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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1963

Page

3

Telephone Firm Laying Conduit In Downtown C.R.

Northwestern Bell begins a conduit-laying project in Cedar Rapids downtown to serve west-side expansion. Work starts on Second Avenue beside the Parkade and in First Street intersection, with traffic kept to two lanes. completion expected in about a week to ten days.

Cedar Rapids Northwestern Bell Telephone Co Roger Schreder Northwestern Bell First Avenue Second Avenue Second Street Schreder

Airman's Wife Slain in Lincoln Home

The body of Suzanne Lord, 22, mother of two, was found slain in a Lincoln apartment. Airman 1/C James Lord, based at the Lincoln base, reported discovering the victim after a broken window to a fire escape raised concerns about a possible entry.

Lincoln, Neb UPI James Lord Lincoln Suzanne Gerald Martin

Speeding Suspects Named in Division Report

Police division lists individuals including Leonard Lucier 418 Twentieth Street SE Mel vin Cooley Pato Edmund Emerson Iigleside Drive SW M D Williamson 611 Forty second Street NE Barbara Roman 2417 Deborah Drive SW in speeding case notes.

Leonard Lucier Twentieth Street Melvin Cooley Pato Edmund Emerson Iigleside Drive M. D. Williamson Barbara Roman Deborah Drive

Coin Club quarterly auction at Sheraton Montrose hotel

City Briefs note a coin club quarterly auction Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Sheraton Montrose hotel visitors welcome. Also reports Lori Catherine Sipe daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Sipe 76 Fifteenth Avenue SW a patient at St Luke's Hospital and Tom Brady of Brady Mortuary 840 Fifth Avenue SE reports a $30 manual snow plow stolen from the mortuary.

Coin Club Sheraton Montrose Hotel Lori Catherine Sipe Donald Sipe Fifteenth Avenue SW St. Luke’s Hospital Tom Brady Brady Mortuary Fifth Avenue SE

Classified Ads and Local Notices Mix in Small Town Page

Public notices and items fill a compact column with ads for rental listings theater events and church dinners. The piece mentions a preschool story hour at the library plans for a pancake supper at Grace Episcopal Church and a talk on The Housing Code by Irvin L Tucker along with brief crime reports of a missing coat and stolen gym clothes.

Business Men's Breakfast Club Irvin L Tommy’ Tucker

Arrangement of the Week Brandy Snifter Floral Ad

Brandy Snifter with six daffodils priced at $3.50 from Piersons Florists. Advert mentions damaged wiring to a company truck heater, a Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet at St Jude's school with charter presented by Rev Father R Krapfl, and missing belts hearing aids valued at $329 each from James Oberbroeckling's car. Article continues with Bay of Pigs and related U S Cuban war reporting.

Brandy Pierson Adv Cub Scout Pack 10 St. Jude’s School Frank Wichael R. Krapfl Bucknell

Blue and Gold banquet honors at Harrison School

Cub Pack 4 received awards at the Blue and Gold banquet held Monday night at Harrison School. Honorees include Billy Brockholm Mark Clark Ladd Heath Eddie Johnson Rollie Pierson Steve Kondovos Mark Kirchner Mark Jayne Marvin Coppess Bobby Sturtz and Kenny Cunningham.

Cub Harrison School Billy Brockholm Mark Clark Ladd Heath Eddie Johnson Rollie Pierson Steve Kondovos Mark Kirchner Mark Jayne Marvin Coppess Bobby Sturtz Kenny Cunningham

Former Iowa Residents Highlighted in Des Moines and Guthrie Center Pair

A report notes a Des Moines man and his Guthrie Center wife, tied to a story involving the Lords, who were previously residents of Iowa.

Lords Iowa Des Moines Guthrie Center

Mother accuses Kennedy of evading questions on missing son

Mrs Riley Shamburger says President Kennedy dodged her inquiries about Riley Jr who disappeared after the Cuban invasion. She quotes him claiming no Americans were involved and asks where her son is noting no government notification. She refuses to disclose other rumors she has heard.

Birmingham Kennedy Riley Shamburger Riley, Jr

Mariner 2: First Probe to Visit Another Planet

Scientists at JPL resolved radiometer data interference by building a test model and duplicating cross talk effects. Mariner 2, designed in Pasadena, became the first space probe to visit the vicinity of another planet and now orbits the sun, breaking long-distance radio records.

Mariner 2 Venus Space Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Pasadena Calif

Deaths Joseph A. Walsh Services Set After Fatal Crash

Joseph A. Walsh 25 address NE Cedar Rapids resident 34 years dies in traffic accident Monday. Services Thursday 11 a m at St Matthew s Church with Rt Rev Msgr James D Kearn. Burial Mt Calvary. Survived by wife Edith Walsh daughter Helen two brothers two sisters. Rosary Wednesday 7 30 p m at Monahan Stewart funeral home with Altar and Rosary Society.

