Weather and local notices from May 1963 storm era
Forecast shows clearing and cooler conditions Friday night with lows near 40 north to 50 south. Saturday remains fair and cool with highs in the 60s, then clouds and scattered thunderstorms Sunday. Five day outlook calls for near normal temps north and 4 to 8 degrees above south through Wednesday with rainfall of .60 to one inch, locally heavier. Several city reports list fines for speeding and license offenses, plus funeral services for multiple towns including Iowa City, Ry an, Victor, and Marengo.
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Clear Lake
Shell Rock
Waverly
Dumont
Waucoma
Elkader
Fayette and Fertile
Independence
Waukon
Decorah
Towa
Dubuque
Legislative actions and new births in weekend report
The tally shows the House approving 4 750 000 for capital improvements at board of control institutions for 1963 65, and allowing condemnation for Guthrie county water recreation development. It also exempted government agency purchases from sales tax, adjusted county road project limits, and noted a failed billboard bill vote. May 8 notices announce several births and a few police/fire incidents with addresses and names, including a Rockford couple and Cedar Rapids residents.
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Board of Control
Senate
Conservation Commission
Guthrie County
Hoffa Indicted on Bribery Charge in Jury Tampering Case
Hoffa and six associates face a five count indictment in Nashville accusing aiding, commanding and inducing jurors to vote for acquittal in a deadlocked federal conspiracy trial. Hoffa posted a $10,000 bond and entered not guilty remarks while Philadelphia statements followed.
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Nashville
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Philadelphia
Hoffa
U.S
Hultman Objects to Interim Committee Authority
Hultman argues that bills constitutionally delegating expenditure review to the interim committee are an unconstitutional power shift. He notes the similarity to earlier attempts by the committee to limit salaries and control tables of organization at state institutions. The 1961 action led to resignations when psychiatrists earning up to 22,800 dollars faced salary ceilings.
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Hultman
Board of Control
Destructive Storms Hit Iowa With Flood Warnings
Severe weather damaged two hog houses and a barn on farms near Elmer Larson and Adolph Hanna. A tornado touched down north of Rockwell City with no injuries. Rivers in Cedar and Shellrock basins rose fast, with Creeks flooding streets in Charles City and Mason City area. A Rock Island derailment near a washout caused one injury and extensive damage to diesels and cars. cleanup would take days.
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Elmer Larson
Adolph Hanna
Iowa
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Weather Bureau
Cedar River
Shellrock River
Charles City
Mason City
Winnebago
Lime Creek
Marble Rock
Shellrock
Shell Rock
Waterloo
Regents Recommend Continued Cut-Rate Hospital Care for Lawmakers
Des Moines Iowa state regents committee told Gov Harold Hughes that legislators and regents should keep discount rates at University Hospitals Iowa City. The panel found about 1170 in discounts over the last 15 months for lawmakers regents and professors and saw no fault in the policy though private practice fees by doctors lie outside regents control.
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State Board of Regents
Harold Hughes
Iowa City
A. W. Noehren
Regents
Hughes
Noehren
Marion Trainman Seriously Hurt In Derailment
Two freight trains derailed due to washouts from torrential rains near Nora Springs. One trainman was seriously injured and another hurt as three Rock Island diesel units and 22 cars derailed three miles south of Nora Springs. A second derailment near the same time involved about a dozen Milwaukee Road cars.
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Noaa Springs
Rock Island Lines
Here
Milwaukee Road
Stassen May Enter New Hampshire Primary Bid
Former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen said he may run in the New Hampshire presidential primary and other state contests if support in New Hampshire is favorable. The 56 year old Philadelphia lawyer spoke at the Minnesota Historical Society meeting in St. Paul.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
New Hampshire
Stassen
Philadelphia
Minnesota Historical Society
Seventh Minuteman Launch Is Successful
The Air Force reports the seventh in a series of Minuteman missile launches into the Pacific was successful, from Vandenberg Air Base in California.
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Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
US Navy Secretary Earth Tours Far East
In Tokyo Secretary of Navy Earth arrived for an inspection tour of navy and marine corps units in the Far East with officials detailing assignments and readiness.
