Weather and city briefs from Monday forecast notes
The daily weather map shows highs around the mid 60s to low 70s in many cities with cooler readings in the northwest and a forecast of mostly cloudy skies and snow likely in the southwest by evening Wednesday. Temperature trends hold steady in the 20s to 30s regionally with scattered precipitation and wind data from municipal airports. Local notices include civil filings, traffic fines, and multiple obituaries and services scheduled across Iowa cities including Independence and Oelwein.
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Towa
Iowa
Convict Faces Murder Charge in Anamosa
Special to The Gazette Jones County Attorney James T. Remley filed an open murder charge against Melvin Wildt 20 a state reformatory inmate Wildt admitted to officials that he killed Clifton Clauson 32 of Waterloo another inmate Clauson was found beaten and hacked to death January 19 in a cinder pit in the reformatory boiler room Wildt from Boone county was committed August 7 1953 to the state penitentiary at Ft Madison transferred to the reformatory September 27 1953
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Anamosa
Jones County
James T. Remley
Melvin Wildt
Boone
Boone County
Ft. Madison
Reformatory
Security Council clash over Formosa issue escalates
U N and Russian spokesmen traded accusations amid a Security Council debate on Formosa. Lodge defended U S actions as noninterference, while Moscow cited U N moves as a stop to aggression. Tsiang urged a full council examination of ongoing hostilities as part of the purported international communism plan to destroy them.
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United States
China
Lodge
Council
Soviet Union
Formosa
Moscow
Russia
U. N
Security Council
Eisenhower to Send School Construction Aid Message Next Week
Washington AP President Eisenhower will send his special message on school construction aid to Congress next week rather than February 15 as previously planned. The White House disclosed the schedule change on Monday.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Hoegh orders probe into liquor board bid reports
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh said he asked Attorney General Dayton Countryman and Bureau of Criminal Investigation Chief R. W. Nethergall to investigate reports that a former appointive state official received 1000 to influence sale of a specific liquor brand in state stores. He stressed no punishment without concrete facts and said the inquiry is in the hands of the authorities.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Dayton Countryman
R. W. Netergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hoegh
Nethergall
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Three Way
State Liquor Control Commission
Iowa lawmakers push funding plan for county extension offices
DES MOINES AP The house agriculture committee No. 1 formed a subcommittee to draft a bill seeking greater county financing for extension offices after Secretary Benson ordered their separation from the Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau funds about 370000 yearly now support extension work. the bill would cap levy at half a mill or 20000, whichever is less, replacing current 5000 to 7000 annual appropriations. The measure aligns with a Farm Bureau drawn plan and with house senate agriculture committees.
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Des Moines
Iown
House Agriculture Committee No. 1
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
County Boards of Supervisors
Guttenberg River Line Authorized by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Ed's boat line of Guttenberg Iowa to operate seasonal pleasure and fishing boat service over a 56 mile stretch of the upper Mississippi from April to November. Services run between Guttenberg and McGregor Clayton and Dubuque Iowa Cassville Glen Haven and Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin and points on Adventure Island and Fishing Islands in Iowa. The line is owned by Edwin G Rishell.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ed’s Boat Line
Guttenberg
Iowa
Upper
Mississippi River
McGregor
Clayton
Dubuque
Cassville
Glen Haven
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Adventure Island
Edwin G Rishell
Johnson To Convalesce At His Texas Home
Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas left Rochester for Austin for a two to three week convalescence after kidney stone surgery at Mayo Clinic in January. He plans to return to Washington to resume duties as senate majority leader.
