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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1954

Page

4

Missing Osage Beach woman last seen June 5

Former Sigourney resident Marilyn Tremmel, 28, of Osage Beach Missouri, disappeared June 5 after leaving home to visit her hospitalized husband in Jefferson City. Believed missing with amnesia, she is described as 5'6" and 140 pounds with blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. Her 26‑month‑old daughter Connie Lou is with paternal grandparents in Sigourney.

Sigourney Harold Marilyn) Tremmel Osage Beach Jefferson City Tremmel Connie Lou Lawrence Tremmel

Riggs Couple Move to Local Area from Wichita

Mr and Mrs Galen Riggs of Wichita Kansas have moved to the area recently, joining local residents and settling into their new home.

Coggon Galen Riggs Wichita, Kan

Eastern Iowans Earn A Averages at SUI

Thirty three liberal arts students at the University of Iowa earned straight A averages for the second semester of 1953 54 and received commendatory letters from Dean Dewey B Stuit. East Iowans named include David O Rife Anamosa Ann Shuttleworth Stamats Cedar Rapids Vernon C Maulson Manchester Whealen M Koontz Vinton William R Fenton Louis J Maher Jr Bruce Nolf Robert Wilkinson Sidney G Winter Jr all of Iowa City.

Iowa City University of Iowa Liberal Arts Dewey B. Stuit College of Liberal Arts Bruce Nolf Robert Wilkinson Sidney G. Winter, Jr Towa City

Three Jones County Men To Be Inducted

Three Anamosa men Willis Dirks and William Simmons and Oxford Junction resident Harold Eggers are notified to report for induction into the armed forces at Des Moines on July 19 and will be sent to Fort Bliss Texas after induction.

Anamosa Des Moines Willis George Dirks William Walter Simmons Harold ‘Lawrence Eggers Oxford Junction Fort Bliss Texas

Mrs Pete Jensen Fractures Wrist After Fall at Home

Mrs Pete Jensen of Oxford Junction suffered a fractured wrist in a fall at her residence on Thursday. She was treated and is resting at home with husband Mr Pete Jensen assisting. Local authorities reported no other injuries.

Oxford Junction Pete Jensen

SUI Faculty Changes Set

Iowa City nine appointments, two resignations and six leaves approved. Exchange professors include Harley H Zeigler from Hawaii and M Willard Lampe. New appointments: Kenneth B Hoyt and Donald H Madsen. Others on leave or visiting posts plus resignations of James E Moyer and Dr Roger I Lienke.

Iowa City University of Iowa Harley H. Zeigler School of Religion University of Hawaii Iowa School of Religion M. Willard Lampe SUI Hawaii Kenneth B. Hoyt University of Minnesota SUI College of Education Donald H. Madsen Carl G. Anthony Nicholas Riasanovsky Europe Kurt Weinberg Alexandre Aspel France D. A. Wasser Iowa College of Medicine Charles H. Read, Jr Richard J. Morath National Science Foundation Edith Ennis Iowa State Teachers College SUI Bureau of Business and Economic Research College of Commerce James E. Moyer Moyer Post Office Department Roger I. Lienke Lienke Minneapolis Joseph E. Baker Warren O. Nelson Population Council Rockefeller Institute New York City Theodore Winnick

Iowa Tax Commission Names New Chairman. Liquor Panel Reelects Chief

DES MOINES Iowa State Tax Commission elected Martin A Lauterbach of Alden as chairman on Thursday. He has served on the commission since 1951. The State Liquor Control Commission re elected Harold E Wolfe of Mason City to a fourth term as chairman, also serving since 1951.

Woman Fends Off Prowler With Baby High Chair

DES MOINES. Mrs. Raymond Dipaglia woke to a banging screen and found a prowler inside her home as her two children aged two and four months slept. She hurled a high chair at the intruder, who fled through the bedroom, jumped out a window, and drove away in a car.

Des Moines Raymond Dipaglia

State Suspends Polk Food Distribution Over Disappearances

Iowa state agent Marshall Jewell says shipments to Polk County are halted until the missing surplus commodities are replaced and safeguards are in place. The inquiry names four individuals tied to irregularities in distribution, after a county custodial employee was reprimanded for handling butter.

Des Moines Iowa Polk County Marshall Jewell Jewell Polk County Board of Supervisors Charles Brinker Wilbur Hildreth Polk County Attorney’s Office

Chemistry Student Injured In Iowa Lab Explosion

Francis Stute 25 of Elma, a University of Iowa graduate student, was in good condition at University Hospitals after an ether experiment in a chemistry lab exploded and caught fire. The fire caused little damage.

Iowa City Francis Stute Elma University Hospitals University of Iowa Stute

Mason City Goes Without Local Bus Service

Mason City, IA 30,000 people face a 30 day gap in local transit after the Mason City Motor Coach Company ceased operations. Owner J. E. Osborne cited a $2,700 shortfall from January through May and a $700 state license fee. City officials weigh options while Mayor Mendon vows action to restore service.

Mason City Iowa Mason City Motor Coach Company J. E. Osborne Ray E. Clough Osborne George Mendon

Sheaffer Pen Reports Sales Earnings Increase

Officials of W. A. Sheaffer pen company announced Friday that net sales rose 14.2 percent for the first quarter of this year versus the prior year. Profits after taxes were up 17.8 percent. Net sales totaled 6,052,957 with earnings of 485,701 or 59 cents a share. Last year the quarter yielded 412,387 or 50 cents.

Fort Madison INS W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company G. A. Beck

Harold Coggon Patient at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids

Harold Coggon is a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. The notice places him in the medical facility and identifies the city and hospital involved.

Coggon Harold Hill St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids

Old Federal Income Tax Case Is Settled

Des Moines records show the government settled an old federal income tax case against late Iowa attorney general Horace M. Havner. The government received 24,202 dollars, covering back taxes for 1920 through 1927 and full 1953 taxes plus penalties, with amounts previously claimed totaling over eleven thousand in 1920s taxes and thirteen thousand four hundred eleven in penalties plus four thousand seven hundred ninety six for 1953. Havner died in 1949 and the money came from fees owed to his law partnership.

Des Moines INS Horace M. Havner Iowa Havner Lafter Havner

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