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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1961
Page
3
The forecast calls for cloudy to snowy Northwest with warmer nights and turning colder Thursday. Five day temperatures remain 8 to 12 degrees above normal with below normal precipitation. The page lists several bill passages, public notices, obituaries, and funeral services across numerous Iowa towns.
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Linn county taxpayers will begin receiving their 1961 property tax statements in January 1962 under a new mail billing system. The change aims to reduce in person visits and ease handling, with the treasurer’s office directing callers to provide a property description from the assessor or old receipts.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors announced remodeling of the first floor of the courthouse starts Monday. Plans move treasurer and auditor counters, relocate the license bureau, and cost about 3600 dollars with Loomis Bros. handling the work. The board also set March 14 to let contracts for a second floor air conditioning system.
John M. Owens aged 47 of Palo was found guilty by a district court jury after a 15 minute deliberation on a drunk driving charge. Judge Maxwell suspended Owens' license for 60 days and imposed a $300 fine. Owens was arrested Sept 27, 1960 near Palo and pled innocent at trial.
Fairfax officials win a petition to bring a county road at the town’s east edge inside city limits. The move aims to enable future annexation of land across the road.
Paris reports Admiral Philippe Auboyneau longtime commander of Free French naval forces in World War II has died at age 61. The veteran officer, born in France, led Allied maritime operations and served throughout the war before his death on Wednesday.
New evidence supports a two stage common cold theory proposed by Dr J M Ritchie. Antibiotics may curb the second stage if it is bacterial but cannot cure the viral first stage. Cardiff Public Health Laboratory researchers tested 55 healthy and 138 coal miners with placebo and antibiotic pills, finding shorter colds only in those on active antibiotics.
Washington AP reports flight engineers ask for more information on Kennedy Goldberg settlement plans before action. A 3 member advisory commission may influence the six day wildcat strike that idled major carriers and disrupted over half a million travelers nationwide.
Since January 9 the Northwest Airlines strike by American Machinists has crippled service to two flights daily, from a normal fifty. Courts issue restraining orders, and damage suits are filed. In Miami Judge Chote fines Eastern Airlines’ union chapter 200000 for contempt amid ongoing action. Meany endorses government plan to end the dispute, urging engineers to return to work.
Chamber of Commerce campaigners reached 74 new memberships by Wednesday noon, including 53 regular, 10 Jaycee, and 11 Senior Men's bureau, with 200 workers at a kickoff breakfast and a dinner slated for tonight. The noon report was sparse as many campaigners had not yet returned to the building.
Marilyn Parsons of New York formerly of Cedar Rapids won as a contestant on ABC-TV Number Please. She claimed several prizes and became the new quiz champion and will try to retain the title Thursday on KCRG-TV at 12 30. Parsons is the daughter of Mrs Hayes Parsons of 228 Nineteenth St NW.
London AP reports Viet Namese chef Van Han, 50, declined President Kennedy's invitation to be White House chef. He chose to stay at the French embassy in London and cabled Kennedy that he cannot travel to serve as the president's cook.
Robert Kinney of Waterloo won a $15,000 counterclaim in a Wapello County jury verdict at Ottumwa after an 8 hour deliberation following a 12 week trial. The Cedar Rapids couple Harold and Annabelle Parsons filed a $70,000 suit over a March accident on Highway 34 injuring 11, with Howard Brown driving for the Parsons. The jury found for Kinney, denying the Parsons’ claim.
Needy families may wait two months before receiving free groceries under President Kennedy's experimental food stamp plan. It will take about two months to design engrave and print the stamps and they have not been ordered yet. Agriculture Secretary Freeman is expected to act soon to define how the scheme will operate and choose participating communities.
Najeeb E. Halaby the former test pilot and Yale trained lawyer won unanimous Senate Commerce Committee approval to head the FAA. He promised to ease friction with the Civil Aeronautics Board and cited his experience flying the Electra prop jet which had speed restrictions after two fatal crashes.
Susan Pearl Griffith 1643 Ellis Blvd NW Cedar Rapids resident for years died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 50 am after a long illness. Survived by nieces and nephews. She was active in St John s Episcopal Church the church guild Daughters of the Union Veterans Palm Grove Woodman Circle and was past chief of the Pythian Sisters and Silver Club. Services Friday 10 30 am at St John s with Rev D A Loferski. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel until 9 pm Thursday. Memorials to St John s Memorial Fund suggested.
Rose Clara Rubek widow of Louie Rubek aged 89 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 15 p m Tuesday after a long illness She was born July 25 1876 in Iowa county Surviving are a Cedar Rapids daughter Mrs Charles H Chapman a son Carl O Richardson Palisade Minnesota a brother Bert Godber Wellman a grandson and 4 great grandchildren Her husband a printer for The Gazette died in 1950 She belonged to the Christian church Services will be at Turner chapel Friday at 130 p m conducted by Rev Jack Oliver Burial at Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Howard Niswander a Cedar Rapids resident aged 65 died at 2 20 a m Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness Born January 18 1880 in Iowa he had no survivors Burial is at Shiloh Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Friday afternoon service led by Henry Mensinger of the Sunshine Mission was set at 3 p m
Elizabeth Andrea Licea died Wednesday in Chicago after a brief illness. Born August 31, 1960, she was survived by her parents Vincent and party Licea of Chicago, a brother Thomas, and grandparents Tom and ??? Brady of Cedar Rapids. The body will be returned to Brady mortuary for further services. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Mrs William Boyer 78 long time resident died Tuesday in Oskaloosa. Survived by son Raymond Boyer and a daughter, both listed at 1728 Richmond Road NE, plus another daughter in Marshalltown. Funeral services set Thursday at 2 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home in Oskaloosa.
Mrs Pearl Mills 74 of 1251 Fourth Ave SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday morning in a local hospital. Survived by sons Lloyd of Denver and James W Mills of Highland Indiana and daughter Lois Mills of McComb Illinois. Body at Barta Hesser Funeral Home. Memorial services to be announced.
Services held in Morris Fred Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday by Rev John Woods and Crescent Lodge AF AM Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Speas Adolph L Rohn funeral home Friday at 2 by Rev Warren IL Feller Burial Hoover cemetery near Quasqueton
Dr. Kirtley F. Mather of Harvard urged Coe College students to seek two kinds of knowledge: general understanding of things and personal insight. He argued the Atomic Age requires both science and religion as dynamic, self correcting disciplines guiding living under law and order, with religion mirroring science yet remaining private in spiritual matters.
Senator Nystrom proposed a 53 member senate with seven large counties gaining one seat each, challenging Wearin’s plan. Critics said neither plan achieves true reapportionment, claiming only token gains for urban counties. The Farm Bureau influence drew attention as votes split along party lines on both amendments.
The Socialists accused the Japanese government of permitting a U.S. spy training organization to operate in Japan, signaling rising tensions between Tokyo and Washington over intelligence activities.
A Marion rural school district delegation asks Rep. Richard Stephens to oppose any bill transferring Noelridge Park to Cedar Rapids Community School District. The group, led by Supt. Clifford Wilkins, seeks a public vote and notes limited prior board discussion.
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