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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1955
Page
8
Cloudy colder conditions spread across Iowa with snow and mixed precipitation in the southeast. Temperatures range from 5 to 27 above with a further cold outlook and likely snowfall or freezing rain in the southeast. A series of court actions include bonds forfeitures and settlements, plus multiple obituary and birth notices from towns like Hopkinton Vinton Cresco Cresco and Elkader.
Paris reports the Popular Republican party rejected joining a government led by Independent Antoine Pinay. The decision risks undermining Pinay’s bid to become premier and form a new cabinet to replace the Mendes-France administration.
Herbert Rademacher, inmate at the Iowa state prison, received an additional five year term for an escape charge. He pled guilty before Bee Charles H. Penningroth and is already serving a 10 year sentence from Linn County on a December theft of a car used in the escape from Anamosa's men's reformatory.
The FBI reports seven Lamont residents saw the gunman depart after robbing the Lamont bank of 3000 dollars last Friday. Witnesses described a man matching the bandit's description carrying a large concealed object and fleeing northward with a sack of about 100 pounds of silver coins in wrappers from Farmers State Savings Bank of Independence. Fingerprints from the vault door are being checked in Washington.
Senator Hickenlooper announced that Agriculture Secretary Benson named Max E. Soeth of Estherville to Iowa state stabilisation and conservation committee. He succeeds Edmond J. Gibbs. Soeth, a farmer since 1935, has shown strong interest in local agricultural matters. other committee members include Dwight Meyer and Robert H. Lott.
Dr. Jerry A. Neprash a Cedar Rapids native and sociology professor at Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster Pa died Wednesday of a heart attack. He earned a PhD in 1932 and rose from assistant professor in 1928 to full professor by 1937. He is survived by two brothers a sister and his widow. Funeral plans were not yet arranged.
Word reached Mrs. Josephine Sirowy of 508 Vernon Drive SE about the death Tuesday morning in Dallas of the former Shueyville area teacher and Northwestern graduate Mrs. T. B. Kendrick. Her husband a Texas State Normal School professor died 35 years ago. Survived by a son, a daughter, and four Dallas grandchildren, funeral services set for Thursday in Dallas.
Frank H Langfitt a Cedar Rapids resident since 1911 and former Bowman Boyen Company sales engineer died at 3 15 pm Tuesday Born March 6 1902 in Minneapolis he attended Coe College and Iowa State College Surviving are his wife Dolores McSweeney Langfitt a son Jay Langfitt a daughter Susan and a sister Mrs A H Hinkle Friends may call at Brady mortuary Thursday Funeral announcement will be made later.
Private funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Brush chapel for Michel infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Michel of 217 B avenue NW. Surviving are the child’s grandparents Mr and Mrs Evered L Smith of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Clarence J Michel of Iowa City.
Rep Ernest Kosek and 100 sponsors seek a state Iowa Turnpike Authority to issue bonds for construction and operate a toll road for 30 years with $180 million in out of state capital. The same session also hikes a gag rule on debate and expands tax simplification and public notices across committees and private bills.
Russia signals a heavy industry boost of 54 percent in the sixth five year plan while Malenkov assumes a minor post yet gains potential from electrification programs. Molotov warns war would ruin capitalist civilization as Konev touts improved training and counters American imperialist bases.
Some large grain elevators use machinery that lifts tilts and empties a box car load of wheat totaling 60 tons in seven minutes.
AFL representatives pressed for a raise above the $1.55 hourly base pay and a 40 hour week cut to 40 hours while keeping take home pay steady. Board chairman Sutera and member Wiley refused to alter last month’s decision though a 40 hour work week was seen as possible next year. Talks remained friendly as September or October negotiations were proposed to precede 1956 budget planning.
James Doolin aged 26 of 81 Seventh Avenue SW pled guilty to assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm. He received a three month suspended sentence in Linn County jail from Judge J E Heiserman after a Dec 27 incident in which a shotgun discharged during a struggle with Oscar Levi near the Penick and Ford plant. Doolin then held Levi at his home at gunpoint for a time.
Cecil C. Bowen, 36, of Marion pled guilty to a second offense drunk driving charge and was fined 500 dollars plus costs. The judge allowed 100 dollars down and 50 dollars monthly payments after Bowen claimed innocence. He was arrested Sunday by Marion police and had a prior Linn county conviction in 1948.
John Harris Clark of Cedar Rapids pled guilty Wednesday to desertion and abandonment. Judge Floyd Philbrick imposed a suspended six months in Linn County Jail and ordered Clark to support his family to avoid serving the sentence.
The will of Leo H. Oswald who died January 28 was admitted to probate on Wednesday. It names his widow Lola as sole heir and executrix without bond.
Two lawsuits filed by Agnes M were dismissed on Tuesday and Wednesday. The derailed actions were presented as part of a civil docket, with no further details provided in the readable portion.
Separate maintenance action against James J. McAllister and damages claimed in Emil H. Fortmann vs Carl Janecek and Stanley L. Jarosh.
The Iowa Supreme Court overturned an $837 judgment awarded to Anna C. Darragh against Anthony Homolka 83. It found the houses in question dated from 1850 or 1860 and in decay for years, indicating limited remedy. The case is remanded to district court for further action.
Robert DeWitte, 22, of Brooklyn Iowa, pled innocent at arraignment in Judge J E Heiser's court. Arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harry Ackerman, he faces a Cedar Rapids woman's accusation of rape from an early Sunday incident in a car on a country road south of Cedar Rapids. Bond set at $5,000.
K E Millsap doing business as M and J Feed and Seed filed a 478.66 a c suit against Melvin Wie Old on Wednesday. The Wilcox Coal Company of Mt Vernon won a 184.72 judgment against Joe and Isabel Nikodim in an account case Tuesday.
The article explains proposed Iowa changes to beer and liquor laws, clarifying that private clubs with beer permits are not violating rules if a member brings liquor on premises. It notes the bill does not legalize liquor sales and details section 124.31 on alcoholic content and permit revocation, with exceptions for railways, hotels, select private clubs, and pharmacies.
Iowa lawmakers discuss illegality of serving liquor by private clubs and consider licensing by counties for clubs five years old. Rep Frey urges ruling private clubs illegal and Rep Dietz seeks county options. Countryman notes federal liquor stamps are occupa tion taxes, not retail protections. A Ways and Means panel backed a 5 percent retail liquor rise, while a bill seeks to bar class B beer permits within 300 feet of schools or churches.
New York report states the nation will see its first privately owned and operated nuclear reactor built in the metropolitan area. The plan envisions private industry taking full control of construction and management, signaling a shift in energy development and regulatory approach.
Rush Dew Holt aged 49, a former Democratic senator from West Virginia and the youngest man elected to the Senate, died Tuesday of cancer. He was elected at age 29 and seated at 30.
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