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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1955

Page

4

Iowa and national weather and notices round up

Saturday city temperatures and regional forecast show mixed readings with a colder trend in the southeast. Sunday outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies and snow likely in the south with Monday turning cloudy and snowy but little temperature change. Local obituaries and funeral notices list names and residences from Cedar Rapids to Tipton, including Junietta Montz and Sarah Allen, with services scheduled across surrounding towns.

Chicago Mia Jes Moines Ork Molinearort Minneapolis Los Angeles Atlanta Seattle Iowa

Jap Elections Today To Pick New Parliament

About 35 million voters go to the polls to elect a new diet and decide questions on Japan’s Cold War role and reforms. Polls open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with results arriving after midnight. 467 diet seats contested from 1,017 candidates. Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama and his Democratic Party expected to stay in power.

Tokyo INS Japan Diet Ichiro Hatoyama Democratic Party Hatoyama Russia China United States

Bus crash in Spain kills 29 near Vigo

A crowded bus crashed and burned near Vigo, Spain, killing at least 29 people and injuring an undetermined number. Police reported the steering gear may have failed just before the collision, with few other details available.

Vigo Spain

State rests in Fuller murder trial in Phenix City case

The state rested its case as Albert Fuller faced testimony he was on the scene before and after Albert Patterson was shot. A pistol was seen on Fuller before, but an empty holster after. A gun linked to the crime has not been found.

Birmingham Ala Ulp Albert Fuller Albert Patterson Fuller Patterson Arch Ferrell Russell County Phenix City Cecil Padgett Ferrell Silas Garrett Associated Press Edith Padgett A. L. Patterson

Plunging Necklines For Moscow Girls

London AP reports Moscow fashion shifts with designers forecasting summer styles. Female outfits feature low necklines, short sleeves, and wide skirts on frocks. Men's attire also changes with trousers becoming narrower and shorter.

London Heaa Moscow Moscow Radio

Senator Eastland Labels Matusow A Stooge In Reds Probe

Sen Eastland said the widening probe into witness Harvey Matusow shows he is a stooge and that the inquiry may take a month. Public hearings resume Monday with Matusow back at the witness stand.

Washington Sen Eastland D-Miss J Turnabout Harvey Matusow Internal Security Subcommittee Matusow

C47 Transport Crashes in Snowstorm Near Spokane

An air force C47 transport crash landed in an alfalfa field 14 miles south of Spokane Washington after running low on fuel in a snowstorm. The two engine plane skidded a half mile, struck a fence, and spun. One crew member, S Sgt Henry Gutierrez, suffered a brain concussion while the others endured severe shaking. all aboard escaped with mostly minor injuries. The crew consisted of Maj Norbert H. Riegel Lt March Barthello and Airman Sumio Yasukawa.

Spokane Wash Here Henry Gutierrez Alameda Calif Norbert H. Riegel Washington March Barthello Holyoke Mass Sumio Yasukawa Santa Clara

Second Victim of Air Base Shooting Dies

Captain Marvin J. Marchesi, 34, of Los Angeles, died in a Wichita Falls hospital after brain surgery following a shooting at Sheppard Air Force Base that killed Lt. Col. Carl G. Carlson, 43, of Spokane. Civilian instructor William F. Link, 38, is charged with murder amid unresolved motives linked to a work dispute.

Wichita Falls Texas INS Marvin J. Marchesi Sheppard Air Force Base Marchesi Los Angeles Carl G. Carlson Spokane Wash William F. Link Sheppard Carlson Airforce Sink

Soviets Accused of Building Up Satellite Armies

Washington based assembly for captive European nations charges 83 satellite divisions exist in breach of peace limits. It warns these forces with air and sea arms are unreliable for at least a decade. The report says satellites are militarized under Soviet control with standardized arms and Russian training. Czech industry supplies much of the modern equipment.

Washington INS Assembly

British Prisoners Describe Torture in Korea Camps

A defense ministry report cites 978 British POWs held along the Yalu river exposing systematic coercion by Chinese captors over two decades of conflict. One officer responded to a brain washing test with a wry travel joke rather than class struggle.

Defense Ministry Korea Yalu River

Prospects But No Buyers for Baroness Title

Mrs. Lina von Lamezan an 81 year old Chicago woman offers to transfer her European baroness title for a sum. Seven letters arrived from interested yet poor suitors including a 10 year old girl with ten cents. A USMCA captain planned to visit. Geoffrey A. Klain of Indianapolis is interested. She fears rising living costs and would adopt a successor in court.

