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VOLUME 91-NUMBER 354
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1968
DIE
ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPJ, NEW YORK TIMES
AIR CRASH
FOG
27 Injured,
Including 8
Drum Boys
Jury Hits Snow Covers Ice
ISU Moral On C.R. Streets
'Pollution'
Before 3:30, city sanding
A four-to-six-inch blanket of crews had been plying the
fresh snow, spread over a sheet street.
of ice, slowed the pace in Cedar By 6 a.m. Saturday, Canney
Rapids Saturday.
j said, all of his available plowing j
By Celiene Nold Bruce
By John Pelletreau
In
the
city,
traffic
bogged;
equipment
and
manpower
werej
'
AMES
CHICAGO (UPI) - A North
, . (AP)-A
. „Story .county
„ down in drifts where snowplows
away more than
Central Airlines plane carrying
tion by faculty and paid speak- the-road buses were running a inches of snow which had fallen
45 people and searching for
ers" at Iowa State university few minutes behind schedule; by that time. This represented
landing room through blinding
discouraged by changes in the but running. The airport was some 74 units, including two on
fog crashed into a hangar at
humanities curriculum.
closed down until further notice. loan from the parks department,
O'Hare Internationa! a i r p o r t
one from the waterworks and
"The militant radical activist,
Public
Improvements
Com'riday night.
four rented from a construction
both teacher and student, is inCook county and airline ofvolved in the humanities," said missioner Don Canney called company.
icials said 26 people were killthe jury in a report filed Friday in his snowplow crews at 3:30
City
Warned
id. The airline said 27 were inin Story county district court. a.m. Saturday, about two The city first received word at
hours after Friday night's
ured.
The jury said it was up to freezing rain changed to snow. 11:30 a.m. Friday from its
A boys' drum and bugle corps
the state board of regents to
weather consultant, Murray and
was
practicing in the Braniff Inm a k e "corrective" policy
Trettle, Inc., Northfield, 111., to
ternational
hangar when the
*
*
*
changes on behalf of the peoexpect an accumulation of snow
plane
crashed
through the doors,
ple, and said regents' mem*
Armed with that knowledge
spewing burning fuel and metal
bership should be changed if
Canney said, crews were put to
on the eight boys. All were inthe public isn't satisfied with
work Friday afternoon mounting
jured; some of their clothing
what it does.
snowplows on trucks.
was set afire.
Later word was received at 4
David A. Norris of Ames, juIt was the first fatal crash for
a.m. Saturday that 1 the ac
ry foreman, said Saturday the
North Central, a feeder line
cumulation would be greate:
which has carried 18 million
jury began a three-month study low* Newsin September to determine what AutO travel slowed to a crawl, than originally anticipated.
people around the midwest since
The
city
crews
encountered
no
1948.
was going on at ISU.
-UPI
Photo
or didn't move at all, today as erious problems, although hill
Wisconsin Cities
brisk northerly winds chased up within the city are bad becaus
Murder Cited
TRAGEDY AT O'HARE—Firemen probe the shattered cabin of a North Central Airlines twinto 8 inches of snow across f the ice. This hazard is bein
The flight originated in Min"The recent murder of an Eastern
engine Convair which plowed into a hangar last night at O'Hare airport in Chicago. The pilot was
Iowa.
neapolis-St.
Paul and stopped in
met by having the hills sande
Iowa State coed and frequent
attempting to land in fog and drizzle. At least 26 persons were killed, 27 injured. (Photo of survivor
The
snow,
ranging
from
4
to
8
he
Wisconsin
cities of Wausau,
as quickly as the graders clea
reports of student radicals and
Green
Bay,
Manitowoc and
inches,
moved
into
East
Iowa
on picture page.)
away the snow.
other activists using campus
early
today
on
the
heels
of
a
Milwaukee.
Then
it headed for
media to pulpiteer, sensationalEast Post Road
Friday-long
freezing
rain
and
murky,
fog-shrouded
Chicago.
ize and otherwise promote illicit
O'Hare
had
been
diverting
drizzle.
Linn county road crews began
sex, drug use, draft evasion,
some
flights
for
brief
periods
getting
calls
early
Saturday
defamation of our country and Most main highways were
earlier
Friday
because
of the
morning
about
cars
having
difleaders demands the attention opened this morning, but
fog,
but
the
world's
busiest
iculty
staying
on
East
Post
of this report," the jury said. travel *was treacherous due to
(Photos on Picture Page.)
'hich they soared toward the ment capable of landing on the commercial airport was open at
road
SE.
The jury concluded radicals packed snow and ice. County
the time of the crash.
.
; Y.QRKTOWN moon "for 69 hours, circled it for moon.'
were in the humanities and that roads north of Cedar Rapids A spokesman at the Linn
The
Apollo
9
flight,
scheduled
maintenance
building
said
trafAP)."— The.Apollo 8 astronauts 0 hours, then' made a 58-nonr for Feb. 28, will be an earth The Convair prop-jet came in
the problem was not peculiar were another story: _Most
through mist and
avoid'
th«
to ISU, it Is greater in' other'in- were blocked or with only one*
continued physical debriefings run back to their home planet. orbit mission with the main goal southeasterly,
drizzle.
