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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1969
Page
24
A jumble of names, services, weather notes, and public notices appears. Entries mention Kitveda Grapes 85, Immaculate Conception church Clifton Hartville, Rosary at Kramer's Dyersville, Holy Trinity Rosary, and multiple memorials and licenses. Weather data and local public notices mix with obituaries, divorc es, and traffic fines.
Harrington of Waterton appeared in municipal court and was fined 50 dollars plus costs on a charge of petty larceny. He allegedly took a pair of shoes from Famous Woolwear at the Town and Country shopping center on September 11.
California Missouri dispatch recalls a 50 year old Democrat item noting a low flying aircraft over the town. The pilot was visible to a vigilant resident and the cop could almost read the number as the aeroplane passed eastward on a Wednesday evening.
Labor unions opposed most key provisions of the administration’s train safety bill calling them vague and inadequate while industry backtracked to endorse the measure as workable. Hartke warned hearings may lead to Senate action this fall as injuries surpass aircraft incidents. Industry officials urged tougher rules on hazardous materials and grade crossings, while others push two stiffer competing bills.
In a Keokuk born defendant's trial the burden of proof for alibi rested on the defense. Shirp claimed he was driving between Des Moines and Knoxville when 21 year old Daly was shot. The inmate, married to a Des Moines minister's daughter, faced prison after the circuit court ruling.
Cedar Rapids intends to sell 40 million dollars in general obligation sanitary sewer bonds. The funds pay for sewer extensions to Beverly, the General Mills plant, Morgan Creek interceptor, and 17 miscellaneous projects. Debt will be issued over six years from 1971 to 1976, raising total indebtedness to 15.6 million though net debt remains flat after retiring nearly 4 million in 1968 and 1969.
Linn county supervisors continued debate over leasing a building at Second Street and Fifth Avenue SW for additional offices. Johnson, spokesman for the owners, seeks answers, while concerns focus on heating costs and insulation of the seven inch thick concrete walls.
The piece reports heated exchanges in wage bargaining, with comparisons to GE and Standard and Poor figures. Key figures discuss profit squeezes, government spending, and what workers can demand, while noting labor leaders resist heavy handed intervention and seek balance in collective bargaining.
The Cedar Rapids city council on Tuesday authorized the engineering department to design a 1,150‑foot storm sewer on Forty eighth Street NE to relieve drainage. The river project runs from St. Pius X church southerly to the ditch at Sherman Street crossing and is estimated at $20,000.
Cedar Rapids receives 339 408 from the Town highway commission for five parcels north of Collins road NB at First avenue. Land financed as part of widening Collins road highway 160 to four lanes. Nearby East German border crossing reported as three youths swam to West Berlin. Also notes a television film slot featuring The Young Lawyers with Jason Evers Keenan Wynn and Richard Pryor.
NATO representatives will meet in Brussels to discuss European security and joint defense problems, official sources said Tuesday. The talks aim to address Alliance commitments and regional defense coordination amid evolving threats.
Richard F Stevens 23 of 515 Sixth Avenue SE was arrested by deputy sheriffs Monday for break in and entering at the rural Center Point residence of Mrs Ernest Haars. He was arraigned before Municipal Judge Jo Reilly and remanded without bond as a parole violator awaiting hearing. Authorities say he pried a door to reach the stereo and records and he is also known as Dick Faye and sought for parole violation in Nebraska.
James J. Murphy, 40, of Independence, was arrested early Monday on a drunk driving charge. He was released on recognizance after a preliminary hearing before West Municipal Judge John Reilly. The county board approved rezoning requests and tabled two zoning matters at its regular meeting, including plans for a trailer sales center and expansion at a mobile home court.
Belgrade district court sentenced Yugoslav writer Zoran Gluscevic to six months in prison for an editorial criticizing the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He pled not guilty calling the charges absurd and said the piece targeted the invading troops, not the Soviet leadership.
Stanford AP report says Prof Cedric Richard foresees office towers and factories built from processed garbage glass powder. His two year study aims to replace sand in cement. a Washington study found 76 percent of incinerated refuse becomes glass and metal, he notes.
A rural report from Rangely California describes David Bryan of Rome Georgia recounting a hunting accident where a rifle discharged while he rested it on his boot during a dune buggy ride. He stated he did not want to shoot his own food and blamed the weapon for the unintended discharge.
The article explains how car license fees are computed for the first five registrations using weight times 40 cents plus one percent of the value, rounded to the nearest dollar. It notes adjustments for the sixth to ninth registrations and mentions delays in sending notices and obtaining new plates from the courthouse.
Cedar Rapids city council questions paying 1000 toward a 10000 study to assess how Linn County and nearby agencies meet human needs. Johnson urges each organization to commit 1100 toward the project cost. The study, led by Des Moines Institute for Human Development Planning, will map social services and reduce wasteful duplication.
Obituary notices report Mrs Charles Cacek 80 of 1707 First Street SW died after a long illness. Born in Buffalo county she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1933 and lived with daughter Mrs Jah A Quiril since 1966. Survived by two sons and two sisters, graveside service at St Johns Ogden. Also Eugene Alexander Tschelachot who died Tuesday in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness born in Kiev Ukraine on Feb 10 19xx. Memorial service at Turner Chapel Cedar Rapids with burial at Shiloh Cemetery.
Norman Lyon Stuefen, 1, Covington, died Tuesday at fowal City after a long illness. Born Nov 1, 1065, he lived in Cedar Rapids and area all his life. Survived by parents Lester and Mrs Stuefen, Seavington, and grandparents Ired and Bessia Lucien of Cedar Rapids. Services Thursday at 10 a.m. at Brosh chapel with Rev Sidrie Lordahl officiating. Burial in Cedarary Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at chapel after noon Wednesday.
Readable obituary notes list multiple memorial services and funeral arrangements. Names include Quintan, Shipe, Mrytik, Moulton, Turner, and Nigh. Churches cited: St Venceslaus, Oliver Presbyterian, Cedar Memorial, Croch National cemetery, and St Luke's hospital connections. Dates show Tuesday and Wednesday services with Cedar Memorial burial entries.
Wallace says his Southeast Asia trip, to begin Thursday, is non political and a fact finding tour. He will observe conditions politically and militarily with visits to US officials and foreign dignitaries in Formosa Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Thailand Cambodia South Korea? Noted destinations include Formosa Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Thailand Cambodia Saigon and South Vietnam.
Police said a half hour clash during a 12 day strike against Stoney's Trucking Co. led to vehicles set ablaze and the trucker's wagon yard ablaze. Officials reported violence as negotiations continued and a fire broke out amid the transportation standstill.
In Moscow on Tuesday Egypt and the Soviet Union signed a pact authorizing 75 Egyptian trainees to study industrial training in Russia under a bilateral program. The accord cements higher cooperation in education and labor development between the two states.
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