Daily Record weather and notices from April 9 1953
The edition lists high and low temperatures for cities including Bismarck and Miami, precipitation, wind, sunrise and sunset times, and a month to date rainfall total. It also covers Iowa forecast cloudy and cooler with showers, then mostly fair and cool by Saturday, plus several local public and private notices, driver violations, and upcoming services in towns such as Toledo Waukon Anamosa Winthrop Strawberry Point Manchester and Cedar Rapids.
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Bismarck
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Caucus Hearings Probe Free Teaching vs Advocacy
An Iowa House and Senate review of a university inquiry centers on the right to teach and discuss controversial ideas. The faculty committee reiterates that academic freedom is distinct from advocacy while letters about Marxism prompt testimony from several professors and a debate over reading requirements.
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Maucker
Waterloo American Legion
John P. Berg
Cedar Falls
C. W. Lantz
Elisabeth Sutherland
Jean Bantz
L. L. Mendenhall
Dwight K. Curtis
Clifford Bishop
M. R. Thompson
L. V. Douglas
H. W. Reninger
Joseph W. Fox
Boyd Guest
Wallace L. Anderson
Alden B. Hanson
Reninger
Fox
United World Federalist
Local notices record births fines and alarms
Intoxication case Robert Deeny sentenced to 30 days in county jail and John O'Brien of Iowa City fined 25 dollars with costs. Disturbing the peace Robert Berends forfeits 30 dollars appearance fee. Alarm calls noted for addresses on First and Third streets and multiple fire companies. A string of births listed including several April 8 dates and out of town birth in Janesville Wisconsin. Services for Henry J. Leath, 84, set for Saturday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Deeny
John O’brien
Iowa City
Robert Berends
Twentieth Avenue
Three Eastern Iowans Enlist in Navy
Three Eastern Iowa men enlisted for Navy service and will report to basic training at a San Diego base. Billy W. Davis of Iowa City is 19, William Co Maass Jr. of Central City is 18, and Robert D. Faber of Vinton is 17. S/Sgt Phyllis Shoup, a Des Moines based WAC WAF recruiter, will visit Cedar Rapids Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to speak with prospective enlistees.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
A Diego Naval Base
Billy W. Davis
Iowa City
William Co.Maass, Jr
Central City
Robert D. Faber
Vinton
Army and Air Force
Phyllis Shoup
Wac-Waf
Des Moines
Boy Suffers Fractured Leg in Cycle Accident
Jimmie Vernon aged six of 1205 Third Street NW sustained a fractured left leg Wednesday evening after being struck by a motorcycle in the 1200 block of First Street NW. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital for treatment. The rider Delmar Weeks of 1524 Fifth Street NW said the child darted from between two parked cars.
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Jimmie Vernon
Third Street NW
First Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Delmar Weeks
Fifth Street
Deaths Letitia B Runyon Cedar Rapids podiatrist
Letitia B Runyon a Cedar Rapids podiatrist with over 40 years of service died at 210 Fourth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids at 5 25 p m Wednesday after a long illness She was born June 28 1868 in Jones county and lived in the city more than 60 years Surviving are a daughter Ruth M Williams Cedar Rapids a grandson Commander R D Quinn U S Navy Arlington Massachusetts and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Janeba Funeral Home 11 a m Saturday Rev Ruth Husband to burial Linwood Cemetery Friends may call after 4 p m Friday
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Letitia B. Runyon
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Jones County
Ruth M. Williams
R. D. Quinn
U. S. Navy
Arlington
Mass
Janeba Funeral Home
Ruth Husband
Linwood Cemetery
McCormick, Shellsburg, Dies After Brief Illness
George Hunter McCormick of Shellsburg, a retired farmer, died at a local hospital Thursday at 9 27 am after a brief illness. Born August 17, 1873, in Philadelphia, he lived most of his life in the Shellsburg area. Survived by sisters Annie Foster and Maggie Soden and brothers David, W J McCormick, and Henry McCormick. Funeral announcements later. Friends may call at Turner chapel after 1 pm.
