Temperature Outlook and Assembly Opens in Winter Skies
Five day forecast shows mostly clear, colder weather with lows 10 to 20 below and highs near zero. precipitation about .10 inch with light snow Thursday or Friday. Iowa's 60th General Assembly convened at 10 a.m. with Rep. Robert Naden named speaker and Gov. Norman Erbe to address a joint session Tuesday afternoon.
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60Th General Assembly
Robert Naden
Webster City
Marvin Smith
Paullina
Family notices list births and a divorce case
The notice mentions Francis Wagner and Mrs Vernon with children at various addresses, the Rev James B Ilen in New Haven with a daughter born January 13, and Beverly Blaine versus Rex D Blaine. It references multiple names and residences in a mixed birth and divorce context.
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New Haven
Conn
James B. Ilen
Newtown
Iiten
Robert C. Ilten
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Divorce Decrees and Local Incidents Listed in Cedar Rapids Area
A list of divorce decrees naming Cedar Rapids residents is followed by brief local incidents. Short circuit and defective heater reports appear from Marion and Bowl ing and Wilson area. Traffic fines are issued to Raymond Stoffel and John Sojka, with bond forfeiture noted for Sojka. A Marion death notices details James L. Phelan born 1885, a Cedar Rapids restaurant owner, survived by family. funeral and parish rites announced for St Joseph's Marion with burial at Mt Calvary.
Deaths Adolph Sramek longtime Cedar Rapids grocer
Adolph Otto Wendl Sramek 65 died at home after a sudden illness. A Cedar Rapids native born January 1 1898 he owned Sramek’s grocery and retired there. Survived by wife Adeline daughter Dorothy three sisters a brother and two grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle funeral home with Cedar Memorial burial and military honors. friends may visit after 7 pm Tuesday.
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Adolph “Otto” Wendl Sramek
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Adeline Votroubek
Sramek
B Avenue NE
Dorothy Mac Roth
Cody
Wyo
Joseph Belehrad
Jess Fauchier
Mary Lois O.S
Cedar Rapids man died after long illness at 55
Ralph Johnson a Cedar Rapids resident and former construction worker died Sunday after a prolonged illness. Born August 6 1889 in Marengo he was married in 1909 to Ida Opal Jacobs. Survived by wife four daughters two sons a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 3 on Wednesday conducted by Reverend Barton G Murray.
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Ralph Johnson
Twentieth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Ida Opal Jacobs
Paul McFarlen
Rivers McNeill
Loren Amspoker
Phoenix
Darrell Beau
Regard
Carl W
Ralph, Jr
May Barbour
Glendale
Calif
Turner Chapel
Burial for Christian church member planned at Linwood
A Christian church member will be buried at Linwood. Friends may call at the chapel to pay respects before services.
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E Christian Church
Linwood
Charles F Mika Dies After Long Illness
Charles F. Mika of 1440 Second St SE died Saturday after a long illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on July 4, 1880, he immigrated to the United States in 1896 and was a retired Milwaukee Railroad employee. Survived by daughter Antoinette Cihula of Cedar Rapids and son Frank of Savanna, Ill. He belonged to the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and St. John's Catholic Church in Savanna, where services will be held at 9:30 Wednesday. Burial is in St. John's Cemetery, Savanna. Friends may call Kuba funeral home Monday.
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James L. Phelan
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Coalville
Hazel Whiting
Cedar Rapids
Phelan
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Dorothy O’connor
Oakdale
Jack Britt
Janesville
Julian
Toledo
Ohio
Gordon
Detroit
Ray Phelan
William Phelan
Fern Winchell
Leo
St. Joseph's Church
John David Pepper
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Murdoch
Charles F. Mika
Second St. SE
Czechoslovakia
United States
Milwaukee Railroad
Antoinette Cihula
Frank
Savanna
Ill
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Kuba
Death of William S. Geles Resident of Cedar Rapids
William S. Geles died Sunday after a sudden illness at 876 Twelfth Street NE Cedar Rapids. Born September 13, 1883 in Marshall Michigan he married Elizabeth Ackerman in 1912 and Lillian Voorhies in 1950. Survived by his wife he was a member of the Eagles lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Services 10:30 Wednesday by Jerry Drahovzal. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call.
