Midwest Weather Clears With Colder Air Arriving
Iowa forecast shows clearing skies and a sharp cold snap Tuesday night with subzero readings in the north and single digits above in the south. Wednesday will be fair and chilly with highs 10 to 20, followed by a partly cloudy, moderating Thursday. Separate notices list births, divorces, traffic penalties, civil suits, and funeral arrangements across multiple counties.
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Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Fleeing Teen Driver Kills Man in Bronx Collision
In New York a 16 year old girl fleeing police at 100 mph in a stolen convertible struck Richard Sperling 47 Newton Connecticut killing him. Sperling’s car scattered along the road. the girl survived with a cut lip and was jailed on vehicular homicide charges with bail set at 5000.
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NEW York
Christine Nystrom
Richard Sperling
Newton
Conn
Richard Crawford
Crawford
Vernon
N. Y
Bronx
Sperling
Christine
Fred
Stassen Urges Liberal Shift in U S Disarmament Policy
Washington AP reporting indicates the United States plans to demand proof of good faith from the Soviet Union before pursuing a second East West summit. Harold Stassen pushes to liberalize U S disarmament posture, risking clash with Dulles as NSC meeting nears.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Eisenhower
Bulganin
State Dulles
Harold Stassen
New Year Library Closures and Local Notices
Public library and all service points will be closed on New Year’s Day. Mrs LeRoy Dougherty, 283 Johnson Avenue NW, is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital. Lions Club speaker Attorney Leonard Wolf discusses his Russia trip at Thursday noon meeting in Roosevelt Hotel. Stanley Home Products expands to 1301 D Ave NE EM 5 4067. Wrong address note for Charles Riley 3 arrested Monday Iowa City police. does not live at 109 Tenth Street SE. License suspended for Roger Edwards 26 of 206 Sixth Ave SW after speeding charge. $15 fine and costs. Edwin Garnant 89 of 411 Sixth St SE remains in critical condition after Dec 11 collision at Third Ave SE near Fifth St.
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Donald Kummér
Marengo
David Buckner
Sixth Street Road
Thomas Abbott
Sixteenth Avenue
Wayne Eddens
Tenth Avenue
Robert Moneypenny
Twenty-first Street
Russell Miller
Thirty-third Street
Douglas Hladek
Seventeenth Avenue
Wayne Pope
Seventh Street
Margaret van Dyke
Maplewood Drive
Bertha Hanson
Forest Drive
Roger Edwards
Sixth Avenue
Milo Miller
Fiftieth Street
Jack Robertson
William Kendall
Twelfth Avenue
Donald Ferguson
Danbury Street
Joe Wathen
Toddville
Wayne Eddins
Tenth Avenue SE
Paul Yulga
Southland Street
Dwight Smith
Sixth Street
Ernest Rohn
LeRoy Dougherty
Johnson Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Lions Club
Leonard Wolf
Russia
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles Riley
Iowa City
Tenth Street
iThe Gazette
Lcense
Edwin Garnant
Sixth Street SE
Third Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Griffin Moved To University Hospitals After Crash
Donald Griffin 18 of Williamsburg was critically injured Christmas Day when his car collided with a fatal crash that killed Mr and Mrs Benjamin Turner of Cedar Rapids two miles north of Amana on Highway 149. Griffin was moved from St Luke's to University Hospitals in Iowa City. He remains in critical condition.
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Donald Griffin
Williamsburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Benjamin Turner
Cedar Rapids
Griffin
Highway 149
Amana
New Year Kisses Risk Spread of Asian Flu Warns Iowa Doctor
Iowa health officials warn New Year Eve kissing could spark spread of Asian flu. Dr. Ralph Heeren notes current outbreak lingers but a February surge is possible, making tonight's celebrations unusually timed but not yet dangerous.
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DES Moines
Iowa Health Department
Ralph Heeren
Health Department
Heeren
Iowa
City considers 1958 wage plan changes for police fire and staff
Civil service exams will be scheduled to add personnel. Police receive a five dollar monthly uniform allowance while firemen retain five dollars. no basic salary rise for firemen. Some departments and airport services excluded. Wage increases in other Iowa cities range from 3.7 to 10 percent in 1958.
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Johnson
Commission l
Meaghan
Iowa
Ames
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Iowa City
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Waterloo
Winter storm hits Iowa with slick roads and two fatalities
Snow packed highways and blowing snow reduce visibility across eastern Iowa. Plows work from 8 a.m. as temperatures range from 12 to 20. A 64 year old man dies in a car truck crash on highway 69 near Ames with his wife injured. Traffic delays persist at routes 30 and 69 as storms move eastward.
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Waukon
Oelwein
Sigourney
Iowa
Jewell
Danilo Hendrickson
Highway 69
Ames
Hendrickson
Eleanor
Determined Car Thief Stole Car And Title In Illinois
In Herrin Illinois a thief took a 1955 model car from a car lot and then broke into the firm office to steal the ownership title police reported Tuesday. The incident highlights a bold sequence targeting both vehicle and legal ownership document.
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Herrin, Ill
Federal Charge Brought Against Weyer Dismissed
Curtis Weyer 27 of Cedar Rapids had a federal bank robbery charge dropped while he faces an Iowa state case in Dubuque for allegedly driving the getaway car in the Dec 18 New Vienna Savings Bank robbery that netted 1666 dollars. Co defendants Donald Roloff 38 and Ted Grapes 47 both Cedar Rapids men already received 25 year penitentiary terms.
