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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1955
Page
4
The Daily Record notes a cloudy colder windy Sunday with northern highs around 15 and southern highs near 25. Outlook calls for continued cloudy cold conditions with diminishing winds on Monday. Also logs various local weather data and December totals.
Funeral arrangements are announced for Gary Lee Crawford, 17, who died Saturday. Services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Turner chapel conducted by Rev. H. Hughes Dill of St. Paul's Methodist Church. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery with visitation at the chapel.
Marie Burkhart, 55, of Marion route 3, suffered a scalp laceration in a collision on a country road two miles south of Marion. Treated at St Luke's hospital Saturday afternoon, she was released after treatment. Police said her car went out of control and rolled over in a ditch.
A Shueyville man, Joseph L. Prachar, was held on three charges after a Cedar Rapids hit-and-run. He faces leaving the scene, reckless driving, and violation of the financial responsibility law due to a suspended license. The crash occurred near Fourteenth avenue and Third street SE when Prachar allegedly ran a stop sign and struck Loren Edgeton’s car. Edgeton reported the hit-and-run after Prachar was later located in a Cedar Rapids tavern. In separate incidents, James A. Fox was charged with reckless driving for striking a parked car on A avenue NE, and James D. Sackett was charged with a stop sign violation after a collision at A avenue and Sixth street NE with a car driven by Ralph W. Beyer.
Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York held talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on foreign affairs on a Saturday meeting in Washington. Dewey also met Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. and reportedly shared observations from a world tour.
A 22 year old Cedar Rapids resident John J. Blarton is held on larceny of a motor vehicle charges after a 1953 one ton stake rack truck was reported stolen from Union Depot between 10 and 10 30 p m. Owner Carl Ruble reported the theft at 10 28 p m and Patrolmen Mills and Trzil stopped the truck at Second Avenue and Seventh Street SE at 10 35 p m.
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ended December 3 totaled 6,338,836 up from 5,874,132 in the same week last year. The week ended November 26 reported 5,553,117 in clearings.
Manila reporting from the Red Cross states at least 93 persons have been killed in one of the Philippines worst storms. The toll reflects widespread destruction across affected regions as relief efforts intensify.
In Rochester Minnesota a 29 year old farmer Geraldine Aakre was found dead with three bullet wounds in the chest. Hours later near the farm Alden Aakre 31 was found dead inside a running car with a hose to exhaust. A suicide note by Alden claimed an awful dream and love for his wife. Relatives say he suffered violent nightmares and sleepwalking episodes.
John Mayer, 87, from near Cement City, was attacked by a bull that broke through a gate and killed him in the farmyard. The bull then charged Mayer’s son Lucerne, who was knocked down, but the family dog chased the animal away and back behind a fence. The son discovered his father's body.
Athens decided on Saturday not to appeal to the United Nations to resolve the ongoing Cyprus dispute. This stance narrows diplomatic options and signals Greece will pursue other channels to ease tensions with Cyprus and Turkey.
Horst Schweighofer of Cedar Rapids was elected executive of the Iowa region of the Sports Car Club of America at the Cedar Rapids Country club. He succeeds Steven Peavey of Davenport. New officers include Ken Lundgren Moline activities chairman Dr John Parke Cedar Rapids secretary Paul Shaw Iowa City treasurer L H Sidwell Cedar Rapids membership chairman. Directors are Peavey Frank Bush Cedar Rapids George Erbeck Cedar Rapids and Don Hunt Moline. Erbeck won the clubs top event points. Lundgren Schweighofer and Owen Hoadley tied for third. Fifth went to John Hamilton. In women events Mrs Al Runge Davenport won, Mrs Jacob Schweighofer Cedar Rapids second, Mrs Erbeck third. Carole Hendrickson Cedar Rapids and Mrs Hunt tied for fourth.
Paris reports a heated start to France's election campaign as Pierre Mendes France accuses Premier Edgar Faure of betraying national interests to trigger a snap vote. Faure defends the move as constitutional and necessary to resolve a divided assembly facing North Africa, finance, and social unrest. The non Communist bloc and Communists anticipate shaping the 623 seat chamber, with about 100 seats likely for the Communists and possible gains of up to 30 more.
City briefs list multiple community notices. Cedar Rapids Credit Women pancake supper Monday 5 30 p m at YMCA alongside Rotary Club talk by Clinton Moyer state commissioner of public safety at Montrose hotel. Also Y's Men, Stamp Club, and other local events and notices.
Robert Mueller 23 of Peterson in Clay county was struck and killed by a North Western freight train while walking along tracks returning from a hunting trip. Sheriff All said Mueller had ears covered and a parka over his head and did not hear the whistle. He was married with a 3 month old child. his .22 rifle lay near the scene.
In Lefkoniko, 20 miles east of Nicosia, a gang of youths aged 12 to 17 burned the local post office after warning the postmaster to flee. The building, its contents including letters and $476 in cash, and the adjacent town hall were damaged. Police and British troops patrolled as the attackers fled the scene.
The UN General Assembly unanimously called for the creation of an international atoms for peace agency without delay and approved a program to establish it next year. The US and USSR supported the plan, with the Soviet Union signaling forthcoming proposals to place the agency within the UN framework. A scientific committee to study atomic radiation effects was also established with members including Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia Egypt France India Japan Mexico Sweden Britain United States and Soviet Union. Brig Gen Carlos Romulo urged Russia to admit scientists to tests as the US did for Bikini in 1946.
Pauline Lewelling Devitt, 78, once a delegate at large to the 1920 Republican national convention that nominated Warren G. Harding, died Saturday in Los Angeles at a son’s home. She later served on the Iowa State Board of Education from 1921 to 1933.
A fire driven by typhoon winds swept through a region in Kagoshima Japan destroying nearly 1000 eggs and leaving about 6000 people without homes.
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