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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1964
Page
3
The report lists daily highs and lows for multiple cities including Bismarck Chicago Denver and Miami with a focus on precipitation figures and October totals. It includes barometer readings humidity at noon wind details sunrise and sunset times and various local notices such as births divorces traffic fines and a list of penalties for traffic violations.
Four masked bandits forced 15 employees and 10 customers to lie on the floor as they gathered three million lire from a Milan suburb bank and fled in a waiting car.
Obituaries list three Iowa deaths with funeral details. Clement Fiedler, 58 from Oelwein, services Saturday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart church. Hans A. Opsahl, 66 from Decorah, services Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran church. Mrs. Ole Osgaard, 64 from Decorah, services noted.
John Andrew Wenner 85 of 700 Fifth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in Iowa City after a long illness. He was born August 26 1879 in Vinton and married Lucy Stevens May 14 1906. Survived by wife two daughters Gladys Odland Esther Graves a son Chester Wenner twelve grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home Saturday at 1 30 p m with Rev Welton Warkentin of First Congregational Church. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 1 p m Friday at the funeral home.
Mary Housman 75 of 813 Seventh Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born August 20 1889 in Louisa County she was widow of John Housman and survived by two daughters, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a sister, and a Cedar Christian church member. Memorial service Saturday at Turner chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial. Hans Jeppe Smith 92 of 1608 D Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday morning after a long illness. Born September 1 1872 in Copenhagen Denmark he leaves a son and a daughter and one grandchild. His wife and two sons preceded him. A member of First Lutheran church Carpenters Union 308 Mt Hermon Masonic lodge Iowa Consistory and El Kabir Shrine. Memorial services planned at Turner chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial.
Frank Novak at l at 2 p.m. Friday burial at Hala cemetery near Walford. Friends may call at the chapel. Joseph T Yanda Janeba Kuba funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday by Rev William B Harnish burial Czech National. Mr Yanda born February 16 1902 in Traer resident of Cedar Rapids since 1928. Surviving sister Mrs Sam Bryan Tama.
The article notes a women’s Czech luncheon at Sokol Hall 415 Third Street SE at 12 30 p m Tuesday with public invitation. Tickets cost 2 dollars and are available at Democratic and Culver for Congress headquarters and the Marion Democratic headquarters. Mines Udall and Roosevelt plan a Cedar Rapids departure on a 2 45 p m flight.
Police say an on air interview on the Donna Reed Show on KCRG TV 9 Thursday night at 7 00 ICST may reveal the girlfriend of an escaped convict named Donna. The case centers on a TV appearance as investigators pursue leads.
CAIRO AP Premier Moise Tshombe of the Congo says he is treated as a prisoner watched by 30 Egyptian intelligence agents. He fired protest letters to all non aligned summit participants after being barred from the conference and placed under house arrest on arrival.
Bishop Leven attacks the current scheme as timid and urges streamlining the plan with punch. He says the laity should not just listen and proposes laymen senates modeled on the bishops’ senate for the Pope. The council weighs creating a chamber of bishops to advise the Pope amid few lay positions in Vatican leadership.
Tama AP reports Harlan T. Ferneau 61 of Montezuma died in a two car collision on highway 63 two miles south of Tama. Ferneau collided with a vehicle driven by Gerald E. Conley 27 of Columbia Missouri.
Linn County Attorney Jack Fulton said the grand jury may run past Friday as 12 cases had evidence by noon. Testimony was heard on the Citizen-Times fire at 324 Seventh Street SE with rulings that the $100000 blaze was arson. Multiple civil suits from cash loans and accidents were listed, including actions involving Powers Truck Port Master Maintenance Service and several creditors and defendants.
Hospitalized Mrs Everett and Elmer G Rapids listed as patients at Mercy, with a count of visitors and fees. Probate actions name executors and heirs including Leona, Velma Kruse Turner, Anna Vlach, Georgina Churchill, and Richard Vlach with estates divided among spouses and children. Names Cedar Rapids Anamosa Cedar County figures appear alongside local jewelers and real estate references.
