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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1966
Page
1
Friday temperatures across the nation are listed with highs and lows for multiple cities along with precipitation. The forecast includes Saturday noon and 2 pm readings and a March totals update. A long list of traffic fines and court dispositions follows, along with funeral notices for numerous local residents and service times.
The seventh U S circuit reverses a 1952 1962 union fines ruling ruling objections cross picket lines cannot be fined by union. The case centers on United Auto Workers fines during Allis Chalmers strikes with Milwaukee test case and NLRB appeal history.
Waterloo AP dispatch reports Iowa Republican leaders warned the income from the Yearbook Iowa on Review could vanish if the Williams amendment to the federal tax bill ends ad deductions for politically sponsored publications. The project, three years old, billed 100000 in potential income this year.
A delegation of Italian senators and deputies postponed their planned visit to Poland awaiting clearer assurances on religious liberty in the communist state. The decision was announced by the Italian group as they seek concrete guarantees before traveling.
The government called six more witnesses in the Pilco Laboratories drug trial involving owner Abram Pilicer of Cedar Rapids on seven counts of dispensing drugs without a prescription. Evidence included seven drug samples analyzed as dextroamphetamine sulfate and secobarbital sodium. Witnesses testified to procurement, sources, and manufacturing connections, with officials stating Iowa has no amphetamine or secobarbital manufacturers.
Greece accused NATO of failing to shield it from Turkish aggression and said it would keep good relations with France under Charles de Gaulle. Foreign Minister Elias Tsirimakos insisted Greece favors preserving NATO's integrity rather than bilateral treaties.
Thomas L. Krejci, 23, of 2612 Avenue NE, was arrested on a malicious injury to a motor vehicle charge. David Navratil, 3522 Houston Street NE, said Krejci kicked in a car window while parked at Avenue A and Third Street NE. Krejci posted a $750 bond.
Four persons sustained injuries in three Cedar Rapids traffic accidents Friday afternoon and evening. Rosemary Gann and Steven Feder, both treated at St Luke’s, were released after a head on collision on Bever avenue SE. Carolyn Lodestein was injured when her car struck a parked vehicle on Fourth avenue SW and was released from hospital. Kristi Arnold, riding with her mother, fell from a moving car on Edgewood road and highway 149 SW, suffering knee and forehead injuries and was treated at Mercy hospital.
About 200 students from Washington and Jefferson high schools will attend a joint leadership conference in Des Moines. The event brings together Iowa Future Business Leaders of America Vocational Education Clubs of Iowa and Distributive Education Clubs of Iowa with panel discussions on careers in legal medical and insurance fields and topics like data processing accounting and stenography. Tours of insurance offices and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. will be included. Students depart Sunday morning and return Monday morning.
Henry Malek 71 of 236 Johnson Avenue NW died Friday after a brief illness. He owned Towa Electric Welding Co for 40 years the first electric welding shop in Iowa. Surviving is his wife Erma Scheneberger, a sister, and various Masonic affiliations. Liddie Souchek widow of Val Souchek died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness. Surviving are a son Donald R. Souchek and three grandchildren. Memorial services set for Monday in Cedar Rapids with burial at Czech National Cemetery.
Memorial service scheduled for 1 30 p m Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel officiated by Mr Jerry Drahovzal Burial will be at Czech National Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel for viewing and service details
Donald Nye of Joint Council 92 urged expanding the federal minimum wage coverage beyond 1.25 and included industries like hotel, laundry, and restaurant work. The Cedar Rapids D.R.I.V.E. seminar drew about 50 delegates from four Midwest states and featured John Holaday and Rita Morrisey stressing larger member voting and canvassing efforts.
A 15 year old Cedar Rapids boy Richard A. Kim brough of 5701 J street SW was arrested after his car struck two parked vehicles in the 1300 block of Second street SE Friday at 7 30 p.m. He was charged with driving without a license and failing to have his vehicle under control and released to his parents. A second youth was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive William L. Uelze 17 of 5933 Ohio street SW received a court summons. Parked cars registered to Kenneth Schmitt and E J Taylor were damaged.