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William S
Steve) Geles
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Mich
Elizabeth Ackerman
Lillian Voorhies
Manchester
Hansen Rites Held for Cedar Rapids Resident
Hans H Hansen 1018 Beale court SE Cedar Rapids died Monday aged 101 and 1/ to be 101. Born December 28 1888 in Schleswig Holstein Germany he married Fannie Sacora June 16 1908 in Oxford Junction. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Wilford Eddins Cedar Rapids three grandsons and four great grandchildren. A retired APWA Local 31 member funeral 1 30 p m Wednesday at Clair Memorial Presbyterian with Rev Edward Beall burial Cedar Memorial Friends may call at chapel.
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Hans H. Hansen
Bealercourt
Wilson and Co
Cedar Rapids
Schleswig Holstein
Germany
Hansen
Fannie Sacora
Oxford Junction
Wilford Eddins
APWA
Turner Chapel
Edward Beall
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services announced for Wesley Nemecek
Wesley John Nemecek to be buried at St John’s cemetery after a 9:30 a.m. Tuesday funeral at All Saints Church conducted by Rev. Edmund Becker. Visitation at Murdoch chapel in Marion today. Howard Albert Rohn and Kuba funeral homes coordinate services for other relatives with 2 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. rites conducted by Dr. Ralph J. Barron and Rev. Thomas Hulme respectively, with Czech National burial noted.
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Howard
Albert — Rohn
Ralph J. Barron
Linwood
Kuba
Milner W. — Kuba
Thomas Hulme
Nemecek
Wesley John
All Saints Church
Edmund Becker
St. John’s Cemetery
Murdoch
Marion
Strike price tensions over out-of-state papers
In a New York strike scene Simon defends selling out-of-state papers at 10 cents, arguing he offers customers a favor while others accuse profiteering. A buyer challenges the pricing as higher papers go for a dime or 15 cents, reflected in persistent drive-by barter.
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Star-Ledger
Simon
Arkansas Fire Under Control
A fire at the International Paper Co. plant in Pine Bluff Arkansas left one man dead and another missing. Officials said the $75 million mill fire was under control but would likely burn for two more days as flames continued to flare from the inside.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
International Paper Co
Link-Belt Sets Up Mexican Plant for Speeder Machines
Link-Belt announces a new company in Mexico to manufacture Link-Belt Speeder cranes and shovels under license. Link-Belt will own a minority stake. Mexican nationals will hold the majority. The plant, to be named Link Belt Speeder Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., will start with concrete facilities in Queretaro, 100 miles north of Mexico City.
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Mexico
The
Link-Belt Co
Link-Belt Speeder
Link Belt Speeder Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
C. M. Basile
Link-Belt Speeder Co
Cedar Rapids
D. E. Thal
International
Queretaro
Mexico City
Woodstock
Ontario
Broad Civil Rights Package Proposed by Rep Celler
Rep Emanuel Celler proposed a broad civil rights package including renewal of Kennedy plan to wipe out literacy tests for voting and a bill requiring every racially segregated school board to adopt a desegregation plan within six months.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House
Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Celler
Bitter Cold Sparks Widespread Damage Across Regions
Weather service reports severe cold and heavy snow sweeping the Rockies and beyond. About 200 to 300 houses lost power for an hour after the accident while fires and traffic incidents raised property losses to millions. The cold extended from the upper Great Lakes to the northern Rockies with temperatures near zero or lower and Montana seeing 60 below over the weekend.
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Rockies
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Pacific Coast
Oregon
California
Great Lakes
Plains
Montana
Lake Erie
New York
Remap Road Bills First To Be Filed In Iowa Senate
In Des Moines a bill to curb highway commission authority over street and highway access was the first regular measure in the Iowa senate. introduced by Sen. Clifford Vance it would restrict commission control only to land obtained by purchase gift or condemnation. The bill mirrors a 1961 proposal. Also in the senate David Shaff introduced a reapportionment joint resolution identical to the prior constitutional amendment passed two years ago pending voter approval.
