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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1969
Page
2
The Daily Record notes a flat weather day with no precipitation and a steady barometer. It lists a long set of funeral notices across towns including Mechanicsville Hornets and Kalona, Kempson, Yoder and Dundee with multiple services scheduled Monday in churches and memorial funds established in several cases.
City briefs report a theft in Wilson parking lot with tachometer tape player and 11 tapes valued at 155 dollars. Other items include new hair permanents at Deane's Hair Fashion and a Linn county jail holding for Robert Bruce on grand larceny. Local ads note closed Bender's Service Station and various small business promotions.
Martha Schminkey, 47, of 1513 First Street SW, admitted to Mercy hospital after midnight Friday for exposure. She had serious frostbite on face, hands, feet, and legs. Found sitting in a chair on a back porch by tenants. police and ambulance responded. In good condition Saturday afternoon at Mercy hospital.
The 1883 Gazette Co. announces subscription options including 65 cents per week by carrier and 16 year for annual delivery. The Sunday and night editions are offered with varying issue counts and prices, outlining receiver eligibility and service guidelines.
The pilot recounts a hijacking when Jessie produced a pistol 15 minutes after takeoff and ordered a diversion toward Cuba. Vach describes stalling attempts as the gunman insisted on fleeing with his daughter, eventually reaching Cuba with a quarter tank. Mexican authorities later detained Jessie and sent him to Miami.
All Pueblo crewmen except the skipper are released from the San Diego hospital and moved to limited duty at North Island naval air station. A court of inquiry on the seizure is to convene Thursday. Medical officials report good health overall, weight gain, minor eye issues, and a three month extension option for expired enlistments under medical grounds.
Ralph Post aged 54 of Monmouth was charged with drunk driving and license suspension after a four car crash at Twelfth Avenue and Fourth Street SE. Post crossed the center line and collided with Terry McDonald then David Wadsworth in a chain of crashes injuring several. Post and Don Donahue were treated at Mercy hospital and held for arraignment.
Two Coe College students, Linda Schoninsky and Carol Goodspeed, were assaulted early Saturday while approaching Vorhees Hall. They described the assailant as about 5 feet 5 inches tall, chubby, wearing a green cap and a green or blue coat. no motive or weapon angegeben.
U.S. Commissioner heard how Barbara Mackel was allegedly buried alive in a Georgia hillside capsule after kidnapping on December 17. FBI testimony described a battery powered pump and alarms as the four foot box kept her alive for 83 hours before rescue. Krist faces extortion and travel charges with grand jury bond set at 500000 while a federal kidnapping count was dismissed due to no interstate transport.
Leonard Henry Gauger, 58, Cedar Rapids real estate firm owner and former Rockford resident, died Friday after a brief illness. Survived by son Milton of Marengo and daughters in Solon and Allen Texas, plus several siblings and six grandchildren. Memorial services set for Turner Chapel West and Haser funeral home in Charles City with Mizpah Lodge participation.
David Thomas Welch a retired grain broker and Cedar Rapids resident who later moved to Evanston Illinois died in Northwood Illinois Friday. Born August 20 1903 in Cedar Rapids he was once with Quaker Oats Co. Survived by wife Mildred E Van Sickle a daughter Mrs Steven Spigarelli of Holt Michigan and three grandsons. Chapel service at 12 noon Monday by Rev Eugene Tolstedt of Central Park Presbyterian Church Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday Family staying at A S Carberry residence 1746 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids.
Memorial services will be held at 1 30 Monday at Janeba Kuba funeral home west. The Rev A T Washington of Sharon United Methodist church will conduct the service. Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery.
Israeli aircraft moved along the Jordan river cease fire line and bombed Arab command positions in retaliation for an attack on an Israeli army vehicle.
Burmese troops killed more than 150 Chinese-trained tribesmen rebels over the last three months as reported from New Delhi by UPI.
A safe containing 980 dollars in cash and checks was stolen from Nelson's Delicatessen at 2801 Mt. Vernon Road SE during a Friday night break-in. Police on patrol found the scene early Saturday morning and reported entry by breaking the front door glass.
Johnson aims for a small 1969 surplus and a balanced 1970 budget. He faces two options, surtax or a $13 billion federal cut. Aides favor avoiding cuts that Congress would restore, citing the $3 billion pay raise. Nixon aides offered no official comment.
A columnist notes unrest in Northern Ireland and cites a Czech reference about not resigning to attacks on liberty. He observes broad public sympathy for defending shared human values amid regional turmoil and calls for steadfast defense of democracy.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said there is no must sell rule for federal appointees and Packard should be allowed to place Hewlett Packard holdings in a trust. He noted the need for a probing examination of Alaska Governor Hickel before the Senate Interior Committee next Friday amid criticism of his conservation and pollution views.
In Cedar Rapids a Friday discussion about Immaculate Conception rector Charles Jones drew no-show notices from ten invited priests. Backers praised Jones’s programs while Dr. Russell Collins blasted the Catholic church for racial indifference.
The Principals Association of Philadelphia, with over 300 principals and vice principals, voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. President Daniel McGinley called the decision surprising while noting schools board president Richardson Dilworth failed to clearly address bargaining rights in his reply.
A National Research Council committee warns most U S ambulances lack fixed equipment adequate supplies and trained attendants. Hearses and station wagons also fail to provide space for essential resuscitation. The study cites foreign data showing many lives could be saved with better ambulance design and equipment.
Arthur Bryan Cooper, a 15 year old New Shrewsbury student with IQ 176, decides to write his autobiography after his paper on early religious travelers to Asia was selected for reading at the International Geographical Union in New Delhi. He has been an Eagle Scout since 14 and is active in soccer, basketball, tennis, and swimming. The Delhi trip cost about 2500 dollars, funded by savings and family contributions, possibly aiding future college prospects.
The defense ministry announced that Britain's Far East fleet will not be reduced prior to Britain’s withdrawal from Southeast Asia at the end of 1971.
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