"It
appeared
to be a
winding
road
because
of
the
stitutions, and the ISU admin- way traffic,
16 Des Moines . w o m e n aboard this carrier Saturday The trio planned to fly off the of testing the lunar module, the
normal
approach,"
a
Federal
potential
hazard.
istration is doing its "level best" Decorah reported 8 inches o:
demonstrated outside p o l i c e >efore flying to the U.S. and a carrier about 4 p.m., Iowa time, space taxi which is to drop two Aviation A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
to meet it.
new snow, bringing the total on A spokesman at the Linn headquarters Saturday to de- belated Christmas with their Saturday, heading for Hickam astronauts to the lunar surface jokesman said. He said that,
the third orbits in the lough the fog was thick,
"Their (radicals) effective- the ground to 16. Other snowfal maintenance b u i l d i n g in mand tougher penalties for 'amilies.
airbase, Hawaii, where they while
main Apollo ship.
ness would lead one to think amounts included: Elkader am Marion said about 22 road crimes against children, while "They're in great shape,'
isibility was a quarter-mile
that there are many more of Independence, 7; Manchester crews were rushed i n t o
reported Dr. Clarence Jernigan were to transfer to a transport
ith a 200-foot ceiling, within
Orbit
Flight
them than t h e r e actually Oelwein and Fayette, 6 inches. service to c l e a r the inside headquarters police still a space agency p h y s i c i a n plane for a flight to Ellington
minimum
requirements.
airbase, Texas, near t h e i r Apollo 10 is to follow in May.
hardsurfaced roads in the awaited word on me die a' aboard the carrier.
are," said the seven-member
The
plane
settled toward the
Road Report
t presently is planned as a
county. No initial attempt was reports of Pamela Powers He said Frank B o r m a n Houston homes.
jury.
unway,
cleared
a seven-foot
James Lovell and William A They are to arrive at 5 a.m. moon orbit flight in which two ence, and had almost landed
"Even though the trouble The Iowa highway patrol re to be made on unsurfaced death.
Sunday at Ellington, where their astronauts will fly as close as
blowing snow over mos roads. The spokesman said
centers in the humanities, the ported
its wing apparently tipped
The women, some carrying Anders seemed in better con families will be waiting to
of
the
state
this
morning.
High
there
were
no
serious
prodition than many astronauts who
(Continued: Page 2, Col. 4.) oward the hangar. The plane
average professor and student ways in the Cherokee and Span
signs,
said
they
w
o
u
l
<
them.
there is not a radical and is cer areas had scattered ic; blems arising from snowdrifts demonstrate in front of city hal returned from earth orbita welcome
made an "exceptionally severe"
After
a
late C h r i s t m a s
in
the
county.
missions.
quietly doing a good job," it
eft turn while still off the
Monday
morning,
and
would
try
,-' ; •. >''-,Both the city and county .to take their pleas to Gov.-elec "They look great and are celebration, the astronauts will
said.
ground,
investigators said, and
begin nine days of intensive
looking
better
all
the
time
But the jury went on: "There
crews
areexpected
to
have
the
rashed
through two l a r g e
Robert Ray at a later time.
Road Reports
completely alert and very hap debriefings in which experts will
doesn't seem to be any doubt
main thoroughfares cleaned at
angar
doors.
that some teachers are guilty Zowa highway patrol re- east once by late Saturday. In One woman, who wished not py," Jernigan commented after question them about all aspects
Fuel Blazes
of using their status to effect- ports on weather and road addition, both agencies an- to be identified, said she had the astronauts completed a five- of the flight, from t h e
Fuel sloshed from the plane
ively subvert or undermine the conditions in Iowa may be icipate working Sunday; the received a threatening phone hour examination following thei performance of the Saturn
and blazed. The doors crashed
morals and allegiance of some obtained by calling 366-1884 city to possibly load and remove call Saturday morning before pinpoint splashdown in th rocket that fired them away
from earth to their views of the SAIGON (AP) - The Viet m the drum and bugle corps,
in Cedar Rapids. The re- snow from the loop and the the demonstration.
students."
Pacific Friday.
1
lunar s u r f a c e and the Cong Saturday broadcast a new flag bearers for the Vanguard
ports
are
compiled
from
It called on the regents to
county to continue its road She said a man told her not t
Hawaii
Transfer
p e r f o r m a n c e of their offer to meet with U. S. repre- group of suburban Des Plaines.
highway
patrolmen
several
make "fundamental changes"
clearing efforts.
go through with the demonstra
spaceship.
sentatives on New Year's day An explosion blew the plane
times
during
a
24
-hour
They
had
been
in
space
for
si;
in the humanities curriculum,
The airport was closed off
(Continued:
Page
2,
Col.
7.)
to negotiate release of three apart as it skidded to a halt inperiod.
days
and
three
hours,
durin
which will "by all suitable
early Saturday after the snow
"Very Good One"
American
prisoners. It came side.
means encourage moral imjegan accumulating atop the
Preliminary
analysis
of
wha
only
hours
after an allied an- Robert Irish, 26, of Antigo,
provement."
spots and highways in the Den- layer of ice. An a i r l i n e
they saw and learned has nouncement that there will be Wis., said he was sitting in the
Emphasis
nison area ranged from scat- spokesman said the closing was
strengthened America's desire to1 no cease-fire Jan. 1.
rear of the plane. He suffered
"There is a need for in- tered icy spots to 100 percent due to drifts 18-to-20-inches deep
on the moon nex A similar meeting Christmas acerations and an eye injury.
land
men
creased emphasis at all levels ice-covered. Highways in the across the runways. The icy
1
year. The astronauts reported day broke down when U.S "We were coming in and -then
of education of the American remainder of the state ranged landing strips, in addition, foiled
they had no trouble detecting
representatives c h a r g e d the all of a sudden it looked like the
ideal," the jury said. "Our sol- from 75 to 100 percent ice and aircraft braking capabilities.
land features or navigating Viet
1
Cong tried to lure them pilot had speeded up the engine
A spokesman told The Gazette NEW YORK (AP) - New numbers of the b u i l d i n g s around the moon, and they saic
dier boys have been dying for snow covered.
into
a
"propaganda circus." and pulled it up," he said. "And
this ideal. Education as never The p a t r o l said blowing attempts were being made to York's deputy mayor s a i d heatless in the wake of a strike a spot picked as a likely landing
A
U.S.
said Satur as he pulled it up everything
before should clearly teach it." snow cut visibility in the Des have one runway opened by 3
by oil deliverymen. About 15,000 zone "is a very good one in day that spokesman
Saturday
that
the
fuel
oil
he
had
no
immediate went blank.
p.m.