Joseph A. Walsh B Avenue NE St. Matthew's Church James D. Kearn Mt. Calvary Cemetery Mr. Walsh Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Edith Murray Helen C. Walsh Rockford, Ill John A William P. Walsh Dubuque Mary Antoinette Des Moines Mary Louise Lewiston Mont Holy Name Society St. Matthew’s Church Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home Msgr. Kearn Altar and Rosary Society

Obituary: Herbert L. Sanders 57 Ram sey native dies after brief illness

Herbert L. Sanders 57 of 705 Third avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Monday after a brief illness. Born June 4, 1905 in Ramsey Illinois he married Laura Stevens March 18 1929. A government meat inspector he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1927 and worked recently at Rath Packing in Waterloo. He was past master of Martin lodge AF and AM Waterloo and a Cedar Rapids Eagles member. Surviving are his wife a stepdaughter two grandchildren and a brother. Services Thursday 2 p.m. Kuba funeral home with Rev Elmer C Boom and burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 7 Tuesday.

Herbert L. Sanders Third Avenue Ramsey Ill Laura Stevens Cedar Rapids Rath Waterloo Martin Lodge Af&am Eagles Club Walter Macy St. Joseph, Mo Hugh Sanders Kuba Elmer C. Boom Faith Evangelical Church Martin Lodge Cedar Memorial

Obituary Notices for Five Individuals in Local Funeral Homes

Chairpar Joseph is to be buried at Czech National Cemetery after a 9:30 a.m. service at Kuba funeral home conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr Anthony Chihak. Anna E. Turner Roy rests at Cedar Memorial with a 1:30 p.m. service by Rev. Warren L. Feller. Harold A. Jones services at Turner chapel 3 p.m. by Dr. Theodore A. Youngquist, burial Cedar Memorial. William L. Prout service at Immaculate Conception Church 12:15 p.m. by Very Rev. Msgr. William A. Roach, burial Mt. Calvary. Friends may call at Monahan-Stewart funeral home.

Joseph Kuba Anthony Chihak Roy Anna E Mt. Calvary Monahan- Stewart Funeral Home

Cedar Rapids Store Tax Bill Hears Reduction Request

Linn county board of supervisors met with Abe Bass representing the former Newman's department store over a 4 221 81 tax bill for the first four months of 1961. Bass argued the assessed valuation was too high and that the store owns no Cedar Rapids property having moved to Joplin Missouri. He proposed a 1 000 settlement. The board postponed action until Tuesday afternoon.

Linn Board of Supervisors Newman's Department Cedar Rapids Abe Bass Second Avenue SE Bass Joplin

Milwaukee railroad zoning petition and Chadima addition plan

The council approved two matters on February 18. A zoning change request by the Milwaukee railroad from Class D rural to Class I heavy industrial on property south of Fairfax was approved. The preliminary plat of Chadima's first addition was also approved, located on the east side of Forty second street SE extended just south of the city limits.

The Milwaukee Railroad Fairfax Chadima Forty-second Street

Fined $300 for Drunk Driving

William Klepach aged 63 of 1051 Twenty-ninth street NE was fined 300 and costs after pleading guilty to drunk driving before Judge Charles Penningroth. He was arrested Saturday at 6 33 p m at Third avenue and First street SE where his car damaged the Parkade gate. Eugene A Arnold 38 of 330th avenue NW pleaded innocent to a third offense drunk driving after deputies arrested him at 1 10 a m Saturday near the Cedar Rapids city limits on highway 218 south.

William Klepach Twenty-ninth Street Charles Penningroth Klepach Third Avenue First Street Eugene A. Arnold 330Th Avenue NW Arnold Shriff’s Cedar Rapids Highway

Supervisors Deny Quarry Bid Of Ross’ Again

The Cedar Rapids area supervisors rejected a second time the petition by Harold and Mable Ross for a special permit to run a quarry south of Glass Road NE outside the city limits. The Linn County zoning commission also denied the request on Feb 18 amid testimony from the Ross and objector attorney Donald Hines.

Linn Board of Supervisors Harold and Mable Ross Glass Road Cedar Rapids Linn County Zoning Commission Ross Donald Donald Hines Hines C. B. Dewees

Schilling Begins 15 Day Jail Term for Contempt

Glen F. Schilling 34 of 524 McKinley St SE started a 15 day jail sentence for contempt after Judge Charles Penningroth found he failed to pay child support. The judge had ordered $80 monthly support following a July 14 divorce from Delores. Schilling was to serve Feb 18 but was jailed after noon Monday while attempting restitution on a $100 bad check.

