Weather roundup and notices from a Midwestern daily brief
A long weather and city notices snippet reports partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms north and south, cooler nights, and high temperatures in the 80s to near 90. It also lists dawn and dusk times, recent rainfall, barometer readings, and a sequence of public notices including births, marriages, traffic violations, civil suits, and funeral announcements across several towns.
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iSestile
Kefauver Decries Catholic Smear Campaigns in Election Fight
Senator Kefauver charged that a flood of false and libelous anti Catholic materials seeks to defeat John Kennedy. He urged Americans to publicly disown such literature and take steps to prevent a hate mongering election, warning that smear tactics harm the nation’s image and its soul.
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Washington
UPI
Kefauver
D-Tenn
John Kennedy
Mother and son killed in highway crash near Council Bluffs
A Council Bluffs mother Barbara Jacobs about 24 and her 4 year old son John died when their car veered into a truck on highway 92 five miles east of the city. Their infant daughter Donna eight months was hospitalized in critical condition and son Mark three remained in serious condition. The family was moving to a new house when the collision occurred.
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Council Bluffs
Here
Barbara. Jacobs
John
Donna
Mark
Jacobs
Concentrates Stolen From Bottling Plant
Cedar Rapids detectives report a break in at the Canada Dry Bottling Co. Monday night. Thieves took two one half gallon bottles of concentrate valued at 65 dollars and a pair of sunglasses worth 20 dollars.
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Canada Dry Bottling Co
Cedar Rapids
Milk Drinking Family of New Hampshire Named
Mr and Mrs Edwin Fiske and their WW shillran named New Hampshire s top milk drinking family by the New Hampshire June Daily Month committee for drinking 288 quarts of milk in April.
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Temple
N.H
UPI
Edwin Fiske
New Hampshire
Rock Island Faces Injunction Over Restoring Two Des Moines Trains
In Des Moines Iowa the Rock Island railway fights a temporary injunction to keep two morning trains No 1 and No 6 between Des Moines and Chicago running while the Iowa Commerce Commission investigates. Lawyers warn of $100000 out of pocket loss if the trains run 60 days and highlight large annual losses for both services.
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DES Moines
Rock Island Railroad
Atttorneys
Railroad
Iowa Commerce Commission
Chicago
A. B. Howland
Rock Island
Howland
Gold Coin Found In Library Book
Public library staff recovered a gold coin from the pocket of a book returned to the children's department this week. The coin's owner may redeem it by stating its denomination and year of issue.
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Children's Department
Cedar Rapids Man Fined After Truck Hits Light Pole
Ronald Birch of 2249 Twenty sixth street NW was charged with failure to drive at a careful and prudent speed after his truck struck a light pole in the 100 block of Second Street NE near the Roosevelt hotel. The truck was towed away and Birch was fined $15 in municipal court by Judge Loren Hullinger Jr.
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Cedar Rapids
Second St. NE
Ronald Birch
Roosevelt Hotel
Birch
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Legislators Polled on Constitutional Convention Issue
Alan West of Sac City heads a committee opposing a constitutional convention and surveys 1959 legislators on reapportionment. State Rep. Robert F. Wilson answered questions 2 and 3 as no and said he would not view a no on convention as a mandate against reapportionment, while noting some may interpret it that way.
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Alan West
Sac City
Citizens Committee
Robert F. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
State Senate
House
Deaths Miss Jane C. Lilja of Cedar Rapids
Miss Jane C. Lilja, 1434 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, 42 years, died Monday after a brief illness. Born December 12, 1892, in West Chester, she taught 47 years in local schools, retired last June. Survived by five sisters. services at Turner Chapel 3 PM Wednesday. Burial Oak Hill.
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Jane C. Lilia
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
West Chester
Ann Lilia
Byron Shean
Erwin Wasta
Ross Henry
Clarion
Walter Flynn
Hawarden
Lilja
Grand Avenue
Elizabeth Gordon
Wheeler Services For Glen S Wheeler Held In Santa Monica
Services for Glen S Wheeler longtime Cedar Rapids resident will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Gates Kingsley and Gates funeral home in Santa Monica California. He died in his sleep at his Santa Monica home Monday morning likely from a heart attack. Survived by his wife a son and two grandchildren in Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs Larry Odlin of Santa Monica.
