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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Page
3
The Cedar Rapids daily weather summary reports highs and lows, rainfall totals, and forecasts with extended cool spell ahead. Births and local police notes list new arrivals and recent incidents including traffic penalties and nuisance calls.
Obituary notices list multiple Iowa residents with ages and service times. Included are Mrs F R Graham 93 at First United Methodist Tama burial Sheridan cemetery. Mrs William Hohlken 86 at Wayne Zion Lutheran Monticello. Helen I Walk 58 Vinton with Bethlehem Lutheran and Grafton graveside. C Wayne Saunders 75 Clarence. Julia Boddicker 89 Newhall. Henry M Petersen 65 Olin. Mrs Fred Pegerick 73 Oxford Junction. Emma Bruns 87 Farmersburg with St John’s Lutheran. and other services at Hayden’s and Schultz’s Monona. Memorials noted for some cases.
Mrs Meir aims to sway Nixon on Middle East policy while Egypt signals possible flexibility. U S officials anticipate progress after Fahmy’s U S tour and expect strengthened ties through meetings with businessmen and congress members.
Ford stated that no President has unlimited executive privilege and that confidentiality must balance with Congress and public access. Senate questions centered on campaign contributions and FBI data, while leaders expressed support for Ford as a healing figure amid national governance tensions.
Fahmy, shortly after his appointment, discussed his previous talks with Kissinger and said a meeting with President Nixon had been useful. He delivered a message from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, though no details of the talks were released.
T and K Sales Co of Ely seeks 5200000 in Cedar Rapids federal court for roof damage from allegedly improperly warranted Elastron paint. The firm bought the product from Empre Corp of Minnesota between 1970 and 1972, with Empro as distributor for United Paint Manufacturing Co. of Spokane. The paint was claimed to be for urethane but was not fit for that use. The suit cites 10000 spent on roof repairs and another 10000 for additional roofs plus 500000 for reputational and lost profits.
Public Health Commissioner Norman Pawlewski announced Rick L. Middleton of Des Moines as the new director of the health maintenance organization program and Carson E. Whitlow as director of the records and statistics division.
Comptroller General Staats says Iowa may repay about $33,000 in unallowable LEAA expenditures out of roughly $14 million routed through the Iowa Crime Commission from 1969 to 1972. Most alleged misuses cited by Des Moines papers were not substantiated by LEAA auditors or the GAO.
The 57-year-old senator argued tapes of presidential conversations are privileged and as intimate as can be. He said he believed he would have the independence needed to serve as attorney general.
Marguerite Rooke Johnston 80 widow of Frank Johnston died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness. Born August 19 1893 in Cedar Rapids she lived in Mineral Wells Texas before returning to Cedar Rapids October 9. She taught home economics at Eastern Illinois University and held roles at the university and hotel refurbishments in Chicago and Boulder before retirement. Burial at Linwood cemetery with services at Turner Chapel East.
Sister Mary David Doyle 79 of the Sacred Heart Convent Anamosa died Wednesday in Queen of Angels Infirmary. Born November 5 1893 she joined the Sisters of Mercy January 29 1928 and professed vows June 21 1933. She taught at parochial schools including St Benedict Decorah St Patrick Fairfax Immaculate Conception Elma Sacred Heart Oelwein Sacred Heart St John Waterloo Cedar Rapids. Surviving is brother Leslie Doyle Anamosa. Mass of the Resurrection Friday 10 30 a m Sacred Heart chapel Rev Cyril Reilly. Burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Wake Thursday 7 45 p m Sacred Heart Convent chapel. friends may call after 1 15 p m. Stewart Funeral Home in charge.
Paul E Brown age 60 of 1246 Elmhurst Drive NE Cedar Rapids died suddenly Wednesday afternoon. A lifelong Cedar Rapids resident born August 6 1913 he worked as a resale order editor for Cherry Burrell Corp and was a World War II US Navy veteran and Hanford American Legion Post member. Survived by wife Albin Jakoubek married November 29 1939 and brothers Carl and Robert Brown. Services will be held at Brush Chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday with burial at Czech National Cemetery where American Legion will conduct graveside rites. Friends may call Friday afternoon and donations to the heart fund are suggested.
Memorial services will be held at the chapel east at 3 p.m. Friday by a reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist. A cremation committal is planned. Friends may call at Turner east from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The Linn county case centers on preventing certain films from being shown while keeping the theater open. Judge William Eads found some films lewd and declared them nuisances but did not order closing, citing federal censorship limits. He did permanent injunctions against Deep Throat and similar titles and against eight other films. The theater and county attorney both appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. A related federal case has a three-judge panel appointed to consider barring state actors from enforcing the statute.
Senators react as Dean testifies he feared a tape of his April 15 talk with Nixon. Edward Kennedy and others voice disgust at the affair. Dean says Nixon questioned him in a taped session and mused on clemency for Howard Hunt after a private talk with Charles Colson.
An exchange between Israeli and Egyptian troops near Suez City widened into a grim stand. UPI reporter Thomas Cheatham described 20 yard separations, 10 000 Egyptian troops under strain, and Israelis fending off with water and food aid in a stark, tragicomic scene.
Most local gasoline prices hold steady under living cost guidelines while Phillips 66 dealers raise three cents per gallon from suppliers. Skelly Oil dealers report one cent increases at two of three local stations, with Skelly yet to confirm. Gulf and Shell price hikes are anticipated. United Airlines says fuel shortage has not affected Cedar Rapids flights.
Marvin Morley aged 24 of Taft was arrested Wednesday night on a larceny charge. Police say he stole a hydraulic jack worth 250 dollars from Gaber Construction Co reported missing from a construction site on the Vinton ditch.
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