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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1965
Page
5
A consolidation of weather figures for several cities shows highs and lows, precipitation totals, and barometric data. The page lists births, marriages, divorce petitions, court actions, notices, and a column of funeral services across multiple towns with dates and locations.
Northwestern Bell repaired lines as airports closed for snow removal. Iowa cities report 1.5 to 6 inches, with cedar county roads travel able and others slushy. Highways closed or threatened include routes near Shenandoah, Marshalltown, Charles City, Missouri Valley, Riverton, and 42 west of Riverton. 70 families stay displaced in Charles City. Weather predicts 2 to 5 inches more, with teens at night and warmer Saturday. St Marys bridge in Charles City remains intact despite ice pressure.
Police division reports list motorists fined for speeding disobeying traffic signals driving left of center line and following too closely. Individuals include Leonard Hart Lloyd Edler Robert Monaghan Janet Hahn Donald Hanson Roger Welty Dennis Smith Kenneth Zahrt Willis Morgan Mull er and others with fines and costs. one case forfeited bond.
Marvin Gilson, 28, of Hazleton, was listed in critical condition in a Waterloo hospital after a John Deere plant crash Tuesday. He was driving a C truck when it backed into a girder, suffering a punctured stomach and severe injuries. seven hours of surgery and 19 pints of blood were reported.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged businessmen to back the administration’s plan to shut veterans hospitals and other facilities. National President Walter Carey called it the first real economy fight of this Congress session.
Johnny Weissmuller stars in Tarzan and the Amazons airing Friday on KCRG-TV3 at 4 o clock. The action exploits jungle thrills as the jungle hero battles foes and rescues fellow explorers.
Missouri Valley and Charles City face ongoing flood threats as Cedar and Boyer rivers peak, with 300 homes evacuated in Missouri Valley and 40 percent of the business district affected. Army engineers to inspect Charles City as ice jams loom and officials consider relief actions.
Heavy snow swept from the central Rockies to Michigan and into Louisiana. Arkansas saw up to eight inches prompting numerous school closures while the St. Louis area logged about two hundred closures with five to seven inches. Mt. Vernon Illinois recorded seven inches and Paducah Kentucky three. A fatal crash near Moberly Missouri killed five people in a station wagon and a truck on slick roads.
Curtis defends the FBI as not the source of the report and argues it is not an FBI document. Williams calls the report a warning against testifying against powerful interests. The dialogue questions the report’s completeness and the handling of witness statements.
William R. Larimer, 27, of 363 Second Avenue SW, forfeited a $55 bond Thursday after failing to appear in municipal court on a reckless driving charge. Police had arrested Larimer February 27 after clocking his car at over 50 mph in the 1300 block of Avenue NW, with officers reporting the vehicle skidded sideways.
The informational meeting on the Cedar Lake urban renewal project is postponed. City planning director Don Salyer says it is tentatively moved to next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the YMCA auditorium with city urban renewal officials, area residents, and property owners in attendance.
Cedar Rapids Community school district received low bids totaling 188657 for seven classrooms and a gymnasium at Grant elementary. Blahnik Construction Co. bid 142250 for general work. Kehrer-Wheatlan Co. bid 36940 for plumbing and heating. Cedar Rapids Electric Supply Co. bid 9467 for electrical. Additional 8000 for furnishings brings total to 196657, under 200000 target. K and A Seating Co. bid 15285 for 856 auditorium seats for Taft and Harding junior high schools. Action pending by the school board.
Police said Glen C. Struck 43 of Central City struck a car driven by Charles V. Hirschfeld 23 of Yonkers New York on First avenue E Thursday morning. Struck could not stop as Hirschfeld turned into the Spartan Discount lot. the snowplow added about 350 to the damage. Hirschfeld received minor injuries and was treated at St Luke's hospital and released. No charges were filed.
Clarence E. Kulasza, 36, of Madison Illinois, is charged with forgery after police say he stole an envelope with two government checks from a mailbox at 1261 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. He forged the recipient’s signature and cashed a $61 railroad retirement check at a Cedar Rapids tavern. He later tried to cash a $178.50 bond interest check in Burlington before being arrested and returned to Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids police seek a young man who accosted Mary Oberbreckling as she shoveled snow from her garage. He picked her up from behind but released her when her daughter appeared. Suspect described as in his 20s, brown pants, plaid shirt and glasses.
MONTREAL AP Police revised the death toll from Monday's apartment house explosion from 28 to 27, updating the public on the toll as investigators continued to search the site.
City officials led by Mayor Bob Johnson reviewed flood control plans as Cedar River could crest near 12 feet by Saturday morning with 13.2 feet flood stage. Ice on the river between Cedar Rapids and Vinton poses the main risk, and an ice jam could cause serious flooding from Ellis Lane to Penn Avenue NW.
Lynn Gage a 50 year old Center Point man is listed in critical condition at University hospitals Iowa City after a two car crash on highway 101 three miles west of Urbana in Benton county. His wife was ejected from the car and several injuries were reported for others involved.
Ernest Merle Cadwallader 65 of 143 Twenty-ninth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday night after a brief illness. He founded Cedar Rapids Scale Co and previously led Wilson and Co scales division. Survived by wife Angela two daughters Merlyn Jo Ledgett and Elsie Marlene Urick son Stanley sister Mildred Hager brother George three grandchildren and four grandsons. Memorial services 3 p.m. Saturday at Turner chapel conducted by Elder A H Gerst. Burial Cedar Memorial.
Memorial services for Mrs Phillip Wagner are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Hesser Memorial Chapel with Rev Donald Caspers of Lovely Lane Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial. friends may call at the chapel.
Lt Hayden Lockhart of Springfield Ohio was shot down while supporting a raid on Quang Khe. He bailed out over a wooded area and is unaccounted for. four other U S pilots and a Vietnamese were rescued. The Pentagon reports no communist air activity during the raids.
Robert Ryan portrays Lincoln in a Capitol ceremony reenactment directed by Dove Schary. The production preserves authentic surroundings with a rough plank platform a small speaking table and two horse drawn carriages. The army supplied horses and one carriage had been used by Ulysses Grant.
Senate leaders Dirksen and Ford blasted the Johnson administration over Soviet consulates and a pending New York Moscow air route. They urged delaying ratification and backed Rusk’s stance that no talks on Vietnam with the communists until aggression ends. They warned of broader communist subversion if reforms proceed.
Arita Hachiro, 80, died of pneumonia in Tokyo on Thursday. He served as foreign minister in the 1930s under several governments.
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