Weather and notices mix across cities with obits and services
Forecast shows partly cloudy east and west through Friday night with colder lows from northeast to southwest and light snow likely in the northwest Saturday. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures with a turn to colder early next week and about a quarter inch of snow. Local notices list several court cases and obituaries with new service times across Monticello Tipton Waukon and other towns.
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Death notices and weather totals from Cedar Rapids area
Severe weather and health obituaries headline Cedar Rapids area briefs. February totals include .66 rainfall, high 33, low 26, with river and barometer readings at noon. Notices list births for James McCarthy and Cleve Morse families, and the death of Mrs. Donald Cunningham with service details at St Patrick's Church. Also traffic fines and court judgments appear alongside vehicle violations and license infractions.
Dorothy Hannon obituary notes Cedar Rapids resident dies after long illness
Dorothy May Hannon died Thursday after a long illness at Cedar Rapids. Born March 24, 1926 in Marble Rock she was married in 1951 in Vancouver Washington. Survived by husband Roy Shatzer father John Shatzer step mother Irma Shatzer sisters Karol and Sharon Scholl Mary Jo Sharp brothers Glenn Shatzer Paul Shatzer. Funeral services Saturday 10 30 Turner chapel with Rev D A Loferski burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Donald Cunningham
Eighth Street
Smulekoff
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Anamosa
St. Patrick's Church
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Alpha Phi
Stella Brady
Lorraine Brady
Garland
Texas
Donna
Helen
Mary Patrice
DeWitt
Bernice Schaffer
Mike
Francis
Edward
Donald
Robert
Waterloo
Mark
Cascade
J. Robert McDonald
Holy Cross
Teahen Chapel
Father McDonald
Dorothy May Hannon
Roy Hannon
Collins Radio
Marble Rock
Vancouver
Wash
John Shatzer
Irma Shatzer
Karol Shatzer
Sharon Scholl
Land
Mary Jo Sharp
Arlington
Glenn Shatzer
Paul Shatzer
Eugene
Ore
Hannon
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Cedar Memorial
Death Notices for Mrs. Randal Groat of Warsaw and Ottumwa
Word reached Dick Groat and Mrs. David Pratt of the death Thursday of their sister in law Mrs. Randal Groat a Cedar Rapids native who lived most of her life in Ottumwa Her birth nearMt Auburn occurred Oct 27 1910 She married in 1929 She was linked to the Free Methodist church Survivors include two sons Robert and John two daughters Mrs Bert Ragan and Mrs Dick Engle her mother Mrs Etta Shields and two sisters Mrs Moran Dyer and Mrs Joe
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Dick Groat
Outlook Drive
David Pratt
Twentieth Avenue
Randal ‘Groat
Warsaw
Ind
Cedar ‘Rapids
Ethel Anderson Groat
Mt. Auburn
Free Methodist Church
Robert
Winona Lake
John
Bert Ragan
Dick Engle
Etta Shields
Moran Dyer
Ottumwa
Joe
Sturm of Jackson and eight grandchildren obituary
Sturm of Jackson Miss and eight grandchildren. Services and burial will be at Warsaw Saturday.
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Sturm
Jackson
Miss
Warsaw
Ida May Whittingham Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids resident Ida May Whittingham aged 45 died Friday after a long illness. Survived by sister Mrs. Paul Christiansen of San Francisco. She belonged to St. John's Episcopal Church and its women’s auxiliaries Cedar Chapter OBS St John’s Guild and Margaret Albert Circle of King’s Daughters. Funeral 1:30 Monday by Rev. D A Loferski at Cedar Memorial Chapel. friends may call until Monday.
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Ida May Whittingham
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Cedar Rapids
Paul Christiansen
San Francisco
Whittingham
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Woman’s Auxiliary
Cedar Chapter Obs
St. John’s Guild
Margaret Albert Circle
King’s Daughters
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Cedar ‘Memorial
Funeral notices for Griffith Ada E Turner and Ronald E Mead
Ada E Griffith Turner chapel service at 1 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev Charles Q Wallace with burial at Cedar Memorial. Ronald E Mead service at Beatty Bearle chapel at 1 30 Saturday by Rev Hubert L Sunderman of Faith Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial Cedar Memorial. Hasley Carroll service Saturday at 11 at Teahen chapel with rosary Friday at 8 and burial at St Patrick's Fairfax.
Bromwell Criticizes Civil Service Speech Ban at Linn GOP
Rep James E Bromwell of the Second district spoke at a Linn county GOP gathering criticizing a civil service directive that bans employees from political speeches about government policy unless they support administration policies. The county central committee filled three vice chairs Mrs John Ducknall Mrs Ivan Jacobson and Ted Lewis. County chair B D Silliman appointed Cedar Rapids leaders William Vaughan and Mrs Lee Anderle to head the 1962 county organization committee with Arthur Kudart and Mrs Joe Ironsides heading the county outside Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
James E. Bromwell
Second
Civil Service ‘Commission
Bromwell
Civil Service
John Ducknall
Ivan Jacobson
Ted Lewis
McNamara Plans Talk on Vietnam
Defense Secretary McNamara will fly to Hawaii this weekend to confer with military commanders and diplomats in the Western Pacific. It is his third trip in two months, joined by W Averell Harriman and General Lyman Lemnitzer.
