Weather and court notes from Iowa region daily records
Mostly cloudy with light snow in eastern areas then clearing and colder tonight. Tuesday turning warmer with possible snow or rain afternoon or night. Also police court actions and numerous obituaries and death notices from towns like Lansing Center Point Manchester Elkader Traer Tipton and Iowa City with various names and ages.
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Wranegpelis
E . Ulath
Orl
Ns ‘ Aitacks
Neeles Sobel
Iowa
Police Take Gun From Man After Struggle in Room
Robert Benish 34 of 515 Eighth avenue SE was fined 125 dollars in superior court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace and resisting an officer. He barricaded himself in his room with a loaded shotgun before patrolmen persuaded him to surrender. A separate patrol car carrying Detectives Navratil and Mackey collided with Sam Nassif's vehicle at Tenth Street and Third Avenue SE, injuring both officers and their knees, sending the pair to Mercy hospital.
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Robert Benish
Eighth Avenue SE
Superior Court
Robert Buresh
Gene Morey
Jerry Navratil
Harold Mackey
Navratil
Tenth Street
Third Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Mackey
Sam Nassif
Blake Boulevard
Yank Under Fire Near Seoul
An American marine was shot and lightly wounded when his jeep was ambushed on a northern road to Seoul within 15 miles of the city and 25 miles south of the battlefront. Three bullet holes were found in the vehicle. Officers say the incident illustrates hazards Ike faces on his visit.
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Korea
Seoul
Eres Eisenhower
Socialite Slain In New Orleans
The murder of socialite Mrs. James L. Cooper 30 was investigated as police hunted for motive and weapon. Found in her apartment with a fractured skull, the wife of Court of the Two Sisters owner Cooper 42 was questioned. the couple had married in June 1950 and separated last year.
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New Orleans
James L. Cooper
Cooper
French Quarter
Coopers
Official Results Told For Commerce Races
Des Moines reports final counts from the November election for the state commerce commission races. Full term results show Carl W. Reed 698,859. Walter I. Conway 443,640. George Kaiser 1,833. John W. Sherer 802. Short term winners are John M. Ropes 696,081 and Leo Tapiscott 436,025. Governor and lieutenant governor canvass to be handled by the state legislature.
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DES Moines
INS
State
State Commerce Commission
United States Congress
Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
Walter I. Conway
Muscatine
George Kaiser
John W. Sherer
John M. Ropes
Leo Tapiscott
Five Killed In Weekend Car Crashes In Iowa
Weekend traffic toll in Iowa includes Francis Revoir 21 of Lansing killed when his car veered off a county road and struck a tree. Paul Maurer 40 of Davenport died when his auto hit a bridge north of Davenport. Merle Haeft 22 of Seattle and wife died after a collision near Tama. Klaus Steenhard 66 of Meservey killed when a pickup hit a parked truck near Sheffield. Two others injured in the same incident. Survivors include families and colleagues across several towns.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Francis Revoir
Lansing
Revoir
Walter Hill
Nellie Revoir
Francis Plein
Lester Delaney
James Hennessey
Wexford Catholic Church
John Burk
Paul Maurer
Davenport
Maurer
Toledo
Sheffield
Klaus D. Steenhard
Meservey
Robert LaRue
Hampton
Good Roads Unit Ponders Iowa Finances
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa Good Roads Association weighing how to fund a doubled highway program. President James W. Wilson cites a $500 million cost over 10 years, needing about $50 million annually, and debates using taxes, bonds, or other methods while noting 1952 was a strong road year but funds are tightening. The group remains nonpartisan, focused on road improvement.
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DES Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
James W. Wilson
Carroll
Association
Iowa
Highway Commission
Wilson
Good Roads Association
Defeated Candidate Reports Top Expenditures
Charles E. Dove, a Dubuque Republican defeated for state representative, reported $1,138 in contributions and $1,138 in expenditures. The sum is the largest reported by a legislative candidate to the secretary of state. Contributions include $500 from the Dubuque County Republican Central committee and $490 from the Dove for Sta Representative committee. Expenditures detail $591 for letters to voters, $282 for advertising, and $152 for radio time.
