Iowa and national weather and notices summary
Iowa forecast outlines partly cloudy conditions with light snow in the northeast and southwest, followed by decreasing clouds and occasional flurries east. Sunday highs reach 30 to 40 east and 40 to 50 west with lows 15 to 22 northeast and 22 to 30 southwest. December precipitation totals and other city data listed alongside local births notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Out of Town Births and Local Notices
Out of town births include a daughter born Dec 25 to Mr and Mrs Robert J Mentzer of Tucson Arizona. The Mentzers are linked to Ira and Norma Jean Davis, with Norma formerly a St Luke’s nurse. Divorce decrees include Tris L Hemphill from William H Hemphill. Iowa death notices list multiple funeral services across Elkader Marengo Clarence Waukon Vinton Dysart Amana Traer West Liberty with times and burial sites indicated.
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Tucson
Ariz
Robert J. Mentzer
Mentzer
Ira Mentzer
Avenne
Norma Jean Davis
Fayette
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kidnap Charge Against Iowa Couple Is Dropped
Salt Lake City AP report says Judge Neeley dismissed a second degree kidnapping charge against Leaton Radford and wife Maxine of Des Moines. They faced kidnapping a 19 month old Sandy Utah boy, who was returned to his parents. A federal charge of illegal flight to avoid prosecution was also dropped. Mrs Radford released. husband serving a five month term for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Salt Lake City
J. Patton Neeley
Leaton Radford
Maxine
Des Moines
Dennis Carter
John B. Carter
Sandy
Utah
Radfords
Iowa
Frank Moss
U. S
E. B. Garnett
Radford
Polk County
Oskaloosa
$20,000 Settlement in Martha Raye Alienation Suit
Bridgeport Conn AP A $50,000 alienation suit filed by Barbara Ann Farr O Shea of Westport against comedienne Martha Raye has been settled for about $20,000. The case will be withdrawn from superior court where it was set for next June. O Shea claimed Raye stole her husband, Robert O Shea, 29, then a Westport police officer.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Camp Good Health Needs Support From 500 Club
In memory of N G Haer from the 500 club at Atkins. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a $100 donation in honor of health camp efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
N.G. Haerther
Atkins
Deaths Services Monday for Former Coe Professor
Funeral services for Dr. LeRoy D. Weld emeritus professor at Coe College will be held Monday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel with Rev Reuben Traden and Dr Harry M Gage officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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LeRoy D. Weld
B Avenue NE
Coe
Turner Chapel
Reuben Traden
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Harry M. Gage
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Fay W. Clemens at Turner chapel Monday
Fay W. Clemens owner of an insurance agency in Extra died Thursday after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 30 a.m. Monday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev Waldemar Argow of Peoples church. He worked 25 years for Nowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co and had resided in Cedar Rapids 40 years before moving to Extra recently.
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Clemens
Fay W. Clemens
Extra
Turner Chapel
Waldemar Argow
Peoples Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Nowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Services for Frank Vanous Held at Janeba Funeral Home
Frank Vanous 85 of 1305 First Street SW died early Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral services will be in Janeba Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev Ruth Husband and Crescent Lodge A F and A M. Burial is at Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday. Master Masons to meet at Masonic Hall 1:30 p.m. Monday to attend.
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Frank Vanous
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Janeba
Ruth Husband and
Bomb scare rattles New York and other cities
New York faced ongoing homemade bomb threats on a Saturday with scares spreading to Philadelphia Trenton Newark and Haverhill. FBI liaison was named but federal action awaited jurisdiction while searches from the Empire State Building to a Brooklyn market turned up nothing.
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New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
Newark
New Jersey
Haverhill
Mass
FBI
Empire State Building
Brooklyn
Times Square
Chemical signals may foretell cancer and heart disease
Dr. Felix Wroblewski of Sloan Kettering argues body enzyme signals could reveal disease weeks before symptoms. He cites hepatitis diagnosis four to six weeks early and envisions blood tests for various cancers enabling earlier, more effective treatment. The speech was at the AAAS meeting with cautious optimism about organ specific enzyme systems and early detection.
