Weather and local notices from LaCrosse area Byron 1955
February 24 1955 daily weather summary with highs and lows and precipitation figures. Includes Iowa Senate and House bills on workers compensation and tax reform, as well as local birth announcements, traffic fines, and funeral notices for Anna Pavlicek George Hansel Raymond Eustick Clarence Hatch Sophie Schrader Frank Van Auken Mrs James Howie and Charles Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Anna Pavlicek
Hrabak
Manchester
George Hansel
St. Mary’s Church
Church Cemetery
Gill Funeral Home
Coralville
Raymond E. Eustick
West Liberty
Oelwein
Clarence Hatch
Postville
Sophie Schrader
Ocelwein
Frank van Auken
Joliet
Monticello
James Howie
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Goettsch Funeral
Keswick
Charles N. Churchill
Keswick Methodist Church
Sigourney
Howard
Six Month License Suspension for Reckless Driving
Dave Rittgers of 105 Fifteenth Street NE lost his driver's license for six months after appearing in municipal court on a reckless driving charge. Judge Charles Benesh ordered the suspension and fined him $25. He noted Rutgers was arrested for speeding three times last year. The judge also recommended a 20 day suspension for Nettie Dvorak of 1145 Twentieth Avenue SW who was arrested for speeding.
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Dave Rutgers
Fifteenth Street
Fred Meier
Lowdon
John Curtis
Nineteenth Avenue
Glenn Miller
Marion
Robert Wood
Third Avenue
Richard Pepmeyer
Nettie Dvorak
Twentieth Avenue
John Maring
Mt. Vernon Road
Guy Maxa
Toddville
Milton Bader
Monticello
David McGuire
Ninth Street
Joseph Kimmel, Jr
Pleasant Valley
Ronald Eder
Vinton
Ernest Trachta
Route 2
Lucille Gremmels
Edgewood
James Neelans
Eleanor Smith
First Avenue NE
Rhea Woods, Jr
A Avenue NE
Dave Rittgers
Charles Benesh
Rutgers
Dostal dies at 89 after long illness in Swisher
John H. Dostal 89 a Swisher resident for 21 years died at 5 45 p m Wednesday at his home after a long illness He was born December 25 1865 in Moline His wife Josephine Kucera Dostal died April 19 1944 Surviving four daughters Mrs Jesse Musgrave North Liberty Mrs Jerry Bechcka near Ely Mrs Jerry Merta Cedar Rapids and Alice Dostal and four sons William Oxford Jack near Oxford Edd Mt Vernon and Frank Cedar Rapids 22 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren Services 2 30 p m Saturday at Brosh chapel by Rev Zdenek Frauk Burial Anderson cemetery near Swisher Friends may call at chapel Friday
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John H. Dostal
Swisher
Moline
Josephine Kucera Dostal
Jesse Musgrave
North Liberty
Jerry Bechcka
Ely
Jerry Merta
Cedar Rapids
Alice Dostal
William
Oxford
Jack
Edd
Mt. Vernon
Frank
Brosh Chapel
Zdenek Frauk
Anderson Cemetery
Obituary: George W. Leinbaugh Cedar Rapids Painter Dies
George W. Leinbaugh a Cedar Rapids resident for 65 years died at 10 50 am Wednesday in University hospitals Iowa City He was born January 26 1868 in Lyons and survived by two sons Reuben H and Howard M Leinbaugh Cedar Rapids two grandchildren and four great grandchildren He belonged to painters local 47 AFL Burial is at Linwood cemetery in Beatty Bearle chapel service at 1 30 pm Saturday conducted by Rev Z F Pauk of Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Friends may call the chapel after 7 pm Thursday
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George W. Leinbaugh
Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mr. Leinbaugh
Lyons
Reuben H
Howard M. Leinbaugh
Painters Local N. 47
AFL
Beatty-Bearle
Z. F. Pauk
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Thursay
Miss LeNore Le Grand Rites Planned In Atlantic
Miss LeNore Le Grand 62 of 1948 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born June 18 1892 at Monroe she belonged to the Atlantic Methodist church. Surviving: three sisters Mrs Charles Pigg Atlantic Miss Estelle Le Grand Cedar Rapids and Mrs Lee Whitcomb Cedar Rapids and a brother Jay Winterset. Services 1 p.m. Saturday at Roland funeral home Atlantic. Friends may call at Barta Hesser chapel until Saturday then body to Atlantic.
