Weather and local notices from the April 23 1955 Daily Record
The page reports Sunday weather with partial cloudiness and scattered showers, northern frost risks, and highs around 60 to 68 degrees. It includes precipitation totals for April at 1.24 inches, city wind at 21 knots with gusts to 28, sunrise and sunset times, and year-to-date figures. Fire, police, and court blotter items note fires at a corn germ drying room, rubbish spread, overheated furnace, porch fire, speeding fines, safety violations, license status, and various civil judgments and small-claims entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossee
Penick and
Ford
Crandic
F Avenue NW
Cigaret
A Avenue
Obituary notices from Iowa cities list multiple services
Funeral services are scheduled across several towns. Lowden honors Rein hardt G Licht at Trinity Lutheran with burial in Lowden cemetery. Vinton holds Andrew Jacobsen service at Fry-Holland and burial in Evergreen. Springville lists Fred Evans in Hunte funeral home with Springville cemetery burial. Independence serves Sarah Agnes McDonnell at St Johns with church burial. Iowa City services for Elizabeth Meade at St Patrick's with rosary at Hohenschuch and burial at St Joseph's. Gilbert Sargard and Anna Oberman also noted with Oathout funeral home and St Joseph's cemetery arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
Reinhardt G. Licht
Chicago
Trinity Lutheran Church
Henry Licht
Vinton
Andrew Jacobsen
Fry-Holland
Evergreen Cemetery
Springville
Fred Evans
Florence
Colo
Hunte Funeral Home
Independence
Sarah Agnes McDonnell
St. John’s Church
Church Cemetery
Peoples Funeral Home
Iowa City
Elizabeth Meade
St. Patrick's Church
Suit Seeks Accounting On Mercury Auto Deal
In Linn county district court M C Martin sues Glen Thompson now of Texas for an accounting of an oral Mercury car deal. They planned to buy repair and sell the vehicle with profits shared. Martin claims he paid 1498.12 while Thompson paid 75 and seeks sale of the car and payment of due balances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County District Court
M. C. Martin
Glen Thompson
Texas
Center Point Filling Stations Looted in Two Break-ins
Burglars broke into the Fred Hunter Skelly station and the Keith Kennedy Phillips 66 station in Center Point Friday night stealing about $31 in cash, mostly dimes. Windows were broken to gain entry at both stations, Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Fred Hunter Skelly
Keith Kennedy
Phillips 66
Larry Condon
Dimes
Four collection suits filed in Linn County district court
Four separate collection actions filed Friday and Saturday in Linn County district court seek judgments for small balances. Iowa Radio Supply asks $295.73 from Kenneth E. Johnson for merchandise. Vincent J. Berry demands $260 from Robert L. Sweet of Sweet Millwork for a credit report contract assigned to Berry. Utilities Engineering Institute seeks $216.50 from Edward W. Smiley for an unpaid balance on a training course. A N Nelson requests $180.83 from Wathan-Miller Motor Co for three sales in early 1954. All petitions request interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Iowa Radio Supply Company
Kenneth E. Johnson
Vincent J. Berry
Robert L. Sweet
Sweet Millwork Company
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
The
Utilities Engineering Institute
Edward W. Smiley
Chicago Institute
A. N. Nelson
Wathan-Miller Motor Company
Wills admitted to probate in Linn County district court
Three wills were admitted to probate Saturday in Linn County district court. Elizabeth Julia Stolba named her husband Steven Louie Stolba as sole heir and executor. Joseph H. Christian’s will, with Ray C. Ocheltree as executor, leaves 515 Eighth Street SE to Ocheltree and splits the rest between Nellie Schlecty and grand-stepsons Duane E. and Keith R. Ocheltree. Ernest H. Moore’s will names his wife Latasha Floy Moore as sole heir and executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County District Court
Elizabeth Julia Stolba
Steven Louis Stolba
Ray C. Ocheltree
Joseph H. Christian
Ocheltree
Eighth Street
Nellie Schlecty
Duane E
Keith R. Ocheltree
Ernest H. Moore
Latasha Floy Moore
Murfeld Given 80-Day Suspended Sentence in Contempt Case
Henry E Murfeld received an 80 day suspended sentence in district court on Friday for contempt of court arising from a divorce case. Judge Floyd Philbrick found him in contempt for failing to maintain child support. The suspension requires him to pay overdue amounts and continue timely payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Murfeld
Floyd Philbrick
Murfeld
Reserve Board Raises Margin Rule to 70 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board raised the required stock down payment from 60 to 70 percent effective Saturday, marking the second margin increase this year amid booming markets. Borrowing by customers and banks to finance stock transactions surged, with brokers’ loans reaching record highs as credit use continued to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Board
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New York
Chicago
Scientist predicts 1000 year life span and reversal of aging
