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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
3
Severe winter weather spans Bismarck to New York with record lows and significant snowfall. Central Iowa reports rising barometer and arctic winds as a Pacific system moves in. Public notices list multiple deaths, services, and traffic fines while officials consider legal changes.
The Connecticut appellate division upheld the convictions of Dr. C. Lee Buxton and Mrs. Richard Griswold for advising on birth control device use at the New Haven Planned Parenthood clinic. They were fined $100 each. The court certified the case to the state Supreme Court for review of questions of public importance.
Gov. Hughes outlines a 23 point program in a packed House chamber with Republican control intact. He proposes liquor by the drink, private school bus access, and banks paying municipal funds interest to ease property taxes while backing school aid, highway expansion, and a state human rights commission.
The United States and Brazil carried out the first public satellite relay between the continents. A 12 minute USIA program from Nutley New Jersey to Rio de Janeiro and a return broadcast from Rio showcased space communications joining US officials including Rusk NASA head Webb and astronaut Glenn with Brazilian leaders and media.
Mueller Hotel Co of Muscatine operator of the Allison hotel asks that an application for a liquor license be filed if such sales become legal in Iowa. The letter was presented to the city council and referred to City Clerk Harold Schaefer for filing with instructions to prepare a large file for future applications.
Washington correspondent Douglas B. Cornell analyzes Kennedy's presidency, noting subtle shifts shaped by crises and the White House workload. The piece weighs his worst defeat against his greatest triumph, previewing the Sunday Gazette story.
Conrad R. Paulson 47 a Cedar Rapids resident and electrical contractor died after a brief illness Wednesday. Born May 4 1895 in Sioux City he married Aletha Mickel in 1923. He served in World War I and is survived by his wife a daughter Jean Platt two brothers four sisters and two grandchildren. Services at Turner chapel at 10:30 Saturday conducted by Rev D A Loferski with burial at Oak Hill.
Des Moines Iowa Senator Robert Rigler said Gov Hughes showed cooperative attitude but did not state specific recommendations on liquor by the drink. Rigler added it was refreshing to see agreement on many points between Hughes and the Republican party.
In Sulphur Oklahoma a mother gave seven children a mixture containing carbolic acid and creosote thinking it was cough syrup. One child, 17 month old David Shoffner, died about 13 hours after ingestion and the other six were hospitalized.
The FAA and CAB reject claims from a Saturday Evening Post article that the FAA impeded the CAB investigation of the March 1 American Airlines crash at New York International Airport. All 95 aboard died in the worst U S civil aviation disaster.
A power failure cut electricity across most of Switzerland just before dawn, lasting more than an hour. The blackout stemmed from an overloaded line from Germany in the international power grid supplying Switzerland.
Mrs Craven Shuttleworth 59 of 2041 Walnut Court SE was found dead Thursday morning in her parked car in the garage by her husband. Autopsy to be completed Friday. Surviving husband, daughter Ann Sarkis of New York City, son William Royce Shuttleworth of Cedar Rapids, four grandchildren, two sisters. Services Saturday noon at Turner chapel with cremation. Donations to charity suggested.
Sophia Besler Von Fumetti 91 of Dubuque widow of William Von Fumetti died at St. Luke's hospital after a brief illness. Born in Bankston on April 10, 1871 she lived in Cedar Rapids 1919 to 1932. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Gregory Gansen Zwingle Mrs Melvin Zauche Tampa Florida and Mrs Lester Demkier Dubuque and two sons Edmund.
Baltimore AP report says FDA chief Dr Frances Kelsey cites study of about a dozen drugs as possible birth defect causes. Antihistamines, Doriden, chlorthalidone, sulfonamides, tolbutamide and podophyllin noted among suspects. morning sickness remedies frequently involved.
Julius A Landmyer 81 a Cedar Rapids resident retired Milwaukee Railroad employee died Wednesday Born Feb 17 1884 Decorah Iowa he leaves two brothers Benny of LaCrosse Wis August of Bemidji Minn and a sister Margaret Bottcher of Minneapolis Burial at Oak Hill Friends may call at the chapel funeral by Rev Charles Q Wallace St Pauls Methodist church
Clara Luisa Schaad widow of Charles B. Schaad a Cedar Rapids resident for 52 years died at Meth-Wick Manor on Wednesday born July 5 1880 in Germany Mr Schaad died in 1943 She was the first resident of the Manor No immediate survivors She was a member of First Lutheran Star of Maine Rebekah lodge LAPM auxiliary Past Noble Grand Assn Cedar Chapter OES Funeral 1 30 Friday by Dr Theodore A Youngquist and Dr Arthur Schuldt Burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel
Ella M. Stout 82 died at her nephew Harry Dicken’s home in Coralville after living in Cedar Rapids forty years. Born March 16 1880 in Petersburg NL she married Anton Stout in 1928 in Iowa City. Survived by husband and sister Addie Greenwald of Petersburg. Services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1:30 Saturday with burial at Shiloh, Hiawatha. Friends may call after 1 Friday.
The Linn county and Cedar Rapids civil defense office will be merged under the board of supervisors. The ordinance approved by the city council on Thursday transfers sole control to the supervisors to improve oversight. City funds remain at about $4,500 annually.
A steam boiler explosion outside a power plant in Neodesha Kansas killed a worker Wednesday. The blast occurred just outside the facility, ending the man’s life.
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