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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
3
Cold wave expected Tuesday night with temperatures dropping to 15 to 25 below and a slow rise Wednesday. Partly cloudy and cold Thursday with highs around 20s, no major precipitation. barometer unsteady and humidity around 72 percent at noon. Births and divorces noted. many service times listed for Wednesday and Thursday in towns including Hopkinton Decorah Goettsch's Olive Valley.
Speeding fines assigned to James M Wall and Harold W Mantz Jr. Betsinger and Wild receive $10 fines. Nelson and Elson with $10 to $25 costs. Borrer forfeits $15 bond. Attwood and Watson Bear sanctioned for lane changes and stop sign violations respectively. Moving parked vehicle cited for James E.
Mrs. Brooks Hays wife of a White House special assistant was treated in a Washington hospital for a fractured wrist after a housebreaker entered her home Monday night seeking money. Police say the man grabbed her arm as he threatened her with scissors. She described seeing a man in her bedroom before forcing him to flee with a small box of money.
Worlan, senior official with area development for the Iowa Power and Light Co, has held roles with the Iowa Utilities Assn and Iowa State extension. He is a licensed engineer, former Iowa Engineering Society officer, and past president of the Iowa Council for Community Improvement. He earned 1962 Iowa Engineering Society award, served on Mississippi Valley and Missouri River boards, is married with two daughters, and is Iowa State graduate and former Air Force captain.
Beverly Anderson of 1211 Third Avenue SE remained in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after a two car crash on Monday night in the 200 block of Eleventh Street NW. Irwin Mattox of Toddville, 45, was driving on the wrong side of the street and county authorities planned to file a drunk driving charge.
Leroy Ernest Hartsock 67 of Iowa City died when his car struck a semi trailer at South Linn and the Highway 6 bypass. The trailer carried corn. Hartsock was ejected as the car spun. Truck driver James Leo Rhinehart 32 of Brooklyn was uninjured. Funeral home custody noted. First Johnson County fatality of the year.
The piece notes continued debate on liquor bills with lawmakers reporting mixed public mail. Governor Hughes proposes exploring a western Iowa state college pending financing. A Senate sub committee is to study locating the college, with action possible in February after the Shaff reapportionment debate.
A liquor by the drink bill was filed in the Iowa Senate by Rep. Richard Turner to legalize liquor sales across the state without local option. The measure ties liquor licensing to a beer permit, sets a $1,000 license fee, imposes a 10 percent gross sales tax, and threatens up to $1,000 fine or one year in jail or both for selling liquor to a minor.
Carl William Jake Jacobsen sen 1727 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids lifelong resident died Monday night after a sudden illness Born August 8 1908 in Cedar Rapids married Geraldine Breneman August 30 1934 He worked at Universal Foundry later Nash Finch Co Golfer member Indian Creek Country club and International Moulders Union Survived by wife daughter Joan Technik two grandchildren mother sister and two brothers Services Thursday 1 30 at Turner Chapel with Dr Jackson Burns Cedar Memorial burial Friends may call at the chapel
Sandra Beth Usher 22 daughter of Mrs Dorine Usher of Cedar Rapids died Monday at University Hospitals Iowa City She was born April 4 1940 in Cedar Rapids Survived by mother six sisters two brothers and a grandmother Burial at Cedar Memorial following services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 130 Thursday by Rev Bernard Olson Friends may call after 3 p m Wednesday
Leona C Zier widow of Samuel Zier 1602 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a brief illness She was born January 23 1893 in What Cheer Her husband died in 1951 Surviving George Samuel Richard Zier both of Cedar Rapids sisters Blanche Connannon Santa Ana California Lucille Greer Cedar Rapids three grandchildren Mrs Zier was a member of Noelridge Park Christian church Burial Linwood Friends may call at the chapel This item appears in a Cedar Rapids roster of obituaries.
Mrs. Robert L. Carlo aged 29 of 314 Eighteenth Street NW died at University hospitals Monday evening after a long illness. Survived by husband, one daughter Rae Ann, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Bates of Ottumwa, and sister Alice L. Zaerr of 1053 Fifth Avenue SE. Services at Campbell funeral home Eldon Thursday tentatively 1:30 p.m. Burial at Eldon cemetery.
Emil E. Swatosh 67 of 357 Twenty-third street NW died on arrival at a Cedar Rapids hospital after being stricken while helping start a car Monday night. Born May 30 1905 in Solon he had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1917. He worked with Tom Siamis real estate for years and is survived by his wife Anna Katz two sons William A and Robert L Swatosh both of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren.
Two brothers Joseph Swatosh of Cedar Rapids and Charles Swatosh of Owatonna held services announced for Thursday at 9 at Immaculate Conception Church with Very Rev Msgr William Roach conducting. The Rosary was recited Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at Kuba Funeral Home where friends may call.
