Weather Summary and Local Notices for Iowa City Area
Local forecast notes wet regions and scattered showers possible mainly south. Temperatures: low 40s to low 50s tonight, high in the 70s Friday. May rainfall at 1.38 inches, normal 3.59. year-to-date 9.70 inches. Snippets include fines for traffic and public notices, plus obituaries and service schedules in Iowa City, Tipton, Lisbon, Chelsea, Independence, and Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismarck
Neaapolis
Cicago
Denver
New York
Pra
Miami
Seattle
Lisbon
Earl Warner
Federated Church
Morgan’s. Chelsea
Mary Sjarda
Hrabak
Independence
Daniel Daulber
Howe
London
D. W. Conrad
Chapman’s
Clarence
Williamsburg
Walter E. Durr
Jones
Decorah
Walter Hennis
Orson Fjelstul
Herbert Dawley
Legislative action and local notices from May session
Governmental budget approvals include 4 750 000 for the 1963 65 biennium capital improvements budget and 40 062 510 yearly for highway commission operations plus loan pay for a commissioner awaiting Senate consent. Debates on the tax bill proceed. May 15 births list includes multiple families. also reports on fires, traffic violations, and noisy muffler penalties in local notices.
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Board of Control
Highway Commission
Senate
Brecht Ordered to Enter Plea in False Uttering Case
Robert E. Brecht 31 of 214 Fifth Street NE faces a Tuesday plea deadline after arraignment on a false uttering charge. He allegedly wrote a bogus $20 check at Hy Vee 1843 Johnson Ave NW and cashed 12 other bad checks for about $175 in Cedar Rapids last August and September. He is also wanted on other check charges in Grundy Center Keystone and Vinton and is held on $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Brecht
Fifth Street
B. J. Maxwell
Brecht
Johnson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Grundy Center
Keystone
Vinton
Lane Given 6 Month Suspended Sentence
Richard T. Lane, 32, of Iowa City, was given a six month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to driving with a suspended license. He was arrested on Marion boulevard near Thomas Park after Cedar Rapids police radioed he had been speeding in the 4000 block of First Avenue E. Court records show Lane's license was suspended May 21, 1961 for failure to post financial responsibility.
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Richard T. Lane
Iowa City
B. J. Maxwell
Lane
Marion
Marion Boulevard
Thomas Park
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Soviet Mars I loses radio contact near Mars
Tass reports radio contact with Mars I, launched November 1, has been lost since March 21. Efforts are underway to restore communications as the probe is expected near Mars on June 19. The announcement ends weeks of silence, amid Western attention to Soviet space feats and a noted failure.
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Moscow
Tass
Mars
Gordon Cooper
JFK To Receive SUI Trainees In Peace Corps
President John F. Kennedy will receive 12 Peace Corps volunteers at the White House at 10 a.m. Saturday after their graduation from a 12 week Indonesia training project at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The group is their second Peace Corps contingent to be received by Kennedy and will be led by Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver.
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Iowa City
John F. Kennedy
Indonesia
White House
University of Iowa
Kennedy
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Shriver
SAI
Robert Iverson
Shambaugh Auditorium
Iowa
Robert J. Blakely
SUI
Iowa City Peace Corps
Asia
Java
Sumatra
Bali
Students Jerk Shelter Signs On Campus
Washington University students tore down civil defense shelter signs claiming they misled about protection from nuclear attack. Leader David Farrelly said signs marked structures inadequate for defense and were removed after being posted by army engineers. Campus police reported no policy to act. Farrelly, 25, a graduate teacher, lives in Defiance.
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ST. Louis
Washington University
David Farrelly
Farrelly
Army
Aeacer
Defiance
Decorah Woman Dies by Own Action
The death of 37 year old Mrs. Walter Hennis has been ruled a death by own action by the county medical examiner. She allegedly shot herself Wednesday. The body is at Olson Funeral Home.
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Gazette
Decorah
Walter Hennis
Bounty
Olson Fijelstul Funeral Home
Death Notices for Anna Marie Chapman Widow of George T Chapman
Anna Marie Chapman died Thursday. Born July 31, 1870, Sloan, she married Aug. 26, 1901 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving son John F. Chapman of Cambridge, Mass. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at Turner Chapel with Rev. Warren L. Feller. Burial Linwood. Family at chapel 3–4 and 7–9 p.m. Friday. friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday.
