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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1971
Page
3
The daily weather outlook predicts decreasing clouds from Wednesday to Friday with mainly clear skies and seasonable highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. Notices cover local births and marriages, traffic fines, and public safety alerts with numerous entries on city dam levels, wind, barometer readings, and regional events across Iowa communities.
Connally said a Senate committee may accept language allowing raises that align with pay board policies. He noted potential settlement on Phase 2 controls over interest rates not frozen in the 90 day clamp. The Patman amendment’s wording could be clarified to reflect administration wishes. Construction unions say wage hikes, averaging around 10 percent, are final per the Nixon committee.
Board members and the county auditor may need to dip into personal funds to cover conservation board debts at Pini con Ridge Buffalo Creek and Morgan Creek parks. A county attorney warned Iown law makes them liable for these debts even without payroll. If 31,000 dollars from the federal government is not received by year end, the board would be in the red even after selling a conservation board grader. Last year a large federal payment arrived on December 29.
Col Truman Smith the US military attache in Berlin said Col Charles A. Lindbergh served as a US secret agent during Hitler’s rise to power and secured a pre-war survey of the Nazi Luftwaffe.
Beulah Sarah Graff wife of Chester Graff 949 Nineteenth Avenue SW died unexpectedly Monday Born December 25 1922 in LaCrosse Wis She married May 22 1959 in Waukon She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Surviving husband a daughter Eugenia G Myron Cedar Rapids a sister Burness A McBain La Crosse 11 grandchildren Services at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 3 p m Wednesday Rev Gary Kirschke Burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at Turner Chapel West until 9 p m Tuesday and at the church Wednesday from 10 a m until 2 55 p m Casket will not be opened after the service
Mabel May Wilkinson 80 of 1240 Thirty-eighth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a brief illness. Born January 6 1891 in Cedar County she was a member of Cedar Christian church and veterans auxiliaries. Surviving: sons George Secor Long Beach California Howard B Secor Cedar Rapids sister Clara O T he de Maquoketa seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m Tuesday Beatty Bearle Chapel Rev Neville G Clayton burial Rosehill Cemetery Mechanicsville. Friends may call Beatty Bearle's after 6 p.m.
Joseph Maxa 80 of 1062 F avenue NW died Sunday after a brief illness. Born May 31 1891 in Cedar Rapids he was a lifelong resident and a retired Williams and Hunting Co. employee. A World War I veteran and Hanford American Legion post life member he is survived by sister Mary Martin St Petersburg Fla and brother Wendell Maxa Cedar Rapids. Services Wednesday 1030 am at Janeba Kuba funeral home west with Rev Arthur Frankhauser Salem United Methodist Church burial Czech National Cemetery with military graveside by Hanford American Legion post. Friends may call after 7 pm Monday at the funeral home.
Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty owns a plastic sack of Nebraska mud presented by Jim Stewart, a Nebraska-born resident. Stewart called it the slipperiest substance on earth and said it could slow political opponents, though Yorty joked he would save it for later.
Residents protest to parliament representatives over driving instructors using Trinity road for lessons. Learner cars skid to an emergency stop, triggering windows open responses and phone line interference from engine revs according to local residents and Donald Thompson the telephone operator.
Mote infant Brad Mote son of Mr and Mrs Eric Mote 442 Ninth avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at birth on Sunday The family includes twin Chad grandparents William H Mote and Willard Ehrman Cedar Rapids great grandparents Elsie Ehrman Amana and Joseph McMahon Cedar Rapids Private cremation services were held Monday afternoon Turner chapel west in charge
Ferris R. Simpson 62 a former Cedar Rapids attorney who moved to Scottsdale Arizona about 20 years ago died Wednesday Services were held Saturday in Scottsdale for the Cedar Rapids native Survivors include his wife Barbara a daughter Mrs Jerry Myers and two grandchildren all of Cedar Rapids
Mabelle Mott, 84, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday in Corona California. She lived in Cedar Rapids for 50 years before moving to California in 1959. No immediate Cedar Rapids area survivors are named.
