Weather and city court items from Friday and Saturday
Temperatures and precipitation totals for cities like Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and New Orleans are listed along with a regional forecast calling for colder weather turning colder Sunday afternoon Highs 40 to 52 and a chance of snow Monday. A long list of local court actions includes fines for muffler violations disturbed peace and traffic offenses with details of names addresses and outcomes.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Fire destroys Bellanca airplane at Hunter Field
A single engine Bellanca airplane was destroyed Saturday morning at Hunter airport after a carburetor backfire ignited the blaze. Owner Charles Henry of Marion and companion Art Kroening attempted to start the plane after rolling it from the hangar. Mechanic Charles Scheetz suggested over priming may have caused the backfire before they could summon help.
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Bellanca
Hunter
Charles Scheetz
Charles Henry
Marion
Henry
Art Kroening
Scheetz
Electrical Union Hearing Put Off
The Subversive Activities Control Board postponed resuming a hearing on charges that the United Electrical Workers union has Communist influence. A U.S. Court of Appeals ruling required access to FBI reports by a key witness before testimony can be used, delaying continued UE proceedings tied to a seven year government effort to register the Communist party as a subversive organization.
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Washington
Communist Party
CIO
Schools To Get New National Anthem Disc
The American Heritage Foundation will gift every public, private, and parochial school and college a free 78 rpm high fidelity recording of The Star Spangled Banner. Conducted by Fritz Reiner and Charles Munsch, the Chicago and Boston symphonies collaborate on the new disc produced for the foundation by RCA Victor. Distribution is limited to the foundation and select institutions. not sold in stores.
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New York
American Heritage Foundation
John C. Cornelius
Foundation
Cornelius
RCA Victor
Cornelius Said
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munsch
Lester Pearson Interview on Mike Wallace Show Saturday Night
Nobel Peace laureate Lester Pearson appears on the Mike Wallace interview program airing Saturday at 9 00 p m on Channel 9. Pearson discusses peace efforts and international diplomacy in a primetime TV profile.
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Lester Pearson
Mike Wallace
Channel 9
Florida Citrus Losses Put At Twenty Percent
Florida growers assess December frost damage at as high as 20 percent for oranges grapefruit and tangerines. Prices rise for remaining fruit as supply tightens and USDA estimates 22 million boxes of orange losses. Florida Citrus Mutual notes grapefruit drop appears minor. officials urge government action to aid growers.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Robert W. Rutledge
Florida Citrus Mutual
Citrus Mutual
U.S
Washington
Florida Growers
Barney Cohen
Florida Independent Citrus Growers Association
Benson
Florida Citrus Commission
Moran Heads Municipal Employes Credit Union
Police Sgt. LaVerne Moran was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Employes Credit Union at the annual meeting. Frank Hidinger Ruth Smith and Raymond Norman were chosen as officers and three new directors gain three year terms. The organization, formed a year ago, now has 102 members.
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LaVerne Moran
Cedar Rapids
Romania selects Ion Gheorghe Maurer as president
In Bucharest the Communist controlled Romanian parliament elected Ion Gheorghe Maurer president, announced by radio in Vienna.
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Vienna
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Bucharest Radio
Baxter Motors Sued Over Unpaid Wages and Profits
Harold W. Sauerbry, promoted to general and sales manager at Baxter Motors, sues in Linn county district court for 3020 dollars claiming 700 dollar monthly salary, 100 dollars deferred, and 12 percent of net profits due for 1957, with 600 paid monthly. A concurrent suit by Donald K. Miller seeks 1116.95 for salary and expenses.
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Baxter Motors, Inc
Harold W. Sauerbry
Linn County
Baxter
Sauerbry
Baxter’s
Donald K. Miller
C R Patterson Fined For Drunk Driving
A $300 fine was assessed Saturday against Wallace S Patterson 39 of 1509 Bever Avenue SE who pled guilty to a drunk driving charge. Patterson was arrested Friday night by a highway patrolman on First Avenue W at Eighteenth Street. Judge Charles Penningrothe ordered Patterson to make monthly $50 payments on his issue.
