Democratic Leaders Split On Stevenson Lead For Nomination
A Washington AP poll shows a majority of Democratic leaders view Adlai Stevenson as the party's best bet for the presidential nomination with 76 percent support. Kefauver gains 5 percent, Lausche 3, Harriman 13, while 39 percent offer other or no comment. several see the race as a tossup.
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Kefauver
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Harriman
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New York
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Ohio
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Mother of Iowa greenhouse victim dies in hospital
AMES Mrs Jerime Abbott 45 mother of one of two men who died mysteriously at the Erickson greenhouse died in a hospital here Wednesday Hospital officials said no connection between the two deaths Abbott had been ill for several years and was hospitalized in month Airman Ronald Abbott died Sunday night after returning home on emergency furlough from his Rapid City S D air base His mother was dying when her son was taken to the hospital to visit her The greenhouse operator Lester Erickson 51 was found dying Tuesday autopsy results pending at Des Moines pathologist Dr R F Birge said Abbott s blood contained alcohol but not a lethal amount He noted complications in examinations delaying autopsy results
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Jerime Abbott
Erickson Greenhouse
Ronald Abbott
Rapid City
S. D
Abbott
Lester Erickson
R. F. Birge
Des Moines
Birge
Erickson
Auto fines hit several motorists in local case report
Intoxication charges involve William Curran of Tama who forfeited a $30 appearance bond. Richard Krimlifski of 3020 Twelfth Avenue SE was fined $100 and costs for leaving the accident scene. Curtis McDonough of 1632 Center Street NE got two days in jail for driving with a suspended license. Larry Melsha of 525 Eighth Avenue SE was fined $5 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign.
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William Curran
Tama
Richard Krimlifski
Twelfth Avenue SE
Curtis McDonough
Center Street
Larry Melsha
Eighth Avenue SE
Multiple Funeral Services and Rotofire in Iowa Towns
Fire alarm and grass fire at 8 32 a m near Milwaukee right of way. Monticello, Ma tilda Hanssen 96 funeral Friday 2 00 p m Goettsch. Deborah Jean Lindsey 2 funeral Saturday 2 00 p m Miller. Elizabeth Belknap 83 funeral Friday 10 30 a m Goettsch. Eva Rubina Frimml 67 funeral Saturday 9 30 a m St Patrick s Calvary. Rosary Friday 8 00 p m at home. Burial Riverside. Ray Austin Blessing 74 funeral Friday 2 00 p m Johnston Morgan Lisbon. James D Smith 72 funeral Friday 2 00 p m People s Wilson. Howard Burton Brutsman 87 funeral Friday 1 30 p m Wyoming. Carl Caspers funeral Maynard. Mrs Henry Guthrie 67 funeral Long Grove. Mark Alan Ruppert infant funeral Friday 3 p m Beckman s Memory Gardens. Harry A Morse 73 being arranged at Hohenschuh. Edwin Shepard 76 funeral Saturday 2 00 p m Cathout Oakland. Mathilda Bart Lehr 93 funeral Saturday 2 00 p m St John s Lutheran Sharon Center. Elizabeth Forsythe 64 arrangements Krussell. Ma thilda Bart Lehr body at Cathout.
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Monticello
Ma‘tilda Hanssen
Goettsch Funeral Home
Oakwood
Vinton
Deborah Jean Lindsey
Miller Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Anamosa
Miss
Elizabeth Belknap
Riverside Cemetery
Marengo
Eva Rubina Frimml
St. Patrick’s Church
Calvary
Hoover Funeral Home
Lisbon
Ray Austin
Johnston-Morgan Funeral Home
Independence
James D. Smith
People’s Funeral Home
Wilson Cemetery
Wyoming
Howard Burton Brutsman
Wallace Funeral Home
Coggan
Carl Caspers
Maynard
Henry Guthrie
Long Grove
Iowa City
Mark Alan Ruppert
Keith Ruppert
Beckman’s
Memory Gardens
Harry A. Morse
Hohenschuh Mortuary
Edwin Shepard
Cathout Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Mathilda Bart Lehr
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sharon Center
Church
Cathout
Townsend Club Meet Sunday In K P Hall
Second district Townsend clubs meet in K P Hall Sunday with a 1 p m dinner and 2 30 p m business session. Corsages for New Year's Eve priced from 1 50 at Pierson's Flower Shop with free delivery. Ad shows local ads and college students returning home for holidays.