Wisconsin scientist Dr Johan Bjorksten argues aging results from cross linked protein molecules that clog cells. He says an enzyme could split these links to halt and reverse aging, potentially extending life to ages seen in biblical Methuselah. He compares the discovery to penicillin's sooner breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Johan Bjorksten
Finland
Sweden
Bjorksten
1954 Miss Norway Leaves for Oslo
Mona Stories Miss Norway 1954 left for Oslo to avoid deportation after immigration ordered her to appear for proceedings. Married to American Sandy Young TV producer, she may apply for a permanent visa on voluntary departure and avoid a year wait if deported. Young plans to cast her in a TV series upon her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
MNL
Mona Stories
Oslo
Sandy Young
Young
Armed Forces Five East Iowans Enlist in Air Force
Five East Iowans enlisted for the Air Force and were sent to Lackland Air Force Base Texas for basic training. The group includes James L. Rich 17 of 321 F Avenue NW Cedar Rapids Keith Van Elson 17 of Toddville Donald D. Johnson 17 and James T. Seevell 19 of Center Point Ronald E. Watson 21 of Anamosa route 2 Watson a former Army veteran enlisted as airman third class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
James L. Rich
F Avenue NW
Keith van Elson
Toddville
Donald D. Johnson
James T. Seevell
Center Point
Ronald E. Watson
Anamosa
Watson
Hood Hospitalization Shocks Linn County Supervisors
Henry J. Hood aged 69, Linn county supervisor for the third district, was reported in fairly good condition Saturday at St Luke's hospital where he has been confined since Thursday night. The nature of his illness is undetermined, a hospital official said. Hood farms five miles north of Springville and has served as county supervisor since January 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Hood
Linn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hood
Springville
Iowa Legislature Opens Bills on Toll Road and Ballot
The legislature advanced the toll road bill with an 84 to 17 house vote and sent it back to the Senate amid amendments about delay, taxes, and underpasses. A GOP ballot bill sets a 70 day deadline for candidate certification, moving the timing for the August national convention. The Senate also increased the minimum school enrollment to eight, and two building and loan bills moved to the governor on safety deposit boxes and real estate loans.
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Senate
House
Davenport
J Council Bluffs
Iowa
G.O.P
Melvin D. Synhorst
Jon
Kids Wanderlust Again Stray Children Found By Police
With spring in the air, at least ten children aged two to seven wandered from home Thursday and Friday. Police, neighbors, and parents located or the youngsters returned home. A group of four year-old boys was found roaming Shaver Park. Capt. Howard Walsh notes typical weekly lost-child reports are only two or three.
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Shaver Park
Howard Walsh
City Briefs Note License Loss For Speeding Charge
John Dunn of 1416 Sixth Avenue SE lost his license for 20 days after appearing in municipal court on a speeding charge. He was accused of traveling 47 miles per hour in a 25 mile zone. Fines listed for other local items include Ed Mahoney of 1848 Memorial Drive SE who paid $5 and costs after pleading guilty to abusing a dog by placing turpentine on the animal. Dining room hours updated to Mondays 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Krebs Dutch Girl, 2901 Istave SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dunn
Sixth Avenue
James Stodola
Shellsburg
Glenn Wendler
High Amana
Rose Wieneke
Route 1
Levi Salzbrenner
Tenth Avenue
Curtis Gearhart
Twentieth Street
Charles Pospisil
Fairfax
Donald Parrott
Wilson Avenue
Vernon Molitor
Marion
Jack Kondora
Atkins
Edward Opperman
Daniel Street
Paul Dudley
George Abraham
Fifth Avenue
Ralph Johnson, Jr
Mt. Vernon Road
Orland Conaway
Nineteenth Street
Clifford Forster
Waukegan
Ed Mahoney
Memorial Drive
Edward L. Smith
Doris Hanover
Benesh
State Hospital
Independence
Donald P. Boutson
Walker Drug Company
Sixth Avenue SE
Krebs
Istave
1848
Cole McMartin, Jr
Mahoney
McMartin
Missouri winds cause big loss in Sikeston area
Violent winds and a small tornado roared through southeast Missouri during a two hour spell late Friday, toppling trees and damaging buildings. Heavy rain and hail swelled streams, with Sikeston damage estimated between 400000 and 700000 dollars. No lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Missouri
Sikeston
Wright Son Convicted For No-License Practice
John Lloyd Wright son of Frank Lloyd Wright was convicted in Oceanside California of practicing as an architect without a state license. The judge delayed sentencing for a week. Wright holds licenses in Indiana Texas and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanside
Calif
John Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
California
Wright
Indiana
Texas
Nevada
Famed Symphony Delights Cedar Rapids Crowd At Coliseum
About 1,500 listeners at Memorial Coliseum heard the Minneapolis Symphony under Antal Dorati. The concert featured Prokofiev, Till Eulenspiegel, and Berlioz encores, with warm Brahms Third in the second half and strong orchestral tone despite occasional rough brass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Coliseum
