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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1969
Page
7
The weather page notes temperatures 15 to 25 degrees below normal in Iowa for Tuesday through Saturday with continued cold, minor daily changes, and light to moderate precipitation. Normal lows in the 20s, highs in the 30s to 40s, and total March precipitation around 0.09 inches.
A three judge panel in Cedar Rapids heard oral arguments in a dispute over trucking operating rights tied to a local merger. Plaintiffs Edith C Messinger executor and Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation oppose CRST after ICC reports. Several trucking firms intervened and judges McManus Heaney and Hanson heard the case.
Cedar Rapids city Assessor Dale Piersall urges residents to file for homestead tax credit and military service exemption to avoid spring rush. Exemptions include additional credit for those over 65. Deadline July 1. Apply at city hall 5th floor May's Island 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Call 364 8121 with questions.
Cedar Rapids and Marion receive a federal increase of 3841 dollars for the Squaw Creek sanitary sewer project bringing the total grant to 211041 dollars. The adjustment covers the difference between estimated and final construction costs and the grant now covers about one third of the project. The sewer work was completed last year.
In Philadelphia hospitals the experimental drug L-dopa produced near complete recovery in about 25 percent of patients and improvement in most others. Episcopal Hospital reported 10 of 35 patients nearly lost signs of the disease after six months and 10 more improved. UPenn Hospital saw about 25 percent of 70 to 80 patients lose nearly all signs, with about half of remaining patients improved.
Margaret Mary Richter died Sunday after a brief illness. Born May 4, 1950 in Racine Wisconsin she was a Heelan high school graduate and a student at Area Ten college. She is survived by her parents a brother and a sister and several grandparents and a great grandmother. Miss Richter belonged to St. Pius X Church. Rosaries are planned in Turner chapel east and at Godager funeral home in Muscoda with services at St John Catholic church Muscoda and burial in Muscoda. The casket will not be opened.
Abdo Omar 74 of 1526 Tenth Avenue SW died Saturday after a sudden illness. Born June 24 1894 in Ramed Lebanon he came to Cedar Rapids in 1923 and married Lena Madlam in 1923. He was a WWI veteran and member of the Islamic mosque Mizpah lodge 639. Survivors include his wife a son a daughter two daughters and nine grandchildren. Memorials to the Islamic mosque building fund. Services at Islamic mosque 1:30 PM Tuesday conducted by Iman Adil El-Aseer and Mizpah lodge. Burial at Islamic cemetery.
Michael John O Neal 11 of 113 Oak Street Hiawatha died Saturday after a long illness He was born Sept 4 1957 in Cuero Texas and was a member of St Pius X church He leaves his parents two sisters Anita and Teena three brothers Robert Steven and Phillip and many relatives A Requiem Mass is set for Wednesday at 10 30 a m at St Pius X with Parish Rosary Tuesday at 830 p m at Kuba funeral home East Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 730 p m Monday at Kuba funeral home East
Roberta Lee Wertz three week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert L Wertz 726 L street SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness Born Feb 13 1969 in Cedar Rapids Surviving include her parents Laverne Severson and Mrs Ben Odell Cedar Rapids great grandparents Mary Sorenson and Emma Wertz Cedar Rapids Memorial services Janeba Kuba funeral home west Tuesday at 1 30 by Rev Louis Miller Emanuel Baptist Church Burial Czech National Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 pm Monday
Lee James Boston of Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a short illness. Born August 11, 1881 in Parkersburg he was a retired brick mason formerly with Loomis Brothers Construction. Survived by son William and nine Cedar Rapids grandchildren. Requiem Mass Tuesday 9:30 am at St. Patrick's Church. Burial at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery Dyersville. Rosary Monday 8 pm at Teahen chapel. Memorials to St. Patrick's Church.
Mrs. Robert Babbage aged 84 of 1020 Seventeenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a brief illness. Born September 20 1884 in Cedar Rapids she was a lifelong resident and retired employee of Wilson and Co. She was a member of St Wenceslaus church and the Rosary Society. Surviving are two sons Robert and Milton Babbage both of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren five great grandchildren two brothers Frank of Cedar Rapids and Charles Miller Solon. Services 9 am at St Wenceslaus with Rev Clarence Frana burial at Czech National Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Kuba funeral home east by Father Frana and the parish.
