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The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 55

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The Gazettei
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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55
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"rr 77 5 Robert Warren Hospitalized for Injuries in Crash Robert Warren, 39, of 1107 Thirty-eighth street SE, was injured early Wednesday when his car struck a parked truck on Third avenue SE near Eighteenth street. Warren suffered a broken foot and wrist and facial cuts in the crash, which occurred shortly before 2 a.m. Warren was later listed in good condition 'at St. Lukes hospital. Owner of the parked truck was Gerald F.

Arrowsmith, of Council Bluffs. Damage was estimated at $250 to the car and $400 to the truck. No charges were filed. The Cedar Rapids Gazette: May 15, 1968 Coe Names Three for Honorary Degrees During Commencement i Ugl1.11. 1 'tx' I -V fS I I wr 4 IL I Jfc J.

x' w-t V' V- 'i '4 ri v.v. 1 Gazette photo by Tom Merrvman $10,000 Bond Set For Redmond, 22 Bond was set at $10,000 Tuesday afternoon for Glen A. Redmond, 22, of 58 Twenty-first avenue SW, charged with breaking and entering and possession of burglary tools. Municipal Judge John Reilly set bond at $5,000 on each charge when Redmond appeared before him. Judge Reilly gave Redmond until May 16 to move or plea to the charges.

Redmond remained in the county jail Wednesday. He was arrested early Tuesday by police officers who saw him at the entrance of Kochs tavern, 1100 First avenue SW. The door to the tavern had been pried open and police said Redmond had a pry bar in his possession when they arrested him at his car. Hazard Eliminated at Intersection A potential hazardous condition existed at the Center Point road and Collins road NE intersection until early Wednesday after preliminary worlt was started on widening Center Point road. A stop sign was removed from the northeast corner of the intersection (right circle) permitting traffic from Collins road to enter Center Point road without stopping.

Although Center Point road has been blocked off (sign in center), traffic has been able to continue unabated on the street, bringing about the potentially dangerous condition of converging traffic. Although the Co'lins road stop sign had been removed when this picture was made Tuesday, the city traffic department corrected the condition early Wednesday. KENNETH JERNIGAN ing a superlative library service for the benefit of the blind." Former Teacher Before assuming his present post, Jernigan was an English teacher at the Tennessee School for the Blind from 1949 to 1953 and was a member of the faculty at the Orientation Center for the Blind in Oakland, from 1953 to 1958. He holds a bachelors degree in social science from Tennessee (Technological university and earned his masters degree at Peabody college in Nashville, Tenn. Jernigan is a past president of the Tennessee Federation of the Blind and has been first vice-president of the National Federation of the Blind since 1958.

Bishop Thomas this month was elected president of the college of bishops of the nine-state North Central jurisdiction of the new United Methodist church. Bishop Thomas, 49, is American Methodisms youngest bishop. He is a 1939 graduate of Claf-lin college in Orangeburg, S.C., and earned his bachelor of divinity degree at Gammon Theological seminary in Atlanta. He earned his masters degree at Drew university in New Jersey in 1944 and his Ph.D. degree at Cornell university in 1953.

Armed Forces JAMES S. THOMAS Mrs. Henry Sailor. Mrs. -Sailor was a Shakespeare scholar and founded the Cedar Shakespeare club of Cedar Rapids.

Grace Sailor Hamblin worked at one time for The Gazette. The other Sailor daughters are Mrs. B. F. Wolverton of Cedar Rapids, Mrs.

L. U. Mansfield, Grand Junction, and Mrs. Elliott Purmort of Des Moines. Masters Degree Dora Jane Hamblin earned a masters degree in journalism with highest distinction at Northwestern university in 1942 and then worked as general reporter and photographer for The Gazette.

She served in the Red Cross during World war II with duty in New Guinea, Australia, Philippine Islands, England and Germany. She joined the staff of Life magazine in 1948 and has been Rome bureau chief and bureau correspondent for the Paris and London bureaus. Since 1960, she has been assigned to the New York office but spends about a third of her time in Houston covering the space program. Jernigan, who was born blind, received the 1960 Newell Perry award presented by the National Federation of the Blind for having made the greatest contribution to welfare of the blind during the year. Last year he was presented the American Library Assn.

Joseph Campbell award for imaginative and constructive leadership in develop- DORA JANE HAMBLIN Three persons, including an alumna of Coe college, will receive honorary degrees at the Coe commencement June 9, President Joseph E. McCabe announced Wednesday. Dora Jane Hamblin, who was graduated from Coe in 1941 and who has been on the Life magazine staff since 1948, will receive the doctor of literature degree. Also selected as honorary degree recipients were Kenneth Jernigan of Des Moines, director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind since 1958, doctor of humanities, and the Rev. Dr.

James S. Thomas of Des Moines, bishop of the Iowa area of the! Methodist church, doctor of laws. It was announced earlier that John S. Badeau, director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia university, will be the commencement speaker. Long Connection Miss Hamblins family has a long connection with Coe and Cedar Rapids.

