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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1966
Page
4
The daily record lists highs and lows across cities, a five day forecast of below normal temperatures with scattered light snow, and various local notices. Entries include municipal traffic penalties, legal judgments, accidents, births and marriages, and a string of court actions with amounts awarded or owed.
Snow up to eight inches covered parts of the Texas Panhandle and nearby areas. Police reported six to eight inches near Kress, with highways becoming impassable toward Liberal Kansas. Yellow alert issued for hazardous driving as cold air mass spreads across the region.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists mail and carrier subscription terms including per week and per month rates. Volume pricing and special weekly and annual options are described, with note that mail subscriptions are not accepted in towns with Gazette carrier service.
Obituaries list multiple local residents with ages and funeral details including Dysart Elsie Heitman 65 service Thursday at Fellmer’s Keystone Witt’s Burial Elkader William Berns 76 service Friday Mount Harmony near Elkport. Oxford Junction Henry Hanwardson 76 Hayden’s. Hawkeye William Fritz 81 Emerson’s with Saturday service. Williamsburg Emma Watkins 75 graveside Saturday Oak Hill Cemetery. body arriving from Medford Oregon. Waukon Mrs Albert Thomson 84 service Friday First Presbyterian Martin’s. Victor Louis Blomme 61 service Friday St Bridget’s McAninch’s Rosary Thursday. Waukon Mrs William Gobel 93 service Thursday Zion Reformed Church Martin’s. Elkader Paul Wing 85 service Thursday Witt’s. West Union Blanche Martin 88 service Thursday Zion Lutheran Burnham and Wood. Iowa City Mrs John Burns 70 service Friday St Peter Cosgrove with Rosary Thursday at 8 McGovern Dwyer.
The report cites Gerald Rice in Central City with 16 below zero and other readings of 14 Fayette, 12 New Albin, 11 Elkader, and 10 below at Oelwein. Cedar Rapids reached 20 at 2 p.m. Wednesday with a zero below Tuesday night and nine below at the municipal airport. highs of 15 occurred Tuesday.
Desai urges party unity as Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister in the wake of Shastri’s death. India faces famine, pestilence, and mass poverty while China sits to the north. Britain advances a famine loan. Johnson ships grain. Gandhi, widow of Feroze, favors simple living and solidarity with leftists.
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant proposed a future jail upgrade with a 20000 dollar closed circuit television system. The plan includes nine indoor cameras nine local control units two monitors and tamper proof housing with estimated equipment costs 17675 and installation 2406. Board of supervisors approval required and remodeling plans for a visiting room and juvenile female detention quarters may cost under 10000 with architect Leo Peiffer preparing drawings.
Funds requested by the President total 12.3457 billion for the Defense Department and 415 million for the Agency for International Development to finance imports of civilian aid, rural construction, port expansion, refugee relief, and civilian development programs in South Vietnam. Congress will consider the request with approval expected.
A Gazette Want Ad touts that the best things in life can be purchased, framing classifieds as a doorway to value. The compact note highlights affordable options and the appeal of easy acquisition through the paper's marketplace.
Ralph M. Renshaw, 69, of 1816 M Street SW, was found guilty by a Cedar Rapids jury of a second offense drunk driving after five hours of deliberation. Judge Harold D. Vietor granted motion deadlines to Jan. 28 for a new trial. Jurors from Cedar Rapids, Marion, and College Township deliberated with one alternate.
Eugene Jackson, 22, of Pensacola Florida, is to be arraigned Friday at 10 a.m. on a charge of false uttering a check. He is held without bond in the county jail while serving a seven year sentence in Fort Madison for a bad check offense and is accused of passing a 49.86 bad check to Eagle Food Center No. 89 last October 9.
Margaret Murphy of 237 Fifth Avenue Marion received seven years at Rockwell City women’s reformatory and probation to the Iowa board of parole after appearing before Judge Warren J. Rees for issuing a false check of 36 dollars and 68 cents to Sears, Roebuck & Co. on November 24.
The Linn County board on Tuesday appointed two new county employees. Richard D. Ledvina, 28, of 1952 B Avenue NE, as deputy treasurer, and Judy K. DePauw, 22, of 1022 First Avenue, Marion, as clerk typist for the clerk of court office.
