Weather and public notices round up from city and region
Sunday to Tuesday temperatures vary with readings in the 30s to 50s and a mixed precipitation outlook. five day forecast shows below normal highs and modest rain and snow. The section also lists traffic fines, births, obituaries, court notices, appointments, and local service or weather updates for multiple Iowa communities.
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Ismarck
Apolis
Cicago
Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Seattle
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Czechs Favor Twist Tunes Lead Hit Parade
Prague CTK reports twist music dominates current dance recordings in Czechoslovakia. The top hit is Crocodile Twist with a joke about crocodiles learning the twist instead of dangerous Nile swimming.
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Prague
CTK
Nile
Nicholas declines state post role amid highway commission shifts
Former lieutenant governor Nicholas announces his resignation from the Iowa highway commission, leaving three vacancies after the death of Howard Helscher. Governor Hughes has nominated Robert Barry to replace Robert Keir, with Jo Stong seeking reappointment. Speculation ties Harold J. Bradley and a northeast Iowa Republican to future four-year terms, while Nicholas reflects on a career spanning public service from Butler County to Clear Lake turkey farming.
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Hughes
Highway Commission
Nicholas
Everett L. Shockey
Council Bluffs
Howard Helscher
Cedar Rapids
Helscher
Robert Barry
Danbury
Harold J. Bradley
Des Moines
Commission
Iowa
Butler County
Mason City Hatchery
Turkey Unlimited
William L
Nicholas Turkey Farm
Clear Lake
Land Bank Official Harold B. McTavish Dies at 70
Harold B. McTavish longtime manager of the Cedar Rapids Federal Land Bank Association died Saturday at his Cedar Rapids home. Born December 2 1899 in Coggan he married Ruth Schmickle in 1932. He was an elder at Kenwood Presbyterian church and a Shrine member among other posts. He leaves his wife two daughters two sons and several grandchildren and great grandchildren with services set Tuesday at Kenwood Presbyterian church then Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Harold B. McTavish
Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
Mr. McTavish
D. R. Jarrert
Mt. Clark Cemetery
Central City
Turner Chapel
Shriners Crippled Childrens Hospital
Kennedy Receives Poznan Choir at White House
President Kennedy greeted the Poznan boys and men's choir in the White House rose garden after a Maryland trip. He heard three numbers and praised the group saying they were very good as he smiled and applauded.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Maryland
Poznan
Poland
White House Rose Garden
Iowa polls show 78 percent favor sales tax to income tax shift
Hughes views the poll with caution calling for a possible review of his proposal. He has long supported at least a 33 percent income tax increase and opposed rising the sales tax. He would consider a sales tax rise if the Republican legislature has no other revenue option.
Deaths Mary Louise Preston Bevin Dunshee
Mary Louise Preston Bevin Dunshee of Scottsdale Arizona died at home Sunday after a sudden illness. Born October 31 1906 in Cedar Rapids she was married here in 1947 and lived in Cedar Rapids before moving west. Survived by three daughters Mrs F W Chandler Mrs Leo G Shea and Mrs Nicholas Ray Stark. She was a member of St Michael Episcopal church Mayflower DAR Louise Leibert Circle of Kings Daughters. Services 130 p m Friday at Turner chapel with Rev James Gundrum. Burial Oak Hill.
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Mary Louise Preston Bevin Dunshee
Walter Dunshee
Scottsdale
Ariz
Cedar Rapids
Dunshee
F. W. Channer
Palatine, Ill
Leo G. Shea
Birmingham
Mich
Nicholas Ray Stark
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Mayflower
DAR
Louise Leibert
King’s Daughters
Turner Chapel
James Gundrum
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Oak Hill
Death of Mrs Arnold Stoltenberg in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Arnold Stoltenberg 1229 First Street SE Cedar Rapids died early Monday after a brief illness. Born April 9 1916 in Buchanan county she lived in Cedar Rapids ten years. Survived by husband five daughters two sons and four grandchildren. Services 1:30 Thursday Kuba funeral home by Rev Edward L Beall. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 5 Tuesday.