Both of her parents were graduated from Coe Allen W. Hamblin in 1916 and Grace Sailor Hamblin in 1914. Her brother, Henry, also is a Coe graduate and Henrys daughter, Nancy, is a freshman at Coe. The four Sailor daughters all taught in Cedar Rapids schools from about 1915 to 1923. They were the daughters of Mr.

and WACS Establish Office In C.R. Federal-Building Hearing June 5 on Trailer Zoning Law The Cedar Rapids city council Wednesday set June 5 as the hearing date for an ordinance prohibiting mobile home parks as an authorized use in B-3 (central business district) and M-l (light industrial) zones. The ordinance, if passed, will bring B-3 and M-l areas in line with all other zone areas which require that special permits be granted before mobile home parks are established. A DREAM HOUSE given to young couples, 7:30 Wednesdays, in Color on KCRG-TV, Channel Insurance Unit Elects Officers WILLIAM OSBORNE William D. Osborne, 806 Cheyenne road NW.

Tuesday Five cedar Rapids industrial was elected president of the In- arts students and one Albumett dependent Insurance Agents of student were among top Cedar Rapids. Osborne, associ-finishers in the seventh annual nt vt Jlowa Industrial Arts Fair at the ated with the of Norlhern Iowa will succeed Byron Thorpe Saturday. Michael Whited. 1104 Thirty- second street NE, and LeRoy who was named to the board of directors. UNI Arts Fair Purina will pay you 11.00 Sfc.

Martha Holliday, 477 Fifth avenue, Marion, will be in charge of the newly opened Womens Army Corps (WACS) recruiting office in Cedar ids. The new office, located in Room 214A of the Federal building, will serve 29 Eastern Iowa counties. Hie only other WAC recruiting station in Iowa Is at Des Moines. Miss Holliday has been in the WACS 12 years. She is a native of Oskaloosa.

Her last assignment was at Sioux Falls, S.D. The army recruiting station in Cedar Rapids has moved its offices, but not very far. The new location is at Room 214A in the Federal building, just down the hallway from the old office area. Army recruiting offices will be closed from Wednesday through the remainder of the week due to a conference in Des Moines. Clarice J.

Hagen, 1577 First avenue SE, has enlisted in the WACS and been sent to Ft. McClellan, for basic training. Bob son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Niman, North English, has been inducted in the army.

Reported home on leave are: Airman Eugene Kroemer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erhard Kroemer, Lowden, for 30 days enroute from Keesler air force base, to Alaska. Pfc. Joe D.

Bridgeman, son of Mrs. Florence Johnson, 1517 Twelfth avenue SE, for 15 days enroute from Ft. Polk, to Germany. Pvt. Robert E.

Barnard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barnard, 2351 Twenty-ninth street SW, for 14 days enroute from Ft. Bliss, Texas, to Ft. Monmouth, N.J.

Spec. 5-c John B. Ryan, son of Mrs. Merle G. Porter, 315 Third avenue, Marion, for 24 CUT ALONG Barry Morrissey was elected 1 vice-president.

Fred Sc hue h- mann was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Elected to the board of directors were Robert Schil-lig and Major Linkletter. SFC. MARTHA HOLLIDAY days enroute from Ft. Gordon, Ga to Vietnam.

Air force Capt. Joseph Ents-minger, Coral ville, enroute from Hawaii to Denison university in Ohio. Sgt. Dennis Kithcart, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Don Kithcart, Chelsea, has been discharged from the army after two years of service. Monona Driver Is Hurt When Car Rolls Special to The Gazette WAUKON-Ralph Campbell, 19, Monona, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jud Campbell, is in fair in the Waukon hospital. He suffered severe facial lacerations and some broken bones when his car left highway 51 a mile and a half south of Waukon.

The car left the highway on a curve and rolled over early Wednesday. Campbell was alone in the car. 9999990 week will award its first scholarships to students entering college with plans to enter the insurance industry. A student can now study for a major in insurance in the business administration schools at the University of Iowa and Drake, Snitil said. He also said the state association welcomes the proposed study of the industry proposed by the congress.

The automobile and riot problems have mushroomed so that they are no longer insurance problems." Snitil said. They are social problems. He advocated legislation which would exercise greater control over the issuance of drivers licenses as a step toward easing the problem. Eastern lowans Win Awards in 3 Fourteenth avenue SE, won first and second respectively in the senior high general drafting division. Greg Valley, 1516 Twenty-sixth street SE, was awarded second RaflH Loin End CQC PORK ROAST, lb.

97 Pork Cutlets, lb. 69o Fohlena's Old Fashioned Skin on I QO WIENERS, lb 07 Hormel's All Meat Bulk AQt BOLOGNA, lb. 17 Decker Quality Canned HAMS The new officers will assume P'ace the architectural draf-their duties in September. ting division. All three are sen-R.

F. Snitil of Cedar Rapids, irs Washington high, who last week was elected presi-l Keith Farley, 2425 Tenth dent of the Independent Insur-! avenue SW, Jefferson high ance Agents of Iowa, spoke brief- school, won two second place ly at the meeting. awards in the senior high He predicted that 1968-69 will division for electricity and elec-be an exciting year in the tronics. professional improvement of the Steve Archibald, 400 Twenty-insurance business and in de- seventh avenue SW, of Jefferson velopments In the insurance in- high school, was awarded third dustry. I place in the UNI industrial arts Snitii pointed out that the scholarship division.

Iowa association last year be-! Tom Cashman of Alburnett came one of the first associa-' placed second in the junior high tions in the nation to finance a 'school architectural drawing dichair of insurance when such a vision. program was set up in coopera-j lion with the University of Iowa. It takes only a minute to get The association also founded the the buy of a lifetime. Iowa Education Assn, and this through want ads. for introducing your cat to these 7 delicious new meals.

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