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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1966
Page
25
The snippet lists daily weather figures for Denver and New Orleans, plus Friday pollen counts and a long sequence of traffic and public safety notes. It then catalogues numerous traffic fines, accidents, and court dispositions across Iowa towns including Marion, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo with names, addresses, and sentences.
The Corcoran youth showed a 16 gauge shotgun to three others when it discharged. The blast mostly struck Graf's arm. authorities say Corcoran’s tourniquet may have saved a life. The shooting is ruled accidental. The elder Corcorans were at a football game in Decorah when it occurred.
Jim D. Murphy aged 18 of 1724 Bever avenue SE was arrested on a larceny charge after allegedly taking a police night stick from a squad car. Officers say the theft occurred during a traffic accident investigation in an alley near 1300 blocks of C and D avenues NE just after 5 a.m. He was held on $110 bond.
Thieves prowled through eight cars parked at Prairie Creek Power station on Friday. Ivan D. Dannatt of Boone owned the hardest hit auto, with a broken window and missing rear view mirror. Stolen items included a shaving kit an attache kit a clock and a sack of old clothes. Other cars had minor losses. the victims were employees of Construction Associates Co. working on the project at the power station.
City Attorney Robert Rester asked a Bogalusa grand jury to probe the aims of the all Negro Bogalusa Voters League and the Deacons for Defense, a group known for hard line rhetoric.
Bavarian authorities consider steps to halt Danish publisher Joergen Paludan from selling 5000 copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. The Bavarian state government, holding copyright, will not authorize new editions while studying the Danish case.
Three 15 year old Cedar Rapids boys were arrested in Troy Mills after Linn County deputies stopped them driving a stolen car taken from Third avenue and Fifth street SW. The vehicle was registered to Vivian Moessner of Amana. Deputies handed the youths to juvenile bureau detectives for questioning.
Reni Tanner three years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Tanner of 5121 Holly Avenue NW Cedar Rapids, was injured Friday when she fell from her father's car after placing it in gear while parked. She suffered a broken leg and was treated at St Luke's hospital before being released Saturday morning. Police reported the accident occurred at the Tanner residence at 5 02 pm as the car rolled backward down the driveway and across the street.
Brian Miller staged a bowl of water with a sign for a transparent Chinese dragon fighting fish to attract attention at his Tiverton shop. A crowd gathered, shoppers called, and inquiries poured in about buying the imaginary fish. He admitted the stunt fooled regulars and vowed never again.
London AP Kenya Vice-President Joseph Murumbi warns Soviet arms buildup in northeast Africa threatens the Suez Canal. He notes large arms shipments to Somalia, three times Kenya’s forces, with Mig jets and pilots, plus expanded Somali airfields near the Kenya frontier. He urges adherence to African frontiers via the OAU to avoid chaos.
Residents in the Miller’s Pond and Seminole Valley areas are urged to beware a wounded Black Angus steer possibly vicious. The animal escaped after being shot by a Cedar Rapids couple for butchering, crashed through a fence, and has not been located. Linn County sheriff deputies have been alerted.
Every Saturday night CHAN NINE schedules a double feature beginning at 9 30 PM. The programming blocks include two films back to back, appealing to viewers seeking weekend entertainment.
Birmingham AP story describes William Pickett promoted at American Motors Corp while sons Stephen and Leo Walls misread the paper. Stephen finds a headline about a different Pickett family and their father at Chrysler, highlighting confusion over headlines in the morning.
Duane R. Farrell 46 of Preston died in a two car collision nine miles west of Clinton at the Route 30 291 intersection known as Low Moor Corners. Albert Barnes 47 of Coralville was in fair condition with arm abrasions. Louis Mauer 34 of Wellman was in critical condition with a head injury at University Hospitals Iowa City.
Four Job Corpsmen were killed and 16 injured when two buses and a trailer truck collided on the route back from Knoxville to the Job Corps center in Tazewell Tennessee.
Cairo reports the fourth African summit conference will be held in Addis Ababa on November 5. The article notes the date was published Saturday and identifies Addis Ababa as the host city.
Cedar Rapids death marks seventh traffic fatality of the year as Dryden TV service owner Norman Dryden 42 years old is killed. A North Western crossing gate or signal order faces Iowa Commerce Commission hearings. Surviving wife Virginia and two children, with numerous relatives, mourn as memorial services are planned.
Richard Kaplan, 60, of Swisher, died when his farm tractor pulled off and back into a southbound car on Highway 218 a half mile north of the Iowa river bridge. Earl Meskimen, 47, of Cedar Rapids, escaped injury. Mrs. Meskimen treated and released. Kaplan’s services planned at Brosh funeral home in Cedar Rapids.
United Nations AP report notes Senator Fulbright, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he favors a unilateral reduction of American military involvement in Vietnam.
In Wakefield England a bus conductor charged a seven pence fare for Judith Sharp's pet mouse George on a six mile trip to Woolley. Judith's grandfather Donald Barker paid as well. An official said the conductor likely misread rules and George will probably have his fare refunded.
Frank Suchy 77 a Cedar Rapids pioneer jeweler born Oct 12 1872 in Czechoslovakia died Friday after a long illness. Graveside services Monday at Czech National cemetery. Harold Fish 53 of Denver former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday. Grace Fernow former Cedar Rapids and Marion resident died Friday at her daughter’s home in Silver Spring Maryland.
City Briefs lists a 17 year old fined for a noisy muffler and a 28 year old fined for lacking a valid Iowa license. It notes a stolen check, a boy injured in Jones park, a stolen boat on the Cedar River, and obituaries for Jack Davis, Emma DeBlaere, and George H. Hoffman with service details and survivors.
Ruby and Jim's Tap at 204 First Street NW offers breakfast at 6 15 and sandwiches with Budweiser on tap. A Friday night break in at Hope Lutheran Church on Bowling Street SW saw an American flag stolen after entry via broken window. A four year old, Timothy Mumm, of Marion, suffered facial lacerations and a foot injury after being struck by a car on Bever Avenue SE. He received treatment at St Luke's Hospital and was released.
A 19 year oldGaberial C LaFramboise faced reckless driving and drunkenness charges after his car struck two garages and a parked car on Cedar Rapids northeast side early Saturday. The incident occurred at 4 45 a m in an alley between 1300 blocks of C and D avenues NE. He drove west at high speed 60 feet to strike a clothesline pole then hit the garage at 1336 C avenue NE and the garage at 1334 C avenue NE. Damages were about 1000 to garages and about 15 to the parked car registered to Stella B Quamme 1336 C avenue NE. LaFramboise was held in city jail in lieu of 220 bond.
A midnight to 5 a.m. curfew was ordered Friday on Lumbumbashi the capital of Congo's South Kantanga province by regional authorities in Kinshasa.
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