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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1963
Page
2
City and regional temperatures listed for Friday and Saturday show highs from 27 to 73 and lows from 23 to 51 degrees. Forecast calls for decreasing clouds Friday night, mostly fair Sunday, with cooler nights and warmer highs by Sunday. no significant snowfall reported.
A list of individuals facing fines for traffic and related offenses is recorded. Names include Joe G Abodeely, Davida Handler, Howard H Smith, Shirley Walton, Imants Kringeles, Donald Gott, Ward Liddell, Dale H Baldwin, Lorraine Hamilton, Mary Holland, Donald Walters, Harry Rude Jr, Kenneth McKnight, Elizabeth Weaver, Paul J Wilson, Joseph Reggie, Vernon Van Tassel, Alfonse Diericks, Arthur Nash, Gerald F Ellis, Gerald Sumner. Fines range from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs, with one bond forfeiture noted.
In Los Angeles the suit by Frank Waters against Howard Hughes was settled for an undisclosed sum. Waters said the $1,094,250 tax work claim is paid. Nixon was subpoenaed to testify about a $205,000 loan Hughes allegedly made to Nixon’s brother in 1956, but deposition never occurred.
A missing coed from SUI, Jean Rita Abby, 20, was located in California after plans to return to Sioux City for the Christmas vacation fell through. She called family from Los Angeles saying she was seeking a job and might return next fall. It was a spur of the moment decision.
An 1100 pound cow escaped from workers at the Wilson and Co plant on Friday as it was herded from a cattle truck. It charged workers near the fence by Cedar River. Police arriving at the scene shot and killed the animal with a rifle.
Obituaries for Dyersville Olive O Connor Delta Lloyd Adams Reynolds Sigourney West Liberty Stella John son Edward L Webb Monticello David Gravel Emma Gehrls Clarence Leonard Bred feldt Geneseo Charles Lacey Margaret Sontag Martin H Sorensen James Allensworth Decorah Mrs Clark Head ington list ages and service times for Monday or Sunday at local churches and funeral homes with body at home or family.
City briefs note a NAACP group will meet Sunday at 3 30 in the Jane Boyd Community house. Also listed are hospital statuses for John Coombs Don Sample and Joseph Phillips at St Luke s hospital with visitors permitted. Bowling classes for beginner women start Jan 8 at Tropic Lanes call Empire 39653.
Advertising notes for Magnificent Tropic Lanes and Jubilee Lanes offer all night bowling specials until 1 p.m. Sunday with three lines for $1. Local awards at Arthur school include Donald Reed and others. Also reports Mr and Mrs A J Snouffer returning from Minneapolis funeral, Dr Frey opening animal clinic, Paul Johnson injured at Collins Radio plant, and C W Packwood Jr reporting theft of a coronet at Washington high school.
Mrs R D Chord, 67, of 127 Seventh Avenue SW, sustained injuries to her right ankle, thumb and forearm after wresting with a would be purse snatcher in the 900 block of Second Street SW. She was hospitalized at Mercy Hospital. The assailant, described as 18 or 19 with dark hair in a black leather jacket and grey pants, fled after she shouted for help.
The committee proposes a 10 percent tax on trading stamps and to align Iowa tax rules for cooperatives with federal law. It calls for taxing patronage dividends not paid within eight months, suggests trimming exemptions for religious charitable and educational groups, and repealing the monies and credits tax except to pay Korean bonds. It favors removing mutual and fraternal insurance exemptions and placing abandoned funds after 10 years under state control. It also aims to end the sales tax exemption for new car dealers on trade-ins.
In Flint Michigan a beer investigation against Helen Finley at Surfwood club collapsed after Officer Edward van Keuren, a plain clothes agent, drank the beer he purchased. The prosecutor admitted the loss of all beer in two bottles, and the judge dismissed the case.
On leave Lt. and Mrs. Robert J. Savel visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Milo J. Savel at 241 Eighteenth Street NW. Lt. Savel is on a 21 day leave enroute from Lackland Air Force Base to Norman Oklahoma where he will study meteorology at the University of Oklahoma.
Extradition papers for Harlan A. Lehner formerly of Cedar Rapids were signed by Gov. Norman Erbe. Lehner is serving a 25 year term for a Dubuque robbery and the extradition was requested by Cook County Illinois authorities who accuse Lehner of a Chicago bartender murder during a holdup on November 24.
