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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1967
Page
7
Highs and lows across towns with overnight temps and rainfall totals. Community obituaries list ages and service times for residents including Emil Hanson Bakke Han and Marvin L Bohr with church details and burial plans.
Police report Jones failed to stop for a stop sign then sped east on Ninth street and evaded officers by entering an alley. He was held in lieu of bond. The notice lists numerous individuals fined for traffic violations including disobeying signals and speeding.
Larry Hrdlicka and three others were injured in a two car collision on Coe Road near Ely Road. Lt Cmdr Arnheiter, relieved of command of the radar picket ship Vance, faced allegations of misconduct and improper leadership style. Secretary Ignatius upheld the decision with no change in assignment.
Burglars took about 70 in automotive tuning gear from the Bill Damon Oil Co station at 101 F avenue NW. Police found a restroom door ajar and a hole in the wall. the hole was enlarged by morning. Missing items: a timing light and a dwell meter, each valued at 35.
In Veneta Oregon AP report, Mrs. Duke woke to smoke as a cat jumped on her head guiding her to safety with her baby. Firefighters arrived to find the house a total loss. The Duke children were elsewhere. the husband was at work. Mrs. Duke vowed lifelong reward for the cat.
An AP dispatch notes Red China’s Kwangtung province ordered mothers to limit births to two children. A traveler from the mainland says Shun Tak county pamphlets urge birth control as crowding and food problems grow. An added ad line appears unrelated to the policy report.
Leroy Williams of 714 Third Street SW reported a break in between 8 am and 7 pm Friday. A fiddle a mandolin and an electric guitar were stolen valued at 230 dollars. Evergreen wreaths 2 50 cemetery mounds 7 dollars. Pier son s Florists open Sunday 1800 Ellis Blvd NW Adv.
U S Ambassador W Averell Harriman met Pakistan President Ayub Khan in Rawalpindi to discuss regional and global issues including the Middle East and Vietnam.
A tornado struck Huntsville Friday causing minor property damage and injuring at least six people. It missed Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center by about ten miles, leveled one house and ripped the tools from two others.
Edward E. Worthy aged 41 of Clinton died Friday night when the car he was working on slipped off a jack and fell on him.
Two men in a late model red pickup pulled into Byron E. Yeaman’s Hawkeye Downs Deep Rock station at 4713 Sixth Street SW. One man entered the store while Yearian serviced the truck and $300 disappeared from the desk drawer.
A 69 year old Cedar Rapids man Floyd T Baker died at Mercy hospital after his car collided nearly head on with a truck driven by Robert K Liebbe of Rock Island Ill near Mt Vernon road and Eighth avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Baker had been a pressman at Stamats Publishing Co for 23 years and was a World War I veteran. He is survived by his wife two daughters a son two sisters a brother and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Monday at the Chapel of Memories with Rev Richard T Wagner officiating. Military services and cremation will follow. Burial details and visitation rules are listed. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or First Congregational church memorial fund.
Police investigated a robbery at a service station where $466 in money was taken from an open filing cabinet. A man arrived on foot, was told not to call police, then fled on foot. Detectives found coveralls and the money changer with coins behind the service station. the money bags and $466 were missing.
Police recovered a 130 pound headstone stolen from Oswald's grave in Bartlesville Oklahoma. It was turned over by an intermediary to Bartlesville police after two local teenagers admitted involvement. The stone will be sent back to Fort Worth for reburial.
Pack 13 honored Dennis Corbett Dale Franck Donnie Goetsch Mark Anderson and Dan Kinley Thursday at Fillmore School with awards for service and achievement in scouting.
Obituaries note the deaths of The Rev. Oscar Frederick Melchert 70 and Ray B. Hamilton 65. Melchert a Cedar Rapids pastor born 1897 in Ryan educated at multiple seminaries and churches, survived by his wife and three children with several grandchildren. Hamilton a former Link-Belt employee born 1902 in White Pigeon Michigan, survived by his wife two daughters a son siblings and many grandchildren. Details give service times and burial at local cemeteries with calling hours prior.
Emma Chasteen age eight of Flora Illinois died early Saturday after a brief illness. She was born February 7 1882 in Lebanon Indiana and married Harlan Chasteen in Flora on July 3 1907. Survived by three daughters and two sons, six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and two brothers. Body taken from Hesser Memorial chapel to Cardascio Hancock funeral home Flora for services and burial Tuesday.
Homer Partridge 9, of 420 Sixth Street SE died Friday after a brief illness. A Cedar Rapids resident for 12 years he was born in Dennison on Sept 4 1877 and operated a clothing store there. Survived by wife Hazel Bauman Partridge two sons Richard Marion Milton seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services at Brush Chapel 10 a.m. Monday by Rev William Harnish. Burial Walker Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the chapel.
Schwengel argues that proper help could make farmers rich and reduce communist support. He claims the military effort creates more enemies through continuous bombing and shelling. Hubert McClelland, charged in Gladys Swab's June 21 death, is back at Anamosa hospital for further psychiatric review after a venue change from Benton. He is also suspected in the killings of Leland and Garith Skoog, with Tama County authorities not yet filing charges.
Two Cedar Rapids youths Ronald D. Glaus 20 and Michael D. O'Brien 18 were arrested at 4 14 a m Saturday on minor beer possession charges. They were stopped in the 200 block of Third Street NE and found with beer. O'Brien posted 30 bond and was released. Glaus was held overnight on bond and released on his own recognizance.
Schwengel criticizes the use of military power for pacification in South Vietnam. He plans a report recommending shifting civil development programs to the U S aid mission and restricting the military to security for peasants. He calls for reduced size and violence of military operations.
Dr. Harry Groves, president of Central State University in Wilberforce Ohio, announced his resignation at a hastily called news conference. He said the resignation would take effect in six months after a period of violent campus unrest prompted by black power advocates and a partial campus closure.
Two 20 year old Coe college students were arrested in the 100 block of Twelfth Street SE shortly after 1 am Saturday on fighting charges. Thomas F Hall allegedly attempted to assault several persons with a broken pen battle and John H Kelly was accused of trying to strike someone with a billy club. Both were held in the city jail in lieu of bond.
The Christian Farmers Assn of Iowa begins its eighth annual Crusade for Christ at the Legion building on Thursday, running through December 3. Evangelist Richard Green, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, leads nightly meetings from 7:30 to 9. The group, founded in 1951, gathers farmers and others from 18 denominations and supports a missionary in South America’s Auca Indian territory.
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