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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1967
Page
3
December weather report across major cities with highs, lows, rainfall totals and derived normals. Following are recent funeral notices and service details for towns including Belle Plaine, Columbus Junction, Dysart, Earlville, Farmersburg, Independence, Iowa City, and many others with listed names, ages, and church or cemetery arrangements.
A transit strike planning briefing outlines key issues and emergency measures. TWU's demand for 20 years at half pay and a 30 percent raise loom large among negotiators. Officials discuss traffic bans, carpool staging, staggered shifts, extra trains, and alternative transport to mitigate disruption.
The statement notes indirect talks with Hanoi and reiterates concern over mid year shifts in Chinese policy toward Hong Kong Burma Indonesia and Cambodia. It asserts U S treaty guarantees and overwhelming nuclear deterrence, while deeming Chinese nuclear developments not yet altering regional stability.
MT VERNON A grant of 1500 from Texaco Inc Aid-to-Education program is awarded to Cornell College. President Dr Samuel Enoch Stumpf announced the unrestricted grant.
A native of Shepardsville Ludlum, a University of Michigan graduate from 1902, practiced law in the city for 65 years. He walked into a doctor's office and shot the physician before leaping to his death from a six floor sidewalk.
In the Mekong delta four U.S. Army helicopters supporting a South Vietnamese infantry unit were shot down Saturday as fighting continued past the Viet Cong New Year cease fire. A U.S. spokesman said there is no truce until 6 p.m. Sunday.
State Rep. Joan Lipsky condemned a proposed Linn county plan to combine a juvenile detention facility with a half way house for alcoholics as unsuitable. The idea, pitched by Linn county leaders and the Citizens Committee on Alcoholism, would use the former Sunshine Mission building temporarily for both purposes. Lipsky warned the dual use could defy Iowa law and urged alternatives prioritizing staff over housing.
The Cedar Rapids Boat Club and Linn Grove Youth Fellowship report a campaign total of 13035.21 for 1967 with funds listed as memorial gifts for multiple individuals including James N. Faulkes Mary E. Brownell and Dr Kenneth Bogaard. Yet additional pledges amounting to 254.79 remain to be raised.
Des Moines AP State Auditor Lloyd Smith reports a serious breakdown of administrative responsibility in the motor vehicle fuel tax division of State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg's office. He cites inadequate and vague reports of canceled penalties and no control on unpaid items. The audit, covering the year ended June 30, notes a field auditor’s 12 day monthly schedule based only on submitted expense accounts for a Cedar Rapids worker not named. Franzenburg will respond point by point Tuesday.
The eight Ivy League presidents warn President Johnson against using induction as punishment and oppose local boards assuming court-like power over legality of draft conduct. They cite a Dec. 9 joint statement by Hershey and Ramsey Clark and press for clear protection of lawful protest from penalties.
Ida Peterson 65 wife of Carl Peterson longtime Buchanan county supervisor died after a sudden illness Saturday while visiting a daughter in Independence. Survived by husband three sons Fred Donald Larry and a daughter Bonnie 16 grandchildren and a step sister. Services Wednesday 1 30 p m at First Baptist Independence burial Mt Hope Independence memorial fund for Buchanan county home therapy. A folder is available at White funeral home.
The Pentagon report on open housing units for Negro servicemen covers 46 states. California leads with 253 800 open units up from 206 100, and jumps occur from North Carolina to Texas. Alaska Hawaii Vermont and West Virginia excluded due to installation status.
Gilbert F. Bechthold 58 of Minneapolis formerly Cedar Rapids died Friday from an auto accident near Princeton Minnesota. He worked for Minneapolis Honeywell. Survived by wife Calista two sons George Lavonia Michigan James River Falls Wisconsin two grandchildren two brothers Glenn Garrison William La Porte City and two sisters Georgianna Bechthold and Mrs Irvin Parry Cedar Rapids. Services Tuesday 2 p m at Minnehaha Methodist Church Minneapolis. Burial Acacia Park Cemetery. McDivitt Hauge Funeral Home Minneapolis handling arrangements. Memorial gifts may go to the church fund.
Memorial services held for Arthur Milan Johnson at Trinity Lutheran Norway at 1 30 p m Tuesday with burial at Norway cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel east until 9 p m Monday and at the church from 10 a m to 1 25 p m Tuesday. Casket will not be opened after service. Lewis Vavrichek services Monday at 10 a m at Hesser's with burial Cedar Memorial Tuesday at 3 p m. Friends may call Hesser's after 3 today.
Charles Plantz 22, married a week, was arrested on murder charges in the sex killing of 9 year old Helen Louise Miller in Charleston. A bone handled hunting knife stained with blood was found in a garbage can near the crime scene.
Henry M. Frank 76 a farmer and longtime director of the People's Bank and Trust Co was found dead at his Riverside farm home Saturday. The coroner reports he died Friday of natural causes. Services are set for 11 a.m. today at St Marys church with a funeral mass Wednesday at 9 a.m.
A workshop room at the rear of Hoover sales and service in Town and Country shopping center was gutted by a fire Saturday evening with extensive heat and smoke damage to the rest of the shop and to four neighboring shops. Firefighters responded, a bystander treated for smoke inhalation, and the cause under investigation.
Cedar Rapids girls Connie Scheetz 19 and Vicki Larson 20 were treated and released from St. Luke's hospital after a Saturday afternoon crash in the 4400 block of First avenue F. James Baker 21 of Marion was charged with failure to control as his car struck a stopped vehicle driven by Scheetz, which then hit a second stopped car driven by William Malone 37 of Marion.
A Cedar Rapids man Paul Eaton, 33, was jailed after a one car crash on Mt. Vernon road two miles east of Highway 13. He faced charges for driving with a suspended license after treatment at St. Luke's hospital for chin lacerations. Cleo Meeks, 26, was hospitalized with a broken leg and rib injuries. The eastbound car left the curve, struck a ditch and overturned.
Comedian Bob Hope and his entertainer group returned to the United States in Los Angeles after two weeks with U.S. troops in Vietnam. The trip highlighted morale support efforts and featured performances for service members.
In Moscow an agreement signed by the Soviet and Romanian foreign trade ministers sets trade between the two countries to 770 million rubles or 855.6 million dollars for next year, marking a boost in bilateral commerce.
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