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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1967
Page
1
The excerpt lists temperatures, rainfall, and a five day outlook with warmer then cooler trends. It notes births on Aug 31 and a long roster of local traffic violations and fines. Several city services and funeral notices are recorded for various towns.
Harpers Ferry backwater divers began search operations after Charles Carney of Beloit was reported missing. A boat rented from Roy Heyer on Wednesday was found with fishing gear and poles, tying the missing man to the Mississippi River area.
Ray Meeks of Shellsburg was sentenced to 30 days suspended on a false uttering charge. He allegedly wrote a 5 dollar bad check to a Cedar Rapids trucking firm on April 22.
Carl Betz headlines the premiere of Judd for the Defense airing Friday September 8 at 9 PM on Channel 9 in color.
Officials from 12 states including Iowa discuss harvesting storing and marketing unprecedented yields of corn soybeans and wheat to minimize price impact. The crops total about 4.6 billion bushels of corn 999 million soybeans and 1.5 billion wheat with shelled corn storage challenges noted.
Various items include the Call family returning from Freemont Neb after attending services for C D Thomas 74 who died there last Sunday. Other briefs report a bracelet theft valued at 5 and coins worth 7 or 8, a missing black labrador valued at 125, and a pop machine theft with three cases of pop. Local ads note beauty salons, hair stylists additions, a beauty course starting Sept 5, and bicycle licensing Saturdays through June 1 with a Gazette want ad number 369 1234.
Fred Smith and a sister Louise Gerhard of Miami Beach are noted in the obituary. Services are set at Turner Chapel East at 10 30 a m Saturday with the Rev James R Gundrum. Burial will be at Oak Hill. Friends may call at the chapel until 10 am Saturday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Pittsburgh AP U.S. Steel Corp raised steel bar prices 1.8 percent effective Sept 7 despite pressure from President Johnson's adviser Gardner Ackley. Republic Steel had already increased bars by 1.8 percent, with Bethlehem and Inland Steel following with a $3 per ton hike, also Sept 7.
Clara M. Davis aged 80 of 424 Twenty-second Street NE died Thursday after a short illness. Born May 30 1887 in Quasqueton she married Leon P. Davis Jan 11 1910 in Independence. Survived by husband daughter Mrs. Max Smith and four grandchildren. Memorial Saturday 2 pm at Hesser Memorial chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial. Donations to Heart Fund appreciated.
Michael Burak 80 of 810 Tenth avenue SE died Thursday after a short illness. Born October 10 1886 in Lida White Russia he came to Cedar Rapids in 1913. He was a World War I veteran and member of St. Wenceslaus Church Hanford Post American Legion. Surviving wife Elsie married in 1922 three sisters Stefana Marcienkiewecz Helena Szibailo Magdalena Burak. Services Saturday 9:15 am Kuba funeral home and 9:30 am at St. Wenceslaus Church with burial at St. John's. Rosary Friday at 7:30 pm.
Mrs. Newell F. Gillilan 75 of 1507 C avenue NW Cedar Rapids died after 23 years in the city Born January 4 1892 near Monticello She moved to Cedar Rapids in 1944 Survived by daughter Lo Ree Clark four sisters Vida Buckley Mildred Anderson Dorothy Underwood Faye Nelson a brother James Howie two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services 3 p m Saturday Goettsch funeral home Monticello Burial Oakwood Cemetery
Mrs. Sobehart wife of John Sobehart will be mourned in a funeral service at 1 30 p m Saturday at Janeba Kuba funeral home conducted by the Rev E Koberg with burial in Czech National Cemetery.
Saturday will reach the 70s under partly cloudy skies with zero chance of precipitation Friday night and 5 percent Saturday. Sunday is cloudy and warmer with a chance of showers in the northwest. The five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal in the northwest and near normal in the southeast, with a warming trend Saturday and Sunday followed by cooler start of the week.
Secretary of Defense McNamara swore in Paul Ignatius as secretary of the navy. Ignatius, 47, from Los Angeles, succeeds the late John McNaughton after a July 1 plane crash. He had been assistant secretary of defense for installations and logistics since 1964 and previously held Army posts as assistant secretary and as undersecretary.
Butcher Don Davis dozed during a St. Louis Houston baseball game. He woke to hear the announcer say time and instead heard the score 17 to 1, the final in favor of the Houston Astros.
Western forests face extreme fire danger as Labor Day campers flood in. Foresters urge caution and Smokey the Bear, noting fires still rage in British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and Idaho while closures and logging bans expand across the region.
Ann Arbor Michigan reports that towns near rivers risk floods as urbanization drives faster runoff. Prof E F Brater of the University of Michigan notes storm sewers push water to streams altering natural timing. He urges planners to plan at least 20 years ahead on sewers and water carriers.
Washington UPI reports fifteen of twenty four responding mayors say federal urban assistance rules are too rigid hindering anti poverty programs. They urge reorganizing agencies like OEO to speed aid and focus on practical results amid riot damage in cities from Hartford to Wichita.
Saigon police reported four extremist strikes in the capital within 24 hours. A red agent was fatally wounded by a policeman after injuring him with a public safety item. Two Vietnamese were hurt by hazardous devices. Despite the violence, election preparations continued and thousands attended a rally where presidential candidates made their final joint appearance.
An expert skydiver testified the B 25 dropping 18 parachutists over Lake Erie was at least one mile over water when the jump signal sounded. Norman Heaton of Pacific Grove, executive director of the U S Parachute Association, said the jump field over water was necessary for the divers to land as they did. The hearing examined the worst sport parachuting disaster as coast guard divers recovered seven bodies and two divers were rescued earlier.
Linn County board directs county engineer to install signals at Alburnett road and County Home road. A flashing red signal will govern east and west traffic with flashing amber lights for north and south. About 170 petitioners sought more adequate signals at the intersection.
Richard L. Pollock aged 20 of Marion pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent as part of a larceny case involving an Iowa Highway commission truck. A suspended six month sentence was imposed plus later two 30 day suspensions for additional charges.
Michael R. Pena pled guilty to a reduced assault and battery charge for holding a butcher knife to his two year old daughter’s throat. Judge B J Maxwell imposed a suspended 30 day jail term with conditions to seek psychiatric guidance. Police say the incident occurred July 11 to deter officers.
Donald L. McCalley filed a $7,500 damage suit in Linn district court Friday against Mildred and William E. Corbett alleging negligence caused permanent injuries and loss of income. The complaint states Mrs Corbett was speeding and ran a red light at Second Avenue and Third Street SW on Sept 4 1965.
Judge Harold D. Victor schedules a September 8 hearing for Gregory Conner of 345 Fifteenth Avenue SW to show cause why beer seized under a search warrant should not be forfeited. Eight cases and eight six packs were found in a car at Conner's address linked to burglars' August 25 theft from a Watkins tavern.
A letter mailed from Brazil arrived at the correct St Louis address despite an envelope reading Editora Donald, T. Wright. The Waterways Journal in St Louis received the item intended for Donald T. Wright, longtime editor and publisher who died in 1965.
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