Weather and obituaries notes from a midwestern paper
Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with showers in the west and south through Sunday and locally heavy rain in the extreme south. Highs in the 70s to 80s, lows 60s, with little change. The paper also lists numerous funeral notices and service details for Iowa towns including Iowa City, Sigourney, Marengo, Arlington, Postville, Schutte’s, West Union, Williamsburg, McSwiggin, Shellsburg, Kalona, Yoder’s, Riverside, Independence, and other communities with dates, times, and burial homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
William Willenbrook
Hoover's
Arlington
Sigmund Koehler
Gleim
Ames and area traffic court notes and penalties
A list of arrests and fines from Ames and nearby areas reports a July 5 birth at Ames with Schwensohn family details. It itemizes speeding, driving with license suspended, leaving scene of an accident, reckless driving and other traffic violations with names and fines, plus two 30 day jail terms and two 30 day suspended sentences for resisting an officer.
Five Executed for Fraud in Russia
Five men accused of defrauding the state have been executed according to the Soviet Russia newspaper. The report notes the executions were carried out in Moscow and marks a harsh government response to alleged economic crimes.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Lawrence Welk Presents a Reprise of the Big Band Era
Lawrence Welk offers a television hour replaying the big band sound. The Saturday night program returns viewers to era favorites with orchestral arrangements and Welk’s signature style.
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Lawrence Welk
Television 9
Deaths Isaac William Schlass of Grinnell
Isaac William Schlass a retired Grinnell grocer died Friday at 8 15 p m He was born November 15 1895 in Russia and married S Anna Bendit February 16 1919 in Winnipeg Canada Surviving are his wife three daughters Ruth Hirt Joyce Schlass Corinne Bucksbaum four grandchildren two sisters in Russia and one in Israel Services at Turner chapel Monday 9 a m by Rabbi Isaac Neuman Burial Eben Israel cemetery Contributions to the Heart fund invited
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Isaac William Schlass
Grinnell
Russia
S. Anna Bendit
Winnipeg
Canada
Schlass
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Hirt
Joyce Schlass
Detroit
Corinne Bucksbaum
Israel
Tyrrel Masonic Lodge
Waverly
Iowa
el Kabir Shrine
Temple Judah
Turner Chapel
Isaac Neuman
Eben Israel Cemetery
Heart Fund
Margaret Lynch 89 widow of Patrick dies in Cedar Rapids
Margaret Lynch age 89 widow of Patrick Lynch died at a Cedar Rapids nursing home Friday at 10 p.m. after a lingering illness. Born August 16, 1873 in Clarence she lived in Cedar Rapids twenty years. Surviving sister Mrs. Nellie Harms. Funeral at Mona han-Stewart with services Monday at 9 a.m. at St Matthew's Church by Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. D. Kearn. Rosary Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial Mt. Calvary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lynch
Patrick Lynch
Cedar Rapids
Clarence
Nellie Harms
Monahan-Stewart
St. Matthew's Church
J. D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary
Msgr. Kearn
Funeral
Sam Fooled by Bell on Fourth
Sam the dog, a churchgoer in Ottawa Kansas, wandered out when Bethel Methodist church bell rang for the Fourth of July Let freedom ring project. He left the basement, trotted toward the church, found no service, and returned home with the preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Sam
Bethel ‘Methodist Church
Yanks Killed in Korea Honored
About 200 U.S. soldiers killed at the start of the Korean War were honored at a simple ceremony atop a hill where they perished. The observance in Seoul reflected on the losses and paid tribute to the fallen service members.