Midwest
Antal Dorati
Beethoven
Egmont
Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss
Till
Strauss
Prokofiev
Symphony
Dorati
Faust
Berlioz
Commit Lugosi As Drug Addict
Hollywood veteran Bela Lugosi, famed horror film star, was ordered committed to an institution as an admitted narcotics addict for the last 20 years. A bedside hearing before Superior Judge Wallace L. Ware resulted in commitment at Metropolitan State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
INS
Bela Lugosi
Lugosi
Wallace L. Ware
Psychopathic Court
General Hospital
Ware
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Annuity Taken at 75 Pays Off for Miss Sherry
STONY BROOK N Y AP Miss Julia Henrietta Sherry took an old age annuity in 1934 at age 79. She turned 100 Sunday and collected a semiannual check of 234 99 dollars, totaling 9 634 59 dollars on a 3 000 investment 21 years earlier. She has outlived the life expectancy by 13 years and plans to paint the porch when warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook
N.Y
Julia Henrietta Sherry
Sherry
Errol Flynn pays back alimony settles contempt case
Hollywood report says film star Errol Flynn has settled $7,000 in back alimony to ex wife Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes. A contempt citation against Flynn was dismissed and he can return to Hollywood without further legal trouble.
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Hollywood
INS
Errol Flynn
Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes
Flynn
Deaths Irene Wright 53 Cedar Rapids resident and former receptionist
Irene C. Wright 53 of 1533 E Avenue NE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born Sept. 5, 1901 in Fort Madison, she lived in Cedar Rapids 27 years and was a receptionist for Dr. C Houser the last four. Survived by husband Roy G. Wright, daughter Mrs. Larry Buehler, son Robert, mother Mrs. Mary McCauley, a brother and four sisters, plus four grandchildren. Friends may call at Monahan funeral home after 1 p.m. Sunday. Rosary by Knights of Columbus Monday at 7:15 p.m. and Altar and Rosary at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Services Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St. Matthew's Church. Burial Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene C. Wright
E Avenue NE
Roy G. Wright
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
C Houser
Robert
Mechanicsville
Mary McCauley
The
Wrights
John McKay
Milwaukee
Glen Paul
Marshalltown
William Bemis
Des Moines
John Keopple
Roswell
N. M
Monahan
Knights of
Services for Richard Wiese in Kings Wisconsin
Richard Wiese a Cedar Rapids resident died in Kings Wisconsin. Services at Barta Hesser chapel at 1 30 p m Monday conducted by Rev Milton E White of Bethany Congregational church. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Members of Company D will meet at the chapel at 1 15 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wiese
Ceidar Rapids
Kings
Wis
Milton E. White
Bethany Congregational Church
Linwood Cemetery
Company D
Former Cedar Rapids woman Mrs Dennis Filipi dies in Phoenix
Mrs Dennis Filipi 29 a former Cedar Rapids resident died at her Phoenix Arizona home Friday evening after an extended illness. The former Ione Honzik she was a McKinley high school graduate. Survivors include her mother Mrs L G Jacquet of San Diego California father Oscar Honzik of Moline and three grandparents Mrs Katerina Honzik Cedar Rapids Mrs William Sloan San Antonio Texas and F A Ingram of San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Filipi
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Ariz
Ione Honzik
McKinley High School
L. G. Jacquet
San Diego
Calif
Oscar Honzik
Moline
Katerina Honzik
William Sloan
San Antonio
Texas
F. A. Ingram
Services for Dr Frank Wells Cedar Rapids Dentist
Services for Dr. Frank Wells a Cedar Rapids dentist of many years who died Friday will be conducted in the Rohn chapel at 1 30 p m Monday by the Rev Franklin P Jones of Christchurch United Presbyterian Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Frank Wells
Cedar Rapids
Rohn
Franklin P. Jones
Christchurch United Presbyterian
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Ernest A. Stone Conducted at Barta-Hesser Chapel
Services for Ernest A. Stone aged near 532 Forest Drive SE will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Barta-Hesser chapel with Rev J Rich ard Wagner of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial is in Evergreen Cemetery at Anita. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Stone
Forest Drive
J. Richard Wagner
First Congregational Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Anita
Mrs Mary Langham Dies in Canton Ill At 78
Mrs Mary Langham a former Cedar Rapids resident 78 died Friday night in Canton Illinois She is the grandmother of Gilbert Johnson of 2019 Avenue NE The body will be sent to Winton for services and burial time not yet set
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Mary Langham
Cedar Rapids
Canton, Ill
Gilbert Johnson
Avenue NE
Winton
Bohac, 82, Former Cedar Rapids Resident, Dies in LA
Frank A. Bohac, 82, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Friday night in Los Angeles. The death was reported to Mrs. A. C. Zalesky of 1728 Bever Avenue SE.
