Jury Chosen To Hear Trial of Jerry Bates
A Cedar Rapids jury of nine men and three women was selected to try Jerry H. Bates, former insurance man accused of mail fraud. Opening statements were made and testimony began as the trial, projected to last about three days, opened with U.S. Attorney Donald O'Brien outlining alleged scheme. Bates, who cut corners in mortgage work, faced claims of deceiving MacCabees Mutual Life Insurance Co by falsifying forms and appraisals. The first witness was Bates’s former employer. Also noted, a new bankruptcy petition filed in federal court lists assets of 6 525 and debts of 4 812.18.
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Cedar Rapids
Jerry H. Bates
U.S
Donald O’brien
Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Co
Insurance Company
Bates
Earl R. Schwabe
Twenty-first Avenue
Cedar Rapids School Board Calls Special Meeting
A special Cedar Rapids board of education meeting is set for 4 30 p m Thursday at the board building to approve plans and specs for an addition to Grant School and seating equipment for auditoriums in two junior high schools under construction. The next regular meeting is February 22.
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Cedar Rapids
Army Reports Enlistment of 3 Eastern Iowans
Three Eastern Iowa men enlist in the army and air force with assignments to New York Fort Leonard Wood Lackland Texas and Arlington Heights. George W. Glann Jr. 22 of Des Moines joined army security service as a private. Samuel M. Martens 19 from Gladbrook enters air force mechanical career field and goes to Lackland. Billy V. Dew on leave from Fort McPherson to Pentagon. Navy reserve unit in Cedar Rapids reports five enrollments with 18 months reserve then two years active duty.
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Eastern Iowa
George W. Glann, Jr
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Army Security Agency
New York
Fort Leonard Wood
Spencer C. McCormick
G Avenue NW
John S. Klima
E Avenue NW
McCormick
Klima
Samuel M. Martens
Gladbrook
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Billy V. Dew
Gayle Dew
Sixteenth Street SE
Fort McPherson
Arlington Heights Army Station
Pentagon
Navy Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Arthur E. Dunham
E Avenue
Charles T. Tauber
Dalewood Avenue
Allen D. Hamann
Keystone
Richard H. Pohlmann
David L. Potter
Vinton
Navy
Mother of Four Given 30 Days
Cedar Rapids mother of four, Sharon Kruger, was sentenced by Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. to 30 days in jail for shoplifting a carton of cigarettes from May’s store on December 24. Her attorney plans an appeal. bond set at $150. She and her four children, aged 3 to 8, will be cared for by juvenile authorities during the sentence.
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Loren Hullinger, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Hullinger
Sharon Kruger
Fourth Avenue SE
Kruger
Third Avenue
Robert Nelson
Ag Department Probe Is Okayed by House
Iowa House votes almost unanimously to adopt a senate resolution creating a 10 member committee to investigate the Department of Agriculture. The Senate already approved the measure, while the House held until bigger bills move forward.
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House
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Gazette Want Ads Prompt for Buyers and Sellers
A compact line urging readers to use Gazette Want Ads for buying and selling. It promotes the classifieds as a practical tool for transactions and local trades.
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Gazette
Meter Violations Bring Jail Term
Russell D. Boyken of 1627 Ellis boulevard NW was sentenced to ten days in jail for 14 meter violations since January. He also received a $15 fine or four more days in jail for a speeding charge previously unpaid after a November offense.
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Russell D. Boyken
Ellis Boulevard
Boyken
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Jerry Bates
Joe Hadacek
Dysart
Henry Sedlacek
Louise McFate
Chelsea
John Beving
Virgil Claassen
Wellsburg
Donald Frick
Roland Holden
Williamsburg
Leo L. Knight
Steamboat Rock
Daniel Lanning
Ladora
Warren Cruikshank
Toledo
Margie Hatch
Central City
Florence E. Smith
West Branch
Vietor
Maccabees
Indianapolis
Army
Iowans
Dorothy C. Calvert
Second Avenue SE
Rarin
Mece
Valentine
Lindale
Pearl of
Wisdom
Second Avenue
Second Street
Capes
Judy Bond
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