Andrie Rudolf Brush chapel service at 1 30 on Wednesday by Beno Stadler. Burial at Rogers Grove near Ely. Koering Fred H Turner the Rev John K Moore. Burial at Clarence. Cutter Katherine Ann Turner chapel at 3 Wednesday by Rev Martin O Hoyer. Burial at Linwood.
The Senate Republican policy committee voted to launch an independent investigation into the 1961 Cuban invasion. Chairman Hickenlooper of Iowa leads the panel with Senator Goldwater prompting questions about Kennedy’s role. Dirksen says the move is to uncover the full facts, not a reaction to Goldwater. Cuba remains unfinished business for the party.
Judge Charles Penningroth ordered on Tuesday that members of Joe's Tender Trap may reclaim liquor seized in the August 10 raid. They can sign an authorization slip and attorney Ted Ruffin will collect the liquor for them, avoiding a police station visit.
Police seized 601 bottles in a raid on Joe's Tender Trap and two other clubs. An order by Judge Penningroth directs unopened bottles to hospitals and opened ones to be destroyed, with 82 owners outside the club. All bottles with no listed ownership to be destroyed or given to hospitals within 30 days.
Police confiscated 37 bottles at the Glo-Room and ordered disposal by a judge. Full bottles were handed to Mercy Hospital, while owners had 30 days to claim partial bottles at the station. Unclaimed items and remaining partial bottles were destroyed after no claims by Tuesday.
President Kennedy expressed gratitude to Argentina on Tuesday for its cooperation with the United States during the October crisis over Soviet missiles in Cuba. Argentina’s foreign minister Dr. Carlos Manuel Muniz delivered the message after a White House visit and noted the gift of a painting by Vicente Forte to Mrs. Kennedy.
Robert H. Christopherson aged 19 from Muscatine withdrew his plea of innocent and pleaded guilty to drunk driving. He was arrested December 23 at Ninth Avenue and First Street SW and fined 300 dollars plus costs.
Cedar Rapids residents Gerald C. Blackburn James E. McMurray and Gailord W. McMurray pleaded guilty to larceny in the night time and received 90 day suspended sentences from Judge Donald Barnes. Blackburn 21 McMurray 23 McMurray 22 lived at 723 Fourth avenue SE 2613 Johnson avenue NW and 1344 Wilson avenue SW respectively.
Harold Ockenfels was arraigned Tuesday before Judge Donald Barnes and given until Monday to plead to a charge of desertion and abandonment of four children ages 9 11 12 and 14. He was indicted by the grand jury on January 8 and is listed at 1026 Eleventh Street NE.
Albert L. Trones, 31, of 529 Ninth Street, Marion, pled innocent to prohibited sales and advertisement when arraigned Monday before Judge Charles Penningroth. He was arrested Saturday by Marion police and charged with purchasing two six packs of beer for a minor at the 1101 Club in Marion.
Andrew L. Roberts, 19, of Hiawatha, was given until Friday to plead to a larceny charge. He appeared Monday before Judge Charles Penningroth after being arraigned. Roberts allegedly took a bicycle from Richard Rasmussen, 616 Fifth Street NW, on November 20.
Loren E. Bragg 21 of Mechanicsville pleaded innocent to one count of false uttering of a check. He allegedly wrote a bogus $78 check last Aug 20 and cashed it at Stanek's Truck Parts in Cedar Rapids during arraignment before Judge Bragg.
Ralph J. Duffy a 37 year old Par nell man pleaded guilty to false uttering a check and received a six month suspended sentence from Judge Donald Barnes. He must make restitution for a bogus Dec 6 935.75 check given to Whitey’s Auto Sales Cedar Rapids for a 1957 car.
Probate records list Emma E. McDonald as deceased on December 5 with wills admitted. Court documents name executors and specify estate matters under state law.
Anna Cerveny died November 24 naming daughters Agnes Becicka Libbie Krug and a daughter Bessie as executrices and heirs. Kenneth R Clark 33 of 647 Sixteenth Avenue SW received a six month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to indecent exposure. he was arrested Saturday on Third Avenue SE. Dean Aubrey Jones Jr 20 of 1809 Park Avenue SE pled innocent to lewdness at arraignment Monday. Edward Kriek Norway told Linn sheriff's office a $45 tarpaulin was stolen Friday from Albion Buresh farm.
The Air Force will participate in some Gemini flights under a new agreement between NASA and the Defense Department. The accord ends earlier disagreements and stresses cooperation as the two agencies push ahead with two man space crews.
President Kennedy told Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday he plans to send Congress a special message January 29 on aid to education. The plan signals a push for federal support for schools and related programs.
A bill was introduced by Sen. Kenneth Benda to validate the $425000 school bond approved in the December 7 election in the HLV Community School District covering Iowa and Poweshiek counties. The action aims to clear the bond for issuance and project funding.
A major fire in Amsterdam, described as the city’s worst since World War II, gutted a warehouse an advertising agency and a factory on Monday, with damage estimated across several sectors.
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