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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1963
Page
3
Partly cloudy with scattered showers to night and Thursday. Warmer tonight cooler north Thursday. Rainfall around 4 inches north to 0.5 inch extreme south this week end. Births and court notices list names and fines with local addresses. Coralville Lake, LaCrosse, Dubuque, Davenport area figures and May totals included. Burial and rosary notices follow for several towns including Oxford Junction and Cascade.
To Mr and Mrs Richard Wegmann of 207 Wesley Drive NE a son is born on May 28.
At Hawarden Mr and Mrs F Dike Scroggs report a daughter born May 27. Mrs Scroggs is granddaughter of L Morgan Craft and Mr Scroggs is son of H R Seoone. Also in Detroit Mr and Mrs Daniel Wessel welcomed a son May 27. Wessel relatives listed at 641 Street SW and 705 Street SW. Minor name pairs include Rozella Hagen with Paul Hagen and several divorce or custody style notices. An item notes a poker chip in a lamp bowl at 3225 Iawa Avenue SE and a light bulb incident at 1464 Miami Drive NE on Tuesday evening.
A list of individuals with addresses including Gayle Domino and Donald Thompson were fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding. Mary Dircks paid fifteen dollars and costs. Joseph F. Bender forfeited a twenty five dollar bond. William Mentzer forfeited a fifty five dollar bond for disturbing the peace. Edward White Charles Ritze and Marvin Moenck faced an overloaded truck matter.
Police arrested 11 people as protests over store racial practices intensified in Jackson Mississippi. Medgar Evers NAACP leader reported a kerosene beer bottle bomb damaged his car while his family was at home. Violence erupted at a sit-in near a lunch counter with assaults and property damage.
The highway patrol and Linn County sheriff team handed out safety literature urging motorists to slow for the Memorial Day weekend. No tickets during the giveaway, but all patrols will enforce traffic laws Memorial Day weekend to prevent fatalities. The effort extends to neighboring counties.
The Marengo Pioneer-Republican and Blairstown Press were sold to Leland M. Turnbull of Sigourney and his son Jim of Marengo. The Ellis couple had run the papers since 1930. Lee Turnbull previously managed Davenport Daily Times ads and published Davenport Morning Democrat.
Moscow Cuba and Russia signed an agreement on scientific cooperation for joint studies in physics geography geology oceanology history anthropology and ethnography promising academic exchanges and collaborative projects between the two nations.
Local ad service offers quick help for everyday needs. Call EM 2-1121 to get an ad writer to craft a standout classified advertisement.
President Kennedy signed a bill raising the national debt limit immediately to 307 billion dollars. The move follows Senate approval after rejecting an amendment to a House passed bill. The limit extends to July 1 and then climbs to 309 billion until August 31.
Paris AP reports a French cabinet spokesman says President de Gaulle intends to visit President Kennedy, though no date has been announced. The statement signals a planned meeting between the two leaders.
Mrs. Elsie Mack of Cedar Rapids filed a district court suit seeking 50000 in damages from Thomas A. Rowell and Bessie M. Rowell. She was a passenger in Rowell’s car when she alleges a head on collision occurred after turning onto Third Avenue SE against a one way street. She claims fractures of both legs and an arm while being driven to the Rowells' home to babysit their child.
Arthur O. Brownlow aged 48 of Milwaukee was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison for uttering a forged instrument after pleading guilty to the charge. He was arrested in Cedar Rapids following two forged checks totaling 3132 dollars used to open an account and buy a car, with authorities noting he faces seven Wisconsin counts. Detectives recovered seven checks totaling 5000 dollars in his temporary Cedar Rapids room.
Donald D. Owens 34 also known as Jack Mann of Houston pled guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth to possession of narcotics and carrying a concealed weapon. He received two concurrent five year terms and a $25 fine to be served at Fort Madison's state penitentiary. Deputies found narcotics valued in the hundreds of dollars and a .32 caliber pistol in an abandoned car on Otis road. Owens admitted taking narcotics in a break in but did not name the location. The Linn county attorney seeks transfer of the car to the state for possible sale or use by authorities.
Albert Le Grand of Lisbon files a 72 025 22 dollar injury suit in district court for his son James 11 who was struck by a car driven by John I Nost of Lisbon on June 11 near Lisbon. The complaint alleges Nost failed to observe the bicycle and caused the collision while overtaking another vehicle.
