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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
3
The daily record outlines a five day period Tuesday through Saturday with temperatures two to four degrees below normal and a cooler trend early in the period. Normal highs are in the low 90s and normal lows in the mid to upper 60s with light precipitation. Flood watch data, past highs and lows, and July totals are listed alongside local wind, sunrise and sunset times and recent rainfall.
Lance Cpl. Max Jordan age 19 husband of Martha Jordan and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jordan Center Point listed in good condition by the Marine Corps after being wounded July 17 at Quang Tri Vietnam. He has served since August 1966 and spent seven months in Vietnam with the Third Marine Division.
Doctors announced the death of Britain's first liver transplant patient, a woman who survived 11 weeks after the operation in Cambridge.
The article notes that the flood crest passed at midnight Friday and uncovered records. A highway bridge gauge showed 19.19 feet, while engineers estimate this year's peak reached about 21 feet.
Storms across Iowa dropped heavy rainfall and a bolt ignited a barn on the Nicholas Ehr farm near Jesup. Calves were saved, but losses included 200 bales of hay 50 bales of straw and milking equipment. Rain totals varied by location and rivers were expected to rise.
Cedar Rapids and Linn County officials predicted the Edgewood road bridge would open by 1970 with possible traffic by late 1969. The project budget near 1.25 million dollars splits 12.6 percent county and 87.4 percent city costs.
The article notes Czechoslovakia defying five Warsaw Pact partners by pursuing liberal reforms, prompting Moscow to demand censorship and orthodox rule. Pravda warns against prolonged deviation as crisis mood grows in the Soviet bloc.
Linn County supervisors consider reestablishing a public defender system for indigent defendants in the Eighth Judicial District. A 1965 report opposed it due to high costs, but rising court costs prompt a new committee. Costs cited include 1964 13 667.02 1965 19 163.01 1966 36 580.71 with 1967 year-to-date 22 132.91.
The Linn county board of social welfare turned the case over to the county attorney after a Cedar Rapids man allegedly received 700 dollars in ADC funds in April and May using a fraudulent application. He claimed unemployment while working most days, prompting possible criminal charges.
Lloyd Tackman, 25, of 3701 Sixteenth Avenue SE, was fined $300 in Linn district court on a guilty plea to drunk driving. Judge B J Maxwell revoked his license for 60 days tied to a July 14 incident on Highway 149 a mile south of Cedar Rapids.
A Toddville American Legion hall break in was reported to Linn sheriff's office Sunday. Sheriff Walter Grant said 22 bottles of liquor and four cases of beer, valued at 120 dollars, were taken sometime during the week preceding. Entry was gained by jimmying the front door.
Glen A. Redmond, 22, of 58 Twenty-first Avenue Southwest, pled innocent in Linn district court on a charge of attempted breaking and entering. He was indicted by the July grand jury in connection with an alleged breakin at Kochs Tavern at 1100 First Street Southwest on May 14.
Mr and Mrs John Herdliska of Cedar Rapids sue Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hach in Linn district court over a May 11 1968 accident. Herdliska seeks 40000 for permanent disability and loss of companionship while Mrs Herdliska requests 5000 for damages including loss of love and earnings centering on a running car left by the Hachs and a child who shifted into gear.
Kenneth Avis, 18, of Cedar Rapids route three, was given until Thursday to move or plead to a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. Clarence Staton and Virgil Staton said Avis beat them with chains and fists at the Cedar Rapids drive-in theater on July 14. both were hospitalized two days. An attorney will be appointed for Avis by Judge John Reilly.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co filed another federal suit over boiler tube rupture at Prairie Creek station on Nov 17 1967. The action adds Phoenix Insurance Co National Surety Corp and Great American Insurance Co along with Globe Indemnity Co as defendants seeking 299 481 63 in damages and 588 556 for extra power replacement costs. Globe had filed a prior declaratory relief claiming no coverage for the incident.
Spec 4c Dennis W. Kendrick of Marion earned the Army Commendation Medal for May 5 combat actions in Vietnam while with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He drove toward heavy fire to recover casualties and aid withdrawal after the company commander ordered retreat. Kendrick previously earned the Air Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge and Purple Heart. Other Iowa veterans receive various commendations, enlistees head for Marine training, and promotions and new assignments are listed for several service members.
Channel 9 airs Gary Cooper in Springfield Rifle in color on Monday night at 9 o clock on KCRG TV.
Frank P Petrus 70 of 1322 J street SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a long illness. Born October 21 1897 in Oxford Junction he worked 40 years for Illinois Central Railroad before retirement. Survived by two nieces and two nephews all of Cedar Rapids. Memorial services Wednesday at 915 a m Janeba Kuba funeral home west requiem mass 930 a m St Ludmila's church burial St John's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids resident Gerald W. Bruce 51 of 1316 J Street SW died Monday after a long illness. Born May 11, 1917 in Seoul Iowa he married Anna Spores on April 26 1949 in Rock Island. Surviving wife three daughters Marilyn Kay Bruce and two others a son four sisters and one brother. Memorial services Thursday at 1 30 p.m. Kuba funeral home east with Rev William B Harnish. Burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Charles J Wade to be buried at Cedar Memorial after a 3:00 p.m. service Tuesday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev. Allen S. Van Cleve of Central Park Presbyterian Church. Gayle Farber to be buried at Oakland Cemetery after a 4:00 p.m. service Tuesday at Sac City Funeral Home by Rev. Robert Butler. Body taken from Turner west.
Gary Cooper stars in a vivid origin tale for television as The Channel 9 Monday Night Movie features the color presentation of Springfield Rifle on KCRG-TV at 9 PM.
A lone gunman robbed the Council Bluffs Savings bank shortly after 9 30 a m taking about eight thousand dollars. Bank staff described the suspect as a red haired man in sunglasses who fled on foot then disappeared into a black car before escaping againmeister. FBI agents collected the evidence while police questioned a man and two women about 30 minutes after the holdup.
James P. DeWitt, 25, of 120 Thirty-second Street NE, was released on $110 bond after arrest on assault and battery charges. His wife Sharon reported to Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers that he struck her, kicked her, and threw her from their home.
Local readers are urged to think first of want ads for buying or selling items. The note encourages using classified notices to reach neighbors efficiently and affix clear terms for transaksi ons.
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