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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1969
Page
4
The page lists temperatures for cities like Bismarck and Chicago, rainfall totals, and normal year comparisons. It includes local notices of births and marriages with dates and addresses, plus police and traffic summary entries and upcoming funeral services for several towns.
Washington AP The nations five hundred thousand National Guardsmen are urged to participate in a mid November counter demonstration. Major General Winston Wilson head of the guard bureau sent the appeal to state adjutants general urging day time headlight use at Nov 11 to 16 and display of flags and porch lights to show resolve against capitulation in Vietnam.
A New York to California sailor Andrew Stanburgh was robbed at the Victor rest area on the westbound I-80. Two armed men and a third accomplice plus a woman seized his money and car keys and took his clothes including a navy uniform. A second theft occurred minutes later at a Carnforth store on old highway 6. Authorities seek three men and a woman. A patrolman nearby helped in the investigation.
Gov Ray selected Judge Rees for the Iowa Supreme Court to fill a vacancy with a regular eight year term starting January 1 1971. The appointment raises the chief justice salary from 21000 to 24000 and voters will decide next November whether he serves the term. Rees has long service in Jones Cedar Linn counties and the Eighth district after practicing since 1934.
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Lewis Hershey as a full general, directing the selective service system. He will be replaced as draft director and move to a White House advisory post.
Edward F. Hanlon Jr. named executive director of Linn County Health Center. Formerly executive director of the Linn County Association for Retarded Children since 1965, he also serves as a mental retardation consultant and has led health center planning efforts. He begins November 15, replacing Dr. Robert P. Langford.
In a speech excerpt, Nixon defends seeking broad backing at home to win peace with honor in Vietnam. He recalls letters to Ho Chi Minh, cites private settlement offers, and notes talks with Soviet and other diplomats as he reviews U.S. steps from Eisenhower to Johnson and critiques of the war’s conduct. He warns against defeat and calls for unity and a negotiated end.
Three bankruptcy petitions were filed in federal court this week. Robert O. Bradley Jr. of 1261 First Avenue SE lists debts of 24 263 with $200 in assets all exempt. James and LaLana Carleen Michalee of 1627 Fifth Street NW report debts 3 731.82 with $435 assets exempt. Robert Lee Polton of 1114 Fifth Street NW lists debts 6 812.73 with $175 assets exempt, his wife Violet Darlene shows debts 5 912.73 with $125 assets exempt. Polton is a mechanic.
White House sources say Prime Minister Wilson will visit President Nixon on December 8 and 9. The trip underscores ongoing Anglo American talks and the close ties between the two nations.
In a national address, President Nixon argues that withdrawing U.S. forces from Vietnam would lead to mass casualties, erode confidence abroad, and provoke renewed wars. He warns such defeat would embolden rivals and endanger peace from the Middle East to the Western Hemisphere, urging youths to seek nonmilitary solutions.
In San Francisco a three-hour siege ended when Sgt. Joseph Molinelli and three captains subdued Robert Crump on a narrow stairway. Crump had held 50 officers at bay with a rifle dynamite and two hostages after fleeing Sonoma County jail. No one was injured.
Board majority backs continuing the $1,000 monthly lease of the Second avenue Third street SE building with conditions. Witwer would deed the property to the county free of encumbrances, or with a life estate reserved to Witwer, allowing a county lease on his life. Mortgage liens totaling $350,000 complicate the plan and prompt calls for a clear title before approving.
Katherina Huck a former employee and Kirkwood Community College student filed an 80000 claim Tuesday for injuries from an December 13 incident in the college parking lot. Defendants are International Business Machines Corp and Jerome Micka. The petition says Micka, while performing duties for IBM, struck Huck's car while backing out and she suffered permanent injuries and scars from being crushed between the two cars.
Kenneth W. Loveless, 45, of 411 Sixth Street SE, will receive a psychiatric exam before his arraignment on a breaking and entering charge. Judge Ansel Chapman upheld the defense motion for the evaluation and delay. He was arrested Wednesday night inside the M and J Feed and Seed building at 1011 Eighth Avenue SW.
Robert W Gardner longtime Cedar Rapids city forester died early Tuesday after a heart attack at his home 133 Twentyeth Street Drive NW Born May 19 1921 he was a Wilson High School graduate and married Nadine Brown Oct 24 1941 in Trenton Missouri He attended Sharon United Methodist Church and had lived in the area his entire life.
Robert Gardner worked one year with the Civilian Conservation Corps and four years with Universal Engineering Corp. He served as a city tree trimmer from 1941 and rose to parks department maintenance foreman in 1951, acting city arborist in 1956, and city forester six years later. Survived by wife, brother Donald of Denver, daughter Janet Powers, two sons Frank and Rob, sister Dorothy Tellin, and stepfather Frank A. Hladek. Memorial service at Turner Chapel West at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with burial in Linwood Cemetery. viewing until 1 p.m. Thursday. casket will not be opened after the service.
The Cedar Rapids city council reviewed a list of 15 paving sites for a tentative 1970 concrete paving program. The Edgewood road and Forty-second street NE projects are highly tentative and will be studied for possible inclusion by the engineering department.
Memorial services and funerals scheduled this week include Leo C Evans at St Patrick's Church at 9 a.m. with burial at Mt Calvary under Monahan Stewart. George Gray at Monahan Stewart at 1 30 p.m. with burial in Des Moines. John A Prout at St Pius X Church at 10 30 a.m. with Monahan Stewart handling funeral arrangements. Ida Mae Ruston at Turner Chapel East at 1 30 p.m. with cremation and committal.
About 4,000 demonstrators marched through downtown Memphis demanding a voice in public school affairs and union representation at St. Joseph hospital. The line of march included many city workers and marked the largest black rally since the April 1968 tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
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