Record Weather and Police Notices From Daily Chronicle
The daily report lists temperatures for Indianapolis New Orleans New York and nearby regions with warnings of snow in the northwest and far north. Snow totaling four inches or more expected Saturday night with mixed rain southeast. Weekend temps fall with lows in the 30s and high 40s, several hour forecasts and noon readings. Police court notes list multiple individuals cited or fined for traffic and drunkenness offenses with amounts and durations.
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Pridi A
Apolis
Orleans
York
Govt. prosecutes Fequer in Dubuque kidnapping case
The U.S. government used 35 witnesses in the Fequer kidnapping trial, linking Victor Harry Fequer of St. Johns, Michigan, to the slaying of Dr. Edward Bartels of Dubuque. FBI fingerprint expert Walter Moore testified the prints on a Dubuque drugstore directory matched Fequer’s thumb. Bartels’s widow testified her husband received a call from a man posing as a doctor.
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Waterloo
Victor Harry Feguer
St. Johns
Mich
Edward Bartels
Dubuque
U.S
F. E. van Alstine
Sioux City
Federal District Court
van Alstine
Walter T. Moore
Alexandria
FBI
Washington
Moore
Dr. Bartels
Fegner
Memorial services and obituaries across Iowa towns
A list of deaths with ages and upcoming funeral services from towns including North English Effie Miles Powell s Guttenberg Ida Biederman Kalona Mrs Lewis Bender Archie Hay Anamosa Goettsch West Union Mary Storrey Elkader Gertrude Sackett Witt Springville Susan Gearhart Hunter Victor Henry Wahl McAninch Tipton Harvey Shotwell John Miller Monticello Mrs Norman Newton Waukon Mrs Julius Snitker Albert Cunningham Decorah Delia Knutson Ossian Ossian Lutheran Decorah Mrs Ben Thompson Steine s. Services are scheduled across churches and funeral homes on Monday Sunday and Tuesday for the deceased residents, with locations at First Presbyterian Ossian Lutheran First Methodist St Patrick s and other churches referenced.
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Sheets
Dahn
Tipton
John A. Miller
Monticello
Norman Newton
Goettsch’s. Waukon
Julius Snitker
First Presbyterian Church
Martin’s. Waukon
Albert Cunningham
St. Patrick’s Church
Martin's
Decorah
Delia_ Knutson
Ossian
Ossian Lutheran Church
Stevie’s
Ben Thompson
First Methodist Church
City Briefs and Local Notices Collate Daily Events
A collection of briefs reports a sudden death in Princeton Missouri and family travel, jurors dismissed in a civil case, a youth group event at Franklin Auditorium, an arrest for theft, bowling specials at Magnificent Tropic Lanes, a dean’s list honor for Philip Yanaway of Parsons College, a fraud case involving Jack Rowlay, Dairy Queen stores reopening, a "Lucky Red Pin" bowling event, a medical office relocation, and a Classified Want Ad encouragement to offer talents via the Gazette line.
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Philip Yanaway
I. D. Yanaway
Thirty-third St
Parsons College
Fairfield
United Plane Lands Safely After Scare
A United Air Lines flight from Chicago landed at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport after a landing gear indicator failed. The crew, with a mechanic aboard, circled while standby emergency equipment waited. investigators found the indicator light burned out and the plane touched down safely at 9:45 p.m. Ground crews and local officials remained on scene to assist and observe the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Chicago
Clarence C McIntyre
Jesse Hunterand
Chie
Earl Mueller
John Kuba
Gareth Clift
New Zealand Prime Minister and Kennedy Discuss China
President Kennedy and New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake met Friday and issued a statement expressing deep concern over the hostile and aggressive attitude of the Chinese Communist regime. They warned that Red China menaces the peace of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Washington
Kennedy
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Hotel blaze threatens guests as flames touch upper floors
At 10:55 emergency crews said the fire was under control and guests were evacuated from the 10th and 11th floors. Forty-two rooms on the 10th to 14th floors were affected by smoke or flames, with a reno under way leaving many rooms unoccupied. Dorothy Speer, 22, clung to a ledge during the danger and was saved by firefighters. three airline hostesses sheltered nearby and guided her to safety. Fireman James Rickard fractured his ankle in a fall. Leonard Hicks of Pick Congress suggested a cigarette may have sparked the blaze.
