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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1966
Page
1
The period ending next Saturday calls for Iowa temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal with a slight warming later in the week. Normal highs ~30 in northern Iowa to upper 30s in the south. lows 10 to 20. Precipitation about .10 to .20 inch with snow midweek and Saturday. Day by day readings and notices follow including burials and local incidents.
Gov. Harold Hughes plans a 1 30 p m Monday meeting at the Hazleton Legion Hall with Amish representatives Oelwein school board and Buchanan CountyAttorney Harlan Lemon to discuss the school attendance impasse. The campaigned plan aims to end the dispute with no announcement after the session. a tentative agreement is hinted, with a possible public statement before Hughes leaves on an Iowa trade mission.
Four cars in the Link Belt Speeder Co. parking lot were damaged Saturday night with headlights smashed. Reported to police were Howard Hora George Workman and Harold E Dicus, listing two addresses in Marion. The four cars sustained one light damage on three of them and four lights on one.
Channel 9 broadcasts a special on the rising venereal disease problem Monday night at 9 00 detailing risks prevention and public health responses with experts and local health officials.
American servicemen stage sit-ins in Saigon bars to push prices back from 160 to 80 piasters for Saigon tea. Bar owners shut fans and air conditioning, bar girls urge restraint, and demonstrators travel from Tan Son Nhut and Phan Rang to join the action in Saigon’s Tu Do street.
Dr Frank J Naibert 3602 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids longtime chiropractor 32 years retired 1952 died in a local nursing home after a long illness Born April 15 1893 in Cedar Rapids WWI veteran Survived by wife Lillian and son Dr Zane Naibert of Courtland NY Memorial at Turner Chapel 1 30 Wednesday Rev Allen S Van Cleve Crescent Lodge Masons gather 1 PM Wednesday Graveside by VFW Masters meet at Masonic Hall 1 PM Wednesday
A sweeping African storm drove the Globemaster north of its intended route into the Sierra Nevada mountains. The wreckage lies midway between Granada and the Mediterranean. Nearby, search efforts for a missing nuclear bomb at sea intensify as two navy docks act as motherships for deep diving subs offshore. Recovery work in the inshore area may be underway after locating over 100 objects. The C 124 transport was found near the site of a French passenger plane crash two years earlier with 80 lives lost.
In Modesto Calif an AP report says a 14 foot fishing boat capsized Sunday leaving five dead and two survivors. Edward Hicks owner swam to an island then died attempting a rescue. Peggy Hicks 24 and Bob Rose reached the island safely. Drowned were Faye Cornelson 40 of Madera Serena Willstong 21 of Mendota William Robert Perry 33 of Chowchilla and Albert Raper of Waterford.
Josie Hartman born in Czechoslovakia May 23 1884 died Sunday in a local hospital after living most of her life in Mechanicsville She is survived by six daughters three sons three sisters and three brothers as well as 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Morgans funeral home in Lisbon with burial at Rose Hill cemetery Mechanicsville
Clotilda Wieneke 2756 Mead owbrook drive SE widow of Ed ward Wieneke died Sunday after a long illness at her son Paul J. Wieneke's home. Born May 7 1884 in Tip ton she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Surviving are three sons Paul Richard W. of East Moline and Robert E. of Santa Clara Calif, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Requiem Mass by Rev. Edmond Becker at All Saints church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Parish Rosary 7:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Knights of Columbus and 8 p.m. Tuesday at Brady Mortuary where friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Frank Jiroutek 72 of 207 Fourth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died suddenly at home Sunday. Born May 22 1893 he was a World War I veteran and longtime Cedar Rapids resident married to Tillie Hart since 1926. Survived by wife daughter Lenore three sisters and a brother. Services Tuesday at Brush Chapel at 2 p.m. with burial in Czech National Cemetery.
Word has been received of the death Saturday of John Howard Thom 70 of Columbia Missouri a former Cedar Rapids resident He had lived in Columbia the last 35 years He married Edith Lundine Aug 2 1930 in Cedar Rapids Services are set for Tuesday in Columbia and Wednesday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Burial follows at Cedar Memorial funeral home after 7 p m Tuesday
Memorial service for Alice Johnston will be held at Turner Chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday conducted by Dr Glenn S McMichael. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 1 p m Tuesday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Sister Mary Hilda aged 84, founder and longtime president of Salve Regina College in Newport Rhode Island, died Saturday in Providence. She led the college from 1948 to 1964 and helped establish its early growth and prominence.
