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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1964
Page
10
Estimated Monday receipts include 12,030 cattle 10,000 hogs and 700 sheep. Slaughter steers and heifers fell 25 to 75 cents while cows weakened up to $1. spring slaughter lambs steady. Prices show Friday pressure with large runs, high and average weights tracked against prior week.
Nixon addressed Cedar Rapids supporters urging GOP unity as he praised Rep. James Bromwell and Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman. He defended Goldwater’s stance on social security and argued Johnson would undermine the program while stressing the need to balance the budget and strengthen federal programs.
Nixon criticized Senator Goldwater while defending Eisenhower era policy on NATO escalation and civilian access to nuclear options. He accused Goldwater of opposing civil rights legislation, noted support from a large Iowa crowd, and highlighted local youths Harold Doty and Ralph Thoren Jr who were fined for possessing beer as minors.
Hervie F. Lockwood longtime Marion banker died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services set for Monday at 1 30 p m at Murdoch chapel with Rev Lloyd C Kellams. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday after 7 p m. Also notes on local real estate move, shed fire, hospital transfers, Cub Scout awards, and residents listed.
A collision southeast of Manchester left Patrick McElliott 17 with head injuries and a broken arm. His 16 year old companion Candy Miller was treated for minor injuries at the hospital. McElliott’s condition was reported as stabilized while authorities investigated the accident scene.
A survey of area church schedules names multiple congregations and clergy. It lists service times Sunday school worship and occasional sermons and special events for churches including Bethel Baptist Grace Baptist St Josephs Catholic First Baptist Lutheran St Pauls Missouri Synod Free Methodist First Methodist Prairie Chapel First Presbyterian Reformed Presbyterian Church of God Seventh Day United Seventh Day Brethren and related speakers and dates.
Cedar Rapids prices held near Friday’s close with Saturday trades 25 cents below. Bulk 200 to 230 pound butchers brought 14.75 to 15.25 dollars, 300 pound packing sows bid 14.00 to 14.25. Wool values listed: No. 1 at 55 cents, No. 2 at 45 cents.
Police investigate two thefts this week totaling 554 dollars. Sears Roebuck at Lindale Plaza reports three black leather coats with dyed mink collars and 300 dollars of value taken from the ladies fashions department. Syndicate Clothing Co at 207 First Avenue SE reports 14 sweaters valued at 254 dollars taken from the basement, with empty boxes found.
Conroy W. Kinkead 35 of 846 Avenue NE received a 30 day jail sentence on a charge of assault and battery after allegedly striking his wife Rosella on Thursday. Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin ordered the term to run concurrently with a prior sentence and suspended only on this new term.
Classified notes show items for sale including coolers and cattle, with money and vehicles as trade options. The page highlights buyer and seller listings, indicating local market activity and assorted prices in the want ads.
Hubert Humphrey tours California with Sen. Pierre Salinger staging a mock debate to contrast Goldwater and an imagined Nixon as secretary of state. The event frames a hypothetical exchange to spotlight contrasts in 1964 campaign positions and rhetoric.
A three day student uprising at the University of California ended with a pledge to provide a campus area for political activity. About 500 students and police surrounded a campus car holding Jack Weinberg for 32 14 hours. He was not to be prosecuted for trespassing. Police supplied sandwiches and drinks through the windows.
The Los Angeles Times announced its endorsement of Barry Goldwater. It notes its independent Republican stance and historic pattern of not endorsing Democrats, after previously backing Nelson Rockefeller in the California convention votes.
New York AP report says dock workers began returning to work after a two day walkout spanning Maine to Texas as a 10 day federal restraining order held. The International Longshoremen's Association planned to challenge an 80 day cooling off period under Taft Hartley Act with a hearing set for next Thursday.
Two fire alarms at St Luke's hospital on Friday night and Saturday morning prompted firefighters. Heat from a basement incinerator set off the sprinkler heads and alarm at 6 49 p.m. A sprinkler system pressure drop later at 12 10 a.m. triggered the alarm but not the sprinklers.
Patrolman Peter W. Rounds, guarding the East high school stadium, said a group of about six teenagers attacked him Friday night. He detained a 16-year-old, booked for juvenile court, while others fled during the scuffle.
Washington AP reports Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa joined 12 other Republicans in voting for the compromise foreign aid authorization bill in the Senate’s 35 15 Friday vote. Sen. Jack Miller was not recorded.
CLARION AP A young pair pled guilty to picking the pocket of a Belmond man as he warmed milk for a baby. Sandy Parker 24 of Gadsden Alabama received five years in the Rockwell City women's reformatory. Thomas Grice 18 of Minneapolis five years in Anamosa men's reformatory. They stopped Sept 10 at the home of Jose Cervantes 72 and stole 540 dollars while milk was being warmed. The couple were arrested later at Manchester. Two children aged four and four months were placed in Wright County juvenile court care.
Three Marshalltown men Howard Stanley Clark Shelton and Lloyd Weltemeyer were indicted by the Fayette county grand jury on charges of criminal assault against a 17 year old West Union girl. Each man was released on $5 000 bond. The incident reportedly occurred while working on a highway project near Oelwein.
Michael A. Hoffman, 21, was fined $50 and costs for a noisy muffler charge. The Gazette corrected a prior error listing his address as 220 Second Street NW. his actual address is 2130 Eighteenth Street SW.
A rummage and bake sale is set for Tuesday October 6 in the basement of 1911 3rd St SW in the Sharon Church Industrial circle. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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