Weather and death notices from Iowa and Minnesota
Forecast reports show temperatures ranging from the 80s to mid 90s across Iowa Minnesota and nearby cities with scattered thundershowers likely late in the period. Local records include daily highs and lows readings and precipitation totals through July with wind data and sunrise sunset times. Obituaries and funeral notices list many individuals and services in multiple towns including Manchester West Union Hopkinton Iowa City Tipton Volga and Monticello with burial plans and church services.
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Smarck
Minn‘aplis
Jeago
N. Orleans
New York
Wloth
Phoenix
Sioux’ Io
Sieur
Iowa
Manchester
Forest W. Arnold
Shelly Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
West Union
Harvey Richmond
West Union Cemetery
Donald Smith
Judy
First Methodist Church
Hopkinton
Barbara Jean Evans
Presbyterian Church
Estella Hardin
Devaney Funeral Home
Monticello
Iowa City
Edna M. Stevens
Beckman Funeral Home
Breen Misses Court Bond Forfeited In Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge attorney Edward Breen failed to appear in Cedar Rapids municipal court on a speeding charge. Judge Benesh ordered a $15 bond forfeiture, to be recorded as a $10 fine plus $5 court costs. The court also suspended licenses for three guilty pleas, with durations of 15 to 20 days for Alma McNamara Morrow Navratil.
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Richard Hutchinson
Marion
Robert Morrow
Nineteenth Avenue
Ray Runquist
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Frank Navratil
Mt. Vernon Road
Clyde Lindsley
Fifth Avenue
Alma McNamara
1816
Avenue
James Dunn
Springville
Norman Casey
Seventh Avenue
Donald Salyer
Des Moines
Vernon Parks
Marengo
Frank Lechner
Ames
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Edward Beerkem
Cedar Rapids
Charles Benesh
Breen
Attorrney M. L
Accident continues on page one with Acuff family
Mrs Glen Acuff 31 drove the family car with four children to Savanna Illinois when a grader ditch along the highway forced the car upright. Mr Acuff, paralyzed waist down, urged his wife to keep going to avoid going over the bank. Kids William 13 Kenneth Lee 11 Judy Louise 5 uninjured.
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Glen Acuff
Mr. Acuff
Fred Richard
Acuff
William
Kenneth Lee
Judy Louise
Savanna, II
Drawer Suspect Identified as Jack O'Shea in Girl's Room
INDIANAPOLIS police named a former taxi driver as the suspect known as Jack O'Shea. A taxi driver Wesley Irvin and hotel elevator operators Ethel Fields and Jean Meredith identified the photo from police files. Irvin said the man hired him to find a girl and asked to locate a victim for a room at the Claypool hotel. The operators confirmed the man as the same person who escorted Dorothy Poore to a hotel room found with a body in a dresser drawer.
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Indianapolis
INS
Jack O’shea
Wesley Irvin
Ethel Fields
Jean Meredith
Irvin
O'Shea
Claypool
Dorothy Poore
Roy Cohn resigns as chief counsel on McCarthy subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn resigns from his post as chief counsel of the investigations subcommittee led by Senator McCarthy. He cites lack of unanimity among members and notes his duty to expose Communist influence in U.S. institutions. The letter frames his departure as part of the broader anti-Communist effort.
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Ington
Communist Party
Cohn
U.N
McCarthy
Ime
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
New York
House
Europe
G. David Schine
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
Wisconsin
Murl Jarvis Gets 45 More Years in Prison
Murl H. Jarvis 29 of Richmond Indiana, a desperado and bank robber who operated in Iowa, received two more prison terms after a Dec 5 kidnapping and assault in which Mr. and Mrs. Roedrick were tied to a tree. He already faced a 25 year federal sentence for a Cannon Falls Minnesota robbery. He had escaped a St Paul jail while awaiting trial and was recaptured at Mitchellville Iowa.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Murl H. Jarvis
Richmond
Ind
Iowa
Cannon Falls
Minn
Jarvis
Circuit Court
Robert Roedrick
Roehrick
Bondurant
St. Paul
Mitchellville
centerville man dies of heart attack while shopping
Glen Hoover aged 64 of Centerville collapsed and died of a heart attack while shopping in Des Moines. His sister Lola Harris, 72, of Denver, died there of a heart attack at almost the same hour.
