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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1967
Page
3
Highs and lows for Monday and rainfall totals across multiple cities. Also reports February climate figures, legislative bills discussed without votes, birth notices, court cases, and local incidents with dates and locations. Includes family announcements and fire and safety incidents from the Gazette weather station readings.
Police division records list numerous speeding and traffic violations across multiple towns with fines from 10 to 100 dollars plus costs. Several cases conclude with funeral services noted for various individuals in Monticello Arlington Postville and nearby communities.
The RTA announced bids for operating a city bus system with bids opening March 14. Housing for buses may be resolved with an agreement to buy the bus building and garage at 427 Eighth Street NW for about 220000. Documents were sent to Washington for federal grant review as a purchase depends on grant availability.
Police in Fort Worth arrested two robbery suspects last weekend. One man had $33 hidden in his pocket and the other $33 found in his mouth after officers questioned him due to garbled speech.
Antara news agency reports at least 51 killed and about 370 injured after a quake struck the Java city of Yogyakarta on Tuesday. The disaster prompted rescue teams to search debris and provide aid to survivors.
Robert Whitney 23 of Twin Poplar Trailer Court Highway 30 W received a 90 day jail sentence and a $200 fine on a driving with suspended license charge. Municipal Judge Loren Hul linger Jr set an appeal bond at $600 after the arrest by Cedar Rapids police Sunday.
A strike by Pulp Sulfide and Paper Mill Workers at Downing Box Co on Blairs Ferry Road NE enters its seventh week with no settlement in sight. Union Local 436 President Richard Hawk says only two bargaining sessions have occurred since January 17 and none are scheduled. A seniority dispute over night shift transfers to day jobs is a key issue as supervisory staff run the plant. a federal mediator has attended both talks.
Richard C. Schnor of 1226 Sixth Street NW was fined 170 dollars plus costs for 34 parking violations dating from April 1966. Judge Howard McLaughlin imposed the penalties.
Kenneth Frazier, 39, of Van Horne was badly cut when his feed grinder or ruger mechanism on the farm caught his right foot and ankle Tuesday afternoon. He was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital.
In Geneva the communists charged on Tuesday that West Germany is deliberately attempting to block a nuclear non proliferation pact.
Louella M Bradley 64 of 182 Seventeenth Avenue SW died Tuesday after a short illness. Formerly of Nebraska she lived in Cedar Rapids 17 years and worked in May's Cosmetics 20 years retiring in 1957. Surviving husband Phil ip H Bradley a daughter and several siblings. Memorial services at Chapel of Memories. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Cedar Rapids resident Edward Francis Toomey occupied a sales manager role at Johns Manville Co. died Tuesday after a short illness. Born July 23 1931 in Chicago he was married to Ann Riordon since 1956. Survived by five sons two brothers three sisters and his parents. Services pending with arrangements at Turner chapel east.
Phenie Fagerstrom wife of Nels Fagerstrom of 3116 Pioneer Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. Born February 6 1883 in Morse she was 68 years old.
In Fort Myers Florida hundreds of sun tan youth welcomed four tons of snow from Chicago via a railroad car. Terri Hudson 13 read of the request and led cheers as 2 000 youngsters and adults gathered to scoop pile and play in 70 degree warmth marking Fort Myers first snow frolic with snowballs snowmen and puddles.
Walter King Hickman 58 of 1902 Bowling Street SW Cedar Rapids died in Iowa City Monday. Born July 26 1908 in Cedar Rapids he married Bernice Henderson November 2 1929 in Iowa City. Survived by wife daughter Jacquelyne Campbell two sons including Capt Walter C Hickman in Vietnam and Richard C Hickman two sisters a brother seven grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1:30 p.m. Thursday Rev L George Pimlott St James Methodist burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Malinda Knudson aged 81 formerly of Cedar Rapids died last Wednesday at Friendship Haven Health Center in Fort Dodge. She had worked for Killian's in Cedar Rapids. Survived by three sons and a daughter in Fort Dodge, five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services were held Saturday in Fort Dodge with burial in a Fort Dodge cemetery.
Carrie Kuhlmann Bauer of Cedar Rapids died Monday at age 71. Born April 21, 1880 in Fergus Falls Minnesota she was a member of St. Lucas EUB church Faribault Minnesota. Survived by son Chester Bauer Minneapolis six great grandchildren two sisters Ida McCollum Temple City and Mrs Leonard Clark Long Beach and brother Herman Kuhlmann Albany Oregon. Burial at Boldt funeral home Faribault after services Thursday.
Rawson infant son of Mr and Mrs Terry Rawson 4016 Avenue NW died Monday. Surviving relatives include twin sister Kimberly plus sister Michelle and brother Scott at home, and grandparents Mrs Doris Grimm and Holland Grimm and Mr and Mrs. (rest cut).
Cedar Memorial services for Mrs. Marc Rawson are planned at Turner Chapel West at 10 30 a m on Wednesday with the Rev A F Frankhauser officiating Burial will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Obituary notices list several services with dates and times. Crowley Mrs Maurice Mass Wednesday 10 at St Patrick Lincoln clergy noted. Elizabeth M Walker funeral 2 pm Wednesday Cedar Memorial. Hawley Forest O services postponed to Friday 3 30 at Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial. Harry McDonough funeral 3 pm Wednesday Turner Chapel East Cedar Memorial. Charles Moreland Colony burial Ridgewood North Liberty. Surviving relatives include multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren.
DES MOINES The Iowa senate rejected the confirmation of Public Safety Commissioner Gene Needles for a four year term. The roll call was 33 for, 24 against with two present and two absent, short of the required two thirds of 61.
DES MOINES The Iowa Senate confirmed Koert Voorhees of Cedar Falls a Republican and reappointed Donald Barry a Democrat to the Iowa Highway Commission for four years beginning July 1. Voorhees was approved 54 to 2 with two present and three absent. Barry was confirmed 54 to 0 with five Republicans present and two absent.
Linn County Engineer Bill Harrington and County Attorney Jack Fulton met in Ames with state highway officials to resolve the Edgewood road NW extension status. Officials say approval hinges on county agreement or litigation with the Farm Bureau, which opposes the project over use of 1.25 million from the county secondary road fund. Calhoun, jailed for armed robbery, faces additional charges in Des Moines and Rockford, with arraignment set for Wednesday.
Sharon Sabin Mitchell, 22, reported to the Rockwell City women's reformatory Tuesday to start a seven year term for uttering a forged check. Sheriff Walter Grant said County Attorney Jack Fulton denied a probation hearing Monday. Mitchell was sentenced July 8, 1965 and placed on probation in Wisconsin before its revocation.
William R. Calhoun, 43, an inmate at Joliet Prison, was transported from Illinois to Linn County to stand trial for the armed robbery of Paramount Pharmacy No. 2 at 2706 First Avenue NE on April 27, 1965. The transfer followed his imprisonment in Joliet and arrival in the county Tuesday.
Richard Speck 25 collapsed during his murder trial in Peoria and was taken to a doctor’s office. He was later returned to the courthouse in a four car caravan after examination by Dr. Donald Burhans.
Larry Waddell, 25, of 1101 Third Avenue SW, fractured his ankle after falling 12 feet from a boxcar at the Chicago and North Western yards in Beverly on Tuesday. He was attempting to stop cars from colliding while tightening a hand brake and landed on ice. He is listed in good condition at St Luke's hospital.
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