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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
4
Iowa Governor expresses displeasure with a civil service change allowing political contributions by state employees and oppose a local property tax funded vocational education measure. He expects Senate corrections and notes potential federal funding implications. Funeral details: Peffer funeral home Friday 2 p.m.
Richard S Bergeson 44 longtime Belle Plaine Dairy manager died at Iowa City Veterans Hospital from injuries after a week old fall. A West Union native and World War II veteran, he owned the Belle Plaine Dairy for 17 years and served as manager after its sale to Borden's last winter. He is survived by his wife Darlene a son Richard and a daughter Kathy.
Diana Fech enschneider daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Pechen schneider of New Liberty has been chosen to attend Girls State. The article notes her prior North Iowa Girls State experience and mentions a hospitalization at John McDonald hospital with a broken right leg and right foot injury.
A 17 member Orientation Council to plan activities for introducing new students to the University of Iowa campus next fall includes Dave Bennett and Dave Schmidt both Cedar Rapids sophomores Dean Buresh Fairfax freshman Mary Schantz Iowa City sophomore Ron Wendt Coggan junior and Patricia Smith Cedar Rapids sophomore. Wendt serves as general co chair man of the council. They study a model of Iowa Memorial Union showing new orientation space for September.
Keni Knopp, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Knopp, was injured about 8 30 a m Thursday when struck by a semi truck while riding his bicycle to school on highway 151. The semi driver Wayne Carroll of Oskaloosa clipped the bicycle.
The Iowa House appropriations committee proposed two bills to raise Board of Control funding for the next biennium. One would grant $25.8 million annually for operations of state mental hospitals juvenile homes and related institutions and another would allocate $5.6 million for building improvements over two years. The Hughes administration had requested less for operations by $741,000 and $645,000 less for buildings. The package also includes $2.6 million for a new security hospital and diagnostic center and outlines building funds for Independence State Hospital children’s school unit and the Marshalltown Soldiers Home infirmary addition.
The document lists financial allocations for multiple state facilities including Independence Glenwood Woodward and others. Amounts shown cover Davenport Children’s Home Toledo Juvenile Home Marshalltown Soldiers Home Anamosa Reformatory Fort Madison Penitentiary Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory Eldora Training School Mitchellville Training School for Boys and Girls with figures ranging from hundreds of thousands to over two million dollars.
Washington authority for the 15 million Red Rock flood control project to protect the Des Moines river was included in a 263 million special flood control bill that passed the House. Rep. John Schmidhauser said the bill also authorizes 628000 for finishing the Mehaffey Bridge at Coralville reservoir and 30000 for reservoir improvements.
Don Lortz 28 of Williamsburg was listed in fair condition after a tractor accident. He allegedly failed to put the tractor in gear and it lurched forward as he started to get off, running over by a 13 foot tandem disc causing fractured ribs lacerations and bruises.
B G Rees a Spanish American War veteran and former Jones county official died Thursday. Born September 1 1882 in Grundy county he served in the army and in the Philippines. Survived by wife Alice five sons and five daughters services set for Saturday at Shelly funeral home Manchester with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Henry Witt resigns as Tipton school principal to take the post of dean at Webster City junior college. He arrived in Tipton as a science teacher and coach and served until 1957.
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