Weather and flood watch update from Midwest cities
Regional forecast highlights mostly cloudy skies with snow diminishing to flurries in the northwest Saturday. Temperatures range from the 18 to 35 degree area with precipitation expected through the period. barometer at noon and wind details noted, plus December totals and year-to-date figures.
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Bismarck
Chicago
N. Orl'ns
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Phoenix
Iowa
Cccesak
Roudabush Ends Life by Hanging
Thomas Roudabush 60 years old died by hanging Thursday afternoon at 214 First Avenue NW. His body was found by his wife around 4:25 pm. Deputy Coroner Bill Stuart ruled it a death by own action and noted recent fines for traffic offenses may have contributed. He was employed by Link-Belt Speeder Company and married Evelyn A. Carpenter in 1951. Surviving relatives include three sisters and two brothers. Services set for Saturday at Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial.
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Thomas R. Roudabush
First Avenue NW
Bill Stuart
Roudabush
First Avenue West
Stuart
Hartwick
Evelyn A. Carpenter
Linn County
Malinda Dee
Brooklyn
Elsie Wessel
Mabel Williamson
Ora Roudabush
Belle Plaine
Glenn Roudabush
A Stenson
O. E. Carpenter F
Cedar Rauids
Eagles Lodge
Turner Chapel
Frank Ward
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mrs Francis Gallery 49 dies in Independence hospital
Mrs Francis Gallery, 49, of Winthrop died Thursday in an Independence hospital. Services are being arranged at Fawcett funeral home here. Born Stella Decker September 16, 1907, in San Mateo, California.
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Winthrop
Francis Gallery
Independence Hospital
Fawcett Funeral Home
Stella Decker
San Mateo
Calif
Letters Continued From Page One Use Air Mail
Postal officials urge calling the post office to confirm correct postage for international air mail letters. If a return address exists the letter is sent back. without one it is forwarded by surface transport if postage covers that service. Rates differ by country and exceed domestic air mail.
Ten Year Old Boy Struck by Car on C Avenue NE
A 10 year old boy Bennett R Ro thenbeutel of 4319 First Avenue SE was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in the 4100 block of C avenue NE. He suffered only bruises and was released from St. Luke's hospital after first aid. The vehicle was driven by Robert Clark of Marion.
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Bennett R. Rothenbeutel
First Avenue SE
C Avenue NE
Robert Clark
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Campaign leaders named for Cedar Rapids hospital drive
John J. Locher Jr and Robert Armstrong to chair United Hospitals Campaign with goal of 1.75 million dollars shared by Mercy and St Luke's hospitals. Expansion plans include new beds and building for chronic rehab, funded by federal Hill Burton funds and private sources. Campaign offices move from Hotel Roosevelt January 3 with full organization set then.
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John J. Locher, Jr
Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin and Locher
Robert Co. Armstrong
Armstrong’s
Cedar Rapids
United Hospitals
Sisters of Mercy ‘Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hill- Burton Hospital
Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
Ford Foundation
I St. Luke’s
United Hospitals Campaign
Locher and Armstrong
Louis B. Blair
Louis P. Boudreaux
Harry N. P. Craemer
Sutherland Dows
Louis Fellman
Bernard Grabek
Howard Hall
John T. Hall
S. R. Hawkins
Russell F. Knapp
J. W. Markey
A. L. Smulekoff
Lewis W. van Nostrand, Jr
B. F. Wolverton
Robert E. Yaw
B. L. Anderson
Arthur A. Barlow
C. Howard Brittenham
John Ruthman
Howard Cherry, Jr
Nate Cohn
Arthur A. Collins
Brouwer elected chairman of Cedar Rapids Foreign Trade bureau
Albert N. Brouwer of the Gordon Fennell Company was chosen chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade bureau for the coming year. Other officers include T. A. Parks of Collins Radio as first vice chairman and H. R. Langridge of Link-Belt Speeder as second vice chairman. Harold Ewoldt remains secretary. Monthly meetings will continue on the second Thursday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. Brouwer
Gordon Fennell Company
Foreign Trade Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
William Rankin
Iowa Manufacturing Company
T. A. Parks
Collins Radio Company
H. R. Langridge
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber
All Traffic Bureau Officers Re-elected
Members of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Traffic bureau re elected their officers for another year. Floyd Thompson of Quaker Oats Company is chairman and Herman Helms of Western Transportation is treasurer. William Cormack of Quaker Oats Company is vice chairman and Harold Ewoldt, bureau manager, serves as secretary.
