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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1955
Page
2
A long list records military promotions and assignments across towns including Lisbon, Decorah, Anamosa, and Waukon. Airmen first class and privates, sailors and Marines appear bound for Japan, Fort Lewis, Great Lakes, and overseas posts, with several returning home on furlough or discharged.
Chaplain Herman J. Kregel christened his grandson Jeffrey Allan in a Fort Carson army chapel. The ceremony followed Karen Kregel and Navy Lt. (j.g.) Donald Camp’s wedding one year earlier at the same base.
Maynard reports Cpl. Donald F. Roquet son of Mr and Mrs Donald W Roquet has been named soldier of the month with the 25th medical battalion in Hawaii. He has received two letters of commendation from his commanding officer.
Fred Kaufman, a personnel clerk, is serving in Korea. Mrs. A. E. Kuehn and the couple’s children left last week to join Lt. Col. Kuehn in Germany.
Robert Rei land, stationed in Austria for a year, met with Bill McKillip and Dwain Hepker of Atalissa last week. McKillip and Hepker have been in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for the past three months.
Howard Hunt Jr travels to Los Angeles for the national convention of osteopaths, representing his area. He will participate in meetings and advance discussions at the event.
Political notes discuss a possible Iowa income tax withholding plan patterned after the federal system, with State Tax Commission chairmen noting increased revenue. Governor Hoegh emphasizes law enforcement as a teamwork effort and highlights a public safety chief role. Illinois and Minnesota tax moves are mentioned, along with a push to widen 620 miles of 18 foot paving as contracts advance.
George J. Kaspar, 72, longtime Iowa City fire chief and 34 year veteran of the Iowa City Fire Department, died Saturday after a long illness. Services scheduled Monday at 9 am at St. Marys Church with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Rosary tonight at 7:30 at Hohenschuh Funeral Home.
Voters in Glenwood approved a $262000 bond issue for a new elementary school by a wide margin. The tally was 656 in favor and 150 opposed, reflecting strong community support.
Independence hosts the annual dinner and kickoff meeting for the Chamber of Commerce membership campaign on Thursday evening July 28 at the Buchanan County wildlife pavilion north of Independence. Barbecued chicken will be served.
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