A chapel service is scheduled for 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by the Rev Fred R Gottwald of the First Assembly of God church. Interment will follow at Mt Vernon Beatty Bearles after 7 p m.
Wesley Dusek 76 of 1857 E avenue NE died Monday after brief illness. Born in Czechoslovakia March 27 1892 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1913. Survived by two sons and widow Agnes predeceased. Funeral at Kuba funeral home west Thursday at 10 30 a m by Theodore B Hlubucek with burial at Czech National cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m Tuesday.
Memorial services set for Marie with a requiem mass Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church conducted by Rev. James Milota. Burial will follow at St. John's Cemetery.
Apollo 9 pilots report rough winds as they monitor a storm from their high outpost. The crew completed 97 percent of flight objectives including LEM checkout and rendezvous. Mission Control warns of propellant limits while Apollo 10 prepares for May moon orbit as a stepping stone to July lunar landing.
John L. Nemec 71 of 1219 First Street SW Cedar Rapids died after a long illness. A retired government meat inspector, he was born June 24 1897 in Cedar Rapids and married Barbara Sejba April 10 1920 in Iowa City. He served in World War I and belonged to several veterans groups. Surviving: wife Betty Jane and son Leonard, both of Cedar Rapids, a daughter, two grandsons, and several half siblings. Memorial services at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home with burial at Czech National Cemetery and military honors by Hanford Post. Last Man’s Club members urged to assemble at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday.
Alfred Baumann 77 died Saturday. Born September 16 1891 in Grindelwald Switzerland he lived in Cedar Rapids last 28 years. Survived by Grace Davis wife two sons Carl W. of Daytona Beach Fla Harry A. of Coggon two daughters Loren Mangold of Coggon E A Konnath of Davenport three sisters 14 grandchildren. Services Tuesday 10 a m Zion Presbyterian Church Coggon. Burial Oak Wood Cemetery Monticello. Friends may call Murdoch chapel Coggon. Casket will not be opened after service.
Richard Jay Beach aged 84 of 872 Eleventh Street NE Cedar Rapids dies Sunday after a long illness. Born in Mt. Vernon on September 26 1884 he married Ethel Hester Vowles in Cedar Rapids on November 21 1906. Survived by wife a daughter Bernice Diehl a sister Grace Sivers both of Cedar Rapids one granddaughter and one great granddaughter. Services: Beatty-Beurle.
A short classified note urging readers to place ads where audience attention is highest. It mentions dialing 369-1234 to arrange want ads and promote visibility in the local newspaper. The tone mirrors a practical, period style call to action for classifieds.
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant said Lloyd Kephart 28 did not skip work release Saturday. Records show he returned about 7 p.m. and left again at 8 p.m. to buy cigarettes with jailer approval. An oral reprimand will be given to the jailer.
Larry and Arla Mumby of Oxford sue Russell and Beverly Lehman in Linn County District Court for 25000 dollars alleging conversion of inventory and personal property at the Lost Nation tavern. They claim 2100 dollars in inventory plus loss of name goodwill license and furnishings. The suit seeks 15000 dollars actual and 10000 dollars punitive damages.
National Cylinder Gas Division of Chemetron Corp filed an $87,838.46 mortgage foreclosure suit in Linn district court Monday against Midwest Welding Supplies, Inc. The mortgage covers the inventory of the defendant.
A 28 year old man Terrance D. Clark of 118 Sixteenth Street SE was charged in Cedar Rapids municipal court with assault with intent to commit rape following an alleged incident in a car on a county road near Palo after leaving a Cedar Rapids tavern. He remains jailed without bond as parole revocation is considered. The defendant was on probation for false uttering of a check from Linn County and was released on parole last May 20 after serving a seven year sentence begun February 25, 1965.
The Bohemian Savings and Loan Assn of Cedar Rapids sues William N. Yates and Gladys N. Yates seeking foreclosure on a mortgage for 7021 dollars and 58 cents.
Cairo reports say Egyptian General Abdel Hakim Riad, once Egypt's second ranking military figure, was killed when shellfire struck near his helicopter escort in Ismailia. He had recently become chief of staff after Amer's purge and was posthumously awarded Egypt's Star of Honor by President Nasser.
Four Clinton youths were to be transferred from LaCrosse jail to Preston Minnesota for arraignment on breaking and entering charges. The youths have been linked to burglaries in Minnesota and breakins at Guttenberg Monona and Decorah in Iowa.
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