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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1967
Page
1
Highs and lows listed across cities with precipitation amounts. Five day forecast shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal with scattered showers and thunderstorms Thursday through Monday. Additional daily stats include normal normals, sun and moon times, barometer and humidity at noon. Obituaries and funeral notices follow for multiple local communities.
Police report truce efforts as Plainfield, Montclair, East Orange, Orange, Elizabeth and Franklin face post riot tension after three nights of violence. Nero athletes and local officials discuss gun thefts from a Middlesex munitions plant as Union County works to contain unrest. In Louisville and Nyack, rocks and bottles target fire crews and windows during renewed racial clashes with no injuries reported.
A July notice lists maintenance and family court items and several traffic actions. Names include Thomas A. Burd and many others with addresses in Waterloo Cedar Falls Marion and Dubuque. Multiple bond forfeitures and fines are recorded for speeding traffic signals failure and reckless driving.
Cedar Rapids airport commission will take bids August 8 for the first phase of a 1.5 million dollar expansion. The plan adds 32 Thangars and a Wathan hangar addition, with total early costs between 250 thousand and 300 thousand dollars.
The Pentagon confirms U S military training for officers from Sudan Iraq Syria and Lebanon at bases nationwide. Training units access manuals on communications aircraft and tanks while U S relations with these states remain strained drawing calls for oversight and a probe.
The juvenile probation offices relocate to the third floor of the county office building at 305 Second Avenue SE from the courthouse basement and third floor. The move, guided by Vern Feldman, chief probation officer, impacts next week’s schedule with Thursday opening and unchanged phone numbers. Additional welfare offices join the basement space, a new courtroom is planned, and all twelve probation officers will be centralized. Some disruption is expected due to distance from the court, but space and efficiency should improve. A county attorney assigned to social welfare and work experience staff move into the basement area. Total expenditures for soldiers relief amount to 5 853 09 dollars and the Hillcrest Country Club Mt Vernon liquor license is renewed.
Judge Harold D. Victor imposed a suspended 10 day sentence on Violet M. Titus 33 of 3369 Third avenue SE for drunk driving. She received probation until Sept. 20 and a 60 day license suspension. Titus pled innocent on Dec. 20 and changed to guilty on July 12. arrest dated Nov. 26 at First avenue and Twelfth street SW.
William A. Audeh M D is reappointed to the county hospital commission with a term to next July 1. The panel governs admission of mentally ill patients and alcohol dependent patients to the Mental Health Institute at Independence and other facilities. It also handles county home admissions and includes a clerk of the district court, a lawyer, and a physician. district court judges appoint the doctor and lawyer.
W A Wick of 1931 Washington Avenue SE notified county supervisors that a 43 acre parcel between Forty-second and Forty-fourth streets SE south of Mount Vernon Road SE could serve as a health center site. He said the land lies outside city limits, is level, near hospitals, with water mains installed and possible sewer connection when incorporated, avoiding urban renewal costs.
The county board of supervisors on Tuesday reviewed the second quarter 1967 reports. Vincent Hart, justice of the peace in Marion township, billed $80 in fines and $16 in fees. Miles Adams, police court judge in Marion, listed $548.70 in fines and $226 in costs. John Dake, justice of the peace in Maine township, reported $265.36 in fines and $35 in costs. Charles Werner, auditor, recorded total receipts of $9,219.65. The June report for the county was noted.
George E. Penne of Springville was arrested Tuesday on charges of malicious injury to a building assault and battery and blasphemous and obscene language. Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers released him on his own recognizance. Penne's wife and his father-in-law filed the charges after an incident at the Penne residence Monday morning.
James Nisley director of the county board of social welfare will attend an American Public Welfare Assn institute in Chicago next Monday through Thursday to study separation of aids and services.
Farmers State Bank of Marion Iowa faces Thomas Stalley and Roy M Houser Jr in a case listing trial amounts of 180 dollars 235 dollars and 133 27 dollars respectively. The wording reflects a bank dispute over small monetary claims in Iowa.
Spahn and Rose Lumber Co. sues Clarence H. Johnson and Ola V. Johnson for 6697.62 in a foreclosure of a mechanic's lien. The case notes a correction that David Myers does not reside at 1739 Fifth Avenue SE as reported in The Gazette on Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids city council approves plans for a sanitary sewer extension to the Allis-Chalmers plant with an estimated cost of about 230000 dollars. A public hearing and bid opening are scheduled for 9 a m on Aug 9. Howard R Green Engineering Co is the consulting engineer.
