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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1969
Page
3
The Daily Record shows high temperatures across cities for Monday and overnight lows. Rainfall totals for September run 1.58 inches, with normal 3.97 and year-to-date 39.68 inches. Weather notes include barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, plus lake pool changes and dam readings.
Obituary notices list several deaths with ages and service details. Nellie Moore 83 Columbus Junction. Earl Richards 80 Fairbank. John Dreier 98 Vinton. Mrs Wilbert Wiese 54 Tama. Bessie Hall 67 Millersburg. Elizabeth Craig 85 Lamont. Emile Reicher 65 Dyersville. Services vary by church and day.
The column lists multiple birth announcements on Sept 22 23 for families in Marion Cedar Rapids and College Park Maryland plus Maquoketa and Walker. It also records name pairs and annulment petitions, notices of rekindle fire and various traffic and license cases with offenders and fines in a single update.
Local want ads highlight opportunities for part time and full time work. Listings show varied positions and hiring firms seeking applicants now, with quick contact details for prospective employees.
Kenneth R. Oliver 26 of 1006 Sixth Street SE pled guilty to receiving stolen property for a Cedar Rapids burglary ring incident at Patsy’s Jewelry. sentenced to nine months in county jail. Leroy Kula Prairieburg received ten years in Anamosa reformatory for motor vehicle larceny and one year for motor vehicle without owner consent. placed on probation. Stephen Johnston 18 with no address got ten years in the reformatory for breaking and entering related to Flamingo Pizza Palace burglary. placed on probation.
Craig Williams 29 of 403 Second Avenue SE was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a charge of purchasing 302 13 dollars of clothing with a stolen Montgomery Ward credit card. He was arraigned before Linn District Judge Harold Victor and bond set at 2000 with county attorney appointed. The card was reported stolen February 11 from Robert Condon.
About 750 dollars in cash was stolen in a breakin at Young's 66 station in Palo on Monday night. A deputy sheriff said entry was gained by breaking a glass in the back door and reaching in to turn the door handle.
Linn county attorney begins action to have state own a car tied to alleged narcotic transport by Indianapolis couple James E. Anderson 29 and Susan L. 22. They were arrested last Friday on charges connected to illegal transportation of drugs.
In Cedar Rapids, charges of possession of narcotic drugs are pending in the municipal court. A car seizure action related to the case was begun in Linn district court on Monday.
U S officials say three years into discussions aimed at restraining the arms race Moscow has not yet replied to Rogers and Gromyko. Washington expects a verdict in weeks, while the U S Senate has ratified the nonproliferation treaty and the Soviets have yet to complete ratification.
Dr Wenzlick says real estate forces driving housing demand stem from higher costs and more working wives post marriage. For the first time in the United States and Cedar Rapids, multistory and multiple family units exceed single family homes as buyers seek smaller lots and less lawn care.
A welfare department representative will visit the Jane Boyd Community House to distribute food stamps to eligible people. Distribution occurs each Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. this week onward. Information about the food stamp program will also be provided.
C Vincent Young 61 former Cedar Rapids resident died Monday after long illness born September 21 1908 in Thornburg He lived in Cedar Rapids over 30 years and moved to a farm near Central City He was married to Irene Detert February 2 1945 Surviving: wife two daughters Mrs Virgil Johnson and Mrs Raymond Derby Toddville three sons Everett L Donovan and David 17 grandchildren one great grandson stepmother four sisters two brothers Services at Brush chapel Thursday 8 30 a.m. Immaculate Conception Church Rev Roger E O Brien Burial St Johns Cemetery Rosary recited Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at chapel friends may call Wednesday
Robert D. Fowler 47 of 267 Drinkward Street NW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was born September 8 1922 in Vinton and married Lorraine Dalziel February 4 1946 in Iowa City. A World War II veteran he belonged to VFW Post 4077 Anamosa and Pearl Harbor Veterans club. Surviving are his wife three daughters two brothers a sister two grandchildren. Memorial services 1 30 Thursday Turner Chapel West Rev A T Washington. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 11 am Wednesday until 1 pm Thursday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
Cub Scouts Pack 63 honored David Hein David Spratte Craig Cerney Brian Dotson Craig Sorenson David Swanson and Doug Richardson. Pack 23 awarded at St Matthew's church Monday night to Mark Heyvaert Kevin Langan Chris Moore Michael Ferguson Robert Carter Michael Fred Steve McCarville Mike Peiffer and Mark Peiffer.
