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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
3
The wife of aerospace engineer Alvin Spector gave birth to quadruplets Sunday in Philadelphia. Three boys and a girl died the same night at Jefferson Hospital after premature birth. The surviving boy remained in critical condition Monday. weights ranged from about 1 pound 14 ounces to 1 pound 12 1/4 ounces.
A 100 foot tugboat named Gwendolyn Steers with nine crew was lost in freezing Long Island Sound near Target Rock and Eatons Neck. One body was found in a lifeboat that washed ashore. No survivors are indicated.
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers named to the inaugural committee planning inauguration day events for January 17. Rep. Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids is listed among 12 legislators chosen by Adjutant General Junior Miller. Members from the House include Eveland Denman Graham Hagedorn and Loss. Senate appointees feature Mooty Flatt Dykhouse Frommell O Malley Ellson Dodds and election year figures.
A July blaze at the Archer farm in West Branch district killed two girls Mrs Archer and another child and a separate incident last year claimed a child. Firefighters from West Branch Lone Tree and Coralville battled the flames. Neighbors watched all night as the structure burned to foundations. The fire disrupted by wind and heavy roof trapping heat. tanks and cisterns supplied water. Cindy Shrader and Kim Shrader were involved in separate prior incidents. Funeral services for Cindy Shrader were set for First Lutheran Church in Iowa City with burial at Memory Gardens.
John F. Sage 93 of 1301 Nineteenth Ave SW died at his daughter's home after a short illness. Born in Grinnell on December 23 1869 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1902 and worked as a carpenter. Surviving include seven daughters four sons twenty six grandchildren and twenty three great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 9 30 am in St Patrick's Church burial Linwood. Rosary at 8 Tuesday at Janeba Kuba funeral home.
Frances Cannon Mountain ski area report says Monday temperature 29 degrees below zero and winds at 50 miles per hour affecting some skiers.
Monday filings in Cedar Rapids federal court order two hearings scheduled for January 7. At 10 a.m. the defendant's motion to dismiss and quash service will be heard in Esther L. Kisling vs Grayson-Robinson Stores Inc. At 2 p.m. M J O Connor's motion for summary judgment will be heard in D X Sunray Oil Co vs Jesse Kohl and others. A stay was ordered in Howard Miller vs Century Engineering Corp pending a jurisdiction ruling in an Illinois court case.
Henry LeFebure aged 55 of 309 Fifth avenue SW pled guilty in municipal court to leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself. He was fined 50 dollars for driving a car that struck the rear of Walter Wood's vehicle in the 200 block of Fifth street SE. LeFebure admitted leaving the scene without giving his name.
Vice President Chen Cheng said on Saturday that anti communist guerrillas trained by the Chinese Nationalists are operating on the Red China mainland.
East German communists charged that two explosions occurred in East Berlin Sunday night as protest against the Free World. Western reporters found no evidence of blasts when inspecting the area 24 hours later.
Miss Bonnie Cain of St Patrick's high school finished as second runner-up in the Junior Miss of Iowa contest held Saturday in Sioux City. Dana Kichty of Mason City won. Marie Mushro of Sioux City was third.
In Havana 5 000 demonstrators gathered before the Swiss embassy seeking aid to depart Cuba. Fights broke out with Castro supporters and an opposing faction as police dispersed the crowd peacefully. Some militia units were rumored to have joined the attacks. casualties and arrests were not reported.
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Assn files an objection to a 10449.83 paving assessment for C avenue NE from the south line of Parkrest to Old Marion road NE. The protest argues cemetery lots within 300 feet have been platted and 73 percent sold, and that the assessment would be a special tax exceeding 25 percent of property value. The matter was referred to the engineering department and city attorney for recommendations.
Khrushchev says the Cuba crisis was resolved by concession not force and urges peaceful coexistence. He calls for peaceful economic competition to decide which social system is viable, excludes thermonuclear war, and hopes 1963 brings progress in international problems and the consolidation of socialist states.
DES MOINES AP Iowa highway patrol extends fulltime 54 day license examination stations to Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Waterloo starting Wednesday Examiners added at Iowa City on Wednesdays Carroll Saturday mornings and Winton Mondays no longer on alternating schedule
Four youths were injured while coast ing and tobogganing on Sunday. Becky Martin ten suffered internal injuries after her sled hit a tree at Harrison school hill and was admitted to Mercy hospital. Danny Reed seven injured his right leg after colliding with Bever park rock feature and was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Dean Buresh sixteen fell from a toboggan at Ellis park with possible kidney injuries and was released for follow up. Robert Carroll thirteen sprained a finger at Bever park and was treated at Mercy hospital and released.
Warden Ray Purcell reported a small riot in the mental ward with 30 inmates involved. Inmates fought and started a blanket fire. six guards restored order with one minor injury and damage to furniture. Five ringleaders were moved to other sections.
Two persons were injured Sunday afternoon in a two car crash at Park avenue and Seventeenth street SE. Michael Callahan 23 of Iowa City was treated for face and mouth lacerations and shock and admitted. Craig Knapp 6 of 1028 Twenty ninth street NE suffered face cuts and was released. Robert Techau 18 of Center Point driver of the other vehicle was charged with failure to yield the right of way. He was driving east on Park avenue and collided with the Callahan machine headed north on Seventeenth street.
A New Year segment describes an assault on Pike's Peak Colorado for a midnight fireworks display. In Philadelphia about 12 000 people prepare dress rehearsals for the mum mers parade on New Year’s day. Japan rings 73 000 temple bells for New Year’s Eve and recovers an Iowa relic bell after three centuries.
Washington dispatch argues 1964 party nominating conventions should be held at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The 35 million dollar expo center on a 10 acre site offers vast facilities, central location, and press housing potential, making Chicago the preferred host over Los Angeles.
In Tokyo four top Chinese leaders Mao Tze-tung Liu Shao-chi Chu Teh and Chou En-lai sent a message to Cuba praising its strong stand against U S imperialism on Fidel Castro's fourth anniversary of rising to power.
Reports detail subzero readings from New York to New Hampshire with gusts up to 80 mph. Incidents include boats stranded, a teen swept overboard, drownings, a car collision blamed on wind whipped snow, collapsed roofs, a toppled crane, and power outages causing heating loss across the East. Police and crews cleared highways and aided stranded motorists.
Three Ryan men were hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after their car rammed a cement bridge abutment two miles north of Prairieburg around 2 45 a m Sunday. Richard Coleman 23 Bernard Burke 28 and Jerome O'Brien 22 the driver sustained facial lacerations and O'Brien required 25 stitches. Deputies charged O'Brien with driving without sufficient control.
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