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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1966
Page
1
Temperatures across major cities show highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s with scattered showers. Five day forecast calls for 2 to 5 degrees above normal and .25 to .50 inch rainfall, while daily readings and barometric conditions are noted for several towns. Local fines and legal notices list individuals and offenses including speeding and driving without a license.
Police Chief Rousseau reported a parathion incident tied to a liquor store open Thursday night. Dr. W. R. Lawson of Minnesota health said the chemical is highly dangerous, usually restricted to commercial use, with symptoms appearing within hours.
Senator and Mrs Stephen Young aged 76 seek to adopt 10 year old Sun hi Cho from Seoul after visiting Korea last fall. The girl, living with her maternal grandmother near Seoul, will learn English and come to Washington later this year. Hyun chui Kim forwarded their request to the Korean child placement service. The couple has a married daughter in Cleveland.
Thief broke a porch window Friday morning at Ilks country club and unlocked the door. Cabinets and drawers were ransacked, with about $413 reported taken. No suspects named. Police listed.
Prime Minister Wilson's government won a 299 to 230 vote in the House of Commons on a motion that restates its general position in favor of promoting Vietnamese peace talks. Critics on the left decried support for the U.S. in Vietnam and the right opposed bombing fuel depots at Hanoi and Hai Phong.
Brother Isadore McCarron head of theology at St. Francis College Brooklyn will lecture at 7 30 p m in McAuley hall on Mt Mercy campus on the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine CCD during the summer session. Also listed are CCD seminars on Parish CCD Development July 13 and a Hi Time editor James Hageland talk July 20 both at 7 30 p m free to the public.
The union demands 53 cents an hour increase over three years while the air lines offer 30 cents and the panel backs up to 48 cents. Current pay is 3.52 an hour. Chairman William Curtin accuses the union of blowing up talks with a fantastic demand. The union pushes for four week vacations after 15 years and adds Good Friday as a holiday, drops a 40 to 37 2 hour workweek cut and overtime changes, but wants airlines to bear full pension and health coverage for workers and dependents. Five airlines coordinate bargaining under a National Mediation Board framework to avoid walkouts and presidential boards. The union backs the joint bargaining path toward national talks sought by machinists for years.
The jury in the Donald E. Thomas murder case began deliberations after final arguments and judge Williams R. Eads instructions. Thomas, 24, Cedar Rapids, is accused of fatally shooting his common law wife Sharon Kaye Thomas on November 17. Prosecutors contended he fired the .82 caliber revolver and lied about insanity. The defense portrayed Thomas as a man shaped by a troubled youth and alleged infidelity, with psychiatrists testifying to his depressed state.
Sheryle A. Goldensoph, 29, of 401 Mayberry Drive NW, pled guilty in Linn district court to false uttering of a check. Judge B J Maxwell imposed a six month jail sentence suspended on the condition of good behavior after she allegedly passed a $38 bad check on November 24 to Eagle Food Center No 89.
The State Tax commission will not revise Linn county's 10 percent increase in agricultural land valuations beyond the final notice. County officials argued the raise was inequitable. the commission reviewed data and maintained the order while also ordering a 10 percent decrease in valuations for buildings on the same properties.
The administrator of Donald Bruce Dennis’s estate seeks 72500 from Melvern Osterkamp in Cedar Rapids alleging he was intoxicated. Dennis, a passenger, died after Osterkamp’s car, in the wrong lane, was broadside by another vehicle on Sixth Street SW September 23, 1965.
LaVerne P. Grauerholtz of Vinton had probation revoked by Judge Warren J. Rees. He was ordered to serve a ten year sentence at the Anamosa men's reformatory after pleading guilty to a breaking and entering charge and receiving a ten year suspended sentence. His parole agent cited grounds for revocation.
Defendant broke probation by drinking and tavern visits, leaving probation area, failing to secure work, and driving without a license with parole agent approval. He pled guilty to breaking and entering the Krab Elevator in Ely on Feb 13. Petition filed by Keith B Merrill Agency of Des Moines vs John Willman Mildred D Willman and the Willman Co Inc Cedar Rapids for 19673.35 promissory note. Linn county supervisor Dudley Henderson of Central City admitted to St Luke's Hospital for minor surgery.
The note describes United resuming regular service August 1 with targeted Ozark terminal jet service. Transit centers faced jammed communications as travelers sought alternatives. Cedar Rapids Greyhound dispatches report a 10 percent rise in eastbound bus traffic while Milwaukee Road notes a 20 percent jump in westbound streamliner passengers, with limited seating for nonreservations as trains near capacity leaving Chicago.
The Cyclone Sausage Co. reported four meat processing machines valued at 640 stolen from a storage room. Owner Robert Dufield said the theft occurred in the last three weeks.
Floyd Nelson 48 of 412 Eighth avenue SE fell while working at the Cedar Rapids post office construction site Thursday afternoon. He was admitted to Mercy hospital in satisfactory condition Friday.
U.N. Secretary General Thant arrived in Reykjavik on Thursday night for discussions with government leaders.
The Communist Chinese military delegation has left Peking for a visit to Albania as reported by New China News Agency on Friday.
The death of 4 month old Scott Anthony Ross Wednesday was ruled due to suffocation after vomiting and inability to discharge the contents. Dr. Percy Harris, Linn county medical examiner, listed a tentative ruling. Autopsy findings and arrival at Mercy hospital noted. Surviving are William and Mrs. Ross, a sister Kimberly, grandparents, great grandparents, and other relatives. Graveside services were held Thursday at Cedar Memorial cemetery with Turner chapel handling arrangements.
Myrta Abbigail Yule 84 of 1408 Sixth Street NW widow of George William Yule died Thursday after a long illness. Born Mechanicsville Nov 19 1881 she married July 3 1899. Surviving daughter Mrs Richard Polton sister Angeline Jerdon Hamilton Ohio brother Ollie Nash Flint Michigan and four grandchildren. Services 9 30 a m Saturday Beatty Bearle Funeral Home burial Norwich Cemetery March 11? Friends may call after 7 p m Friday.
Memorial services are set for Katherine E. Murray at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's with rosaries at 8 p.m. Friday at Brady Mortuary. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary. Emma M. Wilkinson to be served at Turner Chapel at 1:30 p.m. Saturday by Rev. Don Andersen with burial at Cedar Memorial. Howard Charles Douglass to be honored at Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Saturday with cremation committal by Rev. Robert MacDanel.
The seven communist members of the Warsaw Pact on Friday called for a conference of interested nations to discuss European security.
King Savang Vatthana departed Vientiane for a brief holiday in Nice, France, ahead of a state visit to Paris.
Cedar Rapids recruiters report fifteen Navy enlistments including six in training at San Diego and two in the naval reserve. Names and ages include Wesley Kadlee 19 John Brune 19 Ronald Kramer 19 John Tucker 17 Clifford Mather 17 David Wendling 17 plus delayed program enlistees and reserve inductees with hometowns and addresses. Promotions listed for Gerald Siems and Donald Steger to airman ranks and Pfc Paul Christenson returning to Fort Bragg after leave.
Riotfireman suffered smoke inhalation as a scuffle left one prisoner and four guards lightly hurt. Officials held a meeting with a representative group of inmates after the incident. The official said a faction urged others to riot by accusing guards of brutality.
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