Weather, temperatures, and notices from a Midwest newspaper
The day’s forecast shows Iowa and nearby states with a mostly fair sky and little temperature change through next week. Highs around mid 50s to near 60, lows in 30s to 40s, and light precipitation mainly as showers Monday or Tuesday. Local notices include wind/barometer readings, sunrise and sunset times, and various public and personal announcements such as births, divorces, and service schedules.
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Bismarck
Chicago
Ous
Duluth
Mada
Angel
Phoenix
Seattle
Iowa
Mercy Hospital Advisory Board Re-Elects Officers
Officers of the Mercy Hospital lay advisory board were re elected for another year at a board meeting Thursday. John J. Locher Jr. is president, J W Markey vice president, and R W Rinderknecht secretary. Markey Craemer and John M Welch were re elected to three year terms. Holdover members include Sutherland Dows Louis Felliman R S Gates Howard Hall and Harry Boyd.
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Mercy Hospital
John J. Locher, Jr
J. W. Markey
R. W. Rinderknecht
Markey
N. P. Craemer
John M. Welch
Sutherland Dows
Louis Felliman
R. S. Gates
Howard Hall
Harry Boyd
McElroy Warns Against Speeches Opposing Shakeup
Washington AP Defense Secretary McElroy urged military and civilian defense members not to oppose Eisenhower's revamp plan in official speeches. He hinted those strongly opposed might consider resigning. officials may offer personal views to Congress, but must avoid public official opposition to the commander in chief's policies.
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Washington
McElroy
Defense Organization
Eisenhower
Defense Department
National Press Club
Congress
Ambar Grotto Hosts Sixth Annual Talent Show
Ambar Grotto of Cedar Rapids presented its sixth annual talent and variety show to a near capacity audience in Coe auditorium. Seventeen acts performed with the Harmony Hawks chorus as the finale. Top four acts were Mar Ellen Reid, Dic Helland and Larry Cabalka, Keith Wymen, and Janice Brown.
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Ambar
Man Injured Slightly When Struck by Auto
A 51 year old Cedar Rapids man suffered minor abrasions Friday morning when struck by an auto while crossing Third avenue at First street. Harry Harford of 1704 Fifteenth Ave SE was treated at St Luke's hospital for forehead and left hand abrasions. Gerald D. Thomason of Marion was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and faulty brakes.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Harford
Fifteenth Ave
Gerald D. Thomason
Marion
Third Avenue
First Street
Harford
St. Luke's Hospital
Thomason
Flushing of Cedar Rapids Water Mains Set for April 15
Semi annual flushing begins April 15 in southeast Cedar Rapids with the northeast section starting about a week later. West side flushing will occur late this month into early May. Do not flush laundry until rust is checked as particles loosened may spoil wash. If rust appears, wait an hour. About 500 to 600 hydrants will be opened to clear rust periodically. last flushing was October 1957.
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Cedar Rapids
Arnold K.cherry
City Water Department
Cherry
Cedar Rapids Home Show Opens With Colorful Exhibits
A crowd of 2,103 attended the Cedar Rapids Home Show opening at Hawkeye Downs. The event showcased all metal trailers and cabins, a floating 20 000 kitchen display, stage acts led by Candy Candido, ventriloquist Peter Rich, and whipcracker Dec Conrad with Penny. Show hours announced with matinees and various booths highlighted by lighting displays and outdoor awnings.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Candy Candido
Candido
Easter Paraders Plan Post Easter Parade Day
New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner proclaims next Sunday as post Easter promenade day to give New Yorkers and visitors a second chance at the Easter parade, rained out last week.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Italy's Socialists Reject Communist Alliance Bid
In Rome the Socialist party rebuffed a Communist bid for a pre election alliance, a surprising move that signals a split from the Red camp as campaigns heat up for next month's elections.
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Rome
Italy
Plane lands on rider killing horseman in Argentina
A Piper Cub with engine trouble forced an emergency landing on a horseman in San Justo Argentina. The rider Humberto Cabrera and his horse were killed. Pilot Jorge Breer and passenger Andres Falcon were only scratched and the plane was not damaged.
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San Justo
Argentina
Humberto Cabrera
Jorge Breer
Andres Falcon
Understanding fellow man urged over more scientists
A University of Wisconsin professor urged a crash program to study and understand fellow humans, saying the nation spends heavily on guided missiles while neglecting people. He argued social studies merit intensified effort to spot gifted minds and reduce hostility, stressing that understanding today’s world could help avoid war.
