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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1962
Page
3
A city weather forecast notes considerable cloudiness with drizzle in western areas and mild temperatures. The issue lists numerous births marriages and deaths along with civil notices and local court actions including fines and driving violations. It also cites several funeral services and remembrances across towns like Davenport Marion and Cedar Rapids.
A Municipal Court Police Division note records numerous individuals cited for speeding and other infractions. Fines are listed, ranging from ten to twenty five dollars plus costs, with numerous defendants including Otto Blackwell, Joseph Phennicie Jr, Leo Hollenbeck, and many others across Marion and nearby locales.
The board examined $500 surety bonds for constables Charles Bulicek and Alvin Teigeler after Bulicek was found to have missed fee reports. Discussion covered state reporting requirements and past efforts to appoint Teigeler as constable. Two JPs and both constables will take office Jan. 1 with county salaries tied to criminal work. civil fines go to the county.
The Gazette began publication in 1883 on third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa offering daily and Sunday editions with Class Postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The notice lists rates by carrier and mail. By carrier: 45 cents weekly. By mail: night edition six issues one dollar. ten issues and year options. Afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues cost one dollar twenty cents per month or twelve dollars yearly. In Iowa border states thirteen fifty? actually seventeen dollars fifty cents yearly for other states and U S territories two dollars and fifty? a year. No mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service.
The Associated Press share granted for exclusive republication of all local items printed in this newspaper alongside AP dispatches. The agreement ensures wide distribution of community news and national reports through the paper's pages.
The city council removed one proposed paving project from the 1963 plan after a public hearing, leaving 37 projects for next year. The cut project was Avenue NE from Twenty-ninth to Thirty-second streets as support fell below 50 percent. A petition to limit work to Twenty-ninth to Thirty-first was filed too late. The program retains Cottage Grove Avenue SE from the end of existing paving to Thirty-fourth Street despite under-half ownership, due to maintenance concerns on a steep hill. Contract letting is set for December 17.
Wilma G Potter 35 a Cedar Rapids resident wife of E R Potter of East Post road died in New York City Saturday after a long illness. Born February 11 1908 at Oelwein she married in Cedar Rapids in 1928. Surviving are her husband a daughter Phyllis Smith of Leawood Kansas two sons Harry R Potter of Columbus Ohio and Stephen C Potter of Lansing Michigan a brother Warren G Walrath of Oelwein three sisters Ethel Thomas Denver Esther Davis Mason City and Elizabeth King Oelwein and five grandchildren. She was a Methodist. Services Thursday at Turner chapel at 2 30 burial Cedar Memorial. The casket will not be opened.
Sergeant Orval Dye formerly of Center Point will end army service December 31 at Fort Lewis Washington after joining in 1942. He spent about five years in the medical corps and the last 15 years in military police with overseas service in England and Korea. He and his family will reside in Ashford Washington after retirement. The article also notes home leaves for sailors and soldiers and outlines Christmas leave policy for recruits entering in early December.
Actor James Mason and his estranged wife conferred in Santa Monica court for an hour. Mason agreed to provide her five thousand dollars monthly as temporary support.
Antonina Capek Jasinski widow of Zygmunt Jasinski died at her Cedar Rapids home Sunday. Born in Poland March 11 1891 she came to Cedar Rapids in 1912. Surviving are two daughters Mrs William Gerdes Tucson and Mrs Harry Elias Moline two sons Thaddeus Capek and Victor Capek Cedar Rapids six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two daughters and a son preceded her in death. Member of St Wenceslaus church. Services Thursday at 8 45 Kuba funeral home and St Wenceslaus church with Rt Rev Msgr Anthony W Chihak burial in St Johns. Msgr Chihak to recite Rosary Wednesday at the funeral home where friends may call after.
Anna Boyle widow of Daniel F. Boyle and lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Monday. Born March 14 1881 she was predeceased by her husband who died May 9 1952. Survived by two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 11 Wednesday with funeral announcements to follow.
Dickeson Orrin FE Turner chapel service at 1 30 Wednesday by Rev D A Loferski burial Cedar Memorial. Nelson A Fink Turner chapel at 3 Wednesday by Rev Leonard Deaver burial Lisbon. John J O Keefe Wednesday at 9 Brush chapel 9 30 St Patrick s church by Rev Robert J McDonald burial Mt Calvary.
Iowa City driver Stanley Evans of Central Ready Mix Concrete Co. escaped a blazing cab Tuesday morning by leaping clear as the truck ignited at the Madison and Burlington street intersection. The gas tank blew, flames reaching 25 feet, scorching a nearby car owned by Mrs. Robert Davis.