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Tokyo
Navy
Earth
Marine Corps
Far East
Death of Melvin M. Ewen Knights of Pythias official
Melvin M. Ewen 57 died Thursday in a Rochester Minnesota hospital. He served as executive secretary of the Knights of Pythias supreme lodge covering the United States and Canada, elected in Chicago in 1944 and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1957. Surviving include his wife Charlotte son Donald and daughter Mrs M C Bristol four grandchildren and three brothers. Services Saturday 9 30 a m Morris Nilsen funeral home Richfield Minnesota with burial at Lakewood cemetery Minneapolis memorials to cancer fund.
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Melvin M. Ewen
Staubcourt
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Rochester
Knights
Belle Plaine High School
Dubuque
Charlotte
Donald
M. C. Bristol
Richfield
Minn
Herbert
Harrisburg
Ore
Frank
Bruce
Portland
Morris Nilsen
Lakewood Cemetery
Minneapolis
Cancer Fund
City Officials Await Copy Of Liquor Bill In Cedar Rapids
City officials await the final liquor bill copy before action in Cedar Rapids. Mayor Bob Johnson says the document is not yet received and must be reviewed by City Attorney David McGuire. Current beer licenses show 124 allowed, with 101 outstanding, under a population based limit.
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Bob Johnson
David McGuire
Century-Old Cedar Rapids Woman Janet Barnes Dies
Miss Janet Barnes, 100, of 202 Twelfth Street NW, died Friday morning. Born November 8, 1862 near Waterloo, she graduated from Cornell College and studied at the Chicago Art Institute. She taught at Tilford Academy in Vin-ton and later lived in Lisbon before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1932. A Trinity Methodist member, services will be at Turner chapel with time to be announced. friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Janet Barnes
Twelfth Street
Waterloo
Cornell College
Chicago Art Institute
Tilford Academy
Vinton
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Obituary: Effie Schoner Dies in Cedar Rapids
Effie Schoner widow of William Schoner died Friday morning at her son Roy Schoner’s home in Cedar Rapids. Born December 9, 1880 near Cedar Rapids, she leaves three sons Elmer Pierce Kenneth Roy Schoner a daughter Mrs Lumir Tichy, two sisters Myrtle Pett and Caroline McSwiggan, twelve grandchildren, great and great great grandchildren. She was a Faith EUB member. Service 10:30 Monday by Rev Elmer C Boom at Linwood Cemetery chapel hours for viewing.
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Effie Schoner
William Schoner
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Roy Schoner
Elmer Pierce
Kenneth
Lumir Tichy
Myrtle Pett
Long Beach
Calif
Caroline McSwiggan
Immaculate Conception Church Service Held Saturday
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wm. Roach presided at Immaculate Conception Church at ten on Saturday. Burial services followed at Mt. Calvary.
Ten Indicted in 1962 Stock Theft Case
New York AP reports John Lombardozzi brother of Carmine Lombardozzi was indicted with nine others Friday in the 1962 million dollar stock theft from Bache and Company. The case targets a high profile insider ring and involves multiple defendants.
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New York
John Lombardozzi
Carmine Lombardozzi
Bache and Company
Kennedy Aides Warn Tax Cut Needed to Cut Unemployment
President Kennedy's chief economist Dr. Walter Heller told the Hot Springs Business Council that the spring upswing, though strong, is not enough to reduce unemployment. He urged industry leaders to back a substantial tax cut this year.
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Hot Springs
Kennedy
Walter Heller
Business Council
Explosions Hit Four Kroger Stores in St Louis
Four Kroger Co stores in St Louis were struck by blasts from black powder on Thursday night. All outlets were closed and no serious injuries were reported as police noted the incidents occurred within a 15 minute span.
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ST. Louis
Kroger Co
G O P Convention Site Decision Set for June 21
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee will meet in Denver on June 21 22 to select the site for the 1964 Republican National Convention. Denver is the candidate city under consideration with authorities awaiting results.
