Weather and funeral notices from Independence and Williamsburg
Partly cloudy and warmer in the south with a high near 25 to 33 across regions. Independence lists services for Louis G Beck 89, at Emmanuel Lutheran Monday 2 pm with burial at Rowley cemetery. William G Berger 9 (likely 89?) at Swanson funeral home Monday 10:30 am with Mt Hope cemetery. Williamsburg notes services for Mrs Albert Mews 77 Monday 1:15 pm at Uhlmann funeral home then 1:30 pm at St Pauls church with burial in church cemetery. North Garryowen body at Delaney funeral home.
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Arek
Beaver i
Dallas Pount
Beenix
Miami
North Garryowen
Delvaney Funeral
Independence
Louis G. Beck
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Rowley Cemetery
Swanson Funeral
Williamsburg
Albert Mews
Uhlmann
Paul'’s Church
Church Ah Cemetery
Center Point
Thomas Eldred
First Christian Church
Satchett- Murdoch
High Amana
George Pagel
Toover Funeral Home
Marengo
Manchester
Joseph Fink
Carpenter
Federated Church
Lansing
Shelly Funeral Home
Vinton
Ole Peterson
Fry-Hall and Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Decorah
Mary Yarwood
Ridgeway Lutheran Church
Shellsburg
Frank ¥. Weatherwax
Oak Grove
Traer
Arthur Tesmer
It. Clemens
Mich
Cascade
Anna McDonnell
St. Patrick's Church
Three Davenport Men Face Larceny Charges in Wire Theft
Linn County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow prepared larceny charges Saturday against Theodore R. Caine 52 Ernest F. McClain 34 and William C. Parker 45 for allegedly stealing about 45 pounds of copper wire from a Cedar Rapids area warehouse. They were arrested Friday after being seen burning insulation from the wire in Davenport. Two received 11 day sentences for vagrancy and one 30 days for driving without a license. Authorities plan to bring them to Cedar Rapids to face the larceny case.
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Linn County
Willis A. Glassgow
Iowa Electric Light and
Cedar
Rapids
Davenport
Theodore R. Caine
Ernest F. McClain
William C. Plarke
Chilwaukee
Linn
Cefiar Rapids
Noted Geologist Degolyer Dies by His Own Action
Dallas police report Freerett Lee Degolyer 76, noted petroleum geologist and major book collector, died by suicide Friday at his office. Found slumped with a bullet wound. a pistol lay between his feet after months of ill health and blood transfusions.
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Dallas
Frerett Lee Degolyer
Pegist
Saturday Review of Literature
Personal Injury Suit Filed Against Kolars
A Linn County district court filing charges Leonard and Beatrice Kolar in a personal injury and auto damage case. Plaintiff Ethel B. Hart seeks 50000 dollars for permanent injuries and 183.36 for auto repair costs from a collision on Third Avenue SE at Sixteenth Street dated December 24, 1954. A jury trial is requested.
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Linn County
Leonard
Beatrice Kolar
Ethel B. Hart
Beatrica Kolar
Third Avenue SE
Sixteenth Street
Youth Given Five Years For Theft from Taxicab
One youth from Cedar Rapids was sentenced to five years in the Anamosa Reformatory for larceny from a taxicab parked downtown on Thanksgiving Day. He pled guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth. Items stolen included two radios, two watches, a pen and pencil set, and a clock valued at $200. The article also notes probate actions for John T. Wurster, who died Sept 19, naming his wife Justice as sole heir.
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Cedar Rapius
Anamosa Men’s Reformatory
State Board of Parole
Richard D. Tie
Charles Penningroth- Rife
Cedar Rapids
John T. Wurster
Christmas Lights Stolen From Cedar Rapids Lawn Tree
Police reported two thefts in Cedar Rapids. A total of 12 Christmas lights were taken from a tree in front of R. L. Hunt's home at 2941 Meadowbrook Drive SE after he had recently strung them. A coat and jacket valued at 25 dollars were also stolen from Rex Hersom at the Grand Tavern, 419 B Avenue NW, early Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
R. L. Hunt
Meadowbrook Drive
Hunt
Grand Tavern
Rex Hersom
Avenue NW
Six Car Crash Leads to License Suspension in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids man Louis Blazek, 36, pleaded guilty to failing to have his car under control after a six car crash on First Street SW Friday. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and had his driver's license suspended for 60 days. Police say ice contributed to the slide across the street, hitting four parked cars and a northbound vehicle. Two more men, Carl Schmickle Jr. and Clarence Bailey, had licenses suspended for 10 days after speeding charges.
