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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
15
Daily Record summarizes Friday temperatures for major cities, rainfall totals for September, and a barometer reading. It notes a Boone birth, details on local residences, and two small fire incidents at 333 Twenty-eighth Street NW and bedding at 900 O Avenue NW.
A list of death notices and funeral service details across Iowa towns including Lamont Kruessel Fawcett Back and others. Services scheduled for Monday and Saturday at Lutheran Catholic and other churches. Rosaries and calling hours noted for several individuals in Decorah Manchester Tama and Guttenberg areas.
Senator Edmund Muskie charged former vice president Richard Nixon with avoiding questions on Vietnam while asserting Nixon was involved in events that shaped the war. In Topeka he urged Nixon to reveal the full story of the Vietnam situation and linked 1954 Eisenhower Nixon actions to current wartime policy.
William Scranton former Pennsylvania governor and Nixon ally met President Charles de Gaulle for 70 minutes in Paris. He said the discussion covered all problems and the meeting was very fruitful for him and perhaps for the United States. He also met Premier Maurice Couve de Murville earlier in the day.
Virgil Polkinghorn, 28, of Dubuque was treated and released at Manchester hospital after his pickup rolled over on highway 20 four miles east of town around 2 a.m. No other injuries were reported.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday editions at 50 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include carrier 65 cents a week and mail options with varying yearly prices. The paper reserves AP news republication rights and local news exclusive to AP dispatches.
Coe college starts the year with a Wednesday convocation at 7 30 p m in Sinclair Memorial Chapel. President Joseph E McCabe will speak on Beyond the Present Crises in his 11th year. Dean Nussbaum opens the year after an organ prelude by Eleanor Taylor.
George Wallace pledged a constitutional amendment to require senate confirmation of federal judges every six to eight years at a Tallahassee rally before about 10 000. Demonstrators from Florida State University jeered as Wallace launched his last Florida tour, while supporters hailed his stance.
Governor Hughes outlines a plan to create a national labor law task force and remove the NLRB from political influence. He calls for public education on responsible unionism, urges halting bombing in Vietnam, and supports the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He notes UAW endorses Democratic candidates Franzenburg, Frommelt, and Johnston and reports a secret presidential preference ballot.
Chief Justice Earl Warren denied a petition by 93 army reservists seeking a stay of Vietnam duty. The group, including 83 from the Schenectady area and 10 from New York City, asked to be held in the United States pending a ruling on their call up legality. The New York cohort was due to ship out today and the Schenectady group next week.
Matthew and Joan Love of Troy Mills filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids federal court listing $5,859 in debts and $1,660 in assets. He works as a laborer.
Walter J. Van Deusen, longtime Anamosa and Central City resident, died at his daughter Mrs. James Hays home in Scottsbluff Nebraska. Burial is planned in Lewiston Montana.
In dense fog a massive pileup blocked the southbound New Jersey Turnpike from Exit 4 near Camden to Exit 2 near Swedesboro. State police reported 30 to 40 vehicles involved and at least one death. Fire units were dispatched though fatalities or fires could not be confirmed.
Mechanicsville man Gary L. Green 28 held on intoxication and resisting an officer charges. Police say Green attempted to strike an officer with a beer bottle at Sixteenth avenue and B street SW as officers arrested him. Bond set at 110 dollars for each charge.
Clare K. Bixler widow of Ingram Bixler and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Friday after a brief illness. Survived by two brothers Dr Clyde Oldaker Iowa City and Dr Emery Oldaker Phoenix. Services Monday 1 30 p m Beatty Bearle funeral home with Rev Arnold Herbst and Rev Joseph E McCabe entombment Chapel of Memories. Memorial gifts to St Pauls United Methodist Church organ fund.