Vietnamese campaign report states one UH-1 helicopter disabled before takeoff, another total loss with a crashed blade injuring the pilot and killing a crew member. A third was severely damaged while the unit provided steady fire support and over 100 Viet Cong were reported killed.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced an agreement with the New York World’s Fair Corp to build a 20,000 square foot pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. The building near the main entrance will feature a motion picture screen and the corporation provides a 25,000 square foot site.
The central committee says the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia has 12 percent of the population as members. The October tally listed 1,680,819 members from a total population of about 13.8 million.
The Bell Telephone Laboratories team repaired Telstar through a ground based service station of science. They traced a radiation and voltage problem in a decoder transistor and used trick notched commands to safely reset the satellite. Telstar resumed live Atlantic television exchanges and engineers hope for a long service life.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a cooler Saturday night with readings from 10 in the northwest to 20 in the southeast. Lows Friday night range from 24 at Spencer to 29 at Council Bluffs and Mason City. a high pressure system should clear clouds and fog, with Sunday temperatures from the low 30s in the extreme southwest to the 20s elsewhere.
Governor-elect Hughes says the new administration will pursue a wide, vigorous program in all state departments, addressing education taxes highways and economic development. He stresses a bipartisan, progressive approach and notes the victory came from support of a full platform, not a single issue.
Barbara Pardubsky 88 widow of Joseph Pardubsky died Friday after a brief illness. Born in Czechoslovakia June 19 1874 she came to Cedar Rapids in 1887. Survived by daughter Georgia Jelinek Marion three sons Frank Bohumil Robert Cedar Rapids five grandchildren three great grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Services Monday 2 30 pm Kuba funeral home Rev William Harnish burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home.
Two women injured in a two car crash on First avenue E near Lindale Plaza entrace. Mrs. David Gould 55 of 2860 Thirteenth avenue SE hospitalized at Mercy with back injuries. Mrs. Don Walton 31 of 1315 Second avenue Marion treated at St Luke’s for neck and chest injuries and released. Gould charged with failure to have vehicle under control.
Mrs. Tokiko Fukao a Tokyo journalist and University of Iowa graduate told Washington high school journalism students that Japanese newspapers are free to print as they wish and resemble American papers though fewer in number She reports for Yomiuri one of Japan s three major daily newspapers
Press International details the religious makeup of the upcoming Congress with Methodists at 102 lawmakers including 78 in the House and 24 in the Senate. Catholics total 99, Presbyterians 82, Episcopalians 64, Baptists 63, and others include United Church of Christ Lutherans and Jews among 20 denominations. Two members list no affiliation.
Lillian Heskett of Cedar Rapids reports the death of her brother Jesse L Brim in Osceola on Thursday. Born May 29 1882 in Osceola he worked at LaPlant Choate before moving back. Surviving are four sons Harold Fay Dwight and Herbert Brim all of Osceola two daughters Alma Brim of Osceola and Kathryn Ewaldsen of Des Moines. Services were held today in Osceola.
Timothy E. Driscoll of 1400 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a brief illness. He was born February 7 1893 in Chicago and served in the navy during World War I. Survived by sister Mary Helen Kevlin of Chicago. Services pending Turner Chapel.
Basil P. Hall 62 of 718 Vernal Street NW died Thursday at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City. He was a television repairman for Smulekoff's and a Cedar Rapids resident.
The deceased, aged 17 years, was born and raised in Vinton. Surviving relatives include two sisters and a brother William of Vinton. Services are scheduled for Monday at 1 30 PM at Campbell Funeral Home in Vinton.
Services Schultz Dean F at 1:30 Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel conducted by the Rev Leonard E Deaver and Mizpah lodge. Burial Cedar Memorial.
A fund in Iowa City was started for Harry Aicher Jr. and his son Michael after a fire killed his wife and two daughters and a grand-niece. Archer, 43, survived with burns and is in satisfactory condition. Friends Robert Lenz Robert Rogers and Bernard Campion organized it to cover uncovered losses. About 100 contributors have given and $350 was raised via Iowa State Bank and Trust Co.
U S District Judge Julius Hoffman ruled that seven Chicago members were illegally suspended by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for making faces at union leaders. He called the trial and suspension politically motivated and on trumped up charges. The seven have finished their suspensions, but the judge stressed preventing such actions in the future.
New York lawmakers plan hearings on the four week old newspaper strike. Rep. Celler, chair of an anti trust unit, said the subcommittee will begin inquiries early in the next congressional session, likely February, focusing on the decline of news media competition. Details were not disclosed.
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