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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1956
Page
9
Forecast shows mostly cloudy cold with sun in and beyond Sunday. Weekend highs around 30s north and extreme south, lows 25 to 32. Also listed are numerous birth announcements from Des Moines area families with April 27 dates and final funeral notices for several Iowa towns.
At the Methodist General Conference delegates report a surge in lay activity. Since 1952 five thousand men’s clubs have grown to ten thousand with about four hundred fifty thousand members. The groups aim to witness in business and social life and cooperate with clergy. Bishop F. Gerald Ensley and others were named to church boards and commissions for the next four years.
Albert J. Grother 53 of Des Moines a vice president and district manager for Armco Drainage and Metal Products died of a heart attack Friday while boarding a train in Fort Wayne Indiana He was born July 1 1903 in Cedar Rapids Iowa a University of Iowa graduate and had led Armco operations in Iowa Nebraska and other districts since 1946 during business trips and visits to his parents and sister in Fort Wayne.
West Germany's supreme court refused to free Otto John, former head of the West German FBI system, who returned after fleeing through the Iron Curtain. An arrest warrant for treasonable relations with Communists and possible flight risk was issued. trial expected this summer.
No injuries or major property damage were reported. A tornado warning covered southwestern Missouri southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Hail left an 18 inch ground cover eight miles south of Oklahoma City. Kansas City saw heavy rain and floods with traffic accidents. A windstorm ripped concrete blocks from a city area garage.
Aero Digest reports Russia developed a missile launch capable from 300 feet underwater hitting targets up to 140 miles away. US Navy studies underwater submarine launched missiles for subs, surface ships, or aircraft. Aerojet works on underwater propulsion. Germans tested underwater missiles in 1944.
JAL announced the purchase of four Douglas DC-7C planes to reduce San Francisco to Tokyo flight time from 25 hours to 17 hours. Yakoshito Kojima, JAL VP for America, said the jets, arriving late 1957, cost 12.53 million dollars with JAL paying 9 million. The DC-7Cs will allow nonstop Honolulu to Tokyo flights and bridge traffic before DC-8 jets arrive in 1960.
In Vienna the sole survivor of four Hungarian youths who fled across the frontier on a farm tractor said he saw his own brother among the border guards who opened fire. He reported the other three were killed as they tried to tear through barbed wire at Hungary s frontier with Austria.
The Cedar Valley African Violet club will hold a show at the C R Woman's club Friday from noon to 9 pm. Pierson's Florists advertises pansies at 1.00 per dozen and open all day Sunday at 1800 Ellis Blvd NW. Also a clean up luncheon is planned by the Chamber of Commerce at Central Fire Station. An Austrian border case: 18-year-old Fritz Hammerl seeks political asylum after fleeing near Nickelsdorf with two companions. his brother Christoph and father are named figures in the border police and army.
Jaycee committees meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Chamber of Commerce, Allied Industrial League directors discuss golf and horseshoes at 6 15 p m at the YMCA, with plans for the summer All Sports festival.
Washington reports guarded optimism from the Big Three western powers that UN action has staved off immediate Middle East war. Diplomats prepare for NATO talks and side discussions in Paris as Hammarskjold files a secret UN Security Council report on his peace mission and possible Arab Israeli middle ground.
Two teenage girls suffered minor injuries when their car hit a parked vehicle on Bever avenue SE near Eighteenth street. Barbara Kegler age 16 had a facial abrasion and Marcha Pirie 17 had rib injuries. Both were treated at Mercy hospital and released. Donald Skinner, 301 Cottage Grove avenue SE, was charged with driving on the wrong side of the street.
Mrs. Ora Morgan, 54, reunited with her father Irvin Leslie White, 72, after spotting him near her Memphis home through a faded 1910 photo of her parents. The man who moved into a nearby rooming house exclaimed the likeness and declared his wife is in the photo, ending a lengthy search begun in 1920. In a separate incident, Charles J. Hlubucek suffered a left wrist injury when struck by a car at Third Avenue and First Street, with driver Frederick Burchard cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Two more teachers, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kennedy, resigned Saturday in protest of the school board's plan not to renew Theodore Colton's contract. Colton, 27, is a junior high science teacher by day and bartender at Whitman hotel by night. The resignations target Homer C. Thompson, a board member, while A B Chasteen and Arthur Samples voted for Colton's contract. Both Thompson and Colton declined comment.
The Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs named temporary officers at its convention in Council Bluffs. Norman Hatton was chosen president and Milo Zeman secretary treasurer, both from Cedar Rapids, serving until Cedar Rapids stamps club elects permanent officers. Woodrow W. Westholm received the grand award for Iowa postal history display. The Iowa Postal History Society will hold its sessions and elect officers Sunday.
Honey Creek voters last week rejected a proposed merger with Edgewood consolidated district by 18 for to 82 against. Edgewood approved the preliminary plan but it requires approval from all districts involved to carry.
Dr. John Von Neumann, noted mathematician and U S Atomic Energy Commission member, received the Enrico Fermi Award of 50000 dollars for outstanding nuclear science contributions. The announcement came Saturday after a private ceremony on Thursday. Von Neumann is 52 and has been seriously ill for months.
Fire at the Monti-View Cabin and Trailer Court on highway 151 northeast of Monticello caused an estimated 4 000 to 5 000 dollars in damage. The blaze started about 8 30 in the Tom Eden home housing the office and was blamed on a short circuit from a blown RV antenna. It was contained within an hour.
Fieldale officials seek a new festival princess after Norma Woodward and much of the Fieldale high school band were struck by a measles outbreak. The Vinton Dogwood Festival aims to crown a replacement during the week.
The article traces Cedar Rapids population tallies from 1860 to 1956, noting Scolaro’s 83,075 base count and a 94,075 metro figure with fringe communities. It compares 1956 estimates from the post office and Chamber of Commerce and explains the methods and margin of error used across decades.
Cedar Rapids adds two air mail dispatches daily under new daylight saving time schedules. Eastbound flights now total six and westbound four with earlier closings. main eastbound is flight 314 closing at 3:40 p.m. and main westbound is flight 215 closing at 6:05 p.m. A chart at the post office lists times for major U.S. cities.
Moscow prepares for the May Day celebration with Stalin’s portraits largely absent from displays. Lenin dominates the decorations, sometimes paired with Karl Marx as tanks and armored gear rehearse for a massive military parade over Red Square featuring heavy bombers and fighters.
Deaths notice for Mary Catherine Keith wife of Harry R Keith of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services scheduled for 1 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel with Rev Jack A Oliver of the First Christian church officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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