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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1963
Page
1
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms over the state. Locally heavy rains likely northwest and west central sections tonight. Lows 60 to 65 northwest to 70 southeast. Highs Sunday 70s north to 80s south. Barometer 29.98, humidity 70 percent. Accidental alarms and funeral notices listed for Rowley, Traer, Erickson Calmar, Decorah, Postville, Oelwein, and neighboring towns with service times and churches.
A list of individuals from multiple Iowa locations fined for traffic and alcohol offenses. Names include Kerry G Dills, David L Vick, Ramona C Cummings, Verlin L Kanter, Frank L Glubka, Marilyn J McQuitty, Steven J Stone, Harvey V Lindstrom, Glenn T Moraine, George W Neal, Francis G Musak, Joseph Trust, Sally P Packwood, Clarence H Robinson, Charles F Hoffman, Marvin Peterson, Merwin F Zerba, Albert B Willenberg Jr, Ronald W Miller, Robert D Wells, Richard L Jackson, Sharon Ann Blessing, Wayne C Foster, Erich N Volk, David G Evans, Marvin C Prochaska, Dale W Schellhorn, Clay E Phillips, Harold V Johnson, Robert J Stoddard, Vernon F E Novak, John L Julis, Maneta M Hunter, William R Sawyer, Joseph Beltram, Willie J Wright, Lulu M Flowers, Howard Danaher with various penalties and bonds. Several cases involve suspensions, bonds forfeited, and sentences ranging from 10 to 30 days.
MEDIAPOLIS I own source reports Otto Jackson 50 of Ellington Missouri and his one year old son Jerry killed when their truck collided with Walter Landers 27 of Burlington driving a car. Landers was seriously injured and hospitalized in Burlington after the Sunday crash on highway 61 half a mile south of here.
The Natural Food Associates meet in Greene Square at 1 p m Sunday for a garden tour with a crowd guiding to the Purple Cow. Cocktail hour runs 5 to 7. Adv Kathy Churchill Millsap returns to Madeline's Beauty Salon Saturdays. May's City Lanes offers a Sunday practice session special four lines for 1 dollars. Money stolen from Harry Randall of route three Cedar Rapids. wallet with 85 dollars taken Friday night from his shirt while helping tear down a house at 110 Crescent Street SE.
A scattered ad page lists car washing and waxing seven dollar workmanship, Jubilee Lanes all day Sunday three line ads for one dollar, and bowling specials at Magnificent Tropic Lanes with four games for one dollar. A theft report notes $60 worth of clothing stolen from a car near First Avenue building lot. Effie Carroll, 90, of Mason City, suffers a fractured hip from a fall on Twenty seventh Street NE and is listed in good condition at St Luke’s. The page also promotes organ music at Embassy Club, sympathy flowers from Pierson’s Florist, and cheap haircuts and permanents at Petite Beauty Salon.
Major aluminum producers reached an agreement with United Steelworkers in a deal resembling the steel industry pact. A key feature is a 10-week vacation every five years. No wage increase is included, but labor costs will rise. industry spokesmen say no price rise is expected.
Mr and Mrs William J Walton of 2405 Fourteenth avenue Marion were treated for whiplash injuries and released from St Luke s hospital Friday night after a two car collision at C avenue and Fiftieth street NE. Police said the driver of the other car involved was Marjorie L Rossow of 856 Eleventh street NE. The accident happened at 11 29 p m.
Des Moines AP reports Rep. Schwengel urged that mere civil rights bills are insufficient and called for changing hearts and minds. He emphasized peaceful action, bipartisan progress, and the need for a strong federal civil rights push, noting his four human rights bills and support from churches and NAACP leaders.
AP reports Eva Adams of the U.S. Mint says a coin shortage persists across major cities with no clear cause. Demand rises with GDP, while mint production continues at peak capacity. Long-term relief may come from replacing the Philadelphia mint with a larger facility.
The Gazette invites readers to browse its daily classified pages for listings across jobs real estate services and merchandise. Discover opportunities and bargains from local advertisers with up to date postings and contact details.
Mrs George C Oujiri deceased aged 100 describes long Cedar Rapids life born July 24 1903 member of St Patrick's church and National Ladies Auxiliary of Letter Carriers. Survived by husband son two daughters sister two brothers seven grandchildren. Funeral Monday 9:30 at St Patrick's with Rev J Robert McDonald. Burial St John's Rosaries Knights of Columbus Sunday 7:30 and St Jude circles at Teahen chapel after 2 p.m.
