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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
26
Five day forecast shows above normal highs around 37 to 45 with 0.25 to 0.5 inch of precipitation possible. The report lists temperatures, rainfall totals, barometer and humidity readings, and notes on recent adoptions and legal notices affecting multiple Cedar Rapids and neighboring towns.
Dr. Leo Luka, Polk County medical examiner, said the infant appeared to be born alive late Tuesday or Wednesday and died due to lack of care and medical attention, after being found in a woman's apartment.
DES MOINES AP A woman Pearl M Harrington 41 and Jesse James Broadus 49 pled innocent to murder and disposing of a body in the death of a newborn. Harrington arraigned at a hospital. Broadus in municipal court. Bond set at 2500 each with hearing scheduled March 18. An anonymous call led police to a suitcase containing the infant in a Broadus garage.
Youths today reject adult double standards and superficial charity, said Charles Jones a lay theologian at Immaculate Conception church during the second of six Lenten luncheons. He urged dialogue and listening as two way communication and cited youth music as a gauge of their message and desire to improve the world.
ST PAUL AP Sergeant John Weber dies in Vietnam less than three months after a eight hour battle with an enemy bullet in his chest His mother Mrs Eugene Weber of St Paul says he was shot to death February 3 on his 21st birthday while leading a five man recon team His body was recovered last Saturday Weber volunteered for Vietnam five times and went there last August He was wounded on Hill 875 November 11 but kept fighting until a leg shrapnel hit him and he later died after refusing a rest leave and returning to combat 17 days later.
LBJ urged Congress to make it unlawful to discharge oil from shore facilities or ships within 12 miles. The plan would expand liability beyond gross negligence to include cleanup costs, and would not alter the three mile territorial limit. He asked for $128 million for 1969, up from $87 million in 1968 to fight air pollution.
Washington AP Unions and four copper firms face slow negotiations in the 238 day strike. President Johnson may press fresh talks as wage demands rise from 1.50 to 2 per hour. Company groups split bargaining and workers seek higher pay and benefits amid a broad impact on supplies and war materials.
Judge Warren J. Rees ordered that items seized in the Berry's Food Market armed robbery probe be forfeited for possible use as evidence. Defendants Harold E. Lindee Russell Lindee and Raymond G. Wisniewski deny the charge and Wisniewski seeks a speedy trial set for Monday.
Senator Percy urged drastic non essential spending cuts and a 10 percent surtax to begin funding urban crisis programs. He warned against glib solutions and criticized George Wallace while praising Nixon and Rockefeller as suitable leaders.
Linn county sheriff's deputies arrested Donald J. Julsen, 32, of 109 Tenth Street SE, on an escape charge tied to Tulare County California. Court procedures to transfer him to California were under way Friday. Sheriff Walter Grant said authorities had sought Julsen since October.
The California department of fish and game reports its hatcheries produced 52,167,408 fish in the 1966 67 fiscal year. Of these 22,831,253 were trout and kokanee, 28,560,220 were salmon and steelhead, and 775,935 were warm water fish, with a total weight of about 2.4 million pounds.
Alfonso P. Villa 92 a Piedmontese count and American citizen died in New York. Industrialist banker and sportsman he held directorships with Grayson Murphy Co. and Manhattan Fire and Marine Insurance and was a trustee of the American Italy Society. Funeral mass at St. Jean Baptiste Church at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Robert V. Janda 59 of 312 Thirty-second street NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday. Born September 26 1908 in Cedar Rapids he married Gladys Erickson March 7 1936 in Cresco. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Memorial graveside services 1 30 p m Saturday by Rev Paul Somerville Czech National cemetery with the American Legion. Friends may call at Hesser Memorial chapel.
Elmer J Becicka 63 of 2327 Thompson St SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. Born April 28 1904 in Oxford Junction he was a longtime butcher for Wilson and Company. Survived by brother Walter of Cedar Rapids services at Brush Chapel 1 30 p m Sunday burial Oak Hill Chapel after noon Saturday.
Services conducted at Beatty Bearle chapel and other churches with burial schedules at Cedar Memorial and Norway cemetery. Items note calling hours at Turner chapel east and church services led by specified clergy for Elsie Marie Lesinger, Amor Sargent, Arnold Ellingson, and Gene Baierlein.
Roger Miller hosts OPERATION ENTERTAINMENT with Louis Nye and Toby Randall Friday 7 30 PM on KCRG TV 9 in COLOR. Conquerors The Normans conquered Eng land at Hastings Oct 14 1066.
The Rev. Andrew Young says Martin Luther King will leave April 15 for a peacemaking mission to Nigeria with Roy Wilkins Whitney Young and A. Philip Randolph. They aim to mediate Nigeria's civil conflict between Lagos federal authorities and Biafra leaders before King’s Washington civil disobedience drive begins April 22.
The report cites 1961 to present Vietnam casualties 136 993 with 19 313 killed and 117 680 wounded and Korea casualties 136 913 with 33 629 killed and 103 284 wounded. U S air power renewed strikes near Khe Sanh and a ranger lieutenant shot himself when his unit could not rescue him. Ambassador Bunker says pacification in South Vietnam was not broken down though set back in parts, with plans to regain the offensive already underway.
Humphrey urged immediate action saying the American people deserve the plan now. In Chicago Hartke warned the war remains a major obstacle to progress and cautioned North Vietnam not to count on a peace movement or a new President delivering unilateral U S withdrawal.
One polio case was reported in Alabama in 1966, compared with 695 cases in 1951. The data highlights a drastic decline in polio incidence over the 15 year period.
A TV film titled The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich airs Friday at 9 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9. It traces Hitler's rise from shattered treaties to empire building and the ensuing collapse.
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