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Anna Marie Chapman
George T. Chapman
Second Avenue
Sloan
Cedar Rapids
Chapman
John F. ‘Chapman
Cambridge
Mass
Services for Roy Green set in Turner chapel Saturday
Roy E. Green a former Cedar Rapids resident and World War I veteran died February 10 in Jacksonville Florida. Services are at Turner chapel at 1 30 Saturday with Rev Dwight Hendricks of Central City. burial will be Cedar Memorial. He was born September 25 1891 in Traer and survives three sisters Mahlon Mills Central City Pearl Hasbrook Cedar Rapids and Ada Barber Palm Springs California.
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Roy E. Green
Cedar Rapids
Jacksonville
Fla
Turner Chapel
Dwight Hendricks
Central City
Cedar Memorial
Green
Traer
Mahlon Mills
Pearl Hasbrook
Ada Barber
Palm Springs
Calif
Condos Rites Scheduled for Rock Island Native
Steve G Condos 74 of 2506 Twenty third Ave SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness Born February 12 1889 in Mavromati Greece Survived by daughter Mrs John Howard Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren Member of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home at 1 30 Saturday Friends may call after 1 pm Friday
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Steve G. Condos
Twenty-third Avenue SE
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Mavromati
Greece
John Howard
Condos
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Beatty-Bearle Funeral
Death of Harry F. Robinson noted in San Francisco
Ward reports the death on April 29 in San Francisco of Harry F. Robinson formerly with Metropolitan Supply Co in Cedar Rapids. He taught at Lenox and Keswick and was a former superintendent of Parnell Consolidated School. He was west coast manager of American Seating Co before retirement. Survivors include his wife Mary Noone of Parnell, two daughters and five grandchildren.
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Ward
San Francisco
Harry F. Robinson
Metropolitan Supply ‘Co
Cedar Rapids
Robinson
Lenox
Keswick
Parnell ‘Consolidated School
West Coast
American Seating Co
Mary Noone
Parnell
Death of Glen Smith 73 Former Cedar Rapids and Fairfax Resident
Obituary notice reports the death of Glen Smith aged 73, previously of Cedar Rapids and Fairfax, occurring in Lakeland Florida. Burial services are planned in Havana Illinois.
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Glen Smith
Cedar Rapids and
Fairfax
Lakeland
Fla
Havana, Ill
Funeral services and burial notices
Services for Catherine A Hogan Friday at 8 am at Immaculate Conception Church by Msgr. Roach burial in Aurora Illinois. Arthur Lawrence Albert Turner Chapel service at 1 30 Friday by Rev D A Loferski entombment Chapel of memories.
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Albert, Arthur Lawrence
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Chapel of Memories
Honorary Degree for Msgr. Maurice Sheehy
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy pastor of St. Pius X church in Cedar Rapids will receive an honorary degree from St. Norbert College West De Pere Wisconsin on June 2 He will be principal speaker at the graduation eve baccalaureate services the night before.
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Maurice S. Sheehy
St. Pius X Church
Cedar Rapids
St. Norbert College
West de Pere
Wis
Governor Will Appoint Judge Friday
DES MOINES Gov Harold Hughes said he plans to name his choice to succeed Judge Floyd Philbrick on the Eighteenth judicial bench on Friday. Philbrick resigned due to ill health creating a vacancy to be filled by gubernatorial appointment. Hughes met with Linn County Democratic Chairman N E Lillies and Second District Chairman J D Weimer in Cedar Rapids with State Democratic Chairman Lex Hawkins to discuss the judgeship and other matters.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Floyd Philbrick
Philbrick
Linn County
N. E. Lillies
J. D. Weimer
Cedar Rapids
Lex Hawkins
Principal named for LaSalle High School Cedar Rapids
Brother Josephus of the Christian Brothers was named principal and director of LaSalle High School in Cedar Rapids. A St. Louis native and former vocations director, he will arrive later this month. The St. Louis province will operate the school with four Brothers teaching at the start. It will be a co institutional school with separate boys and girls divisions. The girls’ division will be taught by the Sisters of Charity BVM of Dubuque and the Sisters of Notre Dame Omaha, plus lay teachers.
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Josephus
The
Christian Brothers
LaSalle High School
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Cooper's Sleepy Pass Describes Lunar Mission Night Quiet
The account recounts Gordon Cooper in the early hours of the flight with Glenn noting Coop ers wanted sleep. Trackers in Muchea later heard Cooper's voice at 4 26 a.m. He reported discomfort from a heated spacesuit but adjusted it and slept again.
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Cooper
Roger
Powers
Muchea
Gordon Cooper
Cooper Keeps Diet Details Quiet After Space Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Gordon Cooper carried dehydrated foods from peanut butter sandwiches to spaghetti on his voyage. When asked about his meals he offered little comment saying he had eaten but not yet that morning.
