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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1963
Page
3
The report details a colder weather outlook with snow possible by weekend and temperatures near or below zero in many areas. It includes daily low and high projections, precipitation expectations, barometer readings, and sunrise sunset times. Local notices list births and obituaries, traffic fines, and service announcements across multiple towns including Riverside Elkader Oelwein Maynard and Vinton.
Emil V Klumpar born September 23, 1891 in Czechoslovakia died Friday after a brief illness. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1907 and was a 50 year employee of Wilson and Co. Survived by wife Georgia Netik, daughter Mrs Jerry Boubin, two sons George J and Emil A, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, sister Miss Emilie Klumpar in Czechoslovakia. Services Monday at 10 a.m. at Janeba Kub a funeral home with burial Czech National. Friends may call Saturday.
Florence Rooke Currell widow of John Fred Currell died Friday after a long illness. Born January 20 1886 in Maryport England she lived most of her life in Cedar Rapids. Surviving son John R Currell Cedar Rapids a sister Marguerite Johnston St Petersburg Fla one grandson and three great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 1:30 Turner chapel Rev D A Loferski St Johns Episcopal burial Linwood. Friends may call until 1 casket not opened after service.
Debra Ann Eggers two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Eggers of Lubbock Texas died Tuesday after a sudden illness. Born December 4 1960 in San Carlos Arizona she is survived by her parents and a sister Laura Lee Eggers at home.
The ceremony Saturday was conducted by Rev. Warren Feller for the grandparents John J. Eggers of Monticello Edna Snyder of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Frank Knobbe of Davenport and the great-grandparents Violet Snyder and O L Hunt both of Cedar Rapids Burial followed at Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel.
Frank Ackerman obituary notes a 1 30 p m Saturday service at Hesser Memorial chapel with Rev Barton G Murray. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Gertrude O Kvach obituary lists Turner chapel service at 1 30 p m Saturday by Dr Theodore A Youngquist with burial at Cedar Memorial. Lutie Shipma Dykhuizen obituary records Turner chapel service at 3 p m Saturday by William Humble and burial at Linwood.
Ern est Mollenhauer sues Center Point resident Alfred Pederson over 164 acres auctioned Sept. 18, 1962. Pederson allegedly bid 300 per acre but refused to pay, leading to a sale to Paul Grimes at 285 per acre. Suit seeks 2460 difference plus sanction fees and costs.
Moscow newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda says two youths Revaz Mikelidze and Yuri Okhov attempted to escape from the Soviet Union by swimming to a foreign ship in the Black Sea. They were spotted by authorities and removed from the vessel. No ship nationality given.
Cedar Rapids postal officials report a stamp shortage ended after receiving 200000 one-cent stamps on Wednesday and 300000 more en route. Partial stamps remain illegal and will incur postage due charges. postal workers expect demand to ease and no further one-cent mailings soon.
The Mutual Security Assn was liquidated by Judge Charles Penningroth in the best interests of certificate holders and the public. William E. Timmons was named liquidating officer to collect assets and pay liabilities by December 31, 1963. The court also halted selling accident and health policies and ordered records turned over for asset marshaling with priority to liquidating costs.
Milton man Ford M. Greenhow 53 was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison after pleading guilty to forging and cashing an 18.40 Cedar Rapids check on January 2. Greenfield’s Robert G. Wiggins 24 received a bench parole after pleading guilty to forging and cashing a 20 check on July 10 at a Sun Mart in Cedar Rapids.
Lyle E. Snook aged 27 of 217 Sixth Street NE received a five year sentence in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa after pleading guilty before Judge Donald Barnes to grand larceny. The charge, originally robbery, was reduced to larceny. He was accused of snatching the purse of Dianne Kapets, aged 18 or 53.
Robert G. Shelton, 50, of Des Moines, was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison after pleading guilty to a third offense drunken driving charge. He was arrested Sept. 16 on Bever Avenue SE when his car hit a parked car, and had prior convictions in 1946, 1954, and 1957 in Clay, Wapello, and Calhoun counties.
Cedar Rapids man George J. Yapp claims a rock in a Drumstick cone injured him, breaking three teeth and leading to a $7,500 damage suit against Borden Co. He bought the ice cream July 16 and alleges improper inspection before sale.
Judge Donald Barnes revoked a bench parole for Frank McCollum 44 of 185 Eighteenth Avenue SW from a seven year sentence for false uttering of a $25 bogus check written Nov. 6 at Ted's Pharmacy. Parole was revoked due to McCollum frequenting taverns and he now faces seven years.
Floyd W. Waite Jr aged 27 of 1034 Thirty second street NE was freed from Linn county jail on Judge Donald Barnes order after Waite purged himself of contempt. He had been jailed ten days for violating a court order by entering his estranged wife’s house and said he would not bother her again.
Amlings of Littleport sue George Ulch of Cedar Rapids for 15400 dollars over a two car collision on November 6. The district court filing alleges damages and injuries from the crash.
Injuries to head neck chest left arm and left side reported after a car driven by the defendant collided with a second vehicle at Ninth Street and Fifteenth Avenue SW. Judgments listed include B. Brody Seating Co. versus Broderick Outlet Inc. for $1,017.15 on account and Farmers Cooperative Elevator of Martello versus Gordon M. Neal of Mt. Vernon for $1,493.23 on promissory note.
Washington AP The State Department warned countries whose ships visit Cuban ports that U S foreign aid could be cut off if they continue stops in Cuba Efforts are under way to persuade maritime nations to end Cuban port calls as part of new aid law provisions The administration plans regulations to curb non Communist shipping to Cuba with rules due next week
Four marine biologists in skin-diving gear rode the back of a 45 foot finback whale for three hours off San Diego. They found the exhausted whale entangled in a fish net and line, freed it, and photographed the scene before the animal swam away.
William Cejka of 4246 Culver Street NE was hospitalized at St. Luke's after a rear end collision on Highway 150 near the Collins Radio plant. The other driver, James Holub of 475 Fifth Avenue Marion, not injured, faces a charge of failure to have his vehicle under control.
An extensive precipitation belt from the Rockies to Ohio and Dakotas to the Texas Panhandle brought frigid air from Canada. Sioux City had 4 inches on the ground, Mason City Ottumwa Spencer Davenport and Council Bluffs reported 1 inch, Cedar Rapids saw three tenths of an inch of snow. Noon in Cedar Rapids 20 degrees after a 17 overnight low. high 35. Roads slick and dangerous, crews hindered by packed snow and ice. Northwest Iowa could gain two more inches, totaling at least eight inches. winds to 35 mph hampered snow removal efforts. Driving conditions most hazardous there.
An icy front blanketed Montana Wyoming Colorado and Texas with extreme cold. Drumond Montana tumbled to 35 below while Laramie Wyoming hit 25 below. Snow piled into drifts in Nebraska Kansas and Colorado and over seven inches fell in Sidney Nebraska.
Chao Fu, Red China's first major defector, describes exile from his country and a daring escape from the Chinese embassy in Stockholm. He confesses cutting ties with wife and child as he explains his painful choice and belief it was right, in a Parade magazine feature republished by the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
AMA president elect Edward Annis pledges a brutal, uncompromising battle against Kennedy's aged medical care plan. He criticizes social security financing and cites last year's King-Anderson failings as a rationale for a broader, more inclusive bill next session.
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