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DES Moines
Charles E. Dove
Dubuque
Mrs Hetherington Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Edwin Hetherington of 1527 Bever Avenue SE dies at home after a brief illness. She and her husband ran a Cedar Rapids mail advertising and letter service for 36 years, retiring in 1950. Born October 6 1879 in Jesup, she helped run the business since 1914 and served many organizations. Survivors include her husband and nieces. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Turner chapel with Dr Kenneth Metcalf. burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Edwin Hetherington
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Hetheringtons
Jesup
Amy Hetherington
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Quota Club
Malta
Order of Eastern Star
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
Kenneth Metcalf
St. Paul's Methodist Church
O.E.S
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Deaths W I Endicott Dies at 92 in Keokuk
W I Endicott 92 former Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial writer and Indian affairs authority died at home in Keokuk Sunday night. He lived with daughter Winifred Madole. survivors include two other daughters in Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements set with graveside services Tuesday at Linwood cemetery.
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Washington Irving Endicott
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Madole
Paul Lower
Ruth Endicott
Los Angeles
Barta-Hesser Funeral Home
Edwin T. Settle
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Mrs. Fred Binko in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Fred Binko of Cedar Rapids died Saturday at her son-in-law and daughter Charles and F. Charipar home. Funeral services are at Janeba funeral chapel 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. at St. Ludmila's Church with Rev. Frank R. Hruby. Burial is at St. John's Cemetery. Rosary by Father Hruby and the Daughters of Isabella at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where friends may call.
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John Burk
Lansing
Center Point
Americus Trimble
theMethodist Church
Murdoch Funeral Home
Manchester
Leslie A. Koeneke
Shelly Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Elkader
Rose Komarek
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Traer
Austin L. McCarroll
Waterloo
Tipton
Robert A. Karns
Masonic Cemetery
John Kroplen
Paul Gadelmann
Bennett
Mary Turbisch
Dubuque
Oelke Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Catholic, Church
Church Cemetery
Winthrop
Marion B.taylor
Here
Fawcett Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Stanley—Charles Livezey
Grimes Funeral Home
Arlington
Iowa City
John J. Grabin
Zion Lutheran Church
Oxford
Fred Binko
Cedar Rapids
Charles Charipar
Sixteenth Avenue
Janeba
St. Ludmila’s
Frank R. Hruby
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Hruby
Isabella
Cedar Rapids Woman Viola Behel Dies After Illness
Viola Alice Behel born Sept 23 1915 in Brooklyn New York died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 40 am Monday after a long illness. She leaves husband J Behel a daughter Barbara Lee sister Pauline Stalinski Norwich Conn brothers Charles I Alex Cudo Norwich Conn Joseph Cudo Jackson Miss father Michael Cudo Jewett City Conn Burial in Oak Hill cemetery at Turner chapel time to be announced and friends may call.
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Viola Alice Behel
Rawson J. Behel
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Behel
Brooklyn
N.Y
Barbara Lee
Pauline Stalinski
Norwich
Conn
Charles I
Alex Cudo
Joseph Cudo
Jackson
Miss
Michael] Cudo
Jewett City
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Widow Tina Jelen Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Tina Jelen, 67, Cedar Rapids resident for many years, died at 6 a.m. Sunday after a long illness. Born in Bohemia on April 18, 1885. Her body lies in state at the Brosh chapel. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Tina Jelen
Cedar Rapids
Bohemia
Brosh Chapel
Woman Leader Says Man Is Only Answer
In Tokyo Mrs Sumie Kawasaki founder and president of the Women s Livelihood Cooperative Association said the group faced heavy losses and that the solution was to hire a male business manager. She admitted the women could not manage the purse strings as well as men.
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Tokyo
Sumie Kawasaki
Women’s Livelihood Cooperative Association
Du Pont antitrust case put off to January due to illness
The government case in the Du Pont antitrust matter was continued to January fifth because Willis Hotchkiss, the chief counsel for the government, was ill.
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Chicago
du Pont
Willis Hotchkiss
Waterworks Employees Seek Separate Bargaining and 40 Hour Week
City waterworks employees in AFL Local 231 push for separate contract talks and a 40 hour work week, breaking from past joint bargaining with other departments. They seek higher wages, extended vacation, and seniority start dates, while the council and mayor consider private talks.
