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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1963
Page
5
About 250 dissidents pressed for a meeting of the National Farmers Organization directors by Saturday while Oren Lee Staley, under pressure to resign, promised to poll the 26 directors Tuesday to see if they will meet. Casper urged new leadership and accused current directors of weak policy.
US Senator David O Shaff urged opponents to offer alternatives to his legislative reapportionment plan at a Mitchell County Farm Bureau meeting. He said critics must present workable options or face questions about their faith in any proposed plans.
Waterloo Iowa AP James A Witcher 19 was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter in a night time street racing crash that killed Pauline Reddick 40 and Clarence Nichols who also died when his car struck a tree on June 29 Witcher also received one year terms for operating a car without consent and jail break all concurrent at Anamosa reformatory.
American actress Jean Seberg age 25 and French writer Romain Gary age 49 wed in a secret ceremony in Sarrola Carcopino Corsica. Both are on their second marriages with Seberg known for Breathless and Joan of Arc and Gary author of The Roots of Heaven and former consul in Los Angeles.
DES MOINES UP I A liquor by the drink license was granted Monday to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad the sixth railroad to receive a liquor permit in Iowa The Santa Fe permit was the seventh class D license issued by the commission Other railroads granted licenses include Rock Island Burlington Milwaukee Union Pacific and the Pullman Co Class D licenses cost 250 per year An additional license was issued to Robert D Buhrow Milford for the excursion boat S S Empress on Lake Okoboji but was later refunded after he returned his license Seasonal resorts also returned licenses for winter refunds with operators expected to reapply next spring Commission chairman Homer Adcock said no objections were raised.
Iowa City writer R V Cassill of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa discusses why authors write for mass paperback markets. He notes some novels were written quickly and that readers, not money alone, drove his work. Cassill cites Balzac Gissing and Greene as predecessors and outlines his own motives and experiences as a paperback author. He is a longtime Times Herald Tribune reviewer and will speak at Drake University in Des Moines during Library Week on October 31.
Brezina Construction Co of Rapid City submitted the apparent low bid of 61,900 annual rent on a 20 year lease for the Davenport post office site with an option to buy the building for 650,000 after 20 years. Thirteen bids opened. decision expected in about 30 days. construction set to begin next spring with estimated building cost 400,000.
Fayette The board of trustees of Upper Iowa University will hold its annual meeting Friday in the new Alexander-Dickman hall conference room. Members meet at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon. reconvene at 1 30 p.m. to discuss general university policies and future operations. Current officers are Judge W H Antes chairman R M Westerfield vice chairman Lee Surfus secretary and E A Billings treasurer.
A report from the State Safety Department lists traffic toll figures for October 22, 1963 and the prior year. The document cites counts such as 558, 496, 530, and 479, reflecting crash or fatality tallies.
Ralph Manley of Storm Lake was chosen president of the Justices of the Peace and Constables Assn of Iowa at the Des Moines convention. Elected as vice presidents were Carl Remley Glenwood Al Hurley Des Moines Arnold Holst Le Claire Fred Shaffer Mason City and Al Sommers Waverly. Cedar Rapids secretary Mrs Marvin Fatka was re elected.
Western Iowa farmer Francis Schomer 43 died after an apparent murder suicide that injured his wife and four daughters. The incident involved cyanide gas and a gun, with Jo Ellen 20 dying later in hospital. Five Schomer children survived. Authorities cited financial trouble as a possible factor.
Fort Hood Texas reports Iowa participation in Operation Big Lift the aerial transport of 16000 troops from Texas to West Germany. Col Robert C Bachtell of Postville Col Charles Neil Spirit Lake Col Donald Gaylord Waterloo and Col Ernest Osher Graettinger served as task force commanders and support unit leaders for KC135 tankers F 105 fighters and related airlift forces with Gaylord as base commander at Loring Air Force Base.
A proposed Iowa county historical society plans its organizational meeting for Thursday at noon. The session will be at the Ox Yoke Inn in Amana and is sponsored by the Iowa county extension family living committee.
Col Richard Hennessy of the Rock Island Army Corps of Engineers announced federal justification for channel improvements on Ralston Creek in Iowa City. The project could receive up to 1 million dollars from the federal government to ease chronic floods, with a Thursday meeting planned to discuss surveys and financing. City funds are expected to be required. work unlikely to begin before spring and may take long.
A catalog of 14 by 18 inch drawings from masters including Rubens Da Vinci and Turner. Prices listed Style A gilt foil moulding 3.95 Style B gilt rim moulding 4.95. Mail and phone orders welcome. specify quantity and which drawings.
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