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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1966
Page
2
Sunday through Saturday temperatures for major cities listed with highs and lows. Five day Iowa forecast shows near normal eastern highs to five degrees above normal in the west, with scattered showers in late week. Normal July values and local observations provide a detailed snapshot. The piece also includes river/dam readings and a long list of family notices.
Ardith K Buckley and Adeline J Willman are granted divorces. A Milwaukee rail yard fire and a series of incidents including a lamp cord fire injuring Jess and Mrs Crane, trash fires, gasoline spill flush, and multiple traffic fines are reported. Several memorial services and obituaries list names and church notes. A lawman endangers lives while outrunning a posse noted on Channel 9.
A federal court suit filed in Cedar Rapids seeks $200,000 and names the city of Waterloo and officials in connection with Eddie Sallis death in Waterloo police custody. The action alleges brutality and denial of equal rights and housing opportunities. A second suit in Crawford County seeks $100,000 for injuries from a 1965 two car crash.
Ronald Leroy Bruce, 30, of 944 Tenth Avenue SE, was treated for cuts and bruises at St. Luke's hospital after an altercation in the 1000 block of Sixth Street SE. He says three Negro men beat him after leaving a party at 1010 Sixth Street SE Hosie Hillman residence. Witnesses say it was a fair fight. The case was forwarded to the county attorney for study.
Tommy Thomas, 36, of 1218 Fifteenth Street SE, arrested Sunday on shoplifting charge. Police say he took two spray paint cans worth 2.54 from Robinson Co. 2020 Sixteenth Avenue SW. He was released on 110 bond.
Floyd B. McKissick national director of CORE declares non-violence is dead and that you cannot teach it anymore saying the nation has become violent. He made the remark to reporters in New York.
An old classified item urges readers to purchase goods by shopping the current want ads. It emphasizes timely deals and practical bargains across available listings.
The Mt. Vernon Community School District filed condemnation against Mt. Vernon First Street property owned by Josephine Ann Jensen of Wyoming Iowa with Citizens Savings Bank of Anamosa a first mortgage holder and tenants Howard and Doris Gollobit. The district seeks the land for added building area classroom space and auxiliary school uses. Sheriff Walter Grant ordered a land appraisal commission to meet August 1 at 10 am with members Richard M. R adl Stewart M. Franks James W. McCutcheon and others from Cedar Rapids to assess the property.
Mary A. Mason of Central City files a 3518.52 damage suit against Ward C. Mason, alleging failure to pay court ordered child support and other debts from their 1963 divorce. She seeks foreclosure and sale of a lien on his one half of the land where she lives.
The trial of Sylvester P. Northrup, 30, of Troy Mills for false uttering a check was continued by Judge David Harris to the October term. Northrup's trial had been set to begin Monday.
Judge David Harris revoked the probation of Claire Moore age 51 of 482 Eighteenth Street Marion. Moore faces a seven year sentence at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison for false uttering of a charge upon a guilty plea dated January 14 1966.
The parole board asked to revoke Moore’s probation after he allegedly violated multiple rules. He was charged with passing a counterfeit $20 check to Stebor Motors on October 20.
Clarence W. Fee, 48, of Center Point, fined $50 and costs by Bertram township justice Glenn Powers after being found guilty of intoxication. Unable to pay, he was sentenced to 15 days in county jail.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt recalled to President Johnson a recent chat with Britain's Harold Wilson in which he joked that Johnson would grant any request. Holt added Wilson asked why Holt did not ask for Fort Knox.
Pioneer Park officials announce two new Trumpeter swan offspring born at the park. The cygnets are descendants of wounded swans placed there years ago by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. City Park Director Jim Ager notes about 1,000 Trumpeter swans exist globally and says the Lincoln twins are virtually priceless.
Argentina's new military government orders police to watch couples in parks plazas and promenades who act without modesty. The measure targets public displays of affection as part of a crackdown on behavior deemed indecent by authorities.
