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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
3
Sunday highs and lows listed for Bismarck Chicago Denver Duluth Los Angeles Miami and other cities with rainfall amounts. Five day forecast mentions near normal to above normal highs and lows, rain totals of .25 to .50 inches north and east, cooler days midweek, and a weekend warm spell. Numerous city weather figures and barometer data also noted.
A list of individuals from Marion Urbana Los Angeles and other locales received fines of ten dollars plus costs for speeding and related offenses. The docket names each defendant along with street addresses and cities, noting the uniform penalty.
Wreck survivors include McConnell Davenport DeWayne Rosenfield Nichols and Mrs Jesse Thomas of Des Moines treated at Copley Memorial hospital in Aurora. Also treated and released were Everett Downey 50 Carson William Garlock Clinton and George C James 64 Davenport.
In Pavia Italy a priceless ninth century chair with gold and silver decorations was stolen from the civic museum. Police suspect skilled thieves targeted the single rare piece, leaving other valuables untouched. Dr Peroni the museum director called it the only remaining chair of its kind.
A local case in Cheyenne draws attention as a provocative segment titled Noose at Noon airs Tuesday at 5 30 p m CDT on KCRG TV 9. Authorities and viewers react to the crime themed program's content and scheduling.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co and workers in a five state region including Cedar Rapids reached a tentative wage agreement. General increases range from 2 to 5 dollars weekly for 17 000 employees with Cedar Rapids seeing 2 50 to 5. Additional up grades affect 14 towns and long distance operators gain a 4 basic plus 1 for skill changes. The pact adds 3 868 000 dollars annually in wages and would take effect September 27 pending ratification by October 12.
Mrs. Richard Morgan, 45, a Cedar Rapids cultural figure who helped found the Children's Theater in 1951, died in a Sunday crash near Jefferson. Her husband Richard Morgan was injured. George Cabelka, 71, of Yale also died. Funeral in Des Moines Wednesday.
Oscar A. Anthes sues Travelers Indemnity Co in Linn County alleging the insurer has not paid a $37,500 verdict won against his brother Fern R. for injuries from a farm accident. He seeks $37,500 plus $1,231.26 in costs and claims only $161.83 has been paid. A jury trial is requested.
Henry Cabot Lodge will be the first recipient of the Thomas A. Dooley foundation Splendid American Award. The San Francisco banquet to honor Lodge is set for October 21 in San Francisco.
Edwin Humpleby an Iowa City salesman facing a Cedar Rapids peddler ordinance charge. The Iowa Supreme Court appeal was dismissed after Linn County District Judge B J Maxwell enjoined enforcement of the fee section. The May 27 law required peddlers to pay 10 dollars daily 40 dollars monthly or 150 dollars annually.
Judge Warren Rees presided at an arraignment Monday in which Meredith faces charges of taking a 1958 model car belonging to Ralph L. Edwards of 1324 A Avenue NW.
LeRoy E. Dudley of Toddville was fined $300 and costs by Judge Warren Rees after pleading guilty to drunk driving. He was arrested Friday one-fourth mile north of Hiawatha by the highway patrol. Suit Filed Richard Leslie Henderson vs G Dale Anderson of Buchanan county seeks $4125 on a promissory note.
Cedar Rapids police, led by Chief George Matias, have intensified crowd control training after President Johnson's riot control directive. The department has 75 new helmets and recently hosted drills at the Memorial Coliseum with aid from Ed Dickson of the Iowa Highway Patrol.
Keith R. Williams, 33, an inmate at Ft. Madison, was sentenced in Cedar Rapids to seven years for writing a bogus $20 check at a department store on Aug. 3, 1963. Judge Maxwell ruled the term may run concurrently with a Johnson county sentence. Frances Minor, 2736 Union Drive, received a six month suspended sentence for false uttering of a $30 check written May 12 at Hogan's Rental Service, with restitution to cover the checks.
David William Meredith, 27, of 222 Sixth Street NE, was given until Thursday to plead to a charge of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The plea time was set by the court.
Two Cedar Rapids patrolmen suffered minor cuts from barbed wire and a bramble bush during a struggle with a 17 year old boy at his parents home. The youth was arrested as an incorrigible youth and released to his parents after authorities charged him with pistol shooting Roberta Jones of Paducah.
Dr Joseph J Nemec 53 of 259 Twenty fifth street drive SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday noon. Born December 3 1910 in Buenos Aires Argentina he came to Cedar Rapids as a baby and trained at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He served Mercy and St Luke's hospitals and is survived by his wife Alma and two daughters Joan Zhorne and Sally Nemec. Funeral services Wednesday at St Matthew's with burial in St John's cemetery. Rosary to be recited 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Monahan Stewart funeral home.
Ralph I. Evans 78 of 1611 Fourth avenue SE died after a long illness. Born in Williamsburg April 25, 1886 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1916. He was a retired Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co. employee and member of Mt Hermon Masonic Lodge Elks club and Goodfellows. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home with Mt Hermon Lodge. Calling hours after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Obituaries published for Lars Anton Rosendahl of St Mark's Lutheran Church services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev Richard W Engstrom with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel until 9 p.m. Monday and church 9 to 10:25 a.m. Tuesday. The casket will not be opened after the service. Ollie Tobin of Bethel A M E church will have services at 3 p.m. Tuesday led by Rev John I Thomas. Military rites by the American Legion at Oak Hill cemetery graveside. Chapel to 9 p.m. Monday.
Jakarta AP report states officials in Klaten district evicted 400 individuals from land owned by a state plantation. Eviction follows government action to reclaim state assets and resettle affected residents.
Cedar Rapids detectives report arrest of Samuel L. Taylor a 29 year old Paducah Kentucky man sought for assaulting a woman there April 11 He resided at 1116 Sixth Street SE and was taken into custody on a Paducah warrant.
The Nile flood waters are receding near Cairo as farmers regain safety, but lingering danger to Abu Simbel temples persists. No immediate farmland threat remains, though authorities warn continued vigilance is needed.
International papers react to the Kennedy assassination inquiry with mixed judgments. Stockholm readers praise impartiality, while Oslo and Copenhagen columns urge caution about Oswald’s alleged links and insist on thorough explanation without sensationalism.
The commission criticized lax security at the Oswald prison site and at the State Department. It urged a cabinet committee to oversee presidential protection, an agency overhaul of threat detection, better motorcade measures, greater FBI assistance, federalizing presidential crimes, police press standards, and improved handling of defectors returning to the United States.
MOBILE AP Hundreds of motorists viewed the gallant old lady as long lines formed on the Mobile bay causeway. Police reported some traffic backed up in both directions while others found no damage or jams at all.
Officers said Sunday sightseers flocked to view the 35 000 ton battleship Alabama berthed in a park beside a causeway. The vessel will be enshrined as a memorial to the state's war dead as Frost-affected weather and early frosts ashore were noted across Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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