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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1969
Page
5
Dense bulletin lists highs and lows for cities, precipitation totals, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, plus a long row of public and private notices. It includes marriage and divorce notices, separate maintenance petitions, police incident summaries, and multiple traffic fines and violations recorded by the Cedar Rapids area division.
The notice lists publication details for Cedar Rapids Gazette including address Second Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and subscription rates for carrier and mail editions with varying monthly and yearly prices. It notes limited mail availability in areas with Gazette carrier service and credits The Associated Press with exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Obituaries list several residents with ages and service times across towns like South English Fayette and Vinton. Names include Samuel M Flory Mildred Wilder Claude Hindal Georgia Swift Verne Wood Carolina Felker Floyd White Verona Marie Potter and Verona Pot ter with services scheduled Saturday Monday and locations listed.
Stella Reilly aged 71 dies in Cedar Rapids after residing there three years born April 8 1893 at Ryan daughter of late Mr and Mrs Reilly widow of John Reilly funeral plans set with Rosary and Requiem Mass. Pauline Mahring Stelcik 78 long time Cedar Rapids resident dies in St Petersburg Florida born Prague Czechoslovakia June 27 1890 practical nurse wife of Vincent two daughters a son five grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren cremation in St Petersburg planned.
George E. Munsell 71 of Boone former Cedar Rapids resident died early Friday in Iowa City. Born November 28, 1897 he operated an insurance and real estate office in Boone and was a World War I veteran. Survivors include a son Bill Munsell Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Charles Chamberlin St Paul two sisters and a brother. Services Monday 10 30 at First Presbyterian Boone burial in Boone Welin Funeral Home Boone in charge. Family suggests gifts to American Cancer Society.
Mrs Louis Alnutt Eva Pauline Alnutt 801 Fifteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. Born January 16 1899 in Tipton she was widow of Louis Everett Alnutt and a Cedar Rapids resident 51 years. Survived by daughter Ellen Brooks two sons Louis Everett Alnutt Jr and Charles Frederick Alnutt all of Cedar Rapids six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorial services at Turner Chapel East 3 p.m. Monday officiated by Rev Hurley Bassett Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at chapel until 2 30 p.m. Monday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
Winifred Harriet Weber of Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. She had lived at 502 Second Street SW for 24 years and was born April 22, 1925, in a noted earlier life event.
The obituary notes that a Cedar Rapids woman, a member of Cone Presbyterian Church, survived by her father Ed N. Weber and brother Joe Weber. Services at Turner Chapel West Monday at 1 30 led by Rev Aleck Ulmer of the First Church of the Nazarene. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Vinton. Casket will not be opened after the service. Memorial Fund of the First Nazarene Church suggested.
Mary Ellen Hinton funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by Dr. Glenn Mae Michael of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery Kirksville Missouri Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in charge. Carl M Burge graveside 1 30 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery conducted by Rev Allen S Van Cleve Turner Chapel East in charge.
Winter storms lash the Pacific Northwest with heavy snow and record cold. Seattle endures 10 days below freezing as 19 inches accumulate and a 30 degree high breaks a 1909 record. In Washington engineers report 30 to 40 inch piles causing roof collapses and $100 000 damage at a cold storage warehouse. Three drowned in Arkansas floods after up to eight inches of rain in 24 hours. The Wabash river area near Lafayette Indiana faces days of high water from ice jams and rain prompting livestock evacuation and road closures.
David Driscoll a 17 year old from Williamsburg was admitted to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids after his sled hit a tree during a hill slide. He was listed in good condition Friday officials said.
The National plane was hijacked for about 90 minutes as Cuban authorities intervened. Passengers included Donna Goldiner, a stewardess on her second hijacking, and William Stevens, an FAA official, who rode in the cockpit during the incident.
Icy road conditions delay 52 army inductees from Camden to Newark as charter buses fail to arrive, granting a one day postponement. The AP report notes the schedule disruption and the expected continuation of induction efforts.
