Weather notes and obituaries compiled in Gazette area
A regional weather summary lists temperatures, precipitation and forecasts for Tuesday through Monday with normal ranges and note of cooler days followed by a warm stretch. The May totals and year-to-date figures are included alongside multiple local obituaries and service details for residents across towns such as Mason City Cascade Dubuque and Davenport with names like Larry Weaverling Viola Davis Arnold Utzig Alfred Freel Blanche Davis and Gabrielson Goettsch’s.
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Brandon
William Koutny
Methodist Church
Murdoch’s
Walker
Viola — Blanche Davis
Springville
Dubuque
Arnold Utzig
Church of the Nativity
Wellman
Alfred Harvey Freel
Powell’s. Cascade
Peter Lauser
Englewood
Calif
St. Mary’s
Devaney
S. Oran
Earl Lockwood
Hintz
Oelwein
Tipton
Joseph Everett Chamberlain
Methodist
Dye’s. Elgin
Gilbert Loftsgard
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Muehlenthaler
S. Mt. Vernon
Harry Decious
Morgan’s
Congregational United Church of Christ
Goettsch
May 9 Traffic and Court Briefs Note Cedar Rapids Area
The report lists multiple traffic incidents and fines including speeding bonds forfeited for Nathan Nassif and John Harris, various individuals fined for disobeying signals yielding to a fire officer and reckless driving, and a 30 day jail sentence for Charles R. Schomberg. It also records several custody and family notices among names and addresses.
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Muriel B. Crock
LaCrosse
Wis
Thomas E. Myers
Carter Street
Charles E. Sisk
Keokuk
Joseph D. Watters
Eighth Street
Charles R. Schomberg
Ninth Street
Sharon M. Haselin
Lincolnway
Carol J. Gallagher
Fifth Street
Lyle T. Abarr
Deborah Drive
Ninth Street SE
Culver backs flood surveys for Cedar and Mississippi
Congressman John C. Culver testified before a House appropriations committee in support of flood control surveys on the Cedar River in Iowa and the Mississippi River surveys. He urged funds for navigation gear study on the Mississippi to create a 12 foot channel and requested 1.2 million for Dubuque and 200,000 for Guttenberg for permanent flood walls.
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Washington
John C. Culver
House Appropriations Committee
Cedar
Iowa
Mississippi
Culver
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Guttenberg
Man Ordered For Mental Health Evaluation In Linn County
Charles Woodard 20 of 705 Fifth Avenue SE was ordered sent to Independence Mental Health Institute for evaluation after a Tuesday arrest on a warrant for pointing a gun. A hearing before the Linn County Commission on hospitalization followed. the criminal charge remains pending until test results are known. Woodard allegedly brandished a revolver at Dennis Watson of 219 Tenth Avenue SE.
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Charles Woodard
Fifth Avenue SE
Independence Mental Health Institute
Woodard
Independence Institution
Linn County Commission of Hospitalization
Dennis Watson
Tenth Avenue SE
Central City Soldier Killed in Vietnam
Central City confirms the death of Cpl. Robert Sells Jr. 19 a Central City native and Regis high school 1965 graduate killed Monday in Vietnam by sniper fire. His parents Mr and Mrs Robert Sells were notified Tuesday morning. He was an all city baseball player and the family previously lived in Cedar Rapids.
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the Gazette
Central City
Robert Sells, Jr
Robert Sells
Vietnam
Regis High School
Cedar Rapids
Council Sets Hearing Date For Rezoning Proposals
Cedar Rapids seven rezoning items, including Bjornsen Investment Corp. R-1 to C U P east of East Post road SE, will be heard at the May 31 city council meeting. Opponent Leo C. Peiffer delivered his seventh letter urging rejection. the plan includes a 14 acre buffer. Additional hearings cover R-2 to R-4 on J Street and Twenty-eighth Avenue SW and related cases on Johnson Avenue NW, Sixtieth Avenue SW, Sixth Street SW, and 1418 First Street SW.
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Third Avenue
Holly Avenue
Cedar Rapids
East Post Road SE
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Bjornsen
City Hall
Leo C. Peiffer
Bjornsen Co
Planning Commission
J Street
Twenty-eighth Avenue
F. Richard Whitters
Johnson Avenue
Thirty-second Street
W. H. Wenkstern Investment Co
W. H. Wenkstern Co
Six
Council votes annexation of 148.7 acres Seminole Valley Park
The Cedar Rapids city council approved annexing 148.7 acres of Seminole Valley Park, bringing total parkland to 2,091.09 acres. The expansion follows the earlier 260.5 acre addition and increases park access along the Cedar River across from Brad's Beach.
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Cedar Rapids
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar River
Brad’s Beach
Naples Mystery Gas Leaves City in Panic
A mysterious gas cloud blanketed Naples forcing five schools to close and sending at least 20 people to hospitals. Police reported hundreds fled as experts could not identify the gas origin but ruled out municipal leaks and Vesuvius involvement.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Faulty Lights Main Defect on Vehicles
In 1966, National Vehicle Safety Check tested about 3.4 million vehicles and nearly 500,000 failed to meet standards. The National Automobile Club cites faulty lights as the main defect, with bad brakes, poor exhaust systems and faulty turn signals also causing rejections.
