Weather and notices roundup from Midwest regions
Mixed forecast reports considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and possible thunder across central sections and most of Iowa, followed by warm conditions into Friday. Readings show highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s, with variable precipitation totals to date. Local updates include births, funeral notices, and service details for several families in Iowa and nearby areas.
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Bismarck
N. Orleans
Chicago
Denver
Ater
Alba Werque
Miamee
Min
Eapolis
San Diego
Iowa
Residents Seek City-Funded Re-Oiling Of Ninth Avenue
A 50-name petition filed with the city council requests re-oiling the 2400 block of Ninth Avenue SW at city expense, arguing current dust noise and danger to children on bicycles after street tearing and regrading. Street officials explain policy favors regrading unless repairs cost more, while a new dust-reduction material from wood pulp residues is tested for possible widespread use.
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Ninth Avenue SW
John Storey
Halvorson
Ames
Iowa weighs Indiana style gross income tax plan
Iowa researchers say adopting Indiana’s gross income tax could simplify the system but raise rates to replace revenue from sales and income taxes. The study notes higher rates needed, revenue stability, and potential drawbacks such as tax on losses and hidden pricing. It highlights compliance ease yet increased litigation and evasion concerns.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Indiana
Iowa Legislative Research Bureau
John Walker
Williams
Clark McNeal
Belmond
Paul Walter
Union
Neil Johns
Toledo
J. F. Walter l
McGregor
Bureau
Disturbing the peace and traffic cases and services notices
Disturbing the peace Richard Ruzicka 30 days jail. Intoxication John Whitwell forfeited 30 bond. Warren Johnson forfeited 105 bond. Ralph Merch Martelle John Lutgen Waterloo each 15 bonds. Everette Richardson Patricia Zach Gerardus Brouwers each 10 costs. Traffic signal Helen Gratchen forfeited 15 bond LaDonia Asmussen fined 10 costs. Urbana services Alec B Brody 82 Saturday 2 p.m. Christian church burial Kissing cemetery. Miller Taylor funeral home. Decorah services Mrs Edward Dinger 57 Friday 2 p.m. Grace Episcopal church burial Burr Oak cemetery Steine funeral home. West Branch services Ear Linn 64 Friday 2 p.m. Methodist church burial Pedee cemetery. Decorah services Oscar Burrold 62 Saturday 2 p.m.
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Richard Ruzicka
Seventeenth Avenue SE
John Whitwell
Fifth Street NE
Warren Johnson
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Ralph Merch
Martelle
John Lutgen
Waterloo
Everette Richardson
Ford Avenue NW
Patricia Zach
Fairfax
Gerardus Brouwers
Marion
Helen Gratchen
Amana
LaDonia Asmussen
Second Avenue SE
Urbana
Alec B. Brody
Christian Church
Kissing Cemetery
Miller-Taylor Funeral Home
Winton
Decorah
Edward Dinger
Grace Episcopal Church
Burr Oak Cemetery
Steiine Funeral Home
West Branch
Ear Linn
Methodist Church
Pedee
Oscar Burrold
New Roadblock Rises in Rights Bill Crisis
In Washington a White House plan to break the civil rights stalemate faces a new hurdle as Southern foe Howard W. Smith blocks early floor action. The GOP proposal, backing by President Eisenhower, allows jury trials on contempt for voting rights violations only where penalties exceed 300 dollars or 90 days in jail.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Administration
House
Republican
Joseph W. Martin
G.O.P
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Employee fraud costs rise to 500 million nationwide
Baltimore AP reports B. H. Mercer of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland says American employers lost more than 500 million dollars last year to dishonest employees. Bonding companies paid out nearly fourfold since 1944, with about 50,000 honesty insurance claims last year as embezzlement arrests rose 40 percent over five years.
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Baltimore
B. H. Mercer
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Mercer
Joe Martin Says He’ll Be Home For Thanksgiving
Washington AP report cites House Republican Leader Joe Martin of Massachusetts who said in the cloak room that he told his mother he would be home for Thanksgiving. The remark was in response to questions about when Congress would adjourn.