He
said
a
turbo-prop
plane
The jury said the power for Moines, Mason City, Cedar
of 28,000 buildings without heat deed."
comment
on
the
new
offer. Bu
would
attempt
to
take
off
if
the
shortage is "past the crisis Thursday had been serviced by Space officials at Houston saidj
"desirable" social change lies Falls, Fairfield and Ottumwa
"When I woke np I knew the
on
Friday
"another
spokesman
runway
was
opened
and
fly
to
with the adult electorate rather areas to near zero at times
point" but the situation is "still Friday night, he said.
plane
must have crashed. I
ithey were optimistic that the
Kansas
City,
which
has
only
one
had
said
the
United
States
is
than the schools.
felt
all
around and I felt
during the morning. Interstate
serious and will be considered The state of peril declared by'; flight would lead to lunar landig
to
"go
anywhere,
an
"The r a d i c a l pathfinders 80 east of Stuart was from runway in use.
bodies
here
and there.
so as long as any families are health authorities remained in ings, large space stations andj
time"
to
negotiate
the
release
should be sent to the electorate, 75 to 100 percent ice and snow
Few Accidents
without heat."
trips to the planets.
effect in the flu-ridden city.
The U.S. and South Vietnam "I started crawling and looked
not to the captive audience of covered.
The
appraisal
was
made
by
Air
Force
Lt.
Gen.
Samuel!
The
900
buildings
of
the
city's
out the window and a couple of
Police received reports of
s
ke men
youthful minds," the jury said.
public
school
system
w
e
r
e
j
Phillips,
Apollo
program
direc;
.P°
/
announced
that
al
Robert
Sweet,
Mayor
John
V.
,
.
people
helped me out I then
The weather bureau said only only seven accidents between 7
!l ed f rces w11 n
observe a
The jury took issue with very
Lindsay's
deputy,
who
had
anordered
closed
Monday
and!
tor,
said,
"We
will
fly
five
'
°
,
°J
helped
a couple of people in
light
snow
was
falling
in
and 10 a.m. Saturday. They atthe radicals' views that stunounced that fuel deliveries Tuesday to conserve t h e; Apollo missions next year, three j New Year s cease"flre because ambulances and then I got in an
dent control is justified be- (Continued: Page 2, Col. 3.)
(Continued: Page 2, Col. 1.) were being made to large system's depleted fuel reserves, of them configured with equip-! (Continued: Page 2, Col, 1.) ambulance myself. There were
cause students' funds are bemoans and groans and people
ing used.
hollering for help."
On the contrary, t h e j u r y
One of the injured drum and
said, taxpayers, parents and
buglers, Keith Carlson, 14, sufalumni provide the money, so
fered severe burns on his back
it is a "privilege for them to
when "a piece of the hangar fell
by the name of Ronald March, 1967. Ski and his com- Mike because he was an dragged him against a tree so position. Bennett, the recon on me, on my back."
By Bob Hope
go to school."
The jury also criticized radi- PHU CAT, Vietnam - Rykowski of W a t e r b u r y , bat team were dropped in the ROTC student from Berkeley he could still see the majority sergeant, fell across his knees, | "We were marching," he
cals who try to destroy the There seems to be a lot of Conn., always wanted to Plei Trap valley to cut off the and Mike was utterly without of the perimeter and direct dropped by an RP-40 burst.
(Continued: Page 2, Col. 8.)
youthful "faith in our heritage" s t r i k e s lately. Policemen, travel. He believed what the escape of a North Vietnamese fear of the enemy.
the attack. Sgt. Bennett was That's a Soviet machine-gun
but offer nothing to substitute garbagemen, school teachers, recruiters said and joined the regiment. They worked their
In fact he extended his time against his left side and fired made in C h i n a . Spec.-4
except their own control.
if you're looking for new and army right out of Sacred way south for a day and a half in the service so he could re- off to the left. His radio-tele- Mucci from Boston had the
Heart high s c h o o l in trying to find it. They ap"Our problems are magnified
Today's Index
W a t e r b u r y the day he proached a well-beaten trail in main in Vietnam. The only phone o p e r a t o r , Pfc. radio knocked off his back.
by them but nothing is said
The
medic
threw
himself
on
thing
that
had
ever
bugged
graduated
in
May,
1954.
Stockweii,
was
across
his
the
middle
of
the
jungle,
and
about how these same problems
8
top of Ski as the enemy over- Comics
The army was good to Ski coming down the trail was a Mike was having to run stomach firing south.
are in other countries, or how
Courthouse
2
between buildings on t h e
North Vietnamese battalion.
Ski remembers Stockwell ran the position.
as he is called by his troops.
much more the minorities here
Crossword
8
They sprayed the stack of
One of Ski's men yelled at Berkeley campus so h e because when he first came
They made him a master
Bob
have . . . compared to the maDaily
Record
2
wouldn't be kidded about up to the company he said. bodies with machine-gun fire,
him
to
look.
Ski
answered,
sergeant.
Then
they
sent
him
Deaths
2
(Continued: Page 2, Col. 6.)
Hope
"I'm afraid . . . what do I took off all the watches, Editorial Features
to officers training and made "Don't talk - shoot." They being in uniform.
