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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1971
Page
3
The Iowa forecast for Thursday to Saturday calls for a chance of showers in the southeast Wednesday night and again Saturday. Otherwise partly cloudy with minimal temperature changes, lows 56 to 63 and highs 73 to 82. Weather data includes river stages, lake pool level, and wind at Gazette station.
July birth notices list several parents in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns including Allen Koepke, Richard Ellis, and Kathryn Schmitt among others. Traffic citations cover speeding, license, signaling, parking, and related offenses with fines from ten to thirty dollars. Obituary notices for Ethel Fox Lily Daniel Dale Dicken Charles R Archibald appear with service details and burial plans.
Death notices list Castalia William F. Schave 85 with services at Zion Lutheran Wednesday 11. Delhi Leonard W. Hawkins 70 with service Thursday 1 30 at Delhi Methodist church burial Oakland Manchester visitation Tuesday after 7 at Shelly's Manchester Anamosa Lester Day 67 of Middletown Ill service Wednesday 1 30 Congregational church Monticello Wesley Borden 64 service Wednesday 3 at Goettsch's Tipton Anna M Butterbrodt 85 service Wednesday 10 30 Sheets and Son's burial St Johns Clarence
Donald J. Watkins, 30, of 1756 First Avenue NE was injured Tuesday morning in a traffic accident south of Old Appleton Missouri. A passenger, Karen Renner, 22, Enon Valley Pennsylvania, was killed when Watkins’s car collided with a semi trailer on Highway 61. He was hospitalized in Cape Girardeau.
Leo Griggs, 44, of 2921 Iowa Ave SE, testified before the Iowa Civil Rights Commission about Wilson’s testing for a transfer to the mechanical department. He has taken the Bennet test ten times, scoring up to 43.5 and as low as 30, with debate over discrimination and test administration. Psychologists Barret and Zytowski presented conflicting views on fairness, test design, and the impact of repeated testing on minority applicants.
Point Roberts Washington residents cross into Canada to reach a neighboring city and reenter the United States at Blaine Washington, highlighting cross border movement in the border community.
Earl G. Cannon 58 of 1126 E avenue NW Cedar Rapids died Monday after a long illness He was born September 17 1912 in Shelby Indiana and married Mildred Schirm May 18 1968 in Aurora Illinois He worked for Collins Radio Co and was a member of Church of the Open Bible Fraternal Order of Eagles and IBEW Local 1362 Surviving are his wife three daughters a son two stepsons a stepdaughter seven stepgrandchildren fourteen grandchildren three sisters and a brother Services will be at Turner Chapel East noon Wednesday with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at Turner East until 11 40 a.m. Wednesday The casket will not be opened after the service.
Mrs George Sigmund 70 widow of George P Sigmund dies Monday while visiting son Leonard Albaugh in Decatur Ill Born in Galena Ill she married in 1924 and was active in St Patrick Catholic Church Navy Mothers and Air Force Mothers clubs Survived by sons Robert Albaugh Galena Dale Sigmund Cedar Rapids daughters Mrs Jess Moore Mrs Charles Chadima Evelyn Prior all Cedar Rapids sister Mrs Bernadine Wolpert Melrose Park 111 15 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren Services at St Patrick's Thursday 9:30 a.m burial Czech National Rosary 8 p.m Wednesday Teahen chapel calls after 11 a.m Wednesday
Harry W. Roloff Jr., 41, formerly of Cedar Rapids now of Hialeah, Florida, died there Saturday. Born July 17, 1930, he was a Korean War veteran. Survived by mother Mrs. Harry Roloff, brother Chester, and sister Mrs. Bernice Talcott. Services at Slade Funeral Home in Hialeah at 3 p.m. Wednesday with burial there.
Viola L Mohr 61 of St Petersburg Fla wife of John Mohr died Sunday after a sudden illness She previously lived in Cedar Rapids and New York until 1952 Survived by sister Mrs Myrie Shover 4030 First Avenue NE Services at Lee Williams Funeral Home St Petersburg at 11 am Thursday Burial Woodland Memorial Gardens St Petersburg
A state bus fell into a mountain gorge near a Himalayan hill station, killing 14 and injuring 45 as of Monday. Rescue teams fought to reach the crash site amid rugged terrain and bad weather.
