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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1963
Page
4
Senate Republican leader Hickenlooper says Democrats gloss over the danger posed by the Soviet Cuba base. He contends Republicans backed Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis but will not accept a policy he calls vague and confusing.
Six Cedar Rapids students and one Swisher student join a Feb 18 22 seminar at Central College titled Doctrines of Man. British historian Arnold Toynbee and UT language professor William Arrowsmith are featured speakers with Coe College philosopher Harold L Parsons on panels.
Iowa lawmakers threaten action on fair housing as Rep. John Ely of Cedar Rapids announces a drafted bill but will wait on a committee's move on fair employment practices. Edward Zerin of Des Moines urges persistent pressure for housing rights amid broader discrimination concerns raised by David Lawrence.
Independence hosts a joint conference by the Mental Health Institute and Woodward state school for Northeast Iowa county officials. The Tuesday session will cover trends in mental health programming and collaboration between the two institutions and the counties served.
Albert Richards 82 former post master and state legislator died Saturday at a nursing home. He served as postmaster from 1922 to 1932 and was elected to the Iowa house for two terms in 1915 and 1917. Survivors include wife Ethel and sister Edith Stevens of Independence. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Snider funeral home burial Oak Ridge cemetery.
A head-on crash on Highway 71 near here Sunday claimed the life of 17 year old David A. Johnsen of Ulmer. A truck and car collision occurred early in the day.
Des Moines reports Iowa State University asks for 600000 in state funds for a new art building wing to house the Elliott collection and provide classroom space. The total project cost about 1110000, with 510000 to be raised privately. The Elliott collection would boost the university art program and draw visitors.
Costa Rica’s former president Jose Figueres will address a Cornell college convocation Tuesday morning. Decorated by 18 European and Latin American nations, he holds an honorary L.H.D. from Rollins College and is a visiting professor at Rollins in diplomatic history and Inter-American affairs. He will speak Tuesday night in the senate chambers of Old Capitol in Iowa City.
Dr. L. B. Bray is named president, with Richard Vicker as vice president and Seth Sussman as secretary-treasurer for the Waukon Kiwanis club.
In Muscatine Iowa a six year old girl Vivian Ashby was killed on her parents farm when a shotgun fell to the floor and discharged. The child was left with a 10 year old and an 18 month old while the mother took other children to school. The weapon discharged into the girl's side.
Two men sustained minor injuries in an early morning crash a half mile south of Independence. Richard Wilcox, 22, of Waterloo, drove his car past a T intersection, into a ditch then through a fence and across 200 feet into a field. Passenger David Erickson of Evansdale rode with him. Wilcox was charged with failure to have his car under control.
Anamosa reported 11 year old Ray Ellwood son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Ellwood sustained a deep gash in his right hip during a sledding mishap on Sunday.
Iowa lawmakers weigh retirement age for judges as 75 looms as the likely standard. Data show at age 70 would trigger losses of three supreme court judges and 20 district judges this year, while 72 or 75 affect other counts. Legislation may apply 75 to current judges with lower future limits for appointees.
Leo Carrillo appears as a guest on Tuesday at 5 p.m. for THE SHERIFF STEVE AND MICKEY MOUSE SHOW on KCRG TV 9.
Polk County Sheriff Wilbur Hirdreth faces an assault and battery charge after a Des Moines restaurant disturbance at Johnnie and Fannie’s. Deputy John Moody, 25, allegedly struck Robert Leo James, 23, who identified Moody. Moody was released on bond pending a hearing.
Iowa City area employment remains high as seasonal construction slows. Bernard Barber of the local office of the Iowa State Employment Service says most major employers expect little change through May and predicts a new record for summer, aided by another strong construction year.
The Saddle club of Strawberry Point names officers for the year with Ray Neis as president, Bob Theel as vice president, and Virginia Pruessel as secretary treasurer.
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