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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1954
Page
8
Chicago AP reports Monday hogs steady to 25 cents lower as receipts run about 20 000 head with cattle near 19 000 and sheep around 5 000. Hogs slipped to two year lows before Friday rally left prices steady to 25 cents down versus a week earlier.
An itemized price list for poultry and grain products. Includes fryers and hens with weight-based pricing, ducks, geese, eggs, oats, corn, soybeans, straw, wool, and field grasses with per hundredweight and per bushel or bundle quotes. Regional delivery and market averages noted.
Chinese Nationalist planes bombed Toumen and Tienao islands near the Tachens after a buildup of Red forces. Artillery action resumed with 90 shells hitting Quemoy as fighting continued in the Taiwan Strait region.
Cedar Rapids board of adjustment approved two zoning by passes this week. Ray O. Bell of 360 Thirteenth Street SW was allowed a reverse front home with an 11 foot Eighth avenue setback and five foot rear yard. J F Sramek won permission for an 8 by 10 foot rear store addition at 1831 J Street SW in a residential district. Action on Olivet Presbyterian church addition within 31 feet of B avenue line at 237 Tenth Street NW was postponed.
Iowa production for 1954 totaled 540.015 million bushels at 52.5 bushels per acre, down 9 percent from 1953’s 581.145 million. Harvested area dropped 8 percent to 10.286 million acres, with overall grain output up 2.5 percent from 1953. Iowa led the nation in corn production, followed by Illinois at 449.312 million bushels.
Nearly 400 Jehovah's Witnesses from northeast Iowa and southern Minnesota gathered at the Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum for the assembly sponsored by the Watchtower organization. The program included a baptism discourse and immersion, a showing of The New World Society In Action, and a public address by District Supervisor C. W. Barber titled Does God Really Care. The event continues through Sunday with inviting Cedar Rapids residents to attend.
The Cedar Rapids Navy Recruiting Station reports new hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to noon Saturday. Machinist's Mate Jack Madritsch transfers to Des Moines main station effective Friday, May 1953. Air Force recruiter Joseph E. Foglio earns promotion to technical sergeant effective Wednesday before a short furlough in Badin North Carolina. Army recruiters cite new easier access to the Army Security Corps with a Des Moines ASA representative stationed locally to speed processing.
A humor strip pokes fun at priorities as a character suggests a fire-fighting course is more useful than cooking lessons. The joke hinges on practical safety over domestic chores.
William F. Domer 79 died suddenly at 11 45 a m Friday at his home 1174 Fourteenth street Marion Born July 20 1875 in a house where the Marion theater now stands his life mostly in Marion except three years in Missouri He married Fannie Flory Summy in 1901 Mrs Domer died July 28 1932 Surviving are two sons two stepsons two stepdaughters 11 grandchildren and 12 great grand children three brothers four sisters Memorial services will be held at Murdoch chapel Monday at 3 30 p m by Rev James P Gable Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery
Several local churches announce services and programs. Marion Baptists list Sunday worship and weekday activities including Christmas programs and youth events. St Josephs Catholic Church celebrates mass at multiple times. Christian and Free Methodist churches add Bible school, Christmas services, and vesper plans. combined choirs to present a Christmas musical with local youth participation.
The Christmas schedule lists events at Presbyterian Stating 7 p.m. Christmas Eve and 9 45 Sunday school with 10 55 worship and sermon The Gift of a Son Special choir numbers directed by Rose Wilcox Youth caroling at Methodist church 6 30 Session and Spiritual Life meetings in church parlors and manse Christmas morning service at 9 30 with youth musicians A Friday church school program at 7 p m Other parish notes include St Pauls Lutheran services and sermons Beholding the Christ of Christmas Prairie Chapel Christmas events and Seventh Day Church of God weekly prayer and Sabbath sessions The notices name Rev C V R De Jong Rev E L Brandt Rev Harry D Green and Allen Bond as pastors and list multiple church programs
Paris AP Premier Mendes France seeks a confidence vote after a 301 291 defeat on Indo China budget with slim majorities on two other questions. The vote set for Monday may delay debate on German rearmament as opposition seeks responsibility for Paris treaties and rearmament issues.
Peiping radio and the Tientsin Ta Kung Pao editorialize that students and spies are separate categories. They defend Chinese students and condemn U S detentions, while signaling no change in stance as Chou En Lai would meet Hammarskjold.
The District Court of Iowa Linn County will hear the adoption petition for Julie Ann Roquette on December 28 1954 at 10 AM at Cedar Rapids Court House. John R Roquette is notified to appear and object if needed otherwise adoption will be granted. Fisher Huston 730 Higley Building Cedar Rapids Iowa attorneys for petitioners outline the filing and hearing details.
A new inexpensive attachment lets the hard of hearing receive TV or radio directly to the ear without raising volume for others. It is not a hearing aid. Write or call for literature at Hear A Vision 321 Paramount Bldg Cedar Rapids Dial 4 3322.
Detectives linked four overnight burglaries Friday to a single suspect based on matching footprints in the snow. At Fifth Avenue tavern 626 Fifth Avenue SE about 60 dollars from a drawer and 28.75 in change from the register were taken after a forceable entry. Three service stations—Bender's Phillips 302 Third Ave SW, Brody's Phillips 1401 Third St SE, and Sirowy's Skelly 1318 Third St SE—were entered by breaking glass with only 2 dollars stolen from Brody's. An attempted break in occurred at Model Paint and Wallpaper Co 227 First St SE. a door lock was tampered with but no entry gained.
Police logged a dozen reportable crashes as roads froze Friday evening with slick conditions. One injury required hospital care for Mrs. Hubert Hepker after a forehead laceration in a collision at First street and Fourteenth avenue. Another driver was treated later for a cut lip after striking a switch engine. no major damage reports followed Saturday morning as cautious driving continued.
Midmorning congestion lined westbound traffic from First Street West to First Street East on the Third Avenue bridge. A rebuilt A Avenue westbound span reopened after repairs but one collision occurred involving Trenna Pollet of 1527 Fourth Street NW and Charles Sweet of Greentop Missouri. No injuries reported.
Leaves hospital as Mrs. Frank L Wilkie returns home from St Luke s hospital with Christmas plants and flowers. John Little dies at Volga City. services at St Joseph s church. Tom Robison earns Icholastic honor roll at Kemper Military School Boonville Missouri. Nurses Merle Woodford and Constance Burke return from Chicago after obstetrics gynecology congress. Carl Smith named Iowa state chairman 1955 for American Public Works Association. Van Buren Cub pack 26 awards include service stars and graduation certificates. Santa and gifts at Christmas party.
Cedar Rapids post office is headed for a record Christmas mail volume with 2,260,723 incoming letters and 2,451,371 outgoing letters this season, plus heavy parcel and circular totals. Extra staff and extended hours were added to handle the surge, with air mail advised for long distance items.
TV listings for Cedar Rapids and Waterloo show a mix of programs from 9 to 11:30 with films, sport shows, and comedy at various local stations. Featured programs include Mr Wizard Annie Oakley Superman and Jack Gleason shows, plus Weather and Sports segments.
Ted Ramsay a freshman at the University of Iowa won third place in a university drawing and sketching contest division for art majors. He earned a trophy for his sketch of Old Capitol. Ramsay is the son of Mr and Mrs W T Ramsay.
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