Cardin als build big late rally as Linz homers and Mantle drives in runs. Howard and Pepitone contribute. four runs on four hits with two left. Groat triples for Cardinals while McCarver plates another on a single. Continuous action ends with Stottlemyre fanning to close.
Keith L. Eddins, 23, of 1043 Tenth Avenue SE, received ten years in state prison at Ft. Madison and probation after a breaking and entering charge. Accomplice Richard Lee Neal, 20, was sentenced to ten years at the Anamosa Men’s Reformatory and placed on probation. They broke into Cedar Rapids Tent and Awning Co. on September 8.
Clarence W. Vinzant 24 of Des Moines files appeal with Iowa supreme court over a five-year term for assault with intent to commit rape. He pled guilty August 27 and was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Warren Rees after a pre sentence investigation. Vinzant allegedly attacked a 16 year old Cedar Rapids girl May 28 on Tenth Street and Seventh Avenue SE.
Calvin R. Benz appeals in district court from a conviction on a speeding charge dated October 2 in Marion police court. First Federal Savings and Loan Assn of Cedar Rapids sues Leonard A land Hazel Benicassa et al for 8886.25 on a promissory note and mortgage foreclosure. Swisher Feed and Lumber Co. reaches mutual terms with Hel Peyton en and Marla J McCray on a 241 account Thursday night at 8 30. Rodney Harrington and Constance MacKenzie involved in a judgment context. KCRG TV 9 Mark Fonck mentioned in business filing.
Milwaukee Road President William Quinn will visit Cedar Rapids November 9 for a 6 30 p m dinner with Chamber of Commerce officials. The talk will cover industrial plans for Cedar Rapids and railroad merger proposals. The event marks his second city visit after the 1956 honorary lifetime chamber welcome.
A large plate glass window was smashed by vandals Tuesday night at the Kwik Car Wash located at 3220 First Avenue NE. Details from police were reported Wednesday as part of local crime notes.
Mantle scores on Pepitone single after Howard lines to left and Tresh singles. C Boyer flies out, Stottlemyre grounds out. One run, one hit, no errors, two left. Cardinals bullpen notes Brock out, White pops to Tresh, K Boyer strikes out. Nothing else.
Yankees Linz singles and reaches third on a wild pitch. Richardson singles scoring Linz. Maris singles with Richardson advancing to third. Mantle grounds out scoring Richardson. Maris to second. Howard grounds out with Maris on third. Pepitone flies out. Two runs on three hits and one left. Cardinals Great lines out to Linz. McCarver flies out. Linz throws out Shannon. No score.
Yankees bullpen and fielding miscues limit scoring as Stottlemyre fans batters and Carl Warwick appears as a pinch hitter for Maxvill. Bob Skinner doubles for the Cardinals with Buchek running, while K Boyer ingests a force at second. One run, two hits, no errors, two left. Yankees Schultz pitched next.
Atty Gen Evan Hultman challenges claim that Hughes and Johnson are "pretty good" officials. He urges voters to compare records and questions Hughes lack of a program for agriculture taxes and education. In Ames Hughes pushes a low interest bond plan and modest gasoline tax hike for roads.
Albert Roth of Independence, age 32, was listed in good condition at a Waterloo hospital after suffering injuries in a two car crash near Waterloo on Wednesday.
Seward recalls the Goldwater faction tightening control at the convention with little room for compromise. He says those who disagreed felt watched and labeled disloyal or insufficiently conservative, a climate he describes as stifling to dissent. Seward, 35, grew up in Arizona and is a Stanford graduate.
At Vandenberg Air Base California the U S Air Force launched a secret satellite Thursday. The mission is believed to be a Samos sky spy capable of detecting military installations anywhere on earth.
Michael Hite an 18 year old from Vinton faces charges of failure to keep his vehicle under control after a one car crash near Newhall Saturday evening injuring him and a passenger.
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