Sammy Turner 22 of 318 Seventh Street SE will be arraigned Thursday at 10 a.m. on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He is accused of concealing a German made .22 caliber revolver in his car on January 18.
Hungary will cut defense spending by about 8 percent in the 1966 budget. Defense Minister Gen. Lajos Czinege told parliament that modernization of existing equipment will continue and overall defense capacity will rise. Expenditures drop from 5.9 to 5.5 percent of a $9 billion total budget.
In Beirut the Iranian ambassador was declared persona non grata by Lebanon on Wednesday and ordered to leave the country. The move marked heightened tension between Lebanon and Iran amid regional conflicts.
Viet Cong shells and mortars strike a refugee camp near Da Nang after a 40 minute attack injuring two Vietnamese guards and damaging a three month old school. A second assault targets Thang Binh district HQ causing moderate defender casualties. A bicycle bomb at Can Tho injures two U.S. servicemen and two Vietnamese.
Eli Lilly announces a pre exposure rabies vaccine approved by the NIH. The vaccine, produced from duck embryos, can protect postmen policemen veterinarians and others exposed to rabid animals. Those unprotected face a 14 day immunization course.
Cedar Rapids council receives the annual health department report noting 54 fewer substandard dwellings in 1965 and one home demolished by order while owners removed 58 other structures. The housing division logged 505 inspections and posted 30 buildings illegal to occupy. The report covers venereal disease cases, school involvement, and city birth and death totals.
Gaylen D. Lindeman 68 of Cedar Rapids moved to Minneapolis and died Tuesday in Tampa Florida born January 5 1898 in Dysart a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Gladys B and daughter Janice Lindeman both of Minneapolis. sisters Mrs John Kimball Englewood Florida Mrs Owen McDermott Des Moines and Mrs L Newendorp Evanston Illinois. Memorial services at Turner Chapel 10:30 a.m. Saturday with Dr John P Woods Crescent Masonic Lodge, burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Masters of the Crescent Lodge invited to attend. Burial also listed as San Diego with Bonham Mortuary services.
Anna M Topic 84 of 2012 C street SW Cedar Rapids died after a long illness Wednesday Born in Lodz Russia January 10 1882 she came to the United States in 1892 and lived in Cedar Rapids since then Surviving son Edward and sister Mrs Tony Rozek Preceded in death by her husband 1949 and daughter Mrs George Zachar 1937 She belonged to Prokop Velky Lodge 137 of the CSA Memorial services Saturday 2 p.m. at Janeba Kuba funeral home Friends may call after 5 p.m. Thursday Burial Czech National
Dale A. Howard of San Diego California died Sunday after a short illness. Born April 6, 1907 he was a son of the late Dr and Mrs Banner Howard formerly of Cedar Rapids. He attended old Washington high school and graduated from Coe college. He moved to California in 1951. Surviving are his wife a brother Owen of Cascade and three sisters Ruth of Iowa City Mrs Diego Morelli.
Anthony Paul first Congregational church service set for 3 30 p m Thursday conducted by the Rev J Richard Wagner burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call at Beatty Bearles until 1 30 p m Thursday Edna Knight Turner chapel service Thursday noon at Center Grove cemetery Dubuque graveside at 2 p m casket not opened Lois Karasinski Turner chapel 1 30 p m Thursday burial Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call after 9 a m Thursday
Bernard E. Rickard 56 native of Cedar Rapids died Wednesday at his Troy Mills home after living there a year He was born July 5 1910 and worked for Rowe Repair Service in Walker A World War II veteran he survived by wife Sally Lippencott two daughters Alice and Irene two sons Ronnie and Richard his mother Mrs Lottie Fulmer three brothers and a sister Funeral services set for Saturday 2 pm at First Christian Church Troy Mills burial in Troy Mills Cemetery Quasqueton Funeral Home in charge
Charles Miller, 37, of Coggan, suffered a back injury Wednesday morning in a truck accident at the Wilson & Co. plant. He was listed in good condition at St. Luke's hospital.
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