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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1965

Page

2

Weather and notices from Bismarck and surrounding towns

Daily records show high and low temperatures for multiple cities with precipitation totals. June totals and normals are listed along with barometer and humidity readings. The day includes obituaries and funeral notices for several Cedar Rapids area residents and others in nearby towns.

Bismarck Mineapolis Chicago N-Orleans Denver New York Duluth Omaha L.angeles Phoenix Miami Seattice

Deaths of Walter H Krohn and Dorothy Merchant in Cedar Rapids

Walter H Krohn 53, longtime Rock Island railroad employee and Cedar Rapids resident, died Friday after a sudden illness. Survived by wife Gladys, two sons, four grandchildren, mother Emma Johnson and sisters Ruth Van Thaden and Edna Curry. Memorials planned at Turner chapel. Dorothy Merchant, Cedar Rapids resident for 27 years, died Friday after a long illness. Born Feb 23, 1886 in Thor, she worked 19 years at the Dixie shop. memorials to First Lutheran church. Burial Linwood cemetery. Public notices list traffic fines for multiple individuals in Linn County. penalties include fines up to 25 dollars and costs.

Walter Harry Krohn Rockford Road Rock Island Railroad Cedar Rapids Gladys Millburn Donald Krohn LaGrange Ruth van Thaden Edna Curry Inverness Fla Krohn First Lutheran Church Order of Eagles Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Turner Chapel Uoon James C. Scherf Cedar Memorial Washington High School Twentieth Street Thirtieth Street Fourth Avenue Annette Onnerem Mercar Third Avenue First Chant Edward Merchant Thor Dixie Shop Andrew Onnerem Turner ‘Chapel Linwood Cemetery

Iowa Legislature wraps up longest session ends feverish day

The 145th day closes as the Senate backs a study on drainage law needs and the House approves over 40 million dollars in annual state aid to schools. A sales tax extension bill for hotels advances, while tax credits for landowners shift to Iowa residents only.

House Senate Iowa State Board of Control

Memphis men plead guilty to grand larceny

Royce Alvin Box and Orvel Carmack Hays both of Memphis pled guilty before Judge Warren Rees to grand larceny. Each was fined 20 dollars and costs, and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail, suspended on the county attorney’s recommendation. They stole two truck tires worth 50 dollars each from Powers Truck Port on Highway 30 West. The original charge was larceny in the nighttime, but they pled guilty to the lesser included offense.

Royce Alvin Box Orvel Carmack Hays Memphis Warren Rees Box Hays Powers Highway 30

Truck Driver Fined for Overweight Truck

Merle E. Bach of 2409 Lauren t drive SW pled guilty to driving an overweight truck. Judge William Eads fined him 332.20 dollars plus court costs after an arrest on May 25 at the Twenty seventh street and Sixth street road SW intersection for a truck 6650 pounds overweight on axle No. 2.

Kenneth W. Winston Meadowbrook Court Steven W. Koot Thirty-ninth Street Ronnie E. Gray Delaware Lynn K. Henkle Old Marion Road Marilyn K. Ellis Regent Street Elmer F. Lindeken Edgewood Road Steven L. Viers Twenty Sixth Street Thomas W. Petersen Johnson Avenue Ronald D. Bolt Second Avenue Wayne L. Wilcox Forty-second Street Richard L. Simmons David S. Richard Marion Arnold E. Schappert David L. Packingham Spruce Avenue Jon T. Akers Central City Kenneth L. Smith Eighth Avenue Edward L. Poduska Merle E. Bach Laurent William Eads Twenty - Seventh Street Sixth Street Bach

Waverly Woman Fined for Drunk Driving Incident

Inez Dell Wieland of Waverly, 67, pled guilty before Judge William Eads to drunk driving and was fined 300 dollars plus costs. She was arrested after her car struck a parked vehicle then crashed into four plate glass windows and the front of a vacant building in Center Point.

Inez Dell Wieland Waverly William Eads Center Point l Lanning

Obituary notices for several Iowa communities

Columbus Junction Ne Kelly 78 services Sunday 2 30 Stacy s. Cascade John Trumm 69 services Monday 10 St Mary s church Devaney s Calmar Walter Mashek 60 services Monday 9 30 St Aloysius church Rosary Saturday and Sunday 8 French s Oxford Mrs Tim Bradley 76 services Monday 9 30 St Mary s church Rosary Sunday 8 Donohue s New Vienna Mrs Anthony Boeckenstedt 43 services

Columbus Junction Kelly Stacy’s. Cascade John Trumm St. Mary’s Church Devaney

Death of Andrew I. Dyrland revisited in Davenport obituary

Andrew I. Dyrland of Davenport former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday after a brief illness. Born August 24 1897 in Cylinder he is survived by two daughters Lois Keller and Corinne Fraverd of Cedar Rapids a son Bernard Dyrland of Washington DC three brothers Clarence Davenport George Durland Lester Dyrland both of Cedar Rapids three sisters Ida Goethje Clear Lake Belle Knutsen Hutchins and Gladys Porter of Florida and eight grandchildren. Funeral chapel services are set for 1 30 p m Monday with Rev Barton G Murray.