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LeNore le Grand
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Monroe
Methodist Church
Atlantic
Charles Pigg
Estelle le Grand
Lee Whitcomb
Jay
Winterset
Roland
Barta-Hesser
Cedar Rapids Woman Allie Thompson North Dies After Long Illness
Allie Thompson North of 1416 Memorial Drive SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 9 10 p m Wednesday after a long illness. Born near Clermont April 27 1880 she leaves two Cedar Rapids sisters Net tie Hildebrand and Hattie Jones. Private services will be held Friday at 2 p m at Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev Frank H Ward officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. friends may call at the chapel.
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Allie Thompson North
Memorial Drive
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Edward V. Gillin
Services for Edward V. Gillin of 522 Third Avenue SW will be held at St. Patrick's Church at 9 a.m. Friday with Rt. Rev. Msgr. D J Lenihan officiating. Burial is in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Msgr. Lenihan will recite the Rosary at 7 30 p.m. Thursday at Teahen chapel, where friends may call.
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Edward V. Gillin
Third Avenue SW
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Services for Mrs Wesley Machacek
Services for Mrs Wesley Machacek of 935 Westwood Drive NW Cedar Rapids who died Tuesday will be held in Turner chapel at 10 30 a m Friday conducted by Dr H M Grant of Trinity Methodist church Burial will be in Czech National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Machacek
Westwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
H. M. Grant
Trinity Methodist Church
Czech National Cemetery
Service for Mrs. Wittke set for Friday at 1 30 p m
Funeral services for Mrs. Fredrick W Wittke of 1401 Third Street NW Cedar Rapids will be held at 1 30 p m Friday with Rev Russell A Pavy of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Fredrick W Wittke
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Russell A. Pavy
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Ezra Lenway Held at Turner Chapel
Ezra Lenway of Cedar Rapids died Monday after 27 years at 110 Fourth Street NW. Funeral services will be at Turner Chapel at 3 30 p m Friday conducted by Rev Floyd Hinshaw of St James Methodist Church. Burial follows at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Leonard Lenway
Fourth Street NW
Celdar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Floyd Hinshaw
St. James Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Connecticut 1000th enlistee since air force recruiting
Greenwich Connecticut Pvt Frank Sargeant became the 1000th Connecticut enlistee in the army since the air force began its separate recruiting drive. The ceremony marked a milestone in state recruitment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Connecticut
Army
Air Force J
Frank Sargeant
Senate May Block Recess Appointments in Iowa
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Senate weighs steps to curb governor Hoegh s recess appointments amid a stand off over nominations. A judiciary committee draft would require two steps for major appointments nomination by the governor and confirmation by the senate and could challenge appointments made during recess. Some senators threaten to withhold adjournment if the dispute continues as the senate has blocked two Hoegh picks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Hoegin
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoegh
Council Delays Leonard Street Sewer Proposal
The city council postponed a sanitary sewer plan for Leonard street NE pending a decision on vacating the street. A petition by Robert V. and Lucille Haynes is on file, and officials advised withholding action on projects by Chester A. Dunlap and by Arthur W. Hanna and Hazel Hanna until the vacation issue is resolved. Dunlap warned of a potential new lawsuit if sewer work is deferred. Previously a court ruled the lane between Thirtieth and Thirty-second streets west of Eastern avenue NE is public property.
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Leonard Street
Robert V
Lucille Haynes
W. W. Stolba
Chester A
Cedar Rapids considers rail underpass and signal plan
City officials weigh building a Fifth Avenue underpass with electronic gates versus removing tracks later. Mayor Sedlacek backs the underpass while acknowledging uncertainty about the signals. A survey will estimate costs and seek railroad cooperation.
