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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1965
Page
3
Highs and lows listed for multiple cities with precipitation figures. Five day forecast: temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with showers or thunderstorms toward week end. Normal highs around 86 to 89, lows 64 to 66. Noon to 2 pm readings for Wednesday included. Local incidents include helicopter crash, controlled burns, traffic fines, and court actions with names and locations in Cedar Rapids and surrounding counties.
Petty larceny charges were filed Wednesday against two young grocery store employees accused of attempting to steal beer from the store. George A. Hodge, 18, of 726 Thirty-second Street NE, and Kenneth Burger, 19, Route One, Marion, posted $100 bonds and were released.
David is trapped on OZ ZIE AND HARRIET at 6 30 on Wednesday night on Channel 9.
Obituaries note ages and funeral service times for Waukon Alvin Olson 52 Ludlow Salem Reformed John Grotegut 74 Mt. Vernon Emma Woods 82 Williamsburg Nellie Marsden 84 Columbus Junction Nellie Marsden Stacy's Mt. Vernon Baxter's Bluffton John Mellick 64 Decorah Earlville Louis Martens 77 Clifton's Services set mostly at 2 PM on upcoming Thursday or Friday at local churches and funeral homes.
LeRoy Thomas Smith 56 of 2428 First Avenue NE died Tuesday after a long illness. Born September 7 1908 in Oskaloosa he married Anna G Streets January 25 1948 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving include wife a son LeRoy L Streets two sisters a step son and five grandchildren. Memorial services Friday at First Lutheran Church Cedar Memorial burial. Shari Rose Robinson eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Cloyd Robinson died Tuesday evening after a brief illness born October 17 1964 Cedar Rapids. Surviving parents two sisters and a brother grandparents memorial services Thursday at Kuba Funeral Home burial Cedar Memorial. Casket not to be opened after services.
Glenn E. Stephenson plant superintendent at Sinclair Refining Co. Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years died Wednesday. Born Center Ville November 9, 1906. Survived by wife Hazel son Terry of Portland and two grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home with burial at Oak Hill. Family requests contributions to cancer fund.
Funeral services announced for Iram J Torrence at Oak Hill cemetery with Turner chapel in charge. Morton E Lemmon to be buried at Cedar Memorial with service at Ellis Park Church of God led by Rev. Earl W. Osnes. Forest M Davis to be buried at Czech National Military graveside with Hanford Post American Legion. Julia S Kaeberle to be laid to Cedar Memorial cemetery with Turner chapel officiating. Friends may call Kuba funeral home for Lemmon and Davis.
Police and park staff searched Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden Connecticut after reports of a body. They located a wooden dressed dummy hidden on a rock face, ending the search for a real victim.
In a news conference McNamara says U S forces in South Vietnam remain under U S command and South Vietnamese forces under Saigon officers. He notes Viet Cong strength at 65 000 regulars and up to 100 000 irregulars while stressing U S aims do not include domination or bases. Johnson warns major new decisions may be needed. McNamara and Lodge plan talks in Saigon with Taylor Westmoreland and Vietnamese leaders.
In Washington, senators pressed to lift the annual defense appropriation from 45 billion dollars amid rising Vietnam war costs. Senator Stennis urged action now as defense money bills circulate, with Senator Robertson proposing adding one or two billion dollars immediately. McNamara was asked for details on needed funds to sustain the Vietnam offensive and maintain strategic reserves.
The first flower arranging class for boys and girls opens with the Junior Garden Club at Daniels Park, 10 a.m. Participants will learn from the Chloris II Arrangers Guild led by Mrs. Fred Williamson in the picnic pavilion. Additional sessions are July 20 at Ellis Park recreation maintenance building and July 28 at Riverside Park city market, all starting at 10 a.m.
Judge William R. Eads released the July term equity case assignments for Linn district court with all hearings at 9 am. Dates list cases such as Schmit v Civil Service Commission on July 15 and Nost v Nost Sauers v Pattison on July 27, ending with Kinkead v Kinkead and related matters. A separate note states Kinkead rendered his own license to Cedar Rapids Municipal Court and was held on a $500 bond.