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G.O.P
Convention City
Washington
Republican National Committee
Denver
Boys 13 admit boat theft on river near Water Works
Two Cedar Rapids youths aged 13 admitted stealing a city boat from the Water Works river intake, and floated to the Quaker Oats area before police recovered the craft on the east river bank. They said a hammer was used to break the lock and they also took a bicycle from Aram Johnson of 1620 Grande Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker Oats
Aram Johnson
Grande Avenue SE
Court Denies Damages in Estate of Hendrickson Case
A district court jury ruled against Ivan L. Fleming administrator of Margarette Ann Hendrickson's estate, denying $66 257.82 in damages for the fatal 1962 collision six and a half miles east of Coggon. Defendants were Lawrence J. Kopecky and Home Gas Co. of Monticello, driver Kopecky in a pickup owned by Home Gas. Jury deliberated after hearings from Tuesday to Thursday, awarding $326.19 in court costs to Fleming.
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Wyoming
Ivan L. Fleming
Margarette Ann Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Coggon
Lawrence J. Kopecky
Home Gas Co
Monticello
Goodyear Sentenced Ten Years For Forged Check
John T. Goodyear, 29, of 2920 C avenue NE, was sentenced to ten years in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa after pleading guilty to uttering a forged instrument. He cashing a $193.50 forged check on R. B. Burch, Inc. A charge of breaking and entering tied to stolen blank checks was dismissed by Judge Maxwell.
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John T. Goodyear
C Avenue NE
Anamosa
B. J. Maxwell
Goodyear
R. B. Burch, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Maxwell
Jury Reports Delayed In Local Court
Presiding Judge B J Maxwell said trial jurors and petit jurors need not report Monday. Two civil trials were set. one settled, the other continued. Criminal cases were settled by guilty pleas or postponed. Jurors to report at 9 am May 20.
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Petit
B.J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Investment Broker Rents Kennedy House for Summer
A Washington investment broker A Dana Hodgdon has rented President Kennedy s new house near Middleburg Virginia for the summer according to the White House.
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Jfk
Hyannis Port
Mass
UPI
Washington
A. Dana Hodgdon
President Kennedy
Middleburg
White House
Regents Approve Decorah Firm for Currier Addition Plans
The board selected a Decorah architectural firm to design the Currier addition to the state facility for men. They will meet in June with a board representative and George L. Horner, University of Iowa architect, to review the plans.
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Decorah
George L. Horner
University of Iowa
Woman Killed as Car Hits Truck in Smithland
Mrs. John Hanson 70 of Portsmouth was killed when the car she rode in crashed broadside into a semi trailer at a highway crossing in Smithland Woodbury County Iowa.
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Smithland
UPI
John Hanson
Portsmouth
Woodbury
Dragged 150 Feet by Train Endangers Radio Broadcaster
Norman Brokenshire, 64, a radio commentator, was dragged about 150 feet between a Long Island Railroad train and Jamaica Station platform in Queens. His right leg trapped as he changed trains. a stationed policeman freed him and he was hospitalized with bruises and leg cuts.
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New York
Norman Brokenshire
Long Island
Jamaica Station
Queens
Brokenshire
Lake Ronkonkoma
Kennedy Pearson talks strengthen U S Canada ties in Cape Cod
The two leaders spoke at an arrival ceremony under gray skies and 51 degree weather as a crowd of several hundred gathered. Kennedy and Pearson planned to discuss matters of mutual interest in world peace and better relations, stressing friendly, durable ties and joint commitments to freedom.
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Cape Cod
Kennedy
Pearson
Canada
U. S
Massachusetts
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Lawrence Schroeder
Route Two
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Hiawatha
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Donald Carver
Richard Gamel
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Robert Knight
Rockford
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Charles Chalupsky
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Rock Island
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Williamsburg
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Nora Springs
Hampshire
Japan
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Melvin Ewen
C.R
Beatty-Bearle
Fleming
John Goodyear
Lewellen
Florist
First Assembly OF God Church
Oakland Rd
Fred R. Gottwald
Pierson
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Young
Turner
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