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Cedar Rapids
Three Center Point Men Injured in Route 150 Crash
Three Center Point men were injured Thursday afternoon when their car collided with a cattle truck about 15 miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway 150. Drivers and injuries are listed with McAtee, Wheeler, and Jones in fair to good condition at St. Luke's hospital. Wheeler released after treatment. The cattle truck driver, John Boyd of East St. Louis, Ill., was unhurt as the crash left the truck on its side and the car damaged. A drunk driving charge was filed in Linn County District Court Friday against McAtee by County Attorney Willis A. Glasgow.
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Gazelle
Tom Merryman
Center Point
Highway 150
Cedar Rapids
Donald McAtee
Raymond Wheeler
Dale Jones
McAtee
Jones
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wheeler
MccAfee
Linn County District Court
Willis A. Glassgow
Center Point Man Fined for Drunk Driving
Carroll J. Osborne aged 41 pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge Friday and was fined $300. Highway Patrol Sgt. James Clapp arrested him Thursday after observing erratic driving on Highway 150 about seven miles north of Hiawatha. District Court Judge Charles Penningroth imposed the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol J. Osborne
Highway Patrol
James Clapp
Osborne
Hiawatha
Charles Penningroth
Waconia Oil seeks receivership in Linn County suit
Tubbs Oil Company filed in Linn County District Court asking for appointment of a receiver for Waconia Oil Company Inc. and named defendants Milo Bervid Lyle Ford Shirley Ford Clarence Miller and Swisher Trust and Savings Bank. The suit seeks judgments totaling 27449.01 on two promissory notes and on account plus foreclosure of a chattel mortgage and a superior lien. A hearing for the receiver appointment is set for December 21 at 10 a.m. before Judge Floyd Philbrick.
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Waconia Oil Company, Inc
Linn County District Court
Tubbs Oil Company, Inc
Waconia Company
Milo Bervid
Lyle
Shirley Ford
Clarence Miller
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Floyd Philbrick
Linn district court records two adder suits filed
Two account suits were filed in Linn district court. Plaintiffs, defendants and amounts claimed due are Adcraft vs. Louis M. Duffy, Glyde B. Miller and Dan Eicher for $269.73, and B. H. Butters (Butters Store) vs. Leroy and Pauline Akers for $509.28.
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Linn
Adcraft
Louis M. Duffy
Glyde B. Miller
Dan Eicher
B. H. Butters
Butters Store
Leroy
Pauline Akers
Pospisil suit and counter claim dismissed in district court
Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed both the account suit and the counter claim filed by plaintiff Charles Pospisil against defendant Anna Pospisil. Costs were taxed to the plaintiff.
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Floyd Philbrick
Charles Pospisil
Anna Pospisil
Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Innocent in Embezzlement Case
Cedar Rapids man John G. Cartano Thursday pled innocent to an embezzlement by agent charge filed April 20. The accusation states Cartano converted $992.78 of funds he collected while employed by Harold Hrdlicka.
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Cedar Rapids
John G. Cartano
Cartano
Harold Hrdlicka
Norway Man Loses License for Extreme Over Speed
Dennis Garwood of Norway was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a 30 day driver's license suspension in Cedar Rapids municipal court after speeding 80 in a 25 zone. He warned that a similar violation would bring a six month suspension and claimed his speedometer read 55.
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Norway
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Garwood
Garwood
Donald Barnes
Man Resists Arrest After 80 MPH Cedar Rapids Chase
Crawford A. Cox 1118 Have Ave NW faced a Friday hearing after an 80 mile per hour pursuit through Cedar Rapids. He received 25 dollars in fines and a suspended license for reckless driving and turning off lights. The county revoked a five year suspended larceny sentence tied to a 1949 theft.
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Crawford A. Cox
H Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Williams Boulevard
Sixteenth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Center Street
Rockford Road
Wilson Avenue
Deaths Tincher Neb Cedar Rapids Man 64
Frank M. Tincher 64 of 1359 Havenue NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 8 25 p m Thursday He was born February 17 1892 in Avoca Survived by wife Della M two daughters Betty Lening of Pinola California Ida Tincher Cedar Rapids a son Dale Tincher Cedar Rapids two brothers Ralph Waterloo and William Renwick five grandchildren one great grandchild member of Daniels Park Presbyterian church funeral at Beatty Bearle chapel Monday 1 30 p m Rev F A Unneke burial Cedar Memorial cemetery donations to Heart Fund appreciated
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Frank M. Tincher
Havenue
Cedar Rapids
Avoca
Della M
Warren
Betty) Lenning
Pinola
Calif
Ida Tincher
Woodward
Dale Tincher
Ralph
Waterloo
William Tincher
Renwick
Tincher
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
F. Aunneke
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Heart Fund
Funeral plan for Col lard in Iowa and Nebraska cities
Services for Manchester and Cedar Falls resident are set at the Barket mortuary in Omaha at 1 30 Saturday with final services at Shelly mortuary in Manchester at 2 30 p m Sunday. Burial will follow at Oakland cemetery in Manchester.