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Milner J. Rompot
Second Street
Caz! Schmickle, Jr
Midway Drive
Harold L. Brogan
First Avenue
Hichard Harger
B Avenue
Harvey C. Knowles
Loraine Street
Clarence A. Bailey
Sixth Street
Fatrick E. Ford
Thirty-third Street
Roscoe L. Jordan
Victor
Rormauld P. Blahnik
D Street
Ervin D. Sher
Larry D. Sipe
Eastern Boulevard
Richard E. Knowles
Fifteenth Street
Ernest R Courtney
Grinnell
Charles Wilson
Vu Wood Avenue
Jerry D. Overdly
Avenue NW
Gloria Ri. Eldemiller
Thirty
Ernest Roberts
Fifth Street
George Hammond
Louis Blazek
Twenty- Eighth Avenue
Harald ¥. Eckman
Abbas Habhab
Tenth Street NW
Larry D. Sharp
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Tie Jg Louis Blazek
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Failty
First Street
Fourth Avenue
Georgiana Sorensen
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Clinton Shater
Memorial Drive
Michael Hane
Highlands Drive
M. L. Daugherty
Third Avenue
Janice R. Hunt
Blazek
James Patterson
Hen’Moon
Carl Schmickle, Jr
Clar‘rence A. Bailey
Workers Turn Reds Weapon Against Them
The article notes workers and youth organizations in Eastern Europe have long used strikes as a tool in anti Communist efforts. It argues that the same strike tactic now challenges Reds as part of an anti Red revolution, highlighting irony in weapon being turned back on those who taught it.
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Europe
Com Munists
Reds
Kremlin
United States
Russia
U.N
Hungary
Hussang
America
Nehru Nixon Meeting Sparks Possible Sparks at Airport
Vice President Nixon will meet India's Prime Minister Nehru at National Airport. Their last exchange was sharp on neutralism, but officials expect a cordial greeting this time as diplomacy prevails.
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John J. Washington
Nixon
India
Nehru
National
India's premier aims for talks in Washington
India's prime minister is set for four days of talks in Washington with President Eisenhower. The visit coincides with U S concerns about Eastern Europe and a push to balance neutrality and alliance. The article also notes local Cedar Rapids student Butters placing third in a statewide Voice of Democracy contest and details obituaries and local notices.
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India
Washington
City Briefs Out of Hospital Recovery Report
Dr. E. I. Copeland of 1828 Park Avenue SE has been discharged from the hospital, marking a recovery update for the local medical community.
Man Receives 15 Day Jail Term For Driving Without License
Charles O Wilson, 2200 Wood Ave SE, was sentenced to 15 days in county jail after being arraigned by Municipal Judge James Patterson for driving without a license. He claimed a license existed, but records showed he never held one and he must prove otherwise within 40 days.
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Charles O. Wilson
Wood Aver
James Patterson
Wilson
Patterson
Food Poisoning Hits 53 Guests at Huntington Park Luncheon
A Huntington Park benefit luncheon at St. Matthias church ended in chaos as 53 guests were hospitalized with food poisoning. County health chief F X Kemp noted the illness likely arose from food left out after cooking. Caterer provided turkey and trimmings. about 250 attended, with many women affected. Some were serious but not typically fatal.
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Los Angeles
St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church
Huntington Park
F. X. Kemp
Kemp
Evicted Attache Spurns Overature After Suez Row
An American military attache Major Eugene Sabatini was evicted from his London home amid anti American sentiment following the Suez crisis. The agent Maurice Fol reported Sabatini does not want the house back, preferring his new flat. British laborer Hugh Tarings, in Australia, ordered a return of the house. the note cites Sabatini’s gratitude for settling elsewhere.