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CIO
AFL
Milo Sedlacek
Junion
Teamsters Union
DeWayne Stonebarger
Leo Louis
Sedlacek
Stonebarger
New City
Louis I
Anamosa Youth Held Over Attempted Car Theft
Cedar Rapids police held a 15 year old Anamosa boy after he was caught trying to start a car near the Ambulance Service garage Sunday night. He was taken into custody shortly before midnight and will be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Juror selection underway in Cedar Rapids collision suit
Trial pending for Colonial Baking Co. of Cedar Rapids and Donald Aalberg versus Watkins Motor Lines and David Johnson of Thomasville Ga. The Jan 4 1951 highway 218 crash prompted claims for truck and personal injuries with multiple counters. Judge Charles Pennington presides with counsel Elliott Shuttleworth Ingersoll for Colonial Aalberg and Bernstein Wadsworth Locher for Watkins Johnson.
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Colonial Baking Company
Cedar Rapids
Donald Aalberg
Watkins Motor Lines Company
David Johnson
Thomasville
Colonial
Aalberg
Watkins and Johnson
Highway 218
Olds
Charles Penningroth
Elliott, Shuttlesworth and Ingersoll
Atkins and Johnson
Isadore M. Bernstein
Chicago
E. H. Wadsworth
J. J.locher, Jr
Two Are Nabbed For Drunk Driving
Mary K Murray 45 of Marion and Roy Marvin Rice 37 of 367 Thirty second street drive SE were charged with drunk driving after Saturday arrests. Murray arrested about 8 24 p m Saturday in Marion by Patrolman Richard Caylor after reports she struck two parked cars. Rice arrested about 10 15 p m Saturday at First avenue and Thirtieth street drive SE after a truck he was driving struck another car and was followed by Highway Patrol Sgt James Clapp who said he drove erratically. Rice free on bond scheduled to appear for arraignment later. A woman pled guilty before Judge Floyd Philbrick and was fined 300 dollars and costs.
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Mary K. Murray
Marion
Roy Marvin Rice
Floyd Philbrick
Rice
Mary Murray
Richard Caylor
First Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Highway Patrol
James Clapp
Motorists Queue for 1953 Auto Licenses
Linn county residents queued in the courthouse lobby as the 1953 motor vehicle registration plates went on sale for the first time. The lines stretched through much of the lobby. Cars must display new plates by February 1 or face a penalty.
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Linn County
Monday court dismissals on plaintiffs motions
Dismissals ordered in several cases for Monday court dockets. Moses Slick guardian of Raymond Slick v Sam Clark Maye Davenport and Kenneth Finn involves personal injury. Thomas A Kehne v Betty Jo Kehne divorce. Public Finance Service v Wilbur W Perry Delphine Perry and Baxter Motors foreclosure of chattel mortgage. Local Trademarks Inc v Franklin P Goodrow account. Nels Tvedt v Merle Severson personal injury and damage.
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Moses Slick
Raymond Slick
Sam Clark
Maye ‘Davenport
Kenneth Finn
Thomas A. Kehne
Betty Jo Kehne
Public Finance Service
Wilbur W. Perry
Delphine Perry
Baxter Motors
Local Trademarks Inc
Franklin P. Goodrow
Nels Tvedt
Merle Severson
Christmas Trees Erected in Plaza and Greene Square
Cedar Rapids city officials begin setting up 28 foot Christmas trees in the Plaza and Greene Square with about 150 bulbs each. Parks Commissioner Richard C. Jones notes funding comes from the parks department and bulbs will be secured. Stolba's department adds a new $15,900 loading machine to speed snow cleanup, and council discusses rental vs purchase options with a trade-in for an older Sno-Go.
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Cedar Rapids
Plaza
Greene Square
Richard C. Jones
W. W. Stolba
Parks Department
Jones
Stolba
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company
Richard Jones
Richard
Three Pay Fines Totaling 250 for Reckless Driving
Three Cedar Rapids motorists pled guilty in traffic court to reckless driving and paid fines totaling 250 dollars. Norman Strain 224 Twenty-seventh street NW LeRoy Pegarick 1412 Fifth street NW Edward Casey 1554 Fourth avenue SE. Strain was arrested at 8 11 p m Saturday at First avenue and First street W after straddling the center line when stopped for a green light. Pegarick was arrested after leaving the road and entering an embankment near the Mayou ballroom. Casey was clocked at 71 5 miles an hour on First avenue E near Nineteenth street and nabbed Saturday evening.
