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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1968
Page
26
Mrs. Robert Neve told Benton county authorities she was struck while horseback riding along a country road southeast of Vinton. A yellow Ford with five or six boys allegedly knocked her from the horse. she and the horse sustained minor injuries and were treated at Virginia Gay hospital.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a state law requiring a congressional candidate to reside in a specific district. Candidates may live anywhere in the state and run in either district. The court said state qualifications cannot add to those of the U.S. Constitution.
A local TV segment on KCRG TV9 at 6 PM Monday features youngsters baffled by unseen fish, presenting a quirky science or nature showcase on Truth or Consequences.
Two Communist Chinese gunboats challenged the American merchant ship Thunderhead in the Lema channel south of Hong Kong island. The Thunderhead, 6161 tons, ignored the vessels and proceeded to Kowloon bay for refueling en route from San Francisco to South Korea.
Burglars obtained about $80 in cash and change Sunday night from Kaye's 66 Service at 509 Tenth Street SE. Detectives said a window was broken in a grease room to gain entry and the money was taken from a hiding place in the safe. It was the only break in reported to Cedar Rapids police Monday.
Robert Toney Vinton, 23, of Belle Plaine posted a 115 bond Saturday night after his arrest by the highway patrol for intoxication. A hearing will be scheduled later.
Emil Leibold 49 a farmer six miles north of Winthrop is hospitalized in Independence with severe hand injuries after his thumb and several fingers were amputated following a cornpicker accident Friday afternoon. He was in the field alone when his hand became entangled. he freed himself and returned home by tractor.
Three accidents near Toledo and Dysart injured five people. Ernest Pugh of Mississippi to appear for failure to control after his truck rolled and burned gasoline near the Dysart Tama County line. In Toledo area, James Boldt William Kane and Jeanne Kane were injured in a two vehicle collision on Highway 30. Coe was charged with failure to yield after his car struck a truck towing a camping trailer.
Evelyn Jean Smith, 34, of 1300 Oakland Road NE, was admitted to St Luke's hospital Sunday after taking sleeping pills. Found unconscious in her apartment shortly before 8 am, she remained in fair condition Monday.
Penick and Ford grain mill workers and the union announced a two year contract raising the average hourly rate to about 3.37 dollars from 3.11 with added vacation and shift differential improvements. A wage re opener is set for Aug 1 1969 though full agreement runs to Aug 1 1970. Settlement follows a strike that began Aug 1 and ends after 90 percent ratified vote by 408 of 650 members. Plant will take days to resume full production after walkout.
Four families in the Fair Oaks addition Cedar Rapids reported vandalism to children bicycles Sunday. Police list locations on Apache Trail Pawnee Drive and Eighteenth Street NW as the scenes of the pickax damage.
Cedar Rapids hosts a day-long seminar sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Town with about 125 agents from Eastern Town. Lorne Worthington Iowa commissioner of insurance and Harry Dahl industrial commissioner discuss proposed legislative program and workers compensation developments. Dr Emmett Vaughan University of Iowa joins afternoon session. Byron Thorpe presides.
Howard Edward Barker of Toledo, 54, pled guilty to drunk driving before Judge John W. Tobin. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs and his license revoked for 60 days after arrest by Officer Leo Kendall on September 13 on Highway 30 west of Toledo.
Former President Eisenhower writes from Walter Reed Hospital that Nixon is best equipped to run the country and would win a sweeping victory on Election Day. He commends Nixon’s steady stand on Vietnam and his straight talk under pressure, hoping citizens reward him with a large win next Tuesday.
A search party found two survivors and three bodies in the wreckage of a twin engine KLM plane that crashed during an aerial survey mission Sunday in the western part of Dutch Guiana.
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