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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
1
A compilation includes daily weather highs and lows for several cities, barometer readings, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, plus year ago temps. It lists recent legal fines for multiple individuals, suspended sentences, and funeral service details for numerous towns including Toledo Brooklyn Bramer's Dyersville Marquette Waubeek Cascade Devaney's Ridgeway Manchester Iowa City and others.
June 23 notice to families names Larry Nickens Hiawatha a son William Mack 136 Kenmore street NE a daughter Harold Armentrout route one Marion a son Larry Norris 327 Thirty first street drive SE a son Kenneth Loesel 272 Twenty eighth avenue SW a daughter Francis Keller 423 Tenth street SE a son Leslie Swindler 1336 Ellis boulevard NW a daughter George Junge Keystone a daughter.
At Ames Mr and Mrs Thomas Phelps welcomed a son born June 23 Mrs Phelps is daughter of Jerry Stufflebeam 1211 Thirty third Street NE Mr Phelps son of Hugh V Phelps 1821 Wilson Ave SW. Also notices list engagements births and several minor incidents including a trash fire caused by children playing with matches at 5100 Avenue NE a dishwasher fire 4401 Westover Road SE a false alarm at Tenth and First Wednesday a stove valve fire 2003 Bever Avenue SE a mistaken steam alarm at First Avenue and Eleventh Street NE.
A compilation of speeding and traffic violations across multiple names and addresses. Fines include 10 to 15 dollars with costs, plus several forfeited bonds for offenses such as improper turns disobeying stop signs and excessive noise.
A Virginia man, Graham Wells Jr. of Richmond, indicted in Cedar Rapids on a three count conspiracy charge, requests transfer of his case to the Virginia federal court. He aided an unnamed woman, Alice Harrison, in the alleged scheme involving blank checks. Wells was in custody briefly and bond released. no transfer action yet. Judge McManus denied Radcliffe town’s motion in a separate damage suit, upholding an $18,363.64 judgment for P R Carroll of Clio Alabama and denying a new trial.
The Senate sent to the president a bill to cut penalties for pranksters who falsely report bombs on planes and public conveyances. The bill lowers civil penalties to a maximum of 1,000 dollars and rewrites offenses from misdemeanor to stricter willful violations with higher fines and potential imprisonment.
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai visits tire and paper factories in Alexandria during a state visit to the United Arab Republic as guest of President Nasser.
The Cedar Rapids post office began using a new parcel post annex in the former Nash-Finch warehouse at Fifth Avenue and Third Street SE to free space in the main building. Completion of the new post office has been moved to January 15, with the annex handling sorting and direct parcel routes while residential carriers remain based at the main office and carrier annex.
Approval of a $990,000 loan by the Housing and Home Finance Agency funds a new 10 story Coe College dormitory. Excavation has begun and the building, to house 160 students, is slated for completion in fall 1966 at the intersection of B avenue and Twelfth street NE, beside freshman hall and the library.
Donald L. White, 21, of 1211 Twenty-second Avenue SW, was fined $100 and costs in municipal court on a faulty equipment charge after a Wednesday arrest for operating a motorcycle on Eighteenth Avenue SW with megatones instead of a muffler. Police note White has three prior arrests and two warnings since 1962 for equipment violations.
The program Turbulence of Peyton Place shifts to Tuesday Thursday and Friday nights at 8 30 p m CDT on KCRG TV 9. Viewers are urged to note new schedule details and tune in for the upcoming episodes.
Nell Cobden Buser 90 of 2518 Meadowbrook SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday. Born October 4 1874 she taught and earned a Europe trip prize then married Edward J. Buser May 11 1898. Survived by husband and daughter Mrs Jay C Warner Milwaukee. Active in Malt a Chapter CES Home for Aged Women Children’s Home Shrine Crippled Children’s auxiliary Kappa Delta Mothers club Peoples Unitarian church. Memorial at Turner Chapel 3 p.m. Saturday with Rev Walter Kellison burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call chapel till 2 30 p.m. Saturday. Casket will not be opened after service.