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Elvon Hensch
Fifteenth Avenue
Joe Saub
Seventh Street
Harley Denton
Kinross
Evelyn Romero
B Avenue NE
Cloyd Manley
Twenty-seventh Avenue
B Avenue
Edward Casey
Fourth Avenue
LeRoy Pegarick
Fifth Street
Norman Strain
Twenty-seventh Street
John Fitzgerald
Kansas City
George Olson
Decorah
Paul Eaton
Marion
Myron Haines
Robert Flecksing
Thirty-sixth Street
Clifford Bowen
Greentown
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Tey
Fifth Street NW
Fourth Avenue SE
Strain
First Avenue
First Street
Pegariek
Casey
First Aveee E
Nineteenth Street
Tax Delinquent Property Sold At County Auction
Linn county tax delinquent property went up for sale Monday at 10 a.m. About 20 persons bid on property units. The sale completed by 11:30 a.m. Redeemable by the original owner paying taxes penalties and interest within three years. If unredeemed, bidders may gain full ownership. If taxes paid and no bids, the county chairman buys for the county.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Miles Sutera
Inaugural Parade Nixes Elephant Route Proposal
Washington report says Republicans rejected a plan to have congressmen ride elephants at the head of state delegations while Democrats would ride in donkey carts. Parade chairman Edward R. Carr announced the compromise was too razzle dazzle for the event.
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Washington
G.O.P
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edward R. Carr
Iowa state employees seek longer vacations plan
Des Moines plans to ask the 1953 state legislature for extended vacation time for state workers. The proposal calls for one week after one year, two weeks after two years, three weeks from year five to nine, four weeks for ten to fourteen years, and five weeks for more than 15 years. The current law grants one week after one year and two weeks after two years.
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Des Moines
INS
State Employes Association
Christmas community notices and meetings in Cedar Rapids
City briefs list multiple local events including Kenwood Gift Shop promotions, a Suburban Co-Workers party, cost accountants luncheon at the Montrose hotel, and Dr. Navratil's health service. Also covered are practical nurses meeting, holiday bazaars, a changed lecture by Bishop Taylor, PTA health chair meeting, retail merchants luncheon, YMB council and parade reports, a labor board hearing, and a note clarifying a mistaken Richard Jones reference.
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Cost Accountants
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Montrose Hotel
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Daily Record
C. R
Quaker Oats Company
Milner Hotel
Lyle
Eighth Avenue SW
Richard Howard
Russell Pettis
William Parcak
William Butter
Minneapolis
At Mercy
Fred Behaunek
Belle Plaine
John Prasil
Lisbon
Arthur Thurston
Thirty-third Street
Richard Swalley
Second Street
Thomas Negro
Fourth Street
Marvin Baumgartner
Center Point Road
St. Luke’s
Frank Wall
Toddville
Royce Newton
Walker
LaVerne Wroblewski
E. Vernon Dochterman
Moses van Slyke
Paul Kellerhals
Sohn B. Turner
2Nd Ave
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Ave
Tama
Merle Haeft
Woodville
Ohio
Seattle
Haefts
Haeft
Mary
Good Roads Unit
Mrs. Hetherington
W. I. Endicott
Binko Services
R. J. Behel
Case
Louis
L. D. Burgos
Anamosa Boy
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Pete
Peter F. Bezanson
Stanley Barvinek
Ellis Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kenwood Gift Shop
L. G. Newport
Wilson Avenue
A. W. Navratil
D.C
S. R.c. Bldg
1St Ave
1St St. NE
Dia
Ninth District
Independence
Max Witte
Manichester
First Presbyterian Church
J. Paul ‘Taylor
Greenville
Ill
Free Methodist Church
Center Point Methodist Church
PTA
PTA Council
Board of Education
Retail Merchants
The
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
YMB Council
Executive Council
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Young Men’s Bureau
Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Henry
Almanac
Sagittarius
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Illinois
Union
California
Hang Naa
Rae Tool
Aubent
Peatie Harboe
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cale
Janeba Funeral
Clarence W. Beatty
Third Avenue
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