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Washington
McNamara
Hawaii
Vietnam
Western Pacific
W. Averell Harriman
Lyman Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House Receives 134000 Donation for Mansion Refurbishment
The White House reports 134076.25 dollars donated to fund refurbishment of the Executive Mansion. The press secretary says 120727.82 dollars have been spent on historic and artistic objects not obtainable by donation. Names of contributors who consented to identification have been released.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Executive
Salinger
Chamber Urges Cedar Rapids Housing Regulations
Cedar Rapids chamber proposes adopting reasonable minimum housing standards to safeguard health and welfare. The housing committee favors city health board enforcement, due process, and updated state laws, urging council study and potential cooperation, as urgency rises with a recent apartment fire.
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Cedar Rapids
Sreacher of Commerce Board of Directors
City Board of Health
Report Finds Air Force Hoards Ordinary Tools
Washington report by the congressional watchdog says the air force keeps excessive reserves of common hand tools in its repair kit. It notes supplies of wrenches and tapes far exceed typical needs, with 166 months of one wrench stock and 111 months of another.
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Washington
Air Force
Congressional Watchdog
Airforce
Navy
General Services Administration
Air Force keeps 5000 tape measures in reserve
Investigators question the Air Force need for more than 5,000 fifty foot tape measures in reserve enough for 112 months. The report closes with reassurance that harmonization with other services will occur as the Pentagon’s unified single manager office provides a central hardware supply for military mechanics.
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Air Force
Pentagon
Best Man to Princess Meg Splits From Wife in Divorce
Dr. Roger Gilliatt a 39 year old society neurologist and best man at Princess Margaret's wedding won a divorce Friday on grounds of adultery with playwright John Osborne. Gilliatts married in 1954 have no children. Osborne ordered to pay costs. his early marriages and the divorce filing are noted.
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London
Roger Gilliatt
John Osborne
Gilliatts
Osborne
Gilliatt
Penelope Ann Douglass Conner
Britain
Mayfair Drawing Room
Acress Pamela Lane
Mary Ure
Allis-Chalmers releases terms of new work contract
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co publishes a three year contract offer to the United Auto Workers with wage increases of 18 cents an hour or more and staged implementation through September. The plan freezes part of the cost of living rise and expands health, life, pension, and unemployment benefits. Strike deadlines loom at six plants, with West Allis setting March 15 and Terre Haute canceling strikes due to plant closure.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
United Auto Workers Union
West Allis
Terre Haute
Ind
Allis-Chalmers
Swisher and Mahan Seek Johnson County Seats
Democrats Scott Swisher and Bruce Mahan announced candidacies for Johnson County representatives in the Iowa House. Swisher, 42, seeks a fifth term and has served as House minority leader. Mahan, 71, a former University of Iowa extension dean, runs for the first time. He cites education, reapportionment, state agency needs, social welfare, mental health and taxes as key issues.
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Iowa City
Scott Swisher
Bruce Mahan
Johnson County
Swisher
Mahan
University of Iowa Extension Division
SUI
Iowa
Smog Clears as City Recovers From Fire Damage
The piece notes heavy cleanup costs for Chatsworth and other canyon areas after last November's Bel-Air fire. It describes debris removal, pavement repairs, landslide risks, and rising housing costs while praising brief air quality improvements and views of Catalina Island from the harbor freeway.
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Chatsworth
Topanga
Coldwater
Malibu
Mandeville
Benedict
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Laurel
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City of the Angels
Judge Upholds City Right To Try U N Help
General Sessions Judge James Mulcahy ruled the city can prosecute crimes within U N headquarters under a 1947 head quarters agreement. Nicholas Coumatos 29 was convicted of swindling a U N employee of 187000 dollars from March 1959 to July 1960 and given 15 to 30 years. He was described as penniless with restitution unpaid.
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NEW York
U.N
General Sessions
James Mulcahy
Nicholas Coumatos
Mulcahy
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Coumatos
Cedar Rapids man dies cleaning pistol in accidental discharge
Clarence D. Boyle, 39, of 5449 Klinger St. SW, Cedar Rapids, was killed Thursday afternoon when a .45 caliber pistol discharged as he cleaned it. The bullet struck him in the left chest and he died en route to St Luke's hospital. The medical examiner ruled the death accidental. Boyle, a World War II veteran, was married to Marguerite A. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Sheryl, his mother Daisy Pisarik, a step-son Jack Uthe, and two step-grandchildren. Burial was set for Mt Calvary Cemetery with services at Turner Chapel. Retrieved details note gun cleaning gear and a five-shell cartridge clip found on the table. he apparently forgot to remove the cartridge from the chamber. He belonged to United Packinghouse Workers of America, local No. 3.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence D. Boyle
Klinger Street
Boyle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Clarence Delbert Boyle
Marguerite Athe
Iowa City
Sheryl
Daisy Pisarik
Jack Uthe
Google
United Packinghouse ‘Workers of America
Turner Chapel
A. L. Zachar
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Pesch Drops One Way County Road Proposal
State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch of Des Moines said he has dropped plans to urge counties to designate one way traffic on some secondary roads after mostly negative reaction. He had asked county boards to study accident rates and traffic flows but said the proposal is not feasible.
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