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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1966
Page
1
Weather page details Tuesday temperatures in many cities with highs around 70s and weekly rainfall near .6 to .7 inches. It notes Iowa temperatures below normal then warming, plus May totals and daily sunrise sunset data. Multiple local notices include births, police activity, traffic fines, and obituary services across towns like Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and Des Moines.
An inquest was scheduled as police faced a march and a temporary rally at the park and station. Witnesses indicate a mob beat Fleming with boards, while Moberg and Hager described injuries and fear. Officer Payne, in plain clothes, intervened and identified as a cop. Fleming suffered a head wound but was not in serious condition. Police reported 30 extra officers called in amid tension tied to the Deadwyler death.
Weather and monsoon conditions persist as U S pilots logged 23 missions north of the 17th Parallel. Two American soldiers were killed and 58 wounded last Thursday in Operation Birmingham near Saigon as air crews targeted fleeing Viet Cong. An error in smoke marking prompted bombing of the Second Battalion, 28th Infantry, but an informal investigation cleared air force pilots and the forward air controller.
John Rife Jr 27 of 1706 A Avenue NE was fined 25 dollars and costs for leaving the scene after his car collided with another vehicle in the 1100 block of A Avenue NE Sunday afternoon. Police said he did not identify himself.
FBI agents from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington joined volunteers in surrounding a mountain cabin where Hollenbaugh held Peggy Ann. Deputy Sheriff Sharp was killed during the confrontation as troopers exchanged fire. Larry Rubeck and his brother aided by firing on the sniper before he fell.
Five students at Washington high school sustained minor injuries when a 16 year old boy dropped a powder filled cartridge in the student foyer at 9 43 a m The cartridge exploded and fragments caused nicks and scratches The boy was taken into custody by juvenile bureau officers who were at the school at the time Principal Robert Fitzsimmons said the incident occurred between classes during a crowded period An investigation is underway
The report notes that the students’ names were not released by school officials after the incident on Wednesday afternoon.
Maude Irene Metge 66 longtime Cedar Rapids resident widow of Henry Metge died Wednesday after a sudden illness Born March 22 1900 in Cedar Rapids she married Nov 29 1917 Surviving daughter Florence Baer Fairfax son E Gene Metge Cedar Rapids sister Blanche Harris and two half sisters Audre Carney and Helen Bundro three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Memorial services 3 p m Friday Turner chapel by Rev George W Carlson Burial Fairfax Friends may call at the chapel.
Obituaries announce services for Nolan Mrs Paul J Friday 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery. Rosary Thursday 8 p.m. at Monahan Stewart funeral home. Mayme H Konzen services Thursday 1:30 at Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Homer Hedges services Thursday 10:30 at Turner chapel with graveside at Dunkard cemetery. Friends may call. casket will not be open after the service.
Radio Havana reports workers at the Cuban Labor Confederation theater will receive free Tosca tickets during a gala week. The event highlights cultural offerings for labor groups in Havana.
The Malaysian cabinet announced it is ready to open peace talks immediately with Indonesia's new government, signaling a swift move to ease regional tensions and resume diplomacy.
The Iowa supreme court sent back to Judge Charles Penningroth a 1965 auto collision suit involving Joseph T Houlahan and Roy Brockmeier. It ordered new findings of fact and a judgment holding Brockmeier negligent for an unsafe left turn and improper lookout.
The Linn county board of supervisors authorized Chairman William Linstrom to sign a two year lease with the Iowa highway commission for two county shop buildings in Marion. The agreement sets an annual rental of 600 dollars. Supervisors also granted a class C beer permit to the ZCBJ park.
Thomas E. Carney III aged 18 of 1004 Regent Street NE pled innocent on a resisting an officer charge. He is accused of resisting two Cedar Rapids police officers May 8 during their encounter.
In Cedar Rapids on Tuesday evening juries found Jack Pigman 27 innocent of larceny in a criminal case. A separate civil verdict awarded Richard Doubenmier 750 for vehicle damage against Donald Burgess, down from 3788.89 originally sought.
A false uttering a check charge against Sandie J. Marshek, 23, Cedar Rapids, was dismissed after she made restitution for a $40 bad check given to a Hy Vee store on January 23. A separate petition filed by Jesse R. Starry, assignee, versus Earnest Carl, Martin E. Kreamer and Equitable Life, seeks $4,954.32 in foreclosure.
Iowa public high school graduates of 1965 show about 42 percent not continuing formal education. Of 40 859 graduates, most are employed with 8 percent in unskilled jobs. Five percent entered military service and 7 percent in clerical work. 11 157 employed, 5 521 men and 4 906 women work in Iowa, 263 men and 467 women work outside the state.
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