Robbery suspects identified by witnesses in Cedar Rapids
Three men accused of daylight holdup of the Cedar View tavern were identified by witnesses the next morning. Gerald Van Sant Ralph Whittington and Francis Lyons, all Omaha residents, were lined up with others and singled out as the gunmen who carried out the holdup. Over $2 600 believed taken was recovered from the Johnson Avenue address.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar View
John Kuba
Omaha
Gerald van Sant
Johnson Avenue
Ralph Whittington
Lyons
Ater
Kuba
Ettle
Tom Merriman
John Scriven
Donald Spicher
Hearse Pilot Dies as Hearse Kills Boy on Sidewalk
A hearse with a dead man at the wheel sped through an intersection after the driver, 72 year old Lewis Parke, apparently died of a heart attack. The vehicle struck 13 year old Thomas Wintz on a sidewalk fracturing his skull and left leg and arm injuries.
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Chicagg
Lewis Parke
Thomas Wintz
Thomas
Earlville Trucker Dies in Wisconsin Truck Crash
An Earlville trucker, Cletus Klein, 28, formerly of Manchester, was burned to death after a collision between two semis six miles north of Belmont Wisconsin. He leaves his widow Esther Lange and three daughters Linda Marilyn Anne, and steps from Frank Klein, with several siblings and four sisters. Services planned Monday at St Joseph Church Earlville. Burial in church cemetery.
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Manchester
Earlville
Belmont
Wis
Cletus Klein
Ambrose Westhott
Earlville Livestock
Klein
Esther Lange
Dyersville
Linda
Marilyn
Anne
Frank Klein
Doe
Dundee
Richard
Francis
Henry Larson
Marvin Cale
Garber Ya Hooch
Lamont
I Kunz
Prague
Nebestrians
St. Joseph's Church
Parke
Church
Shelly Funeral Home
Manniachester
Waitress Receives Gift Frozen In Ice Cake
In San Luis Obispo California waitress Hert Barlan told businessmen patrons she wanted cold cash for Christmas. They gave her 28 dollars in coins frozen into a 15 pound cake of ice prompting local authorities to investigate the unusual gift.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Hert Barlan
Fog Causes Northeast Cedar Rapids Power Outage
A Saturday power outage hit Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns for about 35 minutes due to dust and moisture causing insulators to fail at the 34,000 watt substation on Sixth Street. Crews replaced insulators and restored service in roughly 40 minutes. The outage affected areas on the 44.4k volt circuit within a 24 to 35 mile radius.
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Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Tie Light and Power Company Ralda
Sixth Street
Asst
Ed Filip
Cejdar Rapids
Last Allied Units Quit Suez Zone
The last Anglo French troops left the Suez area ending a 41 day occupation. 1008 beachhead troops marched to transport ships while UN police and Danish troops covered the withdrawal. A UN salvage fleet stood by to clear the canal as the emergency force took over Port Said and the canal zone. Egypt released captives and POW exchanges reduced tension as German salvage ships moved down canal.
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Sinai Desert
el Cap
Struck by Auto Fatal Injuries to George Bradley
George Bradley of 1921 Second Avenue SE died Friday night at Cedar Rapids hospital from injuries after being struck by a car at First Avenue and Tenth Street. Clarence L. Murphy faced a speed violation charge as wet pavement and post impact travel were noted. Bradley, 71, a Cedar Rapids resident of 12 years and a Freuhout Trailer employee, was born August 1, 1852 in Iowa and was a Ground Observer Corps member. Surviving: son James S. Bradley of Marshalltown, daughter Evelyn Hickman of Marshalltown, four sisters, and a Des Moines and Deep River relative. services set for Monday at 2 pm in Grinnell with burial at Hazel Wood Cemetery.
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George Bradley
Second Avenue SE
Cerdar Replis
Tis
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Clarence L. Murphy
Sig Fifianath
Cedar Rauids
Bradley
Freuhout Trailerompany
Iowa
Ground Observer Corps
James 5. Bradley
Marshalltown
Evelyn Hickman
Cy Inman
Lou Seiberth
Grinnell
George S Moore
Des Moines
Grant Wherry
Deep River
Passenger Killed as Salvation Army Truck Collision
Clarence F. Stargardt, 40, of Omaha was sentenced to up to eight years in Fort Madison for manslaughter after his Salvation Army truck collided with another vehicle two miles north of Council Bluffs. The incident left a passenger dead and was reported by AP.
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Council Bluffs
Clarence F. Stargardt
Omaha
Fort Madison
Stargardt
Salvation Army
Dense Fog Halts Holiday Travel Across Eastern U S
Dense fog blankets the eastern half of the nation crippling air and highway travel for Christmas. Airports in New York ground planes and idlewild crowds stayed overnight. trains delayed up to 90 minutes while Midwest and South see slowed traffic and scattered snow flurries. Weather officials cite a clash of Gulf moist air with a cold Canadian mass and expect some relief by late Sunday.
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Midwest
LaGuardia
Washington
Chicago Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midway Airport
U. S
Idlewild
Port Authority
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mississippii
Court Says He's Guilty Of Treason
The West German supreme court convicted Dr. Otto John of treason and four years imprisonment for disclosing state secrets and treasonable conspiracy while he led East German operations. The court doubled the sentence requested by the federal prosecutor after a yearlong investigation and trial. John was arrested a year ago after being smuggled back into West Germany in a Danish newsman’s car.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Supreme Court
Otto John
Wwldukl Cale John
East Germ
oTro Jorn
John
West Germany
Office For the Protection of
Paties
East Germany
Max Guede
White Christmas Forecast and Fog Disrupt Iowa Travel
Fog and drizzle blanket Iowa with hazardous highway ice as a storm center over Colorado nears, promising snow in the north tonight and later across the state. Forecasters expect continued cold with low 20s to mid 30s, and a potential white Christmas Tuesday. A chartered airliner carrying 71 army men diverted to Minneapolis due to fog.
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Iowa
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Atantic
Fox
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Wife of Counsel Joe Welch Dies in Boston
Judith Lyndon Welch, 67, wife of Joseph N. Welch, wartime Army special counsel in the 1954 McCarthy hearings, died Friday after a prolonged illness in Boston.
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Joe Welch
Boston
Judith Lyndon Welch
Joseph MN. Welch
Army
Eisenhower Creates Fact-Finding Board Over Railroad Strike
President Eisenhower on Saturday ordered a fact-finding board to probe the dispute between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and major rail lines. The move postpones any strike for 66 days as wage overtime and rule-change issues drive tensions among more than 140 carriers. The National Mediation Board urged action though no strike has occurred.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Mediation Board
Boy's Room Accidental Arrow Injury Reported
Bruce Campbell of Pompton Lakes New Jersey was treated at a hospital Friday for cuts in his mouth after an arrow became lodged while he was reaching under his bed for shoes. He told nurses the arrow stuck the inside of his mouth.
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Pompton Clains
N. Z
Bruce Campbell
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