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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1955
Page
3
Despite a setback in a Civil Aeronautics Board decision Cesar Rapids remains hopeful for a quick settlement in its long fight for north south airline service. The report notes a Russian backed peace conference plan and aviation talks affecting routes and carriers.
Forecast calls for fair skies through Sunday. Tonight will be very cold with lows 5 to 10 below zero and daytime highs on Sunday still shivering and limited in warmth.
A fragmented report notes Ozark remaining a potential path for a northern Iowa route while Cedar Rapids' bid to include its north-south service was rejected.
The Iowa state board of education approved February 1 salary increases for five State University of Iowa football coaches. Chalmers Gump Eliott and Robert Flora rise from 8700 to 9200 dollars, Henry Pira and Archie Kodras from 7500 to 48000, and Jerry Burns from 5000 to 5750.
U S forces assume reorganization and training of the Viet Namese army in Saigon under Lt Gen John W O Daniel. The army is to grow from 217 000 to about 240 000 with a reserve force of 150 000 planned for 1985. In Cairo a power outage cut WKRO off the air during a disk jockeys broadcast.
A jury awarded $61,005 to Mary I. Tygret as executrix in a malpractice suit against Ottumwa physician Dr D L Hater after a five week trial. The verdict, reached after 14 hours, marked the largest in Wapello County history and followed the death of Richard Tygret, 35, in 1952 from a perforated duodenal ulcer.
In Cedar Rapids officials debated pursuing an exemption order from the Civil Aeronautics Board to compel Ozark Airlines to provide a north south link from St Louis through Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis and possibly Rochester. If no objections are filed within 80 days, the order could proceed.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization staff at its Paris headquarters form an informal wrestling club as a preparedness effort. The move reflects a light side to defense readiness and teamwork among employees.
Four city leaders and the Rock Island Moline police chief viewed automatic railroad crossing gates in Rock Island and Moline. They favored automatic gates for Cedar Rapids but noted Quad City conditions differ and planned a railroad meeting Monday to discuss replacing flagmen with automatically tripped gates and power operated switches with a TV control plan.
Cedar Rapids avoided the dire 1B below readings expected Friday morning as the low reached 11 below at 8 am. Tonight forecast calls for five to 10 degrees below zero with a rebound to seven above by 2:30 pm. Sunday may see the first return to around 20 degrees in the area with winds continuing to stir conditions.
A blaze at the Barton hotel on Madison Street Chicago left at least 22 dead and 14 injured as residents fled into sub zero weather. The four upper floors housed about 245 occupied cubicles and a crippled man in a second floor cubicle sparked speculation of ignition by rubbing alcohol. Coroner and fire officials probe conditions and charges.
In Modena Italy funeral services were held for Ariosta Malagasi 45. A donkey escaped its stable and followed the funeral car to the cemetery, kicking at those who tried to drive it away. After the burial the animal returned to its stable and has since refused to eat or be fondled.
Los Angeles couple Antonio and Rosina Benenati celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Saturday. He is 93 and she is 89. They say they have never had a quarrel and attribute their lasting marriage to patience and tolerance.
A 32 year old father of two, Joseph Onstett, Cedar Rapids Wilson plant employee, was burned to death when an oil burner explosion sparked a fire at his two story frame house seven miles northwest of Mt. Vernon. Firemen saved other outbuildings but the home was doomed. The explosion occurred as he lit a first floor bedroom air burner in the early morning between 6 and 7, while his wife and children were away in Tipton. Onstott’s body was recovered later, his wife and children were notified, and funeral arrangements will follow.
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