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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1966
Page
1
Local weather report lists highs and lows for several cities with rainfall totals and barometer readings. City police blotter records numerous traffic fines, accidents, and public notices across multiple neighborhoods with funeral services listed for Decorah Kalona Tipton Dyersville Greeley Vinton and Garrison communities.
Refugee radio mechanic says Cuban authorities ordered repair shops to remove facilities for receiving short wave and high frequency broadcasts to block U.S. stations. He recalls past Havana work and exile via an airlift. US broadcasts in Cuba come mainly on short wave and above 1,200 kilocycles. A TV listing notes a 90 minute Special Briga Doon tonight at 8:30 on KCRG TV Col OR Channel 9 with Robert Goulet Sally Ann Howes and Peter Falk.
The GE and union reached a tentative three year contract with average wage increases of 28 cents per hour and cost of living adjustments up to 10.5 cents annually. The agreement comes as mediation delayed a strike that could have begun at midnight, with White House mediators and a court injunction possible to avert disruption of defense and consumer production.
Four East Germans including a soldier swam across border waters and escaped to West Berlin Friday night, police reported. The event highlights ongoing border tensions and individual acts of defection during the Cold War era.
A devastating tornado wrecked the Tomco Genetic Seed Corn Co. complex and a nearby office, injuring one person with a head cut while 40 workers evacuated to warehouses. The funnel then ripped toward the Bill Boelman farm, flattening buildings and leaving shattered tree stumps in autumn light.
A brief but violent storm struck the Edgewood road area causing roof and siding damage to four houses Marvin Moenck James Bright Gerald Seger and Marion Johnson plus a leveled barn. Police reported funnel clouds observed with a greenish hue as crews repaired downed power lines citywide.
A spokesman said a Phantom crashed during a rocket run on a tar get, with two crew missing. He reported 129 U S planes downed in South Vietnam to date, including a Supersabre shot down by ground fire in the Mekong delta where the pilot died. Helicopter losses totaled 213 in the south and three in the north. A record 175 multi plane missions over North Vietnam on Friday involved about 450 to 500 individual strikes.
Dr Benjamin Spock, renowned baby expert, will resign from his teaching post at Western Reserve medical school to devote more time to the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.
The Manila summit story centers on where President Johnson will sleep and whether a bed will fit his six foot three frame. Officials deflect details while the coordinating committee and hotel discuss options including a king size bed or sofa.
Obituaries report the deaths of Pvt. LaVerne Klimes of Cedar Rapids at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri after a short illness. He was born near Swisher on June 3, 1947 and served after graduating Jefferson High School class of 1966. He is survived by parents siblings and other relatives with services planned. Also noted are Dr. Lewis B. Gray Cedar Rapids native died at Mt. Zion Illinois born February 5 1872 and a longtime dentist with family survivors. services set at Turner Chapel. Frank A. Perry of 320 Eighth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died after a short illness born October 17 1873 at Cherokee and survived by wife daughter grandchildren and sister with funeral at Turner Chapel and Cedar Memorial.
Edna J. Brown died Saturday after a brief illness at 129% Staub Court NE. Born September 18 1896 in Algona she married Marshall L. Brown September 22 1935 in Aledo Illinois. A registered nurse for Quaker Oats Co she was a member of First Lutheran and Iowa Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs. Thomas Niebel of Tu junga California a son Ronald Brown of New Jersey a sister Bertha E. Johnson of Cedar Rapids and six grandchildren. Services at Turner chapel time to be announced with the casket to remain closed.
A blizzard and tornadoes swept central plains into the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes. Cheyenne shut in by six foot drifts, Missouri towns hit by tornadoes injuring dozens, Mt Sterling Illinois battered with homes, fairgrounds, and a grandstand flattened. Texas frost and Rio Grande valley rain also reported.
President Johnson will visit American and South Korean troops near the demilitarized zone during a three day trip to South Korea. The government announced Saturday.
Three people injured in a Saturday crash at First Avenue and Third Avenue SW. Frances Shramek, 59, admitted to Mercy Hospital in good condition with a head injury. Selma Furler and Marjorie Krug treated and released. Shramek charged with failing to yield at a stop.
Harrogate businessman Sandy Royston 39 praised British Railways for adjusting a 10 coach service from his home to his Stalybridge office to depart four minutes earlier. He had eight minutes to connect previously and feared losing his job. A railways spokesman said the change avoided inconveniencing other passengers.
A Cedar Rapids man James E. Broadston 36 and a girl Rita Kacher 12 suffered minor injuries in a two car collision in the 1500 block of First Avenue East Saturday at 11 a.m. They were treated at St Luke’s hospital and released. Police said Broadston and Rita were the drivers. Broadston received a summons for driving without a license. no charges were filed.
A powerful tornado hit Belmond Iowa during a homecoming parade sending cars flying and damaging the P G Market the Belmond hotel and a soybean plant. National guardsmen aided in cleanup while road detours were set to keep sightseers away.
Eight crewmen from the Aries drifted 16 days after the hull was damaged near the Caribbean. They landed in Kingston Jamaica aboard the German freighter Esperanza after surviving on canned food and shark meat during the perilous voyage. Captain Gerald Bosarge led the group comprising Dickie Smith, Howard Haynes, George Connors, Melvin Koskela, Matt Crawford, Sydney Bodiford, and Robert Wiggins. They left Mobile on Sept 13 and altered course to avoid Hurricane Inez before a submerged object sank their bunkers and flooded the hull.
Seven people were hospitalized after tear gas was sprayed at a performance of the all-Negro Harlem Revue at the Mississippi state fair. The gas appeared near the entrance or under the tent edge, sent audience and cast fleeing, and drifted across the midway, forcing thousands from the amusement area.
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko flew to Moscow after two days in East Berlin, concluding a diplomatic trip tied to Berlin tensions. He spent the weekend in the East German capital.
U S military planes and helicopters joined Mexican air force units to aid about 84 000 people left homeless by Hurricane Inez. The death toll rose to at least 74.
Paris and Sofia pledged Saturday to work for East West accord in Europe saying it was an essential policy objective.
Gov. Harold Hughes toured Belmond after a tornado and called for volunteers to aid cleanup and repair. He urged skilled laborers and drivers to contact the highway patrol or National Guard, with a volunteer center to be set up later. The disaster left hundreds homeless and the town financially unable to rebuild.
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