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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1969
Page
3
Weather data for Los Angeles area including highs and lows, precipitation totals, barometer and humidity readings. Local notices list births marriages licenses and traffic fines with names and addresses.
Dubuque man Harry C. Wilberding, 71, changed his plea to guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court on two counts of failing to submit deducted social security taxes. He remains free on a $1,000 surety bond while sentencing is delayed for a probation report. Wilberding previously ran a tailoring and dry-cleaning business in Dubuque.
Cedar Rapids public services director Richard Jensen urged the city council to buy television inspection gear for 18 322 feet of sewers in the Civic Center urban renewal area. Estimated cost 22 000 to 25 000 dollars with possible urban renewal reimbursement. The council did not vote.
A sequence of notices lists names and ages with upcoming funeral details. Individuals include Marengo Ginther 75, Minnie Shaw 76, Mae Simpson 82, Ruth Anne Hilmer 60, Marshall E Adams 76 of Tempe Arizona, Ed Ulen 81, Emma Mandel 80, Carrie Larsen 84, Mabel Depp 85, Rosemond Keidel 81, J E Morton 78, Mrs Sam Hochstetler 65, Harriet Reid 48 of Huntington Virginia. Services are scheduled Wed or Thu at specified churches and times, with locations including Hoover Valentine Brants McAnniehs Grace Methodist Urbana Dye Kalona First Lutheran St Patrick’s church Mason-Hand Overton’s.
Federal Judge McManus weighs a Mesquakie tribal bid to keep the Sac and Fox day school at Tama open. The case tests government sovereign immunity as the tribe seeks an injunction and a plan by Feb 28, 1969, while urging treaty-guarded rights and tribal preservation of language and heritage.
Cedar Rapids officials fear federal funding delays for the Cedar Valley Expressway will slow relocation of utility lines in Sixth Street NE. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co report no further relocations without highway commission reimbursement agreements. Officials pressed the highway commission and federal roads bureau for timing, noting possible faster work if interstate funding is arranged, to avoid urban renewal delays.
In a contentious Indian treaty dispute, Fairall argues the settlement school must stay open to aid Indian children. government and Ben Morris push for dismissal, citing sovereign immunity though a 1966 amendment may grant court supervision. Judge McManus requests research on the amendment within a week as the case moves toward submission. Obituaries follow.
The President receives a $25,000 pension after leaving office along with a $50,000 annual entertainment allowance and $40,000 for travel. Official White House operating expenses are funded separately.
Classified want ads help readers locate lost items and claim faster results. Community members share tips on posting details such as contact information and item descriptions to improve chances of recovery.
Elzworth R. Hollenbeck aged 88 formerly of 837 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids retired Cedar Rapids National Bank employee died Monday after a short illness. Born November 29 1880 he belonged to Mt Hermon lodge AF and AM York Rite Masonic bodies El Kabir Shrine and Cedar Chapter Order of Eastern Star. No immediate survivors. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Beatty Bearle chapel with Very Rev Canon D A Loferski. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Calling hours after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Master Masons to meet Mt Hermon lodge 1 p.m. Wednesday at Masonic hall.
Catherine M. Adams died in Seattle Monday aged 67. She had lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years before moving to Seattle in 1950. She is survived by a Seattle daughter and was a member of Prospect Congregational church and several organizations. Memorial services will be at Turner Chapel east with burial in Linwood cemetery. Family staying at 2345 Blake boulevard SE.
The notices list multiple death and funeral details including Anna Etter burial at Oakland cemetery Solon and a Requiem mass for Milo Mach at Immaculate Conception church. Other services include Bertha Burton at Beatty-Bearle chapel Keeokuk and Ida H Powers at Turner chapel east with Cedar Memorial burials.
The Kennedy assassination trial opened with heavy security as about 20 sheriff's deputies guarded a jammed courtroom. Sirhan’s mother Mary Sirhan and brother Munir attended, defense cites diminished capacity, and prosecutors plan to call at least 80 witnesses amid claims Sirhan acted alone.
The Veterans Administration said thousands of veterans were deceived by a false rumor of a special dividend on GI insurance. No special payout exists. 1969 dividends will be paid to in force policies, but the rumor has no basis.
Jonny Keener 19 of 41 Fourth Avenue SE changed his plea to guilty on a breaking and entering charge. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail for the Oct. 14 break at Washington High School in which a $150 TV set and $80 from vending machines were stolen. Judge J Paul Naughton presided in Linn district court.
Tuesday’s board of supervisors vote returned a public bond for John Dake who served as justice of the peace for Maine township last year. Dake did not serve past December 31 and did not run in November’s general election. The county still lists five justices of the peace including Gerald Matheny at Center Point and others in Marion Bertram Franklin Mt. Vernon. The board asked the auditor to collect Dake’s records and await a final report.
Items seized under search warrants late last month including narcotic and prescription drugs were ordered forfeited for potential use as evidence in trials. Judge Warren Rees ordered the forfeiture after no one appeared to challenge it. The luggage was seized at the Municipal airport on December 22 and claimed by Billie D. Carson, 20, of Des Moines, with a claim check also in Kevin J. Lynch, 20, of Dallas. Carson was arrested at the terminal and Lynch in a car nearby. Both face drug possession charges. Lynch denies the narcotics charge and the prescription drug count is pending in municipal court. Carson was to decide on hearings in municipal court.
Channel 9 presents a color Wednesday night film at 8:00 featuring Cornel Wilde in Sword Of Lancelot. Major TV theater adds excitement as viewers tune in for a dramatic medieval adventure.
The Cedar Rapids assessor's office opens filings for homestead tax credit and military service exemptions. Applicants over 65 may qualify for extra homestead credit, with July 1 deadlines. Field assessors will not visit homes this year. apply at city hall fifth floor.
In Saigon police arrest a suspect in the assassination of Education Minister Le Minh Tri and his chauffeur, following a bomb attack. Viet Cong forces retreat toward the Mekong as infantry respond. Vice-president Ky denies proposing a three-part peace talks split, while confirming prior Paris talks approvals.
Cedar Rapids city council voted to oppose a Rocksland railroad plan to remove its automatic block signal system between A avenue NE and the waterworks. Officials warn removal could increase crossings delays in the loop area as trains would run under yard rules and slow approaching traffic. The protest will be filed with the Railway Safety Board in Washington DC.
The AFT set up picket lines at the college and on-campus points on Monday. Late in the day the San Francisco Labor Council granted strike sanction. The action affected about 350 of 1,100 faculty plus 150 nonteaching workers as cafeteria staff left early.
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