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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1963
Page
3
Saturday highs range from 48 to 99 depending on city with rainfall totals near .38 inches. Forecast for Sunday to Monday calls for considerable cloudiness and showers or thunderstorms, warmer by Sunday with highs in the 60s to 70s and scattered rain east Monday. Humidity and wind data from Municipal airport listed. year-to-date totals and normals provided.
May 10 families of Robert Zier Marion a daughter John Wolfe Marion a daughter Donald Tauke Marion a son Donald Fowler Marion a daughter Howard Mitchell Marion a daughter Ted Fritz Mechanicsville a son. May 11 Mr and Mrs Jerome Seifried Hiawatha a daughter Charles Scheer Marion a son James Berkes Marion a son Harvey Chesmore Quasqueton a daughter Stephen Wilder Marion a son Willis Dellman Marion a son Jon Mitts Central City a son James Wendel Marion a son Charles Hauck Marion a son. May 11 To the families of John Boyles route one Marion a daughter Gordon Jackson Marion a son Leo Lala Marion a son Rolland Gordon Marion a son.
Six people were hospitalized Saturday after a two car crash on highway 30 near the Luzerne corner, 27 miles west of Cedar Rapids. Richard Homier, 59, and his wife Elfreda, 61, of Keystone, were in good condition at St. Luke's. Mary Oaks, 32, of Findlay Ohio, was also in good condition with her three children Carla 9 Andrea 6 and Lisa 2 held for observation.
Temporary officers Mrs. Terry Jessen and Mrs. Charles Leachman lead the new Jaycee-ettes in Strawberry Point. A May 27 meeting at Mrs. Duane Munter's home will select permanent officers.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette at Cedar Rapids IA publishes daily and Sunday editions from 3rd Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list 45 cents weekly by carrier 6 issues 3.25 a month 13 a year and 7 issues 1.35 about 14 a year for night and Sunday editions. Rates for other states U S territories 23.40 a year. No mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press is used for republication of local and AP news.
Obituaries list services for multiple residents across Mechanicsville Horner's Waukon Oelwein Center Point Independence and Iowa City. Names include Mrs Milo Carroll Alfred Thiele Frank Lago Ruby Johnston Gilbert DeSotel Elizabeth Preble Mrs Charles Geber and Mollie Hubbard with service times ranging from 9:30 to 3:30 and churches including Methodist Catholic and Sacred Heart with Rosary observances noted. Burial plans include Cedar Memorial.
Mrs Mildred E Mason 54 former Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday at St Luke s hospital Davenport She was born May 22 1909 in Quincy Ill daughter of Charles and Emma Mae Meyer She moved to Davenport 12 years ago from Cedar Rapids Lived in Palisades Kepler state park where her father was custodian Former Daniels Park Presbyterian member Married June 13 1928 in Cedar Rapids to Gilbert E Mason Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Robert Boldt Minneapolis Linda at home a son Gilbert Jr Moline parents Ingleside Ill a sister Mrs Richard Minor Cedar Rapids two brothers Charles Meyer Cedar Rapids and Robert Lindelof Skokie Funeral services Monday 3 in Hill and Fredericks chapel Davenport burial Pine Hill cemetery Davenport
Hermine Herot 72 of 1613 Maplewood Drive NE died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born June 22 1890 in Czechoslovakia she lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years. Surviving sisters Theresa Herot and Mrs Frances Klima Tama. Services Tuesday 10 Teahen chapel Rt Rev Msgr James D Kearn officiating Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 Monday.
Services and graveside rites listed for Bowne Mary E Effie Turner chapel Linwood cemetery and other obituaries. Burials at Lisbon Linwood Mt Calvary Cedar Memorial and St Patrick's church noted with call times and ro sary where listed. Memorial fund donation requested to University of Minnesota Duluth.
A Palo man and motorist was admitted to Mercy hospital Saturday night after a one car crash two miles north of Palo. Cliff Mathers Jr., 39, sustained lacerations and possible internal injuries when his car struck a washed out spot and veered into a ditch. Authorities reported no charges filed.
Crowds and commerce have transformed the Cape area since Alan Shepard’s early suborbital flight. Hotels, restaurants, banks, and offices have risen while the once infamous nightlife faded. Astronaut Gordon Cooper travels the beach as a TV camera inside the capsule promises a space age debut. Edwards AFB pilots and other observers linger near motels awaiting Cooper’s 22 orbit 34 hour mission and possible in-space exercise show.
U S sources say North Vietnamese troops have been moved into eastern Laos and arms are being supplied to neutralist forces led by Gen Kong Le and Gen Phoumi Nosavan under the Geneva Accords. The United States maintains neutrality as the path to peace in Laos.
Iowa City reports the final lectures in the Probable Acts of Man series will be given by Prof. Stuart Carter Dodd at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the senate chamber of Old Capitol, University of Iowa.
Four local bar operators posted bonds of 100 each after police and sheriff raids netted pinball machines accused as gambling devices. Arrested were Lester Homan Roys Place Lucille Krall Hilltop Cafe Dean Curtis Farmers Friends and Gale Hallaway Waverly Bowl Inn Bremer County Attorney Merv Flander said the machines offered free games with gambling connotations and hearings were not yet scheduled.
In Damascus and Baghdad reshuffles follow riots over the planned union of Syria, Iraq and Egypt. Jundi, a former UAR official and Baath critic, is named premier in Syria while Kurdish tensions and pro-Nasser factions shape the shifting lineup as authorities seek a pro‑Nasser yet stable government to back Cairo's federation blueprint.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Two Swiss born pygmy hippos hosted the press at Fleishhacker zoo. One bit Poly in an embarrassing place causing Poly to panic and dive under water. Zoo director Cary Baldwin and helper Carl Sandine used boards to guide the hippo to the pool steps.
The Third District American Legion and Auxiliary elected Bet Tama-Stan Marshall of Ackley as commander and Mrs Norbert Caloud of Clutter as president. Other officers include Roy Shaffer Tama historian Joe Dunlap Tama liaison committee man. Auxiliary officers include Mrs S M Wiese Norway and Mrs Lester Parris Hudson vice presidents.
The 1963 Cornell May Music Festival ended with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra winning by acclamation amid a thunderstorm. Under Walter Hendl the Brahms First Symphony proceeded, featuring a Mozart Harp and Flute concerto with Donald Peck and Edward Druzhinsky, while the audience applauded the Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger after a storm interrupted power.
An in flight medical drama unfolded aboard a passenger plane from Rio de Janeiro to New York when a pilot named Segala became ill. Dr Crafoord and the crew performed an emergency tracheotomy to help him breathe and stabilized him until an ambulance met the plane after landing. The crew worked in shifts massaging Segala’s heart during the hour and a half wait for arrival.
A 19 year old Cedar Rapids girl, Antonette Stephenson, was admitted to Mercy hospital for observation after a two car collision at 3330 Mt Vernon road SE. She suffered a forehead laceration and knee abrasions while a passenger in James M. McAfee’s car. McAfee was charged with driving without headlights after his west bound vehicle collided with Don K. Schmidt’s east bound car as Schmidt turned into a private driveway.
The Campobello Island home of Franklin D. Roosevelt has been donated to the United States and Canada for memorial use. On a two day meeting Kennedy and Pearson accepted the property with its 29 acres in New Brunswick for public purposes to honor the late president and his friendship with Canada.
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