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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
3
The page lists daily weather readings for multiple cities with highs, lows, and rainfall, plus a extended forecast for improving conditions then rain. It also reports June totals, June normals, river and lake levels, and a long list of social notices including births marriages dissolutions and obituaries across several Iowa towns.
Help wanted for buyers sellers and traders as readers are invited to call 398 8234 for classified assistance. The note emphasizes a simple number to reach the help desk for marketplace needs.
No objectors appeared at a public hearing on nearly 2 million dollars of federal revenue sharing funds. Cedar Rapids will receive 827,829 for 1973 first entitlement, 1,152,000 in unspent 1972 funds, and 1,194,829 goes to the Kenwood ditch storm sewer project with other allocations for a pool, senior center air conditioning, city hall, police, fire, library books, a new sewer building, and land near the sanitary landfill.
The city's summer paving program will begin Monday. Public Works Director Dick Jensen said work on the alley between First Avenue and A Avenue NE from Eighth Street to Tenth Street will disrupt rear entrances to nearby parking lots for about two weeks.
Artist Marc Chagall and his wife arrived in Moscow for a two week visit as guests of the culture ministry. An exhibition of more than 80 lithographs and some paintings opened at the Tretyakov Museum. Chagall fled Russia 50 years ago and now lives in France. He told reporters he hopes viewers understand his paintings.
Joe W. Reuter of route one Walker reported to Linn sheriff’s office that a 700 pound Hereford cow valued at 280 dollars was stolen from his farm on Monday or Tuesday.
Anton J. Novotny 72 of 821 C avenue NW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a short illness. Born June 12 1900 in Czechoslovakia he married Helen M. Rogers June 17 1931. Surviving a wife four daughters two sons and nine grandchildren. Burial Cedar Memorial with services at Chapel of Memories Olivet Presbyterian. Mrs Joseph Sadowsky Bertham Sadowsky formerly of 1400 Second avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday born December 18 1878 she had been active in Humane Society with no immediate survivors. Services Turner chapel east at 1 30 p m Thursday burial Czech National cemetery. Casket to remain closed.
Lois Carol Ankney 30 of 226 Twenty-seventh street NW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. Born February 3 1943 in Wausau Wisconsin she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1971. Survived by husband two daughters Dawn and Jodie and son Regis all of Cedar Rapids two sisters Karen Kriehn Austin Minnesota and Elsa Rykes Pine River Minnesota two brothers Harlin Kriehn Austin Minnesota Eugene Kriehn Wausau Wisconsin her parents Mr and Mrs Victor Kriehn Austin and her grandparents Mr and Mrs E P Fryatt Wausau. Services 10 am Friday Kuba funeral home east with Rev Aleck Ulmet First Church of the Nazarene Burial Jordan's Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Kuba funeral home east after 7
Mrs. Eric Fraser aged 87 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. Born October 28 1885 in Forest Hill England she married Mr. Fraser September 27 1911 in Toronto. Survived by daughter Mrs G Robert High two sisters a brother a grandson and three great grandchildren funeral Thursday at 1 pm Westminster United Presbyterian Church cremation Cedar Memorial followed by visits at Cedar Memorial.
Anna Soukup 88 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday after a long illness. Born December 3 1664 in Cedar Rapids she taught in Harrison and other Cedar Rapids schools for 54 years before retirement. Services at Teahen chapel 9 30 am Saturday burial Czech National cemetery friends may call Friday after 2 30 pm at Teahen funeral home.
Donald T. Wise, 59, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Thursday at his home in San Francisco. He was born in Tama and moved to Cedar Rapids for years before leaving in 1943. He served 22 years in the air force. Surviving are his wife Genevieve and a son Donald. Services and burial were in San Francisco.
Memorial services for Wyman and Wailer G to be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Murdock chapel Marion led by Rev. Peter Morgan with burial at Shiloh cemetery. Gerald J Malloy to have Mass at St Patrick's church Friday at 10:30 a.m. by Rev. Maurice J Lynch with burial at Mt Calvary. A Rosary is said tonight at 8 in Teahen chapel.
