Weather and public notices from Daily Record region
The Iowa Daily Record lists Sunday fair to partly cloudy skies with a high of 30 to 35 and increasing clouds Monday with possible rain or snow in southern portions. Reports of fires, births, and obituaries follow, including several local name checks such as Mercy, St. Luke's, Evanston, and Des Moines area addresses. incidents involve electrical wires, sparking wires, and tumbles. Notable deaths include Mrs. Don Wallace in Williamsburg and Lena Schlessner in Hawkeye, with funeral details and cemetery burials noted.
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Iowa
Williamsburg
Don. R. Wallace
Presbyterian Church
Harrington Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Hawkeye
Lena Schlessner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Emerson Funeral Home
Manchester
John Baptist Quint
Delhi
St. John’s Cemetery
Gill Funeral Home
Calmar
M. Sanctra Cremer
St. Rose Convent
la Crosse
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Gambler Costello To Transfer To Milan Federal Prison
Gambler Frank Costello will be moved from Atlanta to the Milan Michigan federal correctional institution to complete an 18 month contempt of Congress sentence. His attorney had fought detention in the Atlanta penitentiary claiming placement in a common jail.
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Atlanta
Frank Costello
Milan
Mich
U. S
Costello
Frank Hooper
Federal Correctional Institution At
Kefauver Senate Crime Committee
American Given Three Years on Piracy Charge
Sidney Paley 32 formerly of Jersey City was convicted in Tangier on piracy and robbery on the high seas. He received three years on each count to run concurrently, with an appeal filed and bail set at 10 000. The case involved hijacking a Dutch cigaret runner in the mid Mediterranean in October and theft of 2700 cases worth 100 000. Elliot Forrest is wanted on related charges.
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Tangier
Sidney Paley
Jersey City
High Seas
Milton Helmick
U. S
Mediterranean
Paley
Helmick
Elliot Forrest
New York City
Forrest
Corsica
U S Pressing For Settlement On Iranian Oil
The United States presses for a settlement on Iran oil despite British objections. Britain insists on compensation under the nationalization edict and blocks oil sales until terms are agreed. Iran pushes to sell, wanting funds now, while Western powers seek a pool plan to fund Iran and bypass Anglo Iranian control.
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United States
Britain
Iran
Gonhead
Unite States
Middle East
Edenland Acheson
State Department
Paul Nitze
Karim Sanjabi
World Court
the Hague
Eee Ee
City Briefs and Local Notices From Cedar Rapids Area
City briefs report visits after surgery for Guy Howell and Mrs. Yates, with restrictions on visitors. Ice skate exchange opens at Hall’s. Cedar Rapids Horsemen hold a Christmas party with a $1 gift exchange. Airman Richard Hardesty on 28 day leave from Scott Field visits family before Camp Stoneman. Dr. H S Dougherty opens new office. Cub Pack 33 awards 40 scouts at Cleveland school. LaVern McAtee fined $100 for leaving scene of accident on Third Avenue Bridge.
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Richard Hardesty
Wade Hardesty
Davejine
Scott Field
Ill
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Cleveland School
Alan Christy
Rusty Woodford
Robert Walker
Merle Wood
Larry Hrdlicka
Preston Phillips
Bill Olmstead
Cole Christy
Ernest Highley
Gerald Melberg
Douglas Cairns
Gary Evilsizer
Marty Davis
Jim Wilbert
Richard DeWald
Lee Findley
Scott Stodola
Michael Wood
Larry Igor
David Wagner
Kenneth Hach
Steven Covington
Larry Dougherty
MecAtee
LaVern McAtee
Alburnett
Superior Court
McAtee
Third Avenue Bridge
One Day Term For Man Who Demanded Arrest Guilty Plea
Gerald Lee Chapel 29 of 709 Seventh Street SE Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Superior court. Judge William Matias sentenced him to one day in the city jail, noting he had already served the time and ordered release.
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Cedar Rapids
Superior Court
Gerald Lee Chapel
Seventh Street
William Matias
Chapel
Franco offers Spain’s volunteers to fight in Korea under UN
Generalissimo Francisco Franco said Spain could send volunteers to Korea to fight under their own officers if the UN accepts. He praised American troops and warned that communism must be shaken from its “bag of rats.” He favored European action as Spain’s main contribution and noted possible Soviet infiltration in North Africa.
