Weather Highs Lows and Precipitation by City
A list of cities with coded temperatures and precipitation figures. Bismarck Denver Chicago New York Los Angeles Miami Seattle Fairbanks Washington several entries show mixed digits and symbols. Some values are unclear or missing for Duluth Omaha Phoenix and other locations.
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Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Fairbanks
Washington
Weather and notices chunk with several town updates
Weather data shows high and low temperatures, rainfall totals, barometer reading, humidity, wind directions, and sunrise sunset times across locations. An April 15 notice lists births and marriages plus a long run of court and fire incident logs with local names and addresses.
Municipal Court Records Fines for Speeding and Noise
Police division lists multiple individuals, including Phillip T. Lacy and Elisabeth W. Beyer, fined $10 and costs for speeding. Marlene Shuey has fine suspended. Disobeying traffic signal and excessive noise cases noted for Thomas Barrow and Steven Sutliff with similar fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip T. Lacy
E Avenue
Elisabeth W. Beyer
Cedar Rapids
Dean A. Wagner
Northwood Drive
Donovan E. Brown
Fourteenth Street
James Michalicek
Thomas Feay
Beyer Avenue
Marlene Shuey
Clark Road
Donald L. Mull
B Avenue NE
Thomas D. Barrow
Third Street NW
Steven A. Sutliff
Wilson
Iowa City Police Officers Reinstated After Misconduct ruling
The civil service commission upheld a 30 day suspension for Patrolman Robert Vevera and discharged Terrence Berridge, who was reinstated May 1 with no back pay. Both officers receive six months of strict disciplinary probation and the panel, by a unanimous vote, found misconduct during off duty hours reflecting on the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Civil Service Commission
Robert Vevera
Terrence Berridge
Vevera
Berridge
John Ruppert
Carsten Leikvold
President Johnson to Hold 3:30 Conference on KCRG
President Johnson arranged a news conference for 3 30 p m CST this afternoon. KCRG scheduled a recorded telecast of the conference at 4 p m.
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Johnson
KCRG
University physicist’s death linked to missing husband
Police traced a car owned by the husband after a wife reported him missing on Wednesday morning. The couple, both academics, have two young sons, Michael and Stephen. Gallagher joined Columbia in 1961 and rose to assistant professor of physics. He previously did research at Caltech and Copenhagen and held NSF and NATO fellowships. The Norwalk, Connecticut native earned a Ph.D. from California in 1957. his wife, 32, English-born, holds a chemistry doctorate and has worked in Columbia labs.
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Gallaghers
Michael
Stephen
Gallagher
Columbia
California Institute of Technology
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Copenhagen
National Science Foundation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Norwalk
Grass Fire Threatens Airport Trailer Court Area
Firefighters battled a large grass blaze near Bowling Street and Forty third Avenue SW, estimated at 15 to 20 acres. The fire, reported at 1 15 p.m., risked spreading to the Airport Trailer Court before a nine man crew using two pump trucks and a water tanker contained it.
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Airport
Bowling Street
Forty-third
Central Fire Station
Kentucky Fried Chicken Opens In Cedar Rapids Carryout
The Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant will open Friday at 11 a.m. at 1334 First Avenue NE with Allan Shute as manager. It will offer fried chicken shrimp salads slaw baked beans mashed potatoes and more in a phone-in carryout only service from 11 30 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Cedar Rapids outlet is owned by Robert Weaver of Peoria Illinois.
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First Avenue NE
Allan Shute
Shute
Cedar Rapids
Robert Weaver
Peoria, III
Deaths George Crosby Dies at 92
George M. Crosby aged 92 of 641 Thirty-seventh Street INE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday in a Marion nursing home. Born September 18 1871 in Central City he married Anna Toms March 24 1901. He lived in Central City Tipton Mechanicsville and ran a feed and seed business before retirement. Survived by wife two daughters and two grandchildren. Services Saturday 11 a.m. Murdoch chapel Marion. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
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George M. Crosby
Thirty-seventh
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Central City
Anna Toms
Crosby
Tipton
Mechanicsville
First ‘Congregational Church
G. Raymond Armknecht
Iowa
City
James D. Lightner
Murdoch Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
Cedar Memorial Park
Ichapel
Paul Nathan Rites Planned After Cedar Rapids Native Dies
Cedar Rapids resident Paul Nathan a retired bricklayer age 56 died Thursday after a brief illness. He was born May 11 1886 in Germany and is survived by a son Fred of Cedar Rapids three daughters Mrs E V Noble Milwaukee Mrs D C Frasinger and Mrs E G Parents both of Cedar Rapids two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He attended Trinity Lutheran church and belonged to Local No 1 B M and P I A of America and the Eagles club Memorial services will be held Saturday at Turner chapel at 10 30 a m by Rev E W Koberg Burial at Linwood chapel.
