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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1973
Page
3
Daily weather figures for Sunday and Monday with temperatures and barometer, then a long list of marriages, births, and obituaries across Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Solon, and surrounding towns. Includes police reports, court actions, traffic fines, bankruptcy filings, and funeral notices for local residents and area families.
Forde R. Smith 1310 Maplewood Drive NE Cedar Rapids resident and Vigor tone Products Co. senior vice president and general sales manager died in Naples Florida Sunday after a sudden illness. Born February 13 1911 in Barnes City he married Georgianna Stewart October 9 1947 in Colorado Springs Colorado. He was World War II veteran serving mainly in the European theater. Surviving include wife a son James Northbrook Illinois a daughter Judith Cassidy Ambler Pennsylvania a brother Forrest Smith Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren. Memorial services Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Turner Chapel East with burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Turner East after 11 a.m. Tuesday until 1 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial gifts to Cedar Valley Heart Fund or Cancer Fund suggested.
Vernon M Molitor, 43, of 304 K avenue NW Cedar Rapids died from a shotgun wound at his home. Dr. Percy Harris Linn county medical examiner ruled the death a death by own action. Born June 9 1929 in Waukon he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1952. Surviving wife Mary Holland a son Gary Lee three brothers LeRoy LaVerne and Eldon and his parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Molitor. Services 1 p m Tuesday St Marys Hanover Wake 8 p m Monday Kuba funeral home east Burial St Marys Hanover Friends may sign register. casket not to be opened.
Mrs Richard Stritesky 54 of Moline died Monday in a local hospital Born in Manly June 2 1918 she married Richard Stritesky Aug 14 1940 in Cedar Rapids They moved to Moline in 1945 Survivors include husband son Ronald J Rock Island daughters Lyman Benton East Moline Amy mother Mrs C J OConnor Moline sister Mrs Harold Carey Moline Services Wednesday 9:30 at Deroo funeral home and 10 am at St Mary's Catholic Church Moline Burial St Mary's Cemetery Rosary Tuesday 2:30 pm and 8 pm at the funeral home with call after noon Tuesday
Hazel Ellen Breneman White a Cedar Rapids resident for most of her life died in Lomita California Saturday aged 58 after moving to California twenty years ago Born June 18 1895 she belonged to the Lutheran church and the Eastern Star Surviving are her son Charles Robert Breneman of Lomita two Cedar Rapids sisters Mrs Lloyd Eckert and Mrs Gale Postel and three brothers Harry Miller of Lomita Herbert Miller of Redondo Beach and Cecil Miller of Bettendorf Memorial services will be held at Turner Chapel West at 3 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Francis R King of Olivet Presbyterian Burial will be at Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at Turner Chapel West after 10 a m Tuesday until 2 30 p m Wednesday The casket will not be opened after the service.
Memorial services will be held at 10 30 am Wednesday in the Chapel of Memories officiated by Rev John P Woods Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Friends may call after 9 am Wednesday at the chapel
Chasity Leigh Avis four month old daughter of Donald and Debra Avis died Sunday in an Iowa City hospital. Born Oct 31 1972 in Iowa City she is survived by sister Renee Lynn Avis and grandparents Barbara McMurrin Otis Avis Cedar Rapids and great grandparents William and Mrs McMurrin Independence. Chapel East at noon Wednesday with Rev Russell Striffler. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner East until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Casket will not be opened after service.
Blanche Novak 87 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday at her daughter's home in Pompano Beach Florida after a brief illness. Born January 22 1886 in Ely she was married to James Novak and was a member of the ICBJ lodge. Survivors include daughter Mrs Norman Jorgensen of Pompano Beach Florida two sons Lew Novak of Grosse Pointe Michigan and Robert Novak of Farmington Michigan a sister Mrs Rose Rock of Janesville California and three grandchildren Arrangements are pending at Pompano Beach with Cedar Memorial funeral home in charge Burial planned in Detroit.
