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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1955

Page

4

Students Nabbed After Airport Brawl at Hunter Airport

Cedar Rapids detectives arrested three University of Town students on assault and battery charges stemming from a May 1 brawl at the Skyway Inn at Hunter airport in Iowa City. A fourth student, away in Iowa City, faced the same charges. bonds were set at 110 dollars each.

University of Town Skyway Inn Hunter Airport Cedar Rapids Iowa City Justice of the Peace C. J. Hutchinson Duane R. Tolson Wisconsin Dells Wis John Oakley East Chicago Ind Bill Eli Bosith Louise I. Flood Thomas James Martinkus N. Flood Ruth E. Steffy Valley, Ill William D. Steffy Martha G Cuhel Jerry Cuhel Tolson Oakley SAI

Death notices for Marilyn Horne of Cedar Rapids

Marilyn Horne wife of Dareld Horne died Saturday at 5 10 p m in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a sudden illness. She was born July 17 1935 in Marengo and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1953. She worked in Smulekoff s cashier department. They married June 6 1954 at First Lutheran church Cedar Rapids. Surviving: husband infant daughter Dabora her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Huntelman of Marengo and brother Charles of Marengo. Funeral by Rev Theodore Youngquist and calls after 6 p m Sunday at Turner chapel.

Marilyn Horne Dareld Horne Fourteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Mar‘engo Smulekoff Cashier Department First Lutheran Dabora Ernest Huntelman Marengo Charles Horne First Lutheran Church of Marengo High School Theodore Youngquist Turner Chapel

Melchior Rites Set. Cedar Rapids Carpenter Dies

Joseph S. Melchior 64 a carpenter of 817 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died after a long illness in a local hospital. Born January 4 1891 in Belle Plaine Minnesota he married Mayme Greenbush in 1917. Survived by wife three sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at St Peter and Paul Belle Plaine Tuesday. friends may call Brady mortuary Sunday. Cancer fund donations suggested.

Joseph S. Melchior Avenue NE Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Minn Melchior Mayme Greenbush Elizabeth Alstead Minneapolis Anna Quatman

Eisenhower Nominated for Flying Farmers Honor

Sen. Carlson former Kansas governor urged an honorary life membership in the National Flying Farmers Association after Eisenhower used a small plane to travel to Gettysburg. Carlson praised light plane transport for short distances and grass runways as appropriate.

Washington Eisenhower Gettysburg Sen Carlson National Flying Farmers’ Assn Kansas

Jesuit Weekly Praises Billy Graham in America Magazine

New York AP Billy Graham, a Southern Baptist evangelist, receives praise from the Jesuit weekly America. The piece notes Graham’s sincere zeal and ability to discuss theology with Catholics. It cites large crowds in Europe as evidence of Protestant hunger for God and wishes him well in reawakening faith.

Jesuit Weekly Billy Jesuit National Weekly America Graham God

Forse Show Highlights Riders and Big Winners

The day featured 12 entries with seven horses winning ribbons as top classes included Western pleasure Open Palomino and Five Gaited English. Winners hailed from Iowa Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska with champions like Flash Hytone Beauty Nick Highland and Royal Flush. The show noted high quality with several out of state victors and an incident-free event aside from a minor injury to timer Thomas Burlingham.

