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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1967
Page
17
Jury selection started Monday in the murder trial of Bonnie J. Seenster 22 of 713 Fifth Street SE. She is charged with stabbing La Vista Smith 30 of 917 Ninth Avenue SE to death during a party dispute. Opening statements expected late Monday or Tuesday morning.
Woodbury County Sheriff F C Rosenberger declines to back Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant's proposal to place deputy sheriffs in counties with 50 000 or more population under civil service. He cites practical downsides for departments of Woodbury size and notes many sheriffs oppose civil service. Sioux City is county seat.
The non jury trial of a 49000 dollar damage suit against the Waconia Sorghum Co began Monday in Judge Warren J Rees courtroom. Plaintiffs Charles Alexander Royce Gene Leon and Louise Holets all reside on Waconia avenue SW 900 block. On Oct 6 they filed suits claiming smoke and waste from the plant damaged homes property and health. The suits have been consolidated.
A $60,000 condemnation suit filed February 13 1963 by James S Reeder against the Iowa Highway Commission opened Monday with jury selection. Reeder appeals a January 1963 sheriff's condemnation award of $34,000 for two parcels on three lots along highway 49 near the junction with highway 30 condemned for highway improvements.
A 41,032.06 judgment was filed against Hargrave Construction Co. at 210 Thirty-third Street Drive SE and its president Roger F. Hahn and wife Winifred for failure to pay a promissory note. The mortgage was also foreclosed. The note was delivered April 13 to Merchants National Bank.
A $30 277.47 judgment and mortgage foreclosure against Abraham and Sophie Pilicer at 2315 Ridgeway SE. Bohemian Savings and Loan Assn of Cedar Rapids sued for failure to pay promissory note. Promissory judgments and foreclosures also filed against Robert and Alice Dyer from Thrift Plan Inc for 1 131.88. Farmers Savings Bank of Walford pursued Bruce L Bowen for 2 685.54 with charter foreclosure. Robinson Wholesale sued Banner Manufacturing Co and Trans American Freight Lines for 2 500 damages to a building after a June 13 vehicle impact. Linn County Supervisor William Linstrom to attend a Peoria seminar on improving governmental mechanisms.
The article recalls Anderson a longtime agricultural journalist who after retirement pursued Florida farming issues for the Journal and built ties across Iowa and the nation. He created columns Shucks Let s Talk It Over Fence Drift and What s What Out on the Acres and reported major farm stories from the 1930s to the 1950s.
The obituary honors James Anderson a veteran writer of farm pages and a Cedar County observer born August 5 1888 in Almira Iowa He married Helene Cooke in 1913 and left a legacy on the West Union Argo Gazett e and The Gazette Memorial services are set for Tuesday at Fiske and Journigan St Cloud and Friday at Turner Chapel Cedar Rapids with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce highway committee will host Iowa highway director Joseph Coupal Jr and commission member John R Hansen at a noon luncheon at the Montrose hotel. Van Snyder reviews Cedar Rapids five year projects as Linn County legislators are invited. Koert Voorhees will miss the Wednesday meeting but will meet officials later.
Carol L. Hugenel of Harriet Avenue NW was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for failure to pay overtime parking tickets. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. issued a warrant March 10 for her arrest after she accumulated 23 tickets since November 1966. Judge Howard McLaughlin imposed the fine.
Snow and freezing rain glaze Cedar Rapids streets Sunday causing a string of traffic crashes. Mark D. Cox 28 of Route Three Cedar Rapids lost control on Glass Road NE 1, struck a telephone pole. his wife Constance 23 and daughter Colleen 2 were treated and released at Mercy Hospital. Cox faced a charge of failure to have his car under control.
The senior chamber delays meeting with Dean Wagner of the Regional Transit Authority. A series of burglaries hits local businesses and city hall, with items stolen including cash and cigarets. Police report several car accidents with injuries and charges for some drivers due to icy roads and loss of control.
Eight break ins or attempts were reported by Cedar Rapids police Sunday night. Loot amounted to 66 dollars and five cartons of cigarettes. At Zitek Skelly Service 1318 Third Street SE thieves took 40 dollars from the cash register. Brown Derby 1136 Ninth Street SE was entered by crawling through a window.
Nine youths were arrested by juvenile officers over the weekend for breaking windows and damaging a car with BB guns and rocks. Two boys aged 14 and 16 were picked up Sunday evening after shooting a Robert Louis home window with a BB gun and another BB gun shattered a kitchen window at 711 Fourth Street SW. Police also detained boys aged 9, 10, and 11. Walter Huber reported his car at 1237 Fifth Street NW had its head lights, windshield, and rear window broken.
Three nine year old boys and an eight year old were apprehended by juvenile authorities for vandalism. They were released to their parents and the cases were turned over to county probation officers.
The Rt. Rev. William Crittenden, Episcopal bishop of Erie, told a Mid Day Holy Week service that true discipleship means doing God's will and imitating Christ. He outlined four additional facets from the Sermon on the Mount including witnessing in life, going beyond mere law, heroic love, and seeking first the Kingdom of God.
Phillips Petroleum Co. sues Carl L. and Sophie Stuber in Marion asking the court to order sale of the Seventh Avenue and Twentieth Street service station. The 1952 lease gives Philips an option to buy for 35000. lease began May 1953 for ten years with a five year renewal. The case will be decided in mid April after written briefs.
Two Cedar Rapids men were arrested early Monday for carrying concealed weapons. Carl T. Whipple and Gerald D. Wallander, both 622 A avenue NW, were caught at 5 10 am with a ten inch hunting knife in their car. Whipple faces additional charges of faulty equipment improper registration and improper method of attaching plates. They are held in the city jail.
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