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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1963
Page
3
Weather forecast shows fair through Friday with warmer Thursday night and highs near 60 in the south. March totals and daily readings accompany police fines and public notices including penalties for littering and license issues, plus service announcements and births.
DES MOINES The senate judiciary committee postponed a decision on whether to report to the calendar a 270000 Mechanicsville paying project bill. Chairman Sen. Jack Schroeder said rules blocked an immediate move after a public hearing with Mechanicsville residents. Intervenors' lawyers urged keeping the bill from calendar while litigation continues. Cedar Rapids attorney William Dallas urged calendar referral for the paving contract. Mechanicsville attorney Walter Sebesta also supported moving the bill forward.
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to cut taxes more than Kennedy proposed and delay revenue code changes. NAM backs Herlong Baker bills to spread relief over five years with phased spending controls, arguing for $4 billion more personal tax relief and $2.5 billion more corporate relief.
Washington AP reports the four year extension of the peacetime military draft law won unanimous approval from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
McNamara acknowledged acting like a dictator in trimming $14 billion from budget requests before final $51 billion in defense funds reached Capitol Hill. Rep Arends and Rep Hebert attacked his approach on intelligence and missiles as Osmers called last fall’s crisis the greatest since Pearl Harbor. President Kennedy’s backing shields McNamara as he endures a congressional probe into defense spending and intelligence gaps.
Judge Clarke said the government failed to prove an unfair restraint of trade as GM faced claims over preventing sales to discount dealers. He stressed protecting consumer rights while shielding industry freedoms, citing Justice Holmes on letting businesses run themselves unless interference is clearly warranted. GM contended it made no agreements or sanctions with dealers or others.
The Hawk eye Shell service station on West Burlington Street in Iowa City was broken into Wednesday night. Entry was gained by a broken window and $212 in cash and checks were stolen.
The senate backed the trucking measure after a reconsideration vote, with seven of eight switching to support. Only Democrat Andrew Frommelt opposed on safety concerns, while several Republican senators shifted to yes. Supporters argue the 50-foot limit blocks transcontinental trucks, citing safety and highway design issues.
In Havana Fidel Castro declared that burglars entering homes or using minors as accomplices face the death penalty. He also said bail would be banned in felony and misdemeanor cases and accused three Protestant sects of acting as CIA agents.
OZZIE asserts he is The Top Gun during a Thursday night segment at 6 30 on KCRG TV 9.
About 1,000 students protested repression of communists in Iraq outside its Moscow embassy. Russians and Arab students joined as banners called for peace and an end to killings. The crowd breached a police cordon, threw projectiles, and shattered some windows before dispersing as police offered limited restraint.
Police arrested four men after a raid linked them to a Minneapolis burglary ring. Hanson pled guilty to driving without a license and received 30 days. Dahlberg denied vagrancy charges with trial set for April 29. Galysh escaped from interrogation but later faced larceny and burglary suspicions. arrest led to Miss Buroden on a Cedar Rapids warrant.
In Hillsdale Michigan the Amish communities of Camden and Woodbridge Townships hired certified teachers to replace two 16 year old girls who had conducted classes. The move ends a county threat to close the schools after state standards were required. The Amish say they cannot afford certified teachers, though they support their own schools and pay regular school taxes.
Well informed sources said on Thursday that Syria Iraq and the United Arab Republic had agreed in principle to form a three member Federal Arab Republic.
Mrs. Marshall aged 97 of Cedar Rapids dies after long illness. Survived by children Mildred Crawford Margaret Bronson Verne Marshall and Clare Marshall. sister Bertha Baily. 25 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Services at Turner chapel with Rev. Emily Kirkland Marshall. Burial at Shiloh. former Gazette editor Robert Hefty noted. Time for private family service to be announced.
Charles A. Franks of Cedar Rapids died at University Hospitals Iowa City after a brief illness. Born July 8 1876 in Lafayette county, he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1880 and leaves three daughters Mrs Baker Rialto California Mrs Taylor Paris Iowa and Mrs Brown Stockton California and three sons Harry James and Jesse Franks all of Cedar Rapids. He has 22 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Services will be at 2 30 Saturday at Kuba funeral home with Rev William B Harnish. Burial will be at Oak Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday.
Helen W. Horan, 72, Cedar Rapids, died at the wheel while touring Europe near Aachen Germany. Officials cite heart failure. Survived by sister Bertha I. Spencer. Widow of J Harold Horan she was a PEO and King’s Daughters member. Body to Turner mortuary.
Ernest E. Knight a retired farmer of Cedar Rapids died Thursday. Born November 29, 1887 he married Della M. Towns end October 6, 1908. Survived by four sons Carl Ernest Ellsworth all Cedar Rapids and Charles of New London and four daughters including Mrs Clifford Towns end. Mrs Knight preceded him in death January 7, 1962.
Charles William Feild longtime Milwaukee railroad employee died at a local hospital after a long illness. He was a Jehovah's Witness. Survived by wife, son Wilbur A. of Cedar Rapids, half brother Arthur J. Feild of Ft Meyers Fla, and a grandson. Services: Turner chapel Riverton Ill. at 1 30 p m Saturday. Burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
Funeral services are scheduled Friday at 1 p.m. for Lorenzen Henry at the Henry-Rohn Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Memorial. Marie Grabau will be honored at 3 p.m. Friday at Michel-Turner Chapel, with burial also at Cedar Memorial, conducted by Rev. E W Koberg.
The San Diego naval training center ended a quarantine of 12,000 recruits after a spinal meningitis death last week and four others remain under treatment. The action marks the end of health restrictions at the facility.
A Pan American Airways Boeing 707 with landing gear trouble landed safely in Copenhagen on Thursday. Ambulances and fire trucks were on standby as a precaution, and no injuries were reported.
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