4
The next to fall was Pfc. do?" and Ski a n s w e r e d , searched for money and left Financial
him a second lieutenant. He is opened fire. The enemy split
9
them for dead. Most of them Marion
is
probably the most informed on both sides of the trail and Washington, who took over "forget it. The whole thing
9
Today's Chuckle
tourist in history when it in 17 minutes Ski and his team Mike's machine gun. The a John Wayne movie.1' And were. Captain Ski lifted the Movies
9
enemy overran his position from then on it was a John dead body of Pvt Odorno Sports
A political forum is where better jobs, you might con- comes to the central highlands were surrounded.
8,7
the spectators are seated in sider soldiering. The pay isn't of Pleiku, and he never com- Lt. Mike Sudborough from and he went down firing. Ski Wayne movie in a matter of from him, r e t r i e v e d a State
I
Claymore mir,e and set it off Television
chairs while the candidates much but the work is plains about it being dull Berkeley, Calif., was mortally got it next through the hip, seconds.
,
7
tragically steady.
struck while trying to set up a pelvis, stomach and arm.
there.
The North V i e t n a m e s e as the enemy passed by them. Want Adi
straddle fences.
11-13
Our project officer, a major
Take that afternoon in machine gun. Ski remembers A medic, Pfc. O d o r n o , completely overran S k i ' s (Coatinued: Page 3, Col. 2.)
C«Ur Rapids News-
I
^j^ri;^?^1!;: h^t yet suced ^^ over.
Eastern Iowa
Snow, Wind
Cuts Travel
Protest in
D.M. Sparked
By,S I ay ing
Spacemen in Great Shape
Reds Offer
New Year's
Release Talk
t
Fuel Crisis Past in
A/.Y.; 'Still Serious
Soldiering: The Work Is Tragically Steady
Fhe Ce4ar fUjuds
-Weather—
Daily Record-
Gills cae be kft at
i the city hall or win L. U. Kei*>
sen at SB UareavUto. Both of
:, Mr. aad Mrs.
are fonoeriy
—Protes*—
u
iCoatiaued from Page 1.)
oonbeasi Iowa at noon, but
strong north to northwesterly
winds were still causing considerable drifting. ,
Occasional snow flurries are
lives of aer
MaxtewB Seoriiy
•! Meanwhile, the man accused
of murder in the Christmas eve|
Tefnwa-.'w fr'aai, o* '.em_
.
•cn: o>«fn,9ni a.-* 100*165 of f*t- Fort Atkinson — Anton lOWS
,
.
i
abduction aad death ol the blue-;
lrom
.
.
Karnik. 82. Services Monday ai
I
eyed,
blonde fourth-grader wasj
Biunarck 12-*"" J^oJSlS ««* :U 11. St. John's church. Rosary day is expected to be cloudy
held
in
maximum security sev-j
Ctucasc % 17 "si "ta^T* H U
Saturday and Sunday at 8, and colder, with the temperaen
blocks
away in the Polk' WASHINGTON (AP) - Ruth
s:
Chekal s
Dtriutta
% « " ISkS?* S u n
'ture about 10.
75 73 '.: WKburton 47»
Dyersvili- — Jciiu "Duke"
county jail.
Eisemann-Schier, charged with
r D W *kc
Panton, 68. Twin Lakes, \Vis.
Farmers' Report
Anthony Erthell Williams, udnaping Miss Barbara Jane
24, a sell-styled Negro min- dackle, has been placed on the
Low overnieht
24at st- Ftancis c e m e t e r y . ; travel was difficult, if not imister, *as transferred under
9" Military rites at grave. Rosary possible.
e . J?
heavy guard from the city FBI's 10 most wanted list.
z<
Noon Saturday
Sunday at 8, Kramer's where i! Albert W Martin, jr., who
jail after law enforcement Miss Eisemann-Schier, 26, is
2 p.m
27 friends may call after 7 Sunday. ,:
'
'
•
lives
southeast
of
Fayette,
said
officials received telephone the first woman to be placed on
Snow
4 in. Keswick — Donald M. Ben- t .
. mere was SIX m<
of
snow
or
threats against his life from the list since me FBI started it
Precipitation
0.47
der. 57.
Services Monday
at 9,:mnrp nuor IPO i
*
__ /~±
T j _ _ -r T
i
T>
188
oiir
Lady'of
*Lourdes.
RoTsary.more
over
ice
in
his
area.
He
as far away as New York 8 years ago. The bureau said
Total for Dec
.,',, Sunday, 7:30, Powell's in South said main roads were plowed,
she also goes by the names of
state.
Normal for Dec.
• - -•« English where friends may call, but travel on side roads was
Normal through Dec.
• .w.io after noon Sunday.
Williams remained s i l e n t flrs. Johnson Rarik and Mrs.
difficult.
S. Price.
Total for 1968
.32.03 Independence — Lawrence
talking only to his lawyer, and George
The
issued Friday
..29.46 McFee, 68. Services Monday at
Joe Brink, who lives near
Barometer, steady ..
olice waited results of an au- said shebulletin
72%;
1:30,
White's.
is
thought
to be armed
Elkader, said 6 to 7 inches of
Humidity at noon ...
ipsy to determine how — an<
J h n
and
should
be
c
o
n
sidered
Wind'direction and velocity 0™!*° Mnn ° v ^f Vn' snow covered ice on the roads.
hen—Pamela died after dis
at Gazette weather station at Cervices Monday at 2, Hen- He said plows were oat, but
dangerous.
ppearing Christmas eve from
2 p.m., NW at 21-35 m.p.h. jae«°ns.
She is a native of Honduras,
the
snow
was
blowing
in
ie Des Moines YMCA.
Sun rises Sunday, 7:35; Sun' Olm — Services for Elenora
multi-lingual
and a biology
, r m 84, have been changed behind them. He said it was
sets. 4:44; moon sets, 3:00.
,Luker.
Her frozen body was found researcher with s p e c i a l
f °
Saturday to Sunday at 2. difficult in the country to see
Year Ago Today — High, 24; !