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Arnold Stoltenberg
First Street
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids
Howard Cornwell
Independence
W. Farley
Beverly
Patty
Marilyn Mason
Gerald
Jackie Mason
Roy Masters
John Jones
Iowa City
Harold Foster
Greene
C. Donald Masters
Waterloo
Kuba
Edward L. Beall
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial
Elmer Lyon dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Elmer Lyon aged 42 of 120 Thirty Second Street NE Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a long illness. Born January 18 1887 in Jones County he married Corda Byrd on September 4 1907 at Olin Iowa. He was a member of the community.
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Elmer Lyon
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Corda Byrd
Widow Huldah Martinec dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Huldah Martinec widow of Rudolph Martinec longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in a nursing home after a long illness. Born January 28, 1893 in Mystic she is survived by sister Nettie Peek of Ventura California and brothers Grover Cox Marshalltown William Cox Galveston Texas and Garfield Cox Marthasville Missouri. She was a member of the Ladies auxiliary of the Moose lodge. Funeral Wednesday at Christ Church Presbyterian with Rev John Wheatley officiating. Burial Oak Hill. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Huldah Martinec
Rudolph Martinec
Ninth Street NW
Cedar Rapids
Mystic
Nettie Peek
Ventura
Calif
Grover Cox
Marshalltown
William Cox
Galveston
Texas
Garfield Cox
Marthasville
Martinec
The
Moose Lodge
Turner Chapel
John Wheatley
Christ Church Presbyterian
Oak Hill
Obituary Notice for Leo C. Schillig Cedar Rapids Veteran
Leo C. Schillig 55 Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday at Veterans hospital Iowa City after a long illness Born July 10 1910 Cuba Kansas World War II veteran member of the American Legion Surviving Nell wife Carl Schillig brother and two sisters Velma and Mrs Cyril Lattimer All Cedar Rapids Services 9 30 Wednesday Teahen chapel Rev J Robert McDonald Burial Oak Hill Rosary 8 Tuesday at the chapel Friends may call after 2 Tuesday
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Leo C. Schillig
Sharon Lane
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Cuba
Kansas
American Legion
Nell
Carl Schillig
Cyril Lattimer
Velma Schillig
Teahen Chapel
J. Robert McDonald
Oak Hill
Father McDonald
Death notice for Sadie Blivas from Cedar Rapids region
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs. Sadie Blivas 52 died Monday after a brief illness. Born December 18 1897 in Russia she married in 1919 at Iowa City. Survived by husband Mor ris Blivas a daughter Mrs William J Robertson a son Irving M Blivas five grandchildren and one great grandson. Member of Temple Judah and Hadassah. Funeral details set by Rabbi Isaac Neuman at Eben Israel burial. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Sadie Blivas
Morris Blivas
Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Russia
Iowa City
William J. Robertson
Irving M. Blivas
Skokie
Ill
Turner Chapel
Isaac Neuman
Eben
Two Iowa Coeds Hurt in Slippery Highway 151 Crash
An auto accident on slippery highway 151 at Langworthy injured two University of Iowa coeds Vergene Klevens 19 of Mason City and Elayne Heitzman 18 of Dubuque who were treated at John McDonald Hospital. Hoglan and Fritz were not injured. Eleven other occupants escaped with minor damage after the collision near Walker.
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University of Iowa
Road Reports From Iowa Patrol Available By Phone
Iowa highway patrol road reports may be obtained by calling 366-1884 in Cedar Rapids. The reports are compiled from patrolmen on the roads and tape recorded.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Two Iowa Crashes Cause Injuries and Bridge Damage
In Monticello a car wreck injured two girls en route from Dubuque to Iowa City and left them in a hospital. Highway Patrolman Ken Carter said the car skidded at a curve, spun, crashed through a fence and landed upright in a field. A 35-foot bridge near Decorah collapsed after a vehicle skidded on ice, sending the side into a creek. Traffic on the county road was rerouted. State police radio reported multiple minor accidents blamed on slippery highways.