Memorial services for Charles Parour at Brush chapel 10 30 am Tuesday by Rev A T Washington with burial at Czech National where Hanford Post American Legion will conduct military services. Mabel A Bramer at Turner chapel west 10 30 am Tuesday by Rev Stephen Root with burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Maquoketa.
M P Sparling a Cedar Rapids native and former Quaker Oats employee died Saturday in Mesa Arizona at age 65 He had moved to Mesa four years ago and is survived in Eastern Iowa by his stepdaughter Charlotte Benischek of Marion Masonic rites are set for Friday at 10 30 a m at the Chapel of Memories with graveside services in Manchester
The AFL-CIO signals heavy funding to back the Democratic presidential contender and pressures Nixon over wage controls. A Meany aide says the labor federation seeks to force action against the Pay Board or shift control to the Cost of Living Council. The plan aims to weaponize labor’s stance against Nixon.
Court notes federal rules cap combined state workmen compensation and social security disability at eighty percent of prior earnings. In 1970, about 1.41 million disabled workers and 1.151 million dependents received social security disability benefits. Congress shifted from a full offset in 1956 to the 1965 current law after repeal in 1958.
Raymond Oldham of Cedar Rapids sues in U S district court seeking 10495 judgment from Davenport pair Ella Oldham and Burton Fagan under the Consumers Protection Act for alleged illegal wage garnishment of three weeks totaling 495 last July. He also seeks 5000 for alleged damage to reputation and 5000 in exemplary damages.
Meany asserts the convention will pressure President Nixon to drop federal wage controls, aiming to force a stand on the Pay Board. Humphrey accuses the White House of trying to paint labor leaders as disrespectful, while Jerry Lewis quips about staying seated during the session.
A well dressed young man entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Sunday afternoon pulled a gun and stole $40. The quick heist occurred as visitors and staff were present prompting an immediate police response. No injuries were reported.
In Rio pedestrians and drivers duel at downtown intersections with military police as referee. Light turns red and green as walkers perform bullfighter and Nureyev styles to outpace cautious motorists. Accidents are rare and etiquette prevails in this motorized urban crossing sport.
Vernon Lundquist 42 of 5037 First avenue SW named Iowa state superintendent of printing, effective January 18. Former Waterloo resident, now Cedar Rapids since eight and a half years, with Stamats Publishing Co. Lundquist will replace retiree J. C. Moore and starts December 6, with full duties when the general services department takes over in January. He will move his family to Des Moines.
Testimony recounts soldiers engaging the enemy while noncombatants were in danger. The pilot reportedly moved civilians to a bunker and warned others not to harm them. Officers Henderson Barker and others were present. investigation ordered and later reports filed. Forsythe and Norris defended Henderson's character.
The U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution naming 25 hard core least developed nations. Afghanistan Bhutan Botswana Burundi Chad Dahomey Ethiopia Guinea Haiti Laos Lesotho Malawi Maldives Mali Nepal Niger Rwanda Sikkim Somalia Sudan Tanzania Uganda Upper Volta Western Samoa Yemen. The list, compiled by the E S Council committee, uses criteria of literacy at 20 percent or less, per capita GDP at $100 or less, and manufacturing contributing 10 percent or less of GDP.
A $120000 malpractice case refiled by Mr and Mrs Raymond F Mahoney against Dr Francis Flannery Dr John Walker and St Luke s Hospital over their son Michael born March 29 1967. They had dismissed the original suit in June 1971 for technical reasons and refiled in Linn district court Friday alleging asymmetrical skull from alleged negligence.
Union members across Ottumwa and Waterloo staged walkouts protesting Nixon’s pay board and welfare of workers. Leaders claimed profits rose 69 to 117 percent year to date despite 25 cent raises. wages grew 5.6 percent while productivity climbed 5.8 percent since 1970.
Iowa meat cutters union members staged one day strikes in multiple cities including Dubuque Sioux City Council Bluffs Estherville Ottumwa Mason City Des Moines and Waterloo The protests referenced Phase 2 of President Nixon s economic plan and urged AFL CIO action toward a possible national work stoppage to regain wage increases lost during the pay freeze The federation used conference calls from Patrick Gorman international secretary treasurer to rally members during its Miami convention period.
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