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Paul Nathan
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Germany
Fred
E. V. Noble
Milwaukee
D. C. Frasinger
E. G
P.I.A. of America
The
Eagles Club
Turner Chapel
E. W. Koberg
Linwood
Paulson Awarded Airport Terminal Building Contract
Cedar Rapids airport commission let contracts totaling 245371 for a terminal addition. O F Paulson Construction Co. won the general contract at 186639 with two alternates accepted. Emmett J. Keough will handle electrical work at 21509 and Modern and Puth plumbing heating and ventilating at 24628. Completion is scheduled 100 days after work starts.
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Cedar Rapids
Emmett J. Keough
Modern
Puth
Paulson
Ozark Air Lines
Elizabeth Brown 1888 1951 Cedar Rapids Resident Dies
Elizabeth Francis Brown 75 of 57 Nineteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday evening after a long illness. Born in Nebraska in 1888 she moved with her parents to Center Point then Iowa City in 1905. Survived by two sons Dorus and Oligin five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services Saturday 1:30 p.m. at Oathout's funeral home Iowa City with burial Oakland Cemetery Iowa City.
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Elizabeth Francis Brown
Nineteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Center Point
Iowa City
O. B. Brown
Keota Man Found Dead at Home at 75
Keota resident Woolsey 75 was found dead in his home where he lived alone about 5 p.m. Wednesday by neighbors. He was last seen Tuesday afternoon. The body was taken to Keokuk county hospital Sigourney and then to Des Moines for state post mortem. Sheriff Walterich accompanied the body. Woolsey had lived alone since his wife’s death in March 1962. The body will be returned to Powell funeral home.
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Keota
Hennen Bryan’ Woolsey
Woolsey
Keokuk County Hospital
Sigourney
Des Moines
John Wallerich
Powell
Multiple Funerals Annotated For Cedar Memorial Burials
Obituaries note services for Robert M Threlkeld at 1 30 p m Saturday at Hesser Memorial chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial. Comred Glenn Adrian services at Turner chapel 1 30 p m Friday. Edward Julius Arnold service at Turner chapel 3 p m Friday. Emma H Miller service Friday morning at Kuba funeral home then St Wenceslaus church with burial at Czech National. Rosary Thursday evening.
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Threlkeld
Robert M
Hesser Memorial Chapel
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Rueben J. Tjaden
Crescent ‘Lodge
Cedar Memorial
Masonic Lodge
Comred
Glenn Adrian
Turner
Barton G. Murray
Arnold
Edward Julius
J. Richard Wagner
Miller
Emma H
Kuba
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anthony W. Chihak
Body of Second Miner Is Found in Idaho Cavein
Rescue workers found Barney McCoy, 47, buried in a zinc mine collapse in Burke Idaho. Reed Peck, 41, who worked with McCoy, was recovered Wednesday night.
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Burke, Idaho
Barney McCoy
Reed Peck
McCoy
Plant Worker Files Bankruptcy Papers
Burton L. Hall of 1012 First Street SW, an industrial plant worker, filed a bankruptcy petition in Cedar Rapids federal court. He lists debts of $2,860 and assets of $475, with $100 exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton L. Hall
Firststreet
Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Wellman Boy to Attend Boys State at Camp Dodge
Ron McClellen 17 son of Mr and Mrs David McClellen is chosen by the Legion to attend Boys State at Camp Dodge in Des Moines from June 7 to 13.
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Wellman
Ron McClellen
David McClellen
The
Legion
Boys State
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Want ads dominate advertising reach in the era
The piece notes that want ads are the most widely used form of advertising, appealing to a broad audience and offering extensive reach for sellers and employers alike.
Pair Hobnobbing With the Skipper Prove Stowaways
Dutch artist Fritz Meyer and his wife, long-time companions of Willem Ruys captain, are revealed as stowaways after mingling at cocktails and parties aboard the liner. The Meyers, immigrants who came to Australia in 1956, face $810 payment or costly repatriation to Rotterdam.
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Sydney
Australia
Fritz Meyer
Willem Ruys
Herman van den Heuvel
Holland
Rotterdam
Meyer
Train robbery case convicts and pending trials
Sentences were handed to most involved in the train theft. Wheater was convicted of concealing a gang member. Six defendants remain to face trial before Judge Davies, including three women and loot receivers. Biggs was convicted in a separate trial Wednesday.
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Wheater
Jimmy Dean Show Guests Lead Thursday Night Lineup
Carl Smith Vikki Carr and Milt Kamen top the guest list for the Jimmy Dean Show airing Thursday at 8 30 on Channel 9. The show features a mix of country and comedy as part of the network’s night lineup.
