Weather and notices from a Midwest city and surrounding regions
The forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with light snow likely northwest tonight or Thursday. Temperatures will be warmer in the west and central, with light southerly winds on Thursday. Five day outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies, possible light snow, and colder temperatures. normals and past readings are provided. The bulletin lists high and low readings, precipitation totals, barometer, humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset times, and various local notices including court actions, marital settlements, accidents, fines, and funeral services across multiple Iowa towns.
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Bismarck
Min’apolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L.A
Phoenix
Seattle
Farm Poll Reveals Mixed Views On Bingo And Gambling
The survey notes younger men favoring and older men opposing, with some college graduates more against than those with less schooling. Republicans lean against bingo, Democrats less so, and lower income groups oppose more than higher earners. Protestant voters split. Catholics favor it. A Fayette county man says bingo isn’t too bad as a church fundraiser.
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Iowa
Fayette County
Aussies Space Venture Fizzles After Launch Failure
A Australian high altitude scientific experiment funded by Australia failed minutes after liftoff from Wallops Island Virginia on Monday night. The rocket cut off early ending the test. Authorities said the incident interrupted the Wallops test mission and investigation continues.
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Washington
Wallops Island
Khrushchev Seeks Peace in Cuba Crisis Debrief
Khrushchev defended Soviet Cuba policy and urged restraint as he praised peace over war. He credited mutual concessions with defusing the crisis and warned imperialist circles against aggression while outlining economic plans and ongoing party reforms. Tito attended as a highlighted guest amid a ceremony on international détente.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cuba
U. S
Kennedy
City Council Agenda Adopts Zoning Hearing and Pavement Plans
Public hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday at City Hall on the east side of Sixth Street SW between 27th and 28th Avenues petitioned by Nash Finch Company. Resolutions order filing of final plat and schedule concrete paving on Blair's Ferry Road NE from avenue to city limits. Resolution sets two hour parking on both sides of First Avenue W from Fourth to Fifth Streets.
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Sixth Street
Twentyseventh
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Nash- Finch Company
Blair's Ferry Road
First Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Deaths Ray S Mason longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Ray S Mason 58 of 2010 Washington Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born August 12, 1880 in Manchester he married Emily Volz August 15 1925 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by his wife he was a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Service at Turner Chapel at 3 p.m. Friday with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Ray S. Mason
Washington Avenue SE
Aetna Life Insurance Farm Loan Department
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Emily Volz
Mason
Church of the New Jerusalem
Swedenborgian
Turner Chapel
Charles Q. Wallace
Cedar Memorial
Funeral services and burials for Cedar Christian and others
Walter F Lake and Maybelle Elizabeth Ashmead are listed for services at Cedar Christian and Immaculate Conception churches with burials at Cedar Memorial and Mt Calvary. Rosary set at Turner chapel or church services led by designated clergy. call times and burial sites noted.
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Gaston
Mary Isabelle
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Jackson Purns
Mt. Vernon
Turner Chapel
Strickel
Myri
Ralph J. Barron
Star of Maine
Rebekah Lodge
Cedar Memorial
Driver Charged for Wrong Way on One Way Street
LeRoy Mahoney of 823 Fourth Avenue SE was charged with driving the wrong way on a one way street after a collision at Second Avenue and Sixth Street SE. The other driver was Tom Merryman of 1615 K Avenue NE. No injuries were reported.
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LeRoy Mahoney
Fourth Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Tom Merryman
K ‘Avenue NE
Winter Snow Closes Schools Across Several States
The region endures heavy snowfall as Cleveland area schools including public and Catholic districts and Case Institute of Technology stay closed for Christmas break starting December 18. Tennessee and eastern Kentucky report up to six inches of snow, Crossville records seven inches, and Washington sees three inches causing rush hour delays. Motorists in Virginia and Maryland face three to four hour drives home.
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Cleveland
Case Institute of Technology
Tennessee
Kentucky
Crossville
Cumberland Plateau
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Court arraigns Shelton on third drunk driving charge
Robert G. Shelton, 51, pled innocent to a third offense drunk driving charge at arraignment before Judge Charles Penningroth. He had prior convictions in 1946 Clay county, 1954 Wapello county, and 1957 Calhoun county. Shelton, with a Des Moines address, was in Florida after posting bond on the earlier case and is jailed in Linn county on $2,500 bond.
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Robert G. Shelton
Charles Penningroth
Shelton
Iowa
Des Moines
Florida
Bover Avenue SE
Clay County
Wapello
Calhoun County
Linn County
Local Man Pleads Guilty to Arson and Theft
Bailey pleaded guilty Tuesday before Judge Donald Barnes to arson and admitted stealing $15 in tools on November 22 from a shed on North Western railroad property near Otis Road and Eighteenth Avenue SE. He said he watched the fire from an old box car and then started another fire in the box car. Firemen extinguished the fire in the box car. the shed burned completely.
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Bailey
North Western Railroad
Otis Road
Eighteenthavenue SE
Ball Sentenced on Embezzlement Case
James Ball aged 31 pled guilty to embezzlement of mortgaged property. Judge Donald Barnes gave a five year bench sentence to the men's reformatory at Anamosa and ordered restitution of $1,968.52. Ball purchased a car in 1962 with a conditional bill of sale from Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids, left the state with the car and was arrested in Los Angeles before being returned to Cedar Rapids.
