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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1966
Page
12
Frigid conditions and precipitation noted with a November total near normal. Local police record a series of traffic violations and fines including Duane E. McQuerry for speeding and eluding police, with multiple others fined for signals, stop signs, and yielding rights of way. Notices list buried service changes and upcoming funerals in Newhall and nearby towns.
George E. Washington age 21 of 02 Fifth street SE was bound over to the grand jury on an assault with intent to murder charge. The shooting wounded Mack R. Gibson at 1124 Eighth street SE on Oct 25. Gibson, 34, was treated at Mercy hospital and discharged Friday. The weapon was a .25 caliber automatic. Washington posted a $5,000 bond.
Grace E. Hoyt, 48, of 5933 Crestridge avenue SW, suffered a neck injury in a three car crash in the 200 block of First avenue W Friday at 3 40 p m. She received treatment at Mercy hospital and was released. Roberta L. Woods, 21, of Martello, was charged with following too closely after rear ending Hoyt’s car, which then struck Helen L. Mathis, 46, of route two Cedar Rapids.
Judy Portz and Richard Burns, both in their early twenties, remained in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a fight at a southeast side service station. Suspect Nobile Woods was in psychiatric ward at St Luke's and faces four assault charges with a $5,000 bond each.
Police searched the Cedar Rapids loop area Friday night for a man who grabbed a 21 year old woman and tried to pull her into an alley on Second Avenue SE around 5:05 PM. She fought free, fell, and he fled. description: about 5'9", stocky, 25 to 30, shark colored parka.
Duane F. McQuerry age 17 of 4069 Soutier Ave SE was fined 250 dollars and given a 30 day suspended sentence after a high speed chase on Cedar Rapids west side. Police said he drove 70 mph, disobeyed stop signs, and tried to elude officers before fleeing on foot. Gerald Gardner 17 of 1344 C Ave NE faced a separate charge for allowing an unauthorized person to drive. a second juvenile passenger faced a firecracker charge.
Aides describe President Johnson's schedule including an early rise and desk work after a Pacific trip. Christian says Johnson briefed congressional leaders on Manila talks, met Fulbright and Rusk planned lunch, and a potential North Vietnam bombing pause was discussed. Johnson reports abdominal pain but remains alert and upbeat.
The Liuni family fights an adoption challenge after their five day old daughter Elizabeth was placed for adoption by an unidentified couple. Mrs Liuni recalls she brought the child home from the hospital and questions ethnicity rules. The Liunis age forty eight and have three other children. a writ was granted by a family court, leading to an appeal to the state supreme court appellate division.
Protestant leaders welcome Vatican relief on mixed marriages as a sign of effort by Pope Paul VI but urge broader reforms. The decree allows oral promises, church ceremonies with nuptial Mass, and limited Protestant involvement while keeping Catholic primacy, leaving Anglicans and other groups still dissatisfied. Church leaders anticipate further liberalization and view the decree as provisional amid ongoing ecumenical dialogue.
George E. Merrifield of 1224 Eighteenth Avenue SW died Friday after a sudden illness. He was born in Watkins on November 8, 1892 and married Adele Baker on February 8, 1936. A former Penick and Ford machinist, he belonged to the Machinist union. Surviving are his wife, two daughters Mrs. Ralph Hennings Hemingford Neb and Mrs. Donald Russell Mr Vernon, nine grandchildren and one great grandson. Services Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Rohn funeral home with Rev J Richard Wagner of the Congregational church. burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home. John Adam Karelvicz, 64, died Monday in Pompano Beach Florida after a long illness. He moved from Cedar Rapids about three years ago. Born March 17 1902 in Lithuania he had been a Cedar Rapids resident many years and worked for John Hancock Insurance Co. Surviving include his wife June, a brother Frank Cedar Rapids, and two sisters Mrs Eldan Anderson Cedar Rapids and Mrs Edward O'Donnell of Joliet Ill. Burial was Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Pompano Beach.
Funeral services held at Brush chapel at 2 p m Sunday led by the Very Reverend Canon D A Loferski. Burial scheduled at Czech National Cemetery following the service.
The Rome era floods strike Florence Grosseto and Trento with nine feet of water in Grosseto. Edoardo Cesareo a Florence bank clerk describes seeing water as a Grand Canal. The Tagliamento river forces evacuation of ten communities as trains detour across the country.
Bob Lawrence Pierce, 34, of 1146 Thirty-first Street NE, was arrested Saturday morning on a charge of malicious injury to a motor vehicle. He allegedly snapped the radio antenna from a parked car at the Howard Johnson motel lodge on Highway 30 West at about 9 am and kicked the vehicle. He was admitted to St. Luke's hospital psychiatric ward after the arrest.
In Cleveland the retrial on second degree murder for Samuel Sheppard revisits a rejected theory that Marilyn Sheppard was killed by a spurned lover. State witness Detective Schottke testified it took six hours to decide Sheppard was responsible, while defense notes cite a 1965 statement listing possible lovers. the controversial passage was deleted by judge Taity.
Five teen aged boys between 14 and 17 assaulted and robbed three younger youths outside Kingston stadium before a Jefferson-Davenport West high school football game. The victims were Vernon Dochterman 13 Jimmy Comried 13 and Merle Pierce 13. Property taken included one dollar from Comried one dollar from Dochterman and about 40 cents from Pierce.
A group of about 20 youths caused an estimated 100 damage at 1402 A avenue NE early Saturday. Police arrived after the disturbance but the crowd had left. A Malicious Damage complaint was filed by David A. Schulte, 18, of 1402 A avenue NE. A separate incident at 1422 Third Avenue SE saw five youths enter Friday evening, damaging items and scribbling obscenities.
Marion Caskie, 76, former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, died Thursday of a heart attack in Warrenton Virginia AP reports.
James Meredith says he will go back to Mississippi to lead a Negro voter registration push. The Univ of Mississippi's first Black student, 32, was wounded on a 220 mile trek last year and plans a new effort next summer to show Blacks they can demand the vote despite white supremacy. He frames the mission as nationwide, not limited to Mississippi, and notes racial conflicts in the North stem from the same core issue.
Moscow reports a new linear proton accelerator has begun operation to study high energy elementary particles. Tass notes the facility aims to advance particle physics research and education in the region.
Mayor Furino and city officials acted after a first of its kind complaint of liquor sales to minors. Four taverns voluntarily closed for one week as authorities warned that future infractions will face stricter action. The American Legion club holds only a beer permit.
Robert L. Brooks aged 26 of 207 Third Street SW was fined 100 dollars plus costs after striking a traffic signal at Second Avenue and Third Street SW and leaving the scene. Laughlin imposed the fine.
Dorothy Shay appears as a guest on The Lawrence Welk Show tonight at 7 30 CST. The program airs on KCRG TV Channel 9 in color.
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