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Des Moines
Highway Commission
Iowa Senate
Clifford Vance
Mt. Pleasant
Senate
David Shaff
Clinton
60Th General Assembly
McCormack Spurned on Ways and Means Picks
In a three way contest two liberal Democrats won vacant posts on the House Ways and Means Committee over Georgia’s Phil Landrum. Ross Bass of Tennessee and W Pat Jennings of Virginia received 169 and 161 votes respectively to Landrum’s 122 votes. The choice pleases AFL CIO backers but alarms leaders who fear trouble securing southern votes for Kennedy bills.
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Washington
UPI
House Democrats
House
Ways and Means
John McCormack
AFL Cio
Kennedy
McCormack
Phil Landrum
D-Ga
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
W. Pat Jennings
D-Va
Landrum
Navy Seahat Unit Formed For Iowans Enlistment Noted
Navy recruiters in Cedar Rapids announced a Seahawk company for Iowa with 75 recruits sworn in Feb. 28 in Des Moines. Ronald P. Biedenbach 20 Mechanicsville is the enlistee, to train in hospital corps after San Diego. Three Marines also enlisted with active duty to begin Feb. 5, Kevin K. Clark 21 Anamosa and William V. Peters and Dennis D. Rupp 17 Belle Plaine.
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Seahawk
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Ronald P. Biedenbach
Mechanicsville
San Diego
Seahawk Company
Des Moines
Iowa
San Diego Naval Training Center
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Marine Corps
Kevin K. Clark
Anamosa
William V. Peters
Dennis D. Rupp
Belle Plaine
Airman Younce on Leave from Bloomfield AFB
Airman second class Stanley M. Younce son of Mr and Mrs George W Younce of 840 Second avenue SE Bloomfield is reported on a 20 day leave from Bloomfield air force base Michigan He was to return to Bloomfield Monday night.
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Stanley M. Younce
George W. Younce
Second Avenue SE
Bloomfield Air Force Base
Mich
Bloomfield
Johnson County tavern owners meet county attorney over liquor rules
In Iowa City, more than 75 tavern and club operators met Sunday with County Attorney Ralph Neuzil to discuss enforcement of Class B beer permits. Neuzil stressed no beer sales after midnight on Saturdays and warned of prosecutions if minors attempt to buy. He noted the city ordinance and that liquor is prohibited in any establishment with a Class B permit.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Ralph Neuzil
Neuzil
Harold Hughes
Stolen Paul Klee Water Color From Phillips Gallery
Police report an $18,000 Paul Klee water color titled Small Regatta vanished from the Phillips Gallery on a Saturday afternoon. The 53 by 9 inch harbor scene was torn from its wall, the frame held by two screws. Also, Cedar Rapids council discussed Indian Creek changes north of Otis Road to safeguard a manhole feeding the city sewer, with a wall of sheeting and debris removal proposed ahead of routing to the new treatment plant south of the Cedar River.
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Washington
Paul Klee
Phillips Gallery
Thomas Reilly
Klee
Indian Creek
Otis Road
Public Works
John Oberthien
Oberthien
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Cedar River
Hickenslooper Reappointed Head of GOP Policy Committee
Republican senators re elected Senator Rourke B Hickenlooper of Iowa as chairman of the GOP policy committee at a conference The party also named Senator Jack Miller of Iowa to the campaign committee.
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Washington
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen
Jack Miller
Courthouse News McGarry Sentenced After Standoff in Coggon
Floyd S. McGarry of Coggon was sentenced to one year in Fort Madison for assault with intent after a Nov 10 standoff with Linn County deputies. He pled guilty before jury selection. Deputy Merle Spicer was wounded, and McGarry and his wife had an argument prior. Police reported a Marion Farm Market meat theft valued at $156.83.
