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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1963
Page
2
The report lists highs and lows across cities such as Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and New Orleans with precipitation amounts and forecasts for cloudy showers. It also notes barometric pressure humidity wind at Cedar Rapids noon and sunrise sunset times, plus traffic fines, an estate inventory for Mrs. Hargrave and a local flare incident.
Buddhist leaders said they reached agreement with the government on all demands in the religious political dispute. They warned privately that it remained to be seen if the government would honor the pact.
President Kennedy announced on Friday that Ben Dorfman will serve as chairman of the tariff commission for another year. The appointment keeps Dorfman in a key regulatory role guiding trade duties and import policy.
Iowa City Raymond Joseph Benda 68 requiem high mass Monday 7 30 St Wenceslaus Rosary Sunday 8 Cathout s Earlville Mrs Victor Buchan 68 Clifton s Independence Mrs John McAllister 56 Services Monday 9 30 St Johns Catholic church Rosary 3 and 8 Sunday Howe s Strawberry Point Ellsworth Carnicle 80 of Midlothian IL Services Monday 9 30 St Mary s church Rosary Sunday 8 Gill s Oxford Junction Ed Benhart 54 Hayden s Keota Abraham K Zehr 75 Services Monday 10 Liberty Memorial church near South English Powell s Olin John Carstensen 58 Services pending Hayden s Olin Tama Elsie Lucille May 60 Services Monday 2 Sheridan Methodist church
Charles David Kramer 19 of 1506 Fourth street NW pled innocent to breaking and entering when arraigned before Judge William Eads. He is accused of breaking into the Ellis park pro shop May 19 and taking two golf sets. police say he admitted seven other break ins. His brother Daniel 25 faces a receiving stolen property charge. Both remain jailed on bonds of 2500 and 1500 respectively.
Robert Olie Smith, 50, of 917 Ninth Avenue SE, was arraigned Friday before Judge Charles Penningroth on a second offense drunk driving charge. He was arrested Thursday at 11 p.m. after a three car crash in the 2100 block of Mount Vernon Road SE and held in Linn County jail on $750 bond. His prior conviction occurred April 2, 1955, in Linn County.
The United States bows to Haiti’s request and recalls envoy Raymond Thurston. Haiti also recalls its ambassador to Washington, lowering diplomatic ties amid the dispute over President Duvalier’s decision to stay in power.
Wendell L. Oliver 29 of 1527 E Avenue NE faced charges of disturbing the peace by using profanity and resisting an officer after a disturbance at 12:19 a.m. Saturday at the Twilite room of the Windsor hotel 110 First Street NW. He was released after posting 220 dollars bond at 1:25 a.m. Saturday.
Premier Khrushchev said any concessions in nuclear test ban talks must come from the West and rejected on site inspections. He offered no Soviet concessions, urged a summit, and criticized Kennedy’s rhetoric while praising reduced East West tensions.
The National Republican Citizens Committee led by Eisenhower shows a George Romney influence as it gathers amateurs and citizen groups to shape GOP policy. Workshop in Hershey, Pennsylvania, features Eisenhower and potential backers of Romney Goldwater Rockefeller, with no candidate talk but possible statements reflecting Republican views.
West Berlin traffic snarled as East German border guards slowed and harassed travelers on the Autobahn delaying holiday weekend departures. About 2 900 westbound cars queued at the border point outside Berlin with waits up to five hours amid reprisals for arrests of East German newsmen in West Germany.
Leo F. Shea aged 34 of 1637 Thirteenth Street NW faced disturbance and resisting arrest charges after an argument with his wife at Tony's Steakhouse 320 Second Avenue SE. Police say he kicked in a door and fought officers. he was released Saturday morning on a 220 dollar bond.
The tax commission abandoned a broad assessment increase plan after protests and ordered 33 counties and cities with inequities to re‑evaluate property by 1964. Some jurisdictions argued uneven assessments would worsen local inequities, and law changes were urged but not acted on. Costs of re‑evaluation vary by jurisdiction.
In Danville Virginia nineteen civil rights protesters marching against the citys new get tough ordinance were arrested after a staged sit down on a street near the municipal hall. Leaders Rev L W Chase and John Zellner collapsed to trigger police arrest as others continued the march.
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru announced that President Kennedy has accepted an invitation to visit India. He suggested the trip could occur late this year or in early 1964.
Rev. Donald Tucker of Greenwood Mississippi recalls Evers telling him of an anonymous call that tapped a gun to the phone and warned him he would be killed. Tucker says Evers feared for his life yet kept preaching despite daily death threats and harassment.
Negroes agreed to call off protests after Governor Tawes ordered national guard troops into Cambridge. Guardsmen imposed a 9 p m curfew on businesses, ordered civilians off streets by 10 p.m., and halted demonstrations to stop four nights of violence.
A 42 year old white man said 10 Negro youths shouted insults about Mississippi and Alabama before he was attacked. Jerome Edmunds, 17, is held for investigation of felonious assault after admitting he chased Anthony Duva who was hospitalized and later released.
In Cleveland a white crowd attacked Negro residents after word of a Wednesday beating of an 18 year old white boy who was stabbed 14 times. Police were injured and vehicles damaged as rocks bottles and bricks flew. At least 10 people were arrested for disorderly conduct.
One year old Fred Caldwell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Fred Caldwell 309 Avenue NW sustained second degree burns to head and chest when hot water spilled on him while being prepared for a bath. He was listed in fair condition Saturday at St Luke's hospital.
United Nations reports France will not make any payments for the Congo operation. Delegate Roger Seydoux stated the stance on Friday. He said Paris will withhold funds pending outcomes of the mission and related negotiations.
Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric told Senate investigators the decision to award Bell Aerosystems an 18 million research contract was based on his own experience and Bell's past performance rather than a technically superior design from Douglas Aircraft. He said advisers warned either firm could do the work and that he avoided a lengthy technical briefing.
Graduates named Karen Ann Hein, John Boyd, Ross Allen Hamilton, Robert D. Drexler, Cheryl Hayworth, Arthur W. Krumbholz, Milton J. Sabacky, and others receive BA and MS degrees from institutions including Valparaiso University, Carleton College, University of New Mexico, Amherst College, Earlham College, College of the Americas, and University of Illinois. Addresses accompany each graduate.
Louella Hess, 28, died after she stepped in front of a runaway truck parked on a slope near a yard where her children played. The coroner reported the brakes released and the truck rolled toward the children, knocking her down as she attempted to shield them.
Gerald Roush age 65 from West Des Moines Iowa was killed in a two vehicle crash at the west edge of Exeter Nebraska Saturday involving the car he drove and a truck authorities reported.
Hospitalized Mrs. Gertrude Lentz at St. Luke’s since June 8 following surgery. Mays City adds three new air conditioned lanes. Linn County Democrats host picnic Sunday at Zoo Hill Bever park with State Rep Ely County Atty Fulton and Supervisor Scolaro. Mixed Scotch doubles sweeper at Jubilee Lanes every Monday night. Roberta Ladage reports five fishing poles stolen. Bavarian House in Springville offers Father’s Day Sauerbraten. Baton twirler Marcie Burkey named in Who’s Who in Baton Twirling 1963. Magnificent Tropic Lanes advertises bowling deals.
Mrs. Donald Norton reports her purse stolen from her during a visit to the World theater Friday evening between 5 30 and 6 o clock. The bag housed about 30 dollars in cash and 58 dollars in other valuables. She resides at 3017 Thirtieth street drive SE.
Pierson's Florists at 1800 Ellis Blvd NW lists tuberous begonias for 75 cents and notes the shop is open Sunday with a brief advertisement.
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