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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
10
A Daily Record section lists fines of ten dollars for several motorists including Chandler Street SW and Anita Peal at Fifth Avenue, with notes on failed traffic signals. Forecasts mention Tuesday turning colder with possible precipitation and several obituaries and service notices for local residents.
Budapest reports the Hungarian Communist party newspaper Nepszabadsag says Hungary will rejoin the United Nations General Assembly this Friday led by Foreign Minister Imre Horvath. The piece notes past walkout over UN interference, cites aid estimates, and mentions loans from Russia and Western nations amid rebuilding needs.
Public Improvements Commissioner Swede Halvorson announced that no more petitions will be accepted for paving to be included in the city 1957 No. 1 contract. Additional requests may join a potential second contract next year to speed design work and obtain better cost figures.
Two groups plan bedehek at 10 p m New Year Eve with a two hour parade of roses march followed by a performance at the Iowa Oregon State football game on New Year Day. The Highlanders and the march we band held a Sunday concert in downtown Los Angeles and a later show at Moulin Rouge.
A fire in a home killed Merrily Leake Clark and Terry Lee Clark while their mother and other family members slept. Investigators in San Juan expect about 10 days of work to determine the fire’s origin with possible blame on Christmas tree wiring. Merrily born January 28, 1947 in Chicago. Terry born July 14, 1943 in Alexandria Louisiana.
Nikita Khrushchev told Czechoslovak and Western media that Soviet allies must resist capitalist restoration and defend socialism. He cited Hungary and Egypt as signs of Western brinkmanship and warned anti communism efforts would be met with immediate rebuff.
KFJB plans a mobile unit KA T4532 to visit private New Year’s Eve parties around Marshalltown starting at 10 15 p m and continuing into New Year’s Day. Chief KFIB engineer Herb Anderson will manage the broadcasts from the Coliseum at midnight and from the street visits.
Cedar Rapids officials debate reappointment after George Cockburn withdraws due to private duties. Mayor Meaghan states his decision is final while Commissioner Shank criticizes the timing, warning of potential resignations as three new appointees join the five year terms on the 21 member commission.
The New Year weekend traffic toll rose steadily with 204 highway deaths during the 102 hour period, plus 24 fire deaths and 42 other fatalities totaling 260. The National Safety Council predicted 490 highway deaths for the New Year weekend. earlier Christmas high was 706 deaths and 884 total. NSC President Ned H Dearborn warned of an ominous trend and urged safer driving.
Officials consider removing Pourth street tracks and Union station while evaluating underpasses on First avenue EO by Franklin school and on First avenue WY by Cleveland school. Mayor Meaghan will draft commendation letters to the departing commissioners.
A nationwide alarm follows New York’s bomb scare as police hunt the mad bomber linked to 32 lethal devices since 1940. A dynamite stick with timing device is found at Kansas City Union Station and alarms trigger emergency landings in Garden City, Topeka, and Hutchinson.
Two Cedar Rapids youths Tony Kopaitich Jr. 17 and Howard Sayler 18 pleaded innocent in Linn County District Court to car theft charges. They were arrested early Thursday after taking a car owned by Robert Pope from in front of Pope's home on Wednesday night.
Cedar Rapids court discharged the charge against Jess Valandingham 22 of 624 Sixth Street SW tied to a recent string of bomb threats and duds found in New York City transit sites. The case stemmed from a device placed near a health institute and a telephone booth incident. Local briefs also note various civic notices and enlistee updates.
Dr. Ben Peterson of Coe College will speak January 7 at 8 p.m. to the Monday Study Club in the Methodist church at Springville, booked through the Cedar Rapids Chamber Speakers Bureau. Myrtle May Gunsaulis, Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years, died at 12:05 a.m. Sunday after a long illness. survived by husband William E. Gunsaulis, six sons, two daughters, a brother, and four grandchildren. services January 5 at 1:40 p.m. in Turner chapel, burial Cedar Memorial. Prayer services for Vaclav Atreyeik, Cedar Rapids resident 20 years, who died in Hammond, Indiana, were held January 4. burial Cedar Memorial. Mary A. Ereycik, born Milwaukee, moved Cedar Rapids from Minneapolis, then Hammond. survived by three daughters and one granddaughter. affiliated with Catholic church. Break-in investigated at International Harvester garage. $12.90 taken. John Rosenberg reports his house boat on Cedar River damaged by vandals in last 10 days. damage estimated at 1106 with holes shot in boat sides.
Cedar Rapids city council studied plans to improve lighting around elementary and high schools. The initial rollout targets four public high schools and one parochial high school, using 6 000 lumen and 2 500 lumen bulbs to boost safety and deter crime near entrances and surrounding streets.
Raymond H. Shafer 45 of 16 Seventh Street SE and Arland J. Rowan 29 of 1241 Third Avenue SE were fined for drunken driving. Shafer pled guilty to a second offense before Judge Floyd Philbrick after erratic driving on First Avenue West near Fifth Street Friday night. He received $500 fine. Rowan faced a $300 fine for his Saturday arrest when a highway patrolman said his pickup struck a stop sign near the Island at the 218-30 junction south of Cedar. Rowan was allowed to pay $50 immediately with $50 monthly installments.
Pauls Valley bank officers foiled a Monday heist when vice president and cashier M. Foss led a quick escape through a side door. Two gunmen had held janitor Joe Jones in the basement and seven or eight female employees at gunpoint while demanding vault access. Foss said the bank has never faced an attempted robbery in its 60 years, and he refused to reveal the amount typically kept in weekend reserves.
In a continuing traffic toll report, Louis G. Tiulme, 21, of Reinbeck, died after a dairy truck collision in a residential area of Oskaloosa Saturday following an auto crash near Reinbeck Friday night.
Kudrna plans to retire on half pay Jan 21 after serving as police chief at a $6480 annual salary. He will take a new county post with a $4000 annual pay. Supervisors approve three legal assistants for Nazette: James Bramwell Bryce Fisher and Carl Tetuirickson.
Police reported minimal New Year reveling in London as crowds did not require street closures at Piccadilly Circus to deter climbing. The unusual quiet marked a rare festive night with subdued public displays and orderly behavior.
Three people died from Iowa crashes over the weekend. Arthur Rossman 66 of Clarion died after a two car crash Friday in a Clarion hospital. A five month old Marshalltown baby also died in the same incident. Carolyn Beresford 24 of Dubuque died in a Dubuque hospital from injuries suffered December 1 in a Dubuque area accident. Frank Oliver Nelson 49 of Minneapolis died in a Sioux City hospital Saturday night from injuries after a November 11 Onawa highway crash where a truck passenger’s vehicle left the road and hit a pole.
In Malibu a fog shrouded scene as Hungarians Louis Scorba and Bela Sandor faced disorderly conduct charges after celebrating their first American paychecks at sponsor William Traynor's home. Judge Cecil Smith dismissed charges, praising America’s hospitality while fires burned across mountain regions killing one and injuring several firefighters.
General L. Le Lemnitzer, commander of United Nations and Far East forces, told troops in Tokyo that they must stay strong alert and resolute to survive the year for 48 free nations. He delivered the New Year address Monday emphasizing vigilance and unity.
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