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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1967
Page
6
A compact daily weather digest lists highs and lows for several cities, precipitation, barometer, humidity, and daylight times. It also includes Senate actions, January 25 marriages and births notices, and brief local incident reports from Cedar Rapids area.
The official canvass of the city bus referendum found errors in two precincts unofficial returns but did not alter the overall outcome. Precinct 27 at Hoover school flipped from 155-154 to 154-155, and precincts thirty-two and thirty-four joined three others with under 60 percent majorities, leaving the final tally at 13,631 votes for the measure.
Monona Mrs Frank Hert rampf aged 71 to have services Friday at 1 30 at Pilgrim EUB. Schultz Mrs William Bruening 73 to have services Friday at 2 at St Johns Lutheran Tuecke Goettsch Hopkinton Thomas Murray 67 Tama Theodore Hopkins 61 services Saturday 2 at Ma son Columbus Junction David Allen 56 formerly of Columbus City Friday at 1 at McGinnis Bettendorf Sigourney Frances Lorena Lyons 81 services Saturday 2 30 Holm Cemetery Pennington
Symington cites quotes from U S pilots in Vietnam criticizing target restrictions. He recalls flying over barges loaded with trucks ammunition and fuel and questioning why empty targets or nearby airfields near Hanoi should not be military targets. He notes MiG-21s at Phuc Yen and the lack of tail guns making airfields hazardous and argues for broader targeting authority.
Catherine Gavin 73 widow of Irwin Gavin died in Oak Park Illinois after a short illness. She formerly lived at 622 B avenue NE and has since resided with her daughter Betsy Gavin in Oak Park. Survived by four sons Howard J Wichita Falls TX Stuart Downers Grove IL J Charles Encinitas CA Russell Columbus OH. two daughters Betsy Gavin Oak Park and Kathleen Hopker Shawnee Mission KS. four sisters Margaret O'Brien Velnda Stingly Cora O'Brien and Gay W Argo. 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 9 am at Immaculate Conception church with burial at St Martin's Cascade. Rosary Friday at 7 30 pm at Monahan Stewart funeral home.
Ella Louise Anderson died recently with services at the Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev Warren Feller of Trinity Methodist. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial Park. Survivors include five grandchildren and two great grandchildren among others listed. Funeral arrangements were with Barker Hattie May Beatty Bearle Funeral Home. Burial Cedar Memorial.
SAN DIEGO Calif AP police report a burglary across from the police station in which a thief took 300 men's suits from a clothing shop on Wednesday. No injuries reported and no suspects named.
Mayor Bob Johnson faced a strange halt as an elevator stalled between the second and third floors at City Hall. He and others were rescued after minutes, with the mayor noting a smoky moment as his group gasped before the door opened.
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in Turin amid a wave of anti communist bombings that spread from Rome. Police tightened security as explosions damaged communist party headquarters in Milan and Rome, with no injuries reported.
Linn county residents have until Tuesday January 31 to purchase 1967 automobile license plates without penalty. Licenses bought after will incur a five percent fine or at least one dollar. Plates need not be displayed until March 15. Deputy treasurer Lloyd Curtis urges mail requests with 1966 registration, payment for 1967 plates, and 25 cents reflectorization fee. postmark by January 31 avoids penalty.
Ty LeRoy Smith of 110 Wesley Drive NW filed a $43,943.51 auto damage suit against John David Bramer an employee of the Tri angle Calf ranch Marionville Missouri. Defendants include ranch owners William David Simpson Ernest Ridpath and J B Cloud. Smith says Bramer drove a ranch truck into his path February 23 1965 at Highway 60 and Interstate 35 intersection causing a severe concussion neck injury and ongoing headaches.
Judge Warren J Rees revoked the probation of 21 year old John R Sears of rural Richmond and ordered he serve an earlier seven year sentence at the men’s reformatory in Anamosa for false uttering of a check. Sears had been sentenced December 7. Records show he was sentenced January 23 in Wapello County district court on embezzlement by bailee.
Public Improvements Commissioner Don Canney said new Army Engineers data will help estimate when an upriver flood crest reaches the area. After attending a Rock Island meeting, he obtained a chart showing crest travel time to aid flood fighting prep and rough forecasts.