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George Hunter McCormick
Shellsburg
Philadelphia
Annie Foster
Cedar Rapids
Maggie Soden
Urbana
David
W. J. McCormick
Fairfax
Henry McCormick
Vinton
Turner Chapel
Infant Daughter of Local Couple Dies at Cedar Rapids
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Watson route 2 Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7 30 pm Wednesday Surviving are four sisters Verna Carol Judy and Brenda all at home and the grandparents Mr and Mrs Ray Watson and Ruben Sewell both of Cedar Rapids Burial will be in Linwood cemetery at Beatty Bearle chapel at 130 pm Saturday Friends may call at the chapel
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Raymond L. Watson
Cedar Rapids
Verna
Carol
Judy
Brenda
Ray Watson
Ruben Sewell
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Earl Sorenson in Beatty Bearle Chapel
Earl Sorenson a Cedar Rapids sheet metal worker and 13 year resident died suddenly at his home Tuesday. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Friday in Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev James M Webb of First Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Earl Gustav Sorenson
D Avenue NE
Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
Beatty - Bearle Chapel
James M. Webb
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Harry M Forsythe Conducted Friday
Funeral services for Harry M Forsythe of 1231 Eighteenth avenue SW will be held in the Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Friday. The Rev Walter Cerka of Sharon Evangelical United Brethren church and the Rev D A Loferski of St John s Episcopal church will preside. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery.
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Harry M. Forsythe
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Turner Chapel
Walter Cerka
Sharon Evangelical
Farm honors and air force veteran Fischer profile
Fischer, a farmer with a Brown Swiss cow winning grand champion at a Kossuth county fair, also earned praise for his father’s Hampshire hog awards. He signed for 25 missions beyond the 100 for Sabrejet pilots, flew 105 slower F 80 missions before Sabres with the 51st wing, and trained in the navy before college. He credited Iowa State two years, enlisting in 1949 for airplanes and world events, later receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. His wife Dorothy Van Bank of Bancroft and their 3 year old Harold III reside in Las Vegas.
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Kossuth
Hampshire Hogs
Fischer
51St Fighter Wing
Navy
Iowa State College
Air Force
Parents react to possible news of missing pilot Harold Fischer Jr
SWEA CITY Iowa parents of Capt Harold E Fischer Jr called the news that he may be alive wonderful. Harold Fischer Sr said he received a message from the air force and Chinese radio later reported he had been captured, prompting cautious relief at the possible survival.
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Swea City
Harold E. Fischer, Jr
Harold Fischer
Air Force
Explorer Scouts To View Four Sound Films In Cedar Rapids
Explorer Scouts will see four sound films on outdoor and vocational topics at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Cedar Rapids Public Library second-floor auditorium. The titles include Sailing in Canada In Partnership with Nature A Forest and Conservation and Inside the FBI. Admission is free.
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Post
Cedar Rapids
Public Library
Canada
Nature
FBI
Two Bills Seek Four Nine Million For State Schools
Iowa legislators prepare two capital improvement bills totaling 4.95 million for University of Iowa Iowa State College Iowa State Teachers College Oakdale Sanatorium Council Bluffs Deaf School Vinton Braille School funded from the rainy day reserve with allocations for new buildings current projects and campus upgrades.
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Des Moines
University of Ilowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers Co
Iowa Sanatorium
Oakdale
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School
Vinton
Beardsley
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Vinton Institution
Iowa State Teachers
Iowa State Teachers Campus Laboratory
Sewer Bond Bid Too High For West Side Project
The sewer plan for a reinforced concrete interceptor runs from Sev enth Street SW to N Avenue NW, along parallel rights of way and an alley between Fifth and Sixth. A $750,000 bond was issued last year, leaving about $300,000 for construction. engineer Young says even the low bid of $387,000 is too high, as the line would ease overload and support future growth.