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San Francisco
UPI
National Vehicle Safety Check
National Automobile Club
Indian Farmers Urged to Embrace Hybrid Seeds
In New Delhi a Bombay government minister urges farmers to hail hybrids with the slogan Jai Hybrid to stress high yield seeds as a solution to India's grain deficiency.
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New Delhi
Bombay
India
Council approves June 12 special election for elderly housing
The council formalized a June 12 vote to fund low rent housing for the elderly in two areas Columbus East and Columbus West. The plan caps at 400 units with up to 6 million dollars in federal guaranteed bonds, no local funds, financed entirely by bonds and aimed at seniors.
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Cedar Rapids
Columbus East
Southeast
Columbus West
Southwest
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Third Street
First Street
Deaths Mary Ellen Twining 102 Cedar Rapids
Mary Ellen Twining 102 of 519 Fourth avenue SE died Tuesday after a brief illness. Born February 2 1865 in Binghamton New York she moved to Cedar Rapids 94 years ago with her family. Surviving are four sons Robert James Frank and William plus daughter Mrs Emily Mason. six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services Friday at 9 a.m. at Turner chapel east with burial Cedar Memorial. rosary Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Turner chapel.
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Mary Ellen Twining
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
T. M. Sinclair Co
Binghamton
N. Y
John F. Twining
Sinclair Packing
Immaculate Conception Church
Robert
James Twining
Chicago
Frank Twining
Downing
Ill
Emily Mason
Richmond
Calif
Turner Chapel
William A. Roach
Cedar Memorial
Msgr. Roach
Memorial Services For Staskal and Neff Held At Turner Chapels
Memorial services for Mary Catherine Staskal at 10 30 am Friday at Turner chapel west led by Rev Don R Jarrert with burial in Czech National cemetery. Lillian Winfred Neff service at 1 30 pm Thursday at Turner chapel east conducted by Dr John P Woods and Rev D A Loferski with burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
Change in Location of Hobby and Model Show
The sixth annual Hobby and Model Show moves from the armory to Memorial Coliseum this weekend due to more entries. Admission is via the main city hall entrance from the Second Avenue bridge, 9 am to 9 pm Saturday and 2 pm to 9 pm Sunday. Sponsored by the Playground and Recreation Commission and Eagles Aerie 2272.
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Memorial Coliseum
Armory
Nat Hull
Recreation Department
City Hall
Second l Avenue Bridge
The
Playground and Recreation Commission
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie
Youth Receives Three Sentences After Police Chase
Cedar Rapids youth Charles R. Schomberg aged 17 received three 30 day sentences in municipal court for reckless driving attempting to elude officers and losing vehicle control. Authorities say the stolen car from Schomberger Motor Co. and $80 plus tools were seized. He pled guilty and began serving 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Charles R. Schomberg
Ninth Street SE
Schomberg
Schomberger Motor Co
Names Approved For New Streets In Southwest Cedar Rapids
The city council gave three readings to a street naming ordinance approving five streets in southwest Cedar Rapids. Allis-Chalmers drive SW will run parallel to Sixth street road SW to Waconia road, 0.75 miles west. Seventy-sixth avenue SW runs west from Bowling street SW near Waconia road. Sixtieth avenue SW lies half a mile south of Waconia and runs west from Sixth street. Twenty-sixth street SW aligns with Twenty sixth street south of the North Western railroad near Beverly. Sixty-sixth avenue SW will be built west from Sixth street about a mile south of a parallel to Waconia road.
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Cedar Rapids
Allis-Chalmers
Sixth Street
Sixtieth Avenue
Waconia Road
Seventy-sixth Avenue
Bowling Street
Waconia
Twenty-first Street
North Western Railroad
Beverly
County Attorney Uses Grand Jury Like Hearings in Lawrence Murder Case
William Faches asks for subpoenas to compel 10 or 11 witnesses to testify under oath starting May 18 at 9 a.m. The process resembles a grand jury inquiry with the grand jury clerk taking minutes. Richard Lawrence, 37, faces trial June 5 for the December 20 supermarket site killing of Clark Kaiser.
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William Faches
Richard P. Lawrence
William R. Eads
Faches
Lawrence
Sidney Street
Clark Kaiser
Mrs Miller Gets Suspended Term On Check Count
Kinross resident Mrs Bob Miller pled guilty to false uttering of a check and Judge B J Maxwell imposed a six month suspended sentence. She must make restitution for all outstanding bad checks held by the county attorney. The offenses include a $20.15 check on December 21 1965 to White State Bank South English and five bad checks totaling $108.48.
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Bob Miller
Kinross
B. J. Maxwell
White State Bank
South English
DeWayne Himes Sues Over Shotgun Injury in Cedar Rapids
DeWayne Himes files a $40,000 damage suit for his son Dan against Donna Eckard and Virgil Myers after Dan lost eye use from a 12 gauge shotgun shot by James Myers on Oct 8 1966. Plaintiffs allege negligence for allowing a child to use a shotgun without training. Also listed are eviction petitions and an insurance misrepresentation claim in Marion County.
