Weather and notices from the Daily Record
The Daily Record reports Sunday weather with high and low temperatures and precipitation in inches for multiple cities. It notes freezing rain turning to snow in the southeast with colder days ahead, plus a detailed forecast and past month normals. Also listed are travel and dam updates, traffic fines, and funeral notices across Iowa towns and cities.
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Bismarck
WeFinapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
York
Duluth
Omaha
Iowa
Hillary party nears Antarctic trek milestone amid rough crossing
Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition pressed on in harsh Antarctic conditions, moving within about 150 miles of the pole as Nellie B. Ebersole, 76, was to be honored at a Mason funeral service at Teal Funeral Home.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Sir Edmund Hillary
Nellie B
Cains
South Pole
Mason
Teal
Antarctic Wasles
Federal offices to close at noon Tuesday for holidays
Most federal offices close at noon Tuesday through Thursday per the Presidents proclamation. The post office operates on its usual schedule Tuesday and will offer special delivery only on Wednesday. Linn county courthouse quits Tuesday noon. city hall stays open. Thursday and Friday pickups shift accordingly.
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Linn County
Schoolfield Defends Court While Rejecting Bar Pressure
Judge Raulston Schoolfield writes the Tennessee Bar Association calling its move ill advised and accuses critics of ulterior motives. He refuses to resign from the criminal court bench and criticizes the bar for rushed judgment while noting the Judicial Conference of Tennessee showed restraint. Gov. Clement orders a state investigation into rackets committee charges about funds tied to six pending cases.
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Chattanooga
Raulston Schoolfield
The
Tennessee Bar Association
Schoolfield
TBA
Criminal Court
Judicial Conference of Tennessee
Frank Clement
Tennessee Bureau of Identification
Senate Rackets Committee
Air Force maps detailed IRBM use in war plans
The Air Force has integrated detailed operational use and command structures for intermediate range ballistic missiles into wartime plans. The Thor IRBM and Snark air-breathing missiles are discussed with potential NATO bases and targets, including deep into central Russia and Ural regions, with Moscow within range from European bases.
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Elton Fay
Washington
Air Force
NATO
Russia
Ural Mountains
Turkey
United Kingdom
Free Europe
Moscow
City Briefs and Local Night Overtime Crimes
City officials report arrest of Charles Riley 31 of 109 Tenth Street SE on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Also noted are a Canopus club luncheon film from Mercy Hospital, Krebs Dutch Girl closing New Year’s Eve, and a police search for a stolen car from Coe College housing area found wrecked on Glass Road NE.
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Charles Riley
Tenth Street SE
Iowa City
Coe College
John Stemlar
Marquis Court
Glass Road
Clipping with $800 burglary linked to Miller home
Police Chief Emil Susterka said a weekend envelope contained 800 dollars in cash with no letter. A clipping from the Ypsilanti Press referenced the December 22 burglary of Edward Miller’s home as he and his wife headed to a hospital for surgery.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Emil Susterka
Ypsilanti
Edward Miller
Miller
Cambodia cites neutrality for Cairo conference absence
Phnom Penh Prime Minister Simvar stated Cambodia did not attend the Africa-Asia conference in Cairo due to the kingdom's neutral policy. The comment underscores Cambodia's stance amid regional diplomacy debates.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Simvar
Cairo
Mrs. J. E. Norrgard Dies Prominent In Women's Work
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs. J E Norrgard born March 30 1909 in Rockford Michigan died after a long illness She had worked for Morris Sanford Company since 1951 and was active in church and civic groups including D A R Mizpah circle and Town Toastmistress club Burial at Cedar Memorial with service at First Lutheran church Radio programs and charity funds are noted Flowers omitted with donations suggested to the Marjorie Norrgard memorial fund or Children's division of the public library
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J. E
Marjorie F.) Norrgard
Seventeenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Morris Sanford Company
Rockford
Mich
James
Westover Air Force Base
Springfield
Mass
Dayton Fisher
Roy Willis
Morley
Norrgard
First Lutheran Church
D.A.R
Town Toastmistress Club
Mizpah Circle of
King's Daughters
Council of Church Women of
Marion
Theodore A. Youngquist
Cedar Memorial
Turner Chapel
Marjorie Norrgard
Public Library
Deaths Edward G. Horak 68 East Chicago steelworker
Edward G. Horak 68 longtime East Chicago steelworker died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born February 22, 1889 in Johnson County he lived most of his life in East Chicago. Survived by sisters Anna Karban and Clara Barta Duff and brother Frank Horak all of Cedar Rapids. Services at Beatty-Bearle's 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev J Richard Wagner. Burial at Anderson Cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday.