Barber college founder fined for unlicensed practice
ST. JOSEPH MO AP Frank Berry 74 has run a barber college for 17 years graduating about 500 barbers. He was fined $10 for barbering without a license and said he will appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Frank Berry
Berry
Utility Revises Gas Rate Measure for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council heard a revised proposal from Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric to tie any automatic gas rate changes to pipeline price shifts with a 30 day filing delay. The measure keeps council control by allowing disapproval during the period and urges a prompt hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Donald Barnes
Barnes
Federal Power Commission
County Board Cancels Ambulance Service Contract
Linn county supervisors voted to end the contract with Ambulance Service in a special session. The board directed the auditor to inform Ambulance Service and the city council the county will no longer participate in the city county subsidy of 900 dollars monthly. Senator Byers introduced a bill to allow joint ambulance operations between counties and cities after an attorney general opinion deemed the current arrangement illegal.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Miles P. Sutera
Henry J. Hood
Martin Wiley
Otto Hanzlik
Oscar Strauss
Day‘ton Countryman
Frank Byers
Cedar Rapids
County Boards of Supervisors
Sen. Byers
North Dakotan Named District Court Reporter
Judge Charles Penningroth appointed En P Nelson of Dickinson North Dakota as district court reporter to succeed Arthur Bye who resigned January fifteenth Nelson a 36 year old married father of two will begin duties next Tuesday He will report sessions in Linn Jones and Cedar counties with nine years experience including five in Dickinson district court He uses a stenograph machine to record proceedings
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Charles Penningroth
North Dakota
En P. Nelson
Dickinson
N. D
Arthur Bye
Bye
Federal Court
Northern District
Iowa
Nelson
Penningroth
Linn
Jones
Cedar
Sampica Pleads Guilty to Nighttime Larceny One-Year Sentence
Fred Sampica, 50, at large, pled guilty to larceny in the nighttime and received a one year sentence in Linn county jail. Judge J E Heiserman suspended all but 90 days on county attorney's recommendation after his arrest by Cedar Rapids detectives on Feb 16 for stealing a $9 wrist watch from May Drug Company. In a separate auto collision case Judge B J Maxwell ruled for defendants Wilfred Millard and Norman Strain, denying any cash damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sampica
Linn
J. E. Heiserman
Willis Glassgow
Sampica
Cedar Rapids
May Drug Company
B. J. Maxwell
Wilfred Millard
Norman Strain
Millard
Strain
Okel Book
Goodfellow Will Leaves Estate to Siblings in Equal Shares
The will of Maraguart A. Goodfellow, who died January 3, was admitted to probate Thursday. It provides equal shares to brother Dan Goodfellow and sister Maude C. Collins, with William J. Collins named executor without bond.
East Iowan Is Fined For Reckless Driving
LeRoy Reinhardt of Strawberry Point was fined $100 and costs in justice court on a reckless driving charge. Highway patrolmen chased Reinhardt through Arlington at high speeds.
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East Iowan
Oelwein
LeRoy Reinhardt
Strawberry Point
Justice Court
Reinhardt
Arlington
Governor Lauds Senator as Cedar Rapids Native
The governor praised a Cedar Rapids native as one of the great senators while stressing the need for thorough committee discussion of legislative proposals. He noted Iowa holds 25 percent of the nation's grade A farm land and that 70 percent of the state's is grade A.
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Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weathered In as Gov Hoegh Stays in Cedar Rapids
Gov. Hoegh and his party flew to Cedar Rapids and spent the night there after bad weather blocked a Des Moines landing. They checked out of the Montrose hotel around 8 a.m. and headed to Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport.
Iowa’s farms drive national production and development gains
The speaker outlines Iowa’s share of national corn hogs and eggs, and notes plans to boost production as population grows. He cites the Iowa Development Commission’s postwar progress, with 900 new industries and 37,000+ jobs, plus tax benefits.
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Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
The
Development Commission
Fire destroys yacht off Miami in 170 mile Nassau cruise
Millionaire tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds his wife and the skipper abandoned their 53 foot yacht Scarlett O Hara five miles off Miami Beach and escaped in a small boat after a gas leak caused the blaze near the voyage’s end. Coast Guard recovered the burning craft hours later with bow above water. The trio fashioned a makeshift sail from tarpaulin and sailed to shore.
