Harlem unrest tied to fringe groups and civic meetings
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports 1964 Harlem disorders with 8 dead 16 injured 227 arrested and 371 property incidents. FBI supplied information. fringe group links probed. Unity group to meet Harlem officials. five members to present grievances and demand mayor attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cedar Rapids
Thurs
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Urban League
Malcolm X
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Haryan
Harlem
Haryou
False charges denied by Linn county conservation board chief
Linn county conservation board chairman Dr J Harold Ennis Mt Vernon said charges that the board was blocking the Central City dam project were completely false He defended the boards careful approach and noted the 1500 signature petitions for swift action while confirming the $1500 feasibility study was authorized The board and county supervisors planned to discuss the budget with Ennis remaining noncommittal on dam funding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Conservation Board
Central City Dam
J. Harold Ennis
Mt. Vernon
Central City
Conservation Board
County Board of Supervisors
Mac Stone
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Stone
Ennis
Harlem Riots Prompt Calls for Police Reform and Peace Patrols
Amid clashes in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Murphy pledges protection of peaceful demonstrators while cracking down on violence. A grand jury investigates Lt Gilligan over a youth shooting as Adam Powell urges a non police review board and Negro leadership shifts. East Harlem forms a peace patrol as 118 injured and one dead are tallied across five days of disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Bedford - Stuyvesant
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Wagner
Harlem
James Gilligan
Gilligan
Negro Harlem
East Harlem
Ennis
Dis
Army Engineers
Central City
Bedford-Stuyvesant
C R Woman Injured When Car Hits Ditch
A Cedar Rapids woman, Mrs James Schmulbach of 822 Nineteenth Street SE, suffered minor cuts and bruises Thursday morning when her car left Highway 150 north of Mt Vernon and struck a ditch around 7 20 a m She was treated and released from St Luke s hospital by deputies notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Highway 150
Mt. Vernon
James Schmulbach
Nineteenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
C R Man Faces False Uttering Charge
Mel L Schappert 28 of 1519 O avenue NW posted 75 bond and was released after arrest on a warrant from Floyd County for false uttering of a check. He was held in the county jail overnight Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel L. Schappert
O Avenue NW
Schappert
Floyd County
Goldwater Retreats From Senate Run After Nomination
Goldwater said he would work harder to stay in politics after withdrawing from the Senate race to pursue the presidential nomination. He thanked colleagues on both sides and discussed party unity, naming a potential Republican conference with leaders including Eisenhower Scranton Rockefeller Nixon and Bliss. He announced a campaign kickoff Aug 25 in Cleveland with a formal start in Prescott, Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Johnson
Goldwater
Javits
New York
Kenneth Keating
National Committee
Edward Neller
Eisenhower
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dirksen
Nellor
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cleveland
Service members re enlistments and leave notices
Melvin A. Cooley of Palo reenlists in the Navy as an airman and will report to Charleston upon receipt of orders. Charles A. Long, 19, of Walford, enlisted as a seaman recruit and sent to Great Lakes for training. Marvin L. Lees, 19, enlists in the Marine Corps under the delayed active duty program, reporting to San Diego on Oct. 29. Seaman Apprentice Daniel D. Slaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Slaman, on 14 days leave from San Diego radioman school, earned recruit second class rating during basic training. Specialist (4/c) Richard Emmert, son of Mrs. Lee Emmert, on 14 days leave enroute from Nuernberg to Fort Eustis, VA, to be stationed at Fort Lewis, WA around Jan. 1. Cedar Rapids brothers Major William Entsminger and Lt. Joseph Entsminger, both Air Force officers, return to bases after leave spent with their mother, Myrtle Entsminger. William will fly T-29 at Mather AFB after leaving France. Joseph will be navigator on a C-124, with routes from Dover to Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin A. Cooley
