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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
6
The page lists temperatures and precipitation for Monday and Tuesday with no precipitation. It includes February totals and year-to-date figures, plus barometer and humidity readings. Community notes report births, marriages, legal notices, driving fines, and several funeral services across Iowa towns and dates.
Robert Blair, 32, formerly of Cedar Rapids, was killed in a Sunday motorcycle accident in Chula Vista, California. He resided in Los Angeles and was a 1953 graduate of St. Patrick's high school. Survivors include two sons and a daughter. Funeral and burial will be Friday in Torrance, California.
Harry A. Fitzsimmons of Andalusia Alabama died Monday night. Born April 8 1896 in Muscatine county he was Cedar Rapids display manager at Armstrongs for years before moving to Florida in 1945 He later worked in Columbia General Hospital Andalusia therapy dept until retirement Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Stewart Benz of Denver two grandchildren eight great grandchildren two brothers William of Indianapolis and Max of Cedar Rapids three sisters Gladys Bohac Dover Ark Pearl Argo Tipton and Grace Furnas Joliet Ill.
Max Mochal 31 of Cedar Rapids died Monday in Valparaiso Indiana. He was born July 17 1937 in Cedar Rapids a Roosevelt high school and Valparaiso university graduate. He is survived by his wife Sarah a son Mike and daughter Betsy of Valparaiso his mother Mrs Ray Martin of Denver his father Joseph Mechal of Los Angeles and a brother Joe of Denver. Memorial services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian church in Valparaiso.
Maurlin L. Dennison and Frances Naibert are listed for Wednesday services at Turner's East and West chapels with graveside rites by various in clerics. Burial locations include Czech National Cemetery and Cedar Memorial Cemetery. The American Legion post plans military graveside services for Hanford.
A psychology class was overtaken by 45 to 50 students who proclaimed a form of "black" psychology. Principal Silverman ordered five minutes for departure. Six students remained, five of them black, and were expelled, marking the first expulsions since Black students began the action.
Last week protests by black students at Illinois rose their demands from 35 to 41 as several thousand index cards were stolen from the university library. Officials called the loss a crippling blow to the library likely requiring years to restore. In South Carolina a youth was arrested for burning a Confederate flag in front of the university president's home, with state law prohibiting flag mutilation.
Rogers and Fulbright clash over Article VI commitments as Nixon seeks rapid Senate action on the arms control treaty. Rogers insists on good faith negotiations to limit the arms race, while Fulbright questions ties to ABM plans. Hearings on military aspects are planned after the foreign relations panel concludes its inquiry.
A six man six woman jury failed to reach a verdict by 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Hoover Coffee murder case. The jurors deliberated since Monday afternoon and were instructed to consider first degree murder and other charges. Prosecution argued premeditation and malice aforethought based on Coffee s actions and relationships while the defense urged possible manslaughter or acquittal if the trigger was accidental.
Testimony recounts Sirhan Sirhan subduing after shooting Senator Kennedy as Jesse Unruh urged restraint and Bobby Grier helped shield Mrs. Kennedy. Kennedy bodyguard Bill Barry and others describe pushing crowds back, subduing the assailant, and preserving the scene amid chaos and gunfire.
Fernando Lamas is enticed into a heist setup by Al Mundy on Tuesday’s It Takes a Thief at 7 30 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9.
Larry Buck 20 of 903 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to assault and battery resisting an officer and fighting. Judge Loren M. Hullinger Jr suspended 30 day terms and placed Buck in probation with Rev. John Thomas and Abdullah Igram. Buck had been accused of manhandling by a Cedar Rapids youth.
Cedar Rapids officials press housing to precede demolition in Oak Hill as city eyes a Neighborhood Development Program with HUD. Consultants note 90 percent of homes in the Tenth to Twelfth streets SE area are substandard and urge starting there near Jane Boyd House.
In New York on Monday a federal judge ordered a halt to the Atlantic Richfield Co Sinclair Oil Corp merger pending final determination of the antitrust claim. Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan found a reasonable probability of anticompetitive effects in the southeastern states if the merger proceeds. The merits remain to be decided at trial.
London reports France withdrew indefinitely from the Western European Union on Monday while the six remaining members pressed ahead with the alliance. The move threatens the group formed in 1954 to contain a rearmed West Germany and worsens already strained British French relations.
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