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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
5
June 2 weather report shows cloudy skies with occasional light rain, cooler temperatures, and a look toward Monday with showers. The page lists river stages Davenport Keokuk and out of town births, plus multiple local notices of fines, services, and obituaries across Center Point, Marion, Anamosa, and nearby towns.
Detectives held Melvin H. Frye 33 of Healdsburg Calif on a charge of false uttering of more than 750 in checks. He allegedly wrote at least four bogus checks in Cedar Rapids last October 14 including 450.75 for a used car and 171.39 for a camera. Frye also faces warrants in Michigan and California.
U S Army says an American soldier guarding the Korean truce line was wounded in a gun battle with three North Korean spies. One red agent was killed. the American was hit twice in the arms and once in the head but in good condition. Event occurred Friday about three miles south of the DMZ.
Wencil Havlik 73 of 935 Twenty fifth street SE died Friday after a long tenure at Wilson E. Co. He was born in Cedar Rapids September 1888, married in Cedar Rapids September 12, 1913, and is survived by his wife, a daughter in California, a sister, two brothers, and several local relatives. Services Monday at 2 at Janeba Kuba funeral home with Mt. Hermon Lodge in attendance Burial at Cedar Memorial. Rosena C. McCreedy 83 widow of James A. McCreedy died Friday in Rock Island after a brief illness. Born in Germany April 9, 1879, she lived in Cedar Rapids over 30 years. Surviving are another daughter, Esther, a granddaughter and a great granddaughter. Chapel of Memories service Monday 3:30 at Sinclar Memorial Presbyterian with burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Beatty Bearle’s Sunday afternoon until 11 a.m.
Michigan House Speaker Don Pears a Republican says he has taken out a three month subscription to the Benton Harbor News Palladium to gain conservative Republican views and gauge grassroots reaction after the White House dropped its Herald Tribune subscription. The White House will not be billed for the $6 cost.
An earth tremor rattled San Jose California Friday night. no damage or injuries were reported per AP dispatch.
Police broke up a 2:45 a.m. Cedar Rapids beer party at Ranverke Avenue. Two teens were arrested for drunkenness and 17 youths aged 15 to 22 were referred to detectives or juvenile authorities. A boy 15 or 16 and a girl 15 faced curfew violations or disturbing the peace, with one given a suspended sentence and the other released to authorities after pleading guilty.
Ten inches of rain fell in 24 hours northeast of Wichita causing a three foot wall of water along Chisholm creek. Park City neighborhoods and Kechi sustained severe flooding with 50 to 75 homes affected and 125 to 150 people seeking refuge in churches. Water reached five feet in some houses. sandbag brigades formed by city and county crews with base personnel aiding. A passenger train carrying 110 Camp Fire Girls was stalled over an hour.
Washington AP report says Jenry H. Marshall an Agriculture Department official whose death is under Texas grand jury investigation told Billie Estes' lawyer that the financier's scheme to obtain cotton allotments was illegal. The report cites J Taylor Allen of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service alleging Marshall discussed the plan with Estes' lawyer before his death. Representative Albert Oklahoma said he protested in 1961 over transfers of allotments linked to Eufala dam land seizures and noted a three Texas firm sought to benefit from an arrangement costing about 3 142 000 annually. Freeman said procedures were tightened to restrict allotment transfers to bona fide land sales.
Three pals join Beav er in a Saturday 7 30 PM school gathering wearing monster faced sweatshirts prompting curious reactions from classmates and staff.
The report describes rice trade between Burma and Communist China and potential health risks from radiation fallout. It notes estimates of leukemia cases and other defects linked to fallout and carbon-14, and mentions Stanley Benton leading a 790-man U.S. Naval Academy graduating class.
More than 140000 Methodists will begin the North Iowa Annual Conference on June 18 with Bishop F Gerald Ensley presiding in Des Moines. About 700 voting delegates attend the five day session co hosted by Cornell College and Mt. Vernon Methodist Church. The business includes an agency to work with juveniles and pastoral appointments will be read June 14. Speakers include Dr Eugene L Smith Rockwell City native who heads Methodist world missions Dr Emerson Colaw Cincinnati and retired Bishop Willis King New Orleans. Most sessions are on the Cornell campus.
Dr Jackson Burns resumes preaching at St Pauls Methodist Church Cedar Rapids this Sunday after a two month Wesley Pilgrimage visiting Methodist shrines in England Germany Austria Italy and France His topic will be Seekers and Finders.
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