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DeWayne Himes
Dan
Donna D. Eckard
Virgil Myers
James Myers
Himes
Cedar Rapids
Marion E. John
Fourth Street
Emmett
Marian E. Rassmussen
Vernal Street NW
Rasmussens
Martha A. Anholt
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Grinnell College to Confers Two BA Degrees on May 26
Graduates Linda M. Neal of 1400 Second Avenue SE and Gordon D. Simonds Jr. of 668 Twenty-ninth Street NE will receive their Bachelor of Arts degrees from Grinnell College on May 26.
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Linda M. Neal
Second Avenue SE
Grinnell College
Gordon D. Simonds, Jr
Twenty-ninth Street
Cedar Rapids Mayor Explains Move to VP Office Visit
Cedar Rapids Mayor Bob Johnson explains in a letter to Gov. Harold Hughes that the city council chose to consult with Vice President Hubert Humphrey's office on municipal problems rather than the governor's. He says repeated attempts to meet with Dwight Jensen failed and a 20 minute session was all the council sought. The group plans to return from Washington D C and then seek Hughes's advice.
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Harold Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Dwight Jensen
Hughes
Johnson
Washington, D.C
Jensen
Prairie School Names Field for Vietnam War Hero John Wall
The College Community school district board named the Prairie high school athletic field John W. Wall Field to honor Marine John E. Wall Jr a Prairie graduate killed in Vietnam. Roger Daly led residents in requesting the tribute and supporters seek a memorial funded by contributions while the board also approved 1967 68 contracts for custodians maintenance and office staff returning next year.
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Board of Directors
College Community School District
John W. Wall
Prairie
Vietnam
Roger Daly
Wall
John E. Wall
Colorado Drive
Cedar Rapids Rezonings Move On First Reading
Cedar Rapids city council split 3 2 on first reading to rezone Fruitland boulevard SW from R 2 to R 3 petitioned by Thomas Kilpatrick with two officials opposing duplex contraction in a single family area. Unanimous approval given to R 3 to R 4 at 1916 Avenue NE and R 1 to R 2 at 2107 O Avenue NW petitions from H K Staub and Sons Construction Co and Ralph V Emminger.
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Cedar Rapids
Fruitland Boulevard
Thomas Kilpatrick
Frank Bush
Donald Gardner
1916
Avenue NE
H. K. Staub and Sons Construction Co
O Avenue NW
Ralph V. Emminger
Cedar Rapids Mayor Calls Public Records Bill Dangerous
Mayor Bob Johnson labeled Senate File 537 dangerous during a city council session urging amendments to exclude property appraisals in urban renewal projects. He warned the bill could cause chaos for the school board and noted its Senate approval 55 to 2 on April 24, now before the House.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Iowa Senate
Johnson
Ernest Pence
Cedar Rapids Community
Senate
House of Representatives
Eight Killed In Texas Collision Involving Alabama Family
An Alabama couple, five of their eight children, and a truck passenger were killed Tuesday night in a highway crash near Goldthwaite Texas. Police said the collision involved multiple vehicles and occurred on a rural stretch, with investigators pursuing causes and notifying families.
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Goldthwaite
Texas
Alabama
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C.R. Weather
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Rmis
Datel Dee Co
Lansing
Dam No
McGregor
Davenport
Larry D. Weaverling
Mason City
Nathan V. Rick
Route 3
Edward J. Craig
Marley Hotel
Robert Heslop
Bismarck
Apolis
N.orleans
Denver
Duluth
Omaha
L.angeles
Phoenix
Seattle
C.R
Fall
Thomas J. Happ
A Avenue
Dennis E. Lickteig
Lisbon
Wayne Wall
Tenth Street
St. Luke's
Kenneth J. Gates
Grande Avenue SE
Richard D. Bernardino
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Irene Marie Campbell
Donald Ray Campbell
Barbara J. Taylor
James
William Taylor
Paula Dugan Forsyth
Marvin Wayne Forsyth
Richard J. Hampton
Commerce City
Colo
Josephine M. Baker
Larry Fischer
Hazel Reed
Nathan S. Nassif
Hillcrest Drive
John D. Harris
Coggan
Lowell E. Sisson
Northwood Drive
Christopher Columbus Stringer
Tenth Avenue
Algy D. James
Maplecrest Drive
Marion
Donald C. Rodman
Dean E. Dedic
N Street
Ernest H. Foss, Jr
Gordon D
Council
Peiffer
Eaglemere Court SE
New Park
Mystery Gas
Pierson’s “'Stor
Ellis Blvd
Mary Twining
Mrs
John Twining
Teahen Funeral Home
First Avenue NW
Gov
Gov. Hughes
Prairie School
John Wall
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
M. N. Pearson
Grace Baptist Church
South 15Th Street
Marion, Iowa
Wilbert
Good Housekeeping
Wilbert Burial Vault
Mir
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
P.O
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