Weather and civic notices from the Daily Record
Partly cloudy and cold with highs five below to five above. Iowa forecast shows frigid conditions and low temperatures. Nebraska area readings include wind NW at 20 knots, several city fire and accident reports, plus birth notices, legal notices, and funeral services across multiple towns including Independence Belle Plaine Calmar London What Cheer Oxford Junction Marengo West Union and Iowa City.
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Iowa
Independence
Oscar Bergeson
First Methodist Church
Floral Hills Gardens
Oelwein
Swanson Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
William A. Johnson
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Lena Kirk
Peffers Funeral Home
Oakhill
Calmar
Frank Kuhn
St. Aloysius Church
Church Cemetery
French Funeral Home
London
Laura Parr
the Savanna, Jr
William F. Burke
Highland Cemetery
Oxford Junction
Leonard S. Kimrey
Hayden Funeral
Arsenal
Rock Island
Marengo
Frieda Pauline Schumacher
St. John’s Lutheran Church
IOOF
Hoover Funeral
West Union
Burt ‘Ishman
Burham and Wood Funeral Home
Iowa City
Fred Gerber
L Hohenschuh Mortuary
Oakland Cemetery
Harvester says employment up in January
International Harvester Company reported that employment in its manufacturing plants rose in January for the third straight month and stood nearly 17 percent higher than November 1. The farm tractor division showed the largest gain.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Couple Dies In Succumbing Heart Attacks In Italy
In Foggia Italy two months ago Michele L Erario and his wife Maria both suffered heart attacks on the same day. Michele told Maria to follow him and died first. she died eight minutes later. The couple had been married 200 years.
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Foggia
Italy
Michele L’erario
Maria
Michele
Check of Rodney Brodie Finished
Rodney Dee Brodie three survived Siamese twin left the University of Illinois Research hospital Wednesday after a month’s checkup. Doctors said he is in fine condition and able to walk and converse without assistance. He was taken to his Ferris Illinois home. No surgery was performed during this stay. In the December 17 1952 operation surgeons separated Rodney and his head joined twin Roger Lee who died 34 days later. Rodney has an open skull doctors hope to cover with a hard substance later.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Ferris
Ill
Rodney
Roger Lee
Pedestrian safety petition at Allis-Chalmers plant
More than 200 Allis-Chalmers employees demanded city action for pedestrian safety at First Avenue and Thirtieth Street drive SE. They cited two injuries in six weeks and urged lighting and signals or a pedestrian underpass while state safety engineers plan discussions with city officials.
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Shaver Road
Quaker Oats
Eighth Avenue
Second Avenue
City
Third Street
Company iNo
Allis-Chalmers
First Avenue
Thirtieth Street
E. A.prochaska
State Highway Commission
Union
Norbert Eveland
Arthur Nesset
Eveland
Emlayes
Isaac Brown
Douglas Able
Prohaska
Highway Commission
Prochaska
Complaint Filed By Bedell About Dump Operation
Frank Bedell told the city council that the dump on his property south of Hawthorn drive is not being covered with enough dirt and two oak trees were cut. He receives 150 dollars monthly for allowing dumping and fears a move before next fall’s contract end. He items an agreement with Mayor Sedlacek and Carl Smith to finish filling the ditch after the contract expires, in return for letting dumping continue.
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Hawthorn Drive
Frank Bedell
Bedell
Milo Sedlacek
Asst
Carl Smith
Sedlacek
Ely Road
Prairie Creek
Colonel Convicted In Tractor Case
LAREDO Texas UP A court martial convicted Col Robert Dunn 49 of flying air force mechanics to Pennsylvania to repair tractors for his farm The tractors were half tracks from army surplus and were repaired in Harrisburg Dunn owned a farm near Kokomo Indiana He was fined 1800 dollars.
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Laredo
Texas
Col
Robert Dunn
Air Force
Pennsylvania
Dunn
Laredo Air Force Base
Harrisburg
Kokomo
Ind
Four U.S. Airmen Die in Labrador Jet Crash
Four American airmen were killed when two F-95 Starfire jets collided or crashed in the bush near Goose Bay Labrador. The crash occurred Wednesday about 16 miles from Goose Bay and both aircraft burned. Names of the victims were withheld.
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ST. John's
Nld
U.S
Goose Bay
Labrador
Deaths and funeral notices for Dr Jerry Nep rash and others
Obituary notice for Dr Jerry A Nep rash 50 former Cedar Rapids resident who died at his Lancaster PA home. Service set in Brush Rev Zdenck F Pauk on Saturday at 2 PM with burial in Czech National cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs A J Cook Cheyenne and son Marshall Boise. Body to Shelly funeral home Manchester.
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Jerry A. Neprash
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Francis Wilson obituary notices Cedar Rapids
Christine Carolyn Barton Wilson died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 4 55 a m Thursday after a lingering illness. Born in Aberdeenshire Scotland March 1 1866 she came to Waverly 1883 to Cedar Rapids 1890. Surviving daughter Margie Ainsworth son Albert both of Cedar Rapids six grandchildren twelve great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Saturday at Rohn chapel with visitation Friday.
