Weather and misc notices from Ce daily record December 21 1954
Partly cloudy west and central Iowa with cooler east on Tuesday night into Wednesday. Highs 30s to around 50 in the west and southwest, 40s elsewhere. precipitation totals for December noted. Local incidents include traffic fines, accidents, civil suits, and several obituaries and service announcements for Enos D Yoder Jerry Rushford Jay Taylor Cris Reiter Henry Cooper Vesta Hines Fred Westphal James Little and more filed or held in various towns.
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Bismarck
New York
Iowa
Kalona
Enos D Yoder
William E. Miller
Millersburg
Ohio
Anamosa
Jerry Rushford
Stone City
Rosary
McNamara Funeral Home
Holy Cross
Maynard
Jay D. Taylor
Brant Funeral Home
Oelwein
Woodlawn
Cascade
Cris Reiter
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Devaney Funeral Home
Springville
Henry Cooper
Springville Presbyterian Church
Mechanicsville
Early Christmas Surprise for Leukaemia Patient Mary Theresa
Mary Theresa Hays, a leukemia patient in Rochester, received an early Christmas with gifts from Santa and neighbors. Santa visited the Hays home at 621 Third Avenue SW delivering dolls, toys, and cards, lifting the child’s spirits before a scheduled blood transfusion and continued hospital care. The Toys and donations, including funds from Peter Pan Bakers, totaled about $100.
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Mary Theresa
Santa
Mary
Mrs. Claus
Louis Hays
Third Avenue
Santa Claus
Rochester
Hays
Peter Pan Bakers
Christ
Mercy Hospital
Mary Theresa Hays
Third Avenue SW
Eldon Eckard
Harry Utley Former Delaware Sheriff Dies at 80
Harry G Utley 80 longtime Delaware county sheriff and deputy sheriff for 28 years died after a long illness. A World War I veteran and participant in the border campaign he was elected sheriff in 1923 and served with successor Carl Anderson who was elected in 1939. Funeral arrangements are at Gill funeral home.
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Manchester
Harry G. Utley
Delaware County
Utley
Carl Anderson
Gill Funeral Home
Indiana tester Kernolde loses license for year
Indianapolis based Ivan Kernolde who conducts drivers tests for the Indiana motor vehicle bureau had his driver's license suspended for twelve months after a ruling that found him reckless and drunk driving.
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Indianapolis
Ivan Kernolde
Indiana Motor Vehicle Bureau
Deaths: Thomas Ryan and Mary Sedlacek
Thomas Patrick Ryan 24 died in Des Moines after meningitis. He was a 1949 graduate of Immaculate Conception high school and a Des Moines salesman. Survived by parents James L. and Mrs Ryan and four brothers. Funeral arrangements pending. Mary Sedlacek 75 died at home after a brief illness. She had worked for Linn County Candy Company and resided with the Fieseler family. Survived by four nephews and one niece. Services Thursday at Janeba funeral home with burial at Czech National cemetery.
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Thomas Patrick Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Moines
James L. Ryan
Des Moines
Immaculate Conception High School
James L., Jr
Dennis
Germany
Kevin
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Land Torrance
Death of Dr. L F Richardson of Collins Iowa
Word reached Cedar Rapids relatives of the death of Dr. L F Richardson 77 who practiced medicine 54 years at Terrill and Collins. Survived by wife Gertrude Shank two sons Franklin and Ronald Los Angeles and several grandchildren. Services in Collins at 9:30 a m Wednesday with burial at Fairfax cemetery at 2:30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
L. F. Richardson
Collins
Richardson
Terrill and
Fairfax
Iowa
Eel
Gertrude Shank
Franklin
Ronald
Los Angeles
Stewart Shank
Mrs Hudson Dies After Cedar Rapids Visits
Mrs M S Hudson longtime Cedar Rapids visitor and mother of Mrs J E Young of 1300 Oakland Road NE died Monday in Waterloo. Surviving are her husband, daughter, a son L D Hudson of Winnetka Illinois, and four grandchildren. Services will be conducted at.