Palo
Charleston
S. C
Great Lakes Training Center
Charles A. Long
Walford
Marvin L. Lees
F Avenue
Marine Corps
San Diego Marine Recruit Depot
Daniel D. Slaman
Ted Slaman
Seventh Street
Navy Training Center
San Diego
Richard Emmert
Lee Emmert
Ellis Boulevard
Nuernberg
Germany
Fort Eustis
Fort Lewis
Wash
Cedar Rapids
Air Force
Myrtle Entsminger
First Avenue
William Entsminger
Chateauroux
France
Mather Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Joseph Entsminger
Dover
Del
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
City Assessor Budget Okayed By Cedar Rapids Conference Board
The Cedar Rapids conference board tentatively approved the 1965 city assessor budget of 140,332 up 16,642 from 1964 with a tax levy of 116,739 after using a 23,593 surplus from 1963. Wages total 119,892 a rise of 10,302. assessor Kulish’s salary up to 10,320. chief deputy 7,800. other staff adjusted per a Jacobs Co survey. Operational costs rise 1,690 led by supplies. court costs drop to 500. A personnel committee from the three taxing bodies will handle office matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Kulish
City Council
Board of Supervisors
School Board
Theossessor
Kulish
J. L. Jacobs Co
Chicago
Ernest Pence
Stewart Shank
Anthony Scolaro
Milk Truck Stolen in Palo Recovered
A milk delivery truck was stolen Tuesday night in Palo from the Gibney McVay Co. It was recovered Wednesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, found in a Quaker Oats Co. plant parking lot. Vandals also broke into the Gibney McVay Co. building Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Gibney-McVay Co
Quaker Oats Co
Cyclist Hits Car and Breaks Leg in City Collision
Bruce Howe aged 19 of 1261 Fifth Avenue SE suffered a broken right leg when the motorcycle he rode struck a car at A Avenue and Twelfth Street NE at 11 15 p m Wednesday. Howe was listed in good condition at St Luke s hospital Thursday. He was charged with failing to yield at a stop sign and driving without a license. Owner Robert D Woodhouse of Hiawatha was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive. The car driver was Jay A Mowry, 20, of 207 Fifteenth Street SE.
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Bruce Howe
Fifth Avenue SE
A Avenue
Twelfth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Howe
Robert D. Woodhouse
Hiawatha
Jay A. Mowry
Fifteenth Street SE
Deputy Sheriff Fined Ten Dollars for Signal Violation
Karl F. Schade a 22 year old Linn county deputy sheriff was fined ten dollars and costs in municipal court after pleading guilty to disobeying a traffic signal He was driving to a reported drowning outside the city when the two car collision at F avenue and Third street NW occurred The incident was a personal injury accident and the report noted the time and place of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl F. Schade
Linn County
Schade
Sixteenth Street
F Avenue
Third Street
Five Suffer Minor Injuries In C R Pools
Five Cedar Rapids youths and a Palo girl sustained minor injuries in five separate pool accidents at Cedar Rapids four municipal pools. Readings at hospitals showed minor wounds including foot, head, chin, and lip injuries from slips and diving incidents at Jones Ellis Noelridge pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Palo
Jackie Gibney
Lauren Gibney
Jones Park Pool
Robert D. Foss, Jr
1609 Avenue NW
Jones Pool
Thomas Stewart
John Stewart
Eighth Avenue SW
Ellis Park Pool
John Cass
Council Street
Noelridge Pool
Steve O’connell
John T. O’connell
Bever Avenue
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul Screvane
By Bill Duffy
Wapsipinicon River
Morgan Optical
B. W. Joseph
Appoin
Jame & Senses
1St Avenue
C.R
C.R. Man
Schwinn
Morgan
7Th ST
the Telephone Co
G.O.P
Unity Meeting
Romney Too
Michigan
Romney
Ohio
Ray Bliss
Prescott
Ariz
Palo Man
Navy
Donna ‘Reed
Kcrg-Tv
Orpoxs
Gordon’s & Tonic
India
Gordon’s
England
America
Gham
Ie Condon D
2Nd Ave
Kehrer
Upper
Mississippi River
McGregor
Iowa
Island
Indian Isle, Inc
McGregor, Iowa
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