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Glen S. Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Gates, Kingsley and
Gates
Santa Monica
Calif
Wheeler
Larry Odlin
Cedar Rapids Painter James Nash Dies After Brief Illness
James Basil Nash age 75 a Cedar Rapids resident and retired painter and decorator died in a hospital after a brief illness. Born May 23, 1895 in Traer he married Anna Satinsky on November 26 1918 in Vinton. Survivors include his wife three sons a daughter six grandchildren and three brothers.
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James Basil Nash
St. NE
Cedar Rapids
Traer
Anna Satinsky
Vinton
William
Frank W
Marion
Carson V. Nash
Juanita Bea Mersch
Merion
Louis
Minneapolis
Theodore
Glen Lake
Minn
Obituary for Mr. Nash of Glen Lake
Mrs. John Phleger of Glen Lake mourns the loss of her husband Mr. Nash a St Matthew s church member and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Painters union Services will be held at St Matthew s church at 10 Thursday led by Rt Rev Msgr J D Kearn Burial at Cedar Memorial Rosary to be recited at 8 p m Wednesday at Turner chapel Friends may call for visitation and prayers
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John Phleger
Glen Lake
Nash
St. Matthew’s Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Painters Union
St. Matthew's Church
J. D. Kearn
Cedar Memorial
Turner Chapel
Mrs Emma J Bridges Dies in Cedar Rapids After Illness
Emma J Bridges born November 13 1879 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday after a long illness at 129 Nineteenth Ave SW Beloved wife of Howard L Bridges married August 16 1900 She leaves daughter Mrs W I Dvorak of Cedar Rapids son Raymond at home a grandchild and a great grandchild plus three sisters Tillie Lonl Mayme Caldwell and Mrs M J Mathis of Memphis Services will be held Thursday at 10 at Brush Chapel with Rev J Richard Wagner. Burial Czech National Friends may call Wednesday.
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Howard L. Bridges
Nineteenth Ave
Cedar Rapids
Emma Janda Bridges
W. Is Dvorak
Raymond
Tillie Lon
Mayme Caldwell
M. J. Mathis
Memphis
Brush Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
Obituary: Melvin Judson Peet 85 Cedar Rapids resident
Melvin Judson Peet 85 of 832 Bave NE a retired carpenter and Cedar Rapids resident died Monday in a nursing home. Survived by four sons Miles Long Beach Wilis Santa Ana Calif Howerd Clinton Loren Cedar Rapids, three daughters Nellie Ruth Wagner Hilda Wricht Anaheim Calif, nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren and sister Jennie Peters Cedar Rapids. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Passmore funeral home Central City. Burial Boulder Cemetery.
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Melvin Judson Peet
Bave
Cedar Rapids
Miles
Long Beach
Wiilis
Santa Ana
Calif
Howerd
Clinton
Loren
Nellie
Ruth Wagner
Hilda Wricht
Anaheim
Jennie Peters
Passmore
Central City
Boulder Cemetery
Graveside services set for infant Catherine Collette
Rt Rev Msgr J D Kearn of St Matthew’s church will conduct a graveside service at 11 30 a m Thursday in Cedar Memorial cemetery for 7 month old Catherine Collette daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Collette Jr of Coon Rapids Minnesota who died Monday She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs R W Collette 2337 Dave NE A sister three brothers and the maternal grandparents survive
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J. D. Kearn
St. Matthew's Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Catherine Collette
R. W. Collette
Coon Rapids
Minn
Dave
Obituaries Notices For Cain Hesser Cole and Yura
Mrs William Barta Hesser rites set for Wednesday at 3 in St Johns Episcopal Church burial in Pale cemetery Walter Cole funeral Wednesday at 9 in St Matthew s Church burial Mt Calvary Mrs John C Turner chapel 130 Wednesday by D A Loferski Malta chapter OES burial Cedar Memorial
West Liberty Boy Dies in Tractor Crash
James Shield, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Shield, was killed Tuesday when his tractor overturned after being struck from behind by a car driven by Larry Digney, 18. Digney was unhurt. Clayton Dunker, a nearby farmer, arrived and righted the overturned tractor.