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Wallace S. Patterson
Bever Avenue SE
Patterson
First Avenue W
Eighteenth Street
Charles Penningrothe
Cedar Rapids Man Receives Bench Parole After Sodomy Guilty
John De La Hunt, 26, pled guilty to a sodomy charge for immoral acts with an 18 year old. Judge Charles Penningroth handed a 10 year sentence but granted bench parole. He was to serve at Fort Madison prison, then released to the Iowa Board of Parole. Authorities said he was found not to be a criminal sexual psychopath after examination at University Hospitals Iowa City. imprisonment deemed not advisable.
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Cedar Rapids
John de la Hunt
Charles Penningroth
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
de la Hunt
Iowa Board of Parole
Iowa
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lawsuit Settled Over Sale of Jenna's Sweet Shop
Plaintiff Raymond F. Rieck dismissed his action and Defendant Gertrude Kramer dismissed a counterclaim regarding the sale dispute at 110 Third Street SE Jenna's Sweet Shop.
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Jenna
Third Street SE
Raymond F. Rieck
Gertrude Kramer
Groesgen Will Probate Leaves Estate to Wife and Heirs
In Linn County probate records William H. Groesgen who died December 24 leaves a life estate to his wife Mary with the remainder to be shared equally among their children after her death. Son William M. Groesgen is named executor without bond.
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William H. Groesgen
Slife
Mary
Groesgens
William M
Three 15 Year Olds Held After Shoplifting at Eagles
Three boys, all 15, were arrested Friday at the Eagles Food Market at First Avenue and Twenty-Eighth Street SE on a shoplifting charge. They were being held for juvenile authorities for questioning after allegedly taking a package of doughnuts and a carton containing four ice cream cones.
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Eagles
First Avenue
Twenty-Eighth Street
Discovery of effective poison ivy immunity compound
New York reports that a chemical compound developed at Columbia University by Dr. Charles R. Dawson and colleagues produced summer immunity in 28 highly allergic patients. Of 38 treatment courses, 20 had no ivy attacks, 16 had mild attacks, and 2 failed, with injections targeting the skin as the immune trigger.
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New York
Charles R. Dawson
Columbia University
Dawson
Keil
Medical Society of
State of
International Bank hailed for aid and profits
Washington reports the International Bank, created by democracies after World War II, has generated about 39 million dollars in net income last year and holds 319 million in reserves. It funds 7.5 million kilowatts of new non Communist power capacity and supports road rail port projects in twelve countries while boosting land reclamation and irrigation. President Eugene R. Black says the bank’s value lies in its political and economic contacts with leaders, stressing development tied to freedom and showing the U S foreign aid program remains essential.
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Douglas Larsen
Washington
International Bank
U. S
Andt
America
Eugene R. Black
Black
Monnet Flies to U S Tonight in Quest of Money
French economic expert Jean Monnet heads for Washington to seek funds for France in 1958. He will likely ask for postponement of interest payments on existing French debts to the U S and the Export-Import Bank and will press for foreign credits from international institutions. He carries evidence to argue inflation is ended and financing can now be based on savings rather than inflation. The plan involves Premier Felix Gaillard pushing to curb inflationary pressures and the 1958 budget.
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Paris
Jean Monnet
Washington
France
Monnet
U.S
Felix Gaillards
France Deficit Forecastes 600 Billion Francs Under Budget Deal
Parliament passed a budget amid stiff opposition, forecasting a 600 billion franc deficit. Experts say savings will cover the shortfall by year end. Parliament may still clash over budget details as Bank of France tightens credit to curb inflation and the new finance law requires quarterly reports and possible extra funding requests.