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Washington
Congress
House
Joe Martin
Mass
Martin
Schweitzer Visits Pyrenees Monastery Spent WWI Time There
In Bordeaux, Dr. Albert Schweitzer made a pilgrimage Thursday to the high Pyrenees monastery where he spent substantial time during World War I.
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Bordeaux
France
Albert Schweitzer
High Pyrenees
Courthouse Merchants Sues National City Lines Over 1956 Crash
Merchants Motor Freight sues National City Lines for 593.72 claiming a truck driver was forced off Center Point road NE by a City Lines bus on Feb 6 1956. The petition seeks 210.56 for truck damage 239.56 for hydrant damage 115 for lawn sod 20 for loss of use 8.60 for 4 hours of driver services.
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Merchants Motor Freight
National City Lines
Merchants
Center Point Road
City Lines
Two Suits Dismissed In Linn District Court
A $5 000 personal injury suit against Lauren Towne and Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance Company was dismissed along with a $240.87 suit against Edwin and Louise Wasta. The latter suit claimed payment for stone building materials supplied by Clara E Downing doing business as Edward Edinger Company for injuries alleged in 1955.
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Truman Marsh
Lauren Towne
Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance Company
Towne Farm
Edwin and
Louise Wasta
Clara E. Downing
Edward Edinger Company
Jepson Sentenced to Three Years in Pen
A 60 year old bachelor pled guilty to lascivious acts with a child and was sentenced to three years in the Fort Madison state penitentiary by Judge Floyd Philbrick. William Jepson lived in a converted boxcar at 2829 Fruitland Boulevard SW and was accused of immoral acts with a six year old girl at his home on August 16. Judgments in two promissory note suits were awarded to plaintiffs Wednesday. Morris Fisher recovered 1922.97 against Murielle Choate and Century Block Company won 442.40 against Marvin Dirks. Myers Cox Company filed an account suit for 174.36 against William Hughes doing business as Hughes Service Station.
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William Jepson
Fruitland Boulevard
Fof
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Floyd Philbrick
Morris Fisher
Murielle N. Choate
Century Block Company
Marvin Dirks
Gail Russell In Prison Ward After Drunk Driving Warrant
Hollywood actress Gail Russell lay in Los Angeles General Hospital ward under arrest for failing to appear for a trial on a drunk driving charge. Sheriff's deputies found him unconscious after entering her home with a warrant. The case involves a July 5 crash into a cafe front injuring a man.
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Hollywood
INS
Gail Russell
Los Angeles General Hospital
Miss Russell
Former Iowan Missing From Home in Indiana
Kenneth Smith 39, a Monroe City Indiana mortician and father of two, vanished after leaving an Indiana town Tuesday. His parents Aubrey and wife planned to travel to Monroe City as searchers scoured the White River near Wheatland for any sign of foul play amid the statewide effort.
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Sioux Rapids
Indiana
Aubrey C. Smith
Kenneth Smith
Monroe City
Ind
Smith
Kenneth
Lee Messenger, Jr
Francis Miller
Des Moines
White River
Wheatland
Car Jams into Rear of Another Woman Killed
Mrs. Lou Boyd a 67 year old justice of the peace died after her husband s car crashed into a second vehicle on highway 17 about three miles north of Pocahontas Iowa Teresa Tuttle rural Pocahontas was driver of the other car and was not seriously hurt Boyd was hospitalized at Fort Dodge authorities said the Boyd car skidded 22 feet before the crash and 232 feet after it
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Pocahontas
Lou Boyd
Highway 17
Here
Boyd
Justice of the Peace
Teresa Tuttle
Fort Dodge
Tuttle
Horseman of the Sierras on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Tales of the Texas Rangers presents Horseman of the Sierras airing Thursday at 9 P.M. on Channel 9. The program features an adventure tale through a crime era Western setting with narration and classic radio drama style.
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Tales OF the Texas Rangers
Channel 9
Lindbergh’s Secret WWII Role Told by Gen Kenney
Gen George C. Kenney recounts Lindberghs covert wartime service in the Pacific theater. The two men who knew the full story reveal how the civilian aviator joined combat duties, under Kenneys command, in an exclusive Cedar Rapids Gazette serialization.