Jane Hazelton Hutch of Oakland California formerly Cedar Rapids resident died February 20 in a California hospital. Born in St Joseph Missouri she lived in Cedar Rapids 30 years and was a member of Job's Daughters. Survived by daughter La Raine Hutch sister Edna Speer brother Frank D Speer and two grandchildren. Services and burial were in California Friday.
The Philadelphia court system weighs whether a Greensburg Pennsylvania man has standing to sue over CIA appropriation disclosures. A three judge district court upheld most of Texas vagrancy laws being unconstitutional and refused bail in the Philadelphia teachers’ strike contempt case.
Sharp urged Canada to stay if an international authority is not operating effectively while a replacement is sought. Waldheim would reconvene sessions if needed. The U N backed commission faces opposition from China North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. U S Hanoi talks aim to draft a statement for the formal committee. Canada proposes allowing individual members of the control and supervisory commission to report violations.
William E Hieber a lifelong Solon resident died Sunday after a short illness He was born March 1 1925 in Solon and farmed there all his life Surviving are his parents two brothers Earl of Iowa City and Dean of Solon Services will be at Brosh funeral home Solon at 2 pm Wednesday Burial Oakland cemetery Solon Friends may call Tuesday
William Liggett faced an obscene language charge linked to a July 12 1971 incident after the case was dismissed for lack of prosecution. The northeast side arrestee provided the address at arrest.
Five-week walkout by Sheet Metal workers at Nissen Corp in Cedar Rapids ended as 176 union members ratified a two-year contract. The accord allows subcontracting with limits on layoffs, grants supervisor flexiblity, and includes a 5.5 percent wage increase plus minor fringe gains.
Cedar Rapids man Phillip Bedell, 29, charged with eight Buchanan county breakins after a night of thefts across towns. Captured near Winthrop after an alarm at the Tenth Inning tavern alerted authorities. Losses ranged from $2 to $200 at various sites, including Bob's DX station and others in Quasqueton Rowley and Winthrop.
Deputies describe a possible jacket release as the log snagged at the river bank. The jacket was found after river levels fell, with searchers using boats and surface probing. Ice hazards limit deeper probing while a Civil Air Patrol plane joined Sunday efforts and a helicopter was planned.
The committee praised cooperation in 1973 wage negotiations and called for strong actions to cut food prices and boost supplies. It also urged tighter federal budget control to reduce inflation this year.
Leonard J. Stakenburg a 26 year old prisoner serving 25 years for kidnapping escaped Linn county jail around 11 30 a m Monday and was captured three minutes later Deputies and a Cedar Rapids officer pursued him from the kitchen to Second Avenue bridge and the federal building He had been moved from Leavenworth Kan to Jones County to face an escape charge from Anamosa Reformatory The escape stemmed from a plan to telephone relatives in California and came after his life sentence was reduced to 25 years following a 1972 case involving Mary Kay Noonan from Dubuque to Brentwood Mo The Jones County appearance details were not announced
DES MOINES AP Public employers could require retirement at 65 for workers covered by the Iowa Public Employees Retirement Fund under a bill approved 29 to 15 by the Iowa Senate and sent to the governor. Previously some agencies set 85, but an attorney general opinion Jan 8 said there was no legal authority to do so. The measure would permit such retirements for covered staffs.
The traffic engineering department estimates the five main avenues cost motorists 265000 yearly in delay with First avenue at 160000. If railroads do not fix the tracks, legal action may follow. Meyer's report calls for eliminating the Fourth Street tracks, with Oberthien set to request railroad study as a first step Wednesday.
Ricky Wendling aged 15 of Hazleton faces a charge of failure to yield half the road after a late afternoon crash north of Independence on Highway 150. His car sideswiped Eva Snyder 53 of rural Independence. Snyder received neck and head injuries and was treated and released from Peoples Hospital.
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