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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
3
New York stocks closed with solid gains as peace talk sentiment shifted investors toward utilities banks and financials. The Dow and AP average rose nearly two points while volume reached 11.88 million shares despite mixed cattle and hog price reports from Chicago market news services.
Brig. Gen. Pham Truong Chinh who led the 25th division, criticized U S advisers, is ordered to begin an extended sick leave on January 1. American sources note he may not return, while tensions over his anti American stance and division's deteriorating activity rise in Saigon.
C R Markets report Saturday prices steady for Cedar Rapids hogs with Friday bids for 200 to 220 lb butchers at 17.50 to 18.00. Packers and sows priced by weight and grade with discounts for excess weight, while cattle and sheep show mixed ranges across Prime to standard grades and lamb categories. Eggs poultry wool and grain prices listed as delivered or close.
Fort Dodge authorities report two infant children of Mr and Mrs Charles McDaniel burned to death in a house fire. The mother fled to regain entry as the door slammed trapping the children. firefighters found 19 month old Michael and 9 month old Melissa upstairs in the gutted home.
Paul Vasquez, 18, was sent to the board of education to take an aptitude test at the county penal farm in Memphis. He escaped from the education office during the visit.
Tennessee Supreme Court upheld Nelson Robinsons murder conviction and 20 year sentence. The confession given to two reporters was admissible, finding no coercion by police and noting it was the defendants choice to talk. Huey, a laundry owner, was beaten to death with a block of wood in 1965.
Gus Roberts of the Indian settlement is hospitalized in Marshalltown with a forehead cut and possible broken wrist after his car struck a parked vehicle in the presidential area of north Tama. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance Friday afternoon.
Lewis Davis, 54, of Brooklyn Iowa, died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Jack Mitchell, 24, of Montezuma. The incident occurred on Highway 63 north of Montezuma last Friday, authorities said.
Fragments show USDA and AP listings of Friday meat trade prices. References include steer and beef figures, bag weights, and per hundredweight quotes with unclear denominations and totals.
In Boston a young woman and two men were found shot to death Saturday in a parked station wagon. One victim was identified as Herbert Smith, 47, assistant manager of a night club. Police suspect a single gunman and noted lack of identification papers on all victims.
A Friday explosion and fire at a Harvard Medical School laboratory in Boston injured two women, Dolores Stewart and Donna Happel, with burns to legs and other injuries. Estimated damage reached 360000, including 300000 to irreplaceable chemicals and cultures. fire extinguished by sprinklers. Investigators noted explosion among 20 gallon wood alcohol cans. cause undetermined.
The Rev Bruno Schlachten hausen will speak at 10 a m Sunday at Ascension Lutheran for the official organization service. The Rev Roger W Peterson will be installed as pastor. The new church at 9200 Grand Avenue has a 160190 investment. Other notices list weekly worship and Sunday school times for local churches.
Louis G. Carsner 56 of 2580 Eighth Ave died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born Oct 12 191? in Marion he lived there most of his life except four years in California. He married Mary Elizabeth McConaughy Nov 20 1928 in Marion. He was a Collins Radio employee and a member of the Christian church. Survivors include his wife four sons a daughter 11 grandchildren one brother a sister and a stepmother. Services Monday 10 a.m. at Baxter Memorial chapel Rev Peter M. Morgan. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
TOLEDO RyTezz Billson aged 22 alias Ralph Andrews is jailed in Tama county on a Wichita Kansas fugitive warrant for car theft. He appeared before Tama Mayor James Sorensen and did not waive extradition. Billson, living at the Robert Park home in Irving, was arrested Friday by Deputy Harry McMurray. He has worked as a Burns Detective agency guard and at Amana Refrigeration and in Cedar Rapids. Police say he arrived driving a stolen car and stopped at the Park residence. his mother lives in Oklahoma.
A crowded Manchester London express train collided with a 60 ton transformer truck near Hixon England on Saturday. Ten people died and 40 were injured as the truck was split in two. the driver and helper escaped unharmed.
Mrs. Beverly Johnson and her five children fled a burning two story frame house on highway 20 west of Independence. Fire Chief Paul Spener said the blaze began in the basement from an undetermined cause. Firefighters fought the three hour blaze. The family moved from Evansdale two months ago and are staying with Mrs. Johnson’s parents in Rembeck.
In Strawberry Point Winiford Pettit, 30, escaped serious injury after a weekend car crash near Sioux City. Pettit, wearing a seat belt, survived a rollover that sent the vehicle into a bank area near Arlington. A county court sentenced a suspect to three years on related charges of car ownership failures and bank shortages.
Dan Brennan, 79, of LaPorte City died in a Waterloo hospital after sustaining injuries Friday in a crash on a county road west of LaPorte City. Passenger Gerald Krebs, 55, also of LaPorte City, remained in air condition. Car driver Charles Cranston of Dysart and his brother Larry escaped injuries when their car struck the truck.
CTALON SUR SAONE France AP Jules Basevant former World Court president died Saturday at age 40. He led the World Court and was a prominent jurist.
Moscow reports quote Soviet papers accusing U S planes of deliberately bombing a Soviet freighter in Haiphong harbor. Izvestia claims the bombing was a calculated trap using delayed-action bombs to encircle the ship, leaving it shocked by each blast.
Des Moines reports Rep. Dan Johnston says Atty. Gen. Richard Turner uses political allies to force official opinions. He criticizes Turner's view on a new aid to public schools and warns the tax plan worsens inequities, citing an Alcoa plant tax break in Pleasant Valley.
Rep Findley accuses the defense department of rigging M 16 rifle tests to justify its use in Vietnam. He says tests begin January in Panama by the Institute for Defense Analysis and the Marine Corps have already prejudged the weapon as reliable and he will push for an independent GAO testing program.
By direction of the City Council of Cedar Rapids Iowa a plan and schedule of proposed final assessment for a sanitary sewer project on the east side of Canter Point Road Northeast from North Towne Lane to Blairs Ferry Road is on file in the City Clerk’s office. A hearing is set for January 31 1968 at 9:00 A.M. Objections must be filed within twenty days. Dated January 3 1968. Harold G. Schaefer City Clerk. The Cedar Rapids Gazette published January 5 and 6 1968.
Rev Albert Cleage head of the Federation for Self Determination refused a $100000 Ford Foundation grant saying strings attached would force collaboration with white leadership and auditing. He warned Detroit could face another riot next summer if black self rule is blocked and severed ties with the New Detroit Committee.
In Fargo North Dakota a couple and their two sons perished in a blaze that destroyed their residence during a frigid Friday morning. The fire broke out early in the day with investigators treating the scene as a fatal house fire.
City council final passage of Ordinance No 2-68 and 2-63 outlines 1968- era appropriations for General Fund Street Public Safety Sanitation Municipal Enterprises Recreation Utilities Debt Service Trust and Agency State Road Use Tax and related funds. Also notice of appointment of administrator for Mary J Merritt and creditor claims deadline.
Velma White deceased probate case No 33856 administrators Lola M. Foster and Bernadean L. Teply request all creditors and interested parties to present debts and claims against the estate for payment. Notices dated January 1968 in Cedar Rapids Iowa indicate second publication January 13 1968.
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