Weather report and assorted notices from Friday and Saturday
Daily Record weather details show high and low temperatures across multiple cities with precipitation and humidity notes. Entries include barometer trends, sunshine times, and rainfall totals, followed by a series of traffic fines, driving violations, and court notices for individuals in several towns.
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Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Miami
Gazette
City Briefs and Local Notices Roundup
City briefs record a Roosevelt Hotel Barber Shop update and a Garfield school meeting where Rod Bradley Brad Norman Kurt Korte Bill Malone Danny Matheny Randy Gordon Matt Steitzer and Dick Lowry received awards. Also noted are a theft report at Archie Hyde’s home, car vandalism near Washington High, and various ads for services businesses and events.
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Rod Bradley
Brad Norman
Kurt Korte
Bill Malone
Danny Matheny
Randy Gordon
Matt Steitzer
Dick Lowry
Garfield School
House Action on Tax Bill Seen Early Next Month
The House Ways and Means Committee plans action on President Johnsons 4.8 billion tax bill early next month. Senate timing allows enactment by March 15. Provisions include higher excise taxes, faster corporate collections, and withholding changes to fund the Vietnam War. Witnesses from Treasury and the administration testified this week with industry and Republican critics weighing withholding shifts and potential changes before a possible closed session.
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Washington
Tee
Johnson
Committee
Senate
Vietnam
House Committee
Treasury
Fowler
Charles Schultze
Rep
Byrnes
Wis
House
Ways and Means
Astor Hotel to Be Razed for New Office Tower
In New York the Astor hotel will close at year end after 62 years and be razed for a 40 story office building. Sold to Sam Minskoff & Sons for about 10.5 million dollars, the landmark hosted show people and figures like Arturo Toscanini and Florenz Ziegfeld. The red brick limestone French Renaissance structure on Broadway between 44th and 45th streets marks another postwar hotel closure in the city.
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New York
Astor Hotel
Times Square
Sam Minskoff & Sons
Arturo Toscanini
Florenz Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Astor
L’orangerie
Mott appeals Soviet sentence as parents pursue clemency
The American, six foot five and 250 pounds, received an 18 month term after a three day trial in Murmansk for illegally entering a Soviet enclave under a Norway USSR pact. His Soviet lawyer sought probation but the supreme court rejected the appeal on December 14. His embassy and parents pressured for clemency while he endured harsh Arctic prison conditions and a transfer to a regular jail. He described a tiny cell, cold, and sparse mail from home, with his family dealers in antique books awaiting news.
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Mott
Boris Zolotukhin
Supreme Court
U.S
William Shinn
Murmansk
Shinn
Matt
London
Spanish guards show faint radioactivity after bomber crash
A civil governor office spokesman said medical teams reported very faint traces of radioactivity in urine from about 15 Spanish civil guards who handled bomber wreckage. They were told to wash clothes and sun-dry them. Doctors to recheck Saturday. US officials cited Spanish energy board denying the finding. Spanish sources and officials held to the report. A spokesman denied an anti-American rally occurred in Cuevas de Almanzara where locals reportedly shouted anti-American slogans after Monday's crash.
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U. S
Spanish Nuclear Energy Board
Cuevas ‘de Almanzara
Almeria
Courthouse Tax Valuations Received From Johnson County
Johnson county board of education valuations arrived at the auditor’s office delaying Linn county’s plan to sue for figures. With valuations, Linn can finalize the education levy and issue tax statements, now expected late February due to a 1965 law shifting the valuation base to school district boundaries. Several district boundaries cross county lines.
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Board of Education
Johnson County
Linn County
Delores Rogers
Linn
County Board of Education
Dismiss Car Theft Charge Against Irwin
Richard W. Irwin a Cedar Rapids man 33 had a larceny of a motor vehicle charge dropped by Judge Charles Penningroth after a prior federal trial under the Dyer Act. He had been sentenced to five years in a federal prison in La Tuna Texas for stealing a car from Colleen Burke and was captured in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Richard W. Irwin
Cedar Rapids
Charles Penningroth
Irwin
LaTuna
Texas
Colleen Burke
Albuquerque
N.M
Couple Suffers Minor Injuries in Street Accident
Ronald Bronsema aged 35 and his wife Joann 33 of 4701 Midway Drive NW sustained minor injuries in a two car crash in the 100 block of Twelfth Street NE Saturday around 11 am. They were treated at St Luke's hospital and released. Bronsema faced a charge of failing to yield the right of way when emerging from an alley. The other driver's name was not immediately available.
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Ronald Bronsema
Joann
Midway Drive
Twelfth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bronsema
Bank Robbery Report Continues On Page One
Police linked a recent bank robbery to a Polk City heist a month earlier. The bandits, in their 20s, included a taller guard and a shorter vault intruder wearing a scarf. Neil Kelley, bank president of Winterset, said it was the first robbery at his bank. a similar 1920s theft nearby was recalled by officials.
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Polk City
Martens
Neil Kelley
Winterset
Des Moines
Booneville
Indonesian Price Slashes Decreed
Singapore AP reports Indonesia cuts fuel kerosene and railway fares to combat an economic slump. Government action aims to ease costs for citizens and spur activity amid downturn, with discounts announced Saturday.