James Nathanael Taylor 72 a former Cedar Rapids resident and retired plumber died Wednesday in Bonifay Florida. He left Cedar Rapids in 1960 and belonged to Local 125 Plumbers and Steamfitters and Aerie 2272 Fraternal Order of Eagles Cedar Rapids. A World War I and Mexican Border war veteran he is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Ray M Cook of Marietta Georgia three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial services are Friday at First Methodist Church Bonifay with burial in Bonifay cemetery.
Frank John Krall 81 of Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday. Born June 24 1884 in Ely he worked 25 years at Blue Valley Dairy and 16 years at Allis Chalmers Corp. He was a member of the retired men's club. Surviving wife Mary and sister Elsa Krall. Services at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1:30 p.m. Saturday burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Virginia Catherine Donovan 48 of 2461 Illinois St SW Cedar Rapids died in a nursing home after a long illness. Survived by husband Clarence J Donovan and daughter Linda. Memorial services Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mila Catholic Church. burial at St. John's Cemetery. Parish rosary Friday at 7:30 p.m. Teahen Funeral Home.
Clara Novotny Stelcik 74 of 250 Eighteenth Street NW died after a long illness. Born in Cedar Rapids March 9, 1891 she lived there lifelong. She married Sept 10, 1924 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by her husband and a member of Lodge Karel IV ZCBJ. Funeral at 2 p.m. in Janeba Kuba funeral home with burial at Czech National. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Fred E Oliphant funeral set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at Turner chapel with Revs Elmer Boom and Hubert Sunderman burial at Oliphant cemetery north of Cedar Rapids Survivors include Betty DeShaw of Aitkin Minnesota and Bonnie Hutchcroft of Cedar Rapids Anna Kovacik to be buried at Czech National after Friday service at Janeba Kuba funeral home officiated by Rev Milo Filipi
Jim Hoover, 20, was arrested for assault and battery, resisting an officer, and obscene language after a Swalley residence inquiry. Loyal Hoover, 18, faces breaking and entering and assault charges with a preliminary hearing set for July 1. Both remain in Linn County jail.
Established 1883 by The Gazette Co. published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Night edition six issues monthly rates and annual pricing listed. Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news printed in this newspaper.
Firemen were astonished by a blazing delivery truck that allegedly honked its own horn to wake owner Paul Ferns at 1:30 a.m. The truck backed from the garage to a nearby trash heap, where firefighters found and extinguished the flames. Officials attributed the blaze to a horn short and ignition wiring starting the motor, with the garage door opening as the truck backed out.
U S and Allied officials report encounters with near misses over West Berlin as East German helicopters fly through the area. A Pan American pilot saw bursts of white puffs believed to be anti aircraft fire but there was no conclusive evidence. Washington denounces the flights as dangerous and provocative, arguing East German aircraft lack rights under four power Berlin air rules.
The University of Iowa offers a summer course in industrial automation taught by James Bowman of Penn State with help from Edward M. Mielnik. The 4 to 7 pm class runs with 17 students and industry engineers, using Penn State lab equipment and Bellows-Valvair hydraulics. Local participants include Louis Schott, David Axline, Norman Hinkel, John Moran, William Vanhaecke, Charles Dare, Harendra Mankodi, Richard Nolte, and Frank Shukis.
Shirley Temple joins vaudeville revue in Friday's 4 O Clock Movie Poor Little Rich Girl on Channel 9 at 4 PM. The program features Temple in a light comedy role acclaimed in 1936. The TV guide highlights the young star's charm and screen presence.
Jimmy L. Rich of 321 avenue NW pled innocent in municipal court to disturbing the peace. He was arrested after a disturbance at the 102 club on 102 Third avenue SW. Trial set for Aug. 17 by Judge Howard McLaughlin. bond posted at 110 dollars.
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