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Rochester, Minn
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Austin
Washington
Senate
Senator Johnson
Mayo Clinic
Deaths John Gavin Cedar Rapids foreman WWII veteran dies
John Joseph Gavin 66, longtime Milwaukee railroad foreman and World War I veteran, died at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. He lived at 514 A Avenue NE and was affiliated with Immaculate Conception church and the Knights of Columbus. Surviving include his wife Winifred, two sons, four daughters, his mother, two sisters, three brothers, and two grandchildren. Services set for 8:45 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception. burial Mt Calvary cemetery. viewing at Brady mortuary after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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John Joseph Gavin
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Milwaukee Railroad
Immaculate Conception Church
Knights of Columbus
Winifred
John Joseph, Jr
Lawrence Michael
Ann Niebrugge
Chillicothe
William H. Schulte
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Services for Walter C. J. Ruff at Trinity Lutheran Church
Walter Carl John Ruff of 1440 Third Avenue SE died Monday. Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with Pastor E. H. Widmann officiating, burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel until noon Thursday. The family requests contributions to Trinity Lutheran Church school building fund.
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Walter Carl John Ruff
Third Avenue SE
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. H. Widmann
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Services for Luke M. McKernan in Cedar Rapids
Luke M. McKer nan, a Cedar Rapids resident for over 45 years, died Saturday. Services are set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. Louis V. McDonough officiating. Burial follows at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Monahan Funeral Home where the Catholic Order of Foresters will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Independence
Joseph Duwn
St. John’s Catholic
St. John’s
Peoples Funeral Home
O. M. Risdon
Christian Church
Walker
Walker Cemetery
Peoples Funeral Home In
Mt. Vernon
FE. R. Ristine
Johnston-Morgan Funeral Home
Springville
DeLane Swecker
Jordans Grove
Iowa City
James W. Berry
Beckman’s
Oakland Cemetery
Miles E. Simmons
Hohenschuh
Edward J. Biehl
Barbara Jo Hamilton
W. M. Hamilton
Cathous Chapel
Memorial Gardens
Willis ‘Cohenour
McGovern Funeral Chapel
Dan Cash
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
McGovern’s
Luke M. McKernan
Cedar Rapids
Louis V. McDonough
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Monahan Funeral Home
Catholic Order of Foresters
Services for Mrs. Charles A. Coats
A Cedar Rapids resident of 12 years from Hopkinton died Sunday. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Glen W. High of Berean Baptist Church officiating. Burial is in Manchester Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Charles A. Coats
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Hopkinton
Turner Chapel
Glen W. High
Berean’ Baptist Church
Manchester Cemetery
Services for Charles A Vantalge at Beatty-Bearle chapel
Funeral services for Charles Alfred Vantalge of 3130 Westwood drive NW Cedar Rapids who died Monday will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Beatty-Bearle chapel with Dr. Elton D. Wells and Maine lodge No. 643 LOOF officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial cemetery. friends may call at the chapel.
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Charles Alfred Vantalge
Westwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Elton D. Wells
Maine Lodge
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Mrs. Fred Lord in Kahoka Missouri
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Lord are planned at the Christian church in Kahoka followed by burial at Fred Earle mortuary. The body will be moved to Kahoka early Wednesday and friends may call at Beatty-Bearle chapel until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Fred Lord
Christian Church
Kahoka
Fred Earle
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Iowa Senate Hears Anti-Picketing Bill Proposal
Des Moines AP reports a bill in the Iowa Senate to prohibit employees from refusing to cross picket lines at employers with no labor dispute and to heavily restrict picketing. The measure bans threats or force, blocking travel, and targeting residences or families. violations would be misdemeanors with potential court injunctions. Sponsored by Sen. Kendall Lynes and six others, it sets discharge as consequence for noncompliance.
Summerfield asks postal pay hikes in congressional plea
Postmaster General Summerfield asked Congress for a 5 percent general pay increase plus benefits totaling 166 million dollars annually for postal workers. He urged authority to streamline schedules and reclassify salaries across about 20 general levels as hearings opened on raises for 1.7 million civilian federal workers.
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Washington
Congress
Summerfield
House Post Office Committee
Enlistments Soar Before Benefits End
United Press reports a last minute enlistment surge as thousands of young men rushed to join before the G I Bill of Rights expired at midnight. Queues formed nationwide, hundreds were turned away, and offices stayed open late to handle the rush.