President Nixon toured the rubble swept Negro ghetto of Washington D C after last April riots. He met residents and discussed rebuilding plans including a park named for Herman Clifford and praised cooperation between federal, city and property owners on immediate action.
LaQuesta H. Doolin seeks bond reduction to allow defense time to gather evidence for self defense in the Jan 24 fatal shooting of her estranged husband James. A preliminary murder hearing is set for March 7 in municipal court. Doolin, 33, is jailed in Linn County.
London witnesses a swift clash as rugby players oarsmen and other students eject 50 militant leftists from the London University Union building. At Cambridge moderates drive 400 leftists from a sit in at the London School of Economics. 2,000 march to demand reopening amid a court injunction against rebel leaders.
President Nixon told Pentagon leaders to air their policy differences openly. He spoke to about 200 officials at the Defense Department praising military leadership and urging open discussion to shape U S policy despite internal tensions.
Two motor vehicle accident suits are filed in Linn district court. Freeman Wendt of Cedar County seeks 16 631.09 in damages from Alan Campbell Jr Cedar Rapids for a Dec 1 1967 rear end crash on M Vernon road SE at Nineteenth street. Sandra Stumph Reddick of Cedar Rapids seeks 21 361.40 from James J Castagna for an April 23 1966 rear end collision on Highway 74 south of Palo that left her with permanent injuries.
David H. Forde age 21 of Mt. Vernon changed his plea to guilty on charges of breaking and entering tied to a November 25 burglary at the Cedar Rapids Bowl. He is one of three Linn County men named in the case.
The columnists listed include Tom Wicker Florabel Muir Leonard Lyons Rick DuBrow Abby Van Buren Suzy Knickerbocker and sports writer Don Walton. Entertainment segments feature Florabel Muir and the Drummonds with TV notes and a humor page by Art Buchwald.
Police captured the suspects at the Town and Country shopping center bowling alley. Dee denied the charge. One man was convicted by a Linn district court jury in January and is serving ten years in Ft. Madison State Penitentiary. The other pleaded guilty Thursday. both await pre sentence investigations. Forde will be sentenced next Friday.
A Linn county hearing will decide whether to issue a temporary injunction ordering Linn Auditor Charles Werner to keep Cedar Rapids residential valuations at the figures reported to William Forst. The petition argues Forst's ten percent increase harms cities and schools by delaying tax lists and funds.
Floyd Kepler pled guilty in Linn district court to the lesser offense of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He had been bound over on larceny of a motor vehicle related to a car stolen from the 200 block of Sixth street SE registered to John Ely Jr. A pre-sentence investigation is ordered and sentencing is set for next Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Bankers Life Co. sues against Alford Reeves and Dorothy Reeves for mortgage foreclosure involving 18 490 81 dollars. Murphy Finance Co. of Cedar Rapids files chattel mortgage foreclosure against Robert Eugene Gordon and Joan H. Gordon for 1 955 dollars.
Marine Lt Col Jack L. Norman of Traer is awarded the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry at Quantico for duty during Operation Hickory in Vietnam. He plans to retire soon and return to Traer. First Lt Geoffrey E. Bangs earns Air Force Commendation Medal at Scott AFB. Several enlistees head to San Diego and delayed entry programs noted.
City planners discuss a south loop bypass running from Eighth avenue SW to D avenue NE to ease central business district congestion. The regional commission will test alternates while the Iowa Development Commission studies contract work. decision expected next week to unlock federal funds for the Cedar Valley expressway.
Readings plunge across far northeast Iowa with New Albin posting minus 16 unofficially. Nearby towns report 13 below at New Hampton and Mason City officially. Other lows include Waukon 9 below West Union 6 below Elkader 4 below and Oelwein 3 below. Cedar Rapids hits 2 above. Forecast calls for light snow Friday night and highs in the teens to 20s Saturday.
Iowa education leaders consider forming a separate board to oversee vocational technical development for area schools. Flatt notes area districts may bear the heaviest future load and cites financial and accreditation challenges in the first four years of the 1965 area school program. Some educators propose transferring oversight to the state university and state schools for the blind and deaf.
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