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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1956
Page
9
The Linn county Republican and Democratic primaries present 15 biographical sketches for contested nominations. Candidates are listed by party and office with voting hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. countywide and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Cedar Rapids 25 precincts. Voters also select party nominees for state and district offices in the primary.
L M Hullinger Jr aged 28 of 1439 Council Street NE seeks a second party primary bid after an earlier Democratic bid for state representative. He is an attorney with his father, a 500 acre Jones county farmer, and member of multiple veteran and professional groups. Lillies Nick F Lee 31 of 2043 Franklin Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, is also a Cedar Rapids attorney with Iowa law degree, army veteran, husband and father of three. He chairs Veterans Memorials Commission and serves as district governor of the Order of Ahepa, with wide bar and civic memberships.
Biographical sketches of John M. Ely Jr, Ward J. Hauskins, and Frank L. Martin. Ely, 37, lost the 1954 general election by 624 votes. a Quaker Oats purchasing agent, he is active in public health, world affairs programs, and Democratic committees. Hauskins, 33, CIO leader, longtime Link Belt employee, with military service, serves on aid advisory boards and forestalls retarded children programs. Martin, 29, Cedar Rapids attorney and Navy veteran, holds multiple bar and civic memberships and operates a city and Lisbon office.
John B. Reilly, 27, of 435 Ninth Avenue SW is mentioned as the party’s earlier county attorney nominee and seeks another nomination. He has been active in local politics.
No opposition here with candidates assured of party nomination in Linn county. Republicans list Frank Byers Ernest Kosek Emil Novak Otto F. Hanzlik Frank F. Bates Arthur Axmear Dempsy Jones Robert Brosh and Democrats name Robert C. Conner B Hale George K. Engleman for treasurer clerk of court and sheriff respectively.
The article profiles several candidates for Linn County offices including Reilly with a long legal and military record, Wilson a Cedar Rapids lawyer and WWII veteran, Sheriff James H. Smith a veteran and former GOP chair, George Peliser a former Cedar Rapids police officer and first-time candidate, Fred M. Higley a longtime Cedar Rapids businessman and WWI veteran, and Martin Wiley the incumbent supervisor and county board chair.
Theodore B Hrubucek 54 of 448 Thirty-second street SE active in Czech groups since 1920 and head of the Federation of Czech groups. William H Thayer 38 of 219 B avenue NW long time Penick and Ford employee and former candidate for Cedar Rapids safety commissioner. Both residents and local figures with ties to religious and fraternal organizations.
The government issued a patent for a frameless corrugated metal building by Behlen Manufacturing Company of Columbus Nebraska. Bolted panels to concrete footing form walls and roof. two units survived an atomic test at Yucca Flat Nevada last year despite some damage near ground zero.
Richard F Nazette 36 of 2224 Country Club Parkway SE and William J Matias 44 of 400 Memorial Drive SE seek the Republican nomination. Nazette is first assistant to County Attorney Willis A Glassgow since 1951 and not a re election candidate. He practiced law in Cedar Rapids since 1946 after graduating from the University of Iowa Law College with distinction. Born in Eldora he earned a 1942 bachelor degree from the University. He won the Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Public Service award in 1954 and holds many civic and fraternal memberships including international vice president of Optimist International. He is married and serves on Westminster Presbyterian church board of trustees. This is Nazette’s first bid for elective office. Matias, 44, of 400 Memorial Drive SE, a former Cedar Rapids Superior Court judge and Linn County juvenile court judge, attended Creighton University Omaha the University of Iowa and Coe College. Admitted to Iowa practice in 1942. He served in Iowa Highway Patrol 1935–42, then the FBI for two and a half years. Appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1949 by the late Gov. Beardsley and later re elected. He is a member of All Saints Church Holy Name Society Cadets of St. George.
Capuchin monkeys in Barro Colorado Island’s tropical preserve form bands of 30 or more and traverse the canopy up to a quarter mile. They catapult between limbs as far as 15 feet and throw sticks, nuts, and fruit at ground observers while signaling with a crowlike call. Their diet centers on fruit and insects, with occasional small vertebrate prey.
Harold Call, 62, engineer of the Alouette Express, died at the controls as the five car train left Newport Station in the U S Virgin Islands. The dead man's switch halted the train immediately when his foot left the pedals. Passengers were unaware of the fatality during the crowded journey.
The Cedar Rapids centennial events run June 14 to 17 with 29 Czech organizations coordinating. A parade starts at 2 pm from Fifth Avenue and Second Street SE, ending at Riverside Park for speeches, flag raising, and a plaque dedication. Evening programs include dances, a mass, cemeteries visit, and a CSPS concert with talks by U.S. Senators Hickenlooper and Hruska. Centennial night features the Cedar Rapids Raiders game and discount stamps and medals are sold to support the observance.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette funds four Cedar Rapids high school reporters to attend the University of Iowa summer workshop with 160 students from 64 Iowa communities. Participants gain training in news writing, copyreading, photography, layout, and yearbook production with lectures from SUI faculty and newspaper editors.
Fort Niagara officials abolished the one month optional period for summer or winter uniforms and set khaki Bermuda shorts and knee socks as the optional summer uniform from May 21. Traditional khaki trousers and long sleeve shirts remain acceptable, with Bermudas allowed until July 1, 1958 when they become mandatory summer wear.
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