Andrew I. Dyrland Andrew Irving Dyrland Davenport Cedar Rapids Cylinder Lois Keller Corinne Fraverd Bernard Dyrland Washington, D.C Clarence George Lester Durland Ida Goethe Clear Lake Belle Knutsen Hutchins Gladys Porter

Miss Nellie Poorman 1884 81 Dies After Illness

Miss Nellie Poorman longtime Cedar Rapids resident and retired public school teacher dies at 3 30 p m Friday after a long illness at a nursing home. Born Clinton April 25 1884 she had no survivors. She belonged to St Paul’s Methodist Services Beatty Bearle funeral home to conduct services Monday at 1 30 p m with Dr Jackson Burns. Burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call after 7 p m Saturday.

St. Boniface Maria Grett Altais Society Parish VFW Kramer’s Dyersville Sigourney Raymond Garriett Pele Ia Belle Plaine Grace W. van Nevel Peffer’s. Traer Fred B. Wood Methodist Church Buckingham Cemetery Erickson’s. Waukon Merle Barthell First Presbyterian Church Martin’s. Postville Anna Tuttle Schutte’s. Westgate Edith Flackbower Los Angeles Hintz Oelwein Iowa City John H Nellie Poorman Cedar Rapids Clinton Poorman St. Paul’s Methodist Church Beatty-Bearle Jackson Burns Cedar Memorial Cemetery

Marines Sail for New Duty Station Likely Okinawa

A 7,800 member regimental combat team departed Thursday for a new duty post, with Okinawa the probable destination. The move signals a shift in Marine Corps deployment and regional posture.

Honolulu UPS Okinawa

Left Undone as Legislature Adjourns Without Key Bills

DES MOINES Several measures were left unfinished when the legislature adjourned late Friday. A bill to extend the 2 percent sales tax to admission tickets and repeal use tax exemptions was dropped. Bills to create a state civil service commission tighten regulations for cosmetologists and enact a state minimum wage law were also killed for lack of action.

Des Moines Civil Service Commission

Spurrier Pleads Guilty to False Drawing Bank Check

In Johnson county district court Howard Spurrier of Iowa City pled guilty to false drawing and uttering a bank check. He received a seven year sentence to Fort Madison penitentiary for writing a $188.54 check to a local Solon supermarket.

Iowa City Johnson County Howard Spurrier Friday Fort Madison Solon

Want ads bring buyers for view and used merchandise

Classified notices describe how want ads help sellers reach buyers for secondhand goods. Readers learn tips on posting items, pricing, and arranging showings in local markets. The brief item emphasizes practical steps to boost sales and attract interested shoppers.

Two Cedar Rapids Boys Tied to Four Car Thefts

Two Cedar Rapids youths aged 16 and 17 were arrested in Osceola on Saturday in connection with thefts of four cars. They admitted stealing the vehicles, and one car registered to John Barger was driven out of Cedar Rapids and later found 15 miles west of Iowa City on I 80. The other two cars were abandoned in Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids Jages Osceola Des Moines Highway 69 John Barger First Avenue SW Iowa City

Search Launched for Independence Youth in Space Flight Echoes

Authorities began a 97 hour 56 minute search for Larry Allen Hammond near Independence after he vanished while fishing along the Wapsipinicon River. The incident recalls Valery Bykovsky’s 119 hour flight and quotes from space mission chatter contrasted with a space flight milestone.

Independence Larry Allen Hammond Pendence Cos Monaut Valery Bykovsky

Rendezvous Miss Depicts Space Steering Difficulty

AP report from Houston describes Gemini pilot Jim McDivitt attempting space rendezvous with a tumbling spent booster. Mission Director Chris Kraft notes orbital matching is key and optics hinder precise approach. Fuel shortages and wasteful maneuvers limited early rendezvous as planners study lessons for future missions.

Chris Kraft Earth

Viet Cong Monsoon Offensive Reported By U S And China

A U S spokesman said the summer of 1965 battle has begun as monsoon attacks unfold in South Vietnam. The New China News Agency hailed the Viet Cong advance, while U S air strikes targeted North Vietnam. Estimates place communist forces at 34 000 to 38 000 full time troops plus 80 000 to 100 000 militiamen.

U. S New China News Agency South Vietnam

Bank Robber Tries Escape After Manhunt Begins

Eight .22 shells found on the bank floor indicate an automatic pistol was used. The gunman bumped into Otto Mauser as he left the bank and fled in a 1965 car. Mauser alerted others, and the bank alarm rang as Franklin Kjeldgaard may have triggered it. Paul Collison called the state patrol, but the car vanished.

