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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
3
Highs and lows for Monday with overnight temps and precipitation. March total 0.58 inches vs normal 2.48. year-to-date 6.631 inches. Coralville Lake pool 676.26. river gauges show small rises and falls at several stations. Winds NW 21 mph. sun and moon times listed.
The Iowa Senate convened at 10 15 a m and approved six bills including limits on trucker refunds and state spending cuts. It confirmed former state senator Robert Rigler to the highway commission and adjourned until Tuesday morning after actions by committees and the board of regents.
Defense attorney Latimer charged jurors with watching television and dining during deliberations in the My Lai murder case. Prosecutors defended the schedule as reasonable, while Latimer urged stricter hours and caution against information leaks as the jury weighs a possible death sentence for Calley.
Obituaries note James P. Shannon 58 of 228 Nineteenth Street NW died Tuesday after a short illness. Shannon, a former Cedar Rapids assistant chief of police, served 22 years and later worked as a Linn County attorney’s office investigator. Surviving family includes wife Valerie Parsons, a son Patrick, a daughter Eva Taggart, and siblings in Colorado, Wyoming, and Arizona. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Also listed are Murray E. Ornstein 68 of 1640 32nd Street NE and Frank A. Brookhiser 86 formerly of Cedar Rapids, with service details and burial at Cedar Memorial. A third item discusses a federal grant for a drug abuse clinic at 629 Eighth Street SE with methadone treatment and housing for patients, funded via Linn County crime commission and local contributions.
Iowa House approved a bill by 92 to 3 to allow right turns on red after a stop if a sign permits it. Rep. James Wells carried the measure at Cedar Rapids officials’ request to clarify current law. Motorists must ensure pedestrians are clear before turning.
An advertising blurb promotes using want ads to sell, buy, or rent items quickly, urging readers to call 369-1234 for more information. The note emphasizes practical use of classifieds for fast transactions.
Oelwein city council granted a 5 percent pay raise for all city employees and an 8.5 percent increase for department heads. The increases take effect April 1.
Wencil Drahos 79 of 1302 First Street SW died Sunday after a brief illness. Born February 13 1892 in Czechoslovakia he came to the United States and Cedar Rapids in 1910 and lived here since. He was a retired 31 year employee of Quaker Oats a member of Sokol Assn Jan Hus IOOF lodge and former custodian of the Sokol hall. He is survived by a son Wendl J. Drahos Sutherlin Oregon and a grandson. Services Thursday at 10 a.m. at Janeba Kuba funeral home west by Jan Hus lodge burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call at Janeba Kuba funeral home Wednesday.
Betty Schell born September 28 1892 died Monday after a long illness. A former Cedar Rapids resident until 1968 she moved to Indianola. She belonged to Central Park Presbyterian church and had no immediate survivors. Services at Turner Chapel East at 1 30 p m Thursday with Rev Allen S Van Cleve. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner East.
Wednesday schedules list Milo W Machek with a brush chapel service at 9 30 a m and at St Ludmila church at 10 a m conducted by Rev A L Zachar followed by burial in Czech National cemetery Leonard J Nemec to be honored with a service at Kuba funeral home east at 10 30 a m led by Rev William B Harnish Military graveside rites to be provided by Hanford American Legion Post in the Czech National cemetery
Charles Alexander Beck 63 died March 14 in Milwaukie Oregon. He was a retired truck driver and survived by a sister Marie Gaddis of Solon Cedar Rapids area. Services were held March 16 in Milwaukie and burial followed in Portland.
Courthouse Foundation II receives a temporary grant from the governor's discretionary fund to operate with skeleton staff through May 30. Linn County Health Center says a new special problems clinic for drug abuse, already approved for a federal grant, should open around April 1 with staff from Foundation II during setup.
Linn County board votes to pay its 6,442.68 portion of an assessment to cover embezzlement losses in Taylor County. The action ends the county attorney's suit challenging the state law mandating such regional assessments. The state auditor cites 150,082.22 dollars embezzled in Taylor, with 20,000 paid by bonding companies. the remainder charged to the counties.
Linn county recorder E. F. Kane announced Saturday hours for boat registrations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist boat owners who cannot reach the courthouse on weekdays. Applicants should bring their current license and may call 398-3441 for details.
Linn county board of supervisors accepts the resignation of Justice of the Peace John F. Woods of Franklin Township effective April 1. Woods cited business demands as preventing full judicial service. Emmons will appoint a replacement after area recommendations. Woods won reelection to a seventh term last November.
Donald E. Thoman of Norway rushed wife Alma 61 to Mercy hospital for a possible heart attack when his car collided with a van at Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street SE. Alma died on arrival. officials said death not accident-related. No other injuries reported. investigation continues.
U S forces blasted the Laotian border area as artillery and helicopter gunships pinned down U S defenders at Khe Sanh. North Vietnamese sappers attacked near the airstrip killing several Americans and wounding many as U S aircraft bombed and strafed positions nearby.
Argentina’s military rulers confront internal strife as Lanusse is relieved over Cordoba riots where three people were killed. Levingston and Lanusse faced off at Government House with threats of a march on the palace prompting Lanusse’s brief detention and release.
Prince Souvanna Phouma, Laos premier, urged Britain and the Soviet Union to act urgently to remove the Communist led military threat to Luang Prabang. A Foreign Office spokesman said the message asked both powers to join in taking appropriate measures, though specifics were not given. Britain and the USSR co chair the Indo Chinese peacemaking mechanism.
Brig. Gen. John Hill, commander of U.S. troops blocking into Laos, named to chief of staff of the 24th corps in May. Hill leads a 10,000-man task force drawn from his brigade and elements of the 101st Airborne and Americal divisions. He, a West Point graduate and son of a general, spared 53 soldiers after a disputed order.
Senator Jack Miller announced that Oelwein will receive 458150 from the Environmental Protection Agency for secondary sewage treatment upgrades. The project plans call for a complex costing over 1 million dollars to improve local wastewater facilities.
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