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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
3
The Daily Record shows a five day forecast with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers. Temperatures expected to average 4 to 8 degrees above normal from Tuesday through Saturday, with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the 40s to 50s. Normal May values and rainfall around a quarter to half an inch are noted, plus day and month summaries and local station readings.
A municipal court police division record lists speeding cases involving Maurice Hackey at 9411 Wisconsin Street SW Muriel Ehrenfelt at 2426 Twenty Ninth Avenue SW John Pepper at 1534 Sixth Avenue SE and Virginia Kilpatrick at 727 Tenth.
New Sunday hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. announced for the city dump to serve residents not using full trash pickup. Public health director Carl Smith said reversing the Sunday closure improves public access while keeping the landfill efficient with minimal cost. On other days the dump remains open 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma said chances for restoring peace in Laos are very slim after a Pathet Lao attack on IC helicopters. He noted talks at Khang Khay depend on future meetings and outlined proposals including neutralization of Vientiane and withdrawal of right wing forces from Pathet Lao areas.
Arnold Weidler 58 an summer automobile dealer hanged himself at St Luke's hospital about 11 35 a.m. Saturday, the hospital said He had been admitted to the psychiatric section on April 15 The hospital said he used a belt Dr Percy Harris ruled the death a death by own action.
Senate conferees rewrite the measure to end a lump sum $73 million payout to the Philippines for World War II damages. The agreement allows continued payment of individual claims by a U S commission but bans lobbyists or claimants representatives from receiving fees. The compromise is part of a $1.5 billion supplemental bill including $450 million for Kennedy era public works programs.
Ray W Hubbard 76 of 2334 C Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a sudden illness. Born March 14 1887 in Clear Lake he married Ruth Arnold June 26 1912 in Allison. He was a bookkeeper at Ogden Adams Lumber Co retired a year ago. Surviving wife four daughters nine grandchildren. He was a member and deacon at First Congregational Church Mizpah Lodge 639 OES Rainbow Dad and master masons meet for service. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call until Tuesday 2. Funeral services Tuesday at Beatty Bearle with Rev J Richard Waggner and Mizpah Lodge attendance. End of service casket closed. Mae Lister Helen Heim Dallas and two brothers listed. Turner Chapel to hold service Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with burial Agency Indiana. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
June Audrey Ryan of Cedar Rapids died Monday at age 72. She married James E. Ryan on September 1, 1951, and is survived by her husband two sons Cris and Danny and a sister Inger Dye. Services at St. Jude's Church with burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at Turner Chapel. Friends may contribute to St. Jude's building fund.
Lawrence Rohrbacher 912 Faverue NW Cedar Rapids longtime resident and Cherry Burrell I Corp employee died at home Saturday after a sudden illness. Born July 18 1903 in Cedar Rapids he married Margaret G Griffin October 23 1933. Survived by wife daughter Virginia Lee Rohrbacher brother Clarence Rohrbacher sister Esther Henson all of Cedar Rapids. Burial Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Cedar Memorial chapel service by Dr Jackson Burns.
Elizabeth Catherine Miller a Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday after a long illness. Born May 31 1880 in Pennsylvania she was a member of the First Christian church and the 3L Sunday school class. Survived by her brother Jack Wise of Cedar Rapids the funeral is set for 1 30 Tuesday by Dr Marion H Williams with burial at Linwood Friends may call at
August G. Heim, 34 year Cedar Rapids resident and former bond and securities dealer, died in a local nursing home Monday. He was born November 28, 1881 in Quincy, Illinois. Surviving are two sisters.
George W. Pirie 11114 Seventh Avenue SW a 20 year Cedar Rapids resident and Quaker Oats retiree died Sunday in a nursing home after a long illness. Born February 22, 1888 in Norway Iowa he was a World War I veteran and member of the American Legion and Eagles lodge. Surviving are four sisters Julia Werning Ethel Pirie Hazel Cass all of Cedar Rapids and Etta Friis of Silver Springs Maryland. Funeral Tuesday by Rev. Allen S. Van Cleve with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
The 1962 Pulitzer awards honor National and International Reporting for coverage from the Idlewild crash to Cuba Mig 21 developments. Anthony Lewis and Hal Hendrix win in reporting while Constance Green Leon Edel Williams and Barber receive arts and music honors for works and premieres.
Dr George C Faun 80 a former government inspector for Wilson and Co died Monday in Greenville Ohio He worked at Wilson s from 1933 to 1953 moved to Greenville in 1954 He belonged to Cres cent lodge AF and AM the Iowa Consistory and Cedar Chapter 184 OES Surviving wife Lucy Doorman daughter Mrs Fred Hendricks Columbus Ohio three grandchildren a sister and two brothers Services at Miller funeral home Greenville at 2 Wednesday
Kent Andrew Funcke 4 grandson of Mr and Mrs Peter Funcke Beaver Dam Wisconsin died Saturday after being struck by a car. The funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church in Beaver Dam.
A Sunday march by Negro residents from New Pilgrim Baptist church toward a city jail faced police barriers on Birmingham’s main east west artery. After officers halted the crowd, Connor urged restraint and suggested another chance. The group was allowed to enter a nearby park and sang at the jail area.
At General Hospital Dr Steve Hardy's work schedule from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays encroaches on personal time, highlighting the toll of demanding shifts on his relationships and daily life.
Education on the hills of Coe College became a mock symposium as Flunk Day, an age old student holiday, triggered mass exodus. Tom Palmberg, student council president, declared the day and the Victory bell signaled the event. Professors and wives of faculty joined the retreat from study, turning the campus into a landscape of fishing rods and free time.
President Kennedy nominates Gen Curtis LeMay for a one year term as air force chief of staff to avoid joint chiefs term overlap. He also taps Adm David McDonald to be chief of naval operations for two years starting Aug 1 upon Adm George Anderson’s retirement. Andrew Hatcher notes Anderson offered a government post.
Courthouse Judge Harold Fleck of Oska loosa in the Sixth district is assigned to hold court in Linn district court. The move was ordered by Chief Justice T. G. Garfield at the request of Eighteenth district judges. Fleck will remain as long as needed without neglecting Sixth district duties.
Clifford Hyde, 41, of 1231 Fourth Street SE, arraigned in district court on assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after beating his father, John Hyde, 71, with a cane at home following a tavern visit. Police say the cane broke in the attack. the father was in fair condition at St Luke's hospital.
Bert Roberts of Belle Plaine pled guilty to false uttering of a check and received a one year suspended sentence in Linn county jail. Judge B J Maxwell imposed the term with restitution required after a March 1962 check for 29.58 drawn at McKesson and Robbins.
James Humes aged 90 and Effie Beatty aged 77 wed in Union City Pennsylvania after a courtship that began in January. Their life together follows a long-known friendship and reflects a late-life union celebrated by family and community.
The plan would raise the Regents budget to 50 million annually with 9 million for capital improvements, return remaining funds to counties by assessed value, and use liquor sales to fund relief. It includes a sales tax hike to 3 percent, expanded taxes on lodging and services, and higher cigarette taxes.
In Mexico City seven teenagers confessed to police that they stole sixty late model cars over the past year. Most of the youths described themselves as coming from good families and cited peer pressure as a factor.
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