoll of 2301 Mt. Vernon road SE died Thursday. Survived by brothers Craig Wesley and Clair Raymond sister Marcia Mary and grandmothers Mrs. Zora Flood and Mrs. Eva Stoll of Cedar Rapids. Graveside services were held Saturday at Cedar Memorial cemetery conducted by Rev Edmund J Becker of All Saints church with Turner’s in charge.
Ward of the death of Claude C. Dickey formerly of Cedar Rapids at Culver City California has been received by Dr. Russell Shafer. Mr. Dickey attended Coe college and was a member of the Iowa Consistory Shriners and White Shrine. Mrs. Dickey is the former Nella Shafer.
Negotiating teams from India and Pakistan agreed to show restraint on Kashmir discussions with further talks set in New Delhi on January 16. A joint communique closed the ministerial conference, after Western envoys helped avert a collapse amid fears triggered by the China Pakistan border deal and public opinion pressure.
Actor Robert Richards, 34, was acquitted of fatally beating James Yarborough, 44, in the Hollywood home they shared on August 31. Pathologists supported a coroner's finding that Yarborough died from an overdose of sleeping pills. Richards said he found Yarborough unconscious and slapped him to revive him.
Donovan credited himself with leading the exchange efforts and engaging drug firms while stressing that full cooperation from the attorney general and government was essential. He noted broad support and said he faced pressure from both domestic and international contacts seeking release of friends or relatives in communist countries or institutions.
Firemen blamed a football for starting a blaze when a punt struck a ground wire and a hot line near KCRG TV Channel 9 injuring no one. The incident occurred around 7 30 p m on Saturday as residents watched a game.
The Internal Revenue Service expert estimates the government could lose about $20 million in income tax revenue from charitable deductions tied to the 1960s Cuban prisoners ransom. He notes the $40 million wholesale value of donated goods, subject to a 5 percent deduction, and that firms may list deductions in 1962 to 1964, with uncertainties about how much will be claimed and who bears the larger share.
Des Moines AP report identifies Raymond C. Lamadue and Cecil Guy Eddins as the latest escapees from the Polk county jail. The men used a two-man cell method, cut bars, and dangled a knotted blanket rope about 25 feet to reach ground. Prior escapees were recaptured within 24 hours.
City briefs note 16 year old Jan Thomas a Mercy Hospital patient after a Friday tonsillectomy and 14 year old Joyce Maher treated and discharged for a broken wrist after skating. Myrtle Torbett 74 treated and released for a fractured wrist after a fall. Also includes bowling ad copy for Magnificent Tropic Lanes and Jubilee Lanes with special offers.
The Lawrence Welk Show airs at 8 p.m. Saturday on KCRG TV 9 as a year end salute. The program promises classic musical entertainment to ring in the new year.
Lucian Ciolko a 14 year old in New Britain Connecticut lost two fingers on his right hand and one on his left when a homemade rocket exploded while he and two peers William Rittaler and George Seweryniak aged 14 assembled a small metal tube packed with potassium chloride powdered aluminum and charcoal in Seweryniak basement
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