Rhythm Dempsey William Ketelson Springville Flash Mary Rae Rauber Iowa City Hytone Beauty Orville Lowe Des Moines Nick Highland Charles Cochran Solon Adolph Storz Omaha Storz Swing A Thing Nevilles, Inc Minneapolis R. C. Springer and Sons Pittsfield Ronnie Rocket Missouri Elmer Williams Kirksville Sunny Acre Robert Hensley W. C. Carstens Thomas A. Burlingham St. Luke's Hospital Junior Fine Harness Ray Diebert Sac City Meadow Beauty Geo. Dewey Waterloo Kay More R. Q O. Stickler Dusty Rhodes Ralph Renner Cass City Valley Stables Marengo Southern Chimes D. E. Wallen Minn Border Patrol Ivan Wilson Centerville Susan Larry Herschberg Mankato Adah B. Dickey Worthington Skylark Bradley Ickey Dr. D. I. Muirhead Window Owen Cliff Austin Grundy Center Wilson Dwight Heltebridle Roy Tweet Trenton Raft Horse Hitech Bill Ray Bohen Shell Rock Linda L. L. Hindman Alburnett Dolly Jaleon Herschel Griffith Malcolm Lamont Hytone Mary Rae Dauber Orin Dennis Ft Madison Majorette Glen Harrison Stonewall Starlicht Virgil Thompson Weaver Wild William Venetian Rex Venetian Blind Co Zephyr Story Hazel Morrow Wyaconda Fox Charles Cochra Solon Sage Lee Minor Fairfax Pepperina Fortune Elmer Garrels Mt. Pleasant Sandy Stanley Forsythe Brandon Paul Starry Central City H. Buck Milton Gauger Cedar Rapids Smith Sec- Gaic Land Chief's Cricket Chief Penny Stable Apis Western Equitation Trixie Barbara Haskell Jim Estling Queen Bell Ranch DeWar Golden Red Champ Nick Shirley Starry Mac Ote Knight Trigger Fred Eilers & Son Mechanicsville Palomino Royal Flush Vic Swanson Ft. Madison Golden Lady Holling Ray Deibert C. A. Osler Walnut Flying Floyd H. J. Hoffman Hastings Emily Genius H. B. Martinka Sir Echo Shilson Stables Judie Swartz Davenport Patty Voshell June Bride H. J. Brenneman Ainsworth Larry G. Smith George O'Brien Marion Ruth Cheveston Newton Rex Betty Houston Shirley Lowe Ginger Ray Bohan Dolly Easter Menzo Yearia Malcolm Hackney King's Sensation Adolph G. Storz Lee Irvin Ottumwa Glenholme Bobbie Lee Barrymore R. C. Stickler Mary Lee Baltimore Charles Tracy Lorelei Cliff Monroe Grinnell L. D. Berry Katie Kalarama Stanton Sarnson Rocket R. C. Springer and Sons Pitts- Heic Ave Crockett Grege Reisinger Idora Phyllis Stepp Kellogg Ed Bear and Sons Steam Boat Rock Wonder_ Child Chuck Ostrich Maxwell Blarney Stone Virginia Poage Wapello Volney Diltz Sevent Sunray R. C. Springer Kala Noble St. Paul Letha Moon Simonsen Hubbard the Ipolitician Parker and Martinka R. O. Stickler H J. Hoffman Shenandoah Riley Packing Company LaVere_ Brecht Rex Sunkist Ray Morrow Golden Zipper Tipton W. C._Carstens Pringle Clark's Grove Elevator Company Mountain Echo Skylarking

UAW Presses Ford Over Jobless Benefit Plan Stance

The UAW disputes Ford demand for staged supplemental jobless payments directed by a $55 million trust fund. Reuther warns the plan could lock funds inactive while workers lose security. The union and GM discuss, but Ford remains the focus as GM contract nears expiration.

UAW Ford Reuther Matt Wineberg General Motors Corporation

Post Office Introduces Signed For Mail Service

The Cedar Rapids post office introduces a signed for delivery option requiring the addressee or a resident to sign upon receipt. Return receipts cost seven cents. special delivery available. A 10 cent service charge applies for proof of delivery. 15 cent stamps or combinations may be used if a new stamp is unavailable. The old 30 cent minimum for no value registered mail is discontinued, leaving a 40 cent minimum registry fee.

Cedar Rapids

British Tourists Die of Thirst in Crossing Sahara

Two British tourists perish while crossing the Sahara in a desert trek. The incident is reported as part of city briefs and brief notices in local papers.

