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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1965
Page
18
A 45 year old prowler, peering into a Cedar Rapids home at 701 Fourteenth Street SE, was fought off by 17 year old Jack Machacek after a scuffle in the garage. Jack struck the intruder with a gun butt, injuring him, before the prowler fled in a car. Police searched the area with no arrest.
Des Moines AP reports the appointment of Dr. James Speers as director of regional and community health services for the state health department. He is Des Moines Polk County health officer and will start Aug 1 with a salary of 19300 dollars.
Coroner reports six children aged up to 10 trapped on the second floor and suffocated in a blaze at a two story brick home on First Avenue NW. The parents, Mr and Mrs Paul Taul, are the sole survivors. James Connell 28 was injured in a parking lot incident tied to the tragedy.
Linn-Mar officials authorize payroll deductions for retirement annuities via contract with insurance agents. Janis M. Kegley CPA is retained for the annual school audit. Acoustical ceiling tiles to be installed in new classrooms repurposed from the old kitchen. The board urges quick substitution staffing and notes France will sell three helicopters to Indonesia for non military use.
Police reported an explosion in a city building injuring a man who ran outside and was knocked unconscious. A 29 year old mother escaped by jumping from a first floor window. Fire officials indicated the blaze started in the same incident.
Danny Lucore, 19, of 515 Sixteenth Street SE, was arrested Thursday night on resisting an officer charge after refusing to leave Sandy's Drive-In parking lot with about 12 other youths. He talked back to officers and posted a $30 bond before release. Check classified ads for real values.
Detectives say burglars gained entry through a basement window and took a bank bag containing about $75 from a filing cabinet drawer. The break in at Mess Food Shop, 520 Sixteenth Street SE, was discovered at 6:50 a.m. Friday by owner Herman Meis.
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