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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1961
Page
2
Sunday temperature range forecast with high and low notes, precipitation figures, and a long list of obituaries with multiple names and service details for various towns and churches. Includes five day outlook, normals, and barometer readings, followed by extensive birth and death notices and local notices on services across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
The Kenwood shopping area gains a plan for two rows of parallel parking on the south side of First Avenue E. Public Improvements Commissioner Stolba says the design improves on last week’s proposal, increasing parking from 11 to 16 cars with entry at Thirty-second Street SE and exit near the old Kenwood library. A false curb shields parked cars from First Avenue traffic. The state Highway Commission urged removal of angle parking, while Kenwood merchants protested the earlier changes.
Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem will resume December 11 as Israel confirms the final phase. The judges prepare to read a 300 page judgment, hear pleas from Israel's Gideon Hausner and defense counsel Robert Servatius, provide Eichmann's final statement, and deliver the sentence over about ten days.
The city council rejected six rezoning petitions including B-1 to B-1 neighborhood shopping and R-1 to R-1 at Mt Vernon Forty second St SE. A cemetery access permit was tabled as City Attorney studies a possible B-2 change and broader authority to issue a special permit.
West Union resident 84 year old Fred Van Nordstrand sustained a broken hip after a fall at his home on Sunday. He was treated locally for injuries and is listed in stable condition.
Cape Canaveral AP reports a selected chimpanzee will fly in a Project Mercury capsule for three orbits around the world in 414 hours on Wednesday to study effects of spaceflight on mental faculties and behavior before a human mission. NASA will name the chimp on Tuesday and the mission could precede human flights within weeks.
In Nahant Massachusetts police discovered the body of Richard Girard 23 father of three behind a nailed closet door in a basement party scene. Ronald Dunajski 21 tenant and landscaper admitted to injections and claimed he moved Girard after a possible overdose. Bail set at 25000 with case continued to December 14. Dr Jannino noted needle marks and organ samples to Harvard for analysis.
At Vandenberg Air Base California a Titan missile worth $2 million automatically aborted one second before a planned launch after an electronic computer detected a potential fault. The Air Force said the attempted launch was canceled for technical reasons and was not immediately rescheduled.
Edward Fiala 65 lifelong Troy Mills resident died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born Jan 1 1896 near Ely he married Pearl Zeller June 27 1927 at Walker. Survived by son Max daughter Mrs Harold Novotny sister Mrs Anna Dvorak and 3 grandchildren. Service Wednesday 2 p m Troy Mills Methodist church burial in Troy Mills cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch funeral home Walker after 11 a m Tuesday.
Secretary of Commerce Hodges forecast a brisk Christmas buying season and near record retail sales for December. The prediction signals strong consumer demand and healthy holiday shopping activity across major retailers in the coming weeks.
Bowles, shifting from a congressional bid, aided Kennedy’s campaign and may take a high policy role, while Ball backing Adlai Stevenson remains a long-time government hand with past roles in Farm Credit, Treasury, lend-lease, and strategic bombing survey. Bowles’ suitability for day-to-day diplomacy is disputed as he seeks long-range policy work.
Joseph Pelisek a Cedar Rapids native born October 17 1884 of Czech origin died after a brief illness. He worked at Wilson and Company for many years and farmed near Marion. Survived by wife Fannie Kubalek Pelisek two daughters Mrs Albert Krizek of Marion and Mrs Lester Horak Cedar Rapids route 2 three sons Fred George Cedar Rapids Joseph Jr Monmouth Illinois 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 1 30 pm at the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Cemetery with Rev Milton R Vogel of St Pauls Methodist Church officiating. Friends may call Brush chapel Tuesday and Chapel of Memories Wednesday morning.
LeRoy Forney of 607 Jave NW Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness. Born November 29, 1880 in Iowa he married Emma Zimmerman December 9 1925 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by his wife a stepson Sam D Zimmerman of Lisbon and half brother John E Forney of Minneapolis. Member of Bethany Congregational church. Services at Turner Chapel 1:30 Wednesday led by Rev. Mary White. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
Frances Elizabeth Skvor widow of Peter Skvor of 2399 Twenty-fourth Ave SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a sudden illness. Born December 2, 1915 in Brooklyn Iowa she had lived in Cedar Rapids 32 years. Her husband died in 1953. Surviving are a son David Paul Skvor of Camp Carson Colorado and her father John F. [name truncated in source].
A Davenport resident and her sister Mrs. Franklin Rain bolt of Cedar Rapids will have services at Turner chapel at a time to be announced.
Mrs. Frank Lackner, a former Cedar Rapids resident and registered nurse, died Tuesday in Chicago. She was a Washington High School graduate. Services were held Friday. Survived by her husband and daughter Lois, both in Chicago.
Donald E. Dugan, 40, a va grant, forged a payroll check with a numbering machine for 83.64 payable to himself and signed Raymond W. Sanford. The check drew on a Dubuque firm that had closed. He passed it in a Cedar Rapids shoe store. manager alerted police after contacting the Dubuque firm. Dugan, a Menard state prison parolee, was arrested in a tavern and faces district court arraignment on uttering a forged instrument. FBI agents joined the investigation.
In Topeka Kansas the Topeka Rocket Society teens fired a white mouse about 1500 feet into the air from an abandoned quarry west of the city. Ned Nuss, 16, designed the rocket. The capsule opened on schedule and the mouse parachuted to ground. Winds pushed it about a half mile from the launch site as members and spectators watched from bunkers. This was the group’s second attempt, the first ending in a fatality when the mouse was killed after an earlier explosion.
Zorin of the Soviet Union denounces U S efforts to dominate the committee that plans a space science conference. He argues the vote rule favors Western members and calls for fair representation for all three blocs. He notes 12 Western, 7 Socialist members among the 24.
Readers across cities react to President Kennedy's push for social policy and regional White House conferences. Letters praise grassroots democracy and criticize government programs while others debate socialism, public funding, and proposed cooperative takeovers. Noted voices include a St Louis doctor, Nashville speakers, Chicago advocates, and a Denver critic, with concerns about tax funding and private sector investment.
Atom Bank reaction frames the Geneva talks as unlikely to progress. The Soviet statement urges all nuclear powers to refrain from tests during negotiations and invites France to join the ban talks. It outlines four articles banning atmospheric tests, seeking mutual detection systems, and opening the accord to other states after signature by USSR USA Britain and France.
Citizens vent on sending stamps for a contest as senders must supply their own postage. The remark captures public frustration over the process and cost burdens in a local civic effort.
Terry Jo Duperrault the sole survivor of the ketch Bluebelle will return to Green Bay Monday night to reunite with relatives, a family spokesman said. She, age 11, was orphaned in the November sea tragedy that claimed her parents and siblings and led to the captain Julian Harvey's death by suicide. She left Mercy Hospital in Miami and traveled via Chicago to Milwaukee, where she was kept in seclusion before the trip home.
Leo Ford 18 was listed in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a gunshot wound to the thigh. He was admitted Sunday.
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