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Quinn
Dorothy Speer
Avis Gifford
Boston
Maureen McNeill
Ann Clarke
Los Angeles
Miss Speer
James Rickard
Leonard Hicks
The
Pick Congress
Deaths William E Klier Cedar Rapids resident 47
William E Klier a Cedar Rapids resident 47 died after a brief illness. Born October 15 1900 in Paralta he married Jessie Charles November 10 1926 in Marshalltown. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs George Pealer Jr a son William C 6 grandchildren and two brothers Frank and Elmer. He worked 37 years as an electrician for Penick and Ford and was noted as an outstanding semi pro pitcher. He belonged to Asbury Methodist church Jan Hus Lodge 510O OF and Grain Millers Local 100 AFL CIO. Services 2 pm Monday at Janeba Funeral Home Rev John K Moore officiating burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 6 pm Sunday.
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William E. Klier
Second St
Cedar Rapids
Paralta
Marshalltown
Jessie Charles
George Pealer, Jr
William C
Frank
Des Moines
Elmer
Houston
Texas
Elier
Penick and Ford
Asbury Methodist Church
Jan Hus Lodge
Grain Millers
Janeba
John K. Moore
Burjial
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Rapids man Wayne Bartlett dies after sudden illness
Wayne Bartlett 47 of 718 Thirty-second St NE Cedar Rapids and Marion longtime resident and World War II veteran died Saturday after a sudden illness. An employee of the Cedar Rapids school board for six years he served as assistant engineer at Wilson Junior High. Born September 1 1913 in Marion he married Evelyn Cherry July 25 1942 in Missouri and is survived by his wife and daughter Sherry Elaine. He was affiliated with Kenwood Presbyterian Church. Services at Beatty Buerle's with time to be announced. Friends may call after 6 PM Sunday.
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Wayne Bartlett
Thirty-second St
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Wilson Junior High School
Evelyn Cherry
Missouri
Sherry Elaine
Bartlett
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Beatty Buerle
Funeral services for Mrs. Peter-Janeba Sunday at 2:30
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Hach Funeral Home with Jerry Drahovzal and Praha I Rebekah Lodge officiating. Burial will be in Czech National Cemetery.
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Hach
Peter—Janeba
Jerry Drahovzal
Praha i Rebekah Lodge
Sailors Enjoy Shore Leave After Peaceful Dunoon Parade
The Proteus crew members, welcomed by locals in Dunoon, mingle calmly with residents after a Polaris protest parade led by Bertrand Russell’s British Committee for Nuclear Disarmament. Captain Laning says the sailors are peaceful and not involved in any incidents.
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Emrys Hughes
Glasgow
Proteus
British Committee For Nuclear Disarmament
Bertrand Russell
Richard Laning
Laning
Dunoon
Davenport student freed on bond for trying to buy beer as minor
Robert Burchett Jr a 20 year old Davenport student at the University of Iowa is free on a 100 bond after being charged with attempting to buy beer while a minor.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Robert Burchett, Jr
Davenport
University of Iowa
Congolese Troops Attack Banana Port and Clash With U.N.
Congolese forces landed by boat to attack Banana port and oust the U.N. garrison of 24 Sudanese soldiers. A Sudanese soldier was killed and a Sudanese wounded in Friday fighting. U.N. reinforcements from Indonesia were sent to Kitona as Dag Hammarskjold called for order to be restored. A Congo tailor was shot dead outside his home and a Tunisian U.N. soldier seized. police blamed a row over a pair of pants for the shooting.
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Leopoldville
Banana
U.N
Kitona
Dag Hammar Skjold
Arctic crash survivors recount parachutes and captivity
McKone and Olmstead tell of six hours on rubber rafts in the Arctic after escaping a crash that killed Major Palm. They endured Russian interrogation, medical neglect, and censorship while awaiting repatriation and later stated they would not hesitate to undertake another mission.