Edward Matyk of Shueyville died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born May 19, 1908 in Oxford he farmed near Ely and worked 14 years for Wilson & Co. He served as Jefferson township trustee and belonged to Shueyville EUB church. Surviving: wife Alice Louvar Matyk, three daughters Roman Zach Swisher Liness Littrell North Liberty and William Klein Cedar Rapids, son Kenneth Cedar Rapids, twelve grandchildren, sister Mrs John Hay and mother Mrs Harvey Maryk Cedar Rapids. Services Sunday at Shueyville EUB church. burial at Shueyville cemetery. Friends may call Brush Chapel Cedar Rapids after 3 Saturday. Donations to heart fund encouraged.
Cedar Rapids police chased a stolen car early Saturday with four youths fleeing on foot at B avenue and Twenty third street NE. The vehicle registered to Bessie Karr was taken from a loop parking lot Friday night. the car was undamaged and no suspects were captured.
Steven R. Scheib, 16, of 915 Oakland road NE, received a four day work sentence after allegedly filing a false hit and run report on March 4. Police say his car was damaged when it struck a parked auto on 16th Street NE. the judge ordered four Saturdays of county work.
Local items note real time property tax payments at Merchants National Bank due to courthouse bridge renovations. Community briefs include scrap copper bids, Linn County Young Democrats meeting, egg vandalism report, open Butterfly Cafe, theft from car, spring house cleaning for Flame Room, Ranger school graduation for Lt. Schollman, Farm Market flyers, Garfield school awards, nursing white cap ceremony, Nelson Jewelers remounting ads, and Kristen Harrison named to the Dean's List at State College of Iowa.
ADAIR AP The death of 16 year old Paula Jean Elgin, a sophomore at Adair-Casey High School, from suspected meningococcus meningitis leads to cancelation of Monday classes for about 700 students and a postponed girls basketball trip to Des Moines. Contact precautions include preventative medication for those exposed.
Edwin Goertz, 47, of 604 Fifteenth Avenue SW, suffered head and leg injuries in a spectacular one car accident one and one half miles northwest of Cedar Rapids on highway 74 Saturday morning. He was admitted at Mercy hospital in good condition. Linn county deputies said Goertz was driving toward Palo after 8 a.m. when he lost control, the car plunged into a ditch and crashed through two fences, skidding on its top into a corn field. He was charged with drunk driving.
A boy stabbed a man during a confrontation and told investigator Clatterbuck that he did not intend to harm his stepfather, only to scare him away from his mother. The boy was not seriously injured and did not require hospitalization. Deputies Wright and Sanders, along with Clatterbuck, investigated the incident, which remained under review Saturday with no charges filed.
Harold Beno Brecht 46 of Cedar Rapids died Thursday after collapsing on returning from work at Nis sen Trampoline. He served in the US Air Force in World War II and the Korean War. He is survived by his wife Florence, a son Thomas, a daughter Jan, two brothers and four sisters. Services Monday at St Patrick s Church with rosaries at Peffer funeral home Blairstown tonight and Sunday evenings.
Gerald E. Remington, 24, of 1009 Bealer Court SE, was arrested Friday on a charge of driving while his license was under suspension. He was released on his own recognizance pending his appearance in municipal court.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker called Gerda Munsinger's remarks cowardly and slanderous amid the ongoing scandal. Immigration records show Munsinger, born 1929 in Koenigsberg, arrived in Canada 1955 and left in 1961. Michael Munsinger, now a New York policeman, reportedly told CBS a U S notice deemed his wife a security risk.
Kenneth R. McDonald, 35, of 214 Eighth Street SE, suffered multiple stab wounds in a fight at Jimmies Barbecue, 1006 Sixth Street SE. He was listed in fairly good condition at Mercy Hospital with head and abdominal wounds and possible lung injury. Police said he claimed to be injured in a car accident and provided limited information. About 20 witnesses were questioned. McDonald was charged with intoxication and parole violation. parole stems from Clarke County robbery with aggravation.
Crashand Madison, lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and Cedar Christian Church member, is survived by his mother, brother Charles Madison, sister Patricia Ann Madison, and grandmothers Alice Gerber and Mrs Charles Madison Jr. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Turner chapel with Rev Barton Murray. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Ralph E. Bentley, 23, of 838 Wiley Boulevard NW, was fined 25 dollars and costs Saturday for violating auto equipment standards. Police said he drove without a bumper since December and his car had only one headlight in addition to the bumper violation, linger, Jr., imposed the fine.
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