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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1968
Page
1
Gov. Harold Hughes told an audience at the University of Iowa that state institutions will continue to function without unwarranted interruption while allowing legitimate protest. He warned mob violence threatens freedoms and cautioned against a police state approach to security.
Three suspects charged in Iowa City narcotics raids sought hearings and bond relief. Judge Marion Neely set a May 13 preliminary hearing for David R. Leshtz 20 a University of Iowa junior from Highland Park Illinois. Bonds for Leshtz and Borg were reduced to 1000 each. Siegel remains in Johnson County jail. WAUKON Les Fossum elected president of the Waukon Jaycees.
Carl Nichols, 50, is credited with saving Doris Pfister, 7, after she slipped into the Upper Iowa river near the Nichols home in west Decorah. He dived into 15 feet of water and pulled her to shore as police arrived. The child was treated and suffered no ill effects.
William Hackbarth, 67, piloting a 50 year old biplane from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., is due to arrive at the Iowa City airport around 11 am Thursday after a stopover in Omaha. He will lunch there and decide whether to proceed to Chicago or stay another day. The note marks the early 20th century air mail service history from 1918 and private contractor use from 1927.
Lewis R. Zearfoss, 58, longtime plant engineer for Central Iowa Telephone Co., died Tuesday in Grinnell after several months illness. He was transferred to Grinnell after the Central Iowa and General Telephone merger last fall. Survived by wife Edna a daughter Mrs Bill Myers of Davenport a sister Helen Camp of Aurora Illinois and three grandchildren. Body at Henderson funeral home in Toledo.
Des Moines reports Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Fulton urged treating May Day as a distress call to reduce a rising traffic death toll. He cited 211 deaths through April 25, 1968, up from 191 last year, and urged widespread use of seat belts to cut fatalities.
Richard Johnson a 19 year old Centerville Community College student from Trafford Pennsylvania drowned while swimming with companions in the Centerville reservoir on Tuesday.
Decorah junior high music students present a band and choral concert on Thursday at 8 p m in the junior high gymnasium featuring student ensembles and selections from band and choir repertoires.
Edward Pecenka a 62 year old Traer farmer was found dead beneath a tractor plow in a field. Officials labeled the death accidental after exploring potential ejection or heart attack causes. He is survived by his wife.
James Campbell of the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank was elected president of the Allamakee County Bankers Assn. N. A. McKee of Lansing is vice-president Ronald Taylor of Postville is secretary and Dr. R. W. Linthacum of Dysart is treasurer.
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce hosts the 11th annual U of I leadership banquet with 124 students honored from cities including Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Iowa City Independence Manchester North Liberty Strawberry Point Vinton West Liberty and more. Names listed include Cynthia Dreibelbis David Bennett Dennis Briggs John James and others.
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