Iowa City Daily Record Weather and Local Notices
The January weather page notes a mostly cloudy forecast with light snow and freezing rain north and central areas, slight cooling by Tuesday. Local public notices include court actions, births, and several obituaries across multiple towns with dates and funeral details.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Los Angeles
Miami
Sioux City
Towa
Navy ROC Officer Candidate Program seeks applicants
Armed Forces applications open for the Navy Reserve Officer Candidate program announced by Lt. Cmdr. John Melton of the Cedar Rapids navy reserve unit. Open to college students under 27, ages 17 plus, with Feb 20 deadline. ROC students get deferment, must attend two six week summer sessions, and serve two years active duty after graduation. Ensign commission awarded after graduation. Both genders may apply, with reserve membership required for eligibility. Further details at the Cedar Rapids naval reserve training center.
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Navy
Cmdr
John Melton
Navy Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Melton
Naval Reserve
Reserve
Naval Reserve Training Center
Ill infant twins born joined at head undergo historic separation
Tenant farmer Royt Brodie’s sons Roger Lee and Rodney Dee were separated in a ground breaking operation on Dec 17. The cost is unestimated but covered by the University of Illinois hospitals in a humanitarian research effort. Roger remains critically ill while Rodney received two plastic procedures.
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Chicago
Royt Brodie
Hospital S
University of Illinois’ Research and Educational
Roger Lee
Rodney Dee
Roger
Rodney
Brothers Brodie twins care costs and fund-raising noted
Since October 1951 twins born September 16 1951 at St Anthony s hospital Rock Island have been patients. The hospital estimates 20.85 a day per patient and about 18500 for care to date excluding nurses X rays meds and operations. Private nurses cost 1774 funded by Davenport Democrat. Fund started by local newspaper raised 2494. by year end 22 remained and another drive paid post operative nursing. Parents travel between Chicago and their Moline farm and stay in Chicago lodging. The Brodie family includes four other children cared for by grandparents on a Prophetstown farm.
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Davenport Democrat
Chicago
Moline
Brodies
Irwins
Brodie
Roland Hofmeister
Prophetstown
No Immediate Tax Cut Seen By Humphrey
George M. Humphrey testified to the senate finance committee that a general tax reduction is not feasible in the near term. He outlined plans for a comprehensive tax study to revise revenue flows and seek cuts when possible, contrasting with his view that the current profit tax is a bad law.
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Washington
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Cleveland
Senate Finance Committee
Humphrey
Breakin Gang Members Apprehended in Iowa Illinois
Cedar Rapids and Davenport police captured two more alleged gang members Charles Jones 28 Mineral Wells Texas and Wayne Carter Davenport linked to multiple breakins in Iowa Illinois They face transfer to Illinois for a January 9 highway tavern burglary in Galesburg Rockford area Earlier two members Alvin Beets 24 Arkansas and LeRoy Watson 29 Davenport pleaded guilty to several Cedar Rapids service station burglaries receiving 10 year terms Watson had been released Nov 30 from Fort Madison and Jones Dec 12 from Anamosa reformatory
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Frank Bukacek
Charles Jones
Mineral Wells
Texas
Wayne Carter
Galesburg
Rockord
Bukacek
Alvin Beets
Arkansas
LeRoy Watson
Center Point
Jones
Carter Bukacek
Watson
Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Inaugural on the Air Preliminaries and Oaths
Broadcast schedule notes inaugural events with oath ceremonies for Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower. TV and radio stations listed include KCRG WHO KXEL WMT WOC-TV WOI-TV WHBF-TV and others with times from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and a concluded inaugural ball.
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KCRG
KXEL
WMT
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Woc-Tv
Woi-Tv
Whbf-Tv
Arade
WOC#-TV
Will of Wesley Kouba Probate Details
The will of Wesley Kouba of Marion who died January 7 was submitted to probate Monday. The document leaves 3000 to daughter in law Vida E Langguth and the remainder to three grandsons David Harold Kouba Jon Dale Kouba and Jerry Wayne Kouba held in trust until the youngest reaches 21. John G Vernon is confirmed executor without bond.