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London
Maurice Fol
Air 'l Force
Attade
America
Firstain
U.N
Writer George S. Perry Sought in Guilford Disappearance
Police extend search Saturday for 46 year old writer George Sessions Perry missing since Thursday from his Guilford home. Authorities focus on rugged terrain north toward the Mariomonssett valley as wife and friends fear he wandered into the woods while in search of his springer spaniel.
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Guilford, Conn
George Sessions Perry
Perry
Marinomasset Tiver
Ossian Man Returns to Face Forgery Charge
Arthur Barness of Ossian was sent back to Cedar Rapids to face a charge of uttering a forged instrument. Detectives Mills and Trzci made the trip to Decorah where Barness allegedly forged the endorsement on a $17.20 payroll check drawn on J. W. Darragh, Inc. plumbing contractor.
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Arthur Barness
Ossian
Cedar Rapids
Pollee
Jack Mills
Erry Trzi
Decorah
Barness
J. W. Darragh, Inc
Weather reports and street sanding in freezing conditions
Slippery streets led to two minor accidents on Friday night before a freezing rain covered roads in the early morning. Sixth Street in NSW saw a truck strike a utility pole as crews prayed for sand. Night Captain Vandel l Feliweck noted sanding delays and city barns being called, with multiple trucks and shovels deployed to keep arteries passable. Bob Morrow said sand trucks were sent downtown immediately and three trucks re-sanded streets while others cleared sidewalks on bridges. Work shifts adjusted with a 1 pm quit and new crews at 3:40 to 4 pm, anticipating more freezing later.
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Sixth Street
Nsw
Vandell Feliweck
Bob Morrow
Morrow
Li Pan
Berger Named Associate Director for Stewardship Work
John L Berger longtime Cedar Rapids contractor and active First Lutheran member resigns as treasurer of the United Lutheran Synod of Iowa to accept a new role starting January 15 with the United Lutheran Church in America. He will serve as associate director of the Lutheran Laymen’s Movement for Stewardship, based in Cedar Rapids while maintaining his home there.
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John L. Berger
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Trapids
Furthem
United Lutheran Church In America
Lutheran
Berger
United Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Synodical Board
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Salvation Army Mails Christmas Appeal for Funds
Five thousand letters have been mailed to Linn county residents for the Salvation Army Christmas appeal. Senior Captain J E LaLone says the drive supplements the kettle campaign in Cedar Rapids, which has raised 913.66 of a 9000 goal. Kettles began the day after Thanksgiving, with two in use daily and two partial. The fund will aid about 450 to 500 families mainly with food certificates and clothing shopping tours, with any surplus supporting the Army’s summer camping program.
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Linn County
Salvation Army
J. E. LaLone
Salvation Army l
Cedar Rapids
LaLone
Christmas Exchange
Council of Social Planning
November Output Hits Record High for Automobiles
Washington reports that the motor vehicle sector drove industrial production to a record peak in November. Output rose 25 percent from October and stood about 14 percent above the 1947-49 average, with gains in industrial machinery, shipbuilding, aircraft, steel mills, textiles, apparel, leather, chemicals, petroleum, and crude oil.
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Washington
INS
Tar
Federal Reserve Board
IHC To Double Tractor Output At Louisville Plant
International Harvester Company plans to double daily tractor production at its Louisville plant starting next year, employing about a thousand more workers. Forecasters expect a cold weekend with highs 25 to 32 and 33 to 38 in milder areas, with continuing chilly conditions into Monday.
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IHC
Louisville
International Harvester Company
Tau
Cedar Rapids
American Legion Auxiliary
Mason City
Spencer
Cedarpyho
Austria
Have the Children” Federation
John Wayne Hour Highlight on Sunday Channel Five
Interesting interviews and comments discuss the John Wayne Hour airing Sunday at five on Channel Five, with viewers invited to tune in for analysis and reactions from fans.
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John Wayne
Channel A
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