Chicago Lina von Lamezan Geoffrey A. Klain Indianapolis

Winners Named in Iowa High School Forensic District

Thirty schools and 118 contestants joined the northeast district contest at Roosevelt high school Cedar Rapids. Winners advance to the state finals March 30 31 and April 1 at the University of Iowa Iowa City with top honors in Radio speaking Original oratory Current events speaking Debate and Interpretive reading awarded to named students from Roosevelt Waverly Dubuque Elkader Decorah and other schools.

Roosevelt High School Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Iowa City Roberta Sheets Roosevelt Roger Palmer Patricia Marsh Waverly David Wente West Waterloo Judy Rickey McKinley Janet Miller Neil Fretag Dubuque High Decorah Barbara Norris Mary Shold Elkader John Watson Wilson Lavonne LeMar Excellent Peggy Meinerz Sandra Severn Delores Kadlee Mary Scott Dubuque Zena Greenstein Judy Hagerman Robert Conant Nor

Eyes Much Bigger Than His Purse

Apolinaris Lardinis entered a PORT ARTHUR cafe for breakfast of 312 dozen raw eggs four hot dogs and three hamburgers and then declared he could not pay a $4.75 tab. He was taken into custody.

Port Arthur Ont Apolinaris Lardinis

Cedar Rapids Briefs features local club meetings and notices

City Briefs list noon Tuesday meetings for the Cedar Rapids Cost Accountants and various clubs including Hawkeye Toastmasters Jaycee Toastmasters and Optimist Club. Notices include a dentist joining a practice, an adjustment board meeting, a local service club luncheon, and a 1951 to 1952 health statistic comparison.

Services for Lester Owen Hatch at 1 30 Monday

Funeral services for Lester Owen Tom Hatch retired lumberman and founder of Hatch Brookman Lumber Co will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday conducted by Rev D A Loferski rector of St Johns Episcopal Church Entombment in Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel

Lester Owen Tom” Hatch Wilson Avenue The Hatch & Brookman Lumber Co Turner Chapel D. A. Loferski St. John's Episcopal Chhurch iChapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Cemetery

Deaths: Michael R. Beecher 77 Cedar Rapids plumber

Michael Robert Beecher 77 former Cedar Rapids plumber died after a long illness in a local nursing home. He was born in Solon and survived by a sister Ella Frederick of Cedar Rapids and a brother James Beecher of Solon along with several nieces and nephews. Services by Msgr. William H. Schulte at Immaculate Conception Church Tuesday at 9 a.m. Parish Rosary Monday at 7 30 p.m. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Michael Robert Beecher Cedar Rapids Solon Ella Frederick James Beecher William H. Schulte Immaculate Conception Brady Mortuary Mt. Calvary Cemetery

Services for Mrs Teresa Buri an Held in Brosh Chapel

Services for Mrs Teresa Buri an of 1211 Thirty-sixth Street SE will be conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek at 2 p.m. Monday in the Brosh chapel. Burial will be in the Czech National cemetery. The casket will not be opened.

Teresa Burian Thirty-sixth Street Theodore B. Hlubucek Brosh Chapel Czech National Cemetery

Red Oak Worker Killed As House Falls On Basement Dig

Vernon Shannon, 29, of Red Oak, died when a house under which he and two coworkers were digging out a basement collapsed Saturday. Wayne Johnson, 28, also of Red Oak, and Paul Pritchard, 34, of Emerson, escaped with bruises. The trio were building under the home of Jack Vannausdale when the structure slipped from its supports.

RED Oak Vernon Shannon Wayne Johnson Paul Pritchard Emerson Jack Vannausdale Shannon Ife

Dulles Presses Anti Red China Policy in Burma Visit

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles defended strong anti communism during a Burma trip in Rangoon. He warned of using tactical atomic bombs if needed to check Red Chinese aggression and said the United States would deploy forces if the Nationalist islands near Formosa were threatened. He invited Burmese Premier U Nu to visit the United States as security kept hecklers at bay.

Rangoon INS John Ofter Dulles America United States Quemoy Formosa U Nu U. S Burma Chou En-lai Peiping China Bangkok SEATO Colombo Indonesia India Ceylon Pakistan

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