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Cape Canaveral
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Labor Secretary Wirtz Predicts Railroad Strike Averted
Secretary of Labor Wirtz predicted on Wednesday that the threatened June railroad strike would be averted, easing concerns over potential disruption to transportation and commerce.
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NEW York
Wirtz
Iowa House Clashes Over Petersen Amendment In Tax Bill
The Iowa House clashed over the Petersen amendment as Rep Dietz pressed for another look at the tax bill amid a long session. House leaders stalled, a call of the house was lifted, and votes adjourned with plans to send the measure to conference committee. The plan would extend the 2 percent sales tax to motel and hotel rooms and add a cent per pack cigarette tax, raising about 4.1 million annually and forcing cuts to regents capital programs. The body also adopted a flat 3 percent income tax with sacrificial withholding while weighing other tax provisions and credits for local government, schools, and agricultural credits.
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Board of Regents
House
Hughes
Senate
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Pathet Lao Attacks Neutralist Position Near Plaine des Jarres
Vientiane reports a new Pathet Lao attack on a neutralist position in the Plaine des Jarres. Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma's office said the clash occurred Thursday with no immediate details on casualties or outcome.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
What Cheer Plans Deep Well At 45 393 Cost
The What Cheer town council approves a Thorpe Well Co contract to drill a new deep well at an estimated 45 393 50. Sparks and Co bonds the project with revenue bonds at 4 4% or lower. Drilling starts after state health engineers approve a site and should take about six months. The 200 gpm pump aims for 288000 gallons daily, expanding far beyond current 50000 gallons daily use.
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What Cheer
Thorpe Well Co
Sparks and Co
State Department of Health
Jordan
Suit Against Vinton Filed By Councilman
Councilman Carl Smittkamp seeks a writ of certiorari to review a street closing in Vinton. The petition asks the city to provide all records in district court to determine if ordinances about disposing of real property and closing the street are legal.
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Vinton
M. C
Farber
Marshalltown
Carl Smittkamp
Fourth Ward
Hawk Bilt Manufacturing Co
Green Giant Co
Wells Given 30 Day Suspended Sentence
Noel Wells 21 of 1019 Tenth street SW pled guilty in municipal court to larceny and received a 30 day suspended sentence from Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. Wells allegedly took a jacket from a car on April 26. The jacket belonged to Donald Newkirk of 622 Sixth avenue SE.
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Noel Wells
Tenth Street
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Wells
Donald Newkirk
Sixth Avenue SE
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Daily Record
Wilmer Werner
Stanley Kolsto
C.R. Weather
Municipal
Coralville Lake
Mississippi
Lansing
McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport Keokuk
St. Luke's
Emery Kyle
Johnson Avenue NW
Arnold Schnebbe
Homestead
Judy Steinburg
Second Street
Larry Bell
Dale Duncan
Center Point
Orville Gaster
Ninth ‘Street NW
Richard L. Brown
Avenue NE
Marvin Stanek
Fifth Avenue SE
Robert Collins
Kenneth Brekke
Valleyview Drive
Milo Murray
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Lake View
Milton Meyer
Meyer
Harold Larson
Twenty-first Street NW
Dale H. Bueler
Lake Geneva
Barbara Lock
Delavan
Kenneth R.pruett
Salem
Ore
Joh Anne R. Renner
Betty J. Janey
Robert Lee Janey
Geraldine R. Robertson
Milton L. Robertson
Vera J. Diouhy
Joseph J. Diouhy
Avenue
Sixth Street
Charles Emerson
Outlook Drive
Bonnie Ewbank
Thirty-fifth Street
Glen Bowning
Thirtieth Street
William Huggins
Forty-first Street
Howard Hanson
Robbins Road
Harlan Roloff
Hiawatha
Eugene Christensen
E Avenue
Noisy Muffler
Dennis le
ROHN
Third Avenue
JFK
Anna Chapman
Kuba
Edward R. Kuba
Funeral Homes
Edward R. Kuba, Jr
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Steve Condos
Msgr
Maurice Sheehy
New Catholic School
C.R
Glenn
Petersen
Riley Dietz
R-Walcott
Dietz
Robert W. Naden
Webster City
Mowry
Marvin Smith
Rep
Maurice Barringer
R-Oelwein
Naden
Paul Knowles
R Davenport
Smith
Scott County
Knowles
Scott
Lawrence Carstensen
Clinton
Conference Committee
Cedar Rapids Association
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Turner
Turner's
Joan
Turner& Son
Second Ave. S.E
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