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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
5
The report lists high and low temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday with noon readings. October totals show 1.79 inches vs normal 2.26 and year-to-date 29.05 inches. Barometer rising to 29.71 and noon humidity with 23-27 mph southerly wind at the Gazette weather station. Also notes sun and moon rise/set times and nearby city readings for LaCrosse Lansing and seven other stations.
A compilation of birth announcements including several families on Oct 16 listing daughters and sons with names and addresses. The records also mention adoptions, marriages and separations, plus a fire incident at 1421 Fourth Avenue SE and an exhaust of nuisance calls and street fires around Mallory Street SW and Ninth Street areas.
Luther College President E. D. Farwell is recovering in LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital after an operation to treat phlebitis. He had surgery Tuesday and will stay in the hospital through the week then return home for about 10 days before resuming duties. He canceled plans to attend the American Lutheran Church convention Luther College Corp meeting in Omaha and the National Lutheran Campus Ministry meeting in Chicago, Oct. 27 to 29.
The report notes a geographic division at 109.2 percent and updates on several divisions. The professional division trails by about $6,000 from its goal, the major firms division by about $12,000, construction by about $5,000, government by about $600, and the two business divisions by about $15,000.
Obituaries list several deaths with service details across Iowa. Delhi Bri an Flannagan 6 months, services Friday 11 at Methodist church with wake Thursday at Goettsch Hopkinton. Julia Parizek 82, services Saturday 10 at St Wenceslaus with rosaries Friday at Donohues. Elkader William Musfeldt 91, services Friday 3:30 at Witt s. Kalona John Yoder 82, services Sunday 1:30 at Levi Yoder residence. Brooklyn Dr Emery Schmitz 87, services Friday 2 at Bramer s. Tipton Sharon Gade 18, services Friday 1:30 at Sheets and Son. Oxford Junction grave side John Micheal Peckosh 25 Mayflower cemetery Hayden s. Solon Bertha Thuerauf 78, services Saturday 2 at Methodist church. Brosh s.
Linn county attorney candidate Lloyd E. Humphreys urged broader public participation at a ladies club meeting. He warned about youth crime, called for education on drugs and venereal disease, better juvenile processing, possible evaluation facilities, and more community support for training and recreation for high school dropouts.
VINTON The University of Iowa may pay Leo Peiffer Cedar Rapids architect 15000 as final settlement for work on the Melrose Towers dormitory project which was abandoned. Peiffer argues 60000 is due due to project enlargement while he has already received 329205. MacKenzie and Co Cedar Rapids interior decorators claim 57839 and seek payment. Peiffer offered to settle with them for 20000.
Brief want ad notes for renting a garage with a phone contact 369 1234. Emphasizes quick, low cost response and instructions to call for rental inquiry.
Howard James Bronson, 128 Thirty-fifth Street NE, vice president and director of engineering at Iowa Steel and Iron Works at retirement, died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born April 8, 1901 in Wyoming, Iowa, he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1926, worked 40 years at Iowa Steel, married Mildred Lewis in 1929, and held numerous Masonic and Shriner memberships. Memorial services are planned in Cedar Rapids with burial in Wyoming. contributions may be made to the Shrine Crippled Children's Fund. Surviving are his wife, son, mother, two grandchildren, and a brother.
Reinold A. Red Holmgren longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in Clearwater Florida at age 75. He worked for Armstrongs for many years and headed the men’s clothing department before retirement. Born October 9 1893 in Toddville he belonged to First Lutheran Mizpah Lodge AF and AM El Kabir Shrine and the American Legion. He served in World War I and was in the Reserve Officers Assn. in Washington DC. Survived by wife Lynn W. Miller Cedar Falls a granddaughter two brothers and four sisters. Chapel services Monday at 10 30 am conducted by Rev George W Carlson. Entombment Chapel of Memories. Friends may call funeral home after 1 pm Sunday.
Memorial services announced for Novak and Vorba. Novak will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Monahan Stewart funeral home in Berwyn Illinois with cremation to follow. Vorba will be at Brush Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday led by Rev. William Harnish with burial at Czech National Cemetery.
Bill Duffy reports on the American College of Life Underwriters plans to create an adult learning research center at Bryn Mawr Pa with $2 million in funding. The center targets 25 to 65 year olds using TV studios labs and testing facilities to improve self directed professional education across fields.
Eleanor W. Vogel 64 of 515 Fourth Avenue SE died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born December 2, 1903 she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1919 and for 45 years served as receptionist and telephone operator for Quaker Oats Co. She is survived by.
A UPI report quotes a rail executive saying the nation’s railroads are “bleeding to death” from losses on passenger trains amid mounting financial pressure and service cuts.
A short classified message invites readers to try small want ads, claiming they perform major tasks for local needs and directing curious readers to dial 369-1234 for details.
Two Coe college students William Harmis and Gregory Davis both 19 were arrested and charged with petty larceny. They were arraigned in municipal court before Judge John Reilly and released on their own recognizance with until Oct 31 to plead or move and consult with the dean of men. Authorities said they took a street sign from the 1500 block of First Avenue SE.
A low cost fast acting want ad drives quick sales of home freezers. Shoppers respond to affordable pricing and clear call to action, with strong demand noted across local listings.
Elliott C. Ricehill defense motions on November 18 seek access to county attorney and Cedar Rapids police files including FBI lab reports clothing fingernail scrapings victim hair and hand scrapings witness statements and police investigative reports. The 28 year old Winnebago Neb man is jailed on 50 000 bond awaiting trial for the July 2 killing of 75 year old Mabel Bigley in Cedar Rapids following a guilty plea to a breaking and entering charge related to Mt Vernon burglaries.
Transportation secretary Richard Petska cites an extreme boxcar shortage and ICC orders affecting grain carrying equipment. ASCS official Walter Ferguson says no government order mandates CCC grain movement. farmers rush to deliver corn to CCC amid bumper crop. Shippers warn of December dock delays as Taft Hartley cooling off ends, piling pressure on exports.
James J. Damon, 20, of 810 Fifth street SE, received two concurrent ten year sentences at the men’s reformatory in Anamosa after guilty pleas to break ing and entering charges. The convictions stem from burglaries at Rapids Body and Fender Co. on July 22 and Coca-Cola Co. on July 23, with a camera valued at $80 and $32 cash reportedly taken. Police said Damon was arrested in the Coca-Cola building.
Robert D. Dotson, 19, of 3015 Second Avenue SE, pleaded innocent in Linn district court to an indictment charging possession of narcotic drugs. The charge stems from a July 18 marijuana incident in Cedar Rapids. Judge J. Paul Naughton released Dotson on his own recognizance.
Charles E. Moyer, 33, of 500 First avenue NE, received a sentence of ten years in prison after his conviction. Authorities reported the incident details and final judgment were delivered in court on the date. The sentence complements prior related rulings and reflects the ongoing case against Moyer.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin received a cool but proper farewell in Prague before flying home to Moscow after a pact allowing some Soviet troops to remain in Czechoslovakia. He indicated that most occupation forces, including units from Poland and East Germany, will withdraw soon, but he offered no troop-number details. The accord with Oldrich Cernik may be disclosed Friday during national assembly ratification.
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