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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1968
Page
6
Five day forecast indicates temperatures in Iowa 9 to 13 degrees below normal for Thursday through Monday with highs 66 to 73 and lows 43 to 50. Chance of precipitation mainly east, about one to three tenths inch extreme northeast. west portion expected dry. High Tuesday and other readings listed for several cities, barometer and humidity data provided.
Birth announcements list daughters for McDaniel Fleming Craig Bleymeyer Werneburg and others. Divorces include Hepker Linderwell Neal Hulsebus Sutterfield Sarchett with addresses. Brief crime and traffic fines noted. Obituary notices and funeral details follow with several services across towns.
The article notes multiple births beyond twins, citing sextuplets with limited survivals. It references records of sextuplets in 1963 and 1953 in Mexico, and octuplets in 1967 and 1963, outlining high infant mortality. Hormone fertility treatments are linked to several recent multiple-birth cases.
The Citizens' Advisory Committee for the Public Schools plans a two hour bus tour of old Fillmore Taylor and Hoover schools next Tuesday starting at 10 am from the First Avenue bridge. About 200 community leaders are invited to promote the Oct 14 bond issue of 5.9 million dollars for the replacement program. Reservations close Thursday. call 365 9164.
Nixon argues for a shift from welfare to individual opportunity starting in childhood. He warns that negotiations could fail if a new administration appears or hints of its actions. He pledges to curb Johnson era regulation and push an independent study of financial institutions and investor protections.
Fifty five signers criticize Linn county plans to grant access to Harold Ross land from the Edgewood road extension north of the proposed bridge. They argue the road is limited access and the extra access would serve undeveloped land and offer no real benefit. They favor access via Emerson Avenue and note existing Ross family access via Glass road and a county dead end to Duncan Ross residence.
A Linn district court jury awarded Frank D. and Adora Jones 77500 for 12.7 acres taken for widening Highway 149 into four lanes. The case, first heard in 1963, followed prior verdicts of 48500 and 68750 plus a Supreme Court remand for retrial due to jury instruction issues.
Joseph Vondracek of Cedar Rapids filed a $25,000 suit against Robert Lawlor manager of Crocker Claims Service Cedar Rapids. He alleges Lawlor failed to inform him of a two year statute of limitations for an auto crash case. The injury occurred July 1 1965 when his car was rear ended by Lillian Krizek at Sixth Avenue and C Street SW.
Paris AP reports French Foreign Minister Michel Debre denounced the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces on Wednesday.
Hubert Humphrey denounces political extremists and attacks George Wallace by citing Wallace’s Alabama record. He asserts dangers from hate rhetoric and disobedience to courts, contrasts Wallace with law and order, and highlights Alabama taxes and education funding as proof of misgovernance. He notes Alabama sales tax, low wages, and poor workers’ compensation.
The article lists multiple union and company labor groups with gains against last year. FMC-Link-Belt Speeder UAW 299 106 percent, DeWoody Co 138 percent, Woolworth 138.5 percent, Souvenir Pen and Pencil 120.2 percent, Linn-Mar high school 196 percent, city assessor's office 114 percent, city planning commission 117 percent, Gazette Co. with Typographical 192 Press men 104 Mailers 125 Stereotypers 89 reporting 128.8 percent of last year.
Dr. Olympio Pinto of a Brazilian university, speaking at USC, says a 10 year study links missing or misaligned teeth to hearing loss. He cites jaw inflammation spreading from the jaw hinge to the skull base and affecting nearby structures that influence the ear.
Lifelong Cedar Rapids resident Elsie Margrethe May born December 28 1901 died Wednesday at 2507 Indiana Street SW She was married December 23 1919 in Sparland Illinois Survived by husband two daughters DeLite Sharp and Joy Gerber eight grandchildren one great grandchild and sister Marie Stanfield Sparland Illinois Memorial services at First Lutheran Church Friday at noon Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery Visitation Turner Chapel East until 9 p.m. Thursday and at the church 9:30 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. Friday Casket will not be opened after the service.
Andrew Nelson Turner and Olive Eva Berry are scheduled for services at Turner Chapel East and Turner Chapel West on Thursday at 1 30 p m and 3 p m respectively. Rev John M Jensen and Rev Ernest W Larson will officiate with cremation cremation or committal to follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
A prolonged standoff outside a Shropshire home features James refusing to surrender while police deploy tents lights and vehicles. Relatives visit the two story house and a psychiatrist urges withdrawal as the siege costs taxpayers about 1200 per day. James rejects aid and even his children mock authorities from attic windows.
Des Moines AP reports Secretary of State Melvin Lynhurst predicts 1,240,000 Iowans will vote in the November 5 general election, about 75 percent of the 1,650,000 eligible voters, placing turnout as the third highest in state history.
A compact low cost want ad invites readers to place quick sell notices for unwanted items. The line emphasizes speed and economy for moving yard sale leftovers and personal belongings.
Washington report surveys how Negroes, Afro-Americans, colored people, and blacks are viewed. It notes a shift toward black among youth while older individuals prefer colored people, with Negro as a safe default when pronounced knee-grow.
Liberia's President William Tubman urges soberness and common sense over violence during his nine day state visit to Kenya. He spoke at a luncheon hosted by President Jomo Kenyatta and compared African upheavals to weather with stormy periods and sunshine.
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