Thursday night w e d g e d be knowledge of marine sciences,
Hayden's.
where the roads were because
low, 16; rainfall, 0.03.
ween a culvert and a 15-fooi
! Anamosa
—
E d w a r d the snow was level from fence
rr res
snow-covered embankmen the FBI said.
'
; Husmann, 67. Goettsch's.
to fence.
ear Mitchellville, after Wil
10:52 a.m. Friday. Defective: Coggon — Parke Forrest, 81.
dryer at 812 Ingleside drive Services Monday at 10:30, Zion Charles McLennan of near
ams, who surrendered to po
SW.
P r e s b y t e r i a n c h u r c h . Belle Plaine said only an inch of
.ce Thursday morning in Dav
{Murdoch's, where friends may snow had fallen on the ice. He
nport, led detectives to the Reports Theft-Jonn Ripper! call after 11 Sunday.
said
main
roads
had
been
plowpot.
Suspect in Iowa
ton, of 1273 Second avenue SE,
i G a r n a v i 11 o — Louis
Mohrman, 82. Services Satur- ed and sanded, but gravel roads
Dr. Leo Luka, Polk county told police Friday that after his
Slaying Is Nabbed iday at 1:30, Tuecke's.
were extremely slippery and
medical examiner, said com- car had been stolen and recovFort Atkinson — Anton treacherous.
plete tests on the girl's body red he found that a stereo
DES MOINES (AP) - Cemik, 82. Services Monday at
would have to be delayed until ipe player and 15 tapes valued
Clayton
County
Michael Charles Niccum, 23, liif"st. John's diurch."chekal's."
t thawed. Officers who recov- t $135 had been stolen from
charged with murder in the Shellsburr — Robert H. Mor- In Clayton county both county
ered
the half-nude body said he car.
Nov. 20 death of Linda Boothe, ris, 79. Services Sunday at 2 and state road crews were out
* * *
Parker's
Grove
church.
Fry
anc
Pamela
appeared to have been
17, was arrested in St. Louis Holland, Vinton.
most of Friday night and were
strangled
and
may
have
been
Temperance
Union T r i o
Saturday, Des Moines police Norway — Blanche Williams, o continue working Saturday.
ppearing
nightly
except Monstruck
on
the
face.
were informed.
J3. Services Monday at 1:30, County roads are "not good,"
ay.
Islander
Room,
Tropic
There was no immediate in- Methodist church. G e o r g e ccording to one of the workOnly Way?
anes.
—
Adv.
Brosh
residence,
where
friends
formation about Niccum's wife,
Mrs. Dennis Parker, mother
* * *
may call after noon Sunday. rs. He said there was one-way
Jacqueline, 18, of Des Moines, Casket
of
two
children,
told
newsmen
will not be opened after traffic in some places and that
Drs.
Moershel,
Wellso, Hartuwho had reportedly been seen service.
ome roads were completely
Friday
night
she
wanted
to
ian,
Ortega
and
Vasquez: Mr.
with Niccum after the slaying.
Lowden — Otto H. Tank, 81. ilocked by drifts.
communicate
her
concern
to
tenneth
Owen
and
Mrs. Martha
Miss Boothe, daughter of Iowa Services Monday at 1:30, Zion
highways through
government officials, especial- Gibson have moved to their new
highway patrol Lt. and Mrs. United church of C h r i s t . hePrimary
county were still open at
ly Gov.-elect Ray.
ffices at 717 A ave. NE.-Adv.
Arlis Boothe of Des Moines, wai Friends may call at Chapman's, mid-morning
but
there
was
Clarence,
after
10
Sunday
and
—Gazette photo by John AAclvor
* * #
"If a demonstration is the
beaten to death with a golf club until 9 Monday.
some
one-way
traffic
and
a
only way it can be accomp- Permanent Wave Special —
in the Arnold Palmer dry
jreat deal of drifting out in
lished, then we'll just have to Regular $10 - $4.95. Young
cleaning establishment Nov. 20
he coumry.
do it," she said.
in the Wakonda Plaza shopping j
Beauty Clinic. 366-0468.—Adv.
Look familiar? It should. Almost every driver who ventured out Saturday morning
DEATHS
In Winneshiek county visi"Our laws against this sort of
* * *
center in south Des Moines,
bility was still zero at mid- experienced some sliding and slipping on ice and snow covered streets in the city. This thing just aren't strict enough,' Dr. John Parke, M. D., is
police said.
morning but the snow ap- view looking north on Tenth street SE from Eighth avenue shows what can ... and said Mrs. Parker, referring to moving his offices to Cedar
Niccum had been the object of
peared to be letting up.
often did ... happen. McKinley school is in the background at the far right.
Ithe Powers case. "We neec Valley Medical Bldg. as of Dec.
a widespread search since the Jack A. Yager
more stringent laws agains 30th. 717 A Ave. NE.-Adv.
murder charge was filed against
highways were open
Dies in Detroi- butPrimary
child molesting."
* * *
him Dec. 4.
the sheriff recommended
Jack Arnold Yager, a Ceda emergency traffic only. Many
Beautician
part or full time in
Perhaps the state should re
Deluxe
Salon.
Ask for Fran. 377(Continued from Page 1.)
instate capital punishment or
resident 30 years befor county roads were blocked.
—C.R. Storm— Rapids
5163-377-6073.-Adv.
build
a
m
e
n
t
a
l
institution
moving to Detroit in 1956, die County crews were working
(Continued from Page 1.)
jority in other parts of the where all those people can b
* * *
there Tuesday, it was learne where they could.
world,"
the
jury
said.
Doctors
Netolicky
and Watts
ut,"
Mrs.
