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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
1
The page summarizes temperatures for multiple cities with highs and lows, forecasts five days above normal with light to moderate precipitation mainly Friday to Monday, and provides normal May values. It also lists sun times, barometer readings, and humidity, then notes several funeral notices for Donohue and Feeney Knutson, with service details.
Police recount the final pursuit of captor Bunn and boy Willie as state officer Sgt. Stanley Barton shoots the kidnaping suspect after he fires on the Bristol sergeant. The boy is recovered unharmed and the captor is killed.
Mercy May 24 births report several families welcoming new children including John Sallis, Dale Ortner, Leonard Skvor, Paul Chihak, and others with their addresses. Cresco notes a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sill. West Des Moines reports a daughter for Terrance McNally. additional entries list Cedar Rapids individuals and two legal case names.
The notice lists individuals fined for speeding and violations such as improper turns and stop sign disobedience with amounts and costs. It also notes drunkenness fines and bonds forfeitures and includes funeral service details for Edgewood Appleton and others with service times and locations.
Trickey, member of West Side Civic club and other groups, took the oath at a 10 a.m. school board meeting on Wednesday. Jensen resigned last week to join the Area 10 vocational district board. Trickey will face election when his term ends in the fall.
The page outlines GOP and Democratic primary results and nominations. Kentucky former Rep. M G Snyder wins the House race in the newly drawn Fourth district, facing John Moloney in November. In Oregon, Secretary of State Tom McCall wins the Republican gubernatorial nomination while Robert Straub secures the Democratic nod. Florida sees Burns overtaken by High in a primary runoff with High capturing a large Negro precinct margin. Claude Kirk is the GOP nominee for governor. The piece notes Miller Duncan’s Democratic bid in Oregon, predicting Hatfield’s Senate victory, and criticizes President Johnson’s Vietnam policy while urging voters to act at the polls.
Washington based report notes Michigan Governor George Romney urged to be a party champion to aid a wider GOP victory in 1968. Romney backs Griffin for Senate and faces Democratic rivals Williams and Cavanagh in Michigan, with primary Aug. 2.
Linn county supervisors denied Bernard Miltner’s request to rezone land on highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids from rural to business for a farm implement showroom. The zoning commission had recommended denial 3 to 2 for spot zoning on May 16. The board also approved sand pits petition in Chain Lakes area and a preliminary plat for Ashby’s addition west of highway 150. An attorney noted restitution was made to a service station owner.
F A Burchard filed a $5,000 damage suit against Iowa Mutual Insurance Co claiming nonpayment after a fire on Aug 15 1964 destroyed a two story building at 324 Seventh Street SE housing the Citizen Times weekly. The policy began Oct 1963. J W Lee Grant of Cedar Rapids was recently acquitted on arson charges related to the fire.
The board approved Dale Cunningham retirement effective June 1 and granted unpaid leaves for Nadine Griffin Jr. and Patricia Milne. Kathleen Waldorf and Mary Hagarty were hired as clerk typists in the clerk of court office, and Lois Soukup was terminated. Five cigarette permit renewals were approved for Hillcrest Country Club, Cedar Rapids Airport Coffee Shop, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, Nemecek Grocery, and Postel's Grocery.
Emmett E. Doolin of 81 Seventh Avenue SW pled guilty to carrying a pistol without a permit and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by District Judge B J Maxwell. The $50 portion was suspended. Doolin previously pled innocent to carrying a concealed weapon on April 6 and changed his plea Tuesday for allegedly illegally carrying a .22 caliber pistol in his car on March 16.
A forgery count against 28 year old Ron ald N. Korsmo of Cedar Rapids was dismissed by District Judge B J Maxwell. Korsmo was ordered returned to the Mental Health Institute of Independence after being charged with forging a $142.56 installment note for First Trust and Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids on April 16 1965.
Portland voters approved a four cent per pack cigarette tax on Tuesday, making Oregon the only state with a cigarette tax against North Carolina which has none.
Thomas R. Carney III, 18, of 1004 Regent Street NE, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for contempt of court. The term runs after his current six month sentence for breaking and entering ends, with start date March 4, after appearing before District Judge Harold D. Vietor. The contempt followed his failure to return to jail May 7 during a prisoner release program, violating a court order. he pled innocent May 18 to resisting officers when police sought him May 8.