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Edward G. Horak
Youngstown Company
East Chicago
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Anna Karban
Clara Barta Duff
Frank Horak
Beatty-Bearle
J. Richard Wagner
First Congregational Church
Anderson Cemetery
Swisher
Resolution honors Miss Maude Krebs for decades of city service
City Clerk Maude M. Krebs was thanked by Cedar Rapids officials at the last meeting of her 55 year public career. A six paragraph resolution lauded her service since 1903 and her tenure as city clerk since 1941, with best wishes for retirement starting January 1.
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Maude M. Krebs
Miss Krebs
Stewart Shank
Krebs
Cedar Rapids
Bottle breaks shoulder in highway incident
Franklin North Carolina AP report says Weaver Wikle aged 30 and two friends were walking on a highway Sunday when he slumped unconscious and woke in a hospital with a broken shoulder after an empty beer bottle was tossed from a passing car striking him.
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Franklin
N.C
Weaver Wikle
Man Charged After Theft of 1957 Pontiac in Center Point
Ray Morris faced district court on larceny of a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing Gerald Wall of Walker's 1957 Pontiac. The car vanished from near Jack and Vic's tavern, reappearing at an accident scene near Roy Wickham residence where it had skidded into a tree.
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Chicago
Gerald Wall
Walker
Ray Morris
Jack and Vic
Center Point
Wall
Roy Wickham
Morris
Counter Claim Seeks 375 Damages in Cedar Rapids Collision
Laurel Dunnik files a counter claim in district court seeking 375 dollars for a two car crash on August 13, 1956 in the 14600 block of Mt Vernon road SE just outside Cedar Rapids. She accuses Andrew G Mosby of negligence including loss of control failing to yield half the highway and failure to signal before a left turn. Mosby had sued Dunnik for 235 dollars on September 4.
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Bernard Holm
Moline
James Hellie
White Water
Wis
Robert Blood
First Avenue
Richard Houlahan
Springville
Robert Schumacher
Thirty-seventh Street
William Kettelkamp
Oakland Road
Edward Koza, Jr
Thirtieth Street
Carol Dusil
Walford
Richard Douisson
C Street
Louis Wittemore
Twentieth Avenue
William Finnigan
A Avenue
Joseph Skiba
Regent Street
Joe Lipscomb
Eleventh Street
Terry Franc
Maplewood Drive
Gary Kramer
Swisher
Janet Ward
Center Point Road
Thurman Harris
Avenue
Peter Thurman
Marion
James Hess
M Avenue
Robert Parrish
B Street
Edrey
Johns
Second Street
Charles Horn
Iowa City
Charles Kitzman
John Heston
Indiandale Road
Einar Myhre
Third Street
Janice Jakubec
K Street
Edward Daniels, Jr
Third Avenue
Noisy Muffler
Gary Grim
Bertram Road
Jerome Olson
J Avenue NW
William Carney
Avenue NE
Wesley, Finkle
Seventeenth Street
August Holmquist
E Avenue
Patrick Shirley
Gary
Stusak
Cuvee Street
Laurel Dunnik
Andrew G. Mosby
Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Mosby
Miss Dunnik
Heavy Industrial Zoning Approved For Hunter Field
Cedar Rapids approves M-2 heavy industrial zoning for 135 to 140 acres of Hunter Field airport property. Dan Hunter of Cedar Rapids Airways led the effort. nearby residents objected earlier but raised no opposition at Monday's meeting. The plan includes 40 foot street right of way dedication along Bowling and J streets to widen routes.
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Hunter Airport
Cedar Rapids
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
City Plan Commission
Prairie Creek
Hunter
Bowling Streets
Highway 30
Bowling
Tighter Liaison In Alliances Is Sought by U S
The United States pushes for closer interdependence among treaty allies to strengthen Free World defenses. Dulles briefs ambassadors from Southeast Asia, Rio Pact nations, and NATO after Paris talks. A Marion woman faces checks pass charge. Betty Jane Ryan, 21, held for 13 counterfeit checks totaling $3 to $15.
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Warren Rogers
Washington
State Department
Dulles
Paris
Marion
U.S
Linn County
Iron
Ramjail
Betty Jane Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Ryan
Pete Wittemore
Jerry Navratil
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Macmillan
NATO
Russia
West Europe
Check Filed Against Chelsea Man
A 22 year old Chelsea man Harry Kaufman faces a district court charge for passing a worthless 150 dollar check at James Jewelers on December 20. The check was drawn on Chelsea Savings Bank.