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New York
INS
Felix Wroblewski
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Lindsey Services for Glenn E Lindsey at Elsinore Chapel
Funeral services for Glenn E Lindsey of Elsinore California and Cedar Rapids resident 1907 to 1955 will be held at 3 30 p m Monday in the Turner chapel. The Rev Walter Cerka pastor of the Sharon Evangelical United Brethren church will officiate. Burial will follow in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 10 0 am Monday.
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Lindsey
Glenn E. Lindsey
Elsinore
Calif
Cedar Rapids
California
Turner Chapel
Walter Cerka
Sharon
Record of Major Crimes Rise in 1956 U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports Americans committed a record 2 534 000 major crimes in 1956, up 12 percent from 1955. All major crime types rose except robbery. FBI convictions climbed by over 400 to 10 928, with fines savings and recoveries from FBI investigations exceeding 120 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Milwaukee Rail Veteran James T. Gillick Dies
CHICAGO UP James T. Gillick aged 86 dies Saturday in Wesley Memorial hospital after rising from telegraph operator to Milwaukee Road vice president He is remembered as a prominent rail industry figure in Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Milwaukee
James T. Gillick
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Woman fined for moonshine found in yard in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee a city court fined a woman twenty five dollars after police testified they discovered fourteen half gallon jars of moonshine whisky in her yard on Temperance Street.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Temperance Street
Security Program Expands Veterans Social Security Reach
About 2.8 million servicemen and dependents will join the regular federal social security program on January 1. The $10,000 life insurance for servicemen ends, replaced by a new survivor and compensation plan for service-connected deaths under the Servicemen and Veterans Survivor Benefits Act. The program, begun after the Korean War, aims to attract and retain service members with broader retirement benefits as Congress considers pay raises, housing, and rations improvements.
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Washington
Armed Forces
National Service Life Insurance Plan
Armed Services
Defense Department
Albert J. Hinkhouse R I P
Albert J. Hinkhouse, 78, a retired farmer, died Saturday in West Liberty. Services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church. He moved to West Liberty 17 years ago after retirement. Survived by two sons Filmer H. of Cedar Rapids and Nevin of West Liberty, a daughter Hazel Crabtree of California, and three sisters including Dr. Myrtle Hinkhouse of West Liberty.
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West Liberty
Albert J. Hinkhouse
Presbyterian Church
Hinkhouse
Filmer H
Cedar Rapids
Nevin
Hazel Crabtree
California
Myrtle Hinkhouse
Flyer Crash Lands At Albia Injures Bowe
AP reports David S. Bowe of Fargo North Dakota suffered serious scalp lacerations and shock after a Cessna crash landed in Albia while en route from Des Moines to Pella Iowa. Bowe, a distributor for Pella Products Co, appeared lost during the flight.
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Albia
David S. Bowe
Fargo
N.D
Bowe
Pella Products Co
North Dakota
Des Moines
Pella
Iowa
Police Chaser Chased by Police in Clarkson Chase
Constable Graham Hills of Toronto Township pursued a speeding car for five miles at up to 90 mph Friday night in Clarkson Ontario. He later realized he had been chasing a police cruiser from Oakville. In the confusion a stolen car being pursued by the Oakville cruiser escaped.
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Clarkson
Ont.ap
Graham Hills
Toronto Township
Oakville
Reward Offered for Arson Suspect in California Fires
LOS ANGELES INS reports a $1000 reward posted by Johnson & Johnson for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the southern California fires. President Eisenhower declared a major disaster area and allotted $100,000 in federal aid via the Civil Defense Administration to assist affected counties amid eighth blaze in four days. Investigators hunt an arsonist in Malibu and Palos Verdes estates as fire crews press to control the spread. Governor Knight had already proclaimed a disaster in Los Angeles county and the president expressed concern for residents affected by the fires.
