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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
1
The page lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities, rainfall totals, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and a year-ago comparison. It also records numerous funeral notices with names, ages, and service times across towns such as Langworthy Toledo Manchester Garnaville Keota and Mabel Iowa City Victor and McGregor.
Hospitalized Mrs E E McElwain at University Hospitals Iowa City visitors allowed. All Saints Fall Festival Sunday November 10 features bazaar chicken and roast beef dinner served 12 2 and 4 6. Apartments 29th and Dalewood SE adv. Claudette at Klip n Karl 111 34th St NE 363 0019 open early close late adv. Berger Furrier Marion adv. Hood Sewing Center now at 104 3rd Ave SW new stereo line. Jack LeMaster to barber at Dicks Barber Shop 1063 Center Point Rd NE starting Tuesday Nov 12 adv.
From the Saigon desk the First Air Cavalry joins U.S. First and 25th Divisions and South Vietnamese units to guard Saigon’s northern approaches in Tay Ninh Binh Long and Phuoc Long provinces near Cambodia. US troops report heavy clashes with 32 enemy dead 51 more south of Saigon and four Americans killed.
Phnom Penh AP Prince Norodom Sihanouk chief of state invited 11 American prisoners to attend a ceremony Saturday marking Cambodia five—15th anniversary of independence.
Police identified a ring behind bloodless bad checks passed at local supermarkets and taverns. Seven or eight men from an out-of-state group are suspected, with 7000 Collins checks banked weekly complicating IDs. Doby faced vagrancy and malicious phone threats counts.
In the event a minor earthquake rattled structures across the area. The Guaranty bank building and several Coe college campus buildings reported shaking. A Blair House penthouse quivered while lower floors felt less impact. Police logged about 100 calls over 10 to 15 minutes as residents described trembling homes and shifting objects. One couple at Carriage Hills left their apartment in fear.
A 7 year old boy, Donald Halverson, from Estherville was killed in a late Friday night auto accident on highway 9 just east of Estherville.
Basil Rathbone narrowly escapes with his life in a 9:30 PM Saturday Night double feature on KCRG TV 9. The screening highlights the classic Sherlock Holmes film as part of a weekend lineup.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Sunday issue spotlights women who hunt and awards, with a full page of portraits. Eyewitness accounts of the world’s worst war, Nigeria and Biafra, also feature, plus an all city football team lineup and the First Lady recipes. The edition includes an interview about University of Iowa Educational Opportunities and a profile of a Chicago native helping disadvantaged youth. A feature traces Cedar Rapids school tax spending and honors The Hat.
A mild U S quake rattled Indiana and neighboring areas with shaking buildings and cracked floors. Reports included Washington Indiana disruption to phones, Terre Haute sidewalks cracking, Princeton chimneys bricks jarred, Union City Tennessee windows swaying and residents fleeing, with Milwaukee and LaCrosse Wisconsin also affected.
A reward of 540000 dollars remains for the capture of Reynolds with suspicions of a 700000 dollar stake for a ringleader. Butler suspects Reynolds may lurk by the sea with tips leading him to travel to Europe and Tangier. Now the hunt centers on Ronald Biggs, jailed escapee, as Butler nears retirement.
Residents from Ottumwa to Washington report house objects rattling and pictures falling as hundreds call police. Shenandoah and Clinton areas note shaking and a closed Mississippi drawbridge as Loras College seismograph to read data early afternoon.
Judge Lincoln Mahan ruled San Francisco's proposed 1 percent income tax on commuters unconstitutional. The decision cited discrimination and state pre-emption of the income tax field. Alameda Marin Contra Costa San Mateo and Santa Clara counties joined the suit.
Owen S Grinstead 76 of 1121 Second Avenue SE died Saturday after a short illness. Born February 12 1892 in Richmond KY he married Nellie Morrow June 15 1921 in Wellman. He worked as foreman in Yellow Cab Co mechanics dept Cedar Rapids and was WWI veteran. Survived by wife a sister and two brothers. Services Monday 1 30 p m Powell funeral home Wellman with Rev Otto Steele officiating.
Richard L Wise a former Cedar Rapids resident died in Marshalltown after a long illness. Born December 4 1908 in Cedar Rapids he was a radio operator in the 2nd Armored division during World War II. Survived by son Robert daughter Jacquelin and a grandchild all of Bremen Georgia two sisters Betsy Wachter and Audree Feild of Cedar Rapids and a brother Rex W Wise of Cedar Rapids. Memorial services 1 30 p m Monday Turner Chapel East burial Linwood.
Charles Krebs 51 a member of a Cedar Rapids family died Monday in Winter Haven Florida He had lived in Cedar Rapids until nine years ago when he moved to Florida Surviving are his wife and three daughters in Florida his mother Mrs Vern Hampton of Cedar Rapids and two sisters Mrs C W Garberson of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Leo Brown of Santa Ana California Services and burial were in Winter Haven.
Memorial services scheduled for Myrtle Marie Streeter at 7 p.m. Monday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev. Lewis A. Miller of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery with Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in charge.
Athens AP reports the army-backed regime says the new Greek constitution will be published in the government gazette on November 15, making it the law of the land.
Benjamin F. Keller 60 of Iowa City died when the automobile he rode in left a county road two miles north of Lone Tree and struck a bridge abutment. Vaughn Henderson 45 of Iowa City survived after treatment and release. The body remained at Beckman-Butherus funeral home in Iowa City.
Washington built a first half lead as Skogman scored on a right end run and connected on a 20 yard pass to Rusley for another TD. Moline threatened early in the third but Scheib intercepted twice, keeping the Warriors in front despite several trick plays.
The two met at the coast guard air station in Opa-Locka and spoke as friends. Nixon said he would seek Humphrey’s counsel on foreign policy in his next administration, while a source said a formal partnership is unlikely. Nixon stays with Sen. Smathers. Agnew rooms nearby.
Joyce Oaks 18 of Shueyville was arrested Friday at the Spartan store on shoplifting and resisting an officer charges. She posted 116 bond on each count and was released. Officials said she left with 5.86 worth of cosmetics and gave the false name Virginia Kirkling when apprehended.
CBS correspondent Dan Rather told an overflow crowd at Mt Mercy College that the close 1968 presidential race is tied to the bombing halt of North Vietnam. He argued the timing was not politically motivated and predicted a coalition government under Nixon with Democratic appointees and possible posts for Goldberg Scranton and Rockefeller allies.
Iowa Steel and Iron Works purchased the Wilder Grain Co. and Cedar Rapids Food Products Co. sites at 425 and 400 Twelfth Avenue SE for future expansion. Most buildings will be razed except grain elevators leased to the former owner. Wilder says the firm will focus on grain storage in Cedar Rapids.
Kilbourn Turner aged 26 of 1690 Sixteenth Street NW received a 30 day suspended sentence from Judge John Reilly in municipal court on an assault and battery charge. Turner was arrested Friday on a warrant for involvement in the November 4 beating of Charles Fisher 33 of 1222 North Street SW. Sammy Turner and Kilbourn Turner were arrested in connection. Sammy Turner posted a $110 bond.
A relatively strong earthquake shook Istanbul on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52404. Carrier price 65 cents a week night and Sunday editions six issues monthly rates and year subscriptions listed with regional limitations and AP exclusivity for local news.
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