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Curtis Weyer
Cedar Rapids
Weyer
Iowa
Dubuque
New Vienna
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Boothman Dies at 56
London reports the death of Air Chief Marshal Sir John Boothman, 56, renowned winner of Britain’s 1931 Schneider Trophy air race, announced Tuesday.
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London
John Boothman
Britain
Deaths Charles H Umbdenstock 57 of Mechanicsville
Charles H Umbdenstock 57 of Mechanicsville died after a long illness. He was born September 16, 1900 near Oxford and farmed in the Mechanicsville area. He is survived by his wife Edna Adams Umbdenstock and four daughters, a son, seven grandchildren, and six sisters. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brosh funeral home Solon with burial in Oakland cemetery Solon. Friends may call after 6 p.m.
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Charles H. Umbdenstock
Mechanicsville
Oxford
Edna Adams Umbdenstock
Marion
Maxine Voelkers
Durant
Betty Bowker
Davenport
Marcia Mae Ambdenstock
Sharon Kay
Robert
Bettendorf
Mary Weber
Lisbon
Winnie Bickford
Cascade
Ethel Stahle
Helen Vaille
Pee Wee Valley
Hazel Twigg
Long Grove
Nora Smith
Lost Nation
Brosh Funeral Home
Solon
Oakland Cemetery
James Glenn Steffey dies. Cedar Rapids supervisor
James Glenn Steffey a Cedar Rapids resident and supervisor for the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company died after a brief illness. Born June 11 1890 near Mt Vernon he married Blanche R Lazenby in 1917. Surviving are his wife his mother two sisters and a Marion lodge member funeral Thursday at 3:30 PM in Turner chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial.
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James Glenn Steffey
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Mt. Vernon
Blanche R. Lazenby
Charles F. Steffey
Gladys Merklin
Majel Shuey
Alhambra
Calif
Steffey
Knights of Pythias
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Marion Lodge
Turner Chapel
Robert Clause
Grace Brethren Church
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Rapids Woman Jennie Lemon Dies After Illness
Jennie Eva Lemon 34 year Cedar Rapids resident and Mercy hospital elevator operator died Monday at 4 15 p m after a sudden illness She was born October 24 1901 at What Cheer and married January 28 1921 at Oska loosa Surviving husband a son Daniel D four brothers and three sisters plus other relatives Funeral services Thursday at 11 a m with Jack Oliver of the First Christian church and burial at Sixteen cemetery near What Cheer
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Jennie Eva Lemon
Dean Lemon
Tenth Avenue Nsw
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
What Cheer
Oskaloosa
Daniel D
Earl
Swisher
Everett
Milwaukee
Max
Eldon Cogh‘lan
Laramie
Wyo
Lydia Mahan
Irma Thomas
Ike Bair
Keswick
The
Christian Church
Turner Chapel
Jack Oliver
First Christian Church
Death of Nell Zeller Andes at Belle Plaine
Nell Zeller Andes died near Belle Plaine on Monday. She was born in Marengo on August 20, 1885 and is survived by daughters Lucille Hamos Edna Follett Grace Lacher a son Arnold and siblings C W Zeller Anna Misel Eva Misel. Services are planned for Thursday in Belle Plaine.
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Nell Zeller Andes
Lucille Hamos
Eleventh Street
Belle Plaine
Arnold E. Andes
Marengo
Edna Follett
Pecatonica
Ill
Grace Lacher
Arnold
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Zeller
Anna Misel
Eva Misel
Mnage Whiting Obituary Prominent Cedar Rapids Nurse
Minnie Louise Whiting a Cedar Rapids resident and registered nurse died in a local nursing home at 11 p.m. Monday after a long illness. Born September 10 1868 in Monson Massachusetts she had no known survivors. Services will be held at Turner chapel at a time to be announced with friends welcome to call at the chapel.
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Minnie Louise Whiting
Cedar Rapids
Monson
Mass
Turner Chapel
Brokerage House To Change Name
New York AP Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Beane will rename March 1 to Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith honoring Wenthrop Hiram Smith a 64 year old directing partner. Alpheus B Beane retires February 22. Beane’s mother Marian Beane remains as limited partner and Beane may form or join another NYSE firm. The current name dates to 1941 merger of Merrill Lynch E A Pierce Cassatt and Fenner Beane.
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New York
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Wenthrop
Hiram ‘Smith
Alpheus B. Beane
Marian B. Beane
Greenwich, Conn
Beane
New York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
E. A. Pierce and
Algerian Floods Claim Eight Lives in Eastern Region
In Algiers AP reports eastern Algeria suffered its worst floods in four decades with at least eight deaths and over 500 people left homeless. Damaging rains disrupted communities and emergency services worked to assist affected residents.
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Algiers
Algeria
Outlook for 1958 shaped by shopping centers and industry
Cedar Rapids business leaders foresee a competitive 1958 with expansion of large grocery chains and supermarkets while small stores shrink. They predict higher costs, modest durable goods decline, and gains in non durable goods and services, plus a mixed stock market and stronger defense spending aiding the economy.
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Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Simonds
Graves Gift Brings 30000 to Coe College Endowment
Harold N Graves of Shaker Heights Ohio and wife donate 30000 to Coe College endowment fund announced by Acting President Dr. Harry M Gage. Graves, former Cedar Rapids resident, leads Ohio Machinery Co of Cleveland. gift adds to 36000 given in recent years for a 650000 music building.
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Coe College Endowment Fund
Harold N. Graves
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Harry M. Gage
Cedar Rapids
Graves
Ohio Machinery Company of
Cleveland
Coe
Gage
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