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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1966
Page
3
The Daily Record lists highs and lows for many cities with precipitation. Includes five day forecast cooler in parts, scattered thundershowers, and rainfall estimates. Births and divorces noted for Cedar Rapids and surrounding area. Fire incidents reported with locations and times.
A list of speeding and traffic violations from the Municipal Court Police Division shows numerous defendants, with fines ranging from 10 to 35 dollars plus costs. Several cases include reckless driving and disobeying signs, along with sentences for drunkenness and unattended vehicle strikes.
Psychiatrist Dr. John H. Hege testified on May 16 to June 17 at the Ana mora security hospital that Donald E. Thomas, on trial for his wife’s shooting, showed deep low mood and withdrawal with possible suicide risk. Hege linked Thomas’s depression to isolation, distrust, dependency needs, a missing father figure, and childhood trauma including a drowning incident. He noted the death by own action note and discussed Thomas’s intense bond with his child Ed and Mary, while defense testimony described an affair with Sharon Kaye Thomas and its possible influence on the defendant’s mindset.
McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Co. spokesman says Linn County’s bookkeeping is antiquated and will be updated by week’s end. The firm is handling the 1964 and 1965 county audits begun in June and aims to finish in September. The auditors found duplication and urge adopting modern business methods.
Mercury Builders Inc of Illinois sues Gee Grading and Excavating Co of Cedar Rapids for 2994.04 dollars claiming negligence after Gee workers damaged an electric cable during grading for a Commons Building project at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. The suit stems from an oral contract dated May 14 1965 and a August 1964 project agreement.
The Linn county board of supervisors appointed Stanley Holub to Fire District No. 4 for one year starting July 1 and Vernon K. Dice to Fire District No. 6 for three years starting August 3. The board also approved June reports for Cedar Rapids municipal court deputy clerk Verne Wood, district court clerk Kenneth L. Perry, county home steward George McLeran, Mt. Vernon mayor Frank J. Benesh, renewed a cigarette permit for Meyer's Small Engines, and a class B permit for Ced-Rel Supper Club.
The Progress committee will present its report on the county proposed multi million dollar health center to the Linn county board of supervisors on Thursday. The date was incorrectly stated in Tuesdays Ga Zones.
The article notes that Red China has shown no intervention in the war under current conditions and that France and de Gaulle's Russia trip has not harmed Western unity. Washington backs an international ban on nuclear spread and allied nuclear sharing, with no conflict between the two ideas. Moscow’s objections are linked to factors other than these policies.
The NAACP accused a group of men of assaulting a youth as they led him away shouting support for George Lincoln Rockwell and his American Nazi party leader Rockwell, who headed the group. The incident ended with the youth leaving the area.
Perry W Fletcher 626 Twenty seventh street NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness He was born May 24 1881 in Barry Illinois married Henrietta VanBeek Oct 1 1945 in Minneapolis veteran of the Spanish American War Surviving family includes a wife daughter grandchildren siblings a stepson and a stepdaughter Funeral and memorial arrangements are listed for Macon Missouri Cedar Memorial and Turner chapels Also noted are memorial services for Emma M Wilkinson and the death of Gracia Rector with arrangements pending at Turners
Anthony Sokol aged 62 of 222 First Street SE Cedar Rapids died at University Hospital Iowa City after a long illness. Born in Czechoslovakia May 15, 1904 he came to Cedar Rapids in 1919 and worked 30 years for Wilson and Co. Memorial services at Kuba Funeral Home 2:30 p.m. Friday burial at Czech National. Friends may call Thursday.
Edna Stanley aged 83 widow of Earl Stanley and former Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday afternoon in Moline. Born January 1, 1887 in Cedar Rapids she leaves a daughter Mrs Ted R Snakenberg of Moline. Memorial services set for 3 p.m. Thursday in Turner chapel by Rev Warren L Feller. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
McIntosh Judson Beatty Bearle funeral at 1 30 p.m. Thursday Rev Ray Garvey Sinclair Memorial church burial Campbell cemetery Mt Ver non Road sister Mrs Edward Hasler Hemphill Grace M Chapel of Memories 10 30 a.m. Thursday Rev Donald T Caspers interment Cedar Memorial cemetery calls Cedar Memorial after Wednesday noon Chapel of Memories after 9 a.m. Thursday Hubacek Charles Brush chapel 2 p.m. Thursday Rev Jerry Drahovzal burial Czech National cemetery Bousek Anna Brosh chapel 8 30 a.m. Thursday 9 St Wenceslaus church Rt Rev Msgr Anthony W Chihak burial St Johns cemetery Mrs Bousek Altar and Rosary Society of St Wenceslaus Luckey Carroll H First Lutheran church 10 30 a.m.
The items note funeral services and burials for several individuals. Thursday services led by Rev. George W. Carlson and Rev. A. F Frankhauser with burial at Oak Hill Cedar or Spring Grove cemeteries. Wake times at Turner Chapel and church calls vary by person and time.
President Johnson says stockpiles remain ample and production exceeds consumption. He confirms further overseas deployments and measures to bolster U S military presence in South Vietnam. He defends bombing oil storage near Hanoi Haiphong as required by conditions and cites public support. He plans nationwide travel before the November elections.
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