Shooting at Sigourney cafe injures man
An Oska loosa man Eugene Richardson was shot in the leg during a Cafe altercation with Robert Benson of Cedar Rapids. Richardson drove to Oskaloosa where Patrolman Roby cited him for drunken driving while deputies filed an assault charge.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
Eugene Richardson
Richardson
Highway 92
Robert Benson
Cedar Rapids
Benson
Paul Roby
Roby
Keokuk County
Keith Bryant
Changes in Ike budget will be few
Washington AP Kennedy administration said only a few items in the Eisenhower budget will be changed with major budget review delayed until Kennedy's first full budget for January 1962. Budget Director Bell ordered limited requests for supplemental funds and no minor changes without Budget Bureau approval.
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Washington
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congress
Bell
Budget Bureau
Two Top Winners Named At Eastern Iowa Science Fair
The second annual event at Coe College on April 8 9 will name two top winners one in biological and one in physical sciences to advance to the National Science Fair in Kansas City May 10 13. A navy cruiser award covers a week aboard a U S navy ship for a high school sophomore or junior boy with an approved project and many other prizes include college scholarships 50 kits and science instruments.
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Kansas City
Navy
U.S. Navy
Stolar
Breakin Probe At Vacant Cedar Rapids Building
Detectives investigated a breakin at a vacant Cedar Rapids building once used by the Ambulance Service Co. and now owned by Barton Regan. The Thrashed site at 222 First St. NE showed no stolen items but contained soft drink and beer bottles a candy box a candle stub and a can opener found inside.
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First St. NE
The
Ambulance Service Co
Barton Regan
First St. SW
Cedar Rapids
Romig Injured in Two-Car Collision at City Intersection
Billy Romig 23 of 1232 Third st NW sustained a possible concussion and contusions after a two vehicle crash at 6th Ave and Eighth St NW at 5:54 p m Tuesday. Romig was reported in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital Wednesday. Police said Romig and Ronald Shelton 1526 First Ave NE drove the cars and Romig faced a failure to yield right of way charge.
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Billy Romig
Third St. NW
Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Romig
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ronald Shelton
First Ave. NE
Iowa Extends Driver Suspension Time to One Year
Des Moines reports that state safety commissioner Carl Pesch extended the forthwith suspension of licenses on drunk driving arrests from 60 days to one year. He said the change speeds legal procedures and keeps drivers stranded off the road until court action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Carl Pesch
Pesch
Donald M. Statton
Senate
Services Thursday for Independence Woman
Flora Rigby 87 lifelong Buchanan county resident died Tuesday in Independence. Survived by daughter Gertrude and son Scott of Washington DC. Services Thursday at 10 30 a.m. at the White Funeral Home. Her husband A G Rigby was Independence postmaster and a real estate and insurance man until his 1941 death. Mrs Rigby belonged to BC chapter of PEO for 55 years.
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Independence
Flora Rigby
Buchanan County
A. G. Rigby
Rigby
PEO
Gertrude
Scott
Washington, D.C
White Funeral Home
Navy Reports Enlistment of Three Men for Service
Three men enlisted for the Navy with two heading to San Diego for recruit training. James L. Bruce, 18, of 860 Fourteenth Street NE, becomes a nuclear field electronics recruit. Tyrone P. Buterbaugh, 17, from West Chester, also enlisted. Eldon L. Fowler Jr., a 4-year Navy veteran, re enlisted as hospitalman third class and sent to Long Beach receiving station. Capt. June M. Coursey, medical specialist, will visit the Cedar Rapids air force recruiting station Thursday to interview candidates for physical and occupational therapy positions. She is based at Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio.
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San Diego
James L. Bruce
Fourteenth St. NE
Tyrone P. Butterbaugh
West Chester
Bruce
Eldon L. Fowler, Jr
First Ave
Long Beach
Calif
June M. Coursey
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Coursey
Post Office
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Girl Receives Three Year Term For Bomb Threat
A 17 year old girl began a prison sentence not to exceed three years for setting off a bomb scare at Laurel Junior High School. Judge Abraham Baker sent June Witchley to the Western Reformatory for Women at Albion after she admitted phoning the threat on December 14. The other girl, age 15, was sent to children's court.
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Rome
N.Y
Abraham Baker
June Witchley
Western Reformatory For Women
Albion
Laurel
Children’s Court
Services Friday for Nick Takes Walker
Nick A. Takes 52 a farmer and Walker resident for 23 years died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born June 12 1908 at Cascade he married Edna Zieser January 18 1938. Survivors include his wife three children Grant Beverly and Linda two brothers John in Long Island NY and Al in Cascade. Services Friday at 9 am in St Marys Church Spencer's Grove with a Rosary recited Wednesday and Thursday at 8 pm in Murdoch funeral home.
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the Gazette
Walker
Nick A. Takes
Cedar Rapids
Cascade
Edna Zieser
Grant
Beverly
Linda
Myrtle
John
Long Island
N. Y
St. Mary’s Church
Spencer’s Grove
Murdoch Funeral Home
Hawaiian Eye Tracks Japanese Robinson Crusoe on TV
The Hawaiian Eye program airs a story about a Japanese Robinson Crusoe still active in World War II era, with the segment scheduled for Wednesday. The piece notes the theme and potential wartime survival angles explored on the TV show.
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Hawaiian Eye
Robinson Crusoe
Jap Film Tough Guy Yujiro Ishihara Breaks Leg
Yujiro Ishihara, 25, Japan's top action star, was sidelined with a broken leg after a female skier crashed into him from behind on Tuesday at Shiga heights. The injury occurred while he was filming on the slopes, with doctors treating him and uncertain on future shoots.
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Shiga Kogen
Japan
Yujiro Ishihara
Shiga Heights
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