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Seoul
U.S
Bishop Meletios Triodopakis to Lead Greek Youth Parley Events
Rt. Rev. Meletios Triodopakis of Chicago will be honored guest at the Greek Orthodox Youth of America District II conference. He will conduct vesper services at St. John’s Greek Orthodox Saturday at 5 p.m. and a 10 a.m. Sunday liturgical service, speak at the Sheridan Montrose banquet Saturday night, and join a Sunday afternoon religious workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meletios Tripodakis
Chicago
St. John’s
Sheraton-Montrose Hotel
Meletios
Crete
Athens
United States
Annunciation Church
San Francisco
Christianoupolis
Archdiocese of
Boston
Gas Mishap Stirs Alarm in Woburn Mass
Emergency crews worked through the night to confirm none of the 4,000 homes with gas had dangerous high pressure. Mayor John Gilgun declared a state of emergency as hundreds were evacuated and locksmiths entered locked houses to check for gas leaks and ensure safety.
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Woburn
Mass
John Gilgun
Gilgun
Zoo Giraffe Injures Man In Cincinnati
Fred Liermann, 80, at the Cincinnati Zoo, stepped over a chain fence Friday and leaned toward Champ the giraffe. The animal swung its head and knocked him headfirst into an eight foot moat, causing a possible skull fracture and other injuries.
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Cincinnati
Fred Liermann
Zoo
Champ
Liermann
NEA votes against immediate Utah sanctions
The National Education Association blocked immediate application of national teacher sanctions against Utah but allows its executive committee to act later. It also set up a fund to aid Utah teachers if the Utah Education Association and the governor’s office fail to resolve the deadlock. Utah teachers boycott public schools over calls for more state aid.
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Detroit
National Education Assn
Utah
Utah Education Assn
Department of Classroom
NEA
Yukon Survivor Returns North After Yukon Crash
Ralph Flores, seven weeks stranded after a Yukon plane crash, will return to his DEW line radar electrical duties in Alaska. He and Helen Klaben, found near starvation and injured in March, were flying from Whitehorse to the U.S. February 4. Flores says he is in excellent shape and may fly again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bruno
Calif
Ralph Flores
Yukon
Alaska
Flores
Whitehorse
U.S
Helen Klaben
New York
Meredith condemns intolerance after Mississippi speech
Meredith says he will stay active in the association but will not submit to oppression from any group. He describes threats and a murder of a close friend, and notes that a campus order on speech has not changed his views or tone. He plans to return home soon with his wife and continues to defend his past rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Weather Summary: Rainfall, Temps and Twister Report
Rain totals varied across the state with Shenandoah recording 1.40 inches and Cedar Rapids 0.63 inches. Des Moines noon 83, overnight 67, highs 73. other highs ranged 93 to 70. A Friday thunderstorm caused some wind damage near Creston and disrupted electric service in Des Moines area. a twister sighting was reported southeast of Lenox. Partly cloudy Sunday with temperatures in the 80s.
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Dan
Des Moines
Northwood
Dumont
Walford
Knoxville
Cedar Rapids
Shenandoah
Lamont
Mason City
Creston
James Brown
Lenox
Merger of Youth Leaders Sparks Civil Rights Dispute
Meredith condemned the leadership quality of young Negroes and mocked their activities at a Friday gathering. NAACP youth rep John Davis challenged the remarks, praising youths’ sacrifices and leadership. Davis opposed a march on Washington but defended integration efforts. Outside, Wilkins criticized Meredith as unrepresentative of young Negroes.
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Meredith
John Davis
Naacp Board of Directors
Davis
North Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
Wilkins
Weekend Traffic Toll Rises to 12
Associated Press reports Iowa safety officials urged caution as holiday traffic deaths rose to twelve since Wednesday 6 p m. Chicagoan Meta Roliff 45 died in a Waterloo two car crash Friday with her mother Bertha Webb 64 critically injured. Police say Gerald Stubenrauch 20 of Waterloo drove the other vehicle.
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Y Associated Press
Iowa
Roltfs
Webb
Gerald Stubenrauch
Waterloo
Behel Receives 30 Days For Fleeing Accident
Allen J. Behel alias Allen Dunek, 21, of 728 Thirty sixth street NE, was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and fined 100 dollars for leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving. The crash at 5 06 a m tore a fire hydrant and struck the Second avenue bridge after Behel hopped the curb. He was arrested at Barbara Lund's home, 117 First avenue SW, who also paid a 100 dollar fine for resisting execution of process after claiming to be the driver.
