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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1966
Page
1
The clipping lists daily temperatures across major cities with highs and lows and rainfall plus a lengthy run of local traffic fines and court dispositions. It also notes fire incidents and funeral notices from various Iowa towns with service times and burial details.
The $2,500 bond of Bobby Jones, 36, of Iowa City, was forfeited after he failed to appear for arraignment. Jones is charged with larceny for allegedly stealing a 20 inch window fan and groceries worth July 9 from Farm Market No. 4, with an exemplified warrant issued by County Attorney Jack Fulton.
Daniel A. Skeries, 23, was fined $100 and costs after riding off the road on school property when his motorcycle tipped on a hill at Roosevelt junior high grounds. Passenger Connie Sue Degilau, 21, suffered a leg injury and was treated at St Luke's hospital. Skeries appeared before Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr.
Donald B. Hardisty, 48, of 1237 Fourth Street SW, jailed after seven counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. He allegedly collected $180 in unemployment benefits for illness while working, for weeks Jan 30, Feb 6, Feb 13, Jun 5, Jun 12, Jul 31 and Aug 21 in 1965. Bond set at $110.
Donna Mailey, 17, of 2912 Oakland Road NE, sustained a shoulder injury when a car she rode in hit a tree in the 800 block of Center Point Road NE at 9 10 p m Friday. Driver Gary M. O Rear, 17, of 1407 Thirty second Street NE, was not charged after Mercy Hospital treated and released her.
Craig Bean, 19, of Hiawatha was arrested after a footrace with Cedar Rapids police following a report he was at 371 Eighth Avenue SW. He faced charges of reckless driving, attempting to elude, driving while suspended, and assault and battery, with additional counts for resisting execution of process and an alleged beating of his former wife. Bean pled innocent to two counts. trial set for Aug. 15. He was jailed in Linn County on $1,330 bond.
Hazel Reel of Hiawatha suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at Third avenue and Second street SW Saturday at 6 58 a m. Police said her car rear ended a vehicle driven by Larry G Vavra of 1138 K avenue NW Mrs Reel was charged with failing to have her car under control and intoxication.
Brenda J. Fritz, 26, of 1529 Seventh Avenue SE, was fined $25 plus costs for fighting. Mabelle J. Frantz, 21, of Iowa City, pled guilty and was fined $25 for the same charge in front of the One-Highteen club at 124 First Street NE.
Elsie L. Borseth, 50, of 345 Thirty-first Street Drive SE was arrested Friday night for drunk driving after a traffic accident at First Avenue and Third Street SE at 10 47 p m. She was released on her own recognizance.
Pope Paul VI approved a report by fourteen clergy and seven Lutheran delegates recommending two joint committees. One to study marriage theology and mixed marriages, the other to address theology and reform meaning. The Vatican and World Lutheran Federation urged equal official relations and expanded cooperation across 59 Lutheran churches in 50 million Lutherans worldwide.
President Johnson plans a non political three state tour through Indiana Illinois and Kentucky to explain policies and honor troops in Vietnam. He travels with Sergeant Major William Wooldridge and brings Mrs Johnson and daughter Luc on visits to Indianapolis Vincennes Jeffersonville Lawrenceville Fort Campbell and Louisville as Democrats seek Congressional seats this November.
Police report seven calls Friday about malicious damage to ten cars on the southeast side Thursday night. Victims include Joseph Homsey at 1920 Washington and five residents on 1700 and 1800 blocks of Fifth Avenue SE. Antennas were bent or snapped. one car had shaving lotion sprayed on the hood and fenders.
Grace Rich fifty of 1300 Oakland Road NE fractured knee in a two car crash at A Avenue and Twelfth Street NE Friday at 7 42 p m. She was admitted to St Luke s hospital in fair condition Saturday. Grace L Pilkington forty two of 1572 Third Avenue SE drove the other car. Hans Berger twenty six of 2055 Blairs Ferry Road NE caused the crash. Berger had minor injuries and was treated and released. He was charged with failing to have his car under control.
Mrs Elsie Collins 63 of Newton Iowa died when her car collided on highway 36 four miles west of Cameron. Her husband Glen Collins 63 was injured in the same crash involving another vehicle Friday.
The Sunday Cedar Rapids Gazette covers pollution in Iowa streams with causes and remedies. It highlights an alcohol ism program at Oakdale, a summer school feature in Salon, a Cedar Rapids girl’s UN secretary work in Seoul, a self-designed farm home near Williamsburg, and day one of the City Amateur golf tournament with local pictures and reports.
A 16 year old funeral home attendant answered an accident call in Hendersonville Tennessee and found his mother, Mrs Emboy Watts, dead in her wrecked car. Albert Isenberg, an ambulance driver, said the son recognized his mother as he helped place her body in the ambulance after her car left the road and struck a tree.
Parade marshal Donald Johnson of West Branch leads a sequence of participants from Cedar Rapids groups and out of state drum units. The El Kabir Shrine float highlights crippled children hospitals program while 28 accordionists from Boddicker School of Music perform. Tournament Queen Patricia Comley and attendants ride, with seven antique Cedar Rapids Auto Club cars and six foreign drum units to compete tonight at Kingston stadium. Grenadiers of Cedar Rapids host the event with Emerald Knights preparing an exhibition. Competing units include Lancers of Austin Minnesota Explorer Scouts Racine Wisconsin Scout Corps Madison Wisconsin Blue Notes Ishpeming Michigan American Woodmen Cadets St Louis and St Matthias Cadets Milwaukee.
Prices for wheat and bread ingredients climb amid smaller crop yields and shrinking government surplus. In Kansas City wheat hits 1.982 dollars per bushel and New York flour tops 7.87 per hundredweight. Milk, shortening, butter, dried milk, sugar, eggs and labor costs rise, with typical crops expected to fall when the new harvest begins.
Senator Long announced a Senate Finance Committee forum on prescription practices under Medicare and federally aided care. He urged naming drugs by chemical names to lower costs and said hearings would examine drug prices in federal programs and beyond, with no fixed timetable.
Thomas M. Nadermann, 23, of Dyersville, was fined 25 dollars on an intoxication charge and given a 30 day suspended jail term for disturbing the peace. He was arrested at 1:40 a.m. Saturday after a disturbance at Russo's Pizza House where the manager accused him of smashing a restroom mirror and threatening him.
Voters sign a petition objecting to a proposed merger with Cedar Rapids. If 400 signers are bona fide Cedar Rapids district voters, the petition nullifies a vote on the merger. The Benton county board must decide assignment or division, pending Iowa State Board approval.
Susan O Baldwin 23 of 90 Fortieth Street NE was fined 25 dollars for failing to yield to a pedestrian after her car struck Allen Harris 51 of 323 First Street SE at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE on September 24 at 4 15 p m Harris suffered head and leg injuries in the collision.
Oak Hill Jackson residents and the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood council backed federal code enforcement over local or urban renewal. HUD representative Elmer Binford cited eligibility after a June 24 meeting, with committee chair Frank Pusateri urging city officials to respond. proposals include substantial federal financial aid and grants for relocation and improvements, while neighbors worry about costs and possible urban renewal.
Convalescing Nellie Benja min at a rest home after Mercy hospital release. Breakin at Roosevelt school grocery. $19.20 in change and cigarets stolen. entry via basement window screen. Cyclist Bill Gilbreath 25 of Hiawatha injured in motorcycle crash on Robins road. treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
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