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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
3
A long weather synopsis lists highs and lows across multiple cities with scattered showers and a warm period, followed by obituaries and funeral notices for residents including Tama, Waukon, Martin, Williamsburg, Keota, Manchester, Marengo, Vinton, Mt. Auburn, and other towns. Birth announcements and service times are included for several families.
Speeding fines of 10 dollars and costs assigned to several defendants including Joseph S Collins and Linda Kay Touro. Reckless driving fined 35 dollars. failure to control a vehicle fined 10 dollars. Obstructed windshield and disorderly conduct led to bond forfeitures. Drunkenness cases produced 30 day suspended sentences for multiple individuals.
Continued report on an accident notes a 14 year record set in 1956. Funeral details list Mrs Adams and her two daughters taken to Emerson funeral home Hawkeye. Surviving relatives include John Wenthe Oelwein and Chris Wenthe Fredericksburg. Wehling survivor list mentions husband and son Dale in Oregon. Pieper survivors include husband son and daughter Lois.
Iowa reported 11 traffic fatalities as the Fourth of July period neared its midpoint Seven deaths occurred Thursday with three more earlier in the day The latest victims included Allen Jensen 6 of Milaca Minnesota Norma Farnsworth 27 near Adair and George Block Jr 25 of Little Rock Arkansas Also injured were Gary Van Aernam 19 and Steven Jensen 13 in a crash near Exira Paul Farnsworth 29 in critical condition and his son Allen 8 in fair condition Block was among five in a collision near Sibley on highway 9 near Lake Okoboji
Premier Giovanni Leone pledged continued Western leadership and a multi nation nuclear force within NATO. He won the senate confidence vote by 133 to 110.
A St Paul woman stabbed her husband with barber’s scissors during a custody dispute at Linn Junction near Cedar Rapids. Herman Schmidt 36 was treated for shallow wounds. Mary Schmidt 32 was held on assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. The couple’s five children were said to be inside the home during the struggle.
Vice President Johnson declined to state whether he will seek the Democratic nomination for vice president next year or attempt a Senate comeback. The AP report notes his refusal to commit to a clear political path amid ongoing campaign speculation.
Roy Harold Randall died at his home at 6 30 a m Friday after a sudden illness He was 114 born Sept 17 1997 in Cedar Rapids married Bernice T Stribling Sept 25 1933 in Muscatine He was a mechanic Surviving wife four daughters one son a sister a brother a stepbrother and a stepsister four grandchildren Memorial services are planned at Turner chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call after 1 p m Saturday at the chapel
Frances Rys aged 69 a Cedar Rapids resident since 1913 died Thursday after a long illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on December 24 1893 she is survived by daughter Mrs. Roger Ratcliff Newton and son Frank Rys Jr Springfield Missouri six grandchildren and a brother in Czechoslovakia. Husband died August 21 1961. Member of Lodge Ziskov Dub of the ZCBJ. Services Sunday at 2 at Kuba funeral home with burial at Czech National. Friends may call after 2 Saturday.
Charles Milton Rush of Chicago, an employee of the North Western Road, died Wednesday after a sudden illness in Clinton. Born July 4, 1900 in Lexington Kentucky, he leaves two nieces Mrs George W Turner and Mrs Dave Greer of Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner chapel with time to be announced. friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday.
Ten new liquor license applications, including Leonardo's Pizza, Russo's Pizza House, Ye Olde Vernon Inn, The Purple Cow, Aragon Tap Room and others, were submitted to city officials. The notices, signed by Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank, await approval after checks by health, building, fire, and police departments. Building officials note some minor code deficiencies may delay final approval.
Gerald Schutterle, 29, of Vinton, was struck on a county blacktop a mile north of Blairstown while attempting to wave down an oncoming auto. He suffered a compound fracture of his lower right leg, a fractured jaw, and facial cuts. He was transported to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids in fair condition. Driver Alvin Landgrebe, 41, also of Vinton, said he attempted to stop but Schutterle moved toward him as Halstead's car lights blinded him. No charges were filed.
AP reports Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Assn of America is in serious condition at George Washington University Hospital with cerebral thrombosis. Johnston age 66 became ill last month after returning from a trip to Europe.
Five people were injured in a crash between a cattle transport truck and a creamery milk truck at Milland Corners on highway 13 five miles south of Manchester. Injured: Ewald Sigworth and son Eugene, both of Marion, Duane Schaul of Marion, Leonard O'Dell of Manchester, and Don Logan. Conditions unknown. Sigworth headed south on highway 13, O'Dell west on the county road.
Leonard Lamparek 37 of near Swisher is killed in an Ohio truck accident. Lamparek operated a local trucking service. Survivors include his wife and three children.
Annapolis authorities say national guard troops will not be withdrawn from Cambridge until Monday. The move delays a Friday removal previously planned, per the governor's aide.
The United Church of Christ elected Rev. Gerhard Grauer of St Pauls UCC Chicago as moderator at its fourth General Synod. Mrs. Robert Johnson of Birmingham Alabama was named one of two assistant moderato rs, making history as the first Negro woman in such a post at a major Protestant denomination. Elmo Fischer of New Braunfels Texas is the other vice moderator.
Rev Frederick Meek of Boston and Rev T Chipman Day of Lunenburg Mass urge the United Church of Christ to support thriving urban congregations. Meek notes city churches as equal to cultural institutions and Day praises the church council as a pioneer in lay ministry within Protestantism.
The Iowa alcohol board approved licenses for railroads, an excursion boat, and several Lake Okoboji restaurants and taverns. First private business licenses arrived from Okoboji. Fred Moore and Jerry Stockdale led applicants to Des Moines. Eleven of fourteen early applications were approved by mid morning.
The University Athletic club in Iowa City aims to serve liquor by the drink at 2 p.m. Friday for a personal event. Des Moines approvals followed as attorney Scott Swisher and manager Kenneth Cline submitted the club's application. Local approvals came from University Heights, Coralville, Tiffin, and nearby establishments.
A six man Cedar Rapids delegation arrived in Des Moines by car with liquor by the drink applications approved by Cedar Rapids city council. They joined the Iowa liquor control commission line to await state approval. Members included George Alberts Elks club manager Mike Kennedy Roosevelt hotel manager Eugene Haddy Flame Room operator Dick Berzinski Shorewood restaurant operator Ray Carey Cedar Rapids Country club and Ross Leech Elmcrest Golf and Country club. All received licenses shortly after noon.
George H Forney II of Cedar Rapids has been promoted to first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He is a career officer serving as communications officer at Cherry Point North Carolina with the second Marine Air Wing. A University of Missouri graduate class of 1961 he entered the corps in June 1961. Also home on leave is Pfc William J Mitchell Solon son of Mr and Mrs David Mitchell for 15 days en route from Camp LeJeune North Carolina to Camp Pendleton California.
A fire Friday at the Voice of America installation under construction on Rhodes Greece caused about $100,000 in damage. No injuries reported. Local officials. cause under investigation.
The Waukon Country Club filed the first liquor by the drink application in Waukon with the town council on Wednesday and the council will consider it Monday night.
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