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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
7
Daily records show Friday high temperatures and overnight lows across multiple cities with rainfall totals and barometer readings. The report notes sunrise and sunset times, humidity, and wind, plus local obituaries and service announcements from Lakenheath to Millville and nearby towns.
South Korea warns the United States to act decisively on North Korea or risk removing its 46 000 troops in Vietnam. A U N spokesman says Panmunjom area news access will be closed. Seoul notes displeasure over Pueblo incident and reports nine hour lag in conference notice. Police report one North Korean raider killed near Seoul after a failed assassination bid. 27 killed and one captured.
Four hydrogen bombs broken apart in North Star Bay are being moved to Thule Greenland and then to Amarillo Texas for salvage. The Defense Department says pieces are sealed to prevent radioactivity and 450 workers continue a difficult Arctic recovery after a January 21 crash. Subzero temperatures and prolonged darkness hinder operations.
State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg urged on a statewide seminar that government must help the handicapped. He said private effort alone cannot deliver the needed dividends and urged focusing on improving the person through employment. The event at the Town House motel drew nearly 500 people with remarks from Mayor Frank Bush and M. A. Maceau of Cherry Burrell.
Washington AP reports that firms contracting with the government face contract loss if they discriminate based on religion. Secretary Wirtz cites ongoing exclusions of Jews and Catholics in some industries and reminds that the 1965 executive order bans employment discrimination by companies selling to the government or handling federal funds and Medicare related business.
A Dubanker man and two others are named in Panama City court records. Glenn O Neal 49 of Dubanker and Jorge Velasquez plead not guilty to a charge of false uttering of a check. The case involves a no account check for 265 dollars at Miller Brothers Plumbing on September 18.
Ronald D. Glaus, 20, of 795 Shaver road NE, and Gene Knudtson, 21, no address, were held on breaking and entering charges. Glaus was nabbed near Gattus Drugstore after the front door glass was broken and a cash register found on the floor. Knudtson was arrested while detectives investigated a girl who allegedly lent her car. $44 in quarters was found on him. Separate thefts included two color TVs worth 2980 each from Towne House, a $40 cash theft from Fay's Beauty Salon, $3.50 from D and J tavern, and a Park Towne Place laundromat breakin with 11 coin boxes pried open and $45 to $50 stolen.
Vietnamese intelligence links regulars to the 165A Viet Cong regiment operating near Saigon. The unit, thought destroyed in 1967, reportedly used forged curfew passes and stolen U S vehicles to infiltrate the radio station. Reinforcements were to hold at least three days, with signals like shirt buttons and color patterns aiding recognition.
CAPE TOWN AP Medical sources say Philip Blaiberg, heart transplant patient, is not recuperating as quickly as hoped though still improving. His hospital release has been delayed indefinitely.
Eastern Iowa students from over 100 junior and senior high schools join a Coe College event with 110 piece senior and 135 piece junior high bands. About 250 musicians perform publicly at 7:30 pm in the Coe auditorium next to art activities and gallery tours.
Sheriff Walter Grant cautions residents about a man posing as a funeral home representative seeking a balance on a fully paid bill. Linn county funeral home reports the man threatened legal action and offered no interest if payment is made now, targeting a rural Rowley family.
Jerome H. Petsche, 19, of 500 0 avenue NW, charged in Linn district court with forgery for allegedly forging a coworker's name on a $158.11 paycheck dated Jan. 5. The check was cashed at Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. Judge William R. Eads appointed counsel and set Feb 7 to move or plead. Petsche was released on own recognizance.
Phillip L. Booth, 23, of Palo, arrested on a Cedar Rapids municipal warrant for breaking and entering. He is accused in a Center Point Dufoe Hardware breakin where about 125 dollars of coins and silver certificates were taken.
Gilmore Carlson, 60, of 1629 Tenth street SE, pled guilty Friday to a drunk driving charge. Judge Warren J. Rees imposed a $300 fine after witnesses said Carlson’s car swerved on Twelfth avenue SE, struck a traffic signal and backed into another car last Saturday.
FBI agents arrested Fred Albert Gipson in Kansas City Kansas on charges of receiving proceeds from the December 22 Tower State Bank robbery. His brother Andrew Gipson faces murder and armed robbery charges in the Metcalf State Bank case that killed highway patrolman Sei Eldon Miller. Other suspects include Karen Goetz Henry Brown and Bonnie Wilane.
Miami Police Chief Walter Headley said the FBI is investigating reports that two patrolmen stripped a 17 year old Black youth to his shorts and dangled him from a highway overpass by his heels. One officer resigned. the other faces dismissal if he does not resign.
Washington critics challenge Johnson's claim that Viet Cong attacks failed to meet military and psychological aims in South Vietnam. Senators Mack Mansfield and Church back the President's view while others, including McGovern and Hartke, question Saigon's resilience and popular support.
Lucille Hunter 67 of 1 Seventh Avenue SW died Thursday in Rock Island where she was visiting a daughter. Born in Palmyra Missouri she was married to Emmett Doolin who preceded her in death a second husband Norman Hunter also predeceased. Surviving are two sons Emmett and James Doolin both of Cedar Rapids five daughters Mrs A Pate Mrs H Gooding Mrs Howard Mrs Anna Brooks and Mrs P Cole all of Rock Island two foster daughters Betty Livingston and Gloria Hunter both of Chicago 19 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Anna Cook of Davenport Services 2 p m Monday at the Third Baptist church Davenport Burial Pine Hill cemetery.
Louis Edward Eastman 86 of 212 Twenty-ninth avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness. Born January 22 1882 near Jesup he married Rose Dolph August 30 1920 in Albert Lea Minnesota. He was a life member of the Iron Moulders Union and formerly with Universal Foundry. Surviving daughters Mrs Richard Langguth and Mrs John Hoover both of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren nine great grandchildren Memorial services 10 30 a m Monday at Turner Chapel West led by Rev Barton G Murray burial Linwood cemetery Friends may call Chapel until 10 a m Monday casket will not be opened after the service.
Marines and 111 communists were killed with 20 Americans wounded in ongoing northern operations. U.S. officers speculated the action could preface a broader northern offensive and noted the likely need to synchronize assaults on cities.
Coat valued at $50 taken from a rack at the Magnus hotel between 11 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, city police report. Also notes on job openings at Peg's Beauty Salon, senior discount prescription policy at Claxton Pharmacy with free delivery, and other local classifieds including a motor theft, a dentist move, and a death notice for Theresa Dansdill McGee.
The nuclear submarine Seawolf, damaged after striking the Atlantic seabed 150 miles southeast of Boston, is expected to return Saturday to the Groton New London navy base for inspections. Repairs will be made as soon as possible.
Stones shattered windows at the U S consulate and cultural center in Frankfurt on Friday night, prompting police inquiries and security concerns. No injuries reported.
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