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Floyd S. McGarry
Coggon
Linn County
Merle Spicer
Spicer
Coggan
McGarry
Marion
McKiernan Receives Second Ten Year Prison Term
James McKiernan an 18 year old of 212 Third Street NW Mon day received a second ten year sentence in the Anamosa men's reformatory for taking money from the Dragon case at 329 Second Avenue SE. He pled guilty to breaking and entering before Judge Charles Penningroth and the terms run concurrently. Police say he admitted taking 60 dollars from the case May 6 1961 and previously received a ten year sentence with parole later revoked for larceny in the nighttime. The breaking and entering charge covered admitting entry on Oct 27 and taking 77 dollars.
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James McKiernan
Third Street NW
Anamosa
Second Avenue SE
McKiernan
Charles Penningroth
Man Fined $500 For Drunk Driving
Robert K. Eldred, 30, Marion, pled guilty to second offense drunk driving and was fined $500 by Judge Charles Penningroth. Eldred was arrested on Highway 150 near Hiawatha on Oct. 4. Three more men faced drunk driving charges later: Raymond J. Plower, 39, Springville, fined $300, arrested in the 2700 block of Seventh Avenue in Marion. Charles K. Tucker, 45, Franklin Grove, Ill., fined $300, arrested in the 1700 block of First Avenue E on Jan. 11. and three others named by the Linn County attorney’s office.
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Robert K. Eldred
Marion
Charles Penningroth
Eldred
Hiawatha
Raymond J. Plower
Springville
Seventh Avenue
Charles K. Tucker
Franklin Grove
Ill
First Avenue E
Linn County Attorney’s Office
James J. Conway
Nineteenth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Bowling Street
John R. Hogan
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Rayford Moyer
Anamosa
Marion Boulevard
Fritz Sentenced For Meat Thefts
Donald L. Fritz, 40, pled guilty to larceny from a building in a daytime raid on eight Cedar Rapids and Marion supermarkets. Judge Donald P. Barnes sentenced Fritz to eight months in Linn county jail with four months suspended. Fritz and co-defendant Raymond V. Kruger, 30, were arrested at the scene.
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Donald L. Fritz
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Donald P. Barnes
Fritz
Lisbon
Linn County
Raymond V. Kruger
Fourth Avenue SE
Jury Named for Soukup's Trial
A district court jury was selected to hear a drunk driving charge against Fred Soukup 34 of 1740 Richmond road NE. Police say he was involved in an accident with another car and a pickup in the 1700 block of Center Point road NE on Oct. 18. Jurors are Edna Haas James Griffin Alfred Danker Frank Pokorney Gene Roybell Irene Sova Phyllis Eberts Fred Haley Naomi Freese Alice Niles Andy Miller and William Vomacka.
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Fred Soukup
Richmond Road
Soukup
Center Point Road
Edna C. W. Haas
James Griffin
Alfred Danker
Frank Pokorney
Gene Roybell
Irene Sova
Phyllis A. Eberts
Fred Haley
Naomi Freese
Alice M. Niles
Andy Miller
William Vomacka
Woman given suspended sentence for forged check
Evelyn L. Ostrander 21 of 2160 Coldstream Avenue NE pled guilty to forgery and received a six month suspended sentence from Judge Donald P. Barnes. She wrote a $5 check dated Nov 30 and cashed it at McCrory McClellan Corp in Cedar Rapids after forging Mary E. Cox's name.
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Evelyn L. Ostrander
Coldstream Avenue
Donald P. Barnes
McCrory- McClellan Corp
Cedar Rapids
Mary E. Cox
Lingo Sentenced for Damaging Pay Phone
Walter K. Lingo, 27, of 911 Seventh Street SE, pled guilty to malicious injury to property and received a nine month suspended sentence from Judge Donald P. Barnes. He was accused of attempting to pry open a telephone coin box in a booth at Twelfth Avenue and Ninth Street SE.
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Walter K. Lingo
Seventh Street SE
Donald P. Barnes
Lingo
Twelfth Avenue
Ninth Street SE
Suit filed in replevin case over 1962 car
Motors Acceptance Co. sues H. H. Homire for writ of replevin on a 1962 automobile valued at 3161.75 with 290 damages for alleged unlawful detention.