Parker
said.
tributed the low accident rate here Saturday. He was born i About four inches of snow
have
moved
to
their
new
offices
Advances
to light traffic. Officers said
were recorded in both Tipton
Rights Violated
walking
in
the
street
daring
Russia
Dec.
12,1902.
A
76-year-old
man
was
in
fair
at
717
A
Ave.
NE.-Adv.
that even on main streets cars
and Lowden in Cedar county.
"Nothing is said of the great
* * *
were having trouble negotiating Yager, who operated a Highways were slick but did condition at Mercy hospital the rain shortly before 9 p.m. advances within and contribu- After Williams led police
amela's
body,
his
lawyer
—
Lockwood
told
police
he
didn't
Junior
Tri-Hi-Y
party canthe snow-laden streets, includ- clothing store on Second avenue not have too much snow on Saturday with injuries suffered
tions to the world by our coun- egro attorney Henry T. Me
see
the
man
until
it
was
too
cellation.
Rescheduled
now for
ing those equipped with snow and Third street SE, present them. Road crews were blading Friday, evening when he was
try."
(night
of
Des
Moines—claime
late
to
stop
on
the
icy
street.
Dec.
30th,
7:30
at
the
YMCA.
-..
location of the Merchants Motor off what snow there was.
tires and studs.
The jury said radicals deny lis client's constitutional rights
struck
i
by
a
car
on
Memorial
Adv.
The Linn sheriff's department bank, was widely known in the
Kovac was being treated in absolutes and put evil on a par
Tama County
drive SE.
ad been violated and that pc
said two patrol cars were work- Cedar Rapids area.
the
intensive care ward at the with discerned truth as a legit- ice had disregarded terms
The
injured
man
was
Frank
Roads
were
open,
but
He
was
a
believer
in
persona]
ing in the county. One deputy
imate teaching subject.
.of 2718 Meadowbrook hospital.
—Plane—
reported highway 150 was snow- service and tried to help serve treacherous in Tama county, it Kovac,
"When a radical teacher lec- "gentlemen's agreement" o
Two Injured
Williams'
surrender.
(Continued
from Page 1.)
every customer who came in his was reported. About 4 inches of drive SE. He suffered a conpacked, but usable.
tures, what is he accomplishing
cuts and bruises.
No emergency situations were store. He also did his own com- snow on top of ice and sleet was cussion,
Chief
of
Police
Wendell
identified the driver of Several persons s u f f e r e d with the taxpayers' money? Nichols, however, denied that said. "Our instructor yelled
reported either in the city or mercials on the radio and drew reported. Numerous minor ac- thePolice
as Richard J. Lockwood, minor injuries in accidents on What is he 'accomplishing Williams' rights had been vio- for us to get out of the way. I
thfr county. The Cedar Rapids a wide audience which enjoyed cidents occurred, as drivers slid 21, car
of 710 Memorial drive SE. icy streets in Cedar Rapids toward the encouragement o lated. He said Williams "vol- started running. I must have
fire department had received bearing his frequent departures into ditches in the area.
moral improvement?" the jury
slipped on some grease or
no calls between 11 a.m. Friday from the prepared script.
At Anamosa, an unofficial 4.5 No charges were filed against Friday night and Saturday.
untarily"
led
officers
to
the
asked.
something.
Two persons were injured
and 10:52 Saturday morning.
He had been active in the to 5 inches of snow fell. Some Lockwood.
body.
"Is
it
unreasonable
to
ex
"I closed my eyes and when 1
United Jewish Appeal and was a county roads were blocked or Officers said the accident when their car went out of con- pect the board of regents "The two officers who brought opened them the hangar door
of Crescent lodge AF & with one-way traffic. Main roads happened as Kovac w a s trol and struck a tree in the 2100 through definitive delegation Williams back from Davenport was all around in flames. My
Two Masked Men Rob member
block of Linden; drive SE shortly
were open, however.
and El Kahir shrine.
of responsibility to school ex- deliberately refrained from ask- back was on fire."
after 10 o'clock Friday night.
Iowa Bank of $1,100 AMSurviving
are his wife; a son, Other snowfall reports across
ecutives to d i s c o n t i n u e ing him for details of the ab- The crash killed all crew
Alvin M.; two d a u g h t e r s , the state included Des Moines, —Astronauts— The injured were Steven A. speakers who are liars, who duction and slaying," Nicholi m e m b e r s e x c e p t t h e
LUCAS (AP) - Two men
(Continued from Page 1.) Mollenhauer, 18, of 330 Third blaspheme our flag, our said.
wearing nylon stockings over Rosalyn and Mrs. Norman Katz; 3; Dubuque, 5; Waterloo, 8. A
stewardess.
street, Marion, driver of the car, heritage, our moral scruples
their heads robbed the Farmers a b r o t h e r , a n d t w o total of 15 inches of snow was
"At no time did they violate! William Groot, 21, of Sioux.
feet of the surface in a and Elizabeth Gall, 19, 206
and Miners bank of Lucas of grandchildren.
reported on the ground at Mason 50,000
on the grounds of academic Williams' rights or question Falls> s - D -> said his seat belt
lunar
module.
Twenty-seventh
street
SE.-his
Services were held at the City.
about $1,100 Saturday noon.
freedom?"
him about the crime," the po- loosened and he was thrown
Witnesses said one of the men A a r o n - H o d r o f f and Sons
If there are no problems on passengerfrom his seat. He recalled:
Members
of
the
grand
jur
i chief said,
b r a n d i s h e d a nickel-plated mortuary in St. Paul, Minn.,
these flights', Apollo 11 pro- Both were treated at Mercy besides Norris. were M r s . ce« hey really double crossed "It was pitch dark
The
T
revolver. No one was believed Thursday with burial at the Storms Harry
bably will attempt a moon hospital and released.