Sahara

YMCA Toastmasters-YMCA club meets Tuesday evening speakers named

Local YMCA and Hawkeye Toastmasters announce meetings with a list of approaching speakers including Gordon March Warren Bruene R Vander Hamm Chris London and others. Also notes Hawkeye Toastmasters meet Monday 545 pm in Bishops cafeteria and an executive committee gathering at 8 pm 415 Gwendolyn drive NE. Arizonans sought Cedar Rapids police seek missing couple Ronald and Mrs Brown traveling from Rockford Illinois in an emergency message.

YMCA Ymca Toastmasters Club Gordon March Warren, Bruene R. Vander Hamm Chris London Ralph Gearhart Robert Geiger James Lightner Sahara French West Africa Muriel Taylor Chester England Alain Cooper Kenya Guezzam Dakar Foreign Office Peter Barnes Barnes Hawkeye Toastmasters Club Bishop’s Russell Anthony Harry Whitehead Dean Miller Warren Bendtschneider Clarence Jung H. Lloyd Miller Ross Wilson Gwendolyn Drive Cedar Rapids Ronald Brown Rockford, Ill Arizona

Local military and civic notices from Cedar Rapids

Air Reserve in Cedar Rapids names Capt. Robert F. Kucera and Capt. Dale Sage to lead a stag replacing the reserve squadron meeting at 1213 Second Street SE. Three Cedar Rapids reservists join the 377th Engineer Group at headquarters company. Railway veterans unit plans a Bever Park picnic. Juvenile delinquency study committee holds its second meeting at 7:30 p.m. at WMT studios with Municipal Judge James Patterson as speaker. Cedar Rapids Rotarians at the Chicago Rotary convention listed: Robert Widmark, Arthur Barlow, John M. Ely, C. L. Fon.

Air Reserve Robert F.kucera Dale Sage Cedar Rapiids Air Force Reserve Squadron Second Street Cedar Rapids 377Th Engineer Group Daryl P. Lewis Laurence W. Klima Robert C. Mineck Junior Chamber of Commerce WMT James Patterson Rotary International Chicago Robert Widmark Arthur Barlow John M. Ely C. L. Fon

UAW Voted Out At McQuay Plant Bargain Unit Loss

In Faribault Minnesota the CIO United Auto Workers Union on strike since June 10 1954 was voted out. Faribo Independent Union received 152 votes while nine employees voted for no union. The regional NLRB conducted the election following a petition by the segregy union organizers. McQuay Inc makes ice machines and air conditioning units.

Faribault, Minn CIO United Auto Workers Union McQuay, Inc UAW Faribo Independent Union Regional National Labor Relations Board

Lynn Swaney Elected Trustee by Iowa Elks

In Sioux City the Iowa Elks Association closed its convention with Francis Moetzel of Des Moines named state president. Vice-presidents include Harry Burrell Ames Walter Andresen Davenport B G Tanter Carroll and John McKeever Dubuque. Lynn Swaney Cedar Rapids chosen as trustee for a four year term. Present trustees are A R Ferasse Clyde Shellady and Henry L Michael.

Sioux City Iowa Elks Association Francis Moetzel Des Moines Harry Burrell Ames Walter Andresen Davenport B. G. Tanter Carroll John McKeever Dubuque Sanford H. Schmalz Muscatine A. P. Lee Marshalltown Lynn Swaney Cedar Rapids A. R. Ferasse Clyde Shellady Iowa City Henry L. Michael Council Bluffs

Geneva Meeting Agreed With Big Four On Geneva Start

The United States told Britain and France it will hold the top level Big Four meeting at Geneva starting July 18. Previously Eisenhower and Dulles favored Lausanne or Stockholm, while the Russians pressed Vienna. Geneva was seen as acceptable if the leaders would meet there, despite past associations with the Indo China peace settlement.