Otto Mauser Mauser Franklin Kjeldgaard Paul Collison State Patrol

Burglars Strike Out At Railroad Office

Burglars broke into the Illinois Central Railroad yard office at Dave Avenue and Fifth Street NE and a warehouse in the same area. They failed to pry open a coin box on a soft drink machine and left empty handed.

Illinois Central Railroad D Avenue Fifth Street

Negligence suit against Arlene Francis dismissed

A New York jury dismissed an $800,000 negligence suit against actress Arlene Francis and her agent over a fatal Long Island auto crash on May 26, 1963. Joseph Arcos of Brooklyn lost his wife and was injured along with others. a separate $1 million claim was settled for $210,000.

New York Arlene Francis Heragent Miss Francis Martin Goodman Long Island Joseph Arcos Brooklyn Arcos

Youngquist to Leave Cedar Rapids Pastorate for Fremont

Dr. T. A. Youngquist will conduct his last service at First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids Sunday. A program at 3 p.m. and a reception to 5 p.m. will honor the Youngquists. They depart Monday for Fremont Nebraska where he becomes campus pastor of Midland Lutheran College.

T. A. Youngquist First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids Youngquists Fremont, Neb Youngquist Midland Lutheran College

Quartet Will Present Grace Church Concert

The Melodies of Truth quartet from Grace College Winona Lake Indiana will perform a sacred music concert during the 10 30 a.m. service at Grace Brethren church Cedar Rapids The group on a three month tour will be joined by Rev Thomas E Hammers who will speak on The Challenge of Christian Education.

Melodies of Truth Grace College Winona Lake Ind Grace Brethren Church Cedar Rapids Thomas E. Hammers

Psychology Ideology Lecture at Peoples Unitarian Church

Dr. H. C. Steinmetz of Morehouse College Atlanta will present Some Psychological Aspects of Ideology Sunday at 7 30 p m in the Cherry room Peoples Unitarian Church Cedar Rapids. Steinmetz is a former San Diego moderator and has taught at several colleges and traveled in Europe.

Cherry Room Peoples Unitarian Church Cedar Rapids H. C.steinmetz Morehouse ‘College Atlanta San Diego Unitarian Fellowship Forum Europe

Waterville Lutheran Church to Dedicate New Alter

The Waterville Lutheran church will dedicate its new altar during the 11 a.m. service Sunday. Speakers include Rev. Robert Matthias the pastor and Rev. I. B. Sorenson of Mason City. An Open House follows from 3 to 4 p.m.

Waukon New Altar Waterville Lutheran Church Robert Matthias I. B. Sorenson Mason City

Lovely Lane Plans Ground Breaking Rite

Lovely Lane Methodist church in Cedar Rapids will break ground Sunday at 10 a.m. for a 6122 square foot fellowship hall costing 105000 plus, with seating for about 200 and future expansion. The service will feature district superintendent L D Havighurst and other clergy, with building partners Jackson Construction Co and Bowker and Son handling contracts.

Lovely Lane Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Forty-second Street Weing Road L. D. Havighurst C. S. Hempstead H. Hughes Dill Don Caspers Lloyd Goettel Council of Churches Marion Cadhe Flesher Gary Beerman Keith Conyers Harry Hograthe Warren McAllister Dale Perry Glen Ralston Joseph Tiffin Ethel Pepin Jacobson Construction Co Bowker and Son E and S Electric Stone City Knights of Pythias Hall

Soviet Pakistan sign cultural agreement

RAWALPINDI AP reports that the Soviet Union and Pakistan signed a cultural agreement on Saturday signaling deeper cultural exchange between the two states. The accord aims to boost arts, education, and people-to-people ties through exchanges and joint programs.

Rawalpindi Soviet Union Pakistan

Cedar Rapids church broadcasts and talks Sunday

Sunday programs on KCRG from Asbury Methodist Cedar Rapids feature Pastor Rev John K Moore 11 noon. Other talks include T M Ingersoll on Church Estate Relationships at Peoples Unitarian Cedar Rapids 10 a m. McDowell to Bangor seminary Trinity Riverside pastor and family depart for three years. Cornell College aide Dr Charles S Hempstead speaks at Pale and St Marks Cedar Rapids 930 1100. West Union Bethel women invited to meet United Presbyterian Women speaker Dr John C Walker on Israel Today. American Lutheran seminaries graduate 201 men and one woman this spring with 171 ordained 11 go foreign missions 13 study further.

Aring KCRG Asbury Methodist Church Cedar Rapids John K. Moore Gilbert McDowell Trinity Methodist Church Riverside Bangor Mr. McDowell Bangor Seminary Charles S. Hempstead Cornell College Pale Methodist Church St. Mark’s Methodist Church American Lutheran Church

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