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Muscatine
James Shield
Richard Shield
Near West Liberty
Here
Charles Anson
Shield
Larry Digney
Near Atalissa
Digney
Clayton Dunker
Taffy Jones World War I ace dies in Swansea
Ira Taffy Jones a famed Welsh airman who survived 28 crashes and 40 aerial victories across World War I died Monday night in Swansea AP reports his long aviation career and wartime exploits.
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Swansea
Wales
Missing Cessna Sought After Windstorm Crash at Cedar Rapids
Linn county sheriff seeks a silver and red Cessna bearing N9307A missing from Cedar Rapids Municipal airport. Reported by owner John McCall of Winnipeg who values the craft at 1500 dollars after removing its motor. the plane was deemed damaged beyond repair.
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
Cedar Rapids
John McCall
Winnipeg
Canada
McCall
Link-Belt Speeder Corp
Man Fined 500 For Drunk Driving Case
Kenneth L. Noggle, 32, of 1226 Third St NW, was fined $500 after pleading guilty to a second offense drunk driving charge before Judge Floyd Philbrick. Noggle was arrested Saturday after his car hit a parged car on L Avenue NW. court records show a prior Linn County drunk driving conviction on April 13, 1959.
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Kenneth L. Noggle
Third St. NW
Floyd Philbrick
Noggle
Cedar Rapids
L Avenue NW
Linn County
Forger Alex Stennett Sentenced to Seven Years
Alex E. Stennett 36 of Creston was sentenced to seven years in Ft Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to a false check charge. He was accused of cashing a fake $20 check July 7 at a Cedar Rapids lumber yard and other fraudulent checks.
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Alex E. Stennett
Creston
Ft. Madison
Sandoe Jordan
Stennett
Cedar Rapids
Motion Time Granted In Median Strip Case
Judge Floyd Philbrick gave the Iowa Highway Commission until September 12 to file new motions in a case over median strips in the widened section of Highway 30 West. Judge Sandee Jordan previously denied dissolving the temporary injunction preventing installation in front of several business entrances. Plaintiffs are A. and S., Inc., Lincoln Sales and Service, Inc., and Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation.
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Floyd Philbrick
Iowa Highway Commission
Sandee Jordan
The
Highway Commission
A. and S, Inc
Lincoln Sales and Service, Inc
Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation
Vinton Man Given Time To Make Plea
Walter R. Belfield 50 of Vinton route 3 was arraigned Tuesday before Judge Floyd Philbrick on a drunken driving charge. Cedar Rapids police arrested him after witnessing erratic driving on Second Street SW.
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Walter R. Belfield
Vinton
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
Second Street
Convention Question To Be on Paper Ballot
Linn county supervisors voted to place the question of a proposed Constitutional Convention on a paper ballot for the November general election. The decision follows an attorney general ruling that counties with voting machines may use either method. Proponents say paper ballots attract more voters.
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Linn
Secretary of
Melvin Synhorst
Attorney General’s Office
Anthony Scolaro
Local Officials Endorse Ballot Measure in Meeting
The meeting proceeded with a vote on the ballot measure after praise from Chairman Dudley Henderson. Both officials voted in favor while Supervisor Miles Sutera was noted to be on vacation.
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Dudley Henderson
Miles Sutera
Linn County Awards Gravel Resurfacing Contract
The Linn County Board of Supervisors awarded the gravel resurfacing contract for 220.4 miles to B. L. Anderson at $1.53 per ton. Estimated usage 80,000 tons totaling about $125,000. Dwaine R. Struve of Ely arraigned on a driving while license suspended charge after Cedar Rapids officers stopped him for a headlight violation.
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Linn
B. L. Anderson
Dwaine R. ‘Struve
Ely
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Nazi's Right To Speak Is Denied
NEW YORK AP A state supreme court justice on Tuesday dismissed a petition by George Lincoln Rockwell founder of the American Nazi party to compel the city to permit his speech in Union Square.
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New York
Supreme Court
George Lincoln Rockwell
Union Square
Stores adopt Friday hours replacing Thursday to please shoppers
The council backed shifting to a five pm closing on most days and moved Friday openings to align with bank paydays and school calendars. Small shops opposed changes citing staffing costs and uncertain income gains, while larger stores voted to participate in the new schedule.
