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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1963
Page
8
CBS producer David Lowe discusses The Great American Funeral a profile airing Wednesday night. The program explores funeral costs, casket choices, cremation, and end of life options, with narrator Bob Trout outlining five paths for the dying and loved ones.
Mr Novak leads coverage across sports and weather sections with detailed reporting. News and weather updates complement the sports feature, delivering balanced daily briefs and forecasts for readers.
Two children, Matthew Kingsbury aged 6 and Marvin Mosher aged 4, were bitten by a rabid dog between Aug 8 and 15 in Cedar Rapids. The dog died Sept 8 and tested positive for rabies at the State Hygienic Laboratory Iowa City. Both boys received rabies shots and recovered. A mayoral committee plans legislation to require dog rabies vaccination before licensing.
An out of court settlement ends the district court jury trial in Schultz vs Baculis over a Coralville auto crash dating years back. Judge James Gaffney excused the jury until next Monday for one of about six actions totaling ~275000 tied to a Sept 30 1961 two car collision near Oakdale that injured ten youths. The next trial scheduled is Phyllis Miller of Iowa City vs William Mann for 68000.
A $55,000 lawsuit was filed in Polk county district court against Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Washburn of Cedar Rapids over the death of Walter E. Thode age 63. Thode died after a Des Moines crash at Highway 90 and NE Fifty sixth street where his car collided with the Washburn vehicle.
Leonard Murdock of Mills Chevrolet in Central City reported six tires two floor mats and eight hubcaps stolen from used cars at the Linn County fairground. Frank Suchomel of Suchomel Chevrolet Center Point said four tires were taken from new cars. John Vernon of Marion said two hubcaps were stolen from his car at Walker Sales barn on Saturday night.
Officials recount costs on a school relocation project and a Central City headquarters building. The board agrees to county control of a bridge and old highway 30 from Mt. Vernon to highway 13 if the state maintains from highway 13 to Cedar Rapids. Camping fees are suspended with a plan to require camper registration next year.
The conservation board continues talks to buy land at Coggon for a park and to repair the dam. Negotiations also proceed with Richard Nazette on land near Central City to expand Pinicon Ridge Park. The group discussed using Rock Island preserve near Linn Junction and Palisades Dows preserve for outdoor classrooms by students studying rare flowers. Also, theft reported in Coralville as $475 of women's clothing stolen from a car parked outside a restaurant. Entry gained via forced vent window. victim was Barbara Maitland of DeWitt.
Des Moines AP A Nebraska banker urged Iowa bankers to study the farm problem carefully and plan, saying many accept no solution. Vincent Rossiter president of the Bank of Hartington told about 735 bankers at the four day Iowa Bankers Assn convention that rural banks face declining deposits if farm income falls and loan demand rises. He warned bankers that past inaction contributed to the 1929 32 collapse and urged new bankers to seek ways to help farmers raise income.
The conservation board debated developing a four acre park in Center Point with a fence costing about 1200 dollars. The city would maintain the site with lights and water paid by the town. The land is leased for one dollar for 99 years. A lone opposing view came from John Wager who opposes park development in small towns.
A lumber and construction materials blaze erupted Monday afternoon south of the SUI engineering building addition on South Capitol street. Firemen, summoned at 1 56 p m, used two booster lines to control and extinguish the fire.
A Mentholatum Laboratories M.P.O. hemorrhoid remedy claims to shrink swollen areas relieve itching and pain while offering faster absorption germ killing Hexachlorophene and a stabilized base for longer relief. Sold without prescription at drug counters in stainless ointment or suppository form.
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