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Los Angeles
INS
California
Johnson & Johnson
Malibu
Calif
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Administration
Palos Verdes Estates
Goodwin J. Knight
Los Angeles County
City Briefs Including Library Closure and New Year Meals
The public library will close at 5 p.m. Monday and remain closed all day Tuesday for the New Year holiday. A New Year’s Eve candle light dinner offers baked ham or fried chicken at Krebs Dutch Girl, 2901 1st Ave. SE, served 5 to 7 p.m. The ad also notes barber services at Larry Muskat Roosevelt Hotel Barber Shop and a New Year’s Day dine menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. plus extended dinner hours 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Krebs Dutch Girl. Also listed are leave notices for service members and their families with local residence details.
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Lawa
Krebs
1St Ave
Dairy Department
Krebs Dutch Girl
Ist Ave. SE
Woman Drowns After Jump From Cedar Rapids Bridge
A 52 year old Cedar Rapids woman identified as Violet Pearl Donahugh apparently jumped from a rail road bridge into the Cedar River and drowned. Police and a quarry worker assisted in rescuing her. she later died at a local hospital. She was born February 22, 1904 in Wisconsin and is survived by her husband and daughter Darlene. Services are set for Monday at Turner chapel with Cedar Memorial burial.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Edward Donahugh
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Donahugh
Judd Longerbeam
Violet Pearl Donahugh
Wisconsin
Darlene
John Dolezel, Jr
Anna Niles
James Castagna
James Kelly
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Holiday toll down at New Year after high Christmas deaths
The article notes 884 deaths from Christmas period accidents 706 in traffic 54 in fires 124 in other. It cites heavy enforcement by Chicago police and nine northern California counties stopping 14 421 cars and issuing 1 507 violations amid New Year hopes for a lower toll.
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Chicago
California
Be Sure and Watch Law rence Welk's Top Tunes
Announce viewing for LAW RENCE WELK'S TOP TUNES AND NEW TALENT airing Monday at 8 30 P M on Channel 9 urging audiences to tune in for entertainment and new talent.
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Lawrence Welk
Channel 9
Court settles wills in Linn district probate cases
Floyd E. Love, retired railroad union official who died December 10, leaves specific sums to eight individuals and a hospital, with remainder divided among them. Executor Carl Hendrickson named without bond. Neil P. Conway obituary names brother John McGuire as sole heir and executor. Thomas R. Roudabush will names wife Evelyn as sole heir and executrix.
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Floyd E. Love
Railroad Union
Linn District Court
Murray McCreedy
Washington
McCreedy
Blanche Swatosh
Agnes Horak
Alicin Ferree
Lillian Wheeler
Neil P. Conway
John McGuire
Chicago
Thomas R. Roudabush
Evelyn
Korean Bonus Delays Linn County Property Tax Lists
Linn county property tax lists for taxes payable in 1957 will be delayed and not in the hands of the county treasurer until about February 1. County Auditor Otto Hanzlik reported Saturday the preparation was set back about a month due to delays in receiving instructions on Korean bonus levies from the State Tax Commission.
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Linn
Otto Hanzlik
State Tax Commission
No Divorce Petitions Filed for Nine Days
It must be the Christmas spirit a Linn county deputy clerk of court said as nine days passed without a divorce suit being filed in the Linn county courthouse. A divorce petition filed Friday was the first since December 20 followed by another filed Saturday.
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Linn County
Post Office Clerks Protest Overtime Shortfall
Washington DC The National Federation of Post Office Clerks says the post office department reneged on a promise to pay overtime for clerks who worked Saturdays and Sundays before Christmas. The union cites instructions pushing compensatory time off and cites morale decline as thousands of workers relied on extra pay to cover Christmas bills. E C Hallbeck calls the penny pinching practices harmful to staff.
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Washington
National Federation of Post Office
Post Office Department
E. C. Hallbeck
Massachusetts horticultural show causes rash embarrassment
Amherst Massachusetts UP Alfred Boicourt extension specialist in horticulture at the University of Massachusetts said he contracted a terrible poison ivy rash while helping with the school horticultural show and admitted his embarrassment.
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Amherst
Mass
Alfred Boicourt
University of Massachusetts
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