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Centerville
Des Moines
Denver
Glen Hoover
Lola Harris
Courthouse Will Admits Several Probate Entries
Two Catholic missions named heirs in the will of Joseph J. Barnett who died July 7. Other wills admitted include E. P. Reynolds who died July 3 and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horner. Barnett’s provisions include church bequests and homes to heirs, with the executor Mrs. Barnett without bond. Reynolds leaves gifts to friends and church, with his sons Jack and John Reynolds as executors. Horner wills name the couple’s children Walter, Paul, Adda Hobel, and Florence Clapp as equal heirs, with Paul Horner named executor without bond.
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Joseph J. Barnett
E. P. Reynolds
J. C. Horner
Horner
Mr. Barnett
Lightning Rod J
Mobile
Ala
Negro Catholic Missions
Cathlic Indian Mission
Marti
S. D
Barnett
Lloyd G. Raffety
First Avenue NW
Barnetts
Charles J. Barnett
Mary A. Havlicek
Reynolds
Faith McMurray
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harness
Ottumwa
First Methodist
Jack W. Reynolds
Fort Madison
John H. Reynolds
Walter
Paul Horner
Adda M. Hobel
Florence M. Clapp
Condemnation for Road Planned by Supervisors
The Linn county board of supervisors directed the auditor to serve notice of condemnation on the Joe and Anna Hejkal estate for a .83 acre road right of way north west of Cedar Rapids. The county failed to reach agreement on price, initiating condemnation. The board also filed to reestablish the Monroe township Thomas Klump road with co owners agreeing to donate half the surfacing cost. Tom Hickey was authorized to place a pipe along a county road in Bertram township. Quarterly reports from Marion justice M H Biddick and Hiawatha mayor Fay Clark were accepted.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Otto F. Hanzlik
Joe
Anna Hejkal
Miles P. Sutera
Herkal
Monroe Township
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Klump
Tom Hickey
Bertram Township
Ten Thousand Dollar Damage Suit Over 1953 Cedar Rapids Crash
Mr and Mrs Melvin W Decious filed a 10900 personal injury and damage suit against James P Cummings for an accident on September 6 1953 on highway 13 near Jordan s Grove road north of Cedar Rapids The petition seeks 10000 for shock a wrenched back and facial nerve damage for Mrs Decious plus 900 for damage to his truck alleging Cummings rear ended Decious truck
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Melvin W. Decious
James P. Cummings
Highway 13
Jordan’s Grove Road
Cedar Rapids
Decious
Cummings
Suspended Sentence for Grady Revoked by Judge Penningroth
Donald Grady, 36, of 1131 Twenty-first Avenue SW, had his four month suspended sentence revoked by Judge Charles Penningroth after violating good behavior by drinking. The sentence had been imposed July 12 for guilty plea to malicious injury to a building.
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Donald Grady
Twenty-first Avenue
Linn County
Charles Penningroth
Grady
Kalama man waives extradition in desertion charge
Charles Maury forty two of Kalama zoo Michigan Tuesday waived extradition to Kalamazoo on a desertion and abandonment charge. He was arrested Monday by the sheriff's office. Michigan officials said they would return Maury to Kalamazoo to face the charge. A divorce suit brought by Audrey Henderson against Harold J Henderson was dismissed Monday by Mrs. Henderson.