Food poisoning hits 12 after Independence picnic
Seventy people attend a Micro Switch Company picnic at the Independence fairgrounds. Twelve were hospitalized Sunday night with suspected food poisoning from ham potato salad and beans. Eight admitted in Independence hospital, four in Manchester, others treated at home. Names cited include Mrs Grooms, Mr Kress, Richard Forney and Connie, Mrs Price.
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Iowa News
Independence
Independence Fairground
Micro- Switch Company
Independence Hospital
Manchester
Donald Grooms
Carl Kress
Richard Forney
Connie
Virgil Price
Thomas Larson
Charles Weber
John Robinson
Terry
Sherry
Donna Rae
Kennedy group urges national unity and crisis readiness
President candidate Kennedy emphasizes a nonpartisan advisory group to aid a united, responsible America. He notes the panel will consult outstanding individuals regardless of party, while not discussing campaign speeches with the group. Senator Jackson outlines members' past affiliations and ties.
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America
Kennedy
Sen. Jackson
Wash
Democratic National Committee
Nitze
Jackson
Bruce
Gilpatrick
Nelson Rockefeller
Perkins
Cortland Perkins
Navy
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LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Luke's
DeWayne Beckner
Richard Lund
Bowling St. SW
Don Vikdal
Shellsburg
Carl Zearley
Twentyseventh Ave
John Dunleavy
Lamir Vavricek
Edward Binger
Bever Circle Dr
Cedar Falls
David Brethauer
Brethauer
Gordon Barger
Longwood Dr
Richard W. Wood and
Linda L. Duxbury
Ist St
E Ave
F Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
F Ave
Dennis R. Kerns
Charles J Smith
17Th St
Harlan Wand
32Nd St
Juanita Richard
11Th St
Charles Figley
4Th Ave
Donald Floyd
Carion
Don H. Hensen
Ist Ave
Donald Eavies
Edward White
19Th Ave
Donald E. Michel
John Hager
34Th St
Melvin Wirtz
Johnson Ave
Mary Shafer
Richmond Rd
DeWayne Ratcliff
Mt. Vernon Rd
Arthur F. Boone
Marshalltown
Sharon Butterfield
33Rd St
Farris Biggart
O Ave
Earl F. Carney
Marcus
James Seifert
29Th St
Havery Jarard
Palo
Terry Bjornsen
Staub Ct
Harland Wand
32Nd St. NE
Darrel Baker
Ronald Woolstrchill
Ivan L. Thompson
Have
Niles Prowse
2Nd Ave. SE
John Alger
Hubert Torkner
Alburnett
Keith E. Brooke
17Th St. SE
Frank G. Tranmer
4Th Ave. SE
Ray Cassidy
Sergerson
Marley Hotel
Clifford Ses
Audrey Wilcox
Albert Thomas
and Allen
Joehr
Springware
William O. Slade
Helen I. Moussa
Linn Junction Road
Zimerman and Hall
Paul Loehr
Springville
Joe Brick
Karena
Laughlin
Beverave
18Th Ave
R. W. Tapager
Jimmy W. Marron
Lawson
Duane Mere
7Th St
Pierson Flower Shop
A. W. Pollett
4Th St
Kay
Evans Skelly
Glen Lacock
Leroy Foster
2Nd St. SW
Kaybee Store
Billie L. Lint
Edgewood Rd
Iowa
Calmar
Theodore Johnson
Lutheran Church
French's
Ladora — Mae Shaul
McAninch’s
Victor
Charles Price
Mei‘Aninch
S. Littleport
Januarius Zapf
Sacred Heart Church
Rosary
Witt’s
E]kader
Melvin J. [Peet
S. Decorah
Alice Birmingham
St. Benedict’s Church
Olson Fjelstul
Fort Atkinson
John Pitzenberger
Jackson Junction
Chekal’s. Monticello
John L. Hein
Presbyterian Church
Goettsch’s. Olin
Campbell's
Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home
First Avenue
WM. J. Stewart
R.I
Dan Perkes
Commission
Waldo Wheeler
Beatty-Bearle
3Rd Avenue
Jane Lilia
James B. Nash
Mrs. Howard Bridges
Melvin J. Peet
Services
West Liberty
Taffy
Man
3Rd Ave
John E. Lapes
John B. Turner & Son Funeral Directors
2Nd Ave. S.E
Murdoch “Funeral Homes
Walker
the Order
Ervice
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