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Lindbergh
Gen
Kenney
George C. Kenney
Charles Lindbergh
Lucky Lindy
Pacific
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Death of Karl H. Kehrer Plumbing Firm Operator
Karl Higgins Kehrer 1521 Washington Ave SE Cedar Rapids owner of Kehrer-Wheatland Plumbing Co died at 8 40 p m after a brief illness He lived in Cedar Rapids 20 years Born November 27 1886 in Sciotoville Ohio married Ruth Russelle May 30 1946 in Olathe Kan Survived by wife a son John Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs W Frank Smith Dechard Tenn a stepdaughter Mrs J M Applegate Cedar Rapids a brother Frank Kehrer Minneapolis Served by First Presbyterian Church BPOE Bluff City Lodge AF AM Cedar Rapids Rotary Elmcrest Indian Creek CC Graveside services Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Saturday Master Masons to meet Crescent Lodge Friday Masonic Hall for services
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Karl Higgins Kehrer
Washington Avenue
Kehrer
W. Frank Smith
Dechard
Tenn
J.M. Applegate
Cedar Rapids
Frank Kehrer
Minneapolis
First Presbyterian Church
BPOE
Bluff City
AF &Am
D. A. Loferski
Crescent Lodge No
AF & AM
Walnut Hill
Council Bluffs
Crescent Lodge
Masonic Hall
Obituary notices list Cedar Rapids deaths and services
Obituaries report Ann B. Cole 1910 1910 July Ely Davenport 1937 marriage details. Also listed are John Duane Keith Jr. Marion Ala and Rev Lamont C. Smith Cedar Rapids area services. Additional notices include Mrs John Neary and related Rosary at Mona han funeral home with calling hours.
Gaffney Services for Walter T. Gaffney Scheduled
Services for Walter T. Gaffney of 605 McKinley Street SE will be conducted at Immaculate Conception Church. Details announce arrangements and location for the funeral rites.
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Walter T. Gaffney
McKinley Street
Requiem Mass for Maur ice Sheehy at church
Funeral services scheduled for Rev Msgr Maurice Sheehy with a 9 30 a m Mass on Friday. Burial planned at Calvary Cemetery in Ryan. Friends may call at Brady Mortuary with the Rosary recited at 8 p m Thursday.
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Ception Church
Maurice Sheehy
Calvary Cemetery
Ryan
Brady Mortuary
Services for Arthur S. Elliott Set in Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Arthur Spencer Elliott will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in Turner chapel with Rev. William Pfeffer of Knox Presbyterian Church officiating. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Arthur Spencer Elliott
Turner Chapel
William Pfeffer
Knox Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Novak Services for Frank L Novak
Funeral services for Frank L Novak of 1616 L street SW will be held at Janeba Funeral Home at 2 p m Friday conducted by Dr Joseph Havlik. Burial will follow in Czech National. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Novak
Frank L. Novak
L Street
Janeba
Joseph Havlik
New Yorker Urges broad cancer control crusade leadership
Karl Reiser of New York, national representative of the American Cancer Society, urged expanding community involvement to plan educational and service programs. The keynote at a leadership conference in the Roosevelt hotel drew about 100 delegates from eastern Iowa, hosted by Linn county ACS.
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Karl Reiser
New York
American Cancer Society
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Reiser
County Cancer Society
Bounty
Linn County
John Locher
Linn
Professor Chinn, Reiser
Spencer Mapes
ACS
Laurence Marble
New York State
Lucile Anderson
Chariton
John D. Healy
Maison City
Exhausted York Quits Ceremony in Jamestown
Jamestown Tennessee AP Sgt. Alvin York, 69, rested at his mountain home after exhaustion forced his departure from the Sergeant York day ceremonies. He received a new car with wheelchair access from the 82nd Airborne Division Association. York had not left his home since a stroke nearly three years ago. he smiled as he was taken home by ambulance, though officials said his condition was not serious.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Alvin York
Mmountain
York
82Nd Airborne Division Association
County Attorneys To Convene Next Week
Linn County Attorney Richard F. Nazette and other Eastern Iowa county attorneys will attend the eighth annual convention of the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys in San Francisco next Monday through Wednesday. Nazette will leave Cedar Rapids Saturday with Johnson County Attorney William Tucker and Cedar County Attorney Max Werling. In San Francisco they will join Keith Mossman, Benton county attorney, and Walter Willett, Tama county attorney, who have left for the Coast.