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Manchester
Victor S. Collard
Cedar Falls
Barket Mortuary
Omaha
Shelly Mortuary
Oakland Cemetery
Dr Edward Moravec Former Cedar Rapids Physician Dies in Encino
Dr Edward L Moravec 76 a former Cedar Rapids oral surgeon died Thursday in Encino California He retired six years ago after moving to Encino and had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1900 Survivors include wife Gertrude son Marvin of Sherman Oaks California brother Victor of Cedar Rapids sister Blanche in Canada and three grandchildren
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Edward L. Moravec
Cedar Rapids
Encino
Calif
Moravec
Gertrude
Marvin
Sherman Oaks
Victor
Blanche
Canada
Services for Mrs Mamie Jensen Nelson at Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mamie Jensen Nelson widow of Lawrence Nelson will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday in Turner Chapel conducted by Rev John P Woods of Westminster Presbyterian Church Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel until 12 30 p m Saturday since the casket will not be opened after the service
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Mamie Jensen Nelson
Lawrence Nelson
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Mrss Samuel Astrosky at St Patrick's Church
Mrss Samuel Astrosky who died Wednesday will have services at St. Patrick's Church at 9 am Saturday conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Lenihan. Burial is in St. John's Cemetery. Msgr. Lenihan will recite the Rosary at 7 30 p m Friday at Teahen chapel where friends may call.
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Samuel Astrosky
N Street
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
St. John’s Cemetery
Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Johnson Shuns Butler's Group Over Democratic Policy Panel
Senate Democratic Leader Johnson of Texas rejected a top Democrats advisory group. In a letter to National Chairman Paul Butler he argued legislative processes are difficult and an extra committee not created by federal law would cause delays and confusion. House Speaker Rayburn also avoided the panel.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Paul Butler
Congress
House
Rayburn
Israel Slutsky Dies After Brief Illness in Cedar Rapids
Israel Slutsky longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in a local hospital at 11 05 a m Friday after a brief illness He was born November 26 1872 in Russia Surviving are three daughters Mrs Freda Jacobson Mrs Henri Katz and Miss Katherine Slutsky a son Harry Sutton a brother Sam Los Angeles and one granddaughter He belonged to Temple Judah Mt Herman lodge No 263 Iowa Consistory El Kahir Shrine and the Knights of Pythias He served 34 years as secretary of Eben Israel cemetery Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 10 30 a m Monday led by Rabbi Marvin M Reznikoff and Mr Herman lodge A F and A M Burial will follow in Eben Israel cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Slutsky
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Russia
Freda Jacobson
Henry Katz
Katherine Slutsky
Harry Sutton
Sam
Los Angeles
Slutsky
Temple Judah
Mt. Herman Lodge No
Iowa
el Kahir Shrine
Knights of Pythias
Eben Israel Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Marvin M. Reznikoff
Herman Lodge
A.F
A.M
Memorial of Mary L Callard at Sartori Memorial
Mary L Callard died at Sartori Memorial hospital Cedar Falls at 7 am Thursday after nearly a year in Omaha and Cedar Falls hospitals. She taught at Tech High School Omaha for many years and was active in Christian work education and travel. Surviving are her brother Fred E Collard 2300 B avenue NE and two nephews Leonard L Collard.
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Mary L. Callard
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Cedar Falls
Omaha
Tech
Fred E. Collard
B Avenue
Leonard L. Collard
St Luke's Maternity Ward Records Boy Baby Spree
At St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids the obstetrics department reported fifteen consecutive boy babies over about three days. The sequence included five boys on Tuesday and six on Wednesday, three on Thursday before a baby girl arrived, and a Monday birth after the last girl.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Welk Dancing Party Saturday Program
Be sure and watch the Lawrence Welk Dancing Party on Channel 9 this Saturday at 8 00 PM. The upbeat program features Welk and his orchestra performing a mix of popular tunes and dance numbers.
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Lawrence Welk
Channel 9
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3Rd Avenue
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