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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1958
Page
3
St Wenceslaus ninth grader John Kopecky Jr runs a 76 subscriber Gazette route on Second and K streets SW from Seventh to Twentieth avenues. He plans possibly to train as an electrician or fireman, like his dad, after school.
Five persons were injured, none seriously, in a two car crash on highway 150 near Center Point at about 7 a.m. Thursday. Floyd Johnston 28 of Hamiston, and Floyd Benson 28 of Dumont suffered major injuries. Norman Altemeier 19 of Madrid and Mrs Glen Baker 31 of Center Point were treated and released. The Baker car pulled a pickup truck guided by Mr. Baker. Ground fog was a factor.
Eastern Iowa hosts March of Dimes events as communities organize porchlight nights and polio fund drives. Manchester Jaycees plan a porchlight event to guide donation collectors while Postville schedules a 6 30 p m start for the annual drive and Tipton reports a firemen led house to house solicitation.
Saturday the Boy Scouts raised 83 dollars and 50 cents as part of the block of dimes program. Total contributions reached 319 dollars and 62 cents. No reports yet from the firefighters drive.
University of Iowa professor C. J. Le Vois announced the discontinuation of the 1953 program to teach French to grade school pupils at University grade school due to a shortage of qualified teachers. The course began in fourth grade, required 15 minutes daily through seventh grade, and stressed spoken French with the aim of easing later study in high school and college.
University of Iowa instructors will be entertained at a dinner and gathering next Tuesday, three days before examinations. The event, named Apple Polisher's Day, aims to improve student faculty relations.
Iowa Chief Engineer John G. Butter said Iowa uses substandard materials to build highways due to limited sources and aims to provide surfaced roads to rural homes. He noted 4 438 miles of roads carry three or fewer vehicles daily amid efforts to develop cheaper construction methods. Governors Foss Loveless and Davis attended the Missouri River States gathering with four meetings planned across Nebraska South Dakota Montana and Minnesota.
West Union Waterloo police will question Howard Laswell 38 of Rock Falls Illinois held in jail after a 6 year old Waterloo girl was battered last week Laswell was arrested in Fayette while hitchhiking to Rochester Minnesota He told Sacred Heart school staff he knew about the beating and claimed he had read of it in the papers Authorities remain skeptical of his account
Airman L C Farrell 23 from the Bronx will spend seven days in a space chamber at Randolph AFB to simulate a moon flight. News reporters are barred from interviews to prevent psychological eccentricities, the school says. He was selected for intelligence and normal behavior after prior tests.
Central City reports two local lodges have installed new officers. Knights of Pythias appoint Harry Benton as chancellor commander and Paul Wilcox named noble grand for IOOF with M C Sweet as vice grand. Coggon selects Lloyd Fowler as town marshal with William Krueger treasurer and Elmer Walton deputy marshal.
Mrs Bryce Avery 31 of rural Waverly died from internal injuries after a Tuesday crash when her car collided with a milk truck eight miles north of Waverly. Truck driver James Oberlie was uninjured and later fined $50 for failure to yield. Survived by husband and five children. body at Cleveland's funeral home in Waverly.
Dr. J. O. Cromwell, state mental health director, tells the Iowa Association for Mental Health that sterilization cannot solve mental illness. He says decisions must be made by institution psychiatrists with competent staff, and only when heredity is proven. The state Eugenics Board approved 31 sterilizations last year in state institutions.
Des Moines AP reporting shows the annual turnover of school superintendents in Iowa runs about 20 percent. The Iowa Department of Public Instruction notes 148 of 45 high school districts have new superintendents this year, a 19.9 percent turnover. Last year turnover was 20.2 percent. Most changes occur in districts with enrollments under 150, with 125 new superintendents from within Iowa schools, 12 promoted internally, and 11 from other states.
Arthur Lee Burris, nicknamed the note writing bandit, cut his wrist with a plastic comb in his jail cell. He bled from a cut artery, was treated with a transfusion, then returned to jail. Sheriff Hildreth plans to seek transfer to closer supervision as Burris had attempted suicide a week earlier. Burris is charged with four robberies by note and held on $60,000 bond.
Open house will be held Wednesday at the Pleasantview Home for the Aged being built by Mennonite churches in Kalona. Building committee members will conduct tours from 10 a.m. to 9 30 p.m. Occupancy date not announced but expected in a few months.
Washington AP One of the most important statements in years sets out how the United States compares with Russia in missiles submarines air power and weapons development. The Senate preparedness subcommittee after 101 days 70 witnesses and 200 experts warns of Russia ahead in several fields and calls 17 actions for government to bolster defense while noting American vitality remains intact. Lyndon Johnson frames the report as a challenge not despair and stresses U.S. future remains in reach with timely production.
Major Marjorie Lindau of Fort Sam Houston told a Catholic Hospital Association meeting in St. Louis that in an atomic war the least seriously hurt should receive medical care first. Critically injured would wait to allow rehabilitation potential to guide triage decisions.
DES MOINES IOWA The board of managers of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers urged local groups to increase their contributions to a student loan fund with the next state convention in October. Mrs George Albrecht of Davenport heads the organization and announced Mrs Ray Berry of Cedar Falls as chairman of air age education for the group.
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