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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1971
Page
3
Reports show high temperatures across cities and expected precipitation with noon and 2 p.m. readings. Also listed are barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, and recent year comparisons. The page includes legislative actions in Iowa and local notices of births and a couple of alarms.
Bankruptcy petitions list Richard Brennecke and Clell D. Coulson with debts and exemptions. Funeral notices announce services for Conesville Mrs Lloyd Babbit, Stanley Donald McMillan, Brant’s Oelwein, Mrs Augustine O Neil of Waukon, Alice S Jervis, John P Peterson with service times and venues. Body deeded.
Anamosa William A Fairbanks 60 Portland Ore. Belle Plaine Mary B Pech 89. New Vienna John Tally Lukan 84 with services. Rosaries Thursday. Tama Byron Roy Lee Fisher 73 formerly Vinton.
A scaffold case involved a firm and a cortrified assembly at a construction site after the labor bureau ordered no removal. Robert Johnson of Coralville an independent adjuster for Employers Insurance of Wausau Wis was charged with hindering bureau investigators regarding the bolt and red assembly. Police Court Judge Joseph Thornton noted penalties may reach a $100 fine or 30 days in jail though no arrest was planned. dates for appearance were not set.
The county facility proposal requires state health standards, public hearings, and a centrally located landfill within 22 miles of trash pickup. Costs assume eight pounds per person daily by 1980, with transfers costly if distances grow. Residents in unincorporated areas may bear a larger share of disposal expenses.
The Republican and Democratic leaders were chosen for the new term. Norris Cotton became secretary of the conference replacing Milton Young who will not seek re election. Senate whips Griffin and Allott won assurances while Smith chairs the party conference. In the House Carl Albert was elected speaker replacing John McCormack with Gerald Ford runner up in a 250 to 176 vote.
Vernon W. Benda 55 of 835 Twenty seventh street NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a brief illness. He joined the postal service in 1946 and was personnel officer at the Cedar Rapids post office. He was World War II veteran and held several Masonic and fraternal positions. Surviving: wife Ellen son Stephen a sister and four brothers. Services Saturday at Turner chapel east with Mt Hermon lodge escort. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Norman Phillip Church, a Cedar Rapids resident and former Chicago postal clerk born March 20, 1905 in Green Bay Wisconsin, died Wednesday after a brief illness. Survived by sister Adele Hallquist and brother Lance Church, services Saturday at Turner Chapel West with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery and Hanford Legion post to conduct military rites. Friends may call until 10 a.m. Saturday. casket to be closed.
Mary Edna Jones widow of Claude Jones died Thursday after a long illness. Born Sept 6 1891 at Ladora she was member of Knox Presbyterian church. Surviving: daughters Marion E Allen and Bernice Allen. sons Dale Dean Darrell Wayne Claude. nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services pending at Turner chapel east.
Memorial services planned Friday at 2 p.m. at Carson funeral home Maquoketa for Donald J Massey. A misidentification as Clifford L Massey was noted in Wednesday information. Burial follows at Sunny side cemetery Milton at 2 p.m. Friday. Brush chapel Cedar Rapids handles arrangements.
In Lincoln the annual University of Nebraska snowball fight escalated into a melee with bottles and rocks. Damage to fraternity houses and dormitories ran to thousands, Delta Upsilon’s house alone facing about $1,000. Police halted the riot after giving 1,500 students 15 minutes to disperse.
A suit from a Guttenberg service station accident was dismissed in Cedar Rapids federal court after a settlement. Arno H. Reinhardt sued American Oil Co. for 100000 in damages claiming injuries when a car rolled off a hoist on October 17, 1967, due to a defective hoist lacking a device to prevent roll off. The dismissal did not reveal terms.
Senate hearings were sought on whether U S policy avoids expanding involvement in Cambodia as in Vietnam. Cooper and Church urge inquiry while Pentagon officials say air strikes are time limited and avoid populations, with advisers and Vietnamese troops roaming ground briefly on command helicopters.
The bill imposes up to a year in jail or a $1000 fine or both for unlawful drug gatherings. It allows a district court to issue injunctions if sponsors fail to prevent illegal distribution and may attach gate receipts to cover fines and policing costs. The House narrowly voted to remove a Senate-passed section aimed at stopping such gatherings.
The Linn County general fund received 4.27 from a 100 bond posted by Douglas L. Horn in a marijuana sale case. Costs totaled 95.73 for clerk fees and official shorthand. Horn failed to appear for sentencing December 28 after a July 9 conviction. an arrest warrant is issued and bond now stands at 10,000.
Ronald Randall's demurrer to a city zoning violation charge was sustained by District Court Judge Robert Osmundson after an appeal from municipal court. The city claimed a diesel bulldozer elevating platform stump chipper and flatbed truck parked on Twenty first Street SE violated R-2 district use rules. Randall, a tree trimming service manager, argued storage met legal requirements.
The Hiawatha Derby station was broken into early Thursday morning. Deputies report 25 cartons of cigarettes and about $20 in cash missing.
Cedar Rapids mayoral city officials confirm all three municipal court seats will be on the ballot next fall. Judges Hullinger Reilly and Hansell face re-election, with Hansell’s appointed term expiring December 31, 1971, under state code requiring an appointee to stand for election.
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Russell faced Southern resistance as a presidential nominee and later became Senate leader pro tem in 1969. He backed Vietnam escalation, opposed draft card burnings, and opposed civil rights bills, while receiving honors such as the Warren Commission roster and the Forrestal Memorial Award for defense collaboration. Nixon praised him in 1970 and visited him in hospital.
William F Meinen born May 20 1908 Worthington married Mary Reisdorf in 1933. He moved to Cedar Rapids from Dubuque in 1944, member of St Jude Catholic Church the Eagles club and Cryovac Co. Survived by wife son Richard and daughter Donna both of Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren and three sisters. Services Saturday 10 am at St Jude Church. Burial St Johns Cemetery. Rosary Friday 7 30 pm at Teahen chapel. friends may call after 1 pm Friday.
James L. Gruskey, 18, of Central City, was arrested by Linn county deputies late Thursday on reckless driving charges. He appeared before Justice Glenn Powers and was placed in county jail with $110 bond, due to answer by Saturday.
Cuban radio reported that Cuba and North Vietnam signed commercial and economic aid pacts in Hanoi on Wednesday.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co suit against Globe Indemnity National Surety Great American and Phoenix Insurance Co ends with a stipulation for dismissal. No settlement details released. The case followed a 1967 boiler explosion at Prairie Creek station tied to an $888,037 claim and a $23 million expansion project.
Hopkins said the delegation from Spencer includes ordinary residents not related to the PW flyers. He reported 13 Iowans confirmed as prisoners of war in North Vietnam and 19 more listed missing in action. Norton serves as a representative of Gov. Ray. If talks fail the Jowans will fly home Friday afternoon.
A delegation of lowans seeking information on war prisoners will reach BERN from Geneva to meet with other delegations. Five members led by Co-chairman Donald Canney Cedar Rapids mayor arrived in Geneva, while the rest traveled to Stockholm. The group plans to regroup in Paris Saturday before flying home. Canney said talks with communist delegates at the Vietnam peace talks are unlikely to yield results.
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