Judge Harrison Winter defended Clemen t Haynsworth before the senate judiciary committee, praising his character while admitting he would have avoided buying stock in a firm tied to a Fourth Circuit ruling. Winter said no disqualification. the Justice Department noted the purchase occurred after terms were agreed but before the ruling was announced.
Memorial services were held for Kyle and Harry Wesley Beatty at Bearle chapel at 1 30 p m with the Rev James O McCoy of First Pentecostal church. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery. Dows, Sutherland C First Presbyterian church held services at 10 30 a m with Dr Joseph E McCabe, Turner chapel east arranging. Schamberger Mrs William D Turner chapel east at 1 30 p m with Dr John P Woods. burial Linwood cemetery. Sebrecht John F services at 1 p m Tuesday at Chapel of Memories by Rev Howard Harris Free Methodist. burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Cedar Memorial funeral home in charge.
Firefighters battled a landfill fire that rekindled Monday night with responses at 9 09 p m and flareups at 3 23 am and 5 01 am. Fire Chief Jesse G Hunter said crews stayed on site until 2 51 am and found 25 to 30 pounds of roofing nails on the street as salvage vehicles cleared debris. The department will return if smoke worsens, but the fire poses no immediate threat.
City officials refuse voluntary talks with Teamsters local 238 as 200 workers join a strike halting refuse collection on 14 routes. Judge Eads ruled public employee strikes illegal yet did not order a return to work. A private contractor pulled crews from the landfill after threats, while Sheriff Grant notes more rubbish along county roads.
Workers on strike face a $100 fine for littering violations. Pay ranges for striking employees start at $440 to $560 monthly, with about 75 percent in streets and sanitation. Other affected departments include traffic engineering, forestry, riverfront improvements, and water services. Some have taken private sector work, while many remain idle. some use downtime to register to vote.
A man who moved south to farm part time protested outside state offices to gain eligibility for a highway job in Ottumwa after being rejected for Corydon and told his Corydon denial came from Ames. He plans four days of picketing and may extend time off if no action is taken.
Dr. Donald Moore, who performed a partial eye transplant last April, was suspended by the Harris County Medical Society. The Houston Ophthalmological Society had earlier suspended him for practice not in keeping with community standards. Moore, an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, has 20 days to appeal to the AMA. If upheld, his hospital affiliations in Houston and area hospitals could be curtailed. The hospital released only that the operation involved a total eye transplant, while Moore later said only the front part of the eye was transplanted in Conroe resident John Madden.
The Mod Squad begins a new season with a clairvoyant ally. The show airs at 6 30 PM Tuesday in color on KCRG TV 9.
Rock Island Illinois fire inspector Tom Rudbeck warned that careless handling of pressurized aerosol cans, especially hairsprays, is an increasing home fire cause. He spoke to about 70 at the 20th annual fire safety school in Cedar Rapids, noting failures to activate sprinklers and storage of paints as other hazards. The program, run by the Chamber of Commerce Cedar Rapids fire department and Iowa State University extension, will address storage protection and industrial fire security.
Iowa state senator Donald Weimer railed at a roomful of lenders at a legislative committee on a proposed uniform consumer credit code. He argued the lenders and retailers present did not want consumer protection and warned against federal overreach, while others urged Iowa to adopt its own protections to clean up the credit industry.
A reader asks about a sponsored service for placing regular want ads. The note suggests interest in ongoing advertisement slots and a routine schedule.
At a closed session in Rabat 24 Moslem nations invited India to send a delegation representing its 60 million Muslims. India becomes the first Moslem-minority country asked to join this conference, which aims to condemn the Jerusalem Al Aqsa fire and Israeli actions there. Moroccan Foreign Minister Ahmed Siraki said New Delhi assured adherence to conference decisions.
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