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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1968
Page
1
The Daily Record lists high and low temperatures across cities, rainfall totals, barometer readings, and May normals. It also records upcoming funeral services for Mag nus, Dvorak, Hall, Sanket, Schockmoehl, Barrack, Dye, and other local residents with dates, churches, and rosaries noted.
David Barrett, 13, of 2224 Twenty-ninth Avenue SW, remained in satisfactory condition at Mercy hospital after a hit and run while repairing a bicycle chain. Police say the incident happened at 10:35 p.m. Friday, about 700 feet south of the Sixth Street SW viaduct, after Barrett rode home from Hawkeye Downs.
Police led by Chief Inspector Sanford Garelik detained students including Mark Rudd during a campus raid sparked by the SDS led protests. Authorities reported calm scenes as officers cleared the street with helmets on and no nightsticks, while Columbia President Grayson Kirk thanked Police Commissioner Howard Leary for restraint and noted no injuries.
Four recently married couples compete in a wickedly funny Newlywed Game tonight at 7 o clock in color on KCRG TV channel 9.
After a Wednesday tornado ripped through Charles City and nearby areas, 18 people died and more than 600 were injured. National guard patrolled scarred streets as Red Cross crews aided survivors, while residents faced homelessness and shattered hopes amid darkness and rubble.
Donald N Nim mer of 116 Twelfth Avenue Hiawatha has been named to the dean's list at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls. Friday Cedar Rapids judge fined Peter R Aldershot 100 for indecent exposure after he pleaded guilty in municipal court related to an incident involving a 19 year old Cedar Rapids woman seeking employment.
Salisbury Laboratories weathered the storm while poultry medicine makers remained intact. The tornado damaged three of five elementary schools. junior high and high schools stayed standing. By Friday, Red Cross lines quieted as volunteers recovered. Four refugees were unaccounted for.
L Earl Hite 76 of 637 Twenty second avenue SW died Friday after a long illness. Born October 5 1891 in Oquawka Illinois he married Abbie Mae Frazer who died in 1960. Surviving are two daughters nine grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers and a sister. Memorial services Monday at Turner Chapel West at 10 30 a m with burial in Linwood Cemetery.
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Robbie D Scroggins wife of James J Scroggins died Friday after a long illness. Born May 16 1903 in Hartford Arkansas she wed April 3 1919 in Clayton Alabama. Survived by husband son Louie W Scroggins two grandchildren two great grandchildren sister Mrs George Crotwell Trinity Alabama brother Clarence McCain Cape Coral Florida services 3 p m Monday at chapel west led by Rev Clem Keys Nazarene Clarinda.
Memorial services for Marion Joseph are set for Monday in Groton Connecticut. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Willard Crain of Springville and other family members.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Campbell of Clarinda Iowa are notified their son Marine Pfc David Campbell age 19 has been killed in action in Vietnam. The casualty report lists the Campbell family receiving the news from military authorities.
Spectators crowded Cedar Rapids for the Iowa Band Festival with a queen candidate from West Central Maynard district and a Prairie high school dog marching with the drum majorette. Weather forced indoor events at the Montrose hotel with luncheon and judged queen candidates.
Soviet Premier Kosygin met with Czechoslovakia President Svoboda for a half hour to discuss Soviet Czechoslovak relations amid liberalization in Prague. His unannounced trip sparked talk of Moscow seeking to ease or tighten policy while Grechko's visit underlined rifts with Prague.
A deadlocked circuit court jury in Hattiesburg Mississippi failed to reach a verdict against Sam Bowers former Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard charged with arson in the firebomb murder of Vernon Dahmer. Judge Stanton Hall declared a mistrial after 11 jurors found him guilty while one found him not guilty.
A government official says Ralph Nader may be right that some technicians dose Negroes with stronger X rays due to an unfounded belief in denser bones. Dr. Raymond Moore, deputy director of the National Center for Radiological Health, notes no conclusive evidence justifies such practice.
Robert Kennedy’s Oregon campaign visit drew sparse crowds in downtown Portland for the May 28 primary. He spoke at the Portland City Club and visited a construction plant, but few residents attended, with only a few hundred schoolchildren showing up at one point. An NBC poll from May 11 showed Kennedy leading McCarthy 29 to 27 percent in Oregon.
The 28th Biennial Iowa State Court Catholic Daughters of America convened at Town House Convention Hall Cedar Rapids with theme Christian Unity. National Vice Regent Anna M. Baxter led a Sevenfold Program of Involvement workshop while Rev Edgar Kurt moderated Faith in the Changing Church.
A Cedar Rapids police officer suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car at Second avenue SE and Sixth street. Officer Paul D. Hess Jr., 24, was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Kenneth L. Mercer, 47, was charged with failure to yield at a stop intersection. Damage totaled about 50 to 60 dollars to the motorcycle and minor to the car.
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