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Madrid
INS
Francisco Franco
United Nations
Korea
U. N
Spain
Franco
United States
Europe
Eisenhower
Prado
Caudillo
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algiers
Paris
Generals Say Ammunition Shortage Overstated in Korea
Major General William O. Reeder and Lieutenant General Williston B. Palmer warned that field commanders may have exaggerated the seriousness of ammunition shortages in Korea. They said rationing exists but denies it has cost lives or prolonged the war. They noted U S forces have enough ammo to hold positions though shortages could limit a major offensive.
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Washington
Korea
Eisenhower
William O. Reeder
Reeder
Williston B. Palmer
10Th Corps
Palmer
U. S
Alleged Auto Thief Escapes from Hospital
Ray Carl Bass a 25 year old Cedar Rapids man arrested for car theft escaped from University hospital in Iowa City Friday night and was at large Saturday. He had been transferred for spinal meningitis concerns after an epileptic attack in custody.
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Ray Carl Bass
Cedar Rapids
University Hospital
Iowa City
Bass
St. Luke’s Hospital
Seventh Street SE
Burial Held for Eight of Family in Arkansas Tragedy
In Enola Arkansas mourners buried eight members of the John Bryant family after a kerosene explosion and fire destroyed their three room home. Only Shirley Bryant survived with burns and hoped to reunite at Christmas, unaware of her losses.
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Enola
Ark
John Bryant
Bryant
Marie
Shirley
Daddy
Mommie
Courthouse File Damage Suit Complaint Filed
Ruth Caldwell Saturday sues Paul Stoneking for 350 dollars claimed for personal injuries and property damage from an November 17, 1952 accident at Twelfth Street and First Avenue. E. E. A. and H. D. Brinkman doing business as Brinkmans Insulation Company awarded a 785.23 judgment against Arthur Wall in a promissory note suit.
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Ruth Caldwell
Paul Stoneking
Twelfth Street
First Avenue E
E. A
H. D. Brinkman
Brinkman’s Insulation Company
Arthur Wall
Local suits dismissed and new maintenance actions filed
Two account suits were dismissed Friday and Saturday by the plaintiffs Edwin F. Schminke versus Daryl A. Fesler and McMahan's store in Burbank California versus Rolland L. Hoke. Myrna M. Hughes filed suit for separate maintenance against Joseph G. Hughes. Betz Monument was awarded a $164.38 judgment against Mrs. Mary C. Streitner in an account suit. Marjorie J. Torrey was awarded a decree of separate maintenance against Thomas A. Torrey.
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Edwin F. Schminke
Daryl A. Fesler
McMahan’s
Burbank, Calif
Rolland L. Hoke
Myrna M. Hughes
Joseph G. Hughes
Betz
Mary C. Streitner
Marjorie J. Torrey Friday
Thomas A. Torrey
Death notices for John M. Castek in Cedar Rapids
Services for John M. Castek 2132 C street SW Cedar Rapids resident of 30 years will be conducted in the Brosh chapel at 2 p m Sunday by the Rev Zdenek F Pauk Burial will be in Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Castek
John M. Castek
C Street
Cedar Rapids
Brosh Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Czech National Cemetery
Death of Vera M. Rich Recalls Cedar Rapids Roots
Vera M. Rich of Cleveland Ohio former Cedar Rapids resident and daughter of the late De Forest T. and Ida M. Rich has died. Eastern Star services were held in Cleveland.
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Vera M. Rich
Cleveland
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
de Forest T
Ida M. Rich
Eastern Star
Palo Youth Wounded by Shotgun Accident in Palo
Wayne Schnell, 14, suffered a minor head wound when a 12 gauge shotgun discharged as he and Richard Amendt 12 hunted rabbits on the Ralph Drake farm south of Palo. Sheriff James H. Smith said the rabbit sprang from a woodpile causing the accident. Schnell is in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital.
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the Gazette
Palo
Palo'outh
Wayne Schnell
Hubert Mullinix
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richard Amendt
Ted Amendt
James H. Smith
Ralph Drake
Schnell
Amendi
Smith
Elements in seawater by abundance after chlorine
The passage ranks sodium magnesium sulfur calcium potassium bromine carbon and strontium as the next most plentiful elements in seawater after chlorine.
