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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
3
Tuesday temperatures forecast 74 high 52 low with 0.59 inches June rainfall. Five day outlook shows 2 to 3 degrees below normal on Thursday to Monday and scattered showers and storms midweek. A parade of city notices lists births, corrections, legal name changes, traffic fines, and a drunkenness sentence.
Congress debates stricter gun controls as hearings reveal rising gun crimes. Senators Clark Lindsay and Glenn testify on peril and tragedy from firearms while Dodd cites FBI data showing sharp crime increases. Representative Rhodes opposes further registration/licensing proposals, citing presidential reversal.
Burchett, long-time observer of communist nations, says Hanoi would accept a politically neutral South Vietnam to end the war. He notes Saigon opposes neutralization, while Hanoi leaders are reportedly on good terms with him. He argues North Vietnam would prefer a noncommunist outcome acceptable to the West and South Vietnam.
A sequence of brief notices lists last names with ages and service times. Names include Leeman, Thingwold, Koeneke, Olson, Moorcroft, Nebendahl, Biel ski, Woods, Ward, Goldthwaite, with churches and Thursday or Wednesday services at various local sites.
Lulu Bell the seal at Lowry Park zoo in Tampa died after a stabbing by boys with a pitchfork two months earlier. The female seal weakened from 350 to 180 pounds as officials sought the youths seen fleeing the scene.
Edith Baumann, 26, German, delivering the single handed transatlantic race from Plymouth to Newport, reported her 30 foot Koala III breaking up 300 miles north of the Azores as a gale battered the vessel. Rescue forces including U S Air Force planes and French ships sped toward the scene. The field has shrunk with at least five boats dropping out.
Cedar Rapids animal warden Charles Lockhart presented April and May data to the city council showing 115 dead animals in two months. Among them were 52 in April and 63 in May, with dogs and cats not the only victims including rabbits squirrels opossums raccoon sheep and a groundhog. The reports also note four people bitten by non dog or cat animals and 317 dogs and 138 cats impounded across the two months.
The city files condemnation petitions for 17 parcels tied to the Civic Center Urban Renewal project and two park parcels. Parcels list numerous titleholders including Antonia Calamaggas, Robert S. Cook Jr., Sutherland Dows, Eleanor Cook Mulholland, and others. Park parcels lie on the Cedar River west of the Bertram township line with owners Lester F and Margaret Cach and Mary C Setter.
Clara Ackerman files a 155000 dollar suit in Linn district court against Hosein Kallel owner of the Thunderbird lounge for injuries to her four minor children and herself after her husband’s car struck a tree on December 5 1966. The suit alleges Kallel as liquor licensee or permittee allowed intoxicated service leading to the accident and ongoing total disability for Harry G. Ackerman.
President Johnson indicated he would consider surrendering any unneeded firearms kept at his Texas ranch if they met the qualification. The remark followed an appeal by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto urging voluntary arm confiscation from citizens who do not need them.
A light earthquake struck Florence and nearby Tuscany on Wednesday after two brief precursor tremors. Local officials reported minor shaking with no immediate reports of injuries or major damage and residents were urged to remain cautious.
Secret service agents and state police arrested a young man carrying a knife near Mrs. Richard Nixon as she waited outside Lansing airport for a campaign stop. The suspect had a six inch blade concealed in his sleeve and was moved through the crowd to the terminal.
Two men in a red convertible used a ruse at Cedar Rapids Brownie's 66 station to steal 95 dollars from a service station on First Avenue SE. One man sought change for a candy machine while the other distracted staff and reopened the cash register. The theft was found when the station opened Wednesday morning.
Senate Republicans weigh policy questions after Dirksen cites intrusions on executive power in potential Warren replacement. Warren hints retirement in California while Johnson eyes future nominee. Griffin and others oppose a lame duck president naming long term leadership. still Democrats outnumber Republicans 63 to 36 in the chamber.
Three men died in a Houston shooting chase. An officer was killed after stopping a 1967 Buick for a traffic violation on the northeast side. The pursuit reached 115 mph before a crash and subsequent gunfire left one officer dead and another suspect killed. A woman was arrested at the scene.
Cedar Rapids police arrested two men for drunk driving after separate accidents. Lloyd Shreeves 46 of 250 Twentieth Avenue SW faces second offense drunk driving and leaving the scene after sideswiping a parked car owned by Bobby Ryan 2463 Deborah Drive SW. Dennis Shaheen 23 of 3836 Dalewood Avenue SE was arrested after his car struck a parked car on the First Avenue bridge owned by Rudolph Novak 409 Eighth Avenue SW and Novak died Tuesday after a short illness born September 1893. The obituary notes Novak’s wife Adelka Hasek Novak 74 survived by husband and sister Mrs Dudley Carroll. Funeral arrangements: private services and cremation with donations to the Sokol Tyrs auxiliary.
Scott Edward Arens infant son of Edward and Phyllis Arens died after a brief illness. He was born in Marengo on November 22, 1967 and moved to Cedar Rapids in January with his parents. He is survived by his parents a sister Paula Renee and extended family. Teresa Schmidt died in Marion on Monday leaving a son Russell Schmidt a daughter in law and three grandchildren. Services for Arens are Thursday at 10 30 a m at Monahan Stewart funeral home with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery. Schmidt services were held at Matthew Hermann and Sons funeral home in St Louis.
Charles William Fandrey, 84, of 623 I avenue NW, a Cedar Rapids resident and retired Iowa Steel and Iron Works employee, died Tuesday after a long illness. Born June 29, 1883, in Cedar Rapids, he married Sylvia Schreiner on April 18, 1917. He leaves two sons, Robert of Cedar Rapids and Charles of Fremont, California, and two grandchildren. Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Turner Chapel West, with Rev. Mary A. White of Bethany Congregational Church officiating. Burial at Cedar Memorial. the chapel will be open until 10 a.m. Friday. the casket will not be opened after the service.
Unofficial counts show Liberals with 154 seats, Conservatives 71, New Democrats 23, Creditistes 15 and one independent. Liberal Quebec win 55 4. Diefenbaker wins Saskatchewan seat. Pearson retires. Trudeau plans to convene parliament in September. Lincoln Alexander, first Black MP, joins Parliament as Conservative from Hamilton.
Obituaries list funeral services for Robert L. Straka at Janeba-Kuba funeral home Thursday at 1 30 p m burial in Czech National cemetery. Clarance F Hopper services at Teahen chapel Friday 3 p m burial Palo cemetery with calling after 7 p m Thursday. Stella Kaliban funeral at Brush chapel 9 a m and St Ludmila's church 9 30 a m Thursday burial St John’s cemetery Rosary 8 p m Wednesday at the chapel by Father Zachar.
Washington AP reports Alaska's senior senator E. L. Bartlett, aged 64, was admitted to intensive care following a heart attack. He is in stable condition and under medical supervision as doctors monitor his recovery.
Federal notices detail a major heroin seizure in New York tied to a 1960 case in which Mauricio Rosas, Guatemalan ambassador to the Netherlands and Belgium, was implicated. The latest seizure on April 25 involved a concealed shipment in a Citroen and prompted 28 arrests with 35 more warrants.
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