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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
1
Highs reach mid eighties in several cities with lows in the sixties. Rainfall totals and June norms listed, along with barometer, humidity, and wind data from the Gazette weather station. Obituaries and service notices for Hayden's and Hoover-Valentine are included with scheduled times.
Birth announcements list numerous families from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas including Keith H. Zieser Center Point and Michael L. Stieger Marion with daughters. Also notes of weddings, divorce notices, and a series of funeral service details from several towns with dates and church names.
Seven weekly sessions at 1 p.m. begin Tuesday in the Peoples Bank community room. Iowa Commission on Aging and HACAP partner with Drake University to provide pre retirement planning guidance for workers and communities. Speakers from Drake assist as the center expands beyond Des Moines with talks on health, estates, investments, education, and jobs.
Army doctors at Walter Reed General hospital report Ike's heart rhythm irregularities have decreased in frequency since yesterday. No chest pain and no signs of heart failure remain, marking another comfortable 24 hours in the critical recovery period.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey calls for a dual path of civil order and social justice. He proposes immediate action to quell riots and looting with state federal policing aid, plus councils for civil peace, media scrutiny of television, and broad citizen participation in decision making.
Judge Edward J. McManus ordered that Hydrotile Machine Co. may inspect the allegedly defective pipe making machine at Hume Pipe Corp. in Swampscott Massachusetts. The ruling also requires Hume to provide Hydrotile with unfilled customer orders and explains Hume's claimed losses from production disruption.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced comprehensive and radical legislation to change the powers of the House of Lords. He said talks with Conservatives and Liberals are finished and the government will proceed without opposition agreement. He aims to end hereditary peerage to create a democratically chosen chamber.
Alan A. Wescott of 328 Twenty Ninth Street Drive SE waived a preliminary hearing on a drunk driving charge. He pled guilty in municipal court to operating with a suspended license. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. sentenced 90 days in Linn County Jail on the suspension charge, suspended, with one year probation. He was bound over to the Linn County grand jury after waiving the drunk driving hearing.
Talksdhat Johnson rejects renewed bombing and pushes ahead with an antimissile system for possible Chinese attack in the mid seventies. He also defends the F-111A as a good plane and likely effective in the future, while Clifford notes a fixed valve and claims the main fault causing plane losses has been identified.
Edward K. Schott of Coggon was given until June 27 to move or plead in municipal court to resisting execution of due process after authorities said he resisted arrest by officers in Coggon on May 30.
Margaret Murphy a 47 year old former Marion resident remains in Linn County jail while a probation revocation hearing is delayed. Judge Vietor rejected her habeas petition and questioned why a 1967 supreme court decision on due process not applying to parole revocation was invoked. The case cites Mempa Rhay and State vs Rath as relevant authority, with the July 11 1967 parole letter as basis for arrest and a July 3 hearing set amid questions about prior contact with Judge Rees and scheduling.
Judge J Paul Naughton sentences Kenneth Wilson also known as Kenneth R Cornwall to ten years in Ft Madison for uttering a forged instrument. The East Chicago man had seven prior felonies and time served credit applied. He faces additional counts including carrying a concealed weapon and federal charges on interstate transport of a stolen vehicle.
An appeal is filed in Linn district court contesting a Cedar Rapids municipal court verdict against Rock Island railroad conductor B. S. Rains for obstructing a crossing on Fourth street. He was found guilty, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and posted a 150 dollar appeal bond. The case stems from a crossing blockage stated as more than five minutes by a city ordinance.
Sirhan Sirhan remains a resident alien with no US citizenship. Parsons notes his appellate court victories including the 1954 Cahan decision limiting illegally obtained evidence. He expects a lengthy pretrial phase as a second attorney reviews the case. Sirhan is due in court June 28 to plead to Kennedy’s fatal shooting and injuries to five others.
Gary L. Bothwell, 24, of route two, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of his two children by failure to provide support. The complaint was filed June 12 by his wife Patricia. He posted a $110 bond after a municipal court appearance and was given until June 27 to demand or waive a preliminary hearing.
Iowa state Senator Tom Riley announced invites to U S Senators Hickenlooper Rourke and Miller and Representatives Schwengel and Culver for a Friday morning meeting with an Army Corps of Engineers official. The aim is to coordinate efforts to raise Coralville reservoir levels while balancing recreation and flood control.
Adolph Prazak 87 died in San Antonio Tuesday. Born September 17 1880 in Cedar Rapids he moved to San Antonio in 1963. Survived by two daughters Lucille Williams of Miami Ruth Prazak of Chicago one son Dr George Prazak of San Antonio one grandchild and three great grandchildren. Services at Czech National cemetery Saturday at 2 00 p.m. off by Rev William B Harnish. Friends may call at Janeba Kuba funeral home west from 9 a m to 1 p m Saturday.
Frank Petras mass at St Patrick's Church Friday at 9 30 a m with burial at Czech National cemetery Rosary Thursday 8 p m Teahen chapel William L Krueger mass at Turner chapel east 10 30 a m Friday burial at Pale cemetery Zoe Butler Yothers service at Turner chapel east noon Friday burial Maple Hill cemetery Montour Rev Dee Jay Reiff officiating Dale L Lines Turner chapel east 1 30 p m Friday burial Cedar Memorial with American Legion service Sharron Olive May Shiloh cemetery Hiawatha Immaculate Conception church 10 30 a m Friday Rev Roger O'Brien Rosary 7 30 Thursday Beatty Bearle funeral home
Trials will be held in Cedar Rapids municipal court Aug 22 for two men accused of assault and battery in separate incidents. Charles D. Bemer denied he assaulted Marilyn Bemer May 26 while Robert T. Stastny pled innocent to the June 5 assault of Mary Stastny. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr set the dates.
Short notice prompts readers to use a wanted advertisement approach to locate a specific item. The notice provides a contact phone number 369-1234 for inquiries and responses.
Ralph J. Buline 73 of Solon died Thursday after a long illness. Born June 20, 1895 in Lone Tree he farmed near Solon and worked 16 years for Iowa Steel and Iron Works. Surviving are his wife Marie four grandchildren four sisters and a brother. Memorial rites set for 9 a m Saturday at Brosh Funeral Home and 9 30 a m at St Marys Church with Father J J Fath burial in Church cemetery. Rosary to be recited 8 p m Friday at the funeral home.
United Nations and North Korea have hosted 17 Panmunjom talks on the USS Pueblo case. Poland and Czechoslovakia joined from North Korea side while Sweden and Switzerland joined from UN command. The incident prompted U.S. protest at Poznan Trade Fair over anti American displays and alleged crew actions.
Carl F Schultz 19 of Cedar Rapids Iowa had one charge dropped after a break in at Pazour Motor Sports on March 2 in which two motorcycles valued at 1700 were reported stolen The larceny charge for tires and wheels valued over 20 was sent to juvenile court His attorney urged remand noting he was 19 at the time Authorities said he plans to join the armed forces
Henry Floyd Brown and Andrew Evan Gibson were found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury in Kansas City Kansas for the December 22 1967 Tower State Bank robbery. Sentencing expected in two to three weeks. They are already serving sentences for the January 19 1968 Metcalf State Bank robbery in Overland Park.
CORVALLIS Ore UPI Senator Wayne Morse D Ore has pledged support for Senator Eugene McCarthy in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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