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Bank of France
Deaths Frank H Randall 80 longtime Cedar Rapids lawyer
Frank H Randall 80 a Cedar Rapids lawyer for many years and law professor at the University of Iowa died in Traverse City Michigan after a long illness. He taught at the University of Kentucky after leaving Iowa and later at Washington University in St Louis. Surviving are his wife Helen Chandler two sons Dr Charles Randall Dr David Randall and two daughters Marcia Kirkpatrick and Susan Campbell. Services in Traverse City with cremation to follow.
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Frank H. Randall
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Traverse City
Mich
Randall
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Washington University
St. Louis
Helen Chandler
Charles Randall
Jackson, Miss
David Randall
New York City
Marcia Kirkpatrick
Janesburg
N. J
Susan Campbell
Louisville
Mrs Hollingsworth Rites Set In Cedar Rapids
Mrs William Hollingsworth a Cedar Rapids resident for most of her life died Friday Born in Dublin Ireland she was a Daughters of Isabella member Surviving brothers John M Lynott Cedar Rapids James Los Angeles sister Ellen Charpar Los Angeles Services 9 am Monday at St Patrick s Church with Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan Burial Mt Calvary Rosary 7 30 pm Sunday at Brady mortuary for friends to call after 11 am Sunday
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William Hollingsworth
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Dublin
Ireland
Daughters of Isabella
John M. Lynott
James
Los Angeles
Ellen Charpar
St.Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mt.Calvary
Brady Mortuary
Ifriends
Services for Mrs Elmer F Stearns in Cedar Memorial Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Elmer F Stearns of 1636 Second Avenue SE will be conducted Monday at 1 30 pm in the Chapel of Memories at Cedar Memorial cemetery by Dr Arthur Schuldt. Friends may call at Brady mortuary Sunday from 11 am until noon Monday.
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Elmer F. Stearns
Second Avenue SE
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Arthur Schuldt
Brady Mortuary
Burns To Speak At Des Moines Methodist Union Dinner
Dr. Jackson Burns of St Pauls Methodist Cedar Rapids will be the principal speaker for the Des Moines Methodist Union dinner Tuesday. Several hundred attendees from Des Moines churches are expected to be present. In 1958 Morris thrift certificates are advertised. Cub Pack 19 members received awards including Edward Short Douglas Willford Gary Cray Thomas Goodall Roy Wright Ronald Wilson Bruce Vaurichek Charles Grunewald Teddy Croy George Powers Richard Stinson Dennis Astor Quinn Novak Morris Jones Terry Weimer Kent Burgess Wayne Vaurichek Fred Zerbee Robert Hartke and John Powers.
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Cub Pack No
Edward Short
Douglas Willford
Gary Cray
Thomas Goodall
Roy Wright
Ronald Wilson
Bruce Vaurichek
Charles Grunewald
Teddy Croy
George Powers
Richard Stinson
Dennis Astor
Quinn Novak
Morris Jones
Terry Weimer
Kent Burgess
Wayne Vaurichek
Fred Zerbee
Robert,Hartke
John Powers
Sailor Sought After Assault on 17-Year-Old Girl
Cedar Rapids detectives search for a sailor accused of assaulting Mary F. E. DeNio, a 17 year old, on First Avenue near First Street around 1:30 a.m. A car with several people stopped, a sailor exited, attempted to force her into the vehicle, struck her left cheek when she resisted, causing her to drop her purse and later discovering $4 missing.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary FE. DeNio
First Avenue NW
First Avenue E
First Street
Miss DeNio
Army to destroy 12 million dollars in defective grenades
GAO reports the United States paid too much for foreign made high explosive anti tank and practice rifle grenades ordered by the army in Europe. About 883000 grenades still on hand would be destroyed within 18 months. The army cited urgent need and contract compliance, despite a 125248 refund offer from the Belgian firm. GAO urged lower prices and prompt testing for crash orders. Separately MSTS ships showed under utilized troop space due to air movement.
