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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1962
Page
9
Local items include missed papers policy, family visits in Waukon, Kiwanis meeting in Omaha, Leroy Penne buys 2350 Twenty Fourth Street site, and birth of Donald Allen Caraway in Chapel Hill. Also notes on study clubs, Linn's Best 4-H demonstrations, Miles Sutera's hospital stay, and various church events and training notices.
Des Moines AP says University of Iowa freshman students will earn 12 hours of credit in a new 12-week summer session with tuition 120 dollars for residents and 150 for nonresidents. Regents also approved contracts and purchases including an $81,664 service building at Oakdale and $98,501 for Iowa State classroom furniture.
A list of church services in Marion includes First Baptist with morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30 featuring sermons The Feast of the Lord and Eye of the Storm drama by senior BYF Grace Baptist morning worship at 11 St Josephs Catholic Masses at multiple times Church of the Christian and Lutheran denominations also publish service times and Sunday schools with sermon topics such as His Circle and Mine and Christ in the Control Room Methodist and Free Methodist schedules noted with worship and study times Prairie Chapel and other churches provide Sunday divine worship and youth activities across the week
Former Portuguese Army Captain Henrique Galvao, who hijacked the liner Santa Maria last year, was sentenced to 22 years in absentia. He is living in exile in Brazil.
Edmund Whiting has three entries in the Midwest biennial at the Joslyn Museum in Omaha, including Narasimha a bronze sculpture made in India. District Judge B J Maxwell revokes Lloyd Drahos parole and orders one year in Cedar County Jail for defrauding with bad livestock payments totaling 3 334.
The stage version of The Tinder Box, by Jane Boller, features Petrov the soldier sentenced to death by King Rinkle dorff. A green-haired witch cackles as a final wish restores Petrov, crowns Prin cess Bettina, and enchants about 4,000 children at five Friday and Saturday performances.
Rock Island district engineer said a site change for the Coralville reservoir bridge would require action by a legal entity such as Johnson County or the state. A petition from Coral Ville Lake Citizens backs a site west of Lake Macbride state park, linking highways 382 and 218, with county road work needed. Congress authorized an engineering study for the old Mehaffey site, and Johnson County would cover study costs if it seeks a new location.
Frank Meyer aged 71 died when a fire destroyed his trailer home in Guttenberg on Friday night. The blaze started from a gas stove and Francis Meyer attempted to rescue his father sustaining hand cuts and burns. An autopsy will be performed.
Alex Barbour Jr., 43, owner of a Knoxville grain elevator, pled innocent in federal court to stealing about 151000 bushels of Commodity Credit Corp. corn stored in the elevator. He was released on 2000 dollar bond and had filed for bankruptcy after the disclosure of the shortage.
Leonard W. Sipe was elected president of local 3 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America at a meeting attended by International Secretary-treasurer G. R. Hathaway. Kenneth Schriner was elected recording secretary and Raymond Gillis trustee for a three year term. Re-elected were Don Hopker as vice-president Harold J. Smith financial secretary treasurer and Keith Weber chief steward.
Osceola flight crash injures none as Alexis DuPont 33 of Wilmington lands a single engine plane in a corn field after engine failure. Passengers Richard S. DuPont 20 and Raymond Lloyd 42, also of Wilmington, are unharmed. FAA investigates.
The air force released 80000 in military construction funds for an addition to the electric emergency power plant at Waverly air force station near Waverly Iowa. The radar improvement program will fund the work and the Omaha district engineers will supervise construction.
Lillian Taylor was elected president of the local chapter of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees. Victor Sundberg was elected vice president, George Hodge secretary and Theodore Nielson treasurer. Nielson and Sundberg were named delegates to the state convention.
An advertisement invites men to earn while learning with commissions from $20 to $40 plus benefits. Immediate start in Roosevelt area, with sessions on Monday to Friday evenings and Tuesday mornings. Prospective workers are asked to qualify and participate in a structured program.
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