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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
2
Daily Record reports Friday temperatures across cities with highs and lows and rainfall totals. It lists June rainfall totals, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and recent local events including births adoptions grass fires gas leaks and funeral services in Decorah Lisbon Elkader Cascade Oelwein Aurora Springville Murdoch's Urbana Wadena Guttenberg with names and times.
About 200 people, mostly newsmen, were searched and escorted through security to the third floor chapel for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's arraignment. He appeared in a wheelchair with limited words, sought a public defender, and was charged with assault with intent to commit murder.
Tests planned Monday aim to identify the river fish kill cause. Authorities caution against contact with the river and fish as a thin surface film draws officials to test sewer lines and river water. City crews will patrol banks while warning the public.
Three killed and three injured when a car veered off Interstate 80 crashing through a bridge railing into Indian Creek six miles west of Newton. Names withheld pending kin notice. all from out of state. Ronald Wise of Hibbing Minnesota died in a collision on Highway 218 near St. Ansgar. James H. Smith of rural Burt perished on Highway 169 near Algona. Jaymie Lea Jones born May 29 1951 in Fort Myers Florida, a Cedar Rapids resident and Jefferson High School junior, dies in parish services pending. she is survived by four brothers and her grandparents. Turner Chapel West handling arrangements with calls after 4 p.m. Monday.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge warned that Robert Kennedy's assassination could discourage capable young Americans from pursuing public service. The remarks were made Saturday in Bonn as discussions on political engagement continued.
Parents of the sixth grade class at Grant school hosted a picnic for students at Jones park Friday night. The class will enter Wilson Junior High School next September. Organizers hope the picnic becomes a school tradition.
Sylvia Grishaber of 1647 Forty second Street SE received an associate degree from Missouri Baptist College in Hannibal at a recent graduation ceremony.
In Saigon fighting flared in two districts as the five week anti peace drive caused 196 civilians killed and 672 wounded. Ngo Cong Duc urged a halt to Paris talks if Viet Cong keeps shelling towns. Marines said 64 enemy soldiers fell in a Da Nang area battle with 15 Marines dead and 37 wounded. Two helicopters were shot down with eight crewmen wounded. Government troops reported light Viet Cong losses in Cholon with 12 killed and 13 captured.
A. June Franklin, Des Moines state representative, told the 66th Iowa Association of Colored Women convention to engage in equal rights work. She urged churches to join, echoing lifting as we climb, and warned time is running out. National NAWC president Mamie B Reese will address a closing banquet at the Roosevelt hotel.
Cedar Rapids building department issued two foundation permits to Collins Radio Co. for new structures. A $75,000 foundation funds a 50 by 40 foot cooling tower at 855 Thirty-fifth Street NE for air conditioning. A $50,000 foundation starts a 200 by 100 foot building at 5525 C Avenue NE housing telephone switching facilities and maintenance quarters for all Collins Radio Co. Cedar Rapids plants.
Local want ads invite buyers to contact sellers via Dia at 369 1234 to negotiate purchases of items readers seek. The brief notice highlights individual listing calls for help finding desired goods.
Jasper Casteel of Independence Missouri says a blue and white aircraft part found near the Mississippi river bluffs in the Dubuque area does not come from his Stinson. The Epprersons, Mr and Mrs David Epperson, disappeared after departing Lamoni bound for Madison Wisconsin on May 26. Civil Air Patrol Col William Cass Linn Civil Defense Director Bill Bjorenson and Casteel inspected the find Saturday.
Esther Matthews, 41, a Dallas mother of five, died four hours after a heart transplant began at Parkland Hospital. The operation, performed by University of Texas Southwestern Medical School surgeons, used a heart from Bobby Blocker, 26, of Euless, who died in a Dallas auto crash. The first female heart transplant in the area functioned for about ninety minutes before failing from unknown causes.
Officials said eleven children died in a measles outbreak in a village near Accra on Friday. The epidemic prompted health workers to expand vaccination efforts and warn residents to seek care promptly.
Death notice for Corry Jon McBride infant son of Marc and unnamed mother of 716 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids born June 3 1968 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by brother Craig David Lynn Partin M Loyd McBride in Victor and Donald Ladage Minneapolis great grandmother Sophie Hansel Marengo. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday Turner Chapel West Rev L George Pimlott St James Methodist burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call until 10 a.m. Monday. Casket not opened after service.
Boston doctor Dr James Poppen stated Robert F Kennedy died seven hours before his heart stopped and that even if he had lived his faculties would not have survived. He described irreversible brain damage from the bullet and said Kennedy would have faced paralysis and severe facial disorders.
In New York, more than 151000 people passed through St Patrick's Cathedral to bid Robert Kennedy farewell. The lines stretched from Thursday evening to early Saturday with crowds including Harlem youths, diplomats, matrons, and flower children. Heat drove many to faint as police reported over 100 incidents.
Russell Williams, 19, of 4300 F avenue NW, held on bonds totaling 1830 after police say he tried to flee town in a car trunk driven by James J. Healey, 22, of Victor. Williams faces two counts of assault and battery and charges of resisting arrest and resisting process. Healey posted 500 bond and was released. Williams allegedly kicked James B. Sears and struck his wife Wanda on May 19.
The open space beside the senator's brother hosts a vast funeral with 2100 attendees including 69 senators and 40 representatives led by Humphrey. Notables include W Averell Harriman Robert McNamara Lord Harlech John Glenn and pallbearers Edward Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy II among ushers Salinger ODonnell Fay Grier and Rafer Johnson who helped seize the alleged assassin.
Denver AP report says a murder trial was postponed as defense argued that post assassinations of Kennedy and King would taint jurors. Deputy public defender Truman Coles warned the jury might be swayed by passion prejudice or hysteria rather to evidence.
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