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Wesley Kouba
Marion
Vida E. Langguth
David Harold Kouba
Jon Dale Kouba
Jerry Wayne Kouba
John G. Vernon
Man Sues To Recover Damages for Dropped Freezer
George W. Bradow sues Elwyn Bell operator of Bell Transfer Company for 218.14 claiming his home freezer was dropped on November 1 while moving household furniture from 3007 Oakland Road NE to 1636 Thirty-fourth Street NE.
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George W. Bradow
Elwyn Bell
Bell Transfer Company
Bradow
Oakland Road
Thirty-fourth Street
City Briefs and Local Notices Schedule for Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus James Gaffney will speak at the clubroom Tuesday at 8 p.m. Freddie Leehan recuperating at University hospitals after surgery. Cedar Rapids Chamber lunch at Roosevelt hotel Thursday noon. Don Fehrenbacher to discuss inaugurations at Kiwanis meeting at Roosevelt. Dale Crosier to march in Annapolis inauguration parade with drum corps. Welfare Bureau to elect 1953 chair at Tuesday meeting. noon lunch at Roosevelt. Mrs. E S Moler obituary. services in Marshalltown Tuesday afternoon. Louis King fined 100 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace at Roosevelt skating rink. Board of Directors Council of Church Women meeting postponed to Jan 28 at 1:30 p.m. Camera Club third session at YMCA Keen-Teen room 8 p.m. Tom Negro leads flood photography study. Fred Grafelman, brother-in-law of Mrs Schwarzentruber and Mrs Wilson, dies in St Paul.
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Dale Crosier
D. T. Crosier
I Avenue
Annapolis
Academy
Welfare Bureau
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
The
Council of Church Women
First Presbyterian Church
Camera Club
YMCA
Tom Negro
Legislature Leaders and Enrolled Bills List
The passage lists lawmakers by district and their committee focus for enrolled bills. Notable names include Walter of Union, McFarlane of Waterloo, Klemesrud of Thompson, and Schwengel of Davenport among others, with topics such as public health, railroads, and social security noted.
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John A. Walker
Williams
Theodore Klemesrud
Thompson
Jacob van Zwel
Paullina
L. Dee Mallonee
Audubon
Ernest Palmer, Jr
Fort Madison
J. Henry Lucken
Akron
W. L. Mooty
Grundy Center
R. O. Burrows
Belle Plaine
George L. Paul
Brooklyn
Elmer A. Bass
Red Oak
W. C. Hendrix
Letts
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Glenn E. Robinson
Manchester
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
A. L. Mensing
Lowden
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
Elmer K. Bekman
Ottumwa
Charles S. van Eaton
Sioux City
E. C. Moreland
Onawa
X. T. Prentis
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
G. E. Whitehead
Perry
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
W. Eldon Walter
Beaman
Stanley L. Hart
Keokuk
Philip T. Hedin
Board of Control
Herman M. Knudson
Clear Lake
R. R. Bateson
Eldora
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Jay C. Colburn
Harlan
G. D. Bellman
Indianola
Laurence M. Boothby
Cleghorn
Decorah
R. J. Oltman
Storm Lake
Elthon Names Iowa Senate Committee Chairs
Lt. Gov. Leo Elthon announced standing committee chairs for the 1953 Iowa Senate. Key appointees include J Kendall Lynes to appropriations and James H. Nesmith to manufacturing and trade, with many Republicans named to other panels. The move follows a party line split and signals early bill routing on oleo taxes and budget matters.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Leo Elthon
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
James H. Nesmith
Kellogg
Senate
Manufacturing and Trade
Agricultural Committee
Harry E. Weichman
Newhall
Ted D. Clark
Mystic
John T. Berg
Cedar Falls
W. C. Molison
Grinnell
Harry E. Watson
Sanborn
Cedar Rapids Sets Jan 31 Hearing On Water Rate Hike
Cedar Rapids city council schedules January 31 public hearing on proposed water and sewage rental increases. The plan, from Water Works Superintendent Leo Louis, would raise minimum bills and adjust tiered rates to fund a 10 year $1.1 million main extension and reservoir project and a $24.5 million sewage plant expansion.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo Louis
Desperate Oklahoma father recalls sending children to beg
In Oklahoma City a ailing father of four describes sending 12 year old Donald and 9 year old Eula Mae to beg in subfreezing weather after welfare help was denied for lack of residency. Mary Jo Clanton alerted police. groceries flowed from neighbors, stores, and church groups as welfare agencies were notified.
