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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
3
Five day forecast shows temperatures 6 to 10 degrees above normal through Monday with highs near 80 to 90 and nightly lows in the 60s. Rainfall averaged .50 to .75 inch in scattered showers mainly near the weekend. Local notices include traffic fines, obituaries, and service announcements across LaCrosse and nearby cities.
Los Angeles plans a testimonial dinner for former Vice President Richard Nixon before his move to New York. The proposal was put forward by Warren Dorn and Mayor Samuel Yorty, with the city county Chamber of Commerce Bar Association and the Greater Los Angeles Press Club invited to participate.
The North Iowa Conference Women s Society of Christian Service re elected Mrs. W. D. Martin of Vinton as president. Thirteen officers were re elected and two view leaders chosen. New officers include Mrs. Louis Kelly Algona secretary of youth work and Mrs. T. H. Petersen Jr. Anthon secretary of supply work.
A piano recital by University of Iowa music professor William Doppmann scheduled for Friday in North Music Hall has been postponed. The program will be presented during the summer session on a date to be announced.
Iowa City AP reporting University of Iowa professor Dr. John Schmidhauser hailed the unanimous three judge panel decision on Iowa reapportionment as a magnificent step forward He noted the split on the Scaff plan should not alarm supporters of fair representation and that a Kansas three judge court will rule soon on a similar plan Action in Kansas slated before the Iowa Dec 3 vote with the Shaff plan left under a cloud of constitutional acceptability.
Police probing a fatal traffic crash near Gumushane in northeastern Turkey recovered 1,060 pounds of opium valued at about 220000 dollars hidden in a floor panel of an overturned truck. The dead passenger is suspected to own the narcotics while the driver, slightly hurt, was detained.
A red and white cylindrical object fell near North Vernon Indiana not from Mars. Wright Patterson air base officials said the 2000 pound test weight used for parachute tests caused the sighting. The weight was dropped from a B 47 jet at 1500 feet and missed its target above Jefferson proving grounds.
Former President Harry S Truman, who jokes about birthday attention, marks 79 with a busy day ahead. He plans to greet 10,000 Baptist delegates at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City as the 1963 Southern Baptist convention opens.
Costa Mesa California AP writer director Roland C Brown died at 62 from a heart ailment. He helped launch 1930s gangster films and gave George Raft his first film role. He wrote Angels with Dirty Faces Doorway to Hell Blood Money What Price Hollywood The Devil Is a Sissy and Quick Millions with Raft and Spencer Tracy. He wrote the Broadway play Johnny Two by Four.
Debates over withholding the sales tax increase continue in the Iowa Senate as Republicans split. Governor Hughes supports withholding to avoid a veto while Democrats push for a 3 percent sales tax. Key votes narrow the path toward an agreement package earmarking funds for land tax credits, school aid, and property tax relief.
Frederick T. Bedford an 85 year old Greens Farms Connecticut resident and longtime Penick and Ford board chairman died after a brief illness. He began at Standard Oil in 1899 and helped form New York Glucose Co before joining Penick and Ford in 1913 rising to president in 1926. He supported Amherst College Norwalk Hospital YMCA and Laycock Country Day School. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at his home.
Oelwein community chest board voted the youth guidance council into the chest. The board will hear representatives from Jefferson Scott Oran and Putnam townships, which have shown interest in joining the chest.
Myers Alma Leora Bearle funeral service at Rector D A Lo ferski of St Johns Episcopal church at 1 Thursday Burial East Oakwood cemetery Shellsburg Iseminger Ernest C Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday by Rev Allen S Van Cleve Crescent lodge AF and AM Burial in Linwood cemetery
The Organization of American States voted 18 to 0 to redeploy its special committee to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to seek a settlement. Haiti and the Dominican Republic did not vote. the panel will now have up to six members and can extend its role to provide any service needed to hasten a solution.
Seven original U S astronauts took out individual life insurance policies on Wednesday with premiums reportedly lower than some steeplejacks. Policies cover lives anywhere in space or on Earth. Announcement by C Leo DeOrsey and John Hill of Aetna Life Insurance Co. First such plans issued to space travelers.
Republican Theodore McKeldin defeated incumbent Mayor Philip Goodman in Baltimore to win the mayoralty in unofficial totals 109 407 to 105 018. McKeldin, age 62, cited his long public service and fondness for people as reasons for seeking office again.
A Gazette Classified advertisement yielded many calls for a power mower and sold it on the first day. The ad urges readers to place similar ads by calling EM 2.1121.
Cedar Rapids men Roy Borseth and Ronald Stratton were released after lie detector tests as deputies arrest two more suspects in an attack on a Beverly area couple Saturday night. The case involves assault with intent to commit rape near a lonely road one mile west of Beverly.
Treasury Secretary Dillon told the New York Chamber of Commerce there is no recession on the horizon and that economic activity shows promise of continuing upward. He defended Kennedy tax plans as lowering taxes for virtually all Americans and warned against unrealistically deep cuts in government spending.
Wood alcohol poisoning has killed at least 20 men in New York city, most of them Bowery derelicts, with the death toll possibly 18 in the past week. One victim died at Bellevue hospital, and six suspected victims lie in the morgue awaiting autopsies.
King declares movement unstoppable as thousands march in Birmingham to desegregate downtown facilities and secure bi racial committee. Authorities report 2400 arrests, 300+ released, and sporadic violence with injuries to at least 10 officers.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell said he will ask Attorney General Kennedy to send federal marshals to Birmingham to prevent bloodshed after Governor Wallace reinforced local police. Powell cited Article 242 of Title 18 as authority for federal intervention and said nonviolence on a local level is no longer achievable.
Vatican says Pope John XXIII will not make planned visits to Montecasino and Pompei later this month due to worsening health. He held a weekly audience at St. Peter's Basilica and appeared unwell.
Le Mans reports Serge Girard, jailed for a $12 holdup to fund a wedding ring, was released by gendarmes for his wedding but failed to appear. He returns to jail still a bachelor after citing not having a good enough suit.
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