Patricia A. Beam administrator for Daniel L. Beam files a 50000 damage suit in Cedar Rapids. Defendants Larry Kline and John Kline face charges of reckless driving and high speed leading to a ditch accident one mile east of Norway. Jury trial requested.
Royal Zenith Corp and Mastan Co sue Citizen Publications Inc J W Grant and Carroll T Westbrook in Linn district court seeking 50 946 on a web fed offset press contract. They allege default after an initial 4160 payment and 72 monthly payments of 707 each plus 749 final, with April 27 1964 contract date and July 1 1964 first due date. Only pre delivery payments made.
Kenneth Hall age 17 of 2001 Second Street SW pleaded innocent to two identity charges after being accused of using a stolen driver’s license. He appeared before Bertram Township Justice Glenn Powers and faced counts of fraudulently using a license and possessing no valid license. Hall was fined $100 for minor beer possession and later admitted using the name Ronald Ankney.
Harold Schneider Jr., 23, of 129 Cherry Hill Road NW, was sentenced to ten years in prison for breaking and entering. He faced 23 burglaries and three attempted breakings, pled not guilty in April, changed to guilty in July, and received a sentence to the men's reformatory at Anamosa by Judge B J Maxwell.
Orley M. McCune of 160 Westview Drive NW won a stay on revoking his driving privileges while his appeal of a drunk driving conviction proceeds. Judge Maxwell granted a writ of certiorari allowing restoration of driving rights during the appeal. Other suits include Yvette Feiereisen vs. Wendlandt for 8825 injuries and Hubbard Milling Co. vs. Gaiser on seven promissory notes for 5181.
Typhoon Freda swept into the South China Sea causing extensive damage in the Philippines and leaving an estimated 37 dead. Among the casualties 13 were killed in a landslide on Mindanao as rains triggered widespread floods across northern Luzon.
Edwin L. Lindner 21 of 1427 Tenth Street NW given six months in county jail for driving with a suspended license. Earlier Tuesday he received 30 days for attempting to elude police after his panel truck was stopped at C Avenue and Twenty ninth Street NE. sentencing by Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin.
Donald L. Jensen of Marion witnessed a 12-year-old boy trying to enter his car in the Iowa Milling Co. lot Tuesday evening. Jensen handed the youth to juvenile officers. Cigarettes had been stolen from his car twice recently. The boy was returned to his parents pending juvenile court action.
Local newspaper urges readers to scan economical Want Ads for bargains and opportunities. Highlights quick listings on goods services and jobs with emphasis on affordability and immediacy.
Senators from both parties mourn Adlai Stevenson with terms like “dedicated public servant” and “loss to free people.” John Sherman Cooper praised his world law vision while Mrs. Kennedy and Truman express deep sorrow. The UN secretary general and Canadian PM Pearson also issue messages of grief and respect.
Thursday Noon Optimist meeting at the Elks club will feature slides by Earl Logan about Colorado's San Juan wilderness. The Giftree at 515 4th Ave ISE advertises July Gift Sale.
Stevenson assisted in 1945 with United Nations organization preparation and was appointed as a UN General Assembly delegate by President Truman in 1946 and 1947. He later served as a State Department consultant for Eisenhower in late 1957 ahead of the North Atlantic Council in Paris, then won the Illinois governorship by a record plurality.
DES MOINES AP Ed Storey, a one term former official drafted by the Democratic convention to run for president, has been named executive secretary of the Iowa development commission. He was divorced in 1949 and did not remarry. He is the father of three sons.
Vinton authorities ordered Harley Van Dyke to remove a small building from his east Vinton property after neighbors petitioned and complained the moved structure was unsightly. The council acted at Tuesday night meeting.
Thomas Shea of 3620 Bel Air Drive SE is appointed executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. He will oversee direct services in Dubuque Waterloo and Cedar Rapids and relocate to Dubuque. Orlyn Wathier will succeed Shea in Cedar Rapids covering several counties. Robert Clark of Waterloo becomes casework supervisor for 17 Northeast Iowa counties.
He entered prison on a life sentence in 1955 and now seeks another trial on the original first degree murder indictment that could carry the death penalty. Federal Judge Weinman ordered his release last July 16 due to trial fairness concerns, and an appellate panel denied rehearing 2 1. He remains free on a $10,000 bond and is listed as absent with leave on the penitentiary roster.
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