Florence Childs aged 78 of Cedar Rapids died Friday after a brief illness. Born September 28, 1896, she worked as a secretary for Tolheim Co. Surviving are sisters Inez Childs of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Forest Reed of Marshalltown. Services at Turner West at 1 30 p m Tuesday with Rev. John M Jensen. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Police said five counterfeit twenty dollar bills turned up in Waterloo at banks wholesale houses and a drug store. One was passed in Cedar Rapids downtown, with both cities showing the same serial numbers L27619052A. Detectives call the bills high quality and describe Cedar Rapids passer as a young man while Waterloo passers were not clearly described.
Robert Humphrey, 24, son of Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey, disclosed at a Sacramento news conference that he had Hodgkin’s disease with lymph gland involvement. He said he was called into service, had a medical examination, and underwent surgery leaving a long scar behind his right ear, noting a two year wait to claim care.
The piece notes Hubert Humphrey in the Johnson administration sphere, expecting Sen Eugene McCarthy to back him after a French Riviera trip. It says Humphrey has definite ideas to end Vietnam conflict and would implement them on taking office in January. It mentions planned stops to visit his mother in Huron South Carolina and a Columbus Ohio visit before returning West.
The New York board of education proposed a peace plan to end a teachers strike that has sidelined most of 1.1 million pupils for eight days. Mayor Lindsay and Education Commissioner James Allen praised the plan as balanced and just. Albert Shanker called it a possibility for schools to reopen next week amid tension with Ocean Hill Brownsville over dismissals. The plan would lift the Ocean Hill suspension and reinstate teachers opposed by the district.
The annual Parade of Homes ends Sunday with open houses in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Most venues run from noon to dark. refer to the Sept 15 Parade of Homes section in The Gazette for addresses and hours. The directory explains how to reach these houses, including new streets not yet on city maps.
In Brno crowds press around leaders as Svoboda notes the sea of smiling faces. Dubcek praises meeting peers, while Cernik calls the fair evidence of gradual normalization through international participation.
About 1,370 rebel tribesmen in West Irian have surrendered in recent weeks and returned to their villages in the northwest region, according to Antara News Agency.
Don Adams presents Nancy Sinatra performing songs on HOLLY WOOD PALACE at 8 30 tonight on Channel 9 in color. The program in color features Sinatra singing a selection of her tunes.
Reports detail thefts including a $100 .20 gauge shotgun from David Perrin at 1134 Nineteenth St SE and a $200 tape recorder stolen from a car at Washington High School. Other items stolen include $300 in clothing from George M. Loshbaugh and a tape deck plus tapes from Sharon J. Kerkman. Community events feature St Ludmila’s Carnival and church dinners, with a police note on an injury after a car collision and a Tropic Lanes islander room opening.
Stephen Smith, Kennedy family executor and brother in law to Robert F. Kennedy, announced support for Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Smith said he will help in any way but cannot fundraise due to personal reasons while noting the Kennedy campaign deficit and his role with the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.
Two Iowa City lawyers Ansel J. Chapman and Robert E. Osmundson were named by a 10 member nominating committee to replace District Court Judge Clair Hamilton in Iowa's Eighth Judicial District. Hamilton reaches retirement age in November. the governor will make the final appointment.
Wesley A. Pomeroy outlined future crime busting methods at an IEEE Cedar Rapids conference. He warned criminals may need more education, discussed voice prints, computer prediction, and TV records for civil disorder analysis and faster citizen access to law enforcement.
Washington Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle mails a Sunday sermon to 130 parishes urging pastors to condemn priests who oppose the Pope's birth control encyclical. He has punished 12 dissenting priests and considers 44 more, while the Association of Washington Priests hires lawyers to seek reinstatement.
The Republican nominee says a candidate must reach all segments of the nation and win over black voters to govern. He warns that ignoring Negro voters risks civil strife and hopes to gain confidence of both black and white people after the election.
Jose Ortiz, 29, marking his return from New York, set off a rocket at San Juan International airport that shot over the air terminal. Police detained him.
Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson star in F. Scott Fitzgerald drama tic love story shown as Saturday night movie at 9 30 PM on Channel 9.
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