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Kansas ‘City
University of Wisconsin
D. A. Worcester
International Council For Exceptional Children
Worcester
Circle Drive Area Meeting With Cedar Rapids Officials
City officials and Circle Drive area residents will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the fourth floor of City Hall to discuss street surfacing drainage and sewers. Mayor Jim Meaghan announced invitations were sent to 92 owners and contract purchasers and a priority list may be prepared. Attendance open to residents in Circle Drive Coldstream Avenue Weingroad and Glass Road even if missed.
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Circle Drive
Cedar Rapids
Jim Meaghan
Meaghan
Coldstream Avenue
Weing Road
Glass Road
Regents Hear Need for Hawkeye Village Housing Rent Rise
President Virgil Hancher defended higher rents for new married student housing Hawkeye Village saying enrollment growth to 16,000 by 1970 requires facilities and full cost recovery under Iowa law. Regents heard figures for 192 initial units at 13542 per unit with 3345 utilities, and about 85 dollars monthly per apartment to cover debt on a 40 year loan.
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Hancher
SUI
E. T. Jolliffe
University
George Horner
Regents
Iowa
Hawkeye Village
Herschel Loveless
Hawkeye
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Jolliffe
Horner
Ben Blue Recovering After Benign Growth Removal
Hollywood AP reports comedian Ben Blue is recovering Friday after surgery to remove a benign intestinal growth.
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Hollywood
Ben Blue
Court Grants Reopening Of Injury Suit Over Auto Crash
In Cedar Rapids, Thomas J. OMalley seeks damages from Frank K. George for injuries from a November 27, 1954, auto collision. The district court, after a default dismissal, vacated the dismissal and reopened the case after OMalley’s attorney proved lack of notice of trial and travel absence. Judge Floyd Philbrick ordered the default set aside.
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Successfuly
Floyd Philbrick
Thomas J. O’malley
Frank K. George
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman Sues Beauty Shop Over Hair Treatment
Joanne P. Waychoff sues Max im's Beauty Salon doing business as Newman's Beauty Shop for 3582 dollars claiming scalp injury and hair damage from a permanent wave. She seeks 3500 for pain and humiliation and 82 for medical and lost wages with a jury trial requested.
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Cedar Rapids
Joanne P. Waychoff
Maxim
Newman’s
Westland man appeals district court speeding conviction
James R. Null, 40, of Westland road NW, appealed to the district court from a municipal court speeding conviction. He was found guilty Thursday by Judge Loren Hullinger, who assessed a $10 fine and $19.03 in court costs.
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James R. Null
Westland Road
Loren Hullinger
Linda Stark Wins Annulment of 1964 Marriage
Linda Marie Stark Friday obtained a decree of nullity for her January 4 marriage to Richard E. Stark. The action alleged the groom was 16 years old and lacking parental consent.
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Linda Marie Stark
Richard E.stark
Alger Hiss to receive $15,000 from mother estate
Baltimore AP report states Mary Hiss left Alger Hiss about $15,000 from her estate after her will was filed. She canceled a $9,500 promissory note he owed and left him a separate $750 bequest for his Johns Hopkins university scholarship success.
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Baltimore
Alger Hiss
Mary Hiss
Alger
Johns Hopkins University
End of Postwar Marriage and Birth Boom Signals Slowdown
Chicago educator Dr. Philip M. Hauser warned at the Central States conference that postwar marriage and birth booms may be ending due to the economic slump. He noted the 1957 marriage rate of 8.9 per 1000 people was the lowest since 1933, linking marriages and births to the business cycle.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Philip M. Hauser
Department of Act
University of Chicago
Central States Conference
The
American Public Welfare Association
IMCO Seeks Parking Permit for Two New Lots
Iowa Manufacturing Co requests a special permit for parking lot expansion at 923 and 927 Sixteenth St NE. The plan adds two lots to extend the current asphalt area northward after houses are removed. City Plan Commission referral for recommendation before council action.
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Iowa Manufacturing Company
Sixteenth St
H Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Iowa Manufacturing
City Plan Commission
Wreckage Found of Ecuador Airliner Missing Since Monday
Burned-out wreckage located on Illiniza slopes in Cotopaxi province confirms all 82 aboard are dead. Among victims is Mrs. Lewis Ward, former Edan Geilenfeldt of Lawler Iowa, wife of a passenger, with the Wards serving as Jehovah's Witnesses missionaries in Ecuador. Navy plane reports fuselage parts scattered. altitude about 7 000 feet.
