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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
3
Daily Record weather lists high and low temps for multiple cities with rainfall inches and barometer readings. It also notes births deaths services and legal notices, fines, and traffic violations from various towns including Anamosa, Columbus Junction, Lisbon, Independence, and Waukon.
Cedar Rapids Municipal airport enplaned and deplaned a total of 111000 in the first half of 1966, up from 89000 a year earlier. Airport Manager Hidinger announced Duane Van Horn as assistant airport manager and Harold Eckman as maintenance superintendent. About 700 spent to repair runway buckling from heat. commissioners plan to attend the Iowa airport managers meeting August 13-14 at Clear Lake.
President Johnson reports at a commission meeting that June electricity savings totaled 600 dollars as the airport runs a lights off campaign. The city notes that beacon lights remain on overnight despite savings efforts.
Senate inquiry into the Johnson administration open housing plan is postponed after Sen. Everett Dirksen reports illness. Dirksen, opposing the proposal, misses the session while Sen. Sam Ervin, who also criticizes the plan, delays the hearing for one week.
The 10 PM weekday weather segment on Channel 9 is drawing town talk for its playful host and memorable forecasts. Viewers tune in to see forecasts delivered with a wink and local flair.
Ohio State University disclosed 39 students faced discipline for a major cheating incident tied to a freshman mathematics final. Ten were dismissed, eighteen suspended six to nine months, and eleven given lesser penalties. The case involved theft and sale of exam pages, with a custodian paid to unlock the office.
Millionaire Daniel Overmyer reveals plans for a new nationwide network named Overmyer or ON. It will launch with about 100 stations on September 11, 1967 from New York headquarters, with Oliver Treyz as president and six UHF stations planned by year end.
Strikes left flights with empty seats and long phone waits as carriers grappled with reservations. At Kennedy Airport 22 Indianapolis PAL youths and two officers, stranded after their San Juan trip, were fed by American Airlines and housed at the airport hotel with a return flight arranged from Newark. The strike slowed airmail and mail deliveries while industry officials debated costs and settlements. IAM disputed airline wage cost estimates, arguing the $114 million figure was too high by at least $25 million.
Augusta Maine AP Casco Bay island once Rob ert Peary’s summer home has been accepted by the state from his daughter. The transfer finalizes ownership of the historic site in Casco Bay with ties to the famed Arctic explorer.
The Linn County grand jury returned 15 indictments from 32 cases heard, naming State Rep. Charles E. Hutchins on a second offense drunk driving charge, Dennis Ray McElhaney for rape, and James Onnie Perkins and John Cecil Taylor for conspiracy. It overturned one case by no bill and recommended assault and battery instead. The jury also noted two vehicle crash deaths were no billed and listed multiple defendants across embezzlement, lascivious acts, and other charges.
Cedar Rapids woman Arlene Pennington sues Richard Lowe for 10100 alleging back injuries and medical debts from a July 11 1964 crash at First Ave E and Twenty fourth St. She says Lowe drove at excessive speed and ignored requests to slow down. Lowe now resides in El Cajon California.
For the first time in six years the Linn county board of supervisors canceled its Tuesday meeting due to a lack of quorum. Chairman William Linstrom is on vacation while Dudley Henderson recovers from minor surgery at St. Luke's hospital. Anthony Scolaro noted the cancellation had never happened in his six years on the board.
Judge David Harris aged 39 from the sixteenth judicial district in Jefferson has a temporary appointment from the Iowa supreme court to serve on the eighteenth district bench in Cedar Rapids. Justice T G Garfield made the appointment to ease the heavy court load and Harris will remain in Cedar Rapids as long as needed while continuing duties in his home district.
Wuppertal Germany 3000 residents placed in quarantine after typhoid outbreak traced to a local school. Public health officials ordered closures and medical checks as the spread prompted alarms in the Rhur industrial city.
Mega heat gripped the Midwest with 100 degree highs as NBC rushed air conditioning gear to St Louis for a Tuesday All Star baseball broadcast. Power outages hit Nebraska and South Dakota areas though Omaha and 13 eastern counties escaped major grid problems. In Lincoln Norfolk and Valentine pumps failed briefly, a Nebraska dairyman lost ten cows to heat while volunteers cooled others. most herds survived.
James A. Daniel of Cedar Rapids, 40, was the first fan ejected this season from Memorial stadium as he drove onto the field during batting practice. He later returned, tried a ramp to the grandstand, was stopped by Officer Bob Havlik, and struck the officer when asked to leave, leading to arrest for drunken driving.
Cedar Rapids officials outline how patrons can speed mail delivery during a strike affecting United Air Lines. Ozark will carry east and west coastal mail to St. Louis and Kansas City, with deadlines for deposits to catch rail connections. Earliest deposits improve next‑day delivery prospects, says Postmaster E. R. Petro.
The House approved a 3.2 percent uniformed military pay raise and a 17.4 billion dollar package for weapons and aircraft. The conference report adds 553.8 million over administration requests and includes 130 million for a nuclear powered frigate and 20 million for another, amid House McNamara disputes over nuclear ships and bomber reductions.
Sandra Kay Huckins nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry M Huckins died Monday after a long illness born April 1 1957 in Cedar Rapids Survived by sister Bonnie Jean brother Billy Lee grandmother Elna Baldwin and foster parents Samuel and Mrs Madlom services at Turner chapel 3 p m Wednesday burial Linwood cemetery George Armour Krebs a Cedar Rapids resident before moving to California died Saturday in Monrovia California services Tuesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Monrovia burial Live Oak Memorial Park Survivors include wife Merle three children and six grandchildren
Esther Howe will have a memorial service at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by Dr Glenn W McMichael. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 11 a m Wednesday. Mary Burkhalter will have a service at Turner chapel 9 a m Wednesday by Dr Francis W Pritchard with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p m Tuesday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
President Johnson projected the 1966 federal budget deficit would fall under 50 percent of the January forecast, stating the shortfall would be less than the $6.4 billion predicted earlier. The estimate refers to the fiscal year ending June 30.
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