New York a passenger filed a $200000 suit against Irish International Airlines claiming he suffered flea bites on a Shannon to New York flight last July. John O'Reagan said he acquired siphonaptera fleas, making him a social pariah after the incident and scratches.
Nathan Grossgold paid 650 dollars in 1956 for a 33 by 141 foot plot located in the middle of a city street in Berwyn. Circuit Court Judge Daniel McNamara ruled the city must pay him the 650 dollars to reclaim the land as part of a street project.
Green Valley addition received preliminary plat approval for a single family development east of East Post road SE. Terry Bjornsen of Bjornsen Investment Corp submitted the plat to conform with A l zoning after a prior rezoning denial. The council also approved Cedar Hills Hilltop Unit No. 4 and Kvach's addition plats.
Rusk says U S position is not hostile toward Russia and notes limits of any illusion about the two powers. He suggests the Soviet Union might influence Arab states toward Israel recognition, while criticizing recent arms shipments to the Middle East. He reports cautious hope for a NATO style arms limit, but is not encouraged. On Vietnam he cites progress reports and rejects the idea of a stalemate, noting Hanoi’s unwillingness to discuss halting bombing.
The council received a petition with 181 signatures requesting extending Forty second street NE west to Glass road NE. It directed the engineering department to study the feasibility of such construction due to growing need.
Howard Wray Mixson 54 Cedar Rapids resident and former Equitable Life manager died in Alexandria Minnesota after a brief illness. Born 1912 in Omaha he served in World War II and retired as a colonel. Elmira Gardner 1893 Cedar Rapids area resident died in a local hospital after a brief illness. She married Hubert E Gardner in 1912 and is survived by children grandchildren and siblings. Memorial services are scheduled in Cedar Rapids with burial at Cedar Memorial and First Presbyterian church affiliations noted for both.
James J. Griffin 65 of 717 Sixth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at University Hospitals Iowa City after a short illness. Born Holbrook August 25 1901 he farmed there before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1921. Survived by three sisters Mrs Frank McGillicuddy Mrs James G Donahoe and Miss Alice Griffin. Requiem High Mass Thursday 9 am at St Mary’s Iowa City burial St Michael’s. Rosary Wednesday 7:30 at Donohue mortuary Iowa City.
Mrs. Adam Berg a Cedar Rapids resident for 20 years died Tuesday in Manchester Vermont after a short illness Survivors include two sisters Mrs L M Ford 2645 Bever avenue SE and Mrs Josephine Wandel 398 Twenty sixth street SE and a brother Harry Bud Hutchinson Iowa City Funeral services are Friday in Manchester.
Robert McGill 52 of 508 Fifth avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday born March 8 1915 Survived by his mother Edna C Winze also of 508 Fifth avenue SE Services at Turner Chapel East Friday 10:30 a.m. with Rev Kenneth Stecker of St Ludmila s Church Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Meredith Miller made four sales calls in a single day and secured a sale. Classification 30 marks home dog and pet supplies. To place action ad contact number 369-1234 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Mark Edward Heggs infant son of Mr and Mrs Allan W Heggs of 287 Twenty-fifth avenue SW died Tuesday. Survived by sister Kimberly Lynne and grandparents Irene Crigler and Lial Saltzman with great grandparents John Wimner Bert Saltzman. Graveside service at Maple Row cemetery Kellerton at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. today for Charles Joseph Gould infant son of Mr and Mrs Dean Gould of 424 Ninth Street NW Born July 6 in Cedar Rapids he died at University Hospitals Iowa City Tuesday Surviving parents include two brothers David and Anthony and three grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee Gould of 807 C Avenue NW and Mrs Dorothy Brandon of 3041 D Avenue NE
Memorial services are scheduled at Turner Chapel East at 1 30 p m Thursday led by the Rev Thomas S Hulme burial will be in Linwood Cemetery.
L Osservatore della Domenica, Vatican weekly, signals a softer stance on internationalizing Jerusalem while not changing its position. The article about Pope Paul VI's Turkey trip omits any call for international status and emphasizes free access to holy sites for all.
A local want ad urges readers to act today by calling 369-1234 to place ads and connect with job or service listings. The brief notice emphasizes immediacy and easy access through a single phone line.
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