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Townsend Clubs
Townsend
K. of P. Hall
Pierson
Courthouse Admits Two Wills In Probate Thursday
Two wills were admitted to probate Thursday. The will of E Burke who died November 19 names her son James L Burke sole heir and executrix without bond. The will of Harold M Howe who died December 14 leaves his estate in equal shares to Evelyn Blietz and Howard F and Patricia A Howe. Mrs Blietz named executrix without bond. Agnes M McAllister Thursday dismissed a separate maintenance suit against James J McAllister.
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E. Burke
James L. Burke
Harold M. Howe
Evelyn Blietz
Howard F
Patricia A. Howe
Khrushchev Calls for Broad Security System in Europe
Khrushchev argued that a Western armed Germany and NATO fail to guarantee peace and increase war risk. He urged a general security system including Soviet-led guarantees and opposed blocs. He highlighted Africa’s independence fights, Russia’s 1955 steps, and warned against colonialism while Bulganin praised Asia’s awakening and China's allies.
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Germany
Europe
Russia
NATO
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Africa
Porkkala
Finland
Deal of Westinghouse And NBC Is Approved
The Federal Communications Commission approved a multi million dollar broadcasting facilities trade between NBC and Westinghouse. NBC will transfer Cleveland stations WTAM WTAM FM and WNBK TV to Westinghouse, while Westinghouse will move KYW Philadelphia radio to NBC and sell WPTZ Philadelphia TV to NBC for three million dollars.
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INS
Federal Communications Commission
NBC
Westinghouse Corporation
Westinghouse
Cleveland
WTAM
Wtam-Fm
Wnbk-Tv
Philadelphia
KYW
WPTZ
Jurors Drawn For Trials In Federal Court Cedar Rapids
Fifty five Linn county residents were selected for the federal court jury list in Cedar Rapids with most from Cedar Rapids. Three criminal trials set for January include Edward Lee Campbell and Ben M. Lewis and Ramon Remine. Out of town jurors listed include John W. Beck and several from Marion Central City Walker and other nearby towns. Judge Graven ordered Linn county jurors due to potential weather disruptions and the Christmas aid drive reported 464 requests with 82 duplicate efforts avoided.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
John W. Beck
Central City
Louis Eye
Palo
Ivan I. Gritman
Walker
Harold T. Hanna
Marion
Charles E. Hedges
Mt. Vernon
Dudley .R. Henderson
David F. Hindman
R. P. Ink
Frank W. Lindahl
David R. McCreery
Alburnett
H. “W.W. McCright
Total of $3,158 For Christmas Exchange Raised
A Cedar Rapids report shows $3,158 raised for Christmas help by the Salvation Army through kettles and mail solicitations. The program issued 317 food purchase certificates totaling $2,366.70 to 1,188 individuals in 317 families, 24 more families and 200 more people than in 1954. Toys and aid items were distributed via the Sunshine Mission toy shop and partner groups, including 345 children in 96 families, 44 families aided by Council Catholic Welfare League, and 28 Legion auxiliary baskets with canned goods provided.
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Eagles
Council of Social Planning Office
Cedar Rapids
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
interim boiler project bids and campus remodeling notes
Interim unittance outlines two boiler plans at 869 550 and 806 850 total costs both schemes add four boilers with similar capacity one plan places all boilers above ground with a 250 ton coal silo while the other keeps a 100 ton coal bunker with boilers underground Steps include adding a new boiler then replacing two then replacing the last boiler A Dancer proposal reallocates 25000 from Eastlawn dormitory remodeling to MacBride auditorium and reports Eastlawn conversion could be done for 75000 though overall MacBride work may reach 135000 versus the appropriated 110000.