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M. S. Hudson
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Young
Oakland Road
Waterloo
L. D. Hudson
Winnetka, Ill
Parrott and Wood Funeral Home Service Noted
A funeral service is scheduled at Parrott and Wood Funeral Home in Waterloo at 3 30 p m Wednesday.
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the Parrott and Wood Funeral Home
Waterloo
Mrs Emil Stepanek 82 Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Emil Stepanek 82 of Cedar Rapids route 2 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 9 40 am Tuesday after a brief illness. Born Elizabeth Sirovy near Cedar Rapids November 26 1872 she lived in the area all her life. Surviving include her husband married July 12 182 and five daughters four of Cedar Rapids and one from Marion two sons Edward and Frank plus a son William at home 13 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren a half sister and a brother and a half brother. Brosh chapel service set for 3 pm Thursday with Rev Zdenek F Pauk burial in Czech National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday.
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Emil Stepanek
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Sirovy
Ludvig Hemsky
Route 2
Cedar ‘Rapids
Lumir Blahnik
Robert Janda
Brosh Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Czech National Cemetery
Miss Alma Irene Stancel Rites Planned in Swisher Area
Alma Irene Stancel 34 of Cedar Rapids route 2 died in Iowa City hospital after a long illness. Born September 21 1920 in College Township she lived in the vicinity all her life. She is survived by her mother Mrs Lottie Stancel a sister Mrs Richard Kaplan of Swisher and several other siblings. Burial set for Friday at Brush chapel with services at 2 pm and Anderson Cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call Wednesday.
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Alma Irene Stancel
Cedar Rapids
Richard Kaplan
Swisher
Iowa City
College Township
Lottie Stancel
Laurence Veries
Evelyn
Rosemary
Louis
Milo
Oxford
Lumir
Joseph
George
Brush Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Anderson Cemetery
Services for William B. Mc Kay in Cedar Rapids area
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids resident William B. Mc Kay who died at a Center Point nursing home will be held at Janeba funeral home at 1 30 p m Wednesday with Rev Ralph B Colton officiating. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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William B. McKay
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Janeba
Ralph B. Colton
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Police Bay 400 Birds Around Railroad Depot
Burlington police and the humane officer killed between four hundred and five hundred starlings roosting in trees around the Burlington railroad depot at the officials request. This marks the first coordinated effort in ten years to curb the birds after prior scare tactics failed. A subsequent shooting is planned as survivors may return.
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Burlington
Burlington Railroad
ISUI Educators Impressed by Cedar Rapids High School Plans
University of Iowa education officials toured Cedar Rapids sites and plans for two new senior high schools. They praised the planning progress, noted strong site choices on the east and west sides, and commended the architects and Leo A Daly Company for exterior design and grounds use. Further board recommendations were urged to finalize the project plans.
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College of Education
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Supt. of
Clyde Parker
Board of Education
Parker
SUI
SUI Men
East Side
West Side
E. W. Lundquist
Leo A. Daly Company
Mental Health Board Names New Directors
Four new members were elected to three year terms and one to fill an unexpired term on Linn County Mental Health Center board during the arrival meeting Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel. L. W. Van Nostrand Mrs. William Elwood Mrs. Fred Groeltz and Harry Boyd named to full terms John J. Locher Jr to fill Franklin Kemp’s vacant term New officers for 1955 to be named at January meeting Annual reports read at the meeting.
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Linn County
Roosevelt Hotel
L. W. van Nostrand
William Elwood
Fred Groeltz
Harry Boyd
John J.locher, Jr
Franklin Kemp
Ithe
Tear Gas Used On Youth With Shotgun Threat
Clinton report says Lew Sears, 17, faced police after threatening with a shotgun at his grandmother's home. Officers used tear gas to flush him out around 11:50 p.m. Monday. Sears admitted striking his mother and was jailed after the incident.
