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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1969
Page
2
The page lists daily weather with high and low temperatures for multiple cities, rainfall amounts, barometer readings, and other meteorological data. It includes May totals, year-to-date normals, and a lengthy list of local obituaries and funeral notices with names and service details.
A conference focused on state funding for 1969-71 details Senate and House splits. Key items include $91.4 million for regents operations, tuition grants for private colleges, and university building funds. Disputes over dollar amounts, legislative pay, road tax distributions, and use of student fees for bonds are outlined, with several bills moving between chambers and a governor’s review pending.
William C. Ball of Waterloo, 40, announced his resignation as executive assistant to Governor Robert D. Ray on Tuesday. Ball cited the demands of maintaining a Waterloo law practice as the reason for leaving after the current legislative session ends. Gov. Ray said he accepted the resignation with sincere regret, noting his own duties as an attorney and family man.
Des Moines reports say Sen Clifton Lamborn chairing the house senate conference on the truck license fee bill announced an agreement appeared near after the third meeting Tuesday noon. House conferees offered to extend double bottom track length to 65 feet from 60 feet in 1970 if senate conferees drop the measure this year. A further meeting was set for 4 p.m. Tuesday to consider the offer.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Breakfast with Apollo 10 astronauts included a Sioux chief's warning that man on the moon ruins rainfall. Commander Thomas Stafford dismissed the claim saying moon missions do not affect weather. Ground Communicator Jack Lousma relayed the Sioux chief's remark that man should leave the moon alone.
Cedar Rapids planning body received an ordinance creating the R-MH residential mobile home district to complement an existing mobile home court rule. The RT district targets offices and day care, with planners pausing inclusion of mobile homes. The move follows a Iowa Supreme Court ruling casting doubt on special permits.
Carpenters Local 308 will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 1266 Wilson Avenue SW to vote on a contract offer. Union officials say a tentative agreement exists and acceptance will be recommended, with terms undisclosed. Local 308 represents about 600 workers across Linn, Jones and Benton counties.
Apollo 10 astronauts reach the halfway point of their 251,307 mile flight to the moon. Stafford jokes about shaving while Young offers a Charlie Brown Snoopy drawing as they share radio chatter and playful banter during the flight.
Washington UPI reports Rep Conte of Massachusetts introduced a bill Monday to authorize minting a non silver one dollar coin bearing former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The measure aims to honor Eisenhower with a circulating coin in the United States monetary system.
Vienna UPI reports health authorities say suspected typhoid fever cases in the infection r id den province of Upper Austria have surpassed five hundred as of Tuesday.
Emil Grant Kriz aged 63 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and former owner of Kriz Tent and Awning Co died after brief illness born April 27 1885 married Elizabeth Fawcett Oct 10 1910 member of Mt Herman lodge Cedar Rapids Consistory El Kabir Shrine and other orders survived by brother Louis R Kriz Apache Junction Ariz memorial at Turner chapel east burial Oak Hill cemetery masters to assemble at 10:14 am Thursday. Lester Hoyt 71 of 1420 Second Street SW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after short illness formerly a salesman for Robinson Co moved to Cedar Rapids from Marengo in 1950 born Dec 8 1897 in Iowa county married Wanda Mitchell Aug 19 1930 survived by wife mother Henrietta Hoyt stepson Roy Hannon brother Lewis Hoyt sisters Lorena Hoyt Mrs David Cooperider and Mrs Orlo Mitchell services Thursday 2 pm Hoover-Valentine funeral home Marengo burial Marengo cemetery.
The new color series with Jack La Lanne airs weekdays at 8:30 AM on KCRG TV 9, bringing a morning program lineup to viewers.
Harold Clark to be remembered with a memorial service Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home. Burial in Lancaster Cemetery, Friday. Jacob P. Specht to have graveside rites at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Ladora Ohio Cemetery conducted by Jehovah's Witness minister Jordon Jaeger. Ross O. Johnson to be honored at Murdoch Chapel in Marion Wednesday at 11 a.m. with burial at Cedar Memorial. Gladys Fern Hayes to be laid to rest at Cedar Memorial Cemetery with a 1:30 p.m. service at Turner Chapel East. Chester J. Mabie to be buried at Cedar Memorial Cemetery after a 3 p.m. service at Turner Chapel East.
Washington UPI Nixon appoints John Nassikas of Manchester New Hampshire as chairman of the Federal Power Commission. Nassikas will head the agency guiding federal energy regulation amid evolving policy priorities.
Cedar Rapids business leaders pressed United Airlines executives to reinstate the 6 am flight to Chicago, arguing it enables early meetings and connections east and south. United cited costly overnight turnarounds and scheduling limits, offering only a study of possible changes for August 1.
Skies cleared across Iowa after showers and thunderstorms. Tuesday brought variable rainfall with Fayette reporting 0.53 inches and Cedar Rapids 0.25 inches. Temperatures rose to the mid 60s Wednesday with a 5 to 10 percent chance of precip and overnight lows around 53.
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