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David Dancer
SUI
Dancer
Eastlawn
MacBride Auditorium
Quick Rail Boost Procedure Upheld
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a shortened path for a 7 percent freight rate rise set to take effect February 9. Carriers may file higher tariffs now with hearings to follow, but protests from shippers and potential ICC action are possible. The plan includes a refund pledge if the increase is later rejected, drawing opposition from meat packers and the National Coal Association.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
National Coal Association
Pair Accused of Fake Coat Tags
New York prosecutors charged Sol Gelfond and Larry Goldwater, heads of Jeanne D'Or Modes Inc., with sewing counterfeit labels on hundreds of thousands in women coats. Coats bore 100 percent cashmere labels but were wool nylon blends sold to leading department stores. Bond set at 1000 dollars each. trial scheduled for January 16. Maximum penalty one year in prison and a 500 dollar fine or both.
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NEW York
INS
New York i
Sol Gelfond
Jeanne D’or Modes, Inc
Larry Goldwater
Bible Manuscript on Tour Sparks Scholarly Denial
New York AP report says the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis rejects claims about a so called Yonan Codex New Testament on a fundraising tour. It notes about 300 similar Aramaic manuscripts exist in libraries, some older than the showcased item. The Aramaic Bible Foundation began a national tour in Kentucky to raise funds to buy it from Norman M. Yonan, who kept it as a family heirloom brought from Syria by the Malek Yonan family.
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New York
Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis
Kentucky
Aramaic Bible Foundation
Norman M. Yonan
Syria
Malek Yonan
Christ
U.S. Strikes in 1955 Rise to 4200, Era’s Third Best Since WWII
Labor Department data show 4,200 strikes idled 28 million man-days in 1955, up 21 percent from 1954. The increase came largely from brief stoppages in steel and auto sectors during contract talks, with about 2 percent of workers affected and the average idle period at 11 days.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Deaths Howard Brutsman Cedar Rapids resident since 1928
Howard Brutsman aged 83 died at his Cedar Rapids home at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Born June 14, 1868 in Illinois, he farmed near Wyoming before moving to Cedar Rapids. Survived by five daughters, seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, a brother Harry Brutsman of Delhi and a sister Katie Bradford of Florida. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Wallace Brothers funeral home in Wyoming.
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Howard Brutsman
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Wyoming
Burr Hummel
Newton
Bessie Hendrickson
Springville
Elmer Storm
Charles Huggans
Maquoketa
William Thompson
Center Junction
Harry Brutsman
Delhi
Katie Bradford
Florida
Wallace Brothers Funeral
Widow Florence Zieke, 77, Cedar Rapids resident dies
Florence Edna Zieke died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 9 a m Thursday after a long illness She was born January 14 1878 at Red Rock and moved to Cedar Rapids from Maxwell Survived by daughter Ruth Zieke of Oteen North Carolina two sons Frank G Zieke Jr of Surfside California and Paul W Zieke of Alton Illinois two sisters two brothers six grandchildren and several great grandchildren Her husband died in 1952 Private services will be held at Beatty Bearle funeral home at 10:30 a m Saturday conducted by her son the Rev Paul W Zieke Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Charles F. Zieke
Cedar Rapids
Red Rock
Maxwell
Ruth Zieke
Oteen
N.C
Frank G. Zieke, Jr
Surfside
Calif
Paul W. Zieke
Alton
Ill
Mrs Frances Drahos 80 dies at Cedar Rapids home
Mrs Frances Drahos 80 a Cedar Rapids resident since 1909 died at her home at 7 30 p m Wednesday after a lingering illness born in Czechoslovakia Dec 3 1875 Surviving two daughters Mrs Jerry Prasil and Mrs Blanche Lowe four sons Joseph Frank Charles and George all of Cedar Rapids two grandchildren Kuba funeral home will conduct services at 2 30 p m Friday with Rev Joseph Havlik of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Burial will be in the Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Second Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Jerry Prasil
Blanche Lowe
Joseph
Frank
Charles
George
Kuba
Joseph Havlik
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Czech National Cemetery
Services for Raymond E. Kirkland in Turner chapel Friday
Raymond E. Kirkland, Cedar Rapids native who moved to Oxford Junction in 1955, died Wednesday. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. Otto F. Artopoeus of First Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Raymond E. Kirkland
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Turner Chapel
Otto F. Artopoeus
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Linwood Cemetery
Sister Mary Aloysius Dies After Long Parochial Teaching Career
Sister Mary Aloysius a Cedar Rapids native and longtime parochial school teacher died after a lengthy service in religious education. Her death closes a chapter in local Catholic schools where she taught and mentored generations.