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Army
Navy
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Marine Corps
Congress
New England
Boston
Vara
California
135 East Iowans Enlist in January Under War Benefits Deadline
Cedar Rapids recruiting stations report 135 Eastern Iowans joined the armed forces in January to beat a Monday cutoff for veterans wartime benefits. Des Moines and other centers faced overtime as recruits swelled totals beyond the usual monthly averages across Army Navy Air Force and Marine offices.
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Army Recruiting Office
Cedar Rapids
Navy Office
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Seventeenth Street
Jack O. Simmons
Twelfth Street
Robert E. Bolton
First Avenue NW
Great Lakes Training Center
Marine Office
Cedar Rapids Naval Reserve Division
Lovejoy Family Keeps 214-Year-Old Christening Gown
In North Andover Massachusetts male members of the Lovejoy family have worn the same christening gown for 214 years. The garment remains a cherished heirloom passed down through generations, linking current boys to ancestors in a continuous matrilineal tradition of ceremony.
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North Andover
Mass
Lovejoy
Courthouse January Sets Record as Lightest Crime Month
Linn county officials report January was the lightest crime month in memory of veteran sheriff's deputies. No crimes listed as reportable by the FBI occurred in the county or Cedar Rapids outskirts. Deputy Larry Condon said several complaints were investigated but none involved major crimes like burglary, auto theft, or robbery. He noted it was the first time in many years such a pattern was seen.
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Linn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cedar Rapids
Larry Condon
Condon
Evidence Begins in Mrstik Wrongful Death Suit
John J. Mrstik of Cedar Rapids, administrator of Irene Mrstik’s estate, sues Roy Seeman in Judge B J Maxwell’s court for $20,000. Irene died when the car Seeman drove left Highway 63 near Traer on June 27 1953. A jury was selected and list of jurors and lawyers are named.
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B. J. Maxwell
John J. Mrstik
Cedar Rapids
Irene Mrstik
Roy Seeman
Mrstik
Highway 63
Traer
Kenneth Moon
M. L. Nathanson
David Foster
William Dallas
Donnelly, Lynch, Lynch and
Dallas
Elmer Nelson
Glenn Gable
Arturo Jaxon
Reuben Dolezal
Maxine Sager
Lois Polton
Kenneth Hansen
Katherine Nielson
Lawrence van Note
Mildred Edison
George Barvinek
Robert Bright
Schuster Sues City Cab Company Over Injuries
Louis J. Schuster of Cedar Rapids filed a $20,000 suit against City Cab Company F W Tipton Raymond Harville and National Indemnity Company. He alleges a fractured skull and head injuries after a fall from a taxi on Oct 9 10 1954 following a dispute over fare. Police report says Harville knocked him down. Schuster was jailed for drunkenness then hospitalized. He seeks 15000 actual and 5000 exemplary damages.
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Louis J. Schuster
Cedar Rapids
Ity Cab Company
F. W. Tipton
Raymond Harville
National Indemnity Company
Omaha
Schuster
Tipton
Harville
Weber Evidence Nears End in Drunk Driving Trial
Attorneys for Lawrence Weber of Walker wrapped up the introduction of evidence in Judge J E Heiserman's court as Weber's second drunken driving case nears a jury decision. Weber, arrested September 22, has been free on a $1000 bond. He was previously convicted of a drunk driving charge on September 26, 1949, in Clayton County. The Public Finance Service sued Frank J and Ruby Baumgarner for $300 on a promissory note.
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Lawrence Weber
Walker
J. E. Heiserman
Weber
Clayton County
Public Finance Service
Frank J
Ruby Baumgarner
Harriman proposes record New York budget and tax increases
Albany N Y Gov Averell Harriman proposed a record state budget of 1 345 000 000 with higher personal income unincorporated business and motor vehicle fuel taxes to fund mandated rises in education welfare programs state worker salaries and other unavoidable costs in his first budget and to offset these increases.
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Albany, N.Y
INS
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Chicago High Schools Begin Breakfast Program
Chicago high schools launched a breakfast program in cafeterias before classes. Director Frank O. Warsham said cafeterias open 45 minutes early, serving bacon, eggs, milk, and toast for about 30 cents. The system is equipped to provide roughly 90,000 breakfasts daily.