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Carl Smith
Vikki Carr
Milt Kamen
Jimmy Dean
Channel 9
Winds drive pair from Mt Washington summit in fierce storm
A New Hampshire woman and Alaska Eskimo with a dog team turned back from Mt Washington after reaching the 6,288 foot summit in a six hour climb as hurricane level winds and 13 degree cold battered the peak. The isolation and wind gusts of 75 mph near the summit forced retreat just hundreds of yards from the carriage road.
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MT. Washington
N. H
New Hampshire
Alaska
Bill Anaruck
Bethel
Summit Weather Observatory
Jean Bryar
Center Harbor
Anaruck
Guy Gosselin
Mt. Washington Observatory
$50,000 Earring Missing From Couple
New York police hunt for a $50,000 diamond and platinum ear ring reported missing by Pierre Frottier and his wife. Frottier, manager of a Belgian chemical firm, realized in a taxi that the piece was gone en route to a jeweler for repairs. The earring, insured and bought for over $100,000 last year in St Moritz, remains unrecovered.
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New York
Pierre Frottier
Pierre
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frottier
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Ontario Yields Rich Ore Strike
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co reports a major zinc copper and silver discovery near Timmins Ontario about 350 miles northwest of Toronto. The find marks a significant mineral strike expanding prospects for the company in Canada.
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Ontario
NEW York
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Timmons
Ont
Toronto
Strike Called Off in Japan After Last Minute Talks
Japanese union leaders called off a threatened nationwide strike in transportation postal telephone and telegraph sectors at the last minute on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Supreme Court frees Sabins in false pretenses case
Richard Lee Sabins, 26, had been convicted of false pretenses in Linn County for obtaining a car from Allen Motor Co by misrepresenting finances and employment. The Iowa Supreme Court overturned the conviction on appeal. County Attorney Jack Fulton plans a possible larceny charge and appeal. Sabins remains in custody at Ft. Madison amid parole revocation related to unrelated Cedar Rapids incidents.
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Richard Lee Sabins
Iowa Supreme Court
Sabins
Allen Motor Co
Iy Linn County District Court
Supreme Court
Jack Fulton
B. J. Maxwell
Harold Vietor
Fulton
State Attorney General's Office
Maxwell
Ft. Madison
Cedar Rapids
Newton Pleads Guilty To Forgery Charge
Leslie Newton twenty eight of 129 Fourth Avenue Southwest pled guilty before Judge William Eads to uttering a forged instrument. Sentencing set for April 22. Newton is charged with cashing a sixty dollar check bearing forged name of Gary England.
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Leslie Newton
Fourth Avenue
William Eads
Newton
Gary England
Budget Materials For UGN Drive Sent to Agencies
Budgeting materials were mailed Thursday to agencies in the annual United Good Neighbors campaign. Agencies must return them by May 29 to set the fall campaign goal. Changes include two submitted figures per agency and a revised chart of accounts for data processing. Budget conferences are scheduled for June with some conferences skipped if not needed.
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United Good Neighbors
United Community Serviice
O Ucs
UCS
It Is Not So Easy To See King Hussein
Washington AP reports reporters were invited to meet King Hussein of Jordan at Blair House. Arriving at 8 30 pm they were told to return at 8 30 am. The next morning Hussein was still in bed and later a state department official said the king would not meet them after a 23 minute sidewalk wait.
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Washington
Hussein
Jordan
Blair House
State Department
Wanted Man 32 Surrenders in Cedar Rapids
A 32 year old Grand Rapids Michigan man Phillip F Cleveland surrendered to Cedar Rapids authorities on two counts of grand theft. He allegedly took 100 dollars from two Oakland California service stations where he worked last year. He surrendered after learning Grand Rapids police had an arrest warrant.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Cedar Rapids
Oakland
Calif
Phillip F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Grand Rapids
Shoes Trap Men In Theft Case
In Miami a pair of button shoes led to the capture of two men involved in a theft. The pair helped authorities trace their sale of 42 pairs of pants and 55 shirts. The three button shoes remained unsold and contributed to their arrest. The store owner said he had been unable to sell the same shoes for ten years.
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Miami
Toddville Girl Admits Charge in Delinquency Case
Marguerite Jordan, 19, of rural Toddville pleaded guilty in Cedar Rapids municipal court to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Sentencing was postponed. She allegedly lent her parents car to a 16-year-old. the teen driver hit a parked car in Center Point and faces drunk driving charges.
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Marguerite Jordan
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Bob Burt
Miss Jordan
Vinton
Center Point
Burt
Linn County
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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Liberty Loan Corp
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Miller’s Cities Service
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Tiny” Brecht
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Fry and
Pierson
Ellis Plvd
Kentucky Fried Chicken
George Crosby
Elizabeth F. Brown
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave. SE
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Brandy
Keith
Kuss
Jancoa
Euen
Second Street
Richard Sabins
ROHN
Third Avenue
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Ave. S.E
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