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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1967
Page
8
Johnson said programs are too new to judge effectiveness and urged 2.5 million for analysis plus an education professions act of 1967 to unify and expand teacher training agencies. He requested 30 million to help with school desegregation and outlined plans to broaden services for the handicapped vocational teaching and adult education.
DES MOINES AP Sen Robert Dodds proposes a boat tax reform to simplify collections and equalize payments. The plan would register boats like motor vehicles with statewide standard fees based on size type engine power and would shift registration to the county recorder while avoiding overall tax hikes for small-boat owners.
In the Skagerrak a Soviet fishing factory vessel Tukan sank after sending a distress call at 3 am. A large rescue effort found many bodies in lifejackets, with 45 recovered ashore at Hirtshals and several survivors reported. The captain went down with the ship and authorities await final casualty figures.
United Nations official Ralph Bunche, the undersecretary for special political affairs, announced he will not retire on March 15 and will remain for a new term. The decision keeps Bunche in the post amid ongoing diplomatic work.
President Johnson calls for a national conference of medical leaders and public to curb rising health costs and outlines a National Center for Health Services Research. He proposes a public television act of 1967 creating a 15 member corporation with $9 million initial funds and satellite education studies. He also seeks a larger expanded teacher corps and $12.5 million for summer training, plus $15 million to aid state and local education planning.
Three Waterloo youths, all 18 or over, are being questioned in Buchanan county jail after a new car at a Jesup service station was stripped of tires and wheels Monday night. The Jesup marshal chased the suspects, and a roadblock between Jesup and Waterloo with Black Hawk county deputies stopped the car about 9:30 am Tuesday.
Judge McManus gave Marie Fatz and the Holiday House until March 13 to settle a $25 000 civil suit arising from injuries she says occurred May 23 1964 on the defendant’s premises. She claims negligence in stairways and sidewalks and seeks 1532 in medicals and 1325 in lost earnings. If not settled, trial set for March 27 in Cedar Rapids.
Wayne G. Piper of Washington D C was found in contempt of court for violating a work release by drinking on February 17. Judge Warren J Rees fined him 100 dollars and costs. Piper is serving a year in the county jail for breaking and entering. sentence imposed July 22.
Hanoi dispatch claims U S 7th fleet ships shelled coastal areas between the border and Thanh Hoa near Saigon, while U S headquarters gave no confirmation of new river mining or offshore bombardment. Soviet agency says the Canberras cruiser and four destroyers took part in the action.
Sharon Kay Rogers, 25, Center Point, is listed in good condition at St. Luke's hospital after leg and back bruises from a one car crash a quarter mile south of Midway on highway 150. Sheriff's report cites steering rod mechanical failure causing loss of control. Car left road, rolled onto its side, righted, and stopped 300 feet after leaving pavement. Total loss with $1,800 damage.
Monday the case of Grover on larceny was moved to municipal court by Glenn Powers, Bertram township justice of the peace. Grover, held in Linn county jail on a $5,000 bond, allegedly stole a coin collection worth $800 from Kenneth W. Broxley’s apartment on February 21. Other actions include Gardner v. Cedar Rapids City Lines and Tucker over vehicle damage for $187.55, and King v. Olson over auto damages for $3,455.
Fredrick Grover 55 of 611 A Avenue NE faces a venue change as his case moves forward after being charged. The proceedings involve unclear details, with the next steps pending in court.
The case notes a promissory note and a judgment of $582.33 in favor of Interstate Finance Corp against Larry O'Brien. A separate petition filed involves Teamsters Local 238 Credit Union and others against Thomas and Dorothy Stalley for a $3,700 promissory note.
ST. LOUIS AP Herbert Trask 55 longtime state political correspondent for the St. Louis Post Dispatch since 1937 died Monday of a heart attack. His father Herbert was an associate managing editor of the Post Dispatch.
Mayor William Hubbard said the Iowa City council authorized the city attorney to seek an injunction against Coralville’s plan to build a sewage treatment plant west of Iowa City. The council opposes the proposed site in the Iowa City annex area, residential zoned Johnson county land, near a Girl Scout camp, and the plan to discharge treated sewage into a dry creek bed. The council remains willing to meet with Coralville to negotiate region sewage treatment as advised by the regional planning commission.
The speaker emphasizes the need for careful regional planning in the area prior to any new plant construction to avoid future nuisances and ensure orderly development.
Billy E. Carder, operator of Carder Equipment Co. in Millersburg, files for bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids federal court with debts of 90860 and assets of 45846. His wife Patricia lists 19237 in debts and 400 in assets. Others named include Roland K. Klinkhammer, Herbert T. Hines, and the Ken Dalls with varying debts and assets.
Garrison, an assembly worker, shows debts of 3263 and assets of 325 all exempt. Donald G Feller, a plant worker from Oelwein, lists debts 46797 and assets 2909 with 559 exempt. His wife Mary Ann reports debts 25209 assets 859 with 559 exempt. Wilbur and Rosie Carmichael of 895 S Sixth Street Marion file a chapter 13 petition listing debts 5028.
Cedar Rapids man Andrew Petroff 1216 Ellis Boulevard NW was fined 100 dollars plus costs in municipal court for leaving the scene after an accident on Sixth Street SE involving two parked cars. Judge Howard McLaughlin imposed the fine.
LIFT HIGH THE CROSS presents Lenten devotionals Monday through Friday at 9 45 a m on KCRG TV Channel 9. The program guides viewers through reflective segments centered on the cross during the Lenten season.
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