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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1968
Page
22
Sunday readings show highs in the 60s and 70s with overnight lows in the 30s to 40s. The five day forecast expects temperatures to average 3 to 6 degrees below normal in the west and 6 to 8 degrees below normal in the east with little rainfall likely.
A dense Iowa City Cedar Rapids Davenport style column lists births and residents for Oct 25 27 with names and addresses. It includes multiple birth notices in Cedar Rapids and Marion, followed by an extended police blotter with speeding fines and traffic-violation penalties and a long list of funeral notices from various towns with dates and service details.
Hines said the commission will submit the full airport expansion plan to the FAA but proceed in segments to balance land costs with other expenses. Ramp expansion and related work are among the upgrades considered as funds permit.
Taxi strips, runway extensions, increased parking and several other upgrades comprise the overall improvement program. The plan outlines infrastructure enhancements and new facilities to boost transportation and traffic flow.
Eight year old Kimberly Blaylock of Cedar Rapids suffered skull and facial injuries in a five car pileup on highway 150 south of Marion Sunday afternoon. Her father Joseph Blaylock Jr and others were treated for injuries, with most others unhurt. Kimberly was moved to University hospitals in Iowa City in serious condition.
Sen Charles Percy led a five city Iowa tour with an airport news conference at Davenport alongside David Stanley a Republican senate hopeful. He urged Stanley and Sen Jack Miller to seize control of the senate agriculture committees from Democrats noting southern Democrats now hold them. Percy said the Chicago Democratic convention may have hurt Hubert Humphrey and argued party unity is needed to unite the country.
A 67 year old Cedar Rapids woman Viola Foushee was injured when a youth attempted to snatch her purse on Eighth avenue and Tenth street SE. She resisted and kept the purse, was hospitalized for bruises, and police continue the investigation.
Flames Sunday morning destroyed a barn on the Ed Kroeger farm six miles northwest of Mt. Vernon. The building was about to be demolished and contained nothing of value. Mt. Vernon firemen kept the fire from spreading to other buildings.
Alvin LeMar Thomas 56 of 1700 Twelfth avenue SW died Sunday after a long illness Born July 28 1912 Center Point he lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life He was dock foreman for Hawkeye Motor Express Inc a World War II veteran and member of Trinity Methodist Church Survived by wife Mary three sons Gary Lary and David mother Maude Thomas brother Charles six grandchildren Services 11 am Wednesday Teahen chapel Rev Ernest W Larson Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call Teahen chapel Tuesday and until 10:30 am Wednesday Casket will not be opened after the service.
Jesse Freeman Hodge age 53 of Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness. Born March 20 1915 in Aurora Missouri he was a former boilermaker and Kelly Radiator Co employee. Survived by daughter Mrs James Kerr five Tulsa grandchildren mother Mrs Charles Hodge Hockerville Oklahoma two sisters Mrs Fred Osborne Picher Oklahoma and Mrs Ray Willams Cedar Rapids home and brother Orval Hodge Snyder Texas Memorial services 130 pm Wednesday Turner Chapel West with Rev Douglas G Baltz Burial Linwood Turner Chapel West.
Charles E. Usher, 59, a Cedar Rapids resident for 47 years and former Cedar Rapids fire captain, died Friday in Clearwater Florida where he had lived since 1956. He was a Pinellas County deputy sheriff and Mizpah lodge member. Survived by wife Madeline, mother Mrs Arthur Wall, daughter Mrs David Ealy, son James E B Usher, sister Mrs Julius Mary and nine grandchildren. Memorial services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Moss funeral home Dunedin with burial in Dunedin.
Memorial services scheduled at East Anna Turner chapel at 10 30 am Tuesday led by Rev Fred R Gottwald. Burial to follow at Cedar Memorial.
James Colbert of Rock Island named manager of customer service department for Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co effective November 1. He succeeds Cecil F. Miller of Bettendorf who retires after 44 years with the utility.