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General Accounting Office
Roses Army
GAO
U.S
Congress
Europe
Joseph Campbell
Army
Military Sea Transportation Service
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Changes in 250 Parking Meters Set Next Week
Downtown Cedar Rapids moves to a new meter system with one hour for 10 cents. Safety Commissioner Bob Johnson reports completion by early next week. Red posts mark dime-an-hour meters. higher nickel previous rates replaced. Offstreet lots gain longer, cheaper parking, including Greene Square expanding all day at 2 1/2 cents per hour.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob John‘son
Central Loop
Johnson
Third Street
Greene Square Lot
Licenses of Two Motorists Taken
Cedar Rapids Municipal court Judge Donald Barnes suspended two drivers licenses on Saturday. Larry J. Janda a Washington high student living at 433 Thirty-eighth street NE had license suspended 60 days after failing to comply with a high school court ruling for a stop sign violation. Robert W Court of 1712 Hamilton street SW had license suspended 30 days for leaving the scene of an accident after his car skidded into a residence at 1705 Hamilton street SW.
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Jim D. Jeffery
Second Street
Robert W. Cohrt
Hamilton Street
Joseph C. Jones
Fifth Avenue
Adalbert W. Stieger
Ninth Street
William R. Zaruba
Peace Avenue NW
Robert E. Armstrong
George L. Krabbenhoff
Forest Drive
Jean F. Janson
Seventeenth Street
Rupert C. Anderson
Vinton Road
Kay B. Keister
First Avenue
George T. Weir, Jr
Marion
William A. Hungerford
Norwood Drive
Lester W. Turner
Twenty-seventh Street
Howard K. Springer
Thirtieth Street
Harold L. Bernet
Avenue
Carroll D. Remmington
Twentieth Street
Ted Sloane
Iowa City
Charles R. McAllister
Fifth Street
Ester May Stauffacher
Fifteenth Avenue
Eugene W. Chapman
C Avenue NW
Gerald D. Gehring
Third Avenue
John C. Strawn
Wendy Oaks
Henry B. Holdgrafer
Charles J. Musil
Fifteenth Street
Robert E. Parrish
John J Jost
Thirteenth Street
Loris D. Weable
Reynolds Avenue
Elver Sorensen
B Avenue
Helen M. Anderson
Belmont Parkway
Signi L. Falk
Helen S. Macek
Thirty-eighth Street
Dorothy S. Bochman
Indian Road
Paul Hunter
Longwood Drive
John R. Howe
Culver Street
Larry R. Goodenough
Twenty-third Street
Dewey Goins
E Avenue
Mildrige W. Preston
William Rinderknecht
Fifth Avenue SE
George W. Martin
Fairfax
Roy J. Pilspaner
Swisher
Jean L. Ritchie
Fourth Street
Jerry L. Bell
E Avenue NE
Fverett G. Schultz
Marengo
Gene L. Clark
Second Avenue
Louis McDaniel
Fourth Avenue
Mlegal
Ijnez E. Pisney
Mt. Vernon Road
Jack M. Broxey
John
Cedar Rapids
Donald Barnes
Washington High
Larry J. Janda
Thirty
Eighth ‘Street
Robert W
Hamilton Istreet
Three Injured in Two Car Collision Near Oelwein
Special to The Gazette reports a two car crash six miles west on highway 3 left three people injured. Janet Damm 22 of Oelwein and Nancy Meier 22 of Aplington both teachers at Aplington were hospitalized but in good condition. Allen Connor 20 of Ionia suffered a head bump and was charged with failure to yield.
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Oelwein
Janet Damm
Miss Damm
Nancy Meier
Aplington
Damm
Allen Connor
Ionia
Strawberry Point Man Suffers Broken Ribs
Special to The Gazette. Albert Thein, 29, of near Strawberry Point, is hospitalized in Oelwein with several broken ribs in fair condition. He said the ribs were broken when he had to dive into a ditch two miles north of Backbone State Park to avoid a tractor. He walked home and was brought to an Oelwein hospital.
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Albert Thein
Oelwein
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Backbone State Park
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