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Oklahoma City
Lee F. Lynch
Oklahoma
Lynch
Dallas
Donald
Eula Mae
Mary Jo Clanton
Miss Clanton
Rites set for Elnora Terry 100 long Iowa life
Elnora Kemble Terry born 1852 in a Poweshiek county log cabin dies Sunday at Brucemore estate Muscatine age 100. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Beatty chapel First Baptist with graveside in Greenwood Muscatine at 12:15 p.m. Survived by son Miller E. Terry sister Ida Hinsley and multiple grandchildren. She taught 33 years in Oskaloosa and Muscatine and lived in Muscatine for about 50 years. Funeral arrangements include Immaculate Conception church burial Mt. Calvary.
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Elnora Kemble Terry
Poweshiek County
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Muscatine
Terry
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Ida Hinsley
Lexington
Mrs John Morgan 73 Found Dead In Yard
The body of Mrs. John Morgan, 73, was found in her yard Sunday afternoon. Keokuk County Coroner W. Kenneth Geyer said she likely died of a stroke Saturday afternoon. She lived alone and was found by neighbors as snow covered the scene.
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John Morgan
the Gazette
Sigourney
Keokuk
W. Kenneth Geyer
Shirley McCreery
McCarthy
Fremont Funeral Home
Iowa Law Bills Prompt Tax, Education, and Public Welfare Talks
Iowa legislators rush bills on tax policy and education reform. Rep Ernest Kosek pushes to keep current income tax rates for two more years. A Schwengel measure seeks to reorganize the Department of Public Instruction with a part time policy board. Other proposals include a deer hunting season via the Conservation Commission and county licensing for auctions to curb unfair practices. The package also covers bicycle licensing and parental responsibility for aid when children enter state care.
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Washington
House
W. H. Lynes
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Public Instruction
Senate
Thomas J. Daily
Burlington Democrat
Senate Journal
U. S
Gillette
Iowa
Leo K. Elthon
L. W. Abel
Guttenberg
County Boards of Supervisors
Citizens Object To Zone Change On Tenth Avenue
Thirty seven petition signers protested Monday against a heavy industrial rezoning plan along Tenth avenue SW from L to Fourth streets. The proposal by E Cohn and Sons and the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway affects land now zoned for light industry. The City Plan Commission will study the protest and referral from nearby property owners.
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Tenth Avenue
L and
Fourth Streets
E. Cohn and Sons
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
City Planommission
Hog
Elizabeth Walstrom 84 dies in Stratford area
Elizabeth Mollett Walstrom 84, longtime Yankton resident, died at 10:55 p.m. Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter in Stratford. Born November 4, 1868 in Highland TL, she was a Methodist, Royal Neighbors member, and past American Legion auxiliary president at Stratford. Survived by son LeRoy Albert Hook of Stratford and daughter-in-law, with services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Stratford. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Body moved from Barta-Hesser chapel to Stratford Monday morning.
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Garnaville
Charles G. Hedemann
St. Paul’s' Lutheran Church
Church Cemetery
Monticello
William Dean Marsh
William Marsh
Sacred Heart Church
Worthington Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
Alice Raymond
Riverside Cemetery
Tama
Lloyd Ashter
Harrison Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Monona
Joe Theison
Charles McCullen
What Cheer
Harry Brower
Whyte Funeral Home
Arlington
Jacob J.montz
Gleim Funeral Home
Taylorville
Wyoming
Charles Horace Rogers
Methodist Church
Anamosa Hospital
Wallace Funeral Home
Alburnett
John E. Anderson
Murdoch da Marion
Ridgewood Cemetery
North Liberty
Shellsburg
E. J. Green
Charles Bryden
Elizabeth Mollett Walstrom
Yankton
S. D
Stratford
M. B. Geesey
First Avenue
Highland
Royal Neighbors
American Legion
Geesey
LeRoy Albert Hook
Oakwood Cemetery
Infant twins Celia May and Cathy West die in Cedar hospital
Celia May and Cathy Marie West infant twins of Mr and Mrs William LeRoy West of Rowley died at 7 09 a m in Cedar hospital Surviving grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy West of Onslow land and Mr and Mrs Harry Stanford of Independence Graveside services were held at Brandon cemetery at 3 p m Monday conducted by Rev O R Jones of Brandon
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Celia May
Cathy Marie West
William LeRoy West
Rowley
Cedara Hospital
Roy West
Onslowland
Harry Stanford
Independence
Turner Chapel
Brandon
O. R. Jones
Services for Mrs. Mary Janko in Brush chapel Tuesday
Mrs. Mary Janko a lifelong Swisher resident died Saturday Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Brush chapel conducted by Rev. Francis Laren Burial will follow in Anderson cemetery near Swisher Friends may call at the chapel.