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Miami Beach
Richard J. Reynolds
Nassau
Reynolds
Scarlett O’hara
Coast Guard
Florida
AFL Opposes Change in Cedar Rapids Rail Crossing Signals
Cedar Rapids area unions including the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor and Building Trades Council oppose a plan to replace flagmen with automatic signals at Fourth street and nearby crossings. Spokesman Walter F. Shadle cited practical consensus against gates and TV monitored towers, noting safety concerns if signals flash when no train is coming. AFL officials attended the council meeting, alongside leaders from Plumbers, Painters, Electrical Workers, Ironworkers, and Carpenters locals.
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AFL
Fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Walter F. Shadle
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Building Trades Council
Shadle
E. A. Prochaska
Milo Sedlacek
John W. Evans
W. A. Schmatt
Plumbers’ Union
Merton Nash
Painters
R. H. Sommers
Electrical Workers
John Zahorik
Carpenters
Fire consumes two story brick structure as firemen save band gear
A two story brick building suffered a fire with only band instruments and uniforms saved. A human chain of firefighters and civilians carried equipment from the basement while books, lab equipment, and other supplies were destroyed. The cause remained undetermined Thursday and the building was unoccupied when the flames started.
Third Optimist Club Organized in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids adds a new chapter as the Thursday Optimist club forms with Jack Ware elected president and Ernie Pence and Tom Hoegen as vice presidents. Tom Collins Gordon Walker William Victorine and Harold Miller join the board of directors. the new group is distinct from the existing Tuesday club.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Jack Ware
Ernie Pence
Tom Hoegen
Tom Collins
Gordon Walker
William Victorine
Harold Miller
Alcoholism Study Proposal Rejected in Iowa House
DES MOINES RP The house safety committee postponed indefinitely a bill to authorize 30,000 for a nine member committee to study alcoholism and report in 1957. The panel favored two other bills: 90 day suspensions for suspected drunk drivers who refuse blood tests and allowing rural mail carriers to use blue rear lights. It also urged increasing Iowa Highway Patrol strength from 225 to 250. KEY CLUBS Judiciary panel endorsed a Senate bill to exempt private clubs hotels and certain railroad beer permit cars from liquor storage rules and the Senate recently approved it 38 to 12.
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Des Moines
House Safety Committee
Iowa Highway Patrol
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Hairdressers Give Free Haircuts at Local Hospitals and Home
Four members of the Cedar Rapids Hairdressers Association visited St. Luke's, Mercy hospitals, and the Children's Home on Tuesday to cut and style hair. Frances Huffman Gen Fish Maxine Rayman and Russell Hall offered the service in observance of National Beauty Salon week.
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St. Luke’s
Mercy
Children’s
Cedar Rapids
Hoegh answers questions at Cedar Rapids Chamber meeting
Iowa Governor Leo Hoegh fielded wide ranging queries at a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce session, outlining views on sales tax, toll roads, fuel taxes, private toll financing, federal aid for schools, road modernization, speed limits, homestead exemptions, and reapportionment. He defended tax policy while urging caution on new bonds and emphasized Iowa as a farming state with focus on roads and parks.
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Ayton Countryman
Iowa
Leo Hoegh
Cedar Rapids
Merger Backed By CIO Board Amid Dissent
The CIO executive board approved the AFL CIO merger with only one dissenting union, Transport Workers. Walter Reuther clashed with Michael Quill in a four and half hour meeting, Quill accusing the merger of compromising union autonomy and Raiding risk while Reuther defended the agreement.
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Washington
Llp
CIO
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Michael Quill
Quill
Reuther
AFL
Cach Plans To Appeal His Paving Assessment
Frank D. Cach filed a notice Thursday to appeal a paving assessment on Mallory Street SW. Cedar Rapids council reduced the bill by 727.88 from 5010.50 after his protest challenging the amount as excessive and exceeding 25 percent of the property's actual value, with district court as next step.
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Frank D. Cach
Mallory Street
Cedar ‘Rapids
Cach
Nepal Opens First Motor Road To The Outside World
Nepal completed its first motor road to connect with the outside world only a few years ago, marking a major step in modern infrastructure.
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Nepal
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