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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1964
Page
3
Daily Record notes cooler week with temperatures 4 to 8 degrees below normal from Wednesday night through Monday. Rain or snow Wednesday night and Thursday and again Sunday or Monday. Totals include March rainfall 0.83 inches vs normal 2.48. Police court fines listed for driving violations, dog at large, drunkenness, and other infractions.
Buffalo, N Y AP A 17 year old girl accused of kidnapping two boys in 1961 and drowning one has been found capable of standing trial on first degree murder and kidnapping charges. Chyrel Lee Jolls has been confined to Matteawan state hospital since 1962. She will be brought to Erie County Court for trial after hospital notified the judge she is now capable of understanding the charge. Police say she admitted abducting Andrew Ashley and Richard Edgington but denied drowning Andy whose body was found June 25 1961 in Delaware Park Lake. Richard was found bound and gagged near a railroad embankment.
VINTON the council answered a questionnaire from Cedar Rapids Mayor Bob Johnson on Daylight Savings Time and said it favored daylight time on a regional basis. The questionnaire was returned to Johnson by Mayor William Miller.
Jerusalem reports the Turkish Israeli trade agreement renewed for another year with more than 15 million dollars in export goods on each side. The renewal sustains a bilateral commerce framework involving the two nations and their industries.
General Alfred Gruenther urges Americans to cherish self-discipline education and individual responsibility as he retires March 31 as president of the American Red Cross. He warns communities risk losing their "zip" but says the U.S. won’t fall to a Rome like collapse. He notes his Platte Center Nebraska roots and long service as a sealifted statesman. Retired General James Collins will succeed him.
Richmond police recovered a 600-pound metal safe from the James River quarry on Belle Isle after a tip led divers to haul it ashore with lines and a wrecker. VEPCO confirmed ownership. officials said the company discarded the safe as the combination was unknown and the island and quarry were theirs.
Senator Fulbright called for a candid re evaluation of U S policy in Vietnam and a frank look at Cuba. He outlined three options for Cuba and warned against invasion or continued boycott while noting some communist regimes threaten the Free World less than others. He urged recognizing distinctions to influence events in the communist bloc.
President Johnson will meet Trinidad’s Prime Minister Eric Williams in Washington on April 27 for a one day informal working visit. The Shah of Iran visits Washington June 5 to open a National Gallery art display, with Johnson hosting lunch.
Israel informed the Jewish National Fund in the United States it will fully back the Kennedy Peace Forest project west of Jerusalem. The Judean mountain slope plantation will be formally dedicated in early December with a major ceremony likely on July 4, 1965, featuring U.S. delegations and funding largely from American Jewry.
Treasury Undersecretary Henry Fowler resigns as a top adviser on fiscal policy. Fowler, 52, had been named to the post in January 1961 by President Kennedy.
Mollie Lesinger Stodola 87 of 218 Fourteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after noon after a long illness. Born January 14 1877 she was widow of Joseph F. Stodola survived by three grandchildren one great granddaughter and a brother in Los Angeles Funeral services Monday at Kuba funeral home with Rosary Society reciting the Rosary at 7 pm Sunday and burial at St Johns with Msgr Chihak. Miss Tillie Kos 74 Cedar Rapids died Tuesday born April 14 1880 Riverside sister Tillie Kos and brother Edwin Kos of Lancaster California survived by church and fraternal memberships Memorial services Friday at Turner Chapel at 1 30 pm with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. ]
John Cerveny aged 85 of 954 Fifteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died early Wednesday. Born January 27, 1879 in Fairfax Township he worked as a gardener and lived in Cedar Rapids 42 years. Survived by sister Mrs Ludvik Petrak of Mt Vernon. Memorial services Friday at 1 30 p m at Hesser Memorial Chapel by Jerry Drahovzal. Burial Czech National. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday.
Claude W Hollingsworth 76 of 1509 Park Ave SE retired machinist died Tuesday after a long illness. Born May 29 1887 in Thornburg he lived in Cedar Rapids 60 years. Survived by wife Pearl son Max R Cedar Rapids daughter Mrs Lee Anderle of Clermont Calif four grandchildren two great grandchildren. Services at Rohn funeral home 2 30 Friday Rev T A Youngquist Mizpah Masonic Lodge. Burial Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Master Masons meet Mizpah lodge 2 p m Friday. Friends may call at funeral home.
Announcements list funeral details for Andrews Edith and others including service times Thursday and Friday at Kuba and Janeba-Kuba chapels, Rhodes Methodist, Hesser Memorial, Cedar Memorial, Dysart, Czech National, Brush chapels. Burials at Eden Cemetery, Cedar Memorial, and other cemeteries. Casket opening restrictions noted for some services.
Early Wednesday reports show Lenox with three inches of precipitation. Eastern Iowa saw heavy rain Tuesday and Tuesday night with varying amounts from Wapello to Dubuque. Cedar Rapids recorded 27 at 2 pm after a 22 overnight low and a 33 high Tuesday. Temperatures remain below normal across the state with forecasts calling for five more days of below-average highs, generally four to eight degrees below normal.
Rose E Kos of 1445 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids lived there most of her life and worked for A N Palmer Co for 50 years before retiring in 1955.
Former French Premier Faure announced he will travel to Moscow for a two week visit at the invitation of the Soviet government.
Cobb appears before the Senate under protest as his attorney Sherwin Markman argues constitutional rights. The session reveals Cobb and board members wrote a letter criticizing the inquiry into the switch from Portland cement to asphalt on Interstate 80. Turner and Nolan press for details on alleged deals with asphalt contractors, while Cobb cites harassing inquiries and asserts no documentary evidence to back claims.
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