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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
5
The daily page mixes scattered weather figures for cities like New Orleans and Chicago with a statewide Iowa legislative session brief and a string of funeral notices. It lists temperatures, rainfall totals, wind data, sunrise and sunset times, plus multiple obituaries across Iowa towns with service details and burial places.
Illness kept Sens. Bass Van Gilst Pearle DeHart and Joseph Flatt away as the abortion bill failed on reconsideration. Compromise talks sought to strike health provisions and limit earlier abortion eligibility to 18 weeks, with debates over residency and four month requirements. Births and marriages noted, while judicial actions and licenses listed as state lawmakers weighed redefining abortion rules.
The 90 28 roll call shows the senate refusing to reconsider SF20. Republicans for: Arbuche Benda Briles Clarke DeKios ter Griffin Iougen Kosch Lisle Lodwick Messerly Mowry Nicholson Potgeter Potter Shhiff Stanley Stephens. Democrats for: Denman Dodds Doderer Gaudbeer Glen McGill Palmer Reichardt Shirley Weimer. Republicans against: Anderson Ballown Conklin Curran Erskine Frey Gilley Ham mer Keith Klink Kuhl Lam bom Lange Laverty Leonard Lucken Moggred Neu Ollenburg Parker Bigler Smith Sullivan Thordsen Walsh. Democrats against: Coleman Brome Hill O'Malley Schoen. Absent: McHart Flatt Van Gilst.
Feaker, 40, of Mt. Vernon, denied involvement in the Cedar Rapids First Trust and Savings Bank robbery. A federal grand jury returned a two count indictment. Judge McManus set bond at 5,000 dollars with ten percent to be posted. Feaker remained jailed in Linn County awaiting trial.
Matias stated a strong need for policewomen as applicants undergo a service test on April 25. The department plans to pair these officers with women and girls in the community to support investigative duties.
Students from 38 districts participate in the Towal High School district tournament at LaSalle with poetry readings, prose and dramatic recitation. Winners advance to the state competition as patrol recruits and policewomen join the force.
Obituaries detail the deaths of Joseph A. Crew and William A. Gregory in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Crew, 40, lifelong resident and Collins Radio employee, died after a brief illness. survived by wife Kathryn Pence, a son Maj. David E. Crew, siblings, grandchildren, and several in-laws. Services at Turner Chapel East. burial Oak Shade cemetery. Memorials suggested to Eastern Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Iowa. Gregory, born May 13, 1884, former Century Engineering employee, died after a long illness. no immediate survivors. Requiem Mass at Immaculate Conception Church. burial Mt. Calvary cemetery. Rosary at Turner Chapel West. memorials to be announced. Other notices list further service details and burials for Meta Turner Sadler and Mabel J. Turner with associated church and cemetery arrangements.
Cedar Rapids nurse Mrs. John Carey received the Ann Magnussen award from the American National Red Cross at a Des Moines ceremony. Magnussen, retired from the Red Cross in 1914 after 184 years of service, presented the honor. Carey has long served in Red Cross nursing roles and community health efforts in Linn County.
President Nixon stood solemnly at a platform above East Berlin where two youths were shot while seeking West, studying a truss marker and viewing photographs. He noted self-proclaimed “Nixon go home” signs but said true meaning lay in faces showing we want freedom, then later laid a wreath for 67 airlift dead before departing for Rome.
Fremont Neb based Little Audrey's Transportation Co Inc blamed a former official for a tax mistake. An audit found the firm understated 700000 miles and a 480000 mile record short in 1969 business in Towa. The Téuprocity board has until March 17 to decide on rebilling 1968 taxes and penalties possibly exceeding 100000.
Nixon told a Berlin crowd that while Berlin is a four power city the fifth power is the determination of free people to stay free. He received a massive standing ovation and called himself a symbol of that fifth power that won’t be intimidated by pressure or threats.
Shaw continued on page one as Garrigan faced perjury claims. A clash erupted when YDonnell was cross examined by Assistant District Attorney James Alcock in the courtroom confrontation.
Twenty six Linn county draftees were inducted with most sent to Ft. Lewis Washington. One, William L. Meek, went to the Marine corps at San Meego. The dispatch names many draftees with addresses and towns including Central City Iowa City Lisbon Marion New London Center Point and Mount Vernon. A cross examination recounts Perry Russo testifying under pressure from the news media and Jim Garrison during a preliminary hearing.
The meeting closed after five percent hours with four delegations set to reconvene next Thursday. Lodge declined to report dramatic progress but felt sessions could be constructive overall. Kiem of the Front warned that continued government aggression could doom talks and end in failure.
James R Neilsen of 3708 Oakland read NE Thursday demanded a preliminary hearing on 2 charges of forgery Municipal Judge Loren M Hullinger jr set the hearing for March 3 Neilsen allegedly used a false name to cash a check at Ft Polk in a scheme. Vickie A Stanley 1117 2 Hy Vee store No 2 avenue NW had enlisted in the women's air force and was being held in the Linn county Jail under $1000 bond pending transfer to San Antonio Texas.
Italy coverage notes Saragat remarks on Soviet talks and Niven’s stance of allied consultation. A motorcade to Rome begins with Nixon briefly lifted by cheering crowd as security clears the way for a college visit amid festive scenes and prompt officials.
J L Baker former president of Continental Metals Inc Marion faces resubmission of an indictment for false entries in corporation books. The case will go before the Linn grand jury in April as Judge William Eads notes on the calendar. Baker allegedly added to accounts receivable omitted items from accounts payable and then sold stock at an inflated price. His attorney sought resubmission citing need for full explanation of the corporation's transactions.
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