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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1966
Page
1
The daily report lists temperatures for major cities with precipitation figures and barometric readings, then notes year-to-date and normal figures. It includes a list of births and marriages, police and fire incidents, traffic violations, and sentences from Cedar Rapids area courts with names and addresses where readable.
The Iowa area reports multiple deaths with funeral details. Decorah Clarance Seim 78 services Wednesday at 2 Lutheran church Steine's Manchester Robert Barr 68 services Friday 1 30 Masonic services Thursday 8 Shelly's What Cheer John Collier 86 services Wednesday 1 30 Harden chapel burial Beacon cemetery outside Oskaloosa Clarence Meyer 73 services Thursday 1 30 St Johns United Church of Christ Chapman's Martelle L A Dreibelbis 838 services pending Goettsch Anamosa Iowa City Laura Naas 73 services Wednesday 9 Mc Govern Dwyer Tipton Etta Mae Wells 77 services Friday 2 Sheets Son friends may call after 7 Wednesday Volga Lyman Moats 87 services Wednesday 2 Methodist church Feeney Knutson Volga Tama Agnes Krizek Masons Tama Sidney Ramsdell 59 Hendersons Toledo
East Germany applied for United Nations membership on Tuesday. The request was relayed to Secretary General U Thant by Polish Ambassador Bohdan Lewandowski.
David Janssen Dan O'Herlihy and Mickey Rooney headline the Channel 9 film airing at 10 25 PM Tuesday with a long hot summer theme and action packed plot.
The Linn county board of supervisors set March 29 at 10 30 a.m. to receive bids for courthouse jail remodeling. Plans by Leo C Peiffer and Associates were approved. Project cost is estimated at 12000 to 15000 dollars and includes converting the jail office to a visiting room and adding a juvenile female detention area plus sheriff civil deputies offices.
Howard E. Romer, 49, of Clinton, pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Judge Charles Penningroth. He was fined $100 and costs after the drunk driving charge was dropped on the state's recommendation. Romer was arrested July 24 on First Street and Sixth Avenue SW.
The board of supervisors on Tuesday approved County Attorney Jack Fulton to attend a two day school of instruction at Northwestern University in Chicago on April 29 and 30. The program will cover the supreme court and police matters. Fulton will attend with Cedar Rapids Police Chief George Matias.
Robert Rutland, 42, of Marshalltown, was arraigned Tuesday before Judge William R. Eads and is to answer the charge Friday.
Ritland faces charges of false uttering of a check and fourth offender status after allegedly passing a $15 bad check to Killian’s on December 3. The judge set Friday as the plea deadline.
Richard G. Walsh, 30, of 800 First Avenue NE, given until Friday at 9 30 a.m. to plead to a drunk driving charge after Feb. 26 arrest on Highway 218 north of Cedar Rapids. Judgments list Commercial Credit Plan Inc. vs John E. Moran for 1053.29 and Karem Fathie MD vs Larry Conner for 71.
Unemployment in the Cedar Rapids area rose to 2 percent in January 1966 from 1.3 percent in December 1965. The civilian work force numbered 67 820, with 1 360 unemployed in January, 1966, compared with 1 410 unemployed in January 1965.
Charles Freize 22 of Council Bluffs suffered the loss of a right leg and severe injuries to the other after his pants leg was caught in a tractor power takeoff on the Anamosa prison farm. He was rushed to University Hospital Iowa City in serious condition. Freize serves a five year sentence for larceny.
The council launched a continuing study of pension and retirement plans for city workers across departments. It noted police and fire pension increases authorized by the legislature and discussed hiring an actuary to review funding adequacy and possible statewide verification of methods. Information on expected city contribution increases should arrive before budget planning.
Mrs Joseph Novak 84 of 410 Seventh Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday in a local hospital. Born April 2 1880 in Cedar Rapids she was a lifelong resident. Surviving two sons Joseph Sacramento California Paul Cedar Rapids one daughter Marguerite Reha Iowa City two brothers George Hobel Cedar Rapids Lester Hobel Pacloma California and one sister Mrs Albert Harris Los Angeles. Services Thursday 9:30 at St Patrick church with Rev J Robert McDonald Rosaries Wednesday Knights of Columbus 7 Daughters of Isabella and 8 by the parish at Teahen funeral home Burial Iowa City and Parlor City lodge 1799 Royal Neighbors. Frank J Novak 63 of 1216 Eighteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Monday after a brief illness Born December 23 1902 in Cedar Rapids he was on the police department last several years a carpenter served in the navy and was a member of Hanford post American Legion carpenters union and the Goodfellows club Surviving wife Matilda Triska Novak married October 10 1925 four sons Melvin Jim Thomas and Ted all of Cedar Rapids ten grandchildren four sisters Mrs Frank Stanek Emma Pazdernik Mrs William Tosh and Lenore Christie all of Cedar Rapids Services Brush chapel 10 a.m. Thursday Rev William Harnish Burial Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 3 p.m. Wednesday Military graveside services by Hanford post
Clarence Homer Dawson 73 of 1717 K avenue NE died Monday evening after a long illness. Born in Jefferson he married Minnie Hartkemeyer November 25, 1915 in Cedar Rapids. A former machinist at Iowa Manufacturing Co he retired in 1960. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs. Charles Barnett of Moline, two sisters Anna Hoover and Georgia Dawson, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial rites Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church at 1 p.m. with Rev. E Koberg. Cedar Memorial funeral home calls after 1 p.m. Wednesday. casket to remain closed after service.