Byrda Bondilla Lounsbury 83 former Cedar Rapids Marion resident died in University hospitals Iowa City at 5 45 p.m. Friday after a long illness Born Marion July 25 1880 she married Frank Lounsbury June 28 1900 he died 1938 Survived by two nephews a daughter died earlier Funeral service 1 30 Monday Beatty Bearle funeral home Rev Donald T Caspers Burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday
Iowa Attorney General Hultman ruled that vacating a secondary road and closing it are synonymous actions. A county vacates a road only if it is also closed and discharged from public service. The ruling followed Bremer County request. it voided a separate question about transferring control to the conservation commission.
County Attorney Jack Fulton joined a mob chasing a window peeper who startled residents at 1 a.m. on Thirty-eighth Street SE. About 25 neighbors joined the pursuit after the prowler looked into a window at the Gardner residence, fleeing toward Mt. Vernon Road SE. he is described as five foot ten, tan, with dark hair, in a red shirt and khaki pants.
Fleet Reserve Association Hawkeye branch No. 216 and its auxiliary installed officers Friday. Association officers include Marvin Balhorn as president, Raymond Young as vice president, and Joseph Sentelik as secretary treasurer. Auxiliary president is Mrs. John Flaherty, with Mrs. Marvin Balhorn as vice president and Mrs. Ira Rehmel as secretary treasurer.
The Air Force awarded a $1 440 000 contract to the Rock Island arsenal for the construction of devices to attach weapons to aircraft. Senator Douglas said Friday.
The Mutual Security Association at 220 Granby building was ordered dissolved and its charter turned over to Secretary of State Melvin D. Synhorst to cancel. Judge William Eads issued the order amid a prior injunction by Judge Charles Penningroth. Defendants include officers Carroll Westbrook, Geraldine Jacobsen, Martin Pilker, Laverne Everett, and Gerald Timmer, with agents named.
District Judge William Eads dismissed a forgery charge against Earl W. Long, an inmate at Ft. Madison, for lack of arraignment timing. Long, serving 10 years for a 1961 Davenport forgery conviction, fought for two years to drop the charge. Cedar Rapids attorney Bob Wilson was appointed Long’s counsel.
Larry J. Howe of Palm Bay Florida pled innocent to desertion and abandonment of minor children when arraigned before Judge Charles Penningroth. Howe is charged by his former wife Patricia. They share three children aged 3 5 and 6.
William Devere Achey Jr aged 18 of 1203 Center Point Road NE received a five year sentence in the men's reformatory at Anamosa before a bench parole was granted. The case centered on theft charges and the youth's court disposition.
Achey pled guilty to larceny after initially entering a not guilty plea on June 12. He was accused of stealing Helen Bracha's suitcase from the rear of her parked car at 816 Nineteenth Street SE.
President Kennedy argues the treaty signals a start toward lower world tensions and limits radioactive fallout. He outlines four aims including curbing the nuclear arms race and preventing spread beyond the four recognized powers, urging Senate ratification as a step toward peace amid Kremlin shifts. Senator Hickenlooper says support depends on whether the pact is advantageous and questions the Kremlin's recent reversal.
Joe Allen a Key West Episcopal layman and former county official launches a campaign to build a 175 foot Tower of Peace near Cuba. The plan includes three prayer desks for Protestant Catholic and Jewish worship, 24 hour prayer, a lighted cross, Christ mosaic and Western Hemisphere flags. Funded by the guild of prayer for peace with an estimated $250000 goal, work hoped within a year.
HYANNIS PORT AP reports that telegrams to the White House overwhelmingly support President Kennedy’s Moscow nuclear test ban speech with about 40 to 1 in favor.
A fishing boat drifted in the Cedar River north of the Avenue Dam Saturday morning causing fear of a drowning until police found three boys who had cut the boat loose. Fire units were called at 8 10 a m. The youths aged 13 and 14 were reprimanded by juvenile authorities and sent home.
After nearly three hours Thursday night and over an hour Friday afternoon, judges selected two candidates. The appointment of one candidate likely becomes the first judicial vacancy filled under the new reform amendment effective July 1.
Lizabeth Scott Jane Greer and Dennis O Keefe star in The Company She Keeps airing on TV 9 s MOVIE 9 Saturday at 10 30 p m The film features Scott as a femme fatale with Greer and O Keefe in supporting roles during a late night crime thriller block.
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