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Singapore
Youth Driver Charged In Early Morning Crash flee scene
Joseph S. Wright Jr. 20 of 1730 Third Ave SE was arrested after a early Saturday crash in the 2700 block of First Ave E. He drove Davis 1957 car, fled scene, and was charged with failing to have car under control driving with suspended license failing to report the personal injury accident and failing to aid the injured. Davis 20 of Randalia was treated for severe facial lacerations and was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
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Joseph S. Wright, Jr
Third Avenue SE
First Avenue E
Wright
James A. Davis, Jr
Randalia
St. Luke’s Hospital
Davis
Dean Mollenhauer
Joseph
Mollenhauer
DeLong Ruby Ransom Figure Gets 10 Years
Richard Pearson, 35, was fined 10000 dollars and sentenced to 10 years for his role in ransoming the DeLong ruby. The three beach boys who stole the gem and other jewels from the New York Museum of Natural History in 1964 received three years. The ruby was later recovered. a Palm Beach millionaire paid a 25000 dollar ransom last September. Pearson also faces five years for possession of 150000 dollars in jewels stolen from a Miami department store. He claimed poverty and said his wife paid for the house and car. The judge ordered payment by February 21 or jail.
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Miami
Richard Pearson
New York
Pearson
U. S
William Mehrtens
Edmund Burke, Former Kelly-Springfield Tire Chief, Dies
Edmund Burke aged 72, retired president of Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., died Friday in Cumberland Maryland. The industry figure led the tire company during his career and was noted for his long service and leadership.
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Cumberland, Md
Edmund Burke
Kelly-Springfield Tire Co
Computer Too Liberal on Pay
Philadelphia school district officials halted about 900 paychecks due to a computer error that set the decimal point too far to the right. The miscalculation displayed checks of 1500 dollars instead of 150. Officials shut the machine off and said affected employees will receive their pay early next week.
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Philadelphia
Amish Fines Fall as Court Rules on Representation Feud
In Iowa a judge ruled that Amish men could not substitute for counsel, requiring defendants to have attorney representation. Fifteen Amish fathers faced charges for not sending children to schools with certified teachers, with fines moratorium in effect as officials seek a solution.
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Hazleton
Justice Court
Harold Hughes
Deaths Gladys M. Marshall 65 Cedar Rapids resident
Gladys M. Marshall age 65 of 1041 H avenue NW Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a long illness. Born in Tama on April 14 1900 she married Purley G. Marshall in Cedar Rapids on November 17 1926 and lived in Cedar Rapids 53 years. Survivors include her husband a son David three granddaughters four brothers and one sister. She was active in First Christian church and various women’s organizations. Memorial services Monday 230 p.m. at Hesser Memorial chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel.
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Gladys M. Marshall
H Avenue NW
Tama
Purley G.marshall
Cedar Rapids
Frank Nalley
Marshall
First Christian Church
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Iowa Christian Women’s Fellowship
United Church Women
Hesser
Cedar Memorial
Memorial Service for Joseph S Peterka at Kuba Funeral Home
Memorial services for Joseph S Peterka will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Kuba Funeral Home with Jerry Drahovzal officiating. Friends may contribute to the Linn County Heart Fund or the American Cancer Society.
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Peterka
Joseph S
Kuba
Jerry Drahovzal
Linn County Heart Fund
American Cancer Society
Architect Urges Preventive Planning For Society
Washington architect Joseph Watterson urged Iowa architects to back preventive planning as eagerly as preventive medicine. He cited regional planning for New York City and the Des Moines river basin, urging government leaders to create planning authorities and architects to act as advisors in large scale efforts. The three‑day AIA convention closed with events at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Watterson
Washington, D.C
Iowa
American Institute of Architects
Society of the Future
Watterson
New York City
Hudson River Valley
Des Moines River
Des Moines
Omaha
AIA
Roosevelt Hotel
Snowstorm Closes Mountain Highway in East Tennessee
The first major snowstorm of the season blankets Tennessee with six inches in many areas and up to 16 inches expected in the higher eastern mountains. U.S. 441 through the Great Smoky Mountains is closed to nonchain vehicles. chains required on major highways along the North Carolina border as Memphis and Nashville report about five inches.
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Nashville
Tennessee
East Tennessee
U.S. 441
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Memphis
Paratroopers Rescue Civilians Near Phu Yen Province
U S paratroopers of the 101st airborne brigade evacuated two Catholic nuns, 80 orphans and 30 families from a village in coastal Phu Yen after Viet Cong threats. Civilians were flown out by 20 helicopters with scattered fire but no casualties reported. They were to be resettled in another village.
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U.S
Phu Yen
U.S. 101St Airborne Brigade
Copter Crash Investigation Details in Cedar Rapids
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced that a July helicopter crash near Noelridge Park was caused by pilot Art Welty attempting a downwind hover turn. Art and Mrs. Welty were slightly injured when the craft failed to land in a cornfield off Highway 150. Damaged craft estimated at $15,000. verdict cited downwind maneuvering and power loss.
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Art Welty
Sixth Street
Highway 150
Noelridge Park
Welty
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