Thomas A Burke, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Monday in Las Vegas. Services will be held there Thursday. He is survived by his wife two sons a daughter six grandchildren a brother James L Burke and three sisters Mrs Howard Kushman Mrs P H Gallagher and Marge Burke all of Cedar Rapids. Bunker Brothers Mortuary of Las Vegas to handle arrangements.
Rose Ellen Thompson died after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital Monday evening. Born August 9, 1893 in Clarion, she married Henry S. Thompson in 1920. Survived by husband, two Cedar Rapids daughters, three Cedar Rapids sons, and twelve grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 from Eyler funeral home Clarion. Burial in Clarion. body moved from Turner chapel.
Vesta M. Bruner of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. Born December 30, 1877, in Cedar Rapids she was a lifelong resident. Survived only by nieces and nephews. a Westminster Presbyterian Church member. Memorial services will be announced later. Body at Turner chapel.
Vera Elen Cosgrove of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. Born October 23, 1915 in Vail, she worked 17 years at Woolworth's. She is survived by husband Walter J. Cosgrove son Roland Patrick Moffett Field California and brothers Edwin Magill Virgil Magill Melvin Magill. Services are pending at Brady Mortuary with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery.
Laura Jean Wachal will be laid to rest Wednesday at 10 30 a m at Chapel of Memories with Rev Allen S Van Cleve officiating Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial cemetery Susan Coughlin will lie in state at 10 am Wednesday at Immaculate Conception church led by Very Rev Msgr William A Roach Burial in Mt Calvary cemetery Rosaries are set for Tuesday 4 p m at St Rose Circle and 7 30 p m with Msgr Roach at Monahan Stewart funeral home
U S forces pursue Viet Cong remnants along a coastal peninsula while Vietnamese troops seal river lines to block land escapes. The 101st Airborne and First Cavalry report heavy losses in multiple regiments during Operation Masher begun January 19, with 1,323 communists dead and 388 captured in Bong Son area.
Vincent Noack 39 a former Cedar Rapids resident and World War I veteran of Dubuque died Monday. Survived by wife Gladys daughter Susan of Dubuque and mother Mrs Josephine Takes of Cedar Rapids. Services Thursday 9 30 a m Holy Ghost Catholic Church Dubuque burial Mt Calvary cemetery Behr's funeral home in charge.
Emma Shelton age 80 of 2525 A venue NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness. Born June 25 1885 in Benton County she married Levi M Shelton in 1907 in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include daughter Mildred S Wolf granddaughter and three sisters Ida Feiereisen Hazel Babcock and Helen Palmer. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Hamilton outlined a 1 million park bond plan with 700 acres for Squaw Creek and 500 for Pinicon Ridge, plus 300000 for building the Pinicon Ridge dam. The issue funds land, dam construction, a shelter and lookout, and water and road improvements with a ten year repayment.
The NYC program requires self referral or referrals, multiple interviews, and a six hour training minimum. Participants face a one year limit and six month drop if training is not completed. Local in kind support comes from supervisors and agencies like Linn County Conservation, Cedar Rapids parks, and the Public Library.
Relatives say Dr. Stevan Durovic developer of Krebiozen has left the United States to seek treatment for a kidney ailment in Paris. His attorney Edward Calihan told federal authorities that Durovic departed February 23, amid charges of evading nearly 200000 in income taxes.
Charles H. Sheehy of Collins Radio Co was elected president of United Community Service of Cedar Rapids and Marion at a meeting in the Montrose hotel. Peter Crivaro Marion city manager was named vice president and James Coquillette treasurer. several local leaders joined the new board and a March 16 membership meeting will consider a constitutional change to boost representation from impoverished neighborhoods. The federal requirement urges 25 to 40 percent board seats for poverty areas.
Thirty Republican House members demand an immediate investigation of the draft citing a bureaucratic maze hindering manpower access for Vietnam. They call for scrutiny of Defense Dept efficiency and deferment tests they say bias liberal arts in favor of science, and warn of rising U S forces.
An hour long ABC News documentary titled Thin Blue Line examines crime's rise and the role of police, featuring narration by Van Heflin. It covers issues from New York City to Los Angeles, including alleged brutality debates, and airs next Monday at 9 p.m. on KCRG-TV Channel 9.
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