Cedar Rapids Marion Annexation Talks Narrow Boundary Gap
Cedar Rapids and Marion councils in Marion City Hall inch toward a boundary agreement over 1200 acres. Marion rejects a Cedar Rapids backed plan seeking 75 percent of the area. a counter-proposal splits acreage near C avenue NE and Blairs Ferry Road NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Pete Crivaro
John Oberthien
Crivaro
Oberthien
C Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Ralph Potter
Potter
Cavenne
Bob Johnson
Marion Council
Robins
IC Avenue
Car Hit by Train prompts ticket for driver
Cedar Rapids police ticketed Fay Delbert Wilhelm after his car was struck by a slow train on First Street SW near Eighth Avenue while crossing at 11 p m. Wilhelm claimed the train, but officers said he passed an automatic crossing signal just before the collision. Vehicle damage was about 200 dollars and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Fay Delbert Wilhelm
Twentieth Avenue
First Street
Eighth Avenue
Wilhelm
Tuscaloosa clash as crowd confronts Palance at integrated theater
Tear gas and fire hoses used to quell a 600 to 1,000 strong white crowd in Tuscaloosa when they believed actor Jack Palance was joining an integration attempt. One man arrested as bricks and missiles struck a theater hosting Palance and family after its integration last week. Theater manager Richard Young said Palance only came to see the film and no Negroes were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jack Palance
Palance
Richard Young
Young
Ten Eastern Iowa men enlisted for basic training
Ten Iowa men were enlisted and sent to basic training. Six joined the navy for San Diego while two joined the army security agency at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Others went to Lackland Texas for mechanical and electronic training. Hospitalman D A Christy will interview applicants in Cedar Rapids. Donald H Vyskocil sails to Pensacola for aviation cadet training. Gerald Thomsen and Steven Smith reported home on leave from Eglin and Midway deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Navy
San Diego
Robert L. Rothlisberger
Elgin
Kent P. Schuchmann
Hawk- Eye
John E. Brown
Ronald L. Doolittle
Michael J. Geraghty
Roger F. Ambrose
Monona
Schuchtmann
Army
Security Agency
Fort Leonard Wood
Tom Humes
Mt. Vernon
David L. Foster
Second Street
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
LaVern A. Wink
Anamosa Route
Roger Bartlett
Ninth Street
Marion
Wink
Bartlett
D. A. Christy
WAVE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Donald H. Vyskocil
Naval Reserve
Pensacola
Fla
University of Iowa
Land
Charles H. Vyskocil
Gerald D. Thomsen
Irvin A. Thomson
Upper Chain Lakes Road
Eglin Air Force Base
Steven Smith
William Smith
Anamosa
Midway
Alameda
Calif
Johnson Says He Seeks Deeds Over Words In Viet War Policy
President Johnson defended his policies amid questions on Fidel Castro comments and U S negotiations. He announced Michael Forrestal to chair an interdepartmental panel on U S team activities in Vietnam and Lucius Battle to become ambassador to the United Arab Republic. He discussed FBI activity in Mississippi and touted improving economic prospects through restrained wage and price policies. He noted 1964 budget cuts of 3 percent and signaled future good news on the fiscal year ending June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Caplin
Fidel Castro
U.S
Johnson
Michael Forrestal
James Forrestal
Vietnam
Forrestal
William Sullivan
National Security Council
White House
Lucius Battle
United Arab Republic
John Badeau
Columbia University
FBI
Mississippi
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
House
United Airlines Crash Report Highlights Night Rescue Efforts
Wreckage from United Airlines crash spread across a hill area with a wing section as the largest piece. Fire spread as rescue squads reached the scene and floodlights illuminated bodies moved to an emergency morgue in Newport. Authorities restricted roads to emergency traffic and planned bulldozing to speed operations. This was United's first fatal crash since November 23, 1962 amid a spate of four crashes in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
United
Keck
Philadelphia
Civil Aeronautics Board
Death Valley
Calif
Santa Catalina Island
California
Bermuda
Old Directories Warn Of Wrong Numbers
An old telephone directory is full of changed and discontinued numbers and wrong digits. If you have an obsolete directory near you throw it away today. Always use the current directory and dial the complete number for accuracy.
Quaker Oats Sues Rath Packing Over Tallow Quality
Quaker Oats files a Cedar Rapids federal suit against Rath Packing Co for 37320.24 alleging 40000 pounds of tal low purchased Jan 10 1963 was adulterated with deleterious matter believed to be fuel oil. The complaint claims $2116.50 paid and seeks $35203.74 in damages plus the purchase price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker
Fatal Christmas tree fire adds to Iowa crash toll
The Christmas tree fire in December 1962 claimed the wife, two daughters, and another child, bringing Johnson County auto fatalities to six for the year. Nationwide and state tolls rise with 374 IA deaths by Friday, 360 per state safety counts. Additional late week accidents killed Donald Weber 34 of Danbury Floyd Woodard 19 of Logan Floyd Henry Cooper 52 of Council Bluffs and Mary Leahy 22 of Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Iowa
Associated Press
State Safety Department
Floyd Leroy Woodard
Logan
Harrison County
Council Bluffs
Floyd Henry Cooper
Mary Leahy
Denison
Romania and Red China Expand Scientific Cooperation Pact
In Vienna Communist China and Romania agreed to broaden scientific and technical cooperation. Radio Bucharest reported the pact includes data exchange and analyses in oil, chemical and food industries and in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
China
Romania
Radio Bucharest
East Iowa Methodists Vote in Bishop Balloting
Four Iowa ministers received votes in the first Methodist bishop balloting for the North Central Jurisdiction. Dwight Loder led with 247 on the second ballot. Iowa nominees and votes: Jackson P Burns 18, Lawrence D Havighurst 17, Paul M Hann 15, Frederic E Miller 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa
North Central
Dwight Loder
Garrett Theological Seminary
Evanston
Ill
Jackson P., Burns
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence D. Havjighurst
Oelwein
Dubuque
Paul M. Hann
Des Moines
Frederic E. Miller
Waterloo
Suit Aims to Remove Goldwater From Office
Robert Schaaf a 22 year old San Francisco man filed in federal court seeking to depose Senator Barry Goldwater claiming he holds a federal office while serving as a major general in the air force reserve. Schaaf alleges the constitution bars dual office holding and notes Congress includes reserve officers. He acted as his own attorney and has a 1960 arrest in a nuclear test protest on his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Friday
U.S. District Court
Senator Goldwater
Robert Schaaf
U.S
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Schaaf
House of Congress
Congress
Federal
Man and Daughter Hurt In Motorbike Mishap
A Cedar Rapids man Ray Sisler 34 and his 13 year old daughter Patrice Sisler were thrown from a motorbike Thursday afternoon. Neither was hospitalized. They were treated for bumps and bruises after the accident at First Street and the Fifth Avenue intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ray Sisler
Patrice Sisler
Owen Caracas
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Sisler
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C.R
Marion Plan
By Ken Sullivan
Plan
Mississippi Rights Project
Rep
Edwards
D-Calif
Jackson
Miss
Allen Thompson
Paul Johnson
Mississipians
Princess Anne, Md
Herman Muir
Muir
Ereal
V.O
Canada
Seagram
Seagram Distillers CO
W.V.G
Tanadan
Pase
Northwestern Bell
Aine
Quaker Oats
Donald Weber
Danbury
Highway Patrol
Weber
Battle Creek
East
Methodists
Barry
Venezuela
Tommy Tucker
Arco Bldg
Empire Motors, Inc
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids, Ia
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