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Linn
Richard F. Nazette
Iowa
National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys
San Francisco
Nazette
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
William Tucker
Cedar County
Max Werling
Keith Mossman
Benton County
Walter Willett
Tama County
Coast
Hoffa Aides Face Testimony On Dio Ties In Trial Notes
Kennedy recalls Hoffa claiming no memory of talks with Dio while Hoffa admits dickered over UAW local joining the Teamsters to claim jurisdiction over 30 000 New York taxi drivers. Expenses charged to the Teamsters and a $9 000 bill list surface as details emerge in the trial before Judge Burnita Matthews.
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Hoffa
Dio
UAW
Teamsters
New York
Hoffa acknowledges possible use of union funds in trial
Judge Matthews' brother George Fitzgerald of Detroit testified Hoffa retained adviser Hurst to know personalities of people involved. Hoffa said he did not know if he personally ordered the Teamsters retinue as helpers during his trial, but might have and had authority. McClellan questioned using union funds for a case not connected to the union.
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Matthews
George Fitzgerald
Detroit
Hoffa
Hurst
Hofta
Teamsters
McClellan
Jury continuing testimony in McEnany shooting case
Witnesses described the fatal wound from a bullet that caused internal bleeding and rapid death. Dr. Weland explained the slug damaged a lung and the artery to the heart, with blood filling a sac around the heart. Jury members named include Henning, Peterson, and Cockburn.
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St. Luke’s
McEnany
Weland
Linn
Richard Nazette
William J. Steward
William C. Henning
Second Avenue SE
Galyn Peterson
Fortieth Street
George H. Cockburn
Blake Boulevard
Parking Lot Contract Awarded to Kutchera
The city awarded a $10,653.73 contract for a new municipal parking lot to Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Co. on Thursday. The lot sits on the northeast corner of Third street and A avenue NE. Howell Construction Co. submitted a bid of $11,293.
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Kutchera
Third Street
A Avenue
Howell Construction Company
Villiers Sails for England Aboard Queen Mary II
Captain Alan Villiers, skipper of the Mayflower II, left New York for England aboard the Queen Mary on Wednesday amid the Atlantic voyage.
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New York
Alan Villiers
England
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James L. Sealy
D Avenue
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Iowa City
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Manchester
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Roger F. Davis
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Jess M. Valandingham
Wilbur D. Newman
Dorothy L. Newman
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Steine Funeral Home
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States Funeral Home
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Lenora M. Opfel
Beckman’s
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Postville
Lee Bowers
Schutte Funeral Home
Storey
Swede Halvorson
Blairs Ferry
Turner
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E. Empire
Joe
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Ave
Rohn
Third Ave
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Seem
Karl H. Kehrer
Leo F. Cole
Ann B. Cole
B Avenue
WMT
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John J. Hartl
Mervin Lucas
Charles Keneeny
Louis Binko
Joseph Binko
Shellsburg
Keith Services
John Duane Keith, Jr
John D. Keith
Eleventh Avenue
Dothan
Ala
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J. P. Gable
Oelwein
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Naval Reserve
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Fifteenth Street SE
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Greenwood Cemetery
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John Neary
All Saints Church
Edmund Becker
Mt. Calvary
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Mother Cabrini
Monahan Funeral Home
Gaffney Services
Elliott Services
New Yorker
Gerald Chinn
Drake University Law School
Janeba Funeral Home
Joseph J. Janeba
Bezdek’s Florist
Marion Boulevard
Kennedy
AFL
Ives
R-N.y
Louis
Carmine Bellino
Bellino
C. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
Burnita Matthews
Villiers
Smulek
Sparkling Jewelry Dept
Jewel
Smulekoff
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