Last-Ditch Efforts in Amish Case
Buchanan County supt J J Jorgensen visited about 30 Amish parents to head off truancy charges. He would decide later Monday whether to file. If filed in Justice Koeppel's court, parents will be notified by Sheriff Hart. Each day of absence could trigger a separate truancy charge with a $20 fine and possible seven days in jail.
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Independence
Buchanan County
J. J. Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Joseph Koeppel
Buchanan
Emory Hart
Hazleton
William O’connell
O’connell
Council Cool on Offer To Move Ambulance Firm
Iowa City leaders heard a proposal from George Hall to relocate the ambulance service to Cedar Rapids with a one year contract at 750 dollars a month or two years at 650 dollars a month. Cedar Rapids currently runs its own service without city aid, and the council may need legal authorization before deciding. Hall will submit a written proposal as discussed.
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Council Cool
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
George Hall
Hall
Gunman Robs Davenport Service Station for 300
A bandit armed with a nickel plated revolver held up a Davenport service station early Monday and fled with about 300 dollars. Attendant Howard Quinn described the man as 25 to 30, 5 foot 11, medium build, tan coat, no hat, driving a blue 1952 53 Ford two door with cardboard in a window.
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Davenport
UPS
Howard Quinn
Quinn
Cab Driver Injured In Two Car Collision
Buddy L. Jones 30 of 1208 Ellis Boulevard NW suffered minor injuries when his taxicab collided with a north bound car at Edgewood Road and First Avenue NW. Jones was treated at St Luke's Hospital and released. Norman K. Lewis 26 of Palo drove the other car. Jones was charged with failure to yield right of way. Each vehicle sustained $200 damage.
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Buddy L. Jones
Ellis Boulevard NW
Edgewood Road
First Avenue NW
Jones
St. Luke’s Hospital
Norman K. Lewis
Palo
First Avenue
China A Test Could Come By Year End Says U S
Washington officials estimate China may be able to explode an atomic device by year end or next year. A long gap would remain before a meaningful nuclear capability, with modern missile delivery not yet perfected.
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Washington
State Department
China
Lincoln White
U.S
Frigid Cedar Rapids Week Armed With Record Lows
A cold wave blanketed Eastern Iowa with record subzero temps in Cedar Rapids, dropping to 19 below at 8 a.m. Monday and lingering as winds gusted to 45 mph. Schools in Garnaville Postville Monona-Farmersburg Luana Monti and North Winneshiek closed due to ice and wind drift. Elkader faced a water main break from the freeze, with a pumping operation keeping hospitals supplied while streets iced over.
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Iowa
Dakotas
Cedar Rapids
Garnaville
Postville
Monona-Farmersburg- Luana
Monti
North Winneshiek
Elkader
North Elkader
Cold wave and storm hamper Iowa roads and New York travel
Strong winds delayed repairs near Edgewood while a 54 year old man suffered serious injuries pinned between a car and a truck. The Iowa highway commission reported near normal southeastern roads with snowpack in isolated areas as cold weather spread from the Midwest to Texas and the lower Rio Grande valley. A Lake Erie snowstorm snarled western New York traffic with a long halt on the thruway between Rochester and Buffalo.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Lineville
Knoxville
Muscatine
Midwest
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Georgia
Rio Grande Valley
California
Los Angeles
Lake Erie
New York State
New York State Thruway
Rochester
Buffalo
Man charged in hit and run at Tony's Steak House
Roy E. Hauser, 39, of 1228 Thirty third Street SE, is charged with leaving the scene after a car he allegedly drove struck a vehicle owned by Jay Gross of 149 Heath Street NW near Tony's Steak House on Highway 30 Friday evening.
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Roy E. Hauser
Thirty-third Street
Jay Gross
Heath Street
Tony
Highway 30
Three Enlistees Join Navy and Army
Three men were reported enlisted for service. William E. Inskeep 18 of 460 Ninth Avenue SW, Michael L. Cassady 19 of 717 Ely Avenue SW, and Roger L. Rickels 18 of Center Junction are sent to the San Diego naval training station. Dennis L. Schwem 19 of Tripoli is sent to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for army basic training.
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Navy
Army
Naval Training Station
San Diego
William E. Inskeep
Ninth Avenue
Michael L. Cassady
Ely Avenue
Roger L. Rickels
Center Junction
Skeep
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Dennis L. Schwem
Tripoli
Three Men Arrested for Siphoning Gas at Salvage Yard
Police interrupted a nighttime theft at Cohn and Cons Inc in the salvage yard and charged Gerald Blackburn 21 Gailord McMurray 22 and James McMurray 22 with larceny. They will be arraigned in district court.
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Cohn and Cons Inc
L Street
Gerald Blackburn
Fourth Avenue SE
Gailord McMurray
Wilson Avenue
James McMurray
Johnson Avenue NW
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Bob Johnson
C.R. Record
Mercury
OLD Quaker Distilling CO
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Edgewood
Lynn Ashline
Manchester
National Picture
Man
Filsworth CO. Gas Ranges
Seventh Avenue
Riceville Farm
Commodity Credit Corp
Rice
United
Omaha
Dale Carnegie
Cresty
Dorothy Carnegie
Dale Rew
Kenneth L. Burger
Texas Ave. N.E
Crliuw
Allen Motor Coo
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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