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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1966
Page
3
Five day forecast notes temperatures 4 to 8 degrees below normal with scattered showers early period. Normal highs in upper 60s to low 70s and lows mid 40s to upper 40s. Daily noon readings cited with wind SW 14 to 19 mph. Local obituaries and court notices list multiple names and services across several towns including Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Des Moines area institutions.
Couve de Murville warns the U.N. will not seat Peking soon or settle Chinas status. He laments U.S. rejection of Red China while Vietnams war and nuclear disarmament remain unresolved. He notes improved Western Europe Eastern Europe dialogue as a bright spot.
Classified item highlights a home purchase as a wise investment. The brief notes a want ad in classification 50 inviting readers to find a dwelling, suggesting stability and satisfaction from owning a residence.
Chairman Mills of the Ways and Means Committee said he knows of no current plans to raise taxes and is satisfied President Johnson has committed to cutting spending by $3 billion. He cautioned future changes could occur after congress completes 1967 appropriations, noting revenues should cover planned spending.
Fourteen youths were injured and five corpsmen jailed after pre arranged fights sparked by small fires at the Atterbury Job Corps center in Indiana. Center official Jim McManus said there was no clear rhyme or reason or racial angle. Fires in dorm waste baskets and a mattress were quickly put out as groups clashed near the theater and other areas. He noted staff and other corpsmen subdued the incidents and that no more than about 150 of the 1,800 corpsmen were involved.
Erickson service station manager Tom Tri said a $366 shortage was found after a four day absence. The station at 3135 First avenue E. was reported by police Tuesday and detectives are investigating the incident.
The communist National Liberation Front leader Nguyen Huu Tho told Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett that the front plans a broad democratic coalition government. It would include representatives from all social strata nationalities religious communities and patriotic personalities.
Judge Warren J. Rees trimmed 1,030 acres from Robins amid a severance suit begun July 28 by 16 resident property holders. Non resident petitioners joined August 17. Officials said costs for road improvements drove the action. Mayor Miessner welcomed departures. The land cut away forms the town's southern, largely agricultural portion mapped in 1925. Petitions sought three commissioners to apportion assets but the request was waived. The case involves named residents and non residents including the Vogt and Reed families. County welfare plans to aid needy residents with food stamps were mentioned in the same report.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the state Department of Social Welfare expressing eagerness to start the federal food stamp program. A mix up delayed filing of the necessary resolution, with the board now enclosing the authorization and noting the delay and intent to proceed.
Judge William R. Eads revoked the probation of James Niswander 21 of Coralville and ordered a three year sentence at the Anamosa men’s reformatory. He had pled guilty to conspiracy after allegedly signing a $25 check for his wife while lacking a checking account. Niswander previously received the sentence June 27 and was on probation before a Muscatine jail breach conviction led to the revocation request by state parole officers.
Beulah M. and T. A. Glandon of Cedar Rapids won $3000 in a damage suit against Margaret and Vincent Fiala over a Dec 31 1964 two car crash at Thirteenth Avenue and First Street SW. They sought $7500 alleging negligent driving. The jury awarded Beulah Glandon $2500 and T A Glandon $500. Judge Warren J. Rees presided.
John D. Rinderknecht, 42, of 2446 Mallory Street SW, pled guilty to second offense drunk driving. He was fined $500 and costs and had his license revoked for 90 days. He was arrested August 16 at the intersection of Tenth Street and Ninth Avenue SE.
Earnest L. Adair 33 of 942 Owen street NW pled innocent Wednesday before Judge Warren J. Rees to a charge of drunk driving. He was arrested April 17 at the junction of Highway 30 and Johnson Avenue NW.
Peace Glenn Powers of Bertram township faced charges fined $25 and costs on each count.
Local 100 workers and Penick executives offered no comment on contract negotiations as a two year agreement nears expiration this Saturday. About 1,100 Penick employees work at the Cedar Rapids site while one source hinted a union vote on a new company offer may proceed at CSPS Hall.
George T Weir 69 of 2421 D avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a short illness. He retired in 1960 after 19 years as service manager for The James W Bell Co. Born April 21, 1897 in Whittemore he married Mae Julia Funk in 1930. He was World War I veteran and a member of St Matthew Catholic Church VFW. Surviving: Mae wife. daughter Joan E Strube Windermere Fla. son George Weir Jr Cedar Rapids. six grandchildren. Services at St Matthew's Friday 10 a.m. Rev L V McDonough officiating. Rosary Thursday 7:30 p.m. Turner chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Nine week old Curtis Allen Peddycoart son of Daniel E. and wife dies in his crib at home on 196 Day Street NW born July 23 in Cedar Rapids. Graveside services set for Thursday at 10 30 a.m. at Cedar Memorial cemetery with Rev. Allen S. Van Cleve. Friends may call Brady mortuary 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Sidney Noble 85 dies after lingering illness at his Cedar Rapids home. He born December 18 1880 in Mee Lean Illinois lived here 56 years operated a service station 30 years. Survived by wife Dulcia Mulinex married Sept 6 1910 at Quincy Illinois. Services to be announced later. Friends may call Rohn funeral home after 6 p.m. Thursday.
George Olausson of New York City died while visiting in Cedar Rapids at the home of his daughter and son in law Harold L Eggert. He is survived by another daughter Mrs Carl Fuchs of Midland Park New Jersey and five grandchildren. Burial will be in Albany New York.
UPI reports U S Marines and Vietnamese crews bulldozed a new road linking Da Nang to An Hoi despite Viet Cong ambushes. India Company 3rd Battalion 9th Marines faced heavy fighting with 32 and 29 enemy bodies found after clashes, while a Navy Cross candidate was named for Capt George Navadel.
Clarence D. Zieser of 421 Sixteenth Street NE was fined $25 and costs in municipal court on a July 19 resisting an officer charge. Police said he resisted during attempts to place him in a squad car after arrest for leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself, a charge later dismissed.
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