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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
3
Arctic conditions predicted with snow for northern and central areas. Five day outlook shows temperatures around five degrees below normal, returning to normal by Friday then turning colder again. Local notices report births, court actions, fines for traffic violations, and multiple civil and hospital cases across various Iowa cities.
Record lists court dispositions including disorderly conduct for Joan C Enloe 31912 First avenue SE 15 days suspended. Speeding fines and costs assigned to Shirley A Paschke Gary L Kamp at Mobile trailer court 2 Marion. Lyle H Willert 1573 First avenue SE. Marvin W Clausen Garrison bond forfeiture $15. Additional defendants include Delbert E Kirby Dennis C Thorson Virgil Kellison Linda S Brody Robert L Pizel Michael L Cassady James L Palmer Leonard J Hous er John J Terrones Connie G Sweatt Roy M Findley and others with various fines and costs.
Swiss diplomats reported 17 U.S. citizens imprisoned in Cuba are better treated and healthier than a month earlier. Negotiations continue for their release with Cuba showing improved treatment amid possible repatriation. The State Department lists 21 imprisoned Americans, though Cuba does not acknowledge the full number.
On Wednesday business boomed for shops selling Mona Lisa reproductions including art stores and bookstores with high demand for copies and prints.
Cedar Rapids post office resumed one-cent stamp sales on Wednesday after receiving an emergency supply of 100,000 from regional headquarters in St Louis. An additional 50,000 American Flag 5-cent stamps arrived and go on sale Thursday. Demand had spiked during the rate change period with volumes returning toward normal by midweek.
New Delhi reports the Chinese have handed back captured Indian army weapons that are largely unserviceable. The handover occurred at Chirang Dzong with an Indian group invited to receive the gear. Of 117 vehicles, 40 are repairable in the field, others must go to factories. two tanks were in factory cases. Indian reporters pressed for details on the paw of the affair.
Fire on multiple upper floors of a 74 story New York building prompted a second alarm at 6 18 am. Firemen evacuated crews and by 7 30 flames were reported on floors 24 25 55 64 65 66 67 and 68 with control declared at 8 10 am. The structure reopened briefly before another flare on floor 33 halted operations and crowds gathered outside until after 9 am. Seven of 74 elevators out of service. Fire teams worked from 67th floor downward to extinguish remaining flames.
Hollywood AP reports actress Linda Christian will obtain a Mexican annulment of her marriage to actor Edmund Purdom. The couple has been separated for about two and a half months.
The piece recalls a packed Capitol scene with McCormack ready to give acceptance remarks as election formalities loom. As new members fidget through roll calls, Hayden and Kennedy take oaths amid cheers from relatives and officials, marking a festive day in Washington.
Berkeley AP report says authors Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler sold the Fail Safe novel about accidental nuclear war to film for half a million. Max Youngstein is purchaser. Sidney Lumet to direct. possible star Spencer Tracy as the President.
Thomas Albert Thompson 87 of 1061 Seventeenth Street NE died Tuesday after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids resident 46 years he was born in Clermont on April 21, 1875 and married Emma A. Leete in 1902. Surviving are three daughters three sons 18 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. He served in the Spanish American War and was a member of Dows Camp. Services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home Friday at 1 30 p m with burial at Riverside Cemetery Anamosa where graveside military honors will be given. Friends may call after 7 p m Wednesday.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette records the death of Rev. Allen S. Van Cleve. Burial is at Campbell Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Josephine Minninger died Tuesday after a short illness at 87 born January 24 1901 in Independence She was wife of John who died in 1953 Survived by son Earl Cedar Rapids daughters Marie Hanson Cedar Rapids Dorothy Daniels Fort Smith Ark four sisters and a brother thirteen grandchildren three great grandchildren Services at St Patrick’s Church Friday at 9 30 a m with Rev J Robert McDonald Sacred Heart Court will recite the Rosary and parish Rosary at the Brady mortuary Burial at Mt Calvary Friends may call Brady Mortuary after 11 Thursday
Washington health experts proposed a hemisphere wide system to report malformed births. Ten centers would be set up in U S and Western hemisphere hospitals to track birth defects and warn if rates rise beyond expected.
Congress unanimously urged Smathers to reconsider his announced intention to resign as Senator Russell notes pressure over voting with the administration. Senate Republicans lineup holds. Mansfield proposes a midsummer recess to finish in fall while Kennedy outlines the international situation to the foreign relations committee with Rusk to face questions on Cuba Congo and Vietnam.
Emma House widow of James House of Fourth Street SW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a sudden illness. Born March 31 1880 in Hawkeye she leaves daughter Beverly Hedlund two grandchildren four great grandchildren and brother William Rappold Sumner. She belonged to Trinity Methodist Church. Services at Belles Wright Funeral Home Fayette at 2 Friday with burial in Fayette. Friends may call Turner Chapel until 9 Wednesday.
Cedar Rapids resident Samuel Lunn Menary aged 63 died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born November 18 1881 he married Bertha Coenen in 1907. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Robert Jonsin a sister Mrs Alfred Minor a brother Robert Menary and two grandchildren all of Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner Chapel Friday at 1 30 led by Dr T A Youngquist burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 2 Wednesday.
Johnson states the need to identify pollution sources before control. The filter station equipment came via Carl Smith the city health officer after learning the U S public health service planned a fourth Iowa station. Charles Russell of the health department will service it after attending a Washington D C conference on air pollution.
A Pan American charter airlift delivered 290000 dollars worth of drugs medical supplies and dental equipment to Havana as part of the 53 million ransom for invasion captives. Cuban Red Cross unloaded the 15600 pound cargo and the plane returned to Miami. No Cuban Americans departed Cuba on this flight.
The article questions whether more than one Mona Lisa exists, noting authentic Leonardo works and several claimed variants such as the Isleworth Mona Lisa in London and the Vernon Mona Lisa in Newport. It discusses multiple versions and the challenge of distinguishing master from studio copies.
Four East Berlin youths two boys aged 22 and 21 and two 14 year old girls tunneled under the Berlin wall using a sewer and cut through barbed wire. They signaled for help with a burning handkerchief when the grill to West Berlin was found frozen. Firemen freed the grill and the group reached West Berlin.
Merle Morris Mason died Tuesday at 1057 Twelfth Street NE Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Born April 26 1895 in Mt Vernon he resided in Cedar Rapids 43 years. Survived by nephew Alfred Mason of Cedar Rapids services at Turner Chapel 10 30 a m Friday.
The agenda lists a 10 a.m. meeting at City Hall and includes a city engineer report on sidewalk construction in Viktor's First addition. It covers a resolution to annex property north of Blair's Ferry road, a petition by Glanvill Wheeler, and a Rystrom Engineering Co. petition to install sanitary sewer and concrete pavement in Kenrich Terrace NW Fran Drive NW and Edgewood Road NW.
Finland will acquire defensive missiles with Russian approval and receive air to air missiles and Mig 21 fighters to carry them. Britain will supply anti tank missiles, with Finland ratifying a 1947 peace treaty accord allowing the purchases previously forbidden by Paris signatories.
The U S Navy announced two more Polaris missile submarines will be launched on Saturday. The Nathan Hale will debut at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton Connecticut and the John Adams at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard New Hampshire. This brings the fleet to nine Polaris subs with one in commission awaiting patrol and 18 more building or authorized.
Republicans debate Hoeven's fate as Griffin Goodell press Halleck Monday. Halleck backs Hoeven and Ford meets reporters after closed talks. Ford praises Halleck as a capable, traditional Republican figure while rejecting extreme positions.
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