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McKone
Willard Palm
U.S
Olmstead
Arctic
Moscow
John Kennedy
Dickens
Thackeray
Kosygin Ends India Tour With Satisfied Ties
New Delhi AP Soviet First Deputy Premier Kosygin concluded a 2 week Indian tour stating we are satisfied with our relations with India and we shall seek to promote them further.
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New Delhi
Kosygin
India
Nevada Governor Signs Death Penalty Bill For Train Robbers
Gov. Sawyer signed a bill in Carson City ending the death penalty for train robberies in Nevada. The measure abolishes capital punishment for such crimes, shifting penalties to prison terms.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Sawyer
Seek Injunction To Block Utility Rates
Iowa City gas and electric co. seeks a court injunction to restrain enforcement of the city council approved rate ordinances. Judge Clair Hamilton set a Thursday hearing after denying an injunctive without a hearing. The company argues the 5 percent rate increase is not a fair return.
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Iowa City
Ia.iii. Gas and Electric Co
Clair Hamilton
Elvers Named To Iowa Tax Commission Amid Reapportionment Debate
Sen. Elvers, a Clayton County dairy farmer and Farm Bureau leader, was appointed to Iowa’s tax commission by former Gov. Herschel Loveless. He faced intense GOP pressure and Democratic opposition during a fierce reapportionment fight over Shaff’s plan, which would set a 58 member senate and 99 member house. The debate, tied to timing before a week long recess, drew strong emotions from veterans claiming the plan would dilute urban representation.
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Tax Commission
Herschel Loveless
Elvers
David O. Shaff
R.clinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
General Assembly
Senate
House
Sen. Elvers
Clayton County
Farm Bureau
Nelson arraigned in theft of three radios
Clarence H. Nelson, 34, was arraigned in district court on a charge of stealing three radios from May's Drug Store. He was given until March 8 to plead, and bail was set at $3,000. Nelson admitted the theft and said he sold the radios. detectives had recovered them before his arrest.
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Clarence H. Nelson
Floyd Philbrick
Nelson
Cedar Rapids
May
First Ave
Indonesia Eyes Industrial Leap Amid Private Role Debate
Indonesia pursues an eight year plan costing 240 billion rupiahs to industrialize with state control of resources. Critics warn private industry is stifled by government policy while oil and export revenues finance growth, and foreign firms negotiate to retain contracts.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
U.S
Cal Tex Pacific
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
Socony Mobile Oil Co
British
Shell Group
Weger Trial Deliberations Highlighted by Ballot Results
Weger repudiated confessions saying duress. Ballots showed guilty votes 17-5 on Thursday and 6-6 on Friday with other tallies 8-4 11-1 and 12-0. Judge Hoffman warned the jury could free Weger imprison him or condemn him to the electric chair. Three Riverside neighbors from Illinois drove 97 miles to a St. Louis canyon where the victims were slain. their bodies were found two days later. Weger, a father of two, faced trial as his wife attended sessions.
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Leonard Hoffman
Weger
Chicago
Riverside
St. Louis
Travelogue yanked from U S military theaters
In Weisbaden Germany American military officials removed a 10 minute travelogue titled Below the Keys from U S army and air force theaters. The film that pre dated Castro era was shown about a week before the decision and officials said they did not realize the title could be deemed unsuitable.
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Weisbaden
Germany
U. S
Cuba
Pakistan Receives $30 Million Oil Loan From Russia
Russia signed an agreement Saturday granting Pakistan a loan of about 30 million dollars to develop Pakistan oil resources. The move comes as Islamabad seeks external support for energy exploration and economic relief.
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Karachi
Russia
Pakistan
Dubuque Man Found Unconscious in Cab
Lawrence Meehan of Dubuque was picked up unconscious by Cedar Rapids police in front of the bus station early Saturday and transported to University hospitals Iowa City after a fractured skull was found. Vincent C. Rieger of 411 Eighth St SE was arrested with Meehan for drunkenness and sentenced to three days in jail. Detectives said they had no explanation for Meehan's injury and their investigation continues.
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Lawrence Meehan
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Meehan
Vincent C. Rieger
Eighth St
Rieger
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Bert W. Butt
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Jack Rowlay
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