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Quito
Ecuador
Iowa
Illiniza
Cotopaxi
Lewis Ward
Sexsmith
Alberta
Canada
Ward
Edan Geilenfeldt
Lawler
Deaths Maude L Bliss longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Maude L Bliss widow of Fred Bliss died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 9 p.m. Thursday after a brief illness. Born December 30 1875 in Long Grove she moved to Cedar Rapids from Center Point and was a St James Methodist Church member who taught Sunday school 1910 1930. She also belonged to the Woman's Relief Corps and Cedar chapter 184 CES. Survived by three nieces and one nephew. Services 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Turner Chapel with Dr Arthur Schuldt. Burial in Center Point cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Maude L. Bliss
Fred Bliss
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
Long Grove
Center Point
Woman’s Relief Corps
Cedar Chapter
CES
Turner Chapel
Arthur Schuldt
Center Point Cemetery
Death notices for Harvey M. Sullivan Cedar Rapids veteran
Harvey M. Sullivan a Rock Island train dispatcher and World War I navy veteran died after a sudden illness. Born September 13 1892 in Lynxville Wisconsin he lived in Cedar Rapids 15 years survived by wife Lorraine Locke son Michael J four sisters and was a member of the Dispatchers union ATDA services at Turner chapel Monday 11 a.m. conducted by Rt. Rev Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy burial Oak Hill friends may call at the chapel
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Harvey M. Sullivan
Grandeave
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Lynxville
Wis
Lorraine Locke
Michael J
Alice
Louise
Dunlap
Mary Poplett
Peoria
Marguerite Chappel
Chicago
Sullivan
Dispatchers Union
ATDA
Turner Chapel
Maurice S. Sheehy
Immaculate Conception Church
Oak Hill
Bond ruling sparks Iowa cities over overlapping revenue bonds
The United Press reports that the Independence decision may be a major concession delaying bond financing as cities fear paying off new bonds for years. Iowa cities and observers warn the ruling could trigger chaos in the bonding field amid a court keeping the case open.
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Nited Press
Iity
United Press
Supreme Court
Iowa
Supreme Coe
Expert calls withholding unfair and economy harming
Ruth Montgomery reports that tax expert Sayed L. Adams argues the IRS excess withholding deprives low income workers of money they need. He urges a 30 percent withholding cut and notes self employed and high earners face different rules. Adams warns the treasury uses refunds as a deferred loan to the government.
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Washington
INS
Sayed L. Adams
Lower Manhattan
Internal Revenue Service
Adams
New York
Uncle Sam
Department
The
Treasury
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Senior class presents The Boarding House Reach
Troy Mills students stage The Boarding House Reach Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium.
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The
Troy Mills
X Rays May Link To Child Leukemia In Studies
Tulane medical researcher reports that pelvic X rays in late pregnancy correlate with higher leukemia risk in children. About one in five expecting mothers received such radiation, and over 25 percent of leukemia cases arose in their children. Dr. Sprague notes X rays may be overused on pregnant patients.
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Rennie Taylor
New Orleans
Tulane University
American Cancer Society
Dorothy Ford
Charles Sprague
Mother Isn’t Easily Budged Aboard Himalaya
A Vancouver boarded escape by Rosemarie Tytherleigh and her two children and nurse led to a standoff aboard the British liner Himalaya. She refused to leave with or without tickets as crew locked the cabin and Captain Reginald Freeman offered to let the family sail on to Honolulu. She later received funds by wire toward passage.
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San Francisco
Himalaya
Honolulu
Rosemarie Tytherleigh
Vancouver
Reginald Freeman
Guy
Dawn
Mary Berlanger
Tytherleigh
Capt. Freeman
Tytherleighs
SuIlinois College Unit Heads by Dr John Mercer
John Mercer, assistant professor and film supervisor at the University of Iowa, has been named chairman of Southern Illinois University’s department of printing and photography. He will organize a motion picture production unit for SIU’s school of communication after previously directing Nebraka’s audio visual bureau and researching film at Penn State.
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Iowa City
John Mercer
University of Iowa
Southern Illinois University
Mercer
Iowa
Southern Illinois School of Communication
SUI
University of Nebraska
Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction
Pennsylvania State College
Decorah Names New Junior High Principal and Staff
The Decorah school board appointed Donald Ambroson as junior high principal and high school administrative assistant. David Smith named elementary principal replacing James Hedders who resigned. Resignations include Shirley Hines Lois Paulson and Wayne Barth. Harold Martinson becomes janitor. Two new teachers Margaret Meyer and Mary Schoonmaker hired.
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Decorah
Donald Ambroson
Ambroson
David ‘Smith
James Hedders
Shirley Hines
Lois Paulson
Wayne Barth
Harold Martinson
Margaret Meyer
Mary Schoonmaker
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Mercy Hospital Advisory Board
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Ambar Grotto
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Oscar
Dec Conrad
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Spuin
Rider
G. K. Hadenfield
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American Legion
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Blue
Third Street
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Hiss
IMCO
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Krebs Flower Shop
Krebs
3Rd Ave
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1St Ave
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Ilinois College
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Ave
John B. Turner & Son
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