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Frank A. Bohac
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
A. C. Zalesky
Bever Avenue
Mixup Nets Buy Two Polio Shots
Gary Bonenberg er, six, first child in the nation to receive two Salk polio shots in one day. He was among 332 inoculated at Madison school Wheeling West Virginia. He received a second shot in the other arm after inadvertently joining a different line. His mother called Dr Salk in Pittsburgh. secretary said no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Gary Bonenberger
Gary
Madison School
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
Salk
Actress Gail Russell Fined in Hit-Run Case
Los Angeles AP reports actress Gail Russell paid a $50 misdemeanor hit and run fine. Municipal Judge Parks Stillwell offered 10 days jail as alternative. She allegedly left scene after rear ending Leonard Deutsch 29 in North Hollywood February 11. Deutsch, wife and child shaken. prior drunken driving charge dropped last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gail Russell
Parks Stillwell
Leonard Deutsch
North Hollywood
Deutsch
Brownell Cites Surge in Labor Racketeering Prosecutions
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr says labor racketeering cases rose after GOP take over. FBI investigated 1,400 possible violations, 149 indictments vs 23 under Democrats, with 42 awaiting trial. He cites Southern Illinois Hod Carrier's union chief Evan Dale and a St Louis area "reign of terror" linked to higher construction costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Brownell
FBI
G.O.P
Southwestern Legal Foundation
St. Louis
Illinois
Evan Dale
Southern Illinois
Hod Carrier's and Common Laborer’s Union
Dale
Chicago
U.S
United States
Kansas City
Springfield
Ill
Detroit
St. Paul
Cleveland
New Orleans
Boston
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Seattle
Wash
Las Vegas
New
New York
Jersey City
N. J
Providence
R.I
Louisville
Washington, D. C
Girl Injured After Swing Chain Breaks At School
Chloe Peck, 16, was injured Friday noon when the swing chain broke at Immaculate Conception school playground. She returned to classes but later became unconscious briefly, then was taken to Mercy Hospital for observation. Her mother is Mrs. Donald Handel of 407 Eighth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chloe Peck
Immaculate Conception
Donald Handel
Eighth Street
Chloe
Mercy Hospital
Wound Is Fatal After 37 Years In England
A coroner's jury in BUTTON England ruled that a World War I shrapnel wound contributed to the death of Frederick Keadell 63 who died Tuesday. He carried a chunk of metal in his brain for 37 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Button
England
Frederick Keadell
Keadell
Bridge Toll Charged Florida National Guard
The Florida National Guard seeks a $5 refund from the state after a bridge toll taker charged a five dollar toll to a 31 ton Sherman tank during Operation Minute Man. The tank crew had been assigned to guard the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida National Guard
ST. Petersburg
Fla
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Hiw Ankmene
C. R. Weather
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Keokuk
Municipal Court Police Division
Lester Burianek
the Camera Center
Merrill E. Markham
Twelfth Street
Arthur V. Hatter
Dale K. Frederickson
J. P. Merett
Valley City
N. D
Walter W. Haugen
Jamestown
Lisle and
Reichle
As Gas and Oil Company
Kaybee
Deloris Collins
Ninth Street SE
Toman Florists
Merle Drexler
Maid Rite No. 5
Norman’ Pollock
Cecil Brothers
Tom Bowman
Miller-Wohl Company
James Graham
Joe Zach
Lynn Chesmore
Second Ave
Wills
Carbon Credit
Miss
Norway
East
Ballhagen
Baumhover
Bloedel
Briles
Carlsen
Christopher
Coverdale
Ehlers
Freed
Hagedorn
Hatch
Hoover
Johannes
Novak
Stephenson
van Zwel
Hanson
Frey
Halling
Howard
McReynolds
Nelson
Newton
Riehm
Vermeer
Wright Son
Coliseum
Iby
Donald Key
Brahms
Sergi Prokofiev
Commit Lugosi
Murdoch
Walker
Wiese Services
Wells Services
Stone Services
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Ave
Chie
John B. Turner & Son
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