Preliminary design and engineering data on the Cedar Valley center roadway between First Ave W and 12th St NE will reach the city council within two weeks. The report seeks Iowa Highway Commission approval and prioritizes the E Avenue bridge for early use, with several circumferential and Edgewood road extensions analyzed for cost and traffic impact.
Charles L. and Donna F. Kolar sue Olinger Building Inc. of Marion alleging breach of a May 4 1964 14785 contract to build and convey property at 360 W Eighth Avenue. They report water seepage and cracks June 1964 and seek one of three remedies including rescission or damages totaling 14875 to 4500 plus repair and landscape costs.
Harold D. Toomer, 31, formerly of Toddville, was arrested Sunday by Nebraska authorities on a Linn county embezzlement by bailee warrant. Sheriff Walter Grant said Toomer posted a 1000 dollar bond and was released in Omaha the same day.
John B. Kane 46 of Fairbanks and Wilbur D. Harbach 35 of Walker pled guilty to drunk driving. Judge Harold D. Vietor fined each $300 and costs and revoked licenses for 60 days. Kane’s arrest occurred December 3 on highway 150 in Washington township, Harbach’s on October 29, one mile north of Hiawatha on highway 150.
Linn county deputies arrested Allen Eugene Miller 29 and George Gardner 47 after a Sunday crash on Bertram road. Miller received two 15 day jail sentences for intoxication and loss of vehicle control. Gardner and Charles E. Welshons 30 forfeited bonds on related or separate public highway charges.
Grimsley testifies that Powers proposed a ransom plan offering two Cadillacs and described a love triangle involving the victim. He says a telephone call was made to “Honey Doll or Babe” and Powers claimed a partner would act. The scheme failed when Grimsley went to prison two years ago after accepting Christ and becoming ordained.
Fort Dodge resident Frank W. Frost age 52 pleaded guilty before Linn District Judge Harold D. Vietor to false uttering a check. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday after a pre sentence investigation. Frost allegedly passed a $21.47 check to Jones Pharmacy on December 6.
Earl D. Logan age 49 of 320 Fifth Avenue SW received a $300 fine and costs after pleading guilty to a drunk driving charge. Judge Harold D. Vietor ordered a 60 day license suspension. Logan was arrested December 23 near Third Avenue and Third Street SW.
In Moscow two Russian authors were convicted for anti-Soviet propaganda published abroad under pen names. Andrei Sinyavsky, alias Abram Tertz, received seven years hard labor, Yuri Daniel, alias Nikolai Arzhak, five years. Both pled innocent, insisting their West published satire was not political.
Sen Morton and other Republicans have spoken against far right elements while affirming the need to follow the party platform. Morton, a former assistant secretary of state, will address Coe College at 8:15 tonight on the destiny of the Republican Party.
President Johnson considers an informal Q and A session on national TV networks with newsmen. No date set. White House secretary Moyers says a sooner rather than later appearance is likely. ABC CBS and NBC proposed the event and discussed it with the White House.
Police report an arrest in San Diego California of Russell Charles Dewey 25 a former Rockford resident on charges of killing 11 year old Susan Brady in Rockford on December 20. Dewey allegedly struck the girl with his car as she returned from school and attempted to dispose of her body in his grandparents incinerator.
Police investigated a Sunday incident when a .22-caliber rifle bullet shattered a rear window at the Douglas Donnan residence 204 Josephine Lane NW. Officers believe the stray shot came from the woods behind the house. area search was unsuccessful.
Washington AP reports the Johnson administration will propose to Congress a five year auto safety program costing about 500 million dollars. One provision would let the government set national automobile safety standards.
Public events and local notices include East Kiwanis speaker Don Canney at 12 15 p m Tuesday at the Town House restaurant a Feb 15 1966 public card party at Eagles Lodge a hospital note for Mrs Alice Haynes visitors allowed at St Luke s Hospital theft reports include Linda Bradley and Tima Igram purse losses Wally s Rug Cleaning and a Linn County Fish and Game club meeting at Riverside Recreation Center. Initiation of David Duncan into Lampos at Iowa State University and a tire theft from a Cedar Rapids semi truck are also noted. Funeral details for Mrs E G Miller formerly Mary Moore announced with services in Albuquerque.
Sadie Dufenbach 78 longtime editor and managing editor of the Huntingburg Independent from 1919 to 1953 died Saturday while being taken to a hospital after a heart attack.
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