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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
3
Whittier hosts a Kenya guest with weekend events noted. Forecasts show clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday with scattered thunderstorms mainly north Thursday night and northeast Friday. Lows in the 60s to 70s, highs 80s to 90s, and little temperature change Saturday. Independent city weather figures list temperatures and precipitation, plus local service notices and obituaries for Kalona and Waukon.
Miss Margaret Kenyatta daughter of Kenya's prime minister will spend 24 hours in Whittier and visit Cedar Rapids and West Branch. She travels with escort Herta Grove and attends community events, university tours, dinners, and a reception before leaving Tuesday.
The Iowa liquor control commission approved several liquor-by-the-drink licenses. Clubs include American Legion in Eldora Leroy E Weekes Post 3449 VFW in Iowa City and Waukon Veterans Club. Hotels and Motels license granted to Sheraton Montrose in Cedar Rapids. Commercial licenses issued to May City Lanes Cedar Rapids Bob's Tavern Lisbon Hilltop Tavern & Pizza House Iowa City and Tony's Charcoal Steak House Cedar Rapids.
Casablanca authorities raided an opposition party meeting on Wednesday and arrested 100 people, including 20 parliament members, according to reports from the government.
Mr Kennedy led a mob scene as students from the Western Hemisphere and continents raised hands repeatedly. He joked that readers of hostile articles should recall the author writes about a family in Davenport Iowa or Massachusetts or California. He stressed the US consists of 180 million individuals with shared aims.
Kennedy described as intolerable the treatment of Negroes facing discrimination in Danville Virginia. Wirtz cited that racial unrest deters firm location decisions and hurts the economy, noting Negro travel limits and potential gains if African Americans could move freely, impacting hotels, travel goods, and service industries.
Police reported the complete intake system was stolen from a new car at Rapids Chevrolet Co. on 601 First Avenue SE. Joe Best, service manager, said the car was in the company storage lot when the theft occurred. Value of the parts was $120.
The state department said no American official was to blame for the disappearance of 24 million bushels of feed grain sent to Austria in a barter deal. Officials reportedly believe the grain was sold in Western Europe and none went behind the Iron Curtain, though the investigation remains open.
A Tyler AP report says Pan American Petroleum Corp. won a $600000 damages suit against oilmen over slant drilled wells. Damages will be set later. Pan American alleged H L Long, operator on a lease near Pan American's, drilled slant wells drawing production from beneath Pan American's lease.
Cordele Georgia author McKenzie Hyman aged 41 died of an apparent heart attack at his home Thursday night after collapsing. He was rushed to a hospital but died within minutes. He wrote the book No Time for Sergeants.
Cedar Rapids police, joined by Waterloo and Davenport authorities, seek a Black male forger who passed payroll checks in Cedar Rapids on June 26 and July 1 netting 305.79 and 341.85. Two accomplices suspected. checks drawn on Kroger Co. payroll stock. FBI alerted. other forgeries reported in Davenport and Waterloo.
The Iowa Water pollution dispute centers on Waterloo discharges and Cedar Rapids calls for official injunctions. Mayor Jochumsen notes city efforts to upgrade the treatment plant while Cedar Rapids officials question the improvements' effectiveness. Mayor Bob Johnson awaits state health acknowledgment of a city council resolution.
President Kennedy outlines a proposed excise tax on foreign securities held by Americans as a way to reduce capital outflows. In six months of 1963 Americans bought 880 million of foreign securities, 590 million from Canada, versus 1.1 billion for all of 1962. The plan aims to avoid direct controls and limit impact on domestic rates while addressing balance of payments concerns. The Ways and Means Committee pledges high priority after tax-cut measures. Officials report broad backing abroad, with consensus that action was overdue.
