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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
4
About 10 000 people visited Lake Macbride state park for Memorial Day and Backbone state park near Strawberry Point drew around 8 000. Park officials credited good weather for the holiday crowds and forecast a record summer attendance for Iowa parks.
Iowa posted the smallest per cent rise in personal income among states in 1960 with a 1% gain, far below the national 5% average. Per capita income stood at 1982 dollars vs 2242 nationally, making Iowa’s figure the plains region low. First quarter 1961 employment fell, non agricultural jobs at 662,300, manufacturing down 2.4% at 169,500, with construction showing modest gains and farm cash receipts up 15% year over year.
Nathan O. Hickenlooper, 91, father of U S Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, will be buried after services at 3:30 p m Thursday at a Blockton Methodist church. He died in Boone County after living in Madrid since 1955. Surviving brother Dr C B Hickenlooper of Winterset.
Mrs. Frank Niemeyer, 92, died Tuesday at her Elkader home after a broken hip. She is survived by a son Norbert of Elkader, four daughters, seven grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Services Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's church with rosary recitations Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the Witt funeral home and by the church Ladies Guild Thursday at 3 p.m.
OSSIAN Herbert Ott 40 of Calmar listed in serious condition at a Rochester hospital after a Tuesday evening auto crash on a highway 52 curve near here. Eligius Franzen 34 of Fort Atkinson sustained minor injuries. James Rothmeyer 29 of Decorah had a concussion and was in fair condition at Decorah hospital. Franzen charged with failure to have his car under control.
Mary Brude aged 78 a Charles City resident died from burns after her nightgown caught fire while lighting a kitchen stove at her son Clarence Brude's home authorities said. The incident occurred Tuesday and she was severely burned while preparing a meal.
MT Vernon Iowa report lists 115 Cornell College seniors as graduation candidates with ceremonies set for Monday 10 am and Baccalaureate Sunday 10:30 am. Commencement speaker Lawrence E. Dennis Peace Corps official and Penn State VP Academic Affairs.
A public meeting to discuss the proposed Clear Creek Community school district will be held Thursday at 8 p m in the Oxford school gym. Attorney William Tucker will explain the proposal which covers most of western Johnson county. A special election is set for June 9.
A special election is set for June 7 on a 25 year franchise for Interstate Light and Power Co. Town Hall polls will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The franchise won council approval May 1. Fluorescent lighting would replace main street lights and increase capacity on all other streets if approved.
Waukon will dedicate $500000 in medical facilities on June 25. The project adds a $350000 hospital expansion to Veterans Memorial and a $150000 addition to the Good Samaritan home, with renovations including a new lab, recovery and therapy areas, and enhanced nursing and rehabilitation services. Arne Sorlien administers both facilities, owned by Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society of Arthur North Dakota.
The Clifton and Sophia Klaus Scout Reservation at Colesburg opens June 18 and runs through July 29 with six one week sessions and about 100 scouts per session. Troops from Dyersville Delhi Colesburg Manchester Ryan Farley Greeley Strawberry Point plan openings from June 25 to July 23.
North east Iowa sees two free sessions on June 7 for hospital and nursing home firefighting training. Decorah Fire Chief Lester Keefe leads the program sponsored by Iowa State bureau of firemanship training. Capt. Harold E. Schurtz of Mason City directs the sessions at city hall.
Independence hosts 35 foreign exchange students from Nebraska and southwest Iowa visiting June 26 to 28. Local Lions Rotary and AFL supporters will host. June 27 features a program and dinner for students from 20 countries at Sportsmen’s Park. Sightseeing trips are planned as part of the two day visit.
Dave and Rick compete for a girl's affection on OZ ZIE AND HARRIET airing at 7:30 PM Wednesday on TV 9. Harriet and Oz Zie are featured as hosts in this light hearted local program with romance themed segments.
Verne R. Martin of Newton announces retirement from the post effective June 10. A Maytag Co. retiree, he has led the Iowa GOP since April 1959 and plans more farming work in Chickasaw County and speaking engagements. A June 10 central committee meeting will consider his successor with George Nagle named as frontrunner.
L. L. Pelling of Williamsburg and Coralville, the Johnson county oiling specialist, won the bid for maintenance oiling of 264 miles at a maximum $158,600. The contract covers 750000 gallons of oil plus water and reshaping work with weather-based adjustments. Re shaping will be done by the contractor this summer, with water use depending on conditions.
Iowa City reports two of four lanes on the west approach of the Park bridge are open. Two lanes on the Dubuque street approach are paved but not open. Public Works Director Lane Marshaw expects all four lanes on both approaches to be poured by week’s end. A new cutoff between Grand and Melrose is paved but not yet open.
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