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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1964
Page
3
Five day forecast shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal with little daily shift. Normal highs in the 30s north to 40s south, lows in the teens to 20s. Precipitation near .10 to .25 inches, mostly early week. Includes local public notices on bills and community events, plus obituaries, traffic fines, and service announcements for Independence, Olin, Fayette, and surrounding areas.
Paris AP report says President De Gaulle brushed aside Marseille mayor Gaston Defferre's accusation that nationalized radio television network ignores his campaign. Defferre cited his Bordeaux rally, covered by regional papers, while De Gaulle ordered no direct response, an aide merely acknowledged receipt. The cabinet set two hours of TV and two hours of radio per candidate during the campaign period.
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission will re advertise after rejecting all bids as too high for the airport terminal addition. Total bids reached about 341000 versus an estimated 307000, with low bidders from Cedar Rapids except Ringland Johnson of Clinton. The plan includes a new counter area for Ozark Air Lines, baggage claim, air freight room, and an optional full basement.
Bob Young anchors a weeknight national and international news roundup on Channel 9 at 10 15. The program delivers concise updates on major events, politics, economics, and global affairs with emphasis on clarity and pace.
Washington AP reported an IRS spokesman said employers must apply the new lower withholding rate to any paycheck due on or after March 5 regardless of pay period length. The official noted some firms with two week or longer periods were unsure if old rates could apply mid period. The new rates should be used for the entire paycheck even if the period began before the law.
In Grand Meadow Minnesota a six year old girl Colleen Barr was dragged to death when her coat caught in a car door on a country road. Driver Edward Dormody 47 said he drove a mile before stopping to release another child. Dormody was hospitalized for shock.
Cedar Rapids motorists faced a citywide tie up Friday afternoon as about 35 intersections lost signal control for ten minutes due to a flaw in the translator shelf of the Monotrol traffic system at police headquarters. Signals faded to one color from 1:10 p.m. and resumed by 1:20 p.m. after a temporary switch to a slower 90-second cycle, with normal 70-second timing restored by 2 p.m. The Third Avenue SE jam was worst as a 30-second red light remained stuck for ten minutes.
New York actor Van Johnson reentered Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases after a January surgery. A spokesman said the minor complications may delay his weekend departure and cancel his Lake Tahoe nightclub opening. a prior cancer was removed from his left thigh and recent surgery explored a thigh lymph gland.
Frederick Ecker aged 67, former chairman of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., died in Naples Florida on Thursday from a heart attack. He was a longtime Greenwich Connecticut resident and retired executive.
Federal agent testified that in 1962 he investigated an assassination plot allegedly discussed by Teamsters President James R. Hoffa. Partin, a Baton Rouge official, was the key government witness in the Nashville jury tampering case, with Grimsley recalling Hoffa and the plot topic amid questions of suppressing Partin’s testimony.
Mrs R F Galloway wife of Dr R Franklin Galloway of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a sudden illness Born February 10 1883 in Washington she married April 11 1913 in Portland Survived by husband five children two sisters and two brothers along with nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren Memorial services Monday at 130 p m in the Turner chapel Rev Allen S Van Cleve and burial in Chapel of Memories Friends may call after 11 p m Saturday
Mrs. Roger Ann Martens 25 of Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. Born April 27 1939 in Indianapolis she married August 27 1960 in Batavia Illinois. Survived by husband daughter Molly Ann parents Joseph and Helen McClurg Batavia and brother D Harvey McClurg Batavia. Cremation at Turner chapel memorial services Sunday at Batavia First Baptist Church.
President condemns violence as explosions mark the labor dispute. G E Leighty, chief negotiator for the striking unions, calls out actions he says hurt both sides. Public impact appears limited as Florida line freight remains steady while passenger traffic shifts to other lines.
