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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1967
Page
2
The report combines a five day forecast showing temperatures 5 to 7 degrees below normal with scattered rainfall. It also lists numerous funeral notices and obituaries for Iowa communities including Mason City Oelwein Guttenberg Tama and Keokuk with service details and burial plans.
Obituary notices for Mrs. James S. Hopkins 66 of 429 Twentieth Street NE and Ethel Wichmat Sasse 83 of Meth-Wick Manor along with Roy G. Kullander 57 of 906 M Avenue NW list births, spouses, residence, church affiliations, and survivors. Service details include Requiem Mass at St Matthew's, burial at Mt Calvary, and pending arrangements at Kearns Dykeman and Turner chapels.
Balloting continues with Mrs Ahrens trailing behind Bosh as voting proceeds, officials report close contest among candidates. Voters in key districts prepare for final tallies and potential shifts in standings amid ongoing balloting coverage.
Dropoff Lucken placed third in 26 precincts while Martin was third in seven. The two tied for third in another. Oberthien Berger and runnerup Fellwock showed strong in safety commissioner race, but fourth place was steep. Fireman Charles Schmitt had 992 votes. Other totals: Dolan 828 Newell 283 Landa 258 Anderson 219 Phelps 217 Pennington 211 Wilkie 200. Fellwock edged Berger by 30 votes overall but Berger led in 10th precinct. Oberthien 255 there. Oberthien carried 19 precincts total. Lilios trailed Honsell by 441 in municipal judge race but outscored Honsell in 20 precincts. Honsell beat Lilios by 117, 162, 100 in 8th, 10th, 11th precincts. McLaughlin led in 20 precincts, Reilly in 11, Hullinger four, Gross one. Total voters 11,067 vs 14,616 in 1965 city primary. 25,926 voted in final 1965 election. Finance, public improvements, parks, bailiff, and riverfront offices had no primaries. these offices move to Nov. 7 with mayor, safety commissioner, and three judges.
Grant testifies about counterfeiting plot aimed at trapping buyers for a news story. He admits directing the operation with Gearhart and plans to follow the buyers after the fake money exchange. An arrest by Waterloo Detective James Kane ends the scheme as Grant reflects on naivety and pursuit of publicity over profit.
Memorial services for Dr Lucy Faun will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by the Rev. James K. L. McClane. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Cedar Memorial funeral home is handling arrangements.
Wayne Whiteman Jr., 20, a Cedar Rapids native and Marine Corps member, was killed in action Sunday in Vietnam. A 1965 Washington High School graduate, he was born in Bristol England and moved to Cedar Rapids via the Amana colonies during his tenth grade year. Funeral services are pending at Williams Funeral Home in Little River Kansas.
President Johnson denounces claims of a yellow peril in Asia as absurd and racist. He cites U S cooperation with Asian allies in World War II Korea and Vietnam and says race has no place in foreign policy. The remarks follow Secretary Rusk’s warning about armed Chinese masses and nuclear threats.
Grant described producing counterfeit bills from real currency including $10 $20 $50 and $100 notes and arranging samples through Gearhart to Brown. He recounted the plan to photograph the transaction at the Citizen Times plant and his intended Waterloo trip to film the deal while Vegas hoods loomed. The confession notes the money lay scattered as Gearhart arrived and the route of the two killed and three injured in Formosa quake is mentioned in dispatches.
Gearhart said he asked Brown who ran a barber shop on Avenue NE about counterfeiting contacts. Brown, living in Hiawatha, now operates a Windsor Hotel barber shop on the near west side. Paul Kelso, a former Grant’s employee and Iowa graduate student, testified that Grant had a generally good reputation and was ambitious, trying to print stories avoided by other media. Kelso added Grant had been acquitted of arson, desertion, and abandonment charges when questioned by Turner.
Local 1362 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has secured great gains for Collins Radio Co. skilled workers after a strike that began October 16. A splinter group seeks a National Labor Relations Board election for professional employees, while a Mediation meeting with Federal Mediator Dick McGowan adjourned without announcements.
Police arrested Stanley L. Lawrence 42 of 610 Sixth Avenue SE on a warrant for assault and battery. Joan Callahan filed the complaint claiming Lawrence entered her apartment drunk and struck her several times on Oct. 19. Municipal Judge John Reilly set Nov. 2 at 9:30 a.m. for pleading or moving and released him on his own recognizance.
Washington UPI report says House and Senate conferees agreed to grant President Johnson $10 million of the $40 million he sought for the rent supplement program and $312.1 million instead of $661.1 million for the model cities program. An earlier story noted this on page 8D.
A militant student faction warned in Jakarta that the Indonesian political scene is growing risky as communist elements infiltrate the government and military while social reform lags behind.
Milford R. Smith age 19 of 1133 Fifteenth street SE was sentenced in Linn district court for larceny and breaking and entering. He received ten years for breaking and entering and five years for larceny, with two years probation to Rev John Thomas. He pled guilty to larceny for taking a 38 caliber revolver from Stick and Poke at 829 Ninth street SE on Oct 13 and to breaking and entering for taking a $250 cash register from Ron's Noelridge Conoco station on Apr 10.
Charles McSweeney filed a 347,021.45 suit in Linn district court Wednesday against Jerex Corp alleging injuries from a fall from a ladder on October 15, 1966. The ladder bought at Giant store Cedar Rapids on September 28, 1966. He was thrown from the ladder when side near bottom step bent, causing a broken right arm. Damages seek medical expenses 421.45 loss of wages 6600 pain 25000 and permanent disability 0
Gov Mahmoud lists Egyptian casualties at three civilians killed and 60 wounded along with three soldiers dead and five wounded. Evacuation reduced the population to about 80,000 from 250,000 as fires raged at refineries, fertilizer plants, harbor facilities and factories. Egyptians claim destruction of Israeli tanks a Mirage jet and ammunition dumps. Cairo papers report renewed US arms to Israel including 48 Skyhawk bombers and Soviet naval visits to Port Said amid postwar tensions. Israeli forces use Russian-supplied equipment left by retreating Egyptians. The crisis deepens as regional powers pivot and editorials blame Soviet backing for Arab intransigence.
The Linn county board of supervisors heard a 600 signature petition requesting resurfacing on Martins Creek road. The petition will go to the county engineer. Supervisor Behavian Dudley Henderson noted resurfacing is on the fall schedule. Six ditch silt areas were cited. The road runs east from Highway 13, a mile south of Highway 64.
Elmer Lindeken sued David Schmit for 40000 in a jury trial in Linn district court alleging medical expenses pain loss of income and permanent disability from a two vehicle collision in Cedar Rapids on October 21. Settlement reached Tuesday afternoon after most evidence was heard before Judge Harold D Vietor.
Charges against James Aossey and Alya Rossey for employing a minor to sell liquor were dismissed in municipal court after the county attorney found the worker misreported her age at hire. A later charge against James Aossey remains pending.
United Nations action on the Arab-Israeli conflict is postponed as delegates seek root-cause solutions. Nigeria’s Chief S. O. Adebo warns against voting on a Soviet resolution or a blanket condemnation, calling a partial resolution futile as the situation remains explosive and world-threatening. A TV notice follows about The King and I starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner at 6 30 PM on Channel 9 in color.
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