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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1960
Page
2
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler tonight except extreme south. Highs 72 to 80, lows in 50s. Friday records show temperatures in 60s to 90s across cities with June rainfall totals near 4 inches. Gas leak, venting, and multiple local obituaries listed with service times and locations for many towns including Iowa City, Davenport, Dubuque, and Belle Plaine.
A list of traffic infractions and fines is reported, with individuals including Emma Thomas in Sioux City and James Thede in Iowa City cited for unsafe lane changes and un controlled driving. Numerous others from Tama to Toddville, Marion, and Clinton face fines, bonds forfeited, or brief jail terms for offenses such as speeding, reckless driving, vagrancy, drunkenness, and failure to yield.
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones began their six week honeymoon with a fogbound welcome as the royal yacht Britannia battled mist in the English Channel. The ship then inched into Portsmouth to a crowds greet in a port already decked with celebration.
Mitchell Dane Younger three month old son of Mr and Mrs Ivan D Younger of 412 Fifth Ave SW died Saturday Survived by brother Larry sister Brenda and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ray Keeling of Topeka Kan Friends may call at Rohn funeral home after 2 pm Sunday funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Vance Fishel 27 son of Mr and Mrs George Fishel former Cedar Rapids residents now living in Salinas California died Friday afternoon in a traffic accident near Salinas funeral services will be held in Salinas on Monday.
Lt. Gen. Viggo Hijalf, Denmark's army commander, won a libel suit against Land Og Folk the Communist paper that accused him of treason in World War II. The superior court jailed the editor in chief for 3 months and awarded Hjalf 3500 dollars in damages plus 1400 dollars in costs. Hjalf had admitted in a prior interview that he withheld arms from resistance groups to limit Communist strength after the war.
Moscow radio reports Premier Khrushchev arrived in Bucharest on Saturday to attend the Romanian Communist party congress.
Proximately 50 workers, with bonded babysitters, a on-call house physician, valet and laundry service, and free kennels for guests’ pets. The hotel features a U shape, a fan-shaped pool of 1,750 sq ft, year-round A/C, ceramic tile baths, 1 or 2 double beds per room, TV and 4 channel radio, curtain wall exterior, interior load-bearing walls, and balconies for upper rooms. A playground with a merry-go-round is planned, with Brock and Lindquist naming a resident manager in Cedar Rapids.
The Senate approved a pay raise for about 1.5 million civil service and postal workers by roughly 746 million dollars yearly, 62-17, signaling a veto battle ahead. Dirksen and Halleck pushed against, Goldwater and Church criticized the measure as politically driven and wasteful. The House had already approved the bill 377-40 despite veto expectations.
President Eisenhower visited Taipei amid cheers from tens of thousands of schoolchildren and local supporters. Chiang Kai-shek praised the visit as a boost to cooperation against aggression as Eisenhower arrived by helicopter and greeted by Chiang at Pine Hill airport.
A federal court jury in Chicago Friday acquitted Lynden K. Mellinger on charges that he falsely reported he was carrying bombs on a plane trip.
Camp Good Health has two kitchen positions open for high school girls. Apply by calling EM 3-0681 and asking for Mr Pleune, manager, or Mrs Schroeder, director. Camp operates until mid August.
LAPEER Mich AP Bill Dorsey 43 attempted to retrieve a fishing pole pulled into the water by a fish. He stripped to his shorts and swam after the pole but died from cramps and drowned in about 20 feet of water.
Eugene Hicks, a 32 year old prison security officer, is held on $25,000 bail in Needham Massachusetts after pledging innocent to theft of $103,000 from the Norfolk County Trust Co bank where she worked as a part time guard. Police quote Hicks saying he took the money on an impulse from the Needham industrial branch.
Warsaw AP reports the central committee of the Polish United Workers party will meet on June 21 to plan economic investment for 1961 through 65. The meeting aims to map development priorities and allocate resources for the period.
Fidel Castros announced plan to visit Russia drew senators to call him a Communist tool and urge firmer U S action. Johnson warned of closer Soviet Cuban collaboration while Khrushchev plans Cuba visit. Flood urged a revived Cuban patrol and Bennett urged cutting foreign aid and sugar subsidies.
A Farnum family reunion is set for Sunday June 26 at noon in the Bever Park large pavilion. The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club hosts a 6 30 p m picnic at the river pavilion Ellis Park. Free perennial carnation with every $2 cash purchase from Piersons Florists 1800 Ellis Blvd NW Open Sunday Adv Surgery Postponed Mrs Emil Buresh 1011 Gave NW remains at home Cadet Winner Forrest Buckingham tied for first in best drilled cadet competition at Missouri Military Academy plaque awarded at commencement Robert C Lewis winner in second of six bi monthly Flash For Fun photo contests sponsored by General Electric.
The proposal keeps U S bases in Japan for at least ten years, allows termination after notification, and commits U S defense. It drops internal disturbance provisions and limits on force movements, but Japanese objections cite lack of veto power, potential attacks in the Far East, and increased armament and reconnaissance flights. President Eisenhower pledges actions will respect Japanese wishes.
A four story rooming house in Philadelphia was swept by a Saturday fire killing three residents and injuring ten others. Fire officials said the blaze damaged multiple floors and displaced occupants. The cause remained under investigation.
Marcelino Roxas reports from Quemoy where China’s heavy artillery Friday hit a hospital and civilian homes, killing eight and wounding 47 while military targets remained largely undamaged. Nationalists tally 86 000 shells. U S officers note totals are as accurate as possible without instruments.
Radio reports a new island surfaced in the Caspian Sea following a mud volcano eruption. The event was noted Saturday with authorities monitoring geological activity and potential shifts in local maritime boundaries.
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