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Christine Carolyn Barton Wilson
Francis Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Aberdeen
Scotland
Waverly
Rohn Chapel
Mrs Walter Clare Dies at New Art Home Key Navy Wife
Mrs Walter Clare wife of a navy ensign stationed at New art Rhode Island died at her home Wednesday night. A former Cedar Rapids resident she was survived by her husband her mother Mrs Clara Beldin of Norway a daughter Jane Smith of Cedar Rapids a son Robert A Smith of Parksley Virginia five grandchildren and a sister Aileen Montague of Norway. Murphy funeral home Newport will conduct services Saturday at 2 p.m. burial will be at Newport.
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Walter Clare
Newart
R.I
Cedar Rapids
Clara Beldin
Norway
Janet Smith
Robert A. Smith
Parksley
Aileen Montague
Murphy Funeral Home
Newport
Services for Frank H Langfitt at Brady Mortuary
Frank H Langfitt of 1525 Bever Avenue SE will have services at Brady Mortuary at 11 a.m. Friday conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. William H Schulte. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit the chapel prior to the service.
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Frank H. ‘Langfitt
Bever Avenue
Brady Mortuary
William H. Schulte
Oak Hill Cemetery
Actress Ruth Gilbert Welcomes Baby Daughter
New York AP Ruth Gilbert the actress known as the lovelorn secretary Max on Milton Berle’s show has a baby daughter born Tuesday. She left the program late last year amid tensions about her future status but agreed to return to the cast a month after the birth.
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New York
Ruth Gilbert
Max
Milton Berle
Miss Gilbert
Emanuel Feinberg
Toares
Accidents Report Fatal Crash Involving Old Marion Road Vehicle
A crash report describes one fatality and multiple injuries on a highway bridge near Hills. John J. Arduser, 77, died in the three vehicle collision while four others including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith and Mr. and Mrs. James Mackey were injured and treated at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids and University Hospitals Iowa City. Arduser was a Manchester barber riding in the car driven by Smith.
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John J. Arduser
Manchester
Hills
Herbert Smith
James Mackey
Stanhope
Auto Crash Claims Life Of George O'Brien At Dittmer Hill
George O'Brien fifty of Strawberry Point was killed in a head on collision on highway thirteen four miles north of Strawberry Point on Dittmer hill Wednesday evening. Frederick Mast forty five an architect and Jens Olson fifty two a banker and contractor suffered serious injuries and were taken to Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Manchester in fair condition.
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George O’brien
Strawberry Point
Highway 13
Dittmer Hill
Waterloo
Frederick W. Mast
Jens Peter Olson
Olson
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
O’brien
Mast
Elkader
Tragic Two Car Crash Claims Mapleton Mother
Mrs. Henry Weifenbach, 24, of Mapleton died in a head on collision on highway 30 west of Glidden. Her husband, 35, lost control throwing her from the car. their unborn daughter did not survive despite efforts to save her. Belva Jones of Glidden sustained fractures of both knees. The couple’s remaining child Myra, 4, and the other three children at home were not seriously injured.
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Henry Weifenbach
Mapleton
Glidden
Weifenbach
Belva Jones
Myra
Weifenbachs
Des Moines Agent Killed in Ohio Traffic Crash
Vincent J. Conlan 36 of Des Moines died in a two car collision near LeRoy Ohio along with Thad S. Troy 39 of Grand Rapids Michigan and Richard Gainer 24 of West Salem Ohio authorities said Gainer crossed the center line while trying to regain control after a skid Conlan was en route from a conference at the LeRoy Ohio headquarters of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company where he worked as an agent.
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Vincent J. Conlan
Des Moines
LeRoy
Ohio
Conlan
Richard Gainer
West Salem
Gainer
Thad S. Troy
Grand Rapids
Mich
Suspected hit and death investigated in Moorland
A 66 year old Moorland man, Thomas Dorland, was found dead on a Moorland street Thursday morning. Coroner Dr. Paul Stitt could not determine cause of death. an autopsy was set for Thursday afternoon. Authorities reported blood near the body and about 60 feet away, suggesting a possible hit and run.
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Moorland
INS
Thomas Dorland
Webster County
Paul Stitt
Foundation Gets Bulk of Pierre du Pont Estate
The Longwood Foundation will receive most of the Pierre S. du Pont estate to maintain Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square Pennsylvania. Du Pont died April 5 at age 84, the will showing an estimated probate value of 40 million dollars, with later estimates possibly doubling. The will creates the Longwood Foundation to fund maintenance and improvements.
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West Chester
Pierre S. du Pont
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square
N Pa
du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc
Longwood
Longwood Foundation, Inc
Reds Accused in Korean Shooting
U N command accuses Communist forces of a provocative act after a light US army plane strayed into the Korean neutral zone in bad weather on January 20. Two Americans were killed and three other passengers were uninjured as the pilot safely landed the shrapnel scarred L 20 Beaver at a U N airstrip.