Cedar Rapids Braces as Ice Storm Disrupts City Services
Ice storm leaves Cedar Rapids hit by power outages and downed lines. Utilities report 9 p.m. outages across 10 blocks, with crews restoring service by nightfall. Roads ice covered. buses trains and flights affected. eight weather related accidents recorded. power regained gradually with improvements by noon.
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Highway Patrol
Fairfield
West Liberty
Dubuque
Oelwein
Mason City
Humboldt
Sioux City
Spencer
Denison
Southwest
Des Moines
Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
United Airlines
UAL
Ridenour
House probes faulted bazooka modernization effort
U S House investigators accuse army ordnance officers of wasting hundreds of thousands fixing mistakes by an inexperienced contractor on 1.5 million rocket tubes for Korea. The Hunter Fan and Ventilating Co of Memphis won a 2 million contract despite no heat treating experience.
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Washington
House
Army
Congress
Korea
Ordnance Corps
Rep
Hardy
D-Va
Leport
Hunter
Memphis
Pittsburgh Teens Nabbed in Plot to Extort Steelers Heinz
Two underage girls were arrested in Pittsburgh after attempting to extort 30 000 from Art Rooney and H J Heinz II by threatening their children. The 15 and 14 year olds confessed writing notes demanding 10 000 and 20 000 respectively and were caught with money hidden under a park bench. Federal agents supervised the sting and the case was presented to the U S commissioner.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Art Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rooney
Pat
John
H. J. Heinz II
Heinz Food Industry
Heinz
Paper usage spreads from China in eighth century
The note states that paper, though used early in China, reached the rest of the world around the middle of the eighth century A.D. This highlights the history of papermaking and diffusion beyond its origin.
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China
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Jubah Cote
C Avenue NE
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Oakland Road NE
Washington Avenue SE
Mercy
Edwin Wadsworth
Twenty-third Street
Byron Hinton
First Avenue
Harry Iben
Fairfax
Leonard Kamberling
Mechanicsville
St. Luke’s
Howard Williams
Marion
Willard Bennett
Wenng Road
Willard Bortz
Norman Graham
Thirty-fifth Street
Evanston
Gerald A. Kubik
Fifth Avenue SE
J. M. Valandingham
A Avenue NW
LaVern McAfee
Fred J. Proctor
Perry C. Jackson
Larry A. Pont
Forest Drive SE
George F. Rischmueller
Prairie du Chien
Gambler Costello
Sohn Bane & Son Funeral Directors
U.S
John M. Roberts, Jr
Associated Press News
Guy N. Howell
Ninth Street NW
Mercy Hosey
William H. Yates
Memorial Drive SE
Hall’s
2Nd Ave
Cedar Rapids Horsemen
Cedar Rapids Horsemen’s Club
H. S. Dougherty
1St Ave
N.E
France
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Cairo
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Walker
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Ave
John E Lapes
Northwestern Bell TeleiPhone Company
Highway Commission
Union Bus Depot
Union Depot
Omaha
Union Pacific
C. R. Storm Center
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Second Avenue
Second Street
KCRG
Twenty-seventh Street
Charles Ridenour
Power Company
Mt. Vernon Road
Bever Park
Vernon Heights
Parcrest
Howard Oliphant
Police Department
George Rischmueller
Third Street
Fifth Avenue
Rischmueller
Joe Routh
B Avenue NE
Ardis Clatterbuck
Springville
A Avenue
Fifth Street
Routh
Fourth Avenue SE
Fred Winter
Blake Boulevard
Orville Vavra
J Street
John Stepanek
Johnson Avenue NW
Charles Mills
Ellis Trailer Court
Mills
Leo Oswald
D Avenue
John D. Fenn
Fourth Street
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Ray Smith
Twelfth Avenue SE
Carl Diepholz
Eighth Avenue SE
Henry Lee
L. W. Remington
Milan Arsenal
Tennessee
Pentagon
F. S. Brady
Tur
Hill's Coffee
Richelieu
L i
Thrifty Food Store
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