Glen F. Schilling McKinley Street Charles Penningroth Penningroth Schilling Delores

District Court Jury Finds Cox Innocent

A district court jury returned a verdict of innocent Tuesday for Merle Cox 37 of Moore's trailer court Marion who faced charges of receiving stolen property. The case involved a power mower reported stolen Nov 10 by Leo Broghamer of Blairs Ferry road Marion. Trial began Monday with jury deliberations at 9:22 a.m. and verdict at 10 a.m.

Merle Cox Moore Marion Cox Leo Broghamer Blairs Ferry Road

Man Hurt in Crash Files $42,000 Suit

Man Sam B. Miller of 146 Twenty sixth street NW files a $42,000 lawsuit in district court against Bil.

Sam B. Miller Sixth Street Bil

Car rear ended by milk truck injures passenger

Miller sues Lyeu Transport Bill Bilyeu and Thomas E Myers for neck and back injuries from a March 30 1961 accident. Miller was a passenger in Robert F Connor's car that stopped on Avenue NE to turn into a service station when Connor's car was struck from the rear by a milk truck driven by Myers and owned by Bilyeu.

Judgments Filed In Milwaukee Rail Line Rent Case

Milwaukees Judgment docket lists Sidles Co against Pay Englehart for 231.51 on account and Freddie s Mobile Homes Inc versus Olin F Braggs for 595.61 under a conditional sales contract. Public Finance Service sues Charles Chamberlain Maxine Chamberlain and Dennis Chamberlain for 419.19 on a promissory note.

Milwaukee Railroad John G. Willman Sidles Co Englehart Freddie's Mobile Homes, Inc Olin F. Braggs Public Finance Service Charles Maxine Dennis Chamberlain

Recommends Bill for Key Club Control

The Iowa House safety and law enforcement committee backed a bill to regulate license and tax key clubs. Sponsor Rep. William Denman said he will push it forward, requiring licenses from 100 to 1000 dollars and a 1000 dollar bond, with local councils or county boards as the licensing authority. The panel also sent to calendar a proposal to abolish individual liquor permit books for state store purchases.

Des Moines House Safety and Law Enforcement Committee William Denman Denman County Board of Supervisors House

Bankruptcy Plea Filed By Janie Montgomery

Janie Elenora Montgomery filed a bankruptcy petition in Cedar Rapids federal court listing $1,767.69 in debts and $175 in assets with none exempt. She is a store clerk and resides at 625 First Street SW.

Janie Elenora Montgomery First Street Cedar Rapids Federal Court

Boone Couple Killed In Illinois Car Crash

A Boone Iowa couple, Mr and Mrs Jerry B Lo Cour, were killed in a head-on collision west of New Holland Illinois on Tuesday.

Boone Illinois Lincoln, Ill UPI Boone, Ia New Holland, Ill Jerry B. Lo Cour

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Daily Record Ismarck Helena Chicago Orleans Enver New York C.R State Commerce Commission State Highway Commission Senate Royce McCray Sixteenth Street Robert Schooley Seventeenth Street St. Luke's Virgil White Vernon Kenneth Willits Linwood Street Council Bluffs John Rice Mr. Rice Bud Clark Thirty-eighth Street Dixon, Sil Robert Persons Persons Jerry Stufflebeam Thirty-third Street Linda J. Enos Bruce EK Enos Efthima J. Stavropoulos John A. Stavropoulos Donna J. Perrin Charles W. Perrin Alice L. Zaerr Basil J. Zaerr Center Point Road Josephine Lane Larry Davis Williams Boulevard Lorna Reinke Moore's Trailer Elsie VanHorn Avenue NE Clair Tibbitts Twenty-seventh Street Agnes Bohm Fourteenth Street Thomas H. Woods Coggan Keystone Raymond Scheel Bakke-Hanson Vinton Daniel FE. Poorman Fry and Holland Waukon John Wilson Rossville Presbyterian Church Martin's Springville Frank Marshall Presbyterian Church Jordan's Grove Hunte's William F Airman Keith Stapleton Janet Easton Fourth Avenue SE Paris Third Avenue SF Richard Sorenson Eighth Street Jefferson High School Grace Episcopal Church Earl Brunson James Oberbroeckling Avenue Black Beltone Legion Lanes Fourth Avenue Fifth Street Cuba Mansfield U.S Dirksen Miami Springs Fla Double Check Corp Miami Alex Carlson Caribbean Thomas Ray Leo Baker Wade Gray Carlson Washington Post Birmingham News Hesser Chapetl Sth Ave Jay W. Hesser Newman Donald Ross Zoning Commission WM. J. Stewart Turner's John B. ‘Turner District Court Janie Montgomery John E. Lapes Order OF the Golden Rule Murdoch Walker Center Point
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