Senate Finance Committee chair Russell Long pledged support to Alabama in its bid against a possible cutoff of federal welfare funds. Long told former Governor George Wallace that he found Alabama's case strong after Wallace testified before the committee.
Barbara Dvorak sues Emil L. and Irma Svoboda and Conrad J. and Diana Svoboda for foreclosure seeking recovery of 16341 dollars. Court records show the action filed against the named defendants with a stated amount due.
Emery Meyers 31 of 2470 C Street SW was bound over to Linn County grand jury on a desertion and abandonment charge. He is accused of deserting three children and was held to the grand jury after a municipal court preliminary hearing Tuesday.
Hamilton county man Ray Park petitions to annul sister Sarah McFadden's 1965 will alleging she lacked capacity and was unduly influenced by neighbor Emily Kremenak. Estate valued at 26,195.63 dollars. McFadden died 1966 leaving most to Kremenak and others to Olive Martin and Alta Myers. Park sole heir.
Judge Harold D. Victor postponed the January trial of Bea Kloubec 48 of rural Mt. Ver non charged with uttering a false check for 35.07 dated October 12 to Sondrel's Variety Store in Cedar Rapids. The case will proceed on further court order.
Duane Duncan age 25 of Tama was sentenced by Bertram township Justice Glenn Powers to seven days in Linn county jail after conviction for intoxication. Charges of false uttering of a check against Mr and Mrs Irwin Sigmunds were dismissed for lack of evidence.
Frank McCollum, 48, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested after allegedly pulling a butcher knife at the Downtowner cafe on Second Avenue SE at about 10 45 p m He attacked Ernest D Norton 35 who restrained him Norton suffered a fractured right hand but was not seriously hurt and was treated at Mercy hospital before being released McCollum remained jailed on intoxication and assault charges.
Alexandria Virginia reports the spy trial of Air Force Sgt. Herbert Boeckenhaupt on a charge of conspiring to spy for Russia will begin May 22. UPI notes the high profile case and the timing for court proceedings in federal court.
Judge J Paul Naughton in Johnson county district court denied a permanent injunction to block the Clear Creek Community school district from buying a 25 acre site near Tiffin and issuing bonds to fund a new high school. The May 3 election passed with 63 percent approving a 563473 dollar bond issue.
A major winter storm swept from Kansas to lower Michigan with some Illinois counties expecting up to eight inches of snow. Chicago faced heavy traffic jams and a rotor of snow driven by 25 mph winds. A three story building on the northwest side saw a roof collapse but residents escaped unharmed.
In San Juan Puerto Rico police report several youths hurled bottles at an antiwar march led by Stokely Carmichael. A Cuban exile faced charges of attempting to incite a riot. The organizers denied that three of the 250 marchers were cut by the bottles.
U S and South Vietnamese forces trapped an estimated 100 North Vietnamese soldiers in a cave fortress in Bong Son area as U S infantry cleared a granite cave complex with para drops and helicopter support. A captain was fatally shot while trying to rescue civilians amid hostage women and children.
Washington reports the Johnson administration bars American pilots from flying within five miles of Hanoi center. Informants say the restriction aims to curb civilian bombing casualties cited in North Vietnam attacks. The order, drawn up to respond to widespread civilian impact, signals tighter air operation limits.
Wreckage of a plane with two bodies was found in a gully about 400 yards from the Bloomington airport runway. The aircraft was registered to Carl Adler of Sioux City, Iowa, and papers bearing his name were found on one body. The other body was believed to be Adler’s niece, also a licensed pilot, whose name was not immediately learned. The crash, likely during a heavy rain squall Wednesday night, was not heard. Adler was ferrying parts to the Bloomington RCA plant from Fort Dodge.
Mainichi reports Maoist offensive actions and economic disruption in Shansi and across plants and farms. Liu forces resist, with capital circulation frozen and loyalty groups forming. Inner Mongolia details limited, Ulanfu criticized. Harbin resistance noted and Mongolian policy debated.
Two strong earthquakes struck Blanca Spain on Wednesday causing alarm but no damage or injuries were reported. Local authorities urged residents to remain cautious as aftershocks were possible.
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