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Monticello
Ken Carter
Dubuque
Iowa City
Decorah
Maurice Mortenson
Cedar Rapids
Snowstorm Delivers Tennis Ball Sized Flakes in Cedar Rapids
Snow, sleet and rain fell Monday morning as Cedar Rapids faced a late winter storm. The official airport reading showed three inches of snow with .48 inches of total precipitation by noon. Winds were 18 mph from the WSW and the barometer kept dropping. The storm began with heavy wet snow after a 32 degree low at 6 am. flakes diminished and turned to rain as the day progressed. Roads were slick briefly but no major accidents occurred and airline service stayed normal.
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Municipal
Wsw
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Death notice for Gladys Eleanor Kempf of Waterloo
Gladys Eleanor Kempf of Waterloo has died. She was born December 29 1905 in Atkins and is the daughter of Mrs. Joseph Hagan of Cedar Rapids. She leaves her husband two sons a daughter two brothers and a sister. Services are 1 30 p m Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church officiated by Rev Don Anderson. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner chapel after 6 p m Monday.
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London
Pauline Miller
Zion United Church of Christ
van Horne
Chapman’s
Clarence
Williamsburg
Adolph Heitshusen
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
McSwiggin and Uhlmann’s
George Benton
Methodist Church
Vinton
Selma King
Fry and Holland's
Keota
George
Sheets
Dahn’s. Tipton
Victor Standusky
Dahn’s. Independence
Ora Jane Osborne
White’s. Kalona
Mose Ropp
East Union Mennonite Church
Yoder’s
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
George Taft
Lloyd Wray
Cedar Rapids
William Miller
South San Francisco
Leo Keith
Albuquerque
N.M
Turner Chapel
D. R. Jarrert
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ward
Gladys Eleanor Kempf
Waterloo
Joseph Hagan
Atkins
Don Anderson
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Rapids Barber Otto Fielding Dies After Brief Illness
Otto Henry Fielding, a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and retired barber of 1400 M Street SW, died Monday after a brief illness. Born May 3, 1875 in Prairieburg, he had no immediate survivors. Burial is at Oak Hill. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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Otto Henry Fielding
Cedar Rapids
Prairieburg
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill
George O. Larimer Funeral at Kuba Home
Tuesday service at Kuba Funeral Home led by Rev Elmer C Boom with burial at Cedar Memorial observers note.
Solidarity Congress With Cuba Set for March 28 in Rio
A World Congress of Solidarity with Cuba will be held in Rio de Janeiro on March 28. The event, announced by AP, aims to unite supporters and discuss actions in support of Cuban issues.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Cuba
Winter Storm and Tornado Hit Midwest and South Texas
United Press International reports a blizzard sweeping the middle west with Chicago snowfall near an inch per hour and up to half a foot by night. A tornado struck Kaufman Texas causing about 300000 dollars in damage but no deaths. Forecasters warn of more twisters across Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama. Ohio river floods persist with 4000 families displaced and a towboat wreck near Cincinnati as the river stays five feet above flood stage at Louisville.
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United Press International
Middle West
Chicago
Kaufman
Texas
L. H. Evands
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisville
Stout Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Iowa City Court
Douglas Stout, 20, Crawfordsville, pled guilty to a forgery charge in district court. Judge James Gaffney sentenced him to one year in jail and placed him on probation.
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Iowa City
Douglas Stout
Crawfordsville
James Gaffney
Stout
Smith Case Taken Under Advisement In Marion
A motion to set aside the ruling lowering the Monies and Credits tax for DeWitt H. Smith was taken under advisement by Judge Charles Penningroth after an hour long hearing. Smith reduced his assessment from 303 966 to 98 500 a 1 232 80 tax difference for 1963.
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Marion
DeWitt H. Smith
Charles Penningroth
Penningroth
Smith
Fulton
McCarthy
Senate approves road fund bill backed by Wiley
Iowa senate narrowly passes a bill to allow the highway commission to use funds beyond 2.5 million annually to match federal interstate allocations. Sen. Martin Wiley says the cap should be removed as interstate funding rises to about 30 million. House action pending.