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Panmunjom
U.N
Parliaments Kill Driver Education Bill In Iowa House
In Des Moines a House move to table an amendment made the driver education bill dead for this session. The measure would have required public high schools to offer driver education, with earlier attempts to include parochial schools defeated. The session also saw actions on seaplane instruction and higher bus speed limits, among many other bills.
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Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Elthon
Iowa
House
Des Moines
W. E. Whitney
R-Aurelia
Robert W. Naden
Webster City
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
State Aeronautics Commission
The
Conservation Commission
George, O'Malley
Toledo
Annie Wittenmyer
Davenport
Neil E. Johns
Johns
Jim O. Henry
Carson
Two Airmen Sentenced for Refusing to Salute
A2/C Don L. Tidwell of Hot Springs Arkansas and A3C Gene D. Matt were sentenced by a general court martial to five years at hard labor, dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay for refusing to salute an officer. They cited Jehovah's Witness beliefs since enlisting as the reason for noncompliance.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Don L. Tidwell
Hot Springs
Ark
Gene D. Matt
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Stamford Police Probe Auto Crash On Merritt Parkway
Stamford authorities report two state troopers investigated a car accident on the Merritt Parkway. Officers Austin Ford and Arthur Benz led the probe.
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Stamford, Conn
Merritt Parkway
Austin Ford
Arthur Benz
Nat Hull Sees Scouting as Aid To World Peace
Nat Hull district Boy Scout Executive told Lions Club at the Roosevelt hotel that Scouting acts as a United Nations for youth and can reduce international conflict. He cited Fred Poyneer, praised as the dean of Scouting in Cedar Rapids, for bringing Scouting to the area in 1924 and remaining active in the Hawkeye Area council.
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Nat Hull
World Brotherhood of Scouting
United Nations
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Hull
Fred Poyneer
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
Poyneer
Gary man given plea deadline in Cedar Rapids rape case
Hamad Habhab, 29, of Gary Indiana, must enter a plea by 10 a.m. February 15 after a January 26 grand jury indictment charging rape. He posted $5,000 bond after arraignment in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court and is accused of assaulting an 18 year old Waterloo girl in a car south of Cedar Rapids on November 7. The indictment was sealed until Thursday due to Habhab being away from the city. Officials say he returned to Cedar Rapids voluntarily.
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Hamad Habhab
Gary Ind
Habhab
Floyd Philbrick
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Man Pleads Innocent in Adultery Charge
Herman Bartels of Monticello, 49, pleaded innocent to an adultery charge stemming from Feb 4, 1954, with his 15 year old daughter-in-law Nina who pled guilty Feb 10, 1954 and received a suspended four month sentence, a $50 fine, and costs. Bartels was arrested after nearly a year of pursuit by Eastern Iowa detectives. bond was set at $1000 by Judge J E Heiserman.
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Herman Bartels
Monticello
J. E. Heiserman
Bartels
Nina
Iowa
Heiserman
Wills Admitted to Probate For Clark and Armstrong Estates
Two wills were admitted to probate Thursday. Charles F. Clark who died Sunday names his son Herbert F. Clark as sole heir and executor without bond. Gertrude M Arm strong who died July 17, 1954 names her husband and children as heirs, with son Charles named executor without bond.
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Charles F. Clark
Herbert F. Clark
Gertrude M. Armstrong
Charles
Suits Dismissed in Two Civil Actions
Two suits dismissed Thursday: M. W. O Rieley and George C. Claassen versus Nellie M. Drews on an account and Dorothy Wieneke versus Robert Wieneke on a divorce. Leslie J. and Dorothy IV. Fink sued Ida Gipp for 292.18 dollars for alleged real estate assessment costs.
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M. W. O’rieley
George C. Claassen
Nellie M. Drews
Dorothy Wieneke
Robert Wieneke
Leslie J
Dorothy IV
Fink
Ida Gipp
Finks
Boy Hurt as Toy Cannon Explodes in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, 11 year old James Matterson was injured when a toy cannon loaded with homemade gunpowder exploded. He faced surgery to remove a jagged metal shard that pierced his jaw.
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Boy Hurt
Philadelphia
James Matterson
Rotary Chief Speaks at University of Iowa on 50th Anniversary
Herbert J. Taylor president of Rotary International spoke at the University of Iowa on Rotary’s 50th anniversary outlining an ethics program used in 89 countries. Posters posed four questions Is it the truth Is it fair Does it build goodwill Is it beneficial to all. The piece notes founder Paul P Harris earned a law degree from the University of Iowa.
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Iowa City
Herbert J. Taylor
Rotary International
University of Iowa
Taylor
Rotary J
Rotary
Paul P.harris
Decorah Firm Wins $214,505 Paving Contract
The State Highway Commission awarded a paving project to the Fred Carlson Company of Decorah for 214,505 dollars. The job covers 1.14 miles of paving on Iowa 9 and Iowa 189 in Cresco.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Howard County
Fred Carlson Company of
Decorah
Iowa 9
Iowa 189
Cresco
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