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Charles Maury
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Maury
Audrey Henderson
Harold J. Henderson
Corn in South Iowa Suffers from Drouth and Heat
DES MOINES AP says the southern third of Iowa already shows crop damage due to heat and drought with moisture needed across the state. By July 19 about 35 percent of corn acreage tassled while soybeans bloom and oats harvest nears record pace. corn borer and grasshopper damage are widespread and pastures have dried up in southern counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tuesay
City Briefs From Cedar Rapids Area News Highlights
Reserve Enlistment Russell Jones joins Cedar Rapids naval reserve division at 627 Tenth Street SE. New Royal Club 1799 picnic at Ellis Park river pavilion Thursday 6 p.m. Homebuilders stag party Wednesday ZCBJ park with social hour and 7:30 p.m. dinner. Ahepa meeting Cedar Rapids chapter 194 meets Wednesday 8:30 p.m. at St Johns church hall. Beauceant to assemble surgical dressings at St Luke's hospital Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Correction: Worthington heating and air units 2 or 3 ton sizes from $1050 with no down payment. JC Meeting: Junior Chamber lunch Thursday noon at Roosevelt hotel. reservations via Chamber. Rings stolen: $400 in diamond rings reported taken July 15 from 1442 Fourth Ave SE. Mower missing: power lawn mower stolen weekend from Electric Service Co. 111 Thirteenth St SE, value $52.46. G.O.P. Potluck: Linn County Republican Women picnic 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bever Park. James Holmes to introduce Judge J E Heiserman. In hospital: James G. Harper injured hand, taken to Mercy hospital. Theft report: $310 stolen from Milda Ozolene of 640 Eighth St SE. crime weekend. Suspended term: Duane Danford, 18, Marion, 130-day suspended sentence for petty larceny at Coe College. wristwatch taken from a room.
Police Judge Eases His Speeder Policy
Iowa City motorist Leota R. Connor of West Liberty sought a change of venue after Judge Emil G. Trott announced a crackdown on traffic violations. Trott said the policy would not affect all drivers and would likely suspend licenses only for a few mph over the limit.
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Iowa City
Emil G. Trott
Leota R. Connor
West Liberty
Trott
Rain worth five million dollars an inch in Maine
Portland reports that power companies estimate rainfall yields five million dollars per inch in Maine. Hydro electric power provides much of the electricity for homes and industry, with annual rainfall averaging about 40 inches.
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Portland
Deaths Eleanor Hunting dies after sudden illness
Eleanor Doan Hunting 38 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at her parents home after a sudden illness. Born Aug 29 1915 she leaves parents a sister Marian and brothers Ralph Jr of Cedar Rapids and John of Denver. Northwestern graduate 1937 Red Cross board member wartime secretary served in Pacific and Europe. Funeral Thursday 1 30 p m Turner chapel burial Oak Hill.
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Eleanor Doan Hunting
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
R. D. Hunting
Marian Hunting
Ralph D. Hunting, Jr
John B. Hunting
Denver
Miss Hunting
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Public Welfare Board
Northwestern University
American Red Cross
Pacific
Red Cross
Turner Chapel
W. Jackson Burns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Infant Patti Boots Dies in Iowa City Hospital
Patti Lois Boots infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Boots of 2493 Johnson Avenue NW Cedar Rapids died at University hospitals Iowa City at 2 50 am Tuesday Survived by her parents grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Michels and Mr and Mrs Herbert Boots all of Cedar Rapids great grandparents Mr and Mrs William Michels Hale Iowa The Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery will conduct services at 2 pm Wednesday Rev Ralph B Colton Friends may call Brady chapel from 8 am until noon Wednesday
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Patti Lois Boots
Leroy Boots
Johnson Avenue NW
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Henry Michels
Herbert Boots
Cedar Rapids
William Michels
Hale
Iowa
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ralph B. Colton
Brady Chapel
Infant Struve Daughters Die in Jacksonsville Florida
Machele Ann and Lynn Marie Struve infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Struve died early Tuesday in Jacksonsville Florida. The babies were born Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements await word from their father stationed in Iceland with the navy. Survivors include paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Struve of 369 Twentieth Street SE.
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Machele Ann
Lynn Marie’ Struve
Patrick W. Struve
Jacksonsville
Fla
Iceland
Navy
Hugo Struve
Twentieth Street
Services for Arthur H Lahman Died Sunday at Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Arthur H Lahman 310 Fourteenth Avenue SW will be held at Janeba Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev Ruth Husband of John Huss Church officiating. Burial follows at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Arthur H. Lahman
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Jin
Janeba
Ruth Husband
John Huss
Linwood Cemetery
Test Slated for Police Auxiliary in Iowa City
Johnson county auxiliary police test set for Tuesday night with a mock train derailment as main item. Auxiliary organized by Highway Patrolman J S Smith to aid in major disasters. State police radio to alert rescue crews in Solon including a physician ambulance operators and firemen.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
J. S. Smith
Solon
Iowa Soldier Nabbed On Charge of AWOL
Pvt. Charles Fish 22 of Fayette was returned to Camp Crowder Missouri on a charge of being absent without leave. He was arrested by Fayette officials. Authorities said it was his second AWOL incident and he cited his seriously ill father as preventing a furlough.
