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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1962
Page
3
Forecast calls heavy snow warning for the northeast with added snowfall through noon. Sunday turns colder with partly cloudy skies and a warming trend Monday. Saturday records show mix of temperatures across cities and notes on precipitation and barometer readings. numerous obituaries and funeral notices listed for Iowa towns.
Ida May Whittingham funeral services held at Turner chapel at 1 30 Monday with Rev D A Loferski. Burial in Cedar Memorial. Casket not to be opened after service.
John Fell Stevenson youngest son of Adlai Stevenson and artist Natalie Raymond Owings of San Francisco married in a private ceremony at Big Sur California on Saturday.
A classified advertisement promises affordable leads for local businesses seeking budget friendly publicity. It highlights value, reach, and practical steps to place the ad and solicit customers.
Senator Allen J. Ellender said he would oppose President Kennedy's bid for congressional action to head off an April 1 drop in dairy price supports. Ellender and House Agriculture Committee plans to press hearings on a broad farm bill removing grain supports unless growers accept tight production limits, with dairy provisions and cropland conversion programs also included.
Los Angeles AP Mickey Cohen the ex gambler is released on a $100000 bond pending his appeal from a tax evasion conviction. The bail was allowed previously by Justice Douglas in a first order but an earlier federal court refusal required sureties to cover a $30000 fine if the appeal failed.
Two Aegis high school debate teams ranked high in a National Forensic district speech meet this weekend. The team of Jim Hudek and Jim Nelson finished fifth while Ron Marek with Jim Kelsh placed seventh out of 26 teams. Coaches were T. J. Carew and Regis debate director.
Margaret McLaughlin a 22 year old Tipton first grade teacher remained in satisfactory condition in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a .410 shotgun blast to arm and mouth. Audrey Krug suffered a stabbed hip while Jerry Wehde 13 was held in Cedar County jail on assault with intent to murder as the boy who fired was a sixth grader from Tipton.
Carroll Leroy Peterson aged 44 of Montezuma died in a farm tractor accident Saturday on highway 63 three miles north of Montezuma. The incident occurred in a rural area and authorities investigated the mishap.
Adlai Stevenson, in Pebble Beach for his son’s wedding, states that the Soviets oppose Red China’s UN membership. He notes Soviet leadership would be diluted if China joined and recalls U.S. tactics last fall to block Beijing’s seat. His son John Fell Stevenson is marrying Natalie Owings, daughter of architect Nathaniel Owings.
Movie 9 presents Bach elor and the Bobby Soxer tonight at 10 30 on TV 9 starring Cary Grant and featuring entertaining plot twists and witty dialogue.
An embassy chauffeur and Stogner's houseboy, both Congolese, are held for questioning as police continue the case. U S military investigators from Germany assist, focusing on ballistic evidence. Miss Thring remains detained in Leopoldville prison’s women’s wing with legal counsel.
A Cedar Rapids two car collision injures John P. Martin and leads to a major street cleanup. In the same event a separate line of crashes involves 68 cars as the Cedar Rapids street department deploys 35 plows and 100 workers to clear snow and debris in the 3800 block of First Avenue.
The document outlines areas of federal focus including health and welfare services education and health resources under the HEW, a national emergency registration system by the Postmaster General, civil aviation operations by the FAA, housing and community facilities by HUD, and transportation regulation by the ICC covering railroads motor carriers and inland waterways.
The report notes no injuries in a major crash but records Helen Alman, 46, of 273 Highland Drive NW as the most seriously hurt. Alman was pinned between two cars in the 1000 block of Eighteenth Street SW, suffering a hand laceration when Byron J. Hunt, 1607 Thirteenth Avenue SW, pinned her to a parked police car. The patrol car had been dispatched to the scene.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 published daily and Sunday at Kira Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions listed by carrier 45 cents weekly mail rates 11. per year and monthly prices for night and afternoon editions. Includes Associated Press rights for republication of all United News and AP content.
The council agenda includes a 10 a.m. meeting at city hall with an invocation by Rev. Shackelford. Actions cover a 65 foot pole permit for Acme Electric at Penick and Ford, street light requests in Sunset Court and Clark Road, underground substation work by Iowa Electric Light, zoning shifts on Pioneer Avenue, Thirty-fourth Street, and Twenty-Eighth Avenue SW, an ordinance vacating property for the Pochobradsky family, and a sale restriction for Louie and Ella Pochobradsky. The health department reports for January 1962 and Washington birthday observance with Thursday city hall closure are noted.
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