Police arrested six youths for possession of beer by minors in Cedar Rapids this weekend. Four were taken at about 2:30 a.m. in the 700 block of L Street SW, including 17-year-old and three adults: Dean G. Carter 18 of 504 Second Street SE, Earle W. Murphy 19 of 901 Sixth Street SE, and Dennis P. Tesar 18 of Belle Plaine. All posted $30 bonds and were released. Sunday morning the rest included a 17-year-old juvenile and 18-year-old Raymond E. Ash of 3630 E Avenue NW. Ash posted $30 bond. The juveniles were released to parents and referred to probation authorities.
Directors of Consolidated Foods Corp vote a 25 cents per share common stock dividend payable January 2 following a 5 for 3 split approved at the annual meeting. The annual rate rises 11 percent. a $1.12 percent per share dividend on preferred is also declared. Record date is December 16, 1968. Three new presidents and an assistant secretary elected.
Theft report: transmission stolen from 117 Avenue NW valued around $40. Items taken include tachometer gear shift knob from a car at 4101 Sixteenth Avenue SW valued $30. Corrections noted for Friday’s Gazette photo captions. Local ads list chiropractors and beauticians with contact numbers and service notes. Public notices urge precincts for elections including Ken Perry clerk and Don Weimer state senate sub district 3.
Nixon challenged a Times editorial claim that Agnew owned bridge property as governor, noting the land sold to partners in 1967 after his governorship for 34,200 dollars. He defended Agnew’s candor, called him a strong leader, and rejected accusations of political use of Vietnam talks. The campaign also questioned Harris polls amid disputes over public opinion shifts.
Vice president Hubert Humphrey accused Richard Nixon of distorting his stance on Vietnam peace talks and a bombing halt. He urged Nixon to produce public evidence that administration officials were using the peace process for political gain and defended his own position as cautious, requiring evidence of communist willingness to restore the demilitarized zone.
Linn County social welfare board decided to appeal a state reversal canceling dependent child aid for one Central City child after Assistant County Attorney Steve Jackson reported the state board reversed the local decision. The April 20 hearing absence by the mother spurred the original cut, with possible action to compel paternity or seek district court remedies.
Viola A. Woodford, 54, of rural Mt. Vernon, was charged with drunk driving in Linn district court. A sheriff's deputy arrested her Friday after a minor accident near the Light House restaurant. The deputy said she refused to open windows or unlock the car during the investigation.
Willie B. Hodges, 39, of 1309 Fifth Avenue, faced municipal court Monday on a drunk driving charge. A highway patrolman arrested Hodges Sunday after an accident at the junction of Highways 84 and 218 south of Cedar Rapids. He is due in court Thursday and released on his own recognizance.
Burrell Rupe Jr 20 of 3105 Third Avenue Marion changed his plea to guilty in Linn district court to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He allegedly took a 1963 sports car from Kenneth F Willman on August 6 and denied the charge October 8. Judge Harold Vietor set November 5 for sentencing.
Linn county courthouse and Cedar Rapids city hall clash over who counts ballots for the Nov. 4 rent subsidy referendum. County Auditor Charles Werner asks City Clerk Harold Schaefer to report by Thursday which city representatives will pick up and count ballots after voting closes Nov. 5. Schaefer says counting occurs at each precinct and will seek Linn County Attorney William Faches opinion. The measure would replace the local rent subsidy with a federally backed program, with an estimated $100,000 savings if approved.
Elaine Lawson of Council Bluffs, free on a prior Oct. 2 breaking and entering conviction, was arrested Saturday in Council Bluffs on a larceny charge related to stolen watches from Burg department store in Williamsburg on June 2. Bond set at $2,000. she was held at Linn County jail in Cedar Rapids due to no women prisoners in Iowa county and released after bond. Sentencing for the breaking and entering is set for Thursday.
Four youths from Cedar Rapids Elkader and Littleport were injured when their car hit the Main street bridge in Prairie du Chien while passing another vehicle. Driver Larry Larson 18 and passengers Dale Olson 19 Bruce Moore 19 and William Thurn 19 were named. Olson hospitalized with 15 stitches for head wounds.
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