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Lawrence N. Nelson
Bellevue
Conservation Commission
J. R. Downing
Indianola
Natural Resources Council
George C. Foerstner
Amana
Ipers Advisory Board
Gery M. Martin
Sioux City
Senate
Wiley
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
The
Highway Commission
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
C R Man 63 Charged With Drunk Driving
Thomas J. Eldred, 63, of 216 E avenue NW, was charged with drunk driving after a Saturday arrest in the 300 block of First Street SW. Police said he was driving at about 9 12 p m.
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Thomas J. Eldred
E Avenue NW
First Street
Western Iowa solons oppose proposed 3 percent sales tax
Des Moines AP Two Pottawattamie county Republicans urged the Iowa house to reject a 3 percent sales tax. Reps Maurice Van Nostrand and Harry Gittins distributed the Neola Gazette Reporter to lawmakers detailing opposition and arguing liquor-by-the-drink is tied to Western Iowa’s future.
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Des Moines
Pottawattamie County
Iowa House
Maurice van Nostrand
Avoca
Harry Gittins
Council Bluffs
Neola Gazette
House
Ways and Means Committee
Iowa
Tom Frey
Nebraska
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Daily Record
C.R. Weather
Kelsey
Eugene Kelseys
Twenty-sixth Street
James D. LeBlanc
North Hollywood
Janet M.leclerc
Ramona S. Dion
Normand J. Dion
Charlotte C. Cook
Rupert G. Cook
Judy L. Feller
Norman E. Feller
Wanda Buckallew
Earl Buckallew
Charlote E. Cooper
David Cooper
Kenneth Swant
Thirteenth Street
Gerald Reiter
A Avenue
Harlen Schake
Palo
Carol Rock
Twenty- Ninth Street
Donald Orris
Harbet Avenue
Doris Peick
Richmond Road
Richard Gavin
Sixteenth Avenue
James Cook
C Street
Ronald Sand
Center Point
Bessie Galbraith
Twenty- Seventh Street
Robert McElrath
Brandon
Melvin Weber
B_ avenue NE
Michael Rodemeyer
Coultier
Mary Gardner
Thirty-eighth Street
David Eberhardt
Forest Drive
Clement Slaymaker
Marengo
Jack Coberly
Shellsburg
Antonio Plaza
San Jose
Wilmer Werner
Luther Ellis
Salvation Army
Marvin Law
Lawrence Berends
Ralph Calaghan
John O'Keefe
Fifth Avenue SE
James C. Welsh
Loren Edgeton
Whitney Parrish
Forty Seventh Street
Keith Grimm
Seventh Avenue
Keith Sanket
Fairfax
James Nase
First Avenue
Kenneth Stastny
Avenue NE
Jack Springer
Eighteenth Avenue
St. Luke's
Gordon Trimble
Eleventh Street
Louis Fordice
J Street
Dennis Hanson
Third Ave
Kenny L. Jones
Deborah Drive
Las Vegas
Everette B. Kelsey
James Danehy
Second Street
Thirteenth Avenue SE
F Avenue NW
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Davenport
Wood Avenue SE
D Avenue NE
Ame
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Land Bank
Scottsdale, Ariz
Mrs
Olin
Lyon
Walker
Luther
Hoglan
Fritz
SUI Coeds Hurt
Bridge
C.R. Snow
Otto Fielding
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
Beatty-Bearle
Courthouse News
Jack Fulton
Mercy Hospital
Benjamina Turner
Farmers State Bank of Marion
Ronald E
Roger W
Earl C
Wayne D. Falconer
Linn Board of Review
State Tax Commission
Gerald Davey
Tim McCarthy
Board of Review
F. C. Holveck
Melvin McCalley
Richard Nazette
C. R. Man
First Ave
6Th St
Solons
Turner’s
Turner & Son
Ave. S
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