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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1971
Page
3
The bulletin lists daily highs and overnight lows for multiple cities, notes precipitation totals, and provides an extended Iowa outlook for Thursday to Saturday with cooler temperatures. It includes noon readings, barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, and year-to-date normals and totals for November and 1970.
Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Yorty critiques the Democratic party as not radical enough while condemning fellow Democrats as too liberal. He recalls supporting a 1960 presidential candidate and defends hawkish Vietnam policy views gained from multiple overseas trips.
The Gazette presents a weekly News Quiz in the Living Textbook program. It invites readers of all ages to test their News Quotient, using last week’s questions on page 13 and noting the program’s sponsorship in 90 area schools.
A Pennsylvania farmer once raised a giant pumpkin weighing 240 pounds showcasing extraordinary horticultural ambition. The record stands as a notable example of oversized produce grown in the state.
Cedar Rapids area sees 306 HO scale model rail cars and engines stolen from the Optimist club over the past week. The valued loss is around 2500 dollars. Police report filed Monday by Le land Regal of Marion, adviser to the Junior Optimists train club with 21 members.
Emergency contact list for Cedar Rapids includes Ambulance 366-7654 Mass After Hours 363-5629 Police 398-5353 Sheriff 398-3521 and Fire 398-5343. Other entries show partial digits and unclear labels.
Emma Neal 93 a Cedar Rapids physician who practiced medicine there for 63 years retired in 1966 and died after a long illness. Born 1878 in Louisa County she was a Mercy hospital charter staff member and part of a multi generational medical family. She trained at Keokuk Medical College and opened her practice in 1903 with final rites at Mercy chapel and Mt Calvary. Surviving sister Jessie Lewellin of Kansas City. Burial at Mt Calvary. Wake service by Rev Joseph McGuire at Turner East.
Phillip Francis Carspecken 85 of Meth-Wick Manor died Monday after a brief illness. Born February 8 1886 in Pittsburgh he married Legia Hansen April 24 1907 in Burlington. Former owner operator of Des Moines County Abstract Co. at Burlington he lived in Cedar Rapids last 15 months. Survivors include wife two sons George L Carsnecken Phillip Carspecken Jr two daughters Dorothy Pistorius Constance Keitzer nine grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Cremation committed.
Ethel H. Kieck 65 of 129 Twenty-second street NE Cedar Rapids died early Tuesday in Iowa City after a long illness. Born August 3 1906 in Springfield Nebraska she married Albert Kieck March 30 1928. She worked 1959 1970 at Kieck's department store and was a member of St. Marks Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband a son Robert W. Kieck SpringfieldNebraska siblings and three grandchildren. Services 10 am Wednesday Chapel of Memories with burial in Springfield. Donations to American Cancer Society optional.
Fred F. Busse, 62, of 2227 Twenty-second Street SW, was charged with drunk driving after a highway patrolman arrested him on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids Monday night. He was held in the county jail awaiting arraignment.
A historical note identifies pumpkins as originating in Mexico and the broader Central American region, highlighting the crop's ancient cultivation and spread in pre-Columbian times.
Carrie A Mikolasko 88 widow of Peter Mikolasko of 1231 Nye Ave NE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a short illness Born in Spesov Czechoslovakia June 14 1883 she came to the United States in 1907 She was a member of Matice Skolska and Cesky Vlastenky Surviving daughters Mrs Louis Thenhaus Cedar Rapids and Mrs Paul Gardner Van Nuys Calif four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Services Thursday at 1 30 pm Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West conducted by Rev William B Harnish Friends may call after 7 pm Tuesday at the funeral home west
Siegfried George Tonne 74 of 1212 F Avenue NE died after a long illness. Born March 3 1897 in Clarence he married Minnie E. Collins March 13 1967 in Mt. Vernon. He served in the VFW and American Legion and leaves two daughters Lavere Stoneking Foreston Ill Vivian Batchelder Marion a son Marvin Towne Clinton eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services at Turner Chapel East at 3 p m Wednesday officiated by Rev Raymond E Hearn First Presbyterian Mt. Vernon. Graveside rites by VFW Post 788 at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel East.
Memorial services and burials listed for Schlack Frank B Chester Morgan Edgar James G Dobry Martha Pearl Wentworth Robert Edward Neuman Andrea K Lewis. Services held at multiple chapels and churches with Cedar Memorial Cemetery and Linwood Cemetery as final resting places. Arrangements by Turner chapel east and west with clergy from St. Pauls St. Johns First Lutheran and Calvary Baptist. Open casket not allowed for Andrea K Lewis.
The article notes that a century ago the average American worked about 65 percent more hours weekly than today, while current weekly hours have declined to roughly 40 percent of those earlier levels.
Merchants National Bank was the low bidder on 974000 in notes sold by the City of Cedar Rapids to fund the Neighborhood Development Program urban renewal project. The 2.65 percent rate was the lowest among six bidders. the city will forward the proposal to HUD for review before final acceptance.
Chinese officials declare China will not be first to use nuclear weapons and promote a non aligned world order. They demand U S troop withdrawals from Taiwan and Korea while backing Palestinian and Latin American seaward claims. China casts first U N vote condemning chrome import from Rhodesia amid U S policy clash.
In Pasadena AP reports Mariner 9’s orbiting craft sent 32 pictures from 850 miles up while infrared instruments detected silicate material on Mars and a 12 degree Fahrenheit warm spot. Guido Munic suggests terrain may pierce haze for solar heating. Rudolph Hanel notes uncertainty whether silicates are surface or atmospheric.
Collins Radio Co officials say the contract settlement for about 3 500 IBEW members at the Cedar Rapids plant is within Phase II guidelines and no federal wage board action is expected. The pact took effect Sunday and raises compensation about six percent, approved Saturday by roughly 70 votes from about 1 600 union members.
Tropical storm Laura stalled south of Cuba with 70 mph winds and heavy rain. Cuba evacuated 10,500 people in Pinar del Rio as forecasters warned of floods and dangerous seas. the storm threatened Havana, the Gulf of Batabano and Zapata peninsula while moving slowly northeast toward Florida.
Federal suits filed in Cedar Rapids court name Duane and Phyllis Engler of Randalia and a Cedar Falls couple. The government claims unpaid federal income taxes for 1963 and 1964 totaling $4,827 plus interest. Englers allegedly owe $4,292 on promissory notes from 1967 and 1968.
Kirkwood Community College opens registration for a January lawn and turf program running Jan 4 through 29. The 140 hour course covers turfgrass varieties management chemicals fertilizers and related topics for golf course workers greens keepers and lawn developers. Tuition is 100 with private housing arranged for Cedar Rapids stay.
An anecdotal note describes Puritans enforcing a curfew in the early American colonies, reflecting social control practices of the period.
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