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Chelsea
Harry Kaufman
James Jewelers
Third Street SE
Chelsea Savings Bank
Frey files for nomination papers in Iowa primary
Des Moines AP Tom Frey a Republican state representative from Neola requested nomination papers for the June primary though he has not decided to run again. He will decide based on other filings from Pottawattamie County. Howard A. Pierce of Storm Lake said he will seek the Republican nomination for the state senate district including Buena Vista Humboldt and Pocahontas counties.
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Des Moines
Tom Frey
R-Neola
Iowa
Secretary of State
Frey
Pottawattamie County
Howard A. Pierce
Storm Lake
Secretary For State
Buena Vista
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Guy Butler
Rolfe
Patman seeks abolition of Small Business Administration
Rep. Patman intends to introduce a bill to abolish the Small Business Administration saying it offers lip service to small business problems. He would replace it with an agency focused on small business needs and push for banks in each Federal Reserve district to provide no interest loans, proposing 10 million dollars per bank using idle funds.
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Dallas
Patman
Texas
Small Business Administration
SBA
Federal Reserve District
Garcia Sworn In as Philippine President
Manila AP reports President Garcia sworn in for a four year term and pledging to tighten traditional ties with the United States.
Cedaray man injured in Monmouth highway crash
A 39 year old Cedaray man and double amputee, William M. Feehan of 321% Second Street SE, was hospitalized in Monmouth Illinois Sunday night after his car skidded off Highway 135 about five miles west of Monmouth. He was treated for a back injury.
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Cedaray
Monmouth
William M. Feehan
Second Street
Highway 135
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club names new president
Dr. James O. Downing of 1125 Twenty-ninth street NE was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis club for 1958, succeeding David H. Barry. Other officers elected include T. James Bell first vice president Jess W. Birks second vice president Guy J. Bondurant treasurer and Anthony T. Pleune secretary.
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James O. Downing
Twenty-ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Education grants aim to boost science and teaching capacity
The plan proposes 50-50 matching grants to expand testing, counseling, and guidance. fund science and math teaching. hire more qualified teachers. equip labs. and raise pay. It calls for 1,000 graduate fellowships initially and 1,500 yearly for three years to spur teaching careers, with 50-50 federal-state matching and up to 125,000 dollars yearly grants to graduate schools. It also supports language training centers and summer institutes to improve foreign language instruction, noting national security needs amid growing science and tech importance.
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Loibal
Asia
Africa
Near East
Korea
Remodeling Bids Exceed City Fire Station Project Estimate
Bids to remodel old fire station No. 6 into a recreation center at 404 Seventeenth Street SE exceeded the $3 750 estimate. Newman Brothers Loomis Blahnik and Morehead submitted bids ranging from 4996 to 6160 and council referred the bids for study before a contract decision.
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Seventeenth Street
Newman Brothers, Inc
Loomis Brothers
Blahnik Construction Company
Morehead Construction Company
Recreation and Building Departments
Riverside Recreation Center
Bids Come In Under Estimates On City Sewer Project
The city received four bids for the park sewer project expected to cost about 4665 dollars. Kutchera Lodding and Fuel Company bid 3668.90 dollars, D and E Excavating 3821.70, Hennessey Brothers 3897.50, and Dan Christensen 3915 dollars. The bids will be analyzed by the engineering department before council action. The sewer line runs from Lee street to 50th street NE through the Noelridge addition park, and the city will pay all costs with no assessments on property owners.
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New City Park
Noelridge
Kutchera Lodding and Fuel Company
D and E Excavating Company
Hennessey Brothers, Inc
Dan Christensen
Engineering Department
Lee Street
Fiftieth Street
Six Firemen and Five Police Eligibles Certified in Cedar Rapids
The Civil Service Commission certified six fire department eligibles and five police patrolman eligibles on Monday for Cedar Rapids city positions. Fire candidates include Marvin Van Zante Carl Ackerman Richard Crissinger Jr Leland Shaver Harold Brogan and Robert Carlo with most qualifying for veterans' preference. Police eligibles are Stanley Schoff Leland Meikle Kenneth Millsap we Quinby Elmer Troendle Jr with all but Schoff and Troendle also qualifying for veterans' preference. Appointments will follow as vacancies arise.
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Police Department
Civil Service Commission
Cedar Rapids
Fire Department
Marvin van Zante
Sixth Street
Carl Ackerman
Twentieth Street
Richard Crissinger, Jr
C T Avenue
Leland Shaver
Second Avenue
Harold Brogan
First Avenue
Robert Carlo
Drinkward Street
Brogan
Stanley Schoff
Eighth Street
Leland Meikle
Mt. Vernon Road
Kenneth Millsap
Danbury Street
We Quinby
B Avenue
Elmer Troendle, Jr
Emerald Avenue SE
Schoff
Troendle
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