The record cites a divorce petition Dismissed Elsie M. Dimond vs Milton L. Dimond. It mentions a jury trial request and lists a judgment Dial Finance Co against Myron R. and De Lilla Koranda for 556.05 on a promissory note. It also notes injuries including head trauma, shock, fractures to the ankle and pelvis.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk outlines U S policy options on Cuba Laos and nuclear transfers saying the United States will maintain talks with the Kremlin on test bans and possible prohibitions on weapon transfers He notes a reduction in Soviet forces in Cuba and endorses Britain Russia Laos neutrality for a three way coalition to maintain peace efforts
John Anton Zacek 1611 C Street SW Cedar Rapids resident for 35 years and Kadlee Brothers garage employee died suddenly Tuesday He was born April 8 1909 in Moquah Wisconsin and married Lorraine Wickham June 1 1931 in Cedar Rapids Surviving include his wife three sons Gene Eldon and Anton all of Cedar Rapids two daughters Mrs Alice Heggedah Dewey Illinois and Clarice Voshell Des Moines a sister Kristine Shock Cedar Rapids one half sister Catherine Wadean Massillon Ohio a step mother Mrs Catherine Zacek Cedar Rapids two step brothers Joseph Zacek Cedar Rapids and Tony Zacek Albuquerque New Mexico and 13 grandchildren Services will be held at noon Friday in Turner chapel by Rev William Harnish Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Minnie Ann-Klein O'Hara funeral home service held at St. Peter Minnesota with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 p.m. Thursday.
Attorneys struggle to keep up in the civil rights division as the Kennedy administration hosts talks with business leaders and community members. Secretaries report mounting requests from both Negroes and whites seeking meetings with the attorney general, while schedules risk collapse if a conference is called.
A Missouri truck driver identified as Bobby G. Rhodes 23 Memphis Missouri died when his truck hit a bridge abutment eight miles southwest of Iowa City at 3 20 a m Wednesday. The hog laden vehicle scattered dead hogs along Highway 1 delaying traffic two hours. The truck owned by Lloyd Hathaway Memphis Missouri carried about 120 hogs. Rhodes apparently fell asleep rounding a curve causing the collision. The tractor and trailer separated the tractor overturned slid 40 feet and the trailer landed by a creek bank. Deputies aided by officers shot injured hogs. This marked Johnson county s seventh fatality of the year.
Memorial Day events begin with 8 a.m. masses by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice Sheehy at Mt Calvary and by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Anthony Chihak at St John’s. St George’s hosts an 8:50 a.m. service by Father Nicholas Laikley, Navy Mothers mark 8:30 a.m. on Second Avenue Bridge with a naval firing squad and fleet reserve, Oak Hill hosts 10:30 a.m. service after the parade, weather plan moves all to Memorial Coliseum.
A charge of carrying a concealed weapon was filed Wednesday against Donald D. Bunker 19 of 1019 Tenth Street SW. Police found a .22 caliber pistol in the trunk of his car shortly after midnight in the 700 block of First Avenue NE. Bunker had recently moved to Cedar Rapids and his car carried California plates.
Mrs. Robert Clark of Cedar Rapids was chosen for a second term as vice president of the auxiliary of Iowa Letter Carriers during the Mason City annual convention. A 16-member Cedar Rapids delegation attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wittenmeyer and others.
Les Laughridge an 18 year old from Vinton was injured in a home explosion Tuesday and remained in serious condition at University hospitals Wednesday according to reports from Iowa City.
An early Sunday classified note reports a trailer ad bringing five calls and sale by 8 15 AM. Readers are urged to place want ads for trailers boats motors sporting goods or other items by calling EM 2 1121.
At class day for Washington high school 492 seniors were recognized. Valedictorian Addie Bauman and salutatorian Kathi Moore led the top honors with GPAs of 3.950 and 3.917 respectively. Twenty one students earned Washington Scholar status with 3.51 GPAs or higher.
The Iowa highway commission adopted new regulations for moving buildings and large mobile homes. They require annual permits for 22 foot or wider moves, reduce bonds to 500 after second violation, ban moving on holidays and after sunset, and set a 24 foot width unless approved. The gross load limit remains 73,280 pounds and police escort requires vacated traffic lanes.
A Titan 2 intercontinental ballistic missile exploded in flight above the Atlantic near Cape Canaveral. It was the first Titan 2 failure during first stage flight in 16 tests, with six prior failures traced to the second stage. The 103 foot rocket rose on 430000 pounds of thrust before a brilliant fireball ended the flight. Debris fell into the sea as communities nearby felt the blast.
Artie M March 55 of 1002 Sixth Street SE received five years in Ft Madison's men's penitentiary and a bench parole after pleading guilty to third offense drunk driving Judge B J Maxwell imposed the sentence following his Friday arrest in the 600 block of Fifteenth Avenue SE by Cedar Rapids police March has three Linn county prior convictions dated December 9 1955 September 5 1959 and September 20 1961.
William H. Mentzer of 326 First Avenue SW forfeited a $55 bond in municipal court on a disturbing the peace charge. Police said he was fighting at the rear of Danceland at 12 05 a m Saturday.
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