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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
3
May 22 1963 daily records show high and low readings from Minneapolis 49 40 and Chicago 47 12 with a 0.06 inch rainfall. Forecast calls for fair and cool conditions with frost east and warming by Thursday. Five day outlook expects 8 to 10 degrees below normal. rain 0.25 to 0.50 inch Friday and Saturday. Local notices list births marriages and court actions with multiple fines and service notices across Marion Iowa and nearby towns.
Ronald Berrier 26 suffered two deep head lacerations when his pickup collided with a car driven by Myra White 27 near Center Point road NE. Berrier released from St Luke's hospital after being charged with failure to yield. Roger Swanson 2 sustained abrasions after bicycling into James Hopkins 59 car on Thirty-fourth street NE.
Seoul reports a new plot to assassinate Gen. Chung Hee Park and overthrow the government. The disclosure comes as South Korea tightens security amid political tension and military rule.
The Vatican announced that the Pope will start a nine day spiritual retreat in seclusion on Ascension day Thursday to prepare for Pentecost Sunday June 2. Officials said the retreat will provide him with complete rest and was planned more than a week ago.
Three Washington High School girls were injured in two separate morning crashes after a Bever Park breakfast caravan. Mardean Pasek 18 suffered a neck injury. Diana Tellier 16 bruises and swollen forehead. Cheryl Deal 17 a head laceration.
Wheat-Jean Federation praised the referendum as a turning point opening congress to solve the wheat surplus within the market system. The plan would have cut 1964 plantings 10 percent, paid about 300 million dollars to idle land, and reduced price supports from 2 dollars to around 1.25. The defeat suggests farmers favor less federal interference and a change in national farm policy toward market adjustment.
Governor George Wallace defies federal orders to desegregate the University of Alabama. He pledges to bar entry of any Negro student and threatens jail if needed while the university trustees back his stance though some fear violence.
Cedar Rapids state tax commission official told the board of review reductions occur mainly after changes in value beyond owners control or errors on assessor cards. The board cannot adjust values this year and will only recommend to the 1963 session. 123 petitions remain to be handled and 300 were filed, with 1544 Second Avenue SE and other properties reviewed for potential changes.
Russell Yankovic a 23 year old Hopkinton man was badly burned after falling into a vat of boiling water at Manchester Industries. He was moved from Manchester hospital to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids. He had worked there for several years and is married with one child.
Oslo AP reports Norwegian cheese exports increased about 500 percent since 1955, totaling around 10 000 tons in 1962, according to the Norwegian Dairies Sales Association.
Iowa outlook shows lows from 30s in the east to upper 30s in the west. Southerly winds and sunshine push highs to the 50s in the northeast and 60s in the southwest. Next five days average 8 to 10 degrees below normal. Rainfall expected at 0.25 to 0.5 inch in showers Friday and Saturday.
The San Francisco Negro community of about 74,000 will sponsor a civil rights parade and fund raising rally Sunday to support racial equality and civic activism in the city and region.
Mrs Martha M Born of Racine Wisconsin mother of Rear Adm Arthur S Born USN Ret died Tuesday in Omaha at age 82. Survived by two sons a daughter six grandchildren five great grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral services Friday at Hansen's Funeral Home in Racine.
Anne Marie Stephens ten year old of route one Marion died at University hospital Iowa City from kidney disease. She was born August 25 1952 in Waterloo. Survived by parents Dean Stephens LaPorte City and Pauline Stephens Marion, a brother Mark, grandparents Dale Stephens LaPorte City and Earl Mills Vinton, great grandmother Elsie Stephens LaPorte City. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday Zion Lutheran Hiawatha with Rev. Gilbert Meseke. Burial Garden of Memories Waterloo. Visitation Turner chapel until 9 p.m. Thursday and at church 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Fred Lechky 95 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died May 17 at his daughter Grace Johnsons home in Long Beach California. Born in Czechoslovakia September 18 1867 he came to the United States in 1874 and worked for the city parks department until 1952. He is survived by three other daughters Helen Reeves Mrs Frank Johnson and Mrs William Kuda two sons Gilbert and John nine grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. His wife died in 1940. Services Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Janeba Kuba funeral home with Rt Rev Msgr Anthony W Chihak burial at St Johns Church. Msgr Chihak to recite the Rosary Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home where friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday.
Monte D Cannon infant son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Cannon 170 Jacelyn Drive NW died Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Surviving grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clinton L Jensen and Mr and Mrs Homer D Cannon of Salt Lake City The body will be shipped to Salt Lake City for services and burial Turner Chapel in charge of arrangements
Woodrow P Gallagher former Cedar Rapids resident died May 21 in Concord California after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Isabelle Brown and a son and daughter at home.
Mrs. Helen Steider of Peoria Illinois sister of Mrs Joseph Power died Friday night in a Peoria hospital Funeral services were held Monday in Peoria
Murals in Cedar Rapids federal courtroom, painted in the mid 1930s as a relief program, were revealed then covered again as they were deemed of little value and inappropriate. After removal of the paint, experts found restoration unlikely and approved a second permanent covering. The redecorating includes new lighting, witness and jury boxes, tile, carpeting, and furniture.
Farmers pressed spring field work in Iowa despite rain and wet soils with over 80 percent of corn and about 40 percent of soybeans planted. Oats stands are uneven from wet spots though most oats are good to excellent. alfalfa growing fast ready for first southern cut. Pastures and meadows provide about 80 percent of forage as soil moisture remains adequate to surplus in most areas.
Richard Berzinski, operator of a Shorewood restaurant on the west side, says repairs will take 30 to 60 days. The estimated building cost is $250,000.
London AP reports a 50 mph speed limit will apply at peak summer weekends across England and Wales from July 26 to August 25 to test a plan aimed at reducing traffic fatalities.
Washington Post reports Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon and Pennsylvania Governor Scranton plan a secret weekend meeting at a Deep Creek Lake motel in Maryland. An Eisenhower aide and Scranton's secretary denied the meeting. A Jessop Steel spokesman said Nixon is Rackley's guest for a friendly visit.
An escapee from the Anamosa men's reformatory is at large after walking from a work detail on a farm a mile west of Anamosa. The missing inmate is 26 year old Earl Harris of Clinton, admitted November 3 1959 to serve 10 years for breaking and entering in Clinton County.
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