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James Ball
Donald Barnes
Anamosa
Ball
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Accused of Bogus Check and Misc Civil Judgments
Oberbreckling faces charges of gros s fraud after originally being charged with false uttering of a check for $20 on July 7 and cashing it at Kalell s Grocery. Judgments list multiple civil suits including I H Wentzien vs Ness and railroad Co for $527.36 from an April 24, 1959 car crash. Hatch and Brookman Co. vs Aitchison for $401.69. Morris Plan Co. of Cedar Rapids vs Ball for $14,251.95 on a note. John D. Kennedy vs Williamson and Perchl for $105.40 in car damage.
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Oberbreckling
Kalell’s
Center Point Read
I. H
Virginia Wentzien
Dwayne L. Ness
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co
First Avenue E
Highway 150
Hatch and Brookman Co
Richard D. Aitchison
Morris Plan Co
Cedar Rapids
James A. Ball
John D. Kennedy
Russell Williamson
Alfred Perchl
Khrushchev Faces Challenge as Soviet Reforms Pivot
The analysis centers on Khrushchev's renewed efforts to bolster the economy after Stalin's death and a string of failed agricultural schemes. It notes the strain from Cuba and China, the eve of a fresh push to quell domestic malaise, and the risk to his leadership if this attempt falters.
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Central Committee
Stalin
Khrushchev
Russia
Kremlin
Pesta ‘Ers
China
Albania
Directed Verdict In 100000 Suit Ends Trial
A jury trial ended at 10 05 a m Wednesday when Judge T W Miles granted a directed verdict for dismissal in a 100000 damage suit filed by Mrs Leo Hanson Delaware alleging injuries from a March 22 1960 fall in the Town and Country shopping center park.
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T. W. Miles
Leo Hanson
Delaware
Town and Country Shopping Center
Miles
Marion J. Foley
Hanson
Seventh Avenue SW
Charles Penningroth
Foley
Eagle
May's City
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Glen's Auto Mart
Sixth Street
First Street
G & L Auto Service
Oil Company
Glen's
Auto Mart
Brooks Found Guilty of Adultery by District Jury
A district court jury found Penny R. Brooks, 22, guilty on adultery charges filed by her husband Larry. Deliberations began Tuesday at noon and ended with the verdict at 3 30 p.m. Sentencing is scheduled for next Monday before Judge Charles Penningroth. the act is alleged to have occurred July 27, 1962.
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Penny R. Brooks
Brooks
Larry
Charles Penningroth
Patricia Peterson Sentenced on Narcotics Fraud Charge
Patricia Peterson, 31, of 515 Sixth avenue SE, received two years in the women's reformatory at Rockwell City after pleading guilty to obtaining a narcotic drug by fraud or deceit. She forged a doctor's name to obtain prescriptions while employed as a nurse at a Cedar Rapids hospital.
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Patricia Peterson
Sixth Avenue SE
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Donald Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Bailey Sentenced on Arson Charge
Charles E. Bailey aged 53 of 2385 Blakely Boulevard SE was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary at Ft Madison after pleading guilty to arson.
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Charles E. Bailey
Blakely Boulevard
Ft. Madison
Coggon Man Receives Suspended Sentence In Frauds Case
Herbert Oberbreckling of Coggon pled guilty on a fraud and cheats charge and was given a 60 day suspended sentence on Tuesday.
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Coggon
Herbert Oberbreckling
Donald Barnes
Danny Kaye Undergoes Emergency Abdominal Surgery
Hollywood spokesman says comedian Danny Kaye underwent an emergency abdominal operation Wednesday. Public notices none given on outcome or duration.
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Danny Kaye
Hollywood
UPS
State Car Bid To C R Dealer
McDonald Stevenson Ford Co of Cedar Rapids was the low bidder on 266 Iowa Highway Commission vehicles. The bid totaled 282 818 dollars for sedans and 90 trucks plus 26 station wagons, with wagon price 1 999, sedans 1 885, and pickups 1 542 each.
Highway Patrol Examiner Charged After Accident
Jerry Slaymaker of Marengo faced a failure to yield charge after a state car collided with an ambulance at First Avenue and First Street E Tuesday evening. The crash occurred as Slaymaker tried to turn left onto First Street from First Avenue, causing about 350 dollars in damage.
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Highway Patrol
First Avenue
First Street
Jerry Slaymaker
Marengo
Slaymaker
Guilty Plea by Garys Mayor Ends Conspiracy Case
Gary mayor George Chacharis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to evade federal income tax and resigned. The four week trial ended with charges dropped against Sheriff Peter Mandich and others as remaining defendants offered no evidence. Chacharis admitted failing to report 226,686 in kickbacks from city contractors.
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Hammond
Ind
George Chacharis
Gary
Chacharis
S.U. 8
Robert Grant
Peter Mandich
Peter
John Diamon
Lake County
Grant
Willmar Chulock
Harold Zweig
Chulock
Weather Forces Courthouse Closure and Damages Hearing Move
Strong cold wave shuts Cedar county courthouse in Tipton. Damages case moved to Tipton city hall after furnace failure kept building under 60 degrees. Iowa sees 17 below in Adair with temperatures dipping to 5 below to 10 below tonight and 0 to 5 above by Thursday.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Adair
Italian Strike Ties TV Budget With Widespread Protests
A 48 hour strike in Italy over higher wages and union power affects programming on KCRG-TV 9 as Peter Fonda guest stars in Rome. The Orly French Story faces delays while workers demand concessions from metal unions operating Tuesday through Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. local time.
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Peter Fonda
Rome
UPI
Kcrg-Tv 9
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