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Chicago
Frank O. Warsham
Warsham
Legislature and Labor Clash Over Beer Control
The report covers legislative debate on labor committee conduct and a “warm beer” bill. House labor chair Clark McNeal defends fair hearings amid Democratic claims of anti-labor bias. Iowa Senator Jacob Grinstead proposes amendments tightening beer permit revocation consequences, barring revoked-license holders from related positions for five years and restricting former employees from similar outlets for one year.
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Jacob Grinstead
Lake Mills
Grimstead
Itrade
Weather Experts Ignore Ground Hog Day Folly
Washington report notes U S Weather Bureau skepticism of Candlemas folklore as Ground Hog Day approached. Officials unveiled 30 day February outlook but questioned link between shadows and winter. cold snaps, not sun, could end hibernation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Oil Covered Sea Threatens Birds Across Channel
A 3,000 square mile oil spill from the North Sea oozed into the English Channel, threatening Britain and France with seabird and beach destruction. Wildlife officials warn bulldozers may be needed to clear carcasses as 6,000 tons of oil had already killed hundreds of thousands of birds off Denmark and Germany. The slick moved into the Channel off Kent, threatening inshore fishing and the coast.
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London
North Sea
English Channel
Britain
France
Denmark
Germany
Kent
British Trawlers Federation
Honeywell Stock Split Proposed
MINNEAPOLIS AP Directors of Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company voted Tuesday to recommend a two for one stock split to shareholders. Stockholders will vote at the annual meeting April 26. If approved the split will raise authorized common shares to 7,800,000. The directors also declared a quarterly dividend of 60 cents a share payable March 16 to stockholders of record February 18.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company
Standby Price Control Plan Earns Bipartisan Support
In Washington strong support grows in Congress for a plan granting President Eisenhower standby power to impose a 90 day freeze on prices and wages if Communists strike the United States or its possessions. Leaders from both major parties indicate openness, though Democrats show division on the proposal.
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Washington
Sns
Congress
Eisenhower
U. S
G.O.P
Fatally Hurt When Struck by Car Near Spencer
SPENCER AP George Wilson 71 of near Spencer was fatally injured Tuesday in a car pedestrian accident. He appeared to be walking across the road trying to hail a ride when struck shortly before noon. Arthur Warren 31 farmer near Spencer drove the car, which veered into a ditch. Warren was not hurt. Wilson died in a Spencer hospital about two hours later.
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George Wilson
Wilson
Arthur F. Warren
Warren
Lutheran Leader Urges Church to Defend Liberty
Atlantic City AP reports Dr. Oscar A. Benson of Minneapolis, leader of the National Lutheran Council and Augustana Lutheran Church, says the church must inspire American youth to defend freedoms. He warns freedom of speech and thought are jeopardized by those who pressure conformity and urges the church to be a staunch defender of liberties.
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Atlantic City
N.J
U.S
Oscar A. Benson
Minneapolis
Congress
Church
Benson
National Lutheran Council
Augustana Lutheran Church
Detectives Check Mystery Prints in Rubinstein Case
Ten fingerprints found in Serge Rubinstein's bedroom were checked by detectives in the murder probe. Assistant District Attorney Alexander Herman disclosed the discovery as police compare prints against 5,000 nightclub entertainers. Rubinstein, indicted posthumously, was described in a funeral sermon as a money seeker who refused to serve the country he loved. Rabbi Julius Mark spoke at the service, condemning the financier who was strangled in his bed last Thursday.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Asst. Dist. Atty
Alexander Herman
Rubinstein
Julius Mark
Temple Emanuel
Coed Meets Monaco Prince in Private Audience
Jo Ann Stork, 20, a University of Illinois junior, met Prince Raniel III of Monaco in a private audience. They spent about three hours together as the prince showed scale models of proposed Monte Carlo civic improvements including a summer casino palace. The tour included Monaco palace and gardens with Antoinette, his sister, and Arthur Crogretto, cabinet chief.
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INS
Jo Ann Stork
University of Illinois
Raniel III of
Monaco
Miss Stork
Antoinette
Arthur Crogretto
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