Kermit Helland of Zearing; Mrs. me," McKnight said. "They vio- plane was still . . . We all
Temple Aaron cemetery there.
hurt.
next July or August. Mollenhauer's 1961 model car John Vasey of Nevada; Max
started crawling around on the
Much of Nation landing
Authorities searched for a
The crew for that flight will was demolished in the accident, Sheeler of Ames; Mrs. S. C. lated all of the gentlemen's floor . . . It was hot and it kept
according to police. No charges Bullbard of Maxwell; LaVern agreement we had."
By Associated Press
blue 1964 Chevrolet bearing Polk
be named lin January.
Mrs. Leslie Apple
McKnight contended that po- getting hotter . . . People were
county license plates. Some Emma T. Apple, 85, of Meth- Two major winter storms L o v e l l said he was were filed.
Homer of Colo; and Kenneth lice had agreed that no ques- screaming. . There was a rush
reports indicated a third man Wick Manor, widow of Leslie punished a large part of the na- particularly impressed by the
Lost Control
We went toward
Peterson of Story City.
tions would be asked Williams of cold air
may have been involved.
Apple, died early Saturday after tion Saturday and posed a second ignition of the Saturn 5 Robert Erickson, 18, of 226 The murder referred to by the before he conferred with Mc- the door . . . There was someone
Lucas is a town of 357 at the a short illness.
at the door to help us out."
report was that of Sheila Jean
third stage, the burn that injunction of highways 65 and 34 Born Feb. 1, 1883, at Nashua, menace to highway travel in the creased their speed to 24,200 Fourteenth street NW, lost con- Collins, whose body w a Knight in Des Moines.
The hangar became a temof his car on the ice in the
in south central Iowa.
"Asking, Asking"
she was married Oct. 4, l923'.|Pacific Northwest and from the miles an hour and sent the trol
porary
morgue. Bodies lay on
discovered
on
a
country
road
2100 block of Forty-second street
She had been a resident of central plains to New England. astronauts hurtling toward the NE at 1:17 a.m. Saturday. The near Colo Jan. 28, 1968 — two Instead, he said, Detective stretchers and a m b u l a n c e s
Rapids 45 years.
Snow, freezing rain and heavy moon.
car collided with one driven by days after she had b e e n Capt. Cleatus Learning and Lt. groped through the snow and
—Vietnam— Cedar
:
Mrs. Apple attended Cornell downpours hit an area from 'Man, what a feeling," Lovell Keith R. Robertson, 34, of 2169 reported missing from h e r Wallace Nelson persuaded Wil- around rescue workers and
(Continued from Page 1.)
college three years and taught Kansas and Nebraska to New said. "You could tell it was Larry drive NE.
dormitory room.
iams on the drive from Daven- vehicles, taking the dead and
school
in
Floyd
county
until
she
Medical reports said the 19- )ort to Des Moines to take injured away.
of more than 140 enemy violaEngland Dense^fog added to the | really hauling the mail. I
Erickson
was
treated
for
One dead man's shirt was
was
married.
She
also
served
woes of motorists in much of the wondered if we'd ever get back,
year-old English major from them to the body.
tions of the Christmas truce.
;
minor
injuries
and
released
burned
from his body, his tie
area.
Evanston,
111.,
had
b
e
e
n
as
postmistress
at
Nashua
a
This means a 72-hour cease'They kept asking him and
watching the world get smaller from St. Luke's hospital,
still
knotted
around his neck.
strangled.
A
"high
q
u
a
l
i
t
y
number
of
years.
She
was
a
asking him," McKnight said,
fire proclaimed by the Viet
Severe thunderstorms raced and smaller."
was
not
injured.
Robertson
member
of
St.
Paul's
United
suspect"
was
checked
out
by
''and finally he decided to tel
Cong's N a t i o n a l Liberation
across the South and erupted The Yorktown recovered the
Methodist church and a 50-year into tornadoes Friday night in floating spaceship more than No charges were filed.
authorities in October, but the them."
Front will be ignored.
Fierce, close-quarter fighting member of Chapter HJ of east Texas. Three t w i s t e r s two hours after landing and A car driven by Archie W. case remains unsolved.
Williams was being kept $10 Taken from
P.E.O.
was reported on the approaches
churned into the Texarkana hauled it on deck. Borman, in- E. Kuhse, 53, of 1637 Thirtywith other prisoners in the
Drink Machines
to South Vietnam's two largest She is survived by a sister, area.
Polk county jail's maximum
specting it, said: "I know one fourth street NE, slid into a Pueblo's Crew
Mrs. William Dun woody cf One of the worst whipped thing. That's a real good piece utility pole in the 1500 block
cities.
security cell. Sheriff Wilbur About $10 in change was
Pacifica,
Calif.
of
Thirty-fourth
street
NE
FriAllied forces claimed killing
through the Texas community of of gear."
Hildreth said community sen- stolen Friday night in a breakin
Eye
Land
Jobs
Memorial
services:
Hesser
day
at
6:25
p.m.
Police
estiAtlanta and caused s o m e
236 enemy troops in four battles
timent was " p r e t t y hot" at the Commerce Exchange
Humphrey Call
"SAN
DIEGO
(AP)
None
of
building, 2720 First avenue NE.
Memorial
chapel
at
10
a.m.
mated
damage
to
the
1968
damage in the business district.
Friday along the approaches to
against the alleged slayer.