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Isabelle Jones
Denison
Immaculate Conception Church
William H. Schulte
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Schulte
Mary Janko
Swisher
Brush Chapel
Francis Laren
Anderson Cemetery
Death of Cedar Rapids Resident Miss Grace Blakely
Miss Grace A. Blakely of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late David and Mrs. Blakely, pioneer Cedar Rapids residents. Surviving are two sisters, Elizabeth Blakely of Cedar Rapids and another sibling unnamed in the fragment.
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Grace A. Blakely
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
David Blakely
Elizabeth Blakely
Cedar Rap
Wage and Bus Fare Studies Set for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids officials scheduled three Wednesday sessions to discuss 1953 wage requests for city workers. Waterworks staff seek 40 hour weeks with added vacation. Waste and public works workers push 40 hours plus higher pay and years of service benefits. Police and fire ask for $30 a month raises and a shorter week if possible. A 2 PM meeting with citizen advisors will cover bus fare increases to two rides per quarter and transit improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO
AFL
Six Firms Bid on Dalewood Avenue Storm Sewer Job
Six construction firms submitted bids Monday for a storm sewer project on Dalewood Avenue SE between Twenty-ninth and Thirty-fourth streets in Cedar Rapids Forest City firm Gjellefald Construction Company appeared low at 19950. Bids from four cities and two states ranged up to 26089. Stolba said city funds will pay, not local assessments.
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Dalewood Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Forest City
Gjellefald Construction Company
Snyder Named as Assistant White House Press Secretary
New York Herald Tribune political writer Murray Snyder is named assistant White House press secretary in the Eisenhower administration.
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New York
Murray Snyder
New York Herald Tribune
White House
Eisenhowser
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Stewart Heath
Millie S. Smith
Ernest S. Levy
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Edmund E. Reinartson
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Edward Grove
Masonville
Rosemary Holland
Third Avenue
Donald Hensch
Fourth Street
Karl Swanberg
Blake Boulevard
Mercy
George Kraus
Middle
Harold Waltermyer
E Avenue NW
Edmund LeCombe
Ben Pospisil
St. Luke’s
Kenneth Gracey
Springville
Herbert Eckert
Bever Avenue SE
Everett Boots
Central City
Vernon Stolba
Janes
James Washburn
Toddville
William Veenstra
Lafayette
Ind
Howard Prochaska
Dewey Bird
Fifth Street
Mr. Prochaska
Frank Prochaska
Eighteenth Avenue
Sohn
Turner & Son Funeral Directors
2Nd Ave
March of Dimes
Montrose Hotel
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Ave
John
Lapes
Janeba Funeral -Home
16Th Ave
J St. SW
Breakin Gang
Radio
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Knights of Columbus
James Gaffney
Marengo
Freddie Leehman
Sixteenth Avenue SE
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Chamber Board
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Don Fehrenbacher
Coe College
F.D. Collogan
Mt. Vernon Road
Marshallstown
Roosevelt Skating Rink
D. P. Schwarzentruber
Vernon Road
Harlie Wilson
Eighth Avenue
Fred A. Grafelman
St. Paul
Grafelman
San
Paul M. Walter
Union
Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
Elthon
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Arch McFarlane
Gladys Nelson
Newton
Dairy and Foods Committee
Carroll L. Brown
Nellie
Darrell
Elnora Terry
Mrs. Terry
State Conversation Commission
Fred Voightmann
Elizabeth Walstrom
West
Janko Services
Miss Grace Blakely
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Walker
Almanac
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Mars
Jupiter
Robert E. Lee
Justice John
Baston
John Hancock
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
tCalc
Clarence W. Beatty
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