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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1968
Page
25
The Daily Record notes cooler readings over the weekend then a warming trend by Monday with a cool spell again midweek. Normal highs reach the 70s and lows in the 50s as rainfall of about three quarters of an inch or more is expected in eastern and southern Iowa, mainly Saturday through Tuesday.
Birth announcements list several families adding newborns on May 29 and May 30 at Mercy. include names and addresses. A Granada Hills birth for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sturdivan. The section also itemizes traffic violations with fines for multiple individuals, including speeding, meter violations, careless driving, safety standards, and suspended sentences on some charges.
U S military officials in Saigon seek a 10 to 15 ton cargo plane able to operate from 800 foot jungle strips. The proposed aircraft, powered by two turboprops, would suit small airfields and rough zones, replacing the C 7 Caribou and C 123 Provider as production targets for bids in the 1970s.
France endures a second week of strikes with labor leaders threatening violence if protests continue. De Gaulle hints at using the army to break the deadlock as mass demonstrations on the Champs Elysees signal strong backing for the president. France imposes strict exchange controls to defend national interests, halting capital movements and export of money, checks, and gold.
William Gunn is president of Smith and Wesson, Inc., manufacturer of firearms in Springfield Massachusetts.
Local death notices list Belle Prairie Paul Ward 72 St Charles Ill services Saturday 2 Oak Hill cemetery Wellman Fannie Crossett 88 services Sunday 2 Baptist church Powell s Strawberry Point Mrs Winnie Nace 76 services Saturday 2 Emanuel Lutheran Church Feeney Knutson Traer Dr Curtis H Brown 98 services Monday 10 30 Methodist church burial at Waltham cemetery Elberon Erickson s body to be taken Saturday Shellsburg infant son of Mr and Mrs John Lewis graveside rites Friday at Oakwood cemetery Fry Holland Vinton Clarence Mrs Myrtle Sylvester 90 services Saturday 1 30 Chapman s Manchester Mrs Donna L Darey 77 services Sunday 1 30 Shelly s Garwin Edna J Rider 67 Henderson s Toledo Coggon Clifford B Main 83 services Monday 2 Zion Presbyterian church Masonic rites Sunday 8 Murdoch s friends may call after 7 Sunday Waukon Robert R Winkie 41 services Monday 2 Salem United Church of Christ Ludlow township Martin s Maynard Charles Trotter 74 services Saturday 2 Methodist church Delsing Wright North English Sara Jane Hall 43 Saturday 1 30 p m Christian church North English Best funeral home in charge
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched its 222nd unmanned Cosmos satellite into orbit. The government announced the probe Friday as part of ongoing space program efforts.
Judge Edward J. McManus denied a habeas corpus petition from William J. Dombroske, a Minnesota man serving five years in an Iowa prison for burglary cited in a Cedar Rapids break on Jan 1, 1965. The court found a guilty plea by his attorney in his presence valid and noted Miranda warnings were not yet ruled on at the time.
Vernon F Schlue 63 Cedar Rapids resident and International Harvester employee dies after brief illness Born March 13 1903 in Blairstown married Luella Niebuhr June 28 1930 Surviving wife two daughters Mary Ann Kollmorgan Dorothy Kaiser two sons John Larry five grandchildren two sisters Memorial at Trinity Lutheran 1 30 p m Monday Burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call Turner chapel west weekend. J Vernon Whelan 68 Davenport former Cedar Rapids resident and Borden Co vice president dies after brief illness Born August 19 1899 in Ottumwa lived in Davenport 11 years Surviving wife Annette a daughter and a granddaughter five brothers services Monday 1 p m Immaculate Conception church Burial Mt Calvary Rosary Sunday 7 30 p m Monahan Stewart funeral home.
Mrs E L McNamara aged 76 of 226 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. Born in Coggan June 11 1891 she lived in Cedar Rapids 22 years. She was a member of St Patrick a Catholic Daughters. Survived by three sons Leo Eugene of Cedar Rapids Joseph H of Iowa City four daughters Mrs Marvin Gregor Swisher Mrs William Bride Thompsonville Conn Carol LaGrange at home and Mrs Thomas Eden Malibu Beach Calif four sisters Mrs Hubert Sims Cedar Lake Ind Emma Donovan Coggan Genevieve Dolan Hazel Brady Stockton Calif Services Requiem Mass Monday 10 am St Patrick s Church Very Rev J Robert McDonald Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery Rosaries Monahan Stewart funeral home Father McDonald 8 pm Cathy daughters Catholic Daughters 8 30 pm Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday after 2 pm.
Cedar Rapids native Mrs. Don Gilmore 59 died Thursday in Waverly after a long illness. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. George DeGroote Waterloo, two sons Stacey Boulder and Terry Waterloo, stepfather Charles S. Nievas sister Hazel Nievas brother Earl Nievas Cedar Rapids, and two grandchildren. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Chapel of Memories. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Memorial services set for Stella Havelka at 2 30 p m Sunday at Hesser Memorial chapel with Rev Lyle R Graff. David Greer to be buried at Cedar Memorial cemetery after a 11 30 p m Saturday service at Turner chapel east. Thomas Thompson to be laid to rest at Oak Hill cemetery after a 3 p m Saturday service at Turner chapel east with Rev John I Thomas. Casket will not be opened after the service.
Residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn told a city council committee that too many taxi drivers ignore Negroes trying to hail cabs. Cab industry spokesmen admitted instances of bypassing Negroes but said they are doing everything possible to prevent discrimination.
A Cedar Rapids Oak Hill group met Mayor Frank Bush and Planning Director Don B. Salyer to push immediate housing improvements. Rev. J. Robert McDonald aims to help three or four families obtain low interest loans while awaiting federal approval of the Oak Hill Jackson rehabilitation plan.
Riverside California AUC extension horticulturist Dean McCarty says hedgerows increase total per acre yield by expanding fruit producing foliage. He notes per tree production drops though overall acres yield rises as fruit bearing outer periphery expands.
Baltimore Evening Sun columnist Lou Panos described a Real Estate Board luncheon where an elected official mocked the deaths of eight constituents in one week. The columnist noted he paid 40 for flowers but lost eight votes.
Column highlights feature Rick Du Brow on television and Florabel Muir in entertainment discourse. Readers get eye on media personalities and their current spotlight in a concise desk-side briefing.
In Hutchinson Kansas the City Commission met as a band played Swing Low Sweet Chariot next door musicians rehearsed for a music festival. Commissioner Blanche Open Shaw complained about practice during meetings while the session ended in under two hours and Commissioner Merl Sellers noted it added something to a dull meeting.
Mercy Hospital administrator called the denial of a 1 million Hill Burton construction fund request a real setback to expansion plans. The hospital board will meet to discuss the loss while a state panel awarded over 4 million for other Iowa hospital projects.
Cedar Rapids housing plans for a 40 year federal rent subsidy project await final FHA approval by July 1. The board targets July start, with $159 376 annual subsidy and $5 000 chamber funding for preparation. They also seek to rename Heritage Hills to Hawthorne Hills.
The U S Military Academy cadets average 4 500 to 5 000 calories daily with a 3 200 cadet corps consuming 135 000 loaves of bread 80 000 pies and cakes 800 000 cups of ice cream and vast meat and vegetables yearly. Cadets gain about eight pounds over four years while meals feature steak nights and high calorie staples. Maj Jerry Hearn notes the cadence of activity and the dietitian says the intake matches the running and other exertion.
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