The
m
e
d
i
c
a
l
examinations
Monday
by
her
nephew
the
Rev.
the
enlisted
men
of
the
Pueblo
Detectives are investigating.
model
car
at
$1,200,
but
Kuhse
No deaths or injuries were
S a i g o n and Da Nang. U.S
were so extensive that not even escaped with only lip and hand wants his next assignment to be He said one person called his They said someone broke a
losses were two killed and 27 William Green and the Rev. reported,
office to warn: "You'd better glass out of a door and forced
ja telephone call from Vice- cuts.
at sea.
wounded, w h i l e government 'James
Titman, chaplain of St.i
a close watch on that
Northwest Storm
iLuke
president Humphrey could inA navy survey showed that all fW
.
open coffee and pop machines in
losses were 27 killed and 66
's hospital. Inurnment will!
Driver Charged
e n w or we
han
him in the lounge area. No offices were
„».»
—^
r
e
q
u
e
s
t
e
d
l
a
n
d
b
a
s
e
d
!
°
'»
g
be
in
the
Union
cemetery
at
\
Hail
and
torrential
rains
swept
terrupt
them.
wounded.
Officers charged Kuhse with a s s i - n t S i
t one who front of the YMCA."
.Iowa Falls. Friends rnay call at|portions of Alabama a n d j When Humphrey called to of-! 511
entered.
1
Pamela had been watching a
ithe
chapel
after
2
p.m.
Sunday
i
Mississippi.
Downpours
of
one
to'fer
congratulations,
Borman
wasj
"
™^
fixtures
adjacent
to
the
said
duty
aboard
ship
was
his
Envoy Trip
wrestling match at the YMCA
[until 9:30 a.m. Monday. The-two inches ranged into Ten-'undergoing a blood sample test. streetthird choice.
TOKYO (AP) - U
A
stolen
car
figured
in
ancasket wil1
opened after; nessee and Arkansas.
"I've still got a needle in my
Enlisted men in the navy with her parents when she left * Most Complete Facilities
Ambassador U. Alexis
other
accident.
Police
s
a
i
d
| routinely list three choices for to buy candy in the lobby and
^..^ ^^ may ^ ^ A storm centered Qver Idaho:arm;,, he said «But rd better
will return to Washington
! thesh
the
car
was
owed
by^Kathryni
their next assignment. T^ navy never returned.
^ contribute to the memorial flung snow into nearly all': go talk to him, he's my boss."
day for "a brief period of
* * *
fund at
Mulert,
of
1816
Fourth
avenue
j
said
it would make every eKort
neighboring states and pulled
pulled aa He did: needle and all.
Mefo-Wick Manor.
jj neighboring
FUNERAL HOME
sultations."
1
A Pamela Powers memorial
iwave ui
of /;cru
zero uuiu
cold into
jwiue
uiio the
me oermgan
Jernigan
gam,
said,
"We
we ssaw
aw.~~.
.
^ bgive
..^ ».^
^.„....».»
v.,^«
^^
Uo
the
crewmen
their
first
AND CEMETERY
ire ion
c tizcn
ice
eC !
Memorial
Services
g
Travelers
warnings
were
nothing
new
o
special
in
their!
^
'
*°ld
P°
*
f
choice
if
such
an
assignment
is
*""<*
has
been
established
in
r
dhr (Tffuir Sapifcs
for parts f Washjn tOT1
m
utlllt
JedHckT Helrr - Service*' issued
°
§ < Physical condition. They areslld
*> a and
yGarden
P°le at Grande ' open.
Establish in 1883 bv The Gazette Co.
re n
a enue
drive .„SE! .... in every four of the'51^ 1909?
end published daily erx) Sonday a: 50C
untiV° g° - Montana and northern tired, but so far the tests have sh^' rtlv
v
Third Ave. S=, CeUsr Sasitfs, Icwa SHU have b e e n postponed
after
10
p.m. Friday
Pueb]o-s enlisted men asked ;
Second Class Postap* oaid si CecMr Mor.ciay at 2 p.m. at Brady California.
all
gone
as
we
expected
and
°
RssidSr Iowa.
mortuary b.v the Rev. Paul A. Temperatures slid far below there is no evidence of any ill- a" two occupants ran from 3ssignrnent outside lhe L-. s^,
rates. B/ carrier: i5 ce^is Scheldt of Concordia Lutheran '77f>rn
Cr
aCr SS the
for every occasion
.. scene- Police are Invest1' mostly in Europe. The rest were >,itK*an(,s,ri
Bur^l°
^ o r l h e r n ness."
"
J.hcgatl
a weeV. By mail: NiflW rt
edition
and S-jrv rhnrrh
Eur'il- Cedar
Cpriar Memo- ' °
l in gallllg
aar 6 issues si.TO a month.
Si6 a :year: rlvrhurr
. -nn- cnJr.ai. (-eaar Memo n^i,:-,.
M^U$«
rial
.Rockies. Cut Bank. M o n t . . He
He reported each lost three to '^scattered around the U. S,
afternoon edHions and Sunday
7
'*'
,IUA.MC>,.
J1.8S a mcnth, S17 a_ye3r. Otr.er
Hoiicy.
Vclma Lucille—Mr-registered
25 below.
seven pounds.
He said the onlypredominantly in the -West.antf U.S. territoriw 527 a year. No «••>••
. • ~
«,
U
rt n
e
ln
hevi 9 rr or:ni
G an«e M £fcr £?l1ee **" " '
^J-cr? v.-Crc held in
medication was eye drops for THE LAWRENCE W E L K The navy said Friday that
Casket Spray ... Floral
Floral Baskets ...
.. Sprays
Now
' —'
lajV^-T Cr'3pC'- C;pl atr '\- pm farm
^ the time to advertise LvvfM to relieve a slight case of SHOW closes the year with back pay of more than $250,000;
All Types cf Floral Designs
t^JFton?*?*.
Mt&i'S i ..,schuei-.er.
Buriafwas inSk
equipment in the want ad eye dryness from the arid "AuW Langjvne" tonight at has been made available to the
all fl* lowl ntwj prMM In this new>
,
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r,ial
COJUnUlS.
of space.
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