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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1968
Page
6
The five day period from Saturday to Wednesday is expected to average near normal with highs around 65 to 70 and lows near 41 to 48. Precipitation is limited to a southeast region early, about .2 to .5 inch, while the northwest remains dry. Barometer trends and humidity are noted with regional readings across cities.
Nixon outlined a plan to appoint a chief justice who interprets the Constitution strictly and fairly while leaving lawmaking to Congress. He praised unnamed justices who dissented on criminal suspects cases, including John Harlan Potter Stewart and Byron White, and campaigned in Greenville and Spartanburg with a hardline crime stance.
President Nixon visited Greenville South Carolina to honor former Secretary of State James Byrnes. He was nearly mobbed by thousands of cheering high school students who overwhelmed security, crowded his convertible and cheered as they displayed a Brown Junior High sign greeting Dick Nixon.
U S Attorney General Ramsey Clark is an honored guest on The Joey Bishop Show airing live at 10 30 p m Friday on Channel 9. The program features Clark in a color network presentation.
Fred Bair Jr a Florida planning consultant told Cedar Rapids officials and planners that mobile homes blending into single family neighborhoods should be assessed as real estate and allowed on single lots. He argued buffer zones protect both neighbors and parks and urged varied lot sizes and clearer yard spacing in Cedar Rapids draft ordinances.
The Senate on Friday passed a 1.9 billion foreign aid bill by 44 to 13. Conferees from the House and Senate must draft a compromise though the measure is the smallest foreign aid package on record, yet still 350 million above the House version.
Washington AP report says the Senate confirmed J. R. Wiggins as ambassador to the United Nations by voice vote. President Johnson's nomination was approved along party lines.
John A. Gronouski former postmaster general and ambassador to Poland told reporters before a Democrats event that Humphrey now leads in ten large states according to recent polls. He cited a Democratic National Committee poll showing 58 percent favoring Democratic congressional candidates.
County Attorney Lloyd Humphreys, Republican candidate for Linn County attorney, cites public records showing only nine criminal felony trials in the 1968 fiscal year, with 62 dismissed charges and 176 guilty pleas leading to fines or suspended sentences. He notes 208 of 247 filed felonies did not result in jail, arguing for tougher prosecutions to uphold law and order. He emphasizes low jury trials and calls for more convic tions to deter crime and boost morale among police.
Ora B Hughes 74 of 1557 Park Ave SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a long illness. Born June 9 1894 in Stronghorst Illinois she married Gordon R Hughes February 23 1922 in Iowa City. Survived by husband son Ellis Seibert brother Eldridge Calhoun and two grandchildren Memorial services Monday Chapel of Memories with Very Rev Dominic Loferski. Interment Chapel of Memories. Visiting hours Cedar Memorial funeral home Sunday after noon and Chapel of Memories Monday after 9 AM.
Neil Barton Larimer 38 a Cedar Rapids resident and Sieg Cedar Rapids Auto Supply Co. employee died Friday after a brief illness. Born April 5, 1905 in LaVerne he married Bertha Thompson February 8, 1928 in Peoria Illinois. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs Melvin Jordan of Hiawatha Kansas a son Paul Larimer of Concord California six grandchildren a sister Doris Williams of Algona and a brother Harold Larimer of Shannon City Memorial services will be held at Turner Chapel East at 10:30 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev Patrick Connell. Friends may call at the chapel until 10 a.m. Monday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Word arrived of the death in Oak Ridge Tennessee on Friday of Mrs. Arthur L. Bye age 66 a former Cedar Rapids resident who served as Minnesota secretary of state from 1952 to 1955 Her husband a former Cedar Rapids attorney court reporter and Cedar Rapids school board member survives.
Funeral home Turner Chapel East to hold memorial services for Walter Robert Egelhoff in Dubuque at 12 30 PM Saturday. Burial planned at Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque. Body removed from Turner Chapel East on Friday.
President Johnson formally notified the senate of his withdrawal of Abe Fortas to be chief justice and Homer Thornberry to be an associate justice. Thornberry’s withdrawal signals that a future chief justice nomination will not select a sitting justice.
Humphrey attracts support as Gore calls him the old campaigner rebounded. Mansfield and others expect McCarthy to back Humphrey soon. McCarthy will speak Tuesday for Paul O'Dwyer challenging Senator Javits. Humphrey's turning the corner remark came after a wet West Virginia motorcade. He will stay in Washington two days then attend the World Series in Detroit.
President Johnson met former President Eisenhower at Walter Reed hospital and described him as looking wonderful during a ten minute visit. Eisenhower recovers from his seventh heart attack and Johnson praised him as looking as good as ever.
The Cedar Rapids conference board votes to hire Midwest Appraisal Co. to conduct a citywide property revaluation at 285,200 dollars. Willard A. Stewart, head of Midwest, brings Cedar Rapids and Iowa tax familiarity aiding the choice over lower bids from Cleminshaw and Jacobs. Completion set for late 1971 with new values in 1972.
Drug counts already spent in jail deducted from the sentence. The pair held on $500 bonds each pending Friday release. Breaking and entering charges were dropped. Police Chief Holliday seeks legal advice from the attorney general or state investigators after criticizing a judicial action for the first time in 20 years. Creston lies southwest of Des Moines.
The list records staffing increases across multiple Cedar Rapids institutions and companies. Notable entries include Noelridge primary school 130 percent, Wilson junior high 168 percent, Fillmore and Arthur 140 percent, Johnson 148 percent, Hoover 250 percent, Stamats Publishing 120 percent, and Lincoln elementary 338 percent compared with last year. Helmsmen Inc and ITU local 192 also appear with 150 and 120 percent respectively. Internal Revenue Service employee noted with 115 Lincoln. Klinger Office Supply reports 220 percent.
Roosevelt Richardson and his wife Elizabeth, both of 4506 Mt. Vernon road SE, were jailed on check charges. Roosevelt faced a municipal warrant for false uttering with $110 bond. Elizabeth on a felony warrant with $1,000 bond. Readings cited include a $30 false check to Eagle Food on Aug. 30 and a $40 false check to A and P Food on Sept. 3.
Richard Petska, secretary and traffic manager at the Chamber of Commerce, and Don Tolle, traffic manager at Cherry Burrell, are elected to the board of the Lowe Industrial Traffic League. Lee Hays, traffic manager for Maytag in Newton, is elected president.
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