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Michael Lee Stafford
Sixteenth Street
George Filling
Schultz Drive
Gary Sondag
Third Avenue
Donald Stuckwisch
Warsaw
Margaret Dimmitt
Westland Road
Joan A. Kohl
Fortieth Street
Robert Verry
Iowa City
Lawrence Weitenhagen
Eighteenth Street
Richard Daubenmier
Eleventh Avenue
Jimmie Sieck
First Avenue
James Ivey
Thirty
Jerry M. Patterson
Belle Plaine
Leland C. Dickson
Eighth Avenue SE
Allen J. Behel
Thirty-sixth Street
Barbara Ann Lund
First Avenue SW
George F. Reed
Twelfth Avenue
John A. Schneider
Miami Drive
Eldon G. Anderson
N Street
Louis Blazek
James H. Sorensen
Sioux City
Merle W. Eppers
Eighteenth Avenue
Walter L. Joy
C Avenue
Lester Mosness
Dover Street
Freida Epperson
Third Street
Henry Schlueter
Masonville
Gordon Pohlman
Sixth Avenue
Stewart E. Carsner
Fiftieth Street
Rudolph Richter
Fifteenth Avenue
Edward Allison
Twenty-first Avenue
James Hoosman
Waterloo
Emmit Hoosman
Ira Harrison
First Avenue NW
Howard Swain
Brooklyn
Paul C. Spring
Coffeyville
Kan
Allen Dunek
Thirtysixth Street
Howard McLaughlin
Behel
Second Avenue
Barbara Lund
Miss Lund
McLaughlin
Hearing Set For Mrs Schmidt In Cedar Rapids Stabbing
Mrs Herman Schmidt 32 of St Paul Minn was arraigned in Cedar Rapids municipal court on assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. A preliminary hearing was set for July 15 at 1 30 p m. Bond fixed at 1000. She stabbed her husband Friday near Linn Junction over custody of five children. Schmidt treated at St Luke s hospital and released. The couple had separated about a week ago.
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Herman Schmidt
St. Paul
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Schmidt
Linn Junction
Bacteria Count Of Cedar River Returns To Normal
Waterworks Supt. Arnold Cherry reports Cedar River raw water bacteria levels easing after spiking to over 2 million per 100 milliliters. Two day tests determine counts, with Wednesday readings near 24,000. Improvements at Waterloo sewage treatment and rains' dilution likely contributed.
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Cedar River
Arnold Cherry
Cherry
Waterloo
Two Marion residents injured in two-car crash
At 6 14 p m Friday a two car collision at First avenue and Thirty eighth street injured Marion residents E Lloyd Henderson 33 and Steven Henderson 13 They were treated at St Luke s hospital with back neck and minor arm leg injuries The crash occurred when their car was rear ended by a vehicle driven by Chester Terry 206 Fourth avenue SW Police charged Terry with failure to have his car under control.
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Marion
First Avenue
Lloyd Henderson
Fifteenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Steven Henderson
John Henderson
Tenth Avenue
Steven
Chester Terry
Fourth Avenue
Terry
City Briefs and Local Ads Highlight Services and Tragedy
Community notices list a family night sale at 10914 Second Avenue SE with haircuts and permanents under special weekday pricing. An opening for Arthur E. Barnes M D at 210 Granby Building is announced. Mrs. R. W. Water mourns her father in Tulare California with services planned Monday. A bowling lane at Magnificent Tropic Lanes offers 4 games for $1 and other promos throughout the weekend. Lumir Konigsmark, 53, is hospitalized after a fall causing facial injuries near his home.
Sunday Special at Jubilee Lanes Advertised
A Sunday special offers three lines for one dollar, valid all day and evening at Jubilee Lanes.