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Clinton
Lew E.sears
Frank Bush
Sears
Robt Vernons To Attend James Kennedy Funeral
Mr and Mrs Robert Vernon of 1809 Second Avenue SE visited Estherville Tuesday after the death of Mrs Vernons brother James E Kennedy 30 Emmet county attorney elect He died Sunday night of a malignant brain tumor The funeral for Mr Kennedy will be held Wednesday morning
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Robert Vernon
Second Avenue SE
Estherville
Beusch Named Acting Principal at Buchanan School
Cedar Rapids board of education approved Charles J. Beusch as acting principal for the rest of the 1954 55 term at Buchanan School. Beusch succeeds Jack Anderson who resigned to take a position with the FBI and move to Washington D C He has taught Cedar Rapids elementary schools since February 1951.
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Polk
Charles J. Beusch
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Beusch
Carl C. Kesler
Supt. Parker
Nebraska’s New Senator Seeks Seniority Over Martin
Des Moines reports that Nebraska Republicans used an early appointment to install Carl Curtis ahead of Tom Martin, creating seniority for Curtis. Iowa’s Tom Martin aims for the finance panel, while Sen. Gillette’s resignation remains uncertain amid party maneuvers and potential nonpartisan offers.
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Des Moines
INS
Nebraska
Iowa
G.O.P
Carl Curtis
Hazel Abel
U. S
Senate
Robert Crosby
Curtis
Tom Martin
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gillette
Washington
State Department
Don Pierson
Abel
Sen
Britain Rejects Soviet Threat Over German Rearmament
London officials dismissed Moscow’s warning to tear up the 1942 friendship treaty if Germany is allowed an army as rude in tone and substance. The foreign office spokesman rejected the USSR’s threat outright and defended German rearmament.
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London
Britain
Russia
Foreign Office
Germany
Linn county approves culvert pipe contracts and bids
The Linn county board of supervisors approved purchasing 3510 feet of concrete pipe and 3200 feet of corrugated metal pipe. Zeidler Concrete Products Co of Waterloo won 3500 feet of concrete pipe for 5315. Armco Drainage and Metal Products and Wheeling Corrugating Co of Des Moines split the metal pipe contract after identical bids of 15198 each.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Zeidler Concrete Products Company
Waterloo
Armco Drainage and Metal Products
Wheeling Corrugating Company
Des Moines
25 Year Term Issued for Cedar Rapids Incest Case
A 49-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Leslie Frink, pled guilty to incest and received a sentence not to exceed 25 years at Fort Madison penitentiary. Detectors arrested him Monday and he appeared in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court. the term is mandatory under Iowa law.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Leslie Frink
Eighteenth Avenue
Frink
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa
Personal Injury Suit Won by Defendants in Linn County
A Linn county district court jury found for Cedar Rapids Beverage Company and Ivan Stransky in a $9,500 personal injury suit. The jury deliberated 40 minutes after plaintiff Charles Mrech claimed a case of beer dropped on his foot and ankle in his grocery store on August 7.
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Linn County
Charles Mrech
Cedar Rapids Beverage Company
Ivan Stransky
Stransky
Mrech
Charged to Wrong Man Receives Suspended Term
Esta E. E. Jacobsen, 55, of 5005 Louisa Street NE, pled guilty to a false pretenses charge and was given a suspended four months sentence in Linn County Jail by Judge Floyd Philbrick. Police said he charged merchandise to another man’s account at Rubins Hardware, including auger bits purchased last Saturday charged to Bert Grover.
Sheppard Compares Jury To Surgeon In Trial
Dr Samuel Sheppard likened the jury to a surgeon performing a serious brain operation while awaiting verdict on the charge he battered his wife to death. In a note to the Cleveland Plain Dealer he urged faith in God and his surgeon and said he must practice what he preaches.
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Cleveland (Ap
Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Red Propaganda Targets Eisenhower Grandson
The Volksstimme depicted Eisenhower's six year old grandson David with a toy six shooter, calling him a symbol of the American regime. The piece claimed the image represents a ruling class pushing the United States toward war.
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Vienna
Eisenhower
David
Red Organ
Volksstimme
America
Yale Greeting From Germany to Iowans
Lt. James B. Luther formerly of Mason City now with the armed forces in Germany sends a Christmas message to Melvin D. Synhurst wishing all Iowans a merry Christmas from loyal Hawk eyes in Germany.
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Yale
James B. Luther
Mason City
Germany
Melvin D. Synhurst
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