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Motors Acceptance Co
H. H. Homire
Dismissed and Divorce and Damages Notices
Dismissed Clayton R Bird vs David K Krug termination of farm lease. Morrow divorce petition Nancy K Morrow vs Weldon E Morrow. Horstein divorce petition Shirley A Horstein vs Burton H Horstein. Damages suit Wes Prenosil vs Sharwood Meadows Inc for 3100. Pilgrim divorce suit Roscoe Pilgrim vs Charlotte Pilgrim.
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Clayton R. Bird
David K. Krug
Farmers State Bank
Mary K. Anderson
William Cunningham
Katherine Cunningham
Nancy K. Morrow
Weldon E. Morrow
Shirley A. Horstein
Burton H. Horstein
Wes Prenosil
Sharwood Meadows, Inc
Vance Marriage Annulled in Court Decision
Judgment records the marriage between David Vance and Ramona Vance annulled. Clarence Krizek appears on behalf of John C. Adams with a related oral contract totaling $195.
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David Vance
Ramona Vance
Clarence Krizek
John C. Adams
De Gaulle Seeks France’s Independent National Defense
De Gaulle declares France must have its own national defense while acknowledging the need for allies. He insists that a great nation must also retain control of its own destiny, even in modern geopolitics.
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France
de Gaulle
20 Escape Crew Rescued After Vessel Collision
Grimsby England AP reports a 20 man crew aboard a pilot ship escaped in lifeboats after a collision with a British tanker sank their vessel on Saturday.
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Grimsby
England
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Minneapolis
C.R. Weather
Municipal Airport
Ney
Legislature
Associated Press House
Clifford M. Vance
Rmt. Pleasant
Norman Erbe
Curtis Wuest
Amana
James Cissell
Fourteenth Street
Daniel Cochrane
Oklahoma Avenue
John Serbousek
Second Avenue
Gary Stodola
K Street
Gordon Tritz
McGowan Boulevard
Route Three
Ronald Becker
Worthington
Kent J. Woods
Circle Drive
Ardell Heck
Fifth Street
Eugene Billow
Fifth Avenue SE
Robert Gage
Mt. Vernon
Tama
Paul Dumbauld
Mason’s. Traer
Maggie Vojtech
Mason’s
London
Lisetta Amelia ‘Kroh
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
Wheatland
Waukon
Alfred Ludeking
Martin’s. Belle Plaine
Arthur L. Janss
Peffers’. Fayette
Roy Iliff
Bellas- Wright
Olin
William H. Larson
Hayden
Oelwein
Herman Noack
Hintz
West Branch
Nellie D. Pearson
Barker's
St. Luke's
Francis Wagner
Vernon
Roger Berg
Ninth Avenue SW
Donald Caraway
A Avenue NE
James Howrey
Red Fox Road
Beverly J. Blaine
Rex D. Blaine
Angela Jarosh
Vendelen Jarosh
Arnold J. Yoerger
June Barnhart
Robert R. Leinart
Myrna K. Misel
Virgil L. Fisher
Norine A. Sebetka
Ronald L. Robertson
Myrna J. Hubler
James A. Heaton
Pamela S. Byrne
Kenneth R. Kalous
Kathryn A. Jameson
Lyle E. Mahannah
Judith A. Brinkman
Jack Baumgarter
Betty Kohl
David E. Odeen
Sara J. Meyer
Richard C
Lyness
Ryan
Margaret Meader
Jerold Jeffries
Jane Wortman
William L. Bassham
Winterhaven
Fla
Marvel Grant
I Avenue NW
Rossey Trailer Court
Bowling
Raymond Stoffel
Sixth Avenue
John Sojka
Fort Campbell
Larry Morris
Sixth Street NW
James Mattlin
Eldora
Natarajan Venkataraman
Joseph Mis
Adolph W. Sramek
William Geles
N.Y
Arkansas
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
Link Belt
Robert C. Becherer
Becherer
Texas
Arizona
Jown E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
1St Ave
6Th St
Courthouse News
Floyd McGarry
Man
John B. Turner & Son
Second Avenue 8
Roscoe Pilgrim
Charlotte Pilgrim
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