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Oelwein
Charles Fish
Fayette
Camp Crowder
A.w.o.l
Fish
Iowa City Pet Show Week At Six Playgrounds
Iowa City hosts pet shows at six playgrounds with children entering dogs and parakeets for prize certificates. Also in town, the Iowa City academy reunion is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. in the large lower shelter with food table service and drinks requested.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Academy
Iowa City Park
Sigourney
Patrick Hart
Frank Hart
Kewanee
Hart
Moline
Tipton
Leonard Thien
Paul D. Schultz
Highway 150
Here
Thien
West Union
Miltonvale Wesleyan College
Kan
Limited Theft In Jacksonville Probed
Benjamin Hawkins told police a prowler entered his bedroom and stole $100 from a billfold containing $584. The incident occurred in Jacksonville, Florida, as investigators pursue the motive and suspect details.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Benjamin Hawkins
Fire Sweeps Weber Farm destroying barn and sheds
Independence fire crews responded to a blaze at Herb Weber's farm two miles north of Independence. A large barn cattle and pig sheds were ruined along with 400 bales of straw 1 400 bales of hay 300 bushels of oats eight to 10 tons of loose hay and farm equipment including a hay loader cultivator and other machinery. Weber estimated replacement costs at 60 000. One fireman was slightly overcome by heat.
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Independence
Weber
Independence City
Fural
Wilson says United States unlikely to defend Indo China truce line alone
Defense Secretary Wilson voiced doubt about defending a Geneva truce line in Indo China and said the U S would not act alone. He suggested alliance support could be possible and stressed that aid to Indo China should not be cut off. He also advised moderating deeper military cuts planned for fiscal 1956.
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Washington
INL
Wilson
Indo-China
U. S
Geneva
France
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fire destroys barn on Crowe Brothers farm near Wadena
Fire early Tuesday destroyed a large 36 by 80 barn on the Crowe Brothers farm three miles southeast of Wadena. Hay filled the building along with 200 pullets seven calves a milk cooler and other dairy gear were lost. Cause believed spontaneous combustion in the hay. Insurance partly covers the loss.
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West Union
Crowe Brothers
Wadena
Senate committee backs return of wartime seized Japanese and German properties
The senate judiciary committee urged that properties seized by the government during World War II be returned to their owners, focusing on Japanese and German assets and calling for restitution.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
ORC to Change Name to ORCB Next Month
The Order of Railway Conductors will become the Order of Railway Conductors and Brake men with initials ORCB effective Aug. 1. The change affects the Cedar Rapids headquarters, the ORCB Building, and the group’s Railway Conductor magazine which will be renamed the Conductor and Brakeman. Retirements include editor John R. T. Rives. Fred C. Henson to become editor. The organization’s leaders and longtime Cedar Rapids guests, the Rives family, have a 33-year hotel record at the Allison.
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ORC
Cedar Rapids
Order of
ORCB
Railway Union
First Avenue
First Street
Columbus
Ohio
Conductors’ Brotherhood
John R. T. Rives
J. L. D. Ives
Ottawa
Ont
C. A. Watson
Indianapolis
J. R. Wilson
el Dorado
Ark
Tree Kills Bay in East Moline Child
In East Moline Steven Hansen age 7 was killed when an old tree toppled as he and a companion pushed it with sticks. Authorities say the accident occurred a day after the incident began.
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East Moline
Ins
Steeven Hansen
Steven
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Ellis Boulevard
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Hilda Benham
Georgene Dixon
LeRoy Dixon
Ivan W. Turnipseed
North Liberty
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Elgin
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Coe College
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Columbus Junction
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Muscatine
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Waterloo
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U.S
Rives
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ORCE
Henson
Birmingham
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Winnipeg
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New Smyrna Beach
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Winslow
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Sioux City
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