Word reached here of the death on Thursday of Edward Spacek 58 former Cedar Rapids resident in San Bernardino California. Spacek born in Cedar Rapids longtime Wilson and Co employee left Cedar Rapids in 1951. Survived by wife son Edward Jr and three California grandchildren three sisters Mary Burgess Lilian Spacek Theron Ackerman Marion and brother August Central City. Services Monday Mark Shaw mortuary San Bernardino burial San Bernardino.
The Wisconsin supreme court ruled the current senate and assembly districts unconstitutional and ordered redistricting by May 1. It invalidated a legislative attempt to reapportion by resolution and said reapportionment must be done by a governor signed law. If not done by May 1, the court will act by May 15 to execute a plan.
Memorial services for John Hemminger at Turner Chapel at 1 30 PM Saturday led by Dr Ralph J Barron burial in IOOF Cemetery Marengo and Mrs H G Allen at Immaculate Conception Church Saturday at 10 led by Msgr William Roach burial at Mt Calvary Friends may call at Brady Chapel
The partisan struggle over apportionment for the 1964 legislative election stalled after months of wrangling. A Republican legislature and Democratic Governor John Reynolds had previously reached a congressional redistricting agreement but could not finalize legislative districts this time.
In Monroe North Carolina a Negro woman Willie Mallory 36 a Negro man and two white men were convicted of kidnapping a white couple in the 1961 race riot aftermath. Mallory got two concurrent 16 to 20 year terms while others received 3 to 5 7 to 10 and 5 to 7 year sentences.
A Nashville safety engineer, John Randolph Clarke, 40, is charged with murdering Paula Herring, an 18 year old University of Tennessee freshman. Clarke was named in a warrant signed by General Sessions Judge Herbert Moses after police evaluated his clothing as the strongest link. Herring was beaten and shot as she baby sat with her brother, discovered by her mother Eva J. Herring who returned from a dinner date. Clarke previously underwent hospital treatment and was under guard while officials prepared charges.
The Toledo supervisors purchased a caterpillar loader from Altorfer Machinery Co. for 15034.25 dollars plus trade in and a 13 ton transport trailer from Hanstrom Hubly Tractor Co. for 3200 dollars plus trade in.
Benjamin C. Jones, 36, arraigned Thursday before Judge William Eads on contempt of court for failing to pay child support. He was sentenced to 30 days in Linn County jail after an arrest Wednesday night. Previous contempt cases occurred Aug 1957 and Aug 1959, with suspended sentences and fines. Mrs. Margaret Ruth Jones filed for divorce June 19, 1963. no ruling yet.
Dallas AP reports the tenth juror, J Wayman Rose, 40, a navy veteran and furniture salesman, was seated Friday for Jack Ruby's murder trial. Rose, born in Chattanooga with a wife and three children, watched the Oswald shooting on television and said he could not recognize Ruby. Defense attorney Melvin Belli questioned coping under stress, prompting Rose to recount Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl figures to illustrate memory and reaction.
Joseph J. Prado 42 pled innocent before District Judge William Eads to forging the name of Bernadine Tepley Cedar Rapids on a $10 traveler's check last June 12. Prado, brought back from Del Rio Texas by Linn County deputies after waiving extradition, is held on $1,000 bail in the Linn county jail.
Thomas F. Kenney 29 of 113 A avenue NE pled innocent at arraignment before Judge Charles Penningroth on burglary charge for allegedly stealing jewelry from Joe M. Irish home at 101544 Second street SE on February 8. Detectives say he burglarized several other Cedar Rapids houses. He is held in Linn county jail on a $1,000 bond.
William O. Smith, 47, of 2616 First Avenue NE, was arraigned on a third offense drunken driving charge and given until Tuesday to plead. The case paused as prosecutors prepared further evidence and the judge set the next court date.
FBI testimony in the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping case reveals Barry Keenan once planned to kidnap Bob Hope’s son Tony for ransom. Keenan later targeted Sinatra Jr and, with two accomplices, obtained 240000 dollars. Tony Hope, 23, is a Harvard law student with siblings Linda Nora and Kelly.
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