Washington United States Britain France Geneva Switzerland Eisenhower Dulles Lausanne Stockholm Vienna

Boy 15 Pleads Innocent in Mass Murder Case

Gerald Paul Troiano, 15, pled innocent to murdering eight year old Margaret Gormley in the cellar of the families’ shared home in Portland Maine. He is held without bail for the September term. His lawyer plans to seek commitment to a state mental hospital for observation. Margaret was bludgeoned Friday after mass and communion.

Portland Maine Gerald Paul Troiano Margaret Gormley Gerald Margaret

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Sun SUI Daily Record Cc. R. Weather Siaen Municipal St. Luke's Haley Joseph, H Fifteenth Street Olson Duane G Antonia Toddville Pennock Wayne A A Avenue Krejci Richard W Mays Douglas J Thirty-first Street Sanger Wilbur W Hanna George Eighteenth Street Edgeton Loren Third Avenue Rigel Marvin Erenberger Bernard, Solon Kroupa Leonard Avenue NW Chandler, Ariz Richard L. Gravenhorst Williams Air Force Base Hospital Gravenhorst Sally Mead Joe L. Mead Sgt. Gravenhorst Arlene Gravenhorst Eleventh Street NW K. C. Gravenhorst New York Robert D. Carter Kathryn F. Gustafson William Bright Mary L. Melton Raymond E. Harris Madalyn S. Davis Thomas J. Scaglione Jean A. Watros Daryl D. Daker Beverly J. Briles John G. Munson, Jr Ann B. Macek Richard C. Blood Susan Kohl Lyle Caldwell Betty Caldwell Frank Carthey Eleanor Carr Dale H. Baldwin Lucille M. Struve Palo Paul K. Nunn Oxford Lorna Haeussler John Booze Cedar Rap Peggy Hess Elmer Hansbarger Greenville Ohio Zella H. Lynn Mary C. Rankinen Franklin R. Heiserman Rowley Marlene R.mollenhauer Center Point Alan B. Coffin Strawberry Point Glendora L. Shaffer Arlington Arlyn L. Clary Douglas Kan Wilma Brown Charles D. Metcalf Anamosa Patricia A. Sedlacek Charles F. Walker Betty J. Walker Patricia Floerchinger Irvin Floerchinger, Jr Viola K.elgas William F. Elgas Mer- Ina R. Miller James B. Miller Sixteenth Avenue B Street Iowa Isaac E. Isaacs Beckman Oakland Cemetery Oscar Lawson Goettsch Cedar Memorial Cemetery Donald Fritz Herbert Thome Thome Jerry Navratil Harold Mackey Charles Benesh Lke Jay W. Hesser, Sr Jay W. Hesser, Jr Barta Hesser Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street Dial Billy Graham Forse Lottamwa Ann Hathaway Ogan Eokuk Black Symphony Judie Betz Monuments 3Rd Ave S.E. Dial Murdoch Funeral Homes Walker Teahen Funeral Home First Ave N.W Novak Monument Co Beatty - Bearle Associated Press Benjamin O. Davis U.S. Air Force 3Th Air Force Formosa Stamp Club Cedar Rapids Stamp Club Montrose Hotel Millard Barnett Philippine Republic W. D. MacKenzie Co 5Th St Adv Leita’s Beauty Shop St. S.E Optimist Club Allis-Chalmers Roosevelt Hotel The Allied Industrial League Camp Wapsie Y National Association of Cost Accountants Purchasing Agents Committee of the Chamber of Commerce St. Patrick’s Church Itana James F. Reevers Fred H.killen Erwin J. Wasta Hugo Struve Waldo Wegner Charles Roberts M. Hi. Morrison National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Bever Park Elks Jim Reeder U.S Iowa Memorial Co John E. Lapes Florist 3Rd Avenue Mt. Vernon Ave Grant Wood Turner Mortuary Turner Service John B Turner & Sons 2Nd Ave winBie - Nahomal Sei
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