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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1966
Page
1
Weather report lists highs and lows for multiple cities with precipitation totals and May figures. Following are obituaries and death notices for several towns with service details and cremation/burial plans.
Births reported for Mercy May 11 at Hiawatha and St. Luke's May 11 for families of Stephen B. Jackson Dale G. Kenner and others. Marriage disputes Wilma J. Walden and David A. Walden. Property and flood area notes for Keokuk and surrounding towns with multiple rises. Fire incidents include overheated furnace blower at 1334 C avenue NE and a nonfatal incident at Trausch Baking Co. with sprinkler pipe damage.
Judge Edward J. McManus set May 20 as the deadline for three defendants to answer in the $404,406 Tama Packing Co. case filed in Cedar Rapids federal court. Defendants include Schultz Co and its president A Y Schultz, and Iowa Chemical Corp. The suit, by A S Marshall of Fort Worth, alleges Tama Packing and Schultz officials failed to pay for refinancing services.
A list of traffic citations shows multiple residents fined for speeding unsafe lane changes failing to control vehicles disobeying signals and signs leaving accidents and reckless driving, with penalties up to 100 dollars plus costs. Obituaries note services for several individuals with church locations and times.
The company manager T. J. Trausch said a crash during a late shift cleanup could cost between six and eight thousand dollars, possibly more if additional equipment was damaged. The incident occurred as Lentner finished a shift at 5 a.m. No one was in the wrapping room four hours earlier, and gas and electric service was restored by noon. The 2 p.m. shift reported for work and production continued without interruption.
In San Francisco AP reports 98 year old Reginald Bradley finally receives an Army medal for his role in the Indian campaign, 72 years after the actions. The veteran’s long wait ends as the award is presented on Wednesday.
Sen Ribicoff urges Johnson to seek U N observers for South Vietnam elections. He warns Ky government supervision could lead to contested results and a muddied U S stance. Sen Gore backs explicit White House guidance to Lodge for free elections.
Rain clouds blanket most states east of the Rockies as cold damp weather ends week freezes in the northeast. Denver sees two inches of snow while Chicago reports its heaviest May rain on record with 3.11 inches in 24 hours and river flooding near the Loop. A tornado in Pittsburg Kansas toppled part of a shelter roof injuring several, with homes damaged.
More than 200 students occupied the University of Chicago administration building for 24 hours protesting grades and class rankings being sent to selective service boards. Organizers claim 450 or more participated, jammed the registrar’s office, and halted elevator service while denouncing the university policy.
County Assessor Forrest Holveck said two protests have been filed against 1965 assessments. J B and Marian Hungerford challenge their Coggon home while Skelly Oil Co requests a reduction for its Marion service station citing functional obsolescence due to a nearby railroad overpass and a hazardous driveway curve. The Linn County Board of Review meets May 16 at 2 p.m., with petitions due by May 20. members are Darrell Gillmore Ben Holets and Leonard Storm.
James McMurray of Cedar Rapids filed a $45,000 automobile accident damage suit against Emmett C. Kyes. The incident occurred December 20, 1964, on Sixth Street Road SW when a car driven by Patrick L. Steichen was rear ended while stopped waiting to turn. McMurray, a passenger, alleges Kyes drove with excessive speed and failed to keep a proper lookout, causing injuries and damages including wages and medical bills.
Thomas E. Carney III, 18, of 1004 Regent Street NE, was arraigned Wednesday on resisting an officer. Judge Harold D. Vietor set plea by next Wednesday as Cedar Rapids police Rosdail and Wieneke sought to take him back to the county jail after he failed to return to jail, violating the work-release program.
Wayne G Piper 30 of Washington DC pleaded innocent before Judge Warren J Rees to a breaking and entering charge. Ronald L Piper 24 of 2200 Fruitland Blvd SW also pled innocent. Ronald was released on own recognizance while Wayne remains jailed on a $1000 bond for the Mt Vernon break in to Carl Snodgrass residence.
The Cedar Rapids school board conditionally accepted a $7000 memorial gift for Steve Putnam, a Washington high School student killed in a November crash. It approved a timing machine for the pool if plans for purchase exist and asked the group to consider a scholarship memorial instead. Putnam, 16, was the son of Roy and unnamed mother of 2114 Lincolnshire drive SE.
Vandals knocked a valve from a city owned fuel tank at Ellis quarry NW on Wednesday night. Almost all the gasoline drained from the 200 gallon drum. Riverfront commission superintendent Francis McGuire reported the damage to police on Thursday.
Lorraine Carron, 38, of 1120 K Street SW, received a 30 day suspended jail term on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was accused of guiding David Pierson, 17, to store stolen goods from a break in at The Leather and Saddle Shop. Pierson, also of 1120 K Street SW, was arrested for breaking and entering. The sentence was handed down by Municipal Judge Howard Mc Laughlin.
Robert L Bollman 21 of 1412 Elmhurst Dr NE was fined 100 dollars and costs on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck the Marion viaduct and rolled 200 feet hitting a tree at 3 am on April 1. Failing to report the accident was dismissed.
AP reports a Viet Cong guerrilla band fled atop elephants from a U S Marine attack in the central highlands. Marines observed a line of elephants carrying fighters moving along a narrow trail under artillery fire.
William K. Smith Jr of 2433 Ninth Avenue SW received a 30 day suspended jail sentence on a false uttering of a check charge. He allegedly wrote an $8 bad check to a Cedar Rapids television repair service on November 8.
Three Cedar Rapids residents Oscar Frank Pickart 74 Joseph J Jakubcik 79 and William F Meyers 66 die after long illness or sudden events Read lists of survivors including spouses children and siblings with service details and burial plans at St Matthew's Mt Calvary Cedar Memorial and Janeba Kuba funeral home respectively
William Chapman, aged 103, plans to marry a yet unnamed fiancée. A former Boer War and World War I veteran, he runs a boarding house at Westcliff-on-Sea. He credits prayer, self care, and community respect for his longevity.
Florence I. Moore 65 of Cedar Rapids was arrested for drunken driving after her southbound car on Seventh Street SE struck a house porch and four parked cars. Damage totaled about 2600 dollars. She pled guilty in Linn district court and was fined 300 dollars.
Virl Newman 75 of Cedar Rapids retired May 31 1960 as superintendent of heating and air conditioning at Link-Belt Speeder Corp after a long illness. Born Center Point Oct 11 1890 he married Mildred Mather Nov 17 1909. Surviving wife two daughters three granddaughters five great grandchildren and his mother Ida F. Newman. Services Friday at Beatty Bearle Funeral Home 1 30 p m with burial in Center Point cemetery.
The House Post Office Committee approved a bill to raise parcel post rates by 8.2 percent and to allow larger and heavier packages to be mailed between first class post offices. The action came in Washington.
Rodney Brummer, 22, of Hiawatha, received a 30 day suspended jail sentence Thursday for shoplifting. He was arrested March 29 for attempting to take merchandise valued at less than $20 from the Spartan store at 4601 First Avenue SE.
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