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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1961
Page
3
Five day outlook with warmer days and light snow, followed by brief local notices on births and traffic violations. Includes temperatures into the 30s, Feb precipitation, barometer, sunrise and sunset times, and scattered police court entries and obituaries from Iowa City and surrounding towns.
Amanda Alma Jones died Sunday after a long illness. Born November 14, 1906 in Frederick South Dakota, she married March 10, 1926 in Marengo. Survived by husband William Jones a daughter Mrs Harold Mitchell a son Leon Darral Jones four sisters and three brothers. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Services at Turner chapel at 1 30 Wednesday by Rev E W Koberg. Burial Linwood. Friends may call at the chapel.
Elva Matilda McCormick widow of W G McCormick of 836 9th St SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday evening after a brief illness at age 80. Born January 19 1877 in Monticello she is survived by daughter Mrs John Vaughn of Cedar Rapids a grandson and three great grandsons. Funeral Tuesday by Reverend Warren Feller of Trinity Methodist Church burial Linwood Friends may call at the chapel.
Grace Leverich Bixby formerly of Cedar Rapids died Sunday in Davenport at age 78. Born August 10, 1882, in Cedar Rapids she is survived by a sister Edna C. Winze of 415 Sixth St. SW Cedar Rapids.
The service for Noah Turner is set at Whitehill Chapel at 1 30 Tuesday with the Rev. Charles Q Wallace officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial.
Noel Downing age 20 sustained a pellet gun wound to the left side during a Sunday accident. He was listed in serious condition Monday at University Hospitals Iowa City.
Iowa lawmakers dumped 125 bills Friday before a 10 day recess. Proposals include constitutional amendments to redraw the House and county attorney reforms. A bill would let the governor veto individual items in appropriations and set a $1 per hour minimum wage with certain exemptions.
Dan Jones a 17 year old Jefferson high school senior won the annual My True Security contest of the Junior Chamber of Commerce after winning his school's elimination. Other finalists were Steven Bowles of Washington high and Martha Wolf of Regis high. Jones will record his winning essay for the state contest where a 200 dollar scholarship awaits the March 17 judging.
The Cedar Rapids meeting on a wildcat strike unresolved wage losses from 1956 and current union rights sparked a clash between Mayor Meaghan and Wilford of Davenport. Meaghan condemned outsider influence and warned workers against jeopardizing their jobs while Wilford claimed proper union consultation guided the vote.
Thousands faced winter hardship as an ice storm knocked out heat, electricity and phone service across the state. Schools closed and damage included toppled trees and poles. In Malone power was down for most residents and in Massena a family of six was treated after coal gas exposure.
Special to The Gazette. Donald J. Mellick 28 of Waterloo was charged with drunken driving after a two car crash on highway 52A seven miles north of Decorah. His car side swiped Melvin Funke 19 of Harmony Minnesota. Mellick was released on bond.
Lines formed at the Linn courthouse as the March 15 plate deadline neared. A 10 percent total penalty applies after Feb 1 and a midweek penalty. Starting March 16, unplated vehicles face arrest. Truck stickers must be on plates, not windshields.
Evan G. Heldt aged 25 of 5649 Ohio Street SW pleaded innocent to a drunk driving charge at arraignment before Judge Floyd Philbrick. Heldt was arrested Saturday by Cedar Rapids police after a crash near Thirteenth Street and Hawkeye Avenue NW.
Linn county board of education will hear Sen Martin Wiley and Reps Tom Riley and John R Ely discuss school legislation at a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting in the Lincoln school auditorium Marion. All county school officials and state department of public instruction staff are expected to attend.
Ottumwa man Don Deamer, 34, was given until March 13 to plead to a false check charge at arraignment before Judge Floyd Deamer. He is accused of issuing a $35 bogus check on February 9 to a service station at 3359 Center Point Road NE and other false checks.
Two motor vehicle accident suits totaling 35381.72 were filed Monday in Linn district court. D Ray Donahue seeks 10300 damages and wife Irene seeks 21910.72 from William L Hoffman of Cedar Rapids over a two car crash on April 17, 1960, two miles north of North Liberty on highway 218.
The report notes permanent injuries to Mrs. Donahue from a rear end collision on a highway. Kenneth Rich seeks 471 dollars and Martha Rich 3,000 dollars from Dale L. Allen after a Feb. 2 car truck crash three miles south of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Rich drove a car owned by her husband and struck from the rear by Allen’s truck. Breaking Sheriff's deputies investigated a weekend breakin at the Walker school.
Ruth J. Barnes and William Barnes, ages 31 and 52, were paroled from 10 year terms after pleading guilty to uttering forged instruments before Judge Floyd Philbrick. They had been returned from Phoenix, Arizona on Jan. 29.
City dog owners must purchase 1961 city licenses by Tuesday March 1. City Treasurer Jessie Belle DeLaMater warned that delinquent notices go to those who have not obtained tags. Through last week 3,456 tags issued versus 3,099 in 1960. licenses available at the treasurer’s office in City Hall.
John L. Livingston of 709 Thirty-sixth Street NE was arrested twice for speeding within three and a half hours by Patrolman John Kuhn. The first stop was at 3:45 p.m. for 40 mph in a 25 mph zone on Fifteenth Avenue SE. The second stop occurred at 7:15 p.m. for 53 mph in a 25 mph zone on Forest Drive SE. He was fined $10 and costs on each count in Municipal Court.
The League Against Cruel Sports condemned Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for the Far East tiger hunt on their tour. Philip had killed a tiger in India while the queen did not shoot. The league urged Commonwealth leaders to inform advisers of the couple how out of touch their patronage of such hunts is with modern public opinion.
Captains John McKone and Freeman Olmstead, RB-47 airmen released by the Russians last month, returned to duty at Forbes air base Monday after a vacation in Puerto Rico.
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