Charles Wright 71 of 194 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 8 20 p m Wednesday after a long illness. Born April 1 1892 in Edgerton Minnesota he worked for Premier Press and was a World War I veteran. Surviving: son Robert C Wright Cedar Rapids two grandchildren three sisters Mrs Harry Thompson Sioux Falls SD Mrs William Miller Primghar IA and Mrs Charles Burrous Brush CO. Memorial services at First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids 1 30 p m Saturday conducted by Dr Theodore A Youngquist and Rev Richmond Anderson. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Turner Chapel until 9 p m Friday and at the church 10 a m to 1 30 p m Saturday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Frank C. Davis of Cedar Rapids died at 5 15 a m Thursday after a long illness. Born October 28 1879 he married Hulda A Gillis January 19 1909 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by daughter Hilda Mae Cornthwaite six great grandchildren and two grandchildren. Preceded by wife 1939 and son George F 1942. Services noon Saturday at Turner Chapel Calvary Baptist Church burial Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call.
Doris Marie Simon 40 wife of Edward R Simon of 9060 Avenue NW Cedar Rapids died at 5 a.m. Thursday after a long illness Born April 12 1923 she married April 13 1940 Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Dennis Buresh Cedar Rapids three sons Edward R Jr Mechanicsville John Walter in Germany Steven Lee Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Wayne Yardley Cedar Rapids two brothers Louis Mottinger Cedar Rapids Earl Mottinger Anamosa and two grandchildren Services 1 30 p m Saturday Beatty Bearle Funeral Home Burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call after 7 p.m Thursday at the chapel
A 47 year old Central City man Alfred Brimmer sustained shoulder rib and back injuries after falling 30 feet from a scaffold on 358 Eighth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids Thursday at 11 a.m. He is listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital.
Funeral services listed for Lloyd Hylden Beatty Bearle at 10 30 Friday led by Dr Francis W Pritchard and Hermon Masonic lodge with burial at Cedar Memorial Master Masons to meet at Masonic Hall at 10 Friday For Hopker Ralph Edward service at St Johns Episcopal Church 10 30 a m Saturday conducted by Rev D A Lofersky burial Cedar Memorial Call details and casket policy Friends may view at Turner chapel until 9 a m Friday and church 9 30 10 25 a m Saturday Edwin Walter Anderson to Turner chapel 3 p m Saturday service led by Dr Theodore A Youngquist burial Cedar Memorial
Oliver Greenley of Independence prepared to return to the witness stand as his firm Oliver Greenley, Inc. faces a grain charge trial in its fourth day. He testified yesterday and continued under U. S. cross examination at noon, with the government resting earlier, and Judge McManus noting frequent recesses for legal discussion. The jury had been expected to finish quickly, and remaining panel members are summoned for 9 a.m. Friday.
A downtown elm disease information center will open Monday in the Dows building. Volunteers will staff hours, and a mayoral committee meeting drew about 125 residents with roughly a dozen signatures. Brochures from Ambro Advertising promote a three point control plan and Save Our Elms bumper stickers.
Cedar Rapids city council approved on first reading an amendment to align beer sale hours with state liquor code. The change keeps sales until 1 a.m. and midnight on weekdays and weekends, but forbids sale or consumption between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. weekdays and from midnight Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday. Safety Commissioner Frank Bush urged the update to reduce enforcement confusion.
A 15-year-old Cedar Rapids girl, Paula Snenicka, was listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after a truck wreck on C Street SW at 2 am Wednesday. She suffered possible internal injuries when the pickup went out of control and stopped in a ditch. The driver was Susie Kulhavy, 17, of Twenty-fifth Avenue SW.
Police investigated two separate break ins on the southwest side. The Flapjacks restaurant at 606 Sixteenth avenue SW was entered through a restroom window before 12 30 a.m. Residents said burglars took nothing. Sheronick s grocery at 1430 L street SW was hit between 12 05 and 1 30 a.m by removing a transom screen above the front door.
Albany Illinois AP report says two men escaped injury when an amphibious plane crashed in the Mississippi River during an attempted emergency landing at Albany Marina. Pilot M. K. Schneider, 55, of Galva Illinois, said he departed Moline airport for La Crosse Wisconsin. Passenger Ted Hopping, 50, also of Galva, was aboard.
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