Reisner described two identical files prepared for Magruder’s meetings with Mitchell and Magruder. Copies of Mitchell file documents were sent to Haldeman via Gordon Strachan. Reisner did not attend Mitchell’s meetings, leaving whether Mitchell or Haldeman read the documents unclear. Ellsberg testified to a grand jury about the Los Angeles burglary tied to the White House plumbers. Colson said Nixon was not involved, claiming daily access to the President through 1969 to last March.
Twenty six teachers or former teachers in the Cedar Rapids Community school district seek intervention in a ruling that the district maternity leave policy was discriminatory. Two petitions were filed one by the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and another by a private attorney. The private attorney seeks 1531.97 for Karen Hatch of Iowa City. The Commission petition represents Elaine Drewis and fourteen other Cedar Rapids residents and others from Des Moines Marion Fort Dodge and Coralville.
Steven Altheide of Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School has earned a full four year Air Force ROTC scholarship. He will attend Coe College and then serve as a flying officer on active duty. He is among 825 scholarship recipients nationwide from more than 30 000 applicants. The award covers tuition and books plus 100 dollars per month. Officials note average recipients rank in the upper one sixth of their high school class.
The IRS filed a 161300 tax lien on James Aossey 3226 Parkview Court SE in Linn County and in U S clerk of court records as his case heads to a preliminary federal hearing on charges linked to stolen jewels. Aossey, 42, is free on a 5000 bond and set to appear July 3 after an FBI arrest tied to a $100000 theft in Moline Illinois last August. He has also been sentenced to five years for a separate $400 merchandise theft in Cedar Rapids in 1970, a conviction upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court but appealed to the U S Supreme Court.
Arthur Perry told Judge Joseph McCartie he was weaving due to new shoes not drunkenness. The 51 year old said he had just left a grocery store after drinking a beer and pointed to a two inch heel. The judge dismissed the case.
The President would use his power to assure adequate crude oil supplies to all refineries. A nonbinding resolution urges states to cut speed limits to 55 mph to conserve gas. A Senate proposal calls for a 30 day federal allocation plan and FTC study of oil industry practices.
DES MOINES AP A $1,138,729 budget for the Office for Planning and Programming was approved 91 to 4 by the Iowa House on Wednesday. The bill moves to the Senate for action.
Police say two security guards chasing an armored car on a Nottingham hill recovered thousands of dollars after brakes failed and the crew attempted to unload the cash. No robbery occurred.
Florida hosts many absentee owned businesses and Drouillard offers oversight to curb mismanagement. He runs Absentee Owner Management Corp in Lauderdale by the Sea guiding 12 enterprises including a fiberglass boat maker and several retail services. He urges careful supervision, notes profits vanish when managers skim, and says fees depend on time spent.
At 10 37 a m Iowa time Thursday the crew hoped to unstow Skylab's jammed solar generating wing and expose sunlight for two 56 day missions planned later this year. They also would open a telescope door inspect the sunshade and check the Apollo command ship before returning.
Gerald Eggleston formerly Cedar Rapids sanitation department superintendent has sentencing postponed to July 3 at 9 a.m. by Linn District Judge Louis Schultz. Eggleston, 40, pled guilty to embezzling about $20,000 from the city, with a Tuesday afternoon sentencing canceled.
Raydell L. Collins, 41, of Cedar Rapids, requests a psychiatric evaluation at state expense in the murder case over the April 23 shooting death of his wife Beverly Ann, 40, found with a gunshot wound at their residence 1323 Twentieth Avenue SW after he alerted police.
William J. Zbanek files a Linn district court petition seeking 75000 for personal injuries and 230 for property damage after a Jan 6 crash on old Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. The suit names Roseretta M. and Richard O Neal as defendants.
The brother recalls the struggle to reconnect with others and the fear of relapse. Military and civilian spokesmen noted Capt. Brudno had been seeing a Newton psychiatrist since his return from Vietnam, highlighting ongoing mental health challenges.
David Hanley who stopped a hijacking at St Louis airport with his Cadillac had his federal charge for willfully destroying an aircraft dropped. UPI reports the hijacker Martin McNally remains serving a life sentence.
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