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Seventh Street
Second Avenue
G Avenue NW
Sixth Streets
N Avenue NW
Young
City Briefs Highlights From Local Groups And Notices
Square dance hosts 8 to 10 30 p m Saturday at Memorial Coliseum Armory. Dr B A Wayland has moved to 602 Guaranty Bldg Adv Travel Movie Mrs Robert Straka screens Wings to France Friday at noon High Twelve Roosevelt hotel Apollo Commandery No 26 E T meets Friday 6 15 picnic supper 7 30 conclave Temple Judah Rabbi Plaut sermon Friday 8 p m Cedar Rapids Lost billfold containing 45 reported by John McDowell Education Committee Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday noon Roosevelt hotel with Supt Clyde Parker Ruie Dolin and others attending
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Robert Straka
France
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Apollo Commandery
Apollo Commandery No. 26
E.T
The
Chamber of Commerce
Supt
Clyde Parker
Ruie Dolin
Prin
Midwest Economics Association Meets in Cedar Rapids
The annual meeting of the Midwest Economics Association at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids runs through Saturday morning. Economics teachers from the Big Ten and Big Seven areas discuss gold standard issues labor taxation and economic theory with banquet speaker Simeon P. Leland of Northwestern University.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest Economics Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Council of Economic Advisers
Simeon P. Leland
College of Liberal Arts
Northwestern University
Supreme court rules against judge in estate dispute
The Iowa supreme court ruled against Judge J. E. Heiserman in a dispute over the estate of the late Mrs. A. W. H. Lenders died 1947. Agnes Kanealy, sister and heir, challenged the judge’s directions on questions about cash gifts totaling about 87000 given before death. The case centers on whether gift money should be part of the estate or fall outside specific bequests.
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Iowa Supreme Court
J. E. Heiserman
A. W. H. Lenders
High
Agnes Kanealy
Supreme Court
Lenders
Penick and Ford Company
Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced Ten Years For Forgery
Deward Brown, 39, pled guilty to uttering a forged instrument in an $11.71 check case. Judge Floyd Philbrick imposed a sentence not to exceed 10 years at Fort Madison. The check, cashed March 14 at Decker Sundries, bore the signature “A. J. Salzman” and came from a Burlington bank marked no account.
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Cedar Rapids
Men’s Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Floyd Philbrick
Deward Brown
Rockford Road
Brown
Decker Sundries
A. J. Salzman
Burlington
Will of Sister Mary Aqui nas opens probate for Hazel Barr estate
The will of Hazel Barr also known as Sister Mary Aqui nas was admitted to probate on Thursday. She died February 10. The will leaves the estate to the Sisters of Mercy of Cedar Rapids and names Charles McCormick as executor without bond.
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Hazel Barr
Mary Aquinas
Sisters of Mercy of
Cedar Rapids
Charles McCormick
Lawsuits Filed Over Accounts and Auto Collisions
Two account suits filed by Utilities Engineering Institute of Chicago seek 230 dollars from Rollie S Blackwell and 155 dollars from Chester L Wenner. Two auto collision actions list John Robertson versus Paul R Fisk for 635 dollars and John E Zatechka versus Lemule Elmore for 286.39 dollars.
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Utilities Engineering Institute of Chicago
Rollie S. Blackwell
Chester L. Wenner
John Robertson
Paul R. Fisk
John E. Zatechka
Lemule Elmore
Man Escapes on Train With Handcuffs After Heist
On a North Western Gold Coast Limited run two men were handcuffed together. A loaded vault briefcase with an unloaded revolver and thousands in cash and checks vanished, with one man McLeod missing near Clinton. Chicago police suspect a sleep aided escape while the other man Boyle slept.
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North Western
Gold Coast Limited
McLeod
Boone
Boyle
Clinton
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Martin McGuire
Eden Gall Bladder Operation Delayed by Cold
London AP reports surgeons postponed Foreign Secretary Eden’s gall bladder operation due to a cold. The decision followed medical evaluation and aims to ensure safe anesthesia and recovery readiness.
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London
Eden
Prowler Report Ties Slaying to Nearby Bucket Find
Police link a porcelain bucket found 30 yards downstream to knives and a purse in a brutal killing. Neighbors report a prowler around Reuben Flagweldt’s home and Mrs. Ciler’s fear a week earlier. Mrs. Ciler had a revolver but feared using it if needed.
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Oilers
Reuben Flagweldt
City considers street-improvement rules for new plats
Cedar Rapids planners weigh an ordinance requiring developers to fund all weather streets with curbs and gutters and install utilities before final plat. Sidewalks may be required on small lots, with a two year surety bond to ensure improvements. Critics warn costs may price out buyers.
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Plan Commission
City Council
Rooster Attack Sends Dog Catcher on Wild Chase
In Jackson Mississippi a dog catcher rushed to a reported attack on pedestrians by a fierce animal. He discovered the aggressor was a young rooster stalking the area.
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Jackson
Miss
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Cockburn
Moore
Rooster
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Loy
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