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Mary Aloysius
Cedar Rapids
Funeral Services Held At Mt Calvary Burial Planned
A funeral service will be conducted Friday at Mt Mercy chapel at 9 30 a m by Rt Rev Msgr William H Schulte. Monahan funeral home oversees arrangements with burial to follow at Mt Calvary.
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Lored Heart Convent
Mt. Mercy Chapel
William H. Schulte
Monahan Funeral Home
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Funeral Tribute Fetes Cedar Rapids Parks Chief Richard Jones
More than 400 people attended the funeral of Richard C. Jones city parks commissioner who died Monday at Turner chapel. Reverend D A Loferski praised Jones noting his playfulness and homey charm while the service, held on what would have his 66th birthday, emphasized gratitude and triumph over sorrow. Cremation followed and attendees included city council members police and fire departments and other municipal employees.
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Richard C. Jones
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Cedar Rapids
Dick Jones
Mr. Jones
Father Loferski
Park politics and candidates shape 1955 city council
The scene centers on local officials and candidates including Tom Radloff Paul Stockberger and H H Bill Wage as potential park and public works players. W W Stolba lost to M A Halvorson 13427 to 4487. Mayor Meaghan will lead the new council with Halvorson Stewart Shank and E A Prochaska guiding parks policy after angling is given time to cool.
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Ludwig Rubek
Paul Stockberger
W. W. Stolba
M. A. Halvorson
H. H
Bill” Wage
Legion Bowling Alley
Meaghan
Halvorson
Stewart Shank
E. A. Prochaska
Belief that marriage cures mental illness debunked
Experts say the idea that a mentally deficient girl can be cured by marriage is tragically false. The statement challenges a common but harmful notion, highlighting the dangers of questionable reforms and urging proper medical and social understanding.
Week Remains To Apply for Jobs With Post Office
One week remains to file civil service applications for Cedar Rapids and nine Eastern Iowa offices. Examinations will fill clerk posts and carrier roles where applicable. Areas include Amana Marion Monticello Vinton Cedar Falls Grundy Center Oelwein Waterloo Waverly. Applications available at post offices. due to civil service in St. Louis by Jan 5. Minimum age 18. area residency required. Starting pay $1.82 per hour.
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St. Louis
O Mahoney Flags Ford Stock Plan Concerns
Senator O Mahoney alleges Senate worries over Ford Foundation offer to sell 10.2 million Ford Motor shares to the public while the Ford family retains firm control and 60 percent of voting power. He predicts the issue will reach the banking committee as staff review the prospectus amid prior GM hearings.
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Woman asks police to locate her son believed married
Corpus Christi AP report says Detective Tackett received a call from a 73 year old mother claiming her baby, now 2 when last seen in 1917, has been located in New Mexico after hearing he recently married there. He promised to contact New Mexico authorities.
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Corpus Christi, Texas
C. W. Tackett
New Mexico
Tackett
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