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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1969
Page
3
Local weather figures show high temperatures in the 58 to 69 range across major cities with detail on barometric pressure humidity and wind. The notices list numerous funeral services and obituary acknowledgments for residents in Des Moines and surrounding towns with names ages and service details from Nov. 7 to 8.
Bertha B. Doyle 79 of 319 Fourteenth Street NE widow of James C. Doyle died Saturday after a long illness. Born January 23, 1890 in Creston she lived in Cedar Rapids 49 years. Survived by three sisters Mrs. Mattie Hastings Carson City Nevada Mrs. N. J. Hess San Gabriel California and Mrs. Beulah McGinty Ontario Oregon. Services at Beatty-Beurle chapel 1:30 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev. J. Richard Wagner First Congregational Church. Interment Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call Beatty-Beurle's after 6 p.m. Monday.
Ruth Diserens a former Cedar Rapids resident who moved to Hyattsville Maryland ten years ago died Friday after a brief illness. Born August 15 1892 in Fairfax she is survived by a son Robert Diserens of Hyattsville a granddaughter a great grandson and a brother Charles Knickerbocker of Fort Myers Florida Memorial services will be held at Fairfax cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Dr Glenn S Mc Michael of St Pauls United Methodist church Friends may call at Turner east after 11 a.m. Monday until noon Tuesday.
Allen Theodore Adams of Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a long illness. He was born October 13, 1905 in Iowa. Survived by a sister Mrs. Glen Sanders of Centerville and three brothers Elvin Ottumwa Arthur Tucson Ariz. and Charles Adams Maxwell Town a niece Mrs. Charles Gosnell who lived with him. Memorial services at Julian Poorman funeral home in Rockford at noon Monday with burial in Rockford. Turner Chapel East handled local arrangements.
Arthur L. Hinchliffe dies and is memorialized with a service at Murdoch chapel in Marion at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev. Lloyd C. Kellams. Burial follows at Pleasant Hill cemetery in Blairstown.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions include Gy carrier 65 cents weekly mail night edition Sunday six issues 170 a month 16 a year afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues 165 a month 17 a year and 27 a year for other states. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
A local newspaper snippet lists memorial contributions including 10 82988 and 15 00 amounts. Names mentioned include Wilbur C Spring and Wilbur C Suhr along with relatives Kim Julie Lori Chan Mary and Mr and Mrs John W Flick Whittier Community.
The Tuesday Evening Optimist Club honors Jes sie Zager Florence Runner and Letia Doubrasky with memorials totaling 10.00 5.00 and 5.00 from Kiwanis Ladies Club. Other donations include memorials for parents Leon Pachta and a general total of 10,951.38. The 1969 Camp budget stands at 16,500.00 with 5,548.62 yet to be raised.
Patrick Shannon reported $250 stolen from his apartment at 72042 Fourth Avenue SE after a break in Friday. Vandals sprayed paint on 26 windows at Pierce School, 4343 Marilyn Drive NE, with police informed Saturday.
In New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, pursuing JFK assassination probes and the Shaw case, won the Democratic nomination with 53 percent as 379 of 411 precincts reported. He pledged to continue the inquiry despite a back injury requiring surgery after the election. He led with 78,142 votes over Harry Connick's 57,488, Charles Ward's 6,922, and Ross Scaccia's 4,968.
Wen dell White a 52 year old Muscatine businessman won the Democratic nomination at a Wilton Junction convention to fill the unexpired term of State Sen. David Stanley. White defeated Mayor W Minard Thomas 41.4 to 31. 36 abstained. He will face Rabedeaux of Wilton Junction in the Nov 25 special election for the fourteenth district seat. White has served on the Muscatine light board, led the Iowa Elks Association, and owned a beer distributing firm for 11 years.
A credentials dispute sparked a walkout by about 100 delegates at the College Young Republicans of Iowa convention in Des Moines. Calvin Crane claimed victory over Peter Voorhees in a disputed election for chairman after a credentials committee barred many Crane supporters. The quarrel centered on delegate mailing deadlines set by the Iowa Republican central committee, with conflicting interpretations of whether Oct. 24 postmarks were valid.
Mary A. Stanek, 63, of 1206 Twenty first avenue SW, sustained minor injuries when her car hit a Linn county sheriff’s department vehicle at Wilson avenue and Sixth street SW. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Sgt. David Reid, 29, of 2416 B avenue NE, drove the emergency vehicle with siren on toward the scene. Stanek was charged with failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.
The Cedar Rapids Sweet Adelines chapter staged a two hour program titled Checkerberry Land in Coe Auditorium before about 900 patrons. Narrator Sally Eggleston led a large cast including Dick Leighton Jo Peek Chuck Worsfold and Jane Pidima with Len Biella Ken Vogel Colleen Warren and the Linn-Ettes Whisperwills Caravelles and Harlequin Dancers. A light hearted plot with song and color, the production also features a Checkerberry Wine Song and a Village Scamps finale. A matinee repeats at 2 30 this afternoon.
University of Iowa professor William Albrecht announced plans for a news conference Monday to declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Iowa's First congressional district. He scheduled events in Iowa City at 8 a.m. and in Davenport at 10 a.m.
The coordinators expect a national rally to spark local antiwar actions in December. A 40 hour march by 42 500 people will begin at Arlington National Cemetery at 6 pm on November 13. Each marcher will carry a placard naming a serviceman killed in Vietnam or a village said to be destroyed. The procession will proceed single file from the cemetery to the White House and on to the Capitol, about four and a half miles.
A coordinator for the Pro-Nixontions rally says more than 10,000 people will gather around the monument as part of the Week of National Unity. The two offices sit three doors apart in downtown Washington and will distribute kits to spur local action. Veterans groups VFW and American Legion lead organizing efforts with parades and hospital visits planned.
Albert Charles Smith, 38, of Viola, was held in Linn County jail on a drunk driving charge. He was arrested by the Iowa highway patrol at 4 p.m. Saturday two miles north of Midway on Highway 150.
In a candid, controversial exchange, U Thant defends his May 1967 withdrawal of the UN emergency force from the Middle East without Security Council debate. He criticizes critics as nincompoops and distorters and reflects on Prague trip cancellation after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Defense records show at least 410 servicemen held captive and 918 missing in the Vietnam conflict. Mrs Rita Hauser, U S delegate, seeks to urge Hanoi to comply with the 1949 Geneva Conventions through international pressure rather than new resolutions.
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