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C. R
Cash and jewelry stolen from two Cedar Rapids service stations
Cedar Rapids detectives investigate a burglary found Saturday morning at Norm's Superior service and OK garage. About $55 in cash eight cartons of cigarets a set of socket wrenches and a diamond ring were taken from the Norm's site. At the OK garage only $1.35 was found after a rear door hasp was pried.
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Cedar Rapids
Norm’s Superior Service
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Arrest two After Scuffle With Officer
Two Waterloo men James Housman and Emmit Housman faced resisting an officer charges after a patrolman used a nightstick and fired into the air to break up a late night altercation at the Home Run club. The men, 25 and 22, pled guilty to the municipal court and received 30 day suspended sentences.
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Waterloo
James Hoosman
Emmit
Howard MoeLaughlin
William Long
Hawthorne Drive
Amana Man Denied Jobless Pay Over Faulty Equipment
A split Iowa Employment Security Commission, 2-1, affirmed denying Tilman R. Smith of Amana unemployment benefits for leaving M. Feder & Sons Cedar Rapids on April 19 1962 due to alleged unsafe equipment. Commissioner Carter dissented arguing workers should not be forced to endure faulty gear.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Henry E. Carter
Tilman R. Smith
Amana
M. Feder & Sons
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Jerome W. Corbett
Ross M. Carrell
Smith
Feder
Death of LeRoy Gray Sainted in Cedar Rapids Area
LeRoy Edward Gray 51 of 1318 K avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday afternoon from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Police report the shooting occurred as he sat in a chair at home with a .410 shotgun. Medical Examiner Dr Percy Harris ruled it a death by own action. Burial will be in St Michael's cemetery Holbrook with services pending at Teahen chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday. He was born July 5 1912 in Holbrook and lived in Parnell Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church. He is survived by his mother Elizabeth Gray four brothers Francis John Leonard Emmett and four sisters Mary Schulte Mrs George Fowler Mrs Vernon Tedrow and Mary Murphy.
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LeRoy Edward Gray
K Avenue NE
Gray
Percy Harris
Mr. Gray
Holbrook
Parnell
Cedar Rapids
Immaculate Conception Church
Elizabeth Gray
Francis
John
Leonard
San Diego
Emmett
Des Moines
Mary Schulte
George Fowler
Waterloo
Vernon Tedrow
Mary Murphy
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Teahen Chapel
Rockefellers Vacation With Four Murphy Children
Governor Rockefeller vacationed in Maine with his wife and her four children from a prior marriage. They will stay at Seal Harbor through July 15 with the children aged 3 to 2. A spokesman offered no details on return arrangements or custody plans.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Maine
Seal Harbor
Burnley Charged With DWI After Iowa City Arrest
Coralville man Paul T. Burnley, 35, was arrested Friday night near Iowa City by a highway patrolman and charged with drunk driving a second offense. Unable to post a $1,000 bond, he is jailed awaiting court. Records show a 1959 drunk driving conviction in Oskaloosa.
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Iowa City
Coralville
Paul T. Burnley
Burnley
Oskaloosa
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Enver
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Sigourney
Glen Fear
Reynolds
Frank F. Roller
Shellsburg
Louis Mumm
Fry and Holland’s
Win‘ton
Edgewood
Michael F. Gay‘ler
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Suninyside
Riverside
Mary Krebs
Trinity Methodist Church
Sorden and Adams
Arthur Workman
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Mississippi
Ames
Herb Schwensohn, Jr
Mr. Schwensohn
Herbert Schwensohns
Twenty-seventh Street
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Isaac Schlass
Sam Fooled By Bell
Korea
North
Beatty-Bearle
Funeral Home
Second Avenue SE
Arthur E. Barnes
Granby Bldg
R. W. Water
Grande Avenue
Tulare
William James
Lumir Konigsmark
Second Street SE
Ady
Long
Hoosman
Long’s Aid
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LeRoy Gray
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John E. Lapes
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