The Cedar Rapids Social Security office at 300 SGA building will be open on Memorial Day with regular hours from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m. The extra day aims to help seniors 65 and older enroll in Medicare before the May 31 deadline.
Harry Stephen of Iowa files a 4000 dollar damage suit in Linn County alleging LeRoy D Decker borrowed his 1965 model car on August 6 1965 and demolished it. Stephen claims 3400 remains owed and asks 600 for loss of use and inconvenience.
Howard Randolph, newly appointed Tama Packing Co. manager at Guthrie Center, writes stockholders alleging Tama Pack overspent on Cedar Rapids offices and fixtures while funds should have gone to Tama plant construction. He invites stockholders to meet to discuss company problems.
The larceny case of Dennis Ortner 25 of 343 Twenty-eighth avenue SW was referred to the July Linn county grand jury by Judge B J Maxwell at the county attorney's request. Ortner was accused of stealing 325 dollars from Shorty Johnson's Gulf Station at 1581 First avenue SE. Oct 31 His trial was to begin last Monday. A spokesman for the county planning.
The Area 10 school board’s first regular meetingThursday at 4 p.m. in Cedar Rapids will give high priority to hiring a superintendent. They will review a 1966 67 budget for the Cedar Rapids area vocational technical school and discuss transferring the city's vocational program. Invited are Ernest Pence Cedar Rapids school board president Arnold Salisbury superintendent Otto Wiedersberg director of business affairs. The meeting will be in the Board of Education building 346 Second avenue SW.
The House voted 120 to 109 to restrict the proposed minimum wage expansion. The Anderson amendment limits new coverage to retail and service establishments with annual gross business of 500 000 or more, potentially excluding about 955 000 workers.
Soviet foreign tourism chief V. M. Ankudinov told reporters in Ankara that Turkey and the Soviet Union plan to swap more visitors with talks to continue in Moscow. He cited about 1,800 Soviet tourists visiting Turkey last year but did not provide Turkish travel figures.
A new ultrasensitive X-ray camera converts X-rays directly to video signals to inspect small components non destructively. It provides magnified images of interiors for quality checks of Gemini man in space vehicles office computers and consumer radios. Tiny solder specks and other defects have been detected with the system.
A Wednesday city council meeting heard a petition from residents around D and E avenues NW and Twenty Eighth Street for a new bridge over the Vinton ditch. They cited safer routes for children to Cleveland and St. Jude's schools and easier access to Apache Park. The petition was sent to the engineering department for study.
Senate approved a 975 million dollar military construction bill by voice vote to push housing and other projects. The measure orders McNamara to prioritize 620 million in congress approved projects halted previously and outlines new urgent needs and housing allocations across 646 projects at 262 bases worldwide.
John H Schminkey 83 of Cedar Rapids died aged 83 after living in Walker six years born Oct 25 1882 married Grace Cook 1919 at Rock Island Ill wife died 1965 survived by six sons four daughters 29 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren three sisters services Friday 10 am Murdoch chapel Marion burial Walker cemetery. Bert Demory 76 Cedar Rapids died after long illness born Jan 2 1890 Belle Plaine lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years retired motorist worked at Iowa Steel married Jennie Hunter 1909 Marion veteran World War I member Hanford post Mulder's union survived by wife two sisters two brothers services pending.
Charles Godfrey Quaas of route 1 Marion is found dead in a tool shed on his farm. A .22 rifle lies near the body, ruling the death as self-inflicted. He was born Oct 10 1887 in Alburnett and lived as a lifelong farmer in Robins area. Surviving spouse Stella Singer and family members are listed. funeral arrangements pending Cedar Memorial.
In Saigon and Hue crowds clash with police amid anti-government and anti-American demonstrations. Police fire tear gas and shoot into the air to scatter about 200 students outside Saigon University. In Hue 5,000 march peacefully while 50 students deliver a letter to the U.S. consulate and begin a 24 hour hunger strike.
Holes in the road in Leffingham, England, fetched 1.40 to 5.60 dollars each as residents auctioned the gaps to fund road repairs. About 280 dollars was raised so far through the seaside village sale organized by locals.
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