In Middleboro Kentucky a boulder shows a disc embedded in a rough stone with the letters K V and T cut into it to denote the trio of states meeting at Tri State Peak. The landmark marks where Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee converge.
District Judge E B Shaw of Oelwein found Phillip Timp and his son Gerald of Ossian in contempt of court. He ordered a jail term unless they open a dam to block Ossian sewage plant flow, a rule they had 48 hours to comply with after a prior injunction. The Timps have appealed to the supreme court.
Nineteen deer have been killed by cars this fall in Winneshiek County authorities said Tuesday. The latest was a 100 pound doe struck by a car driven by Mrs. Kenn Kettleson, 38, of rural Decorah, on highway 9 late Monday.
Robert P. McGill, 47, of 415 Sixth Street SW, appeared in district court Monday on a second offense drunk driving charge and was given until Friday to plead. He was arrested Saturday at 3 50 p m after running a red light at Eighteenth Street and Sixteenth Avenue SW, narrowly missing a patrol car. His previous offense occurred in Johnson County January 26 1957.
Jo Anna Chipokas of 3011 Twelfth Avenue SE filed a 10412 damage suit in district court Monday against Robert Rosenthal of Cedar Rapids for neck and arm injuries from a two car collision on Mt Vernon Road SE on September 15.
John Wentland Jr., 26, of 529 Thirtieth Street Drive SE, pled guilty to gross frauds and cheats Monday and received a suspended 90 day sentence in the county jail. The court dropped a false uttering of a check charge, accepting the guilty plea to the lesser violation.
Franklin E. Venetious aged 58 of 11044 Eleventh Avenue SE pleads innocent in district court to larceny of a motor vehicle. He is accused of taking a 1961 car from Baxter Motors of Cedar Rapids on November 10 while a former Baxter employee.
Arnold Wunsch dismissed his damage suit against Kenneth G. Twehtmann, who then dismissed a counter suit against Wunsch in Linn district court on Monday. The actions followed an auto accident involving the two parties.
John Meyer sues Judith D Meyer seeking annulment. The filing names both parties and requests court action to dissolve the marriage.
Eight or 10 masked robbers overpowered two guards at a London airport airline office and escaped with a steel box containing 62,500 pounds in payroll, about 175000 dollars. The raid occurred Tuesday, with the gang fleeing the scene.
Police investigate weekend break in at the Jungle club half of the Gala ballroom. Loot includes 70 to 80 dollars from a juke box 16 dollars from a cigarette machine beer food and canned goods. Entry gained by forcing the front door.
The defense department authorized a 20 000 temporary rise in army manpower by next June 30 raising the total to 980 000 from 960 000. Draft quotas rise from 4 000 this month to 6 000 next month with possible increases to 8 000. The move aims to offset loss of trained personnel as draftees complete service during the Berlin crisis buildup.
A bankruptcy petition was filed in Cedar Rapids federal court by Donald William Bartel operator of the former Fire Detection Service at 1209 Fourth Avenue SE. The business began in October 1959 and ended August 2 this year, with debts of 89359.67 and assets of 7261.28. His wife Mary Annis Bartel also filed, citing debts of 73978.92 and assets of 6961.28, with 300 exempt.
Dr. John Patterson, psychiatrist at Independence State mental hospital, will resign in January to become superintendent of a hospital in Augusta Maine. Patterson earns $22,800 annually and says the Maine job offers lower base pay but adds living expenses and benefits that raise overall income beyond his present salary. He has served three years and directs outpatient services.
Local weather segment by Midwest News Final anchors reports 10 p m Monday through Friday with Dave Carter as commentator.
Moscow says British businessman Greville Wynne has pled guilty to espionage against Russia. Wynne, 45, was arrested in Budapest by Hungarian authorities on November 2 while traveling with an industrial exhibition van and is held in the Soviet Union for a preliminary investigation.
Thant proposed an alternate plan for joint summations by the United States United Soviet Union and Cuba. Mikoyan said the Kennedy Khrushchev agreement paves the way for better U S Cuban relations. Washington insists on strict verification before any pledge to refrain from invasion or weapons.
Alec Dexter senior commercial officer of the British consulate in Chicago will visit Cedar Rapids next Monday and Tuesday. A spokesman for the Foreign Trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce said he will survey import possibilities for British goods in the area. Appointments with him can be arranged through the bureau.
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