Ben Otten of 3645 Fourteenth Street SE has been named Jaycee of the month for June for his work as chairman of the state teenage road-eo. Keyman awards went to Walter Dondanville James R. Kohler Jr Carroll Teckenburg Lyle Schultz Charles Hippler and James L. Peters.
Clifford L. Dixon, 52, of Vinton was arrested early Sunday on a drunk driving charge after Cedar Rapids police stopped his car at the intersection of highways 149 and 30 at 2 09 a.m. Dixon posted a 500 bond and was released.
A USAF transport plane crashed and sank off Cape Lisburne Alaska killing nine aboard including four passengers USO entertainers Hugh and Elinor Yancey from Los Angeles. Weather was overcast with wind gusts up to 28 knots as it neared the runway during a Nome to Cape Lisburne supply flight.
Cedar Rapids shows a 39.8 percent gain in effective buying power per household from 1960 to 1965 and ranks eighth nationwide among cities with rising incomes. The 1965 population was 104,100 with per capita income of 3048 and per household income of 9471, above Iowa averages. annual retail sales were 195 million dollars per Sales Management magazine June 10 issue.
Mabelle I Frantz 21 of Iowa City was fined 25 for fighting with Brenda J Fritz 26 of 1529 Seventh Avenue SE in front of the One-Eighteen club at 124 First Street NE Saturday night. Fritz is free on 30 bond and must appear in municipal court within two days. Police said the motive is unclear as two officers and two passers-by intervened.
The committee plans a second meeting with Red Cross representatives led by chairman Samuel Gonard to press for access to American prisoners in Vietnam. Officials stressed concern for all prisoners and noted efforts to engage Hanoi through Red Cross networks with fellow diplomatic states.
Walter J. Boehm, 61, of 308% Blairs Ferry Road NE, died Sunday night in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born November 26, 1904 in Elkport, he married Alice Ray on September 12, 1942 in Santa Ana, California. Survived by wife and three brothers Elmer of Manchester, Harvey and Kermit of Dubuque. Services Wednesday at 10 in Murdoch chapel Marion. burial Mt Harmony Elkport at 12:30. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday. casket not opened after service.
Memorial services are listed for Sidney B Baldwin Tuesday at 4 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories with Rev Ona Kirk of the Pentecostal Evangelical church. Military graveside honors by the American Legion at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Calls of condolence at Cedar Memorial funeral home Monday and Chapel of Memories after 10 am Tuesday. Memorials also note Palumbo widow Fred at St Patrick’s with burial at Mt Calvary. Rosary Monday 8 pm. Daughters of Isabella and Knights of Columbus attend Monahan Stewart. Claude P Jones to Turner chapel at 3 pm Wednesday with further services and burial at Boothby funeral home in Cherokee. calling until 2:30 pm Wednesday. casket not opened after service.
Firefighters rescue Emmett Anderson from a smoke filled upstairs apartment. The blaze damages the Crane living room and heavily damages the kitchen while the rest of the building suffers smoke damage. Mr and Mrs Monahan’s children escape without injury.
Israel announces strict economic retrenchment along with a three year plan to raise exports by 460 million. Government actions target growth across industries and markets, signaling a concerted effort to expand international sales and reduce deficits.
The International Court of Justice, by a single vote, dismissed Liberia and Ethiopia's six year effort to end South Africa's control of Southwest Africa. The court ruled the suits had no legal basis to challenge the League of Nations mandate. President Sir Percy Spender cast the deciding vote after a 7-7 tally.
Three members of the Tolheim family in Cedar Rapids suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at First avenue and Edgewood road NW Sunday at 7 27 p m. Elmer Tolheim 61 his wife Helen and daughter Joyce 17 were treated at Mercy hospital and released. The other driver Melvin Goldsworth 23 Swisher was charged with failing to have his vehicle under control and violating safety standards due to faulty brakes.
Britain’s Prime Minister and Soviet Premier Kosygin conferred in the Kremlin for two and a half hours about Vietnam and then continued discussions over lunch.
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