Obituary notices list Sturdivan Le Roy B at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial. Ray Elmer Blake at Turner chapel east 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Cable Wisconsin. Robert John Bachman at Turner east 3 p.m. Wednesday with burial at Shiloh Cemetery and VFW military services. Cora Lee Mentzer at Turner east 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner east.
Senator Fulbright urged restricting executive privilege with two bills. One would force executive branch officials to testify when summoned and prohibit relying on privilege without a presidential directive. The second would set guidelines and allow withholding agency funds if information is not provided within 60 days of a congressional request.
The Cedar Rapids city council rejected Skogman Homes bid to widen a 550 foot segment of Thirty third avenue SW to four lanes. City engineer Jon Janda estimated the $20 000 project would cost about 7800 to the developer. The council cited little prior use and potential confusion and danger from a small section widened now and noted four lanes are not in this year's street program. Safety commissioner John Oberthien called it an expensive parking lot.
A compact notice invites readers to use classified want ads to locate scarce or unusual goods and services. Readers are encouraged to place or respond to ads, signaling a practical, searchable market for specialized needs.
A hint of autumn dimmed Iowa with record July 27 lows in several cities. Waterloo hit 45 degrees, Spencer 59, Mason City 47, Atlantic 47, Lamont 52, and Des Moines 53, all set or tied records for the date. Cedar Rapids noon 75 after an overnight 60, with a historical low of 48 in 1937.
Cedar Rapids city council, acting on input from animal warden Charles Lockhart, directs city attorney to draft a new ordinance addressing livestock running loose within city limits. Public Safety officials note recurring incidents on Edgewood road NW and Otis road SE as horses escape due to poorly maintained fences.
A committee made the provision effective October 1 to prevent another House and Senate review if legislation passes. Stevenson's amendment would strike the date, equalizing Lockheed with other cash strapped firms for government aid. Tower warned approval of the amendment could delay a guarantee, pushing action into September.
Judge William Eads voids delinquent personal taxes against C R Builders Inc for 52 101 01 on Lincoln Way Village waterworks. Court orders county to refund 7 832 95 collected via distress warrants, and finds the property is real estate not personal property, noting past treasurer failures to record unpaid real estate taxes as liens, causing lien loss for 1959 through 1969.
Cedar Rapids seeks a court order holding Cramer and Bayse Construction Co. liable for repairing and reconstructing expansion joints on the First Avenue bridge under a 1963 contract to build a new deck. The firm contends nonliability as breaks appeared after the maintenance period and joints were inadequately supported in concrete per plans.
Linn county supervisors expressed surprise Tuesday that no bids were received for the courthouse roof repair project estimated at 48000 dollars. Chairman Floyd Emmons said a new bid date will be set later.
Linn district court set a seven day deadline for requesting a jury trial on appeals from lower criminal court convictions. Four of seven judges signed the order, requiring written demand by the seventh day of the month after the appeal is filed. Misdemeanor appeals may proceed from municipal and justice courts. Upon demand a jury may be impaneled from jurors gathered by the sheriff.
Patricia A. Winegardner of Riverside California sues State Bank and Trust Co of Center Point Iowa in Linn district court seeking about 5000 dollars from a savings account in her name and 25000 dollars in punitive damages claiming willful and malicious conversion of the funds to the bank's use.
A Gazette story incorrectly stated the Aug 1 renewal penalty date for second half mobile home registrations and misidentified the weekday. Aug 1 actually falls on a Sunday, clarifying the published schedule and avoiding penalties on that date.
Eldon L Keller and Steven E Weaver were sentenced by Linn District Judge B J Maxwell on guilty pleas. Keller age 25 of Palo pled guilty to possession of marijuana receive 250 dollar fine and a suspended six month county jail term after originally facing charges of selling marijuana to two police undercover agents on August 21. Weaver age 18 of Cedar Rapids received a suspended ten year term in the Anamosa reformatory and probation for breaking and entering the southwest Cedar Rapids wholesale lumber dealer’s building.
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