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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1959

Page

8

Slow Progress In Padfield Death Probe In Iowa

The Linn County Sheriff reports slow progress in the disappearance and death of Marlene Mickey Padfield. Her last sighting was February 18 in Marion and a skeleton was found near Cedar Rapids ten weeks later. Gary McHugh remains jailed on a bad check charge while investigators pursue pathologists and state lab findings.

Mickey’ Padfield Marlene Mickey Padfield Linn County James Smith Coe College Lisbon Richard F. Nazette Nazette State Bureau of Criminal Investigation Scott Miss Padfield Gary McHugh McHugh Smith

Senate panel to probe labor and business in campaigns

The senate rackets committee plans a major probe into the roles of big labor unions and large corporations in federal campaigns. Senators Goldwater and Church will lead the investigation, with Mundt indicating selected unions and industries will be studied and decisions approved by the full committee.

Washington Senate Rackets Committee Karl E. Mundt Rs.d Rackets Committee Goldwater Frank Church Didaho Mundt Church Reuther UAW Afl-Cio

Youth Ends Life After Minor Crash

In Streator Illinois 19 year old Richard Decker shot himself after his car was involved in a minor collision with no injuries reported. Deputy Coroner William J Godfrey said Decker returned home and killed himself with a .32 caliber pistol. The crash was the second in two weeks involving Decker.

Streator, Ill William J. Godfrey Richard Decker Decker Godfrey

City Briefs Highlights Local Club Meetings and Events

Optimist club to meet Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt with 25 boys to report on their Fire Fighters program. Chicken dinner planned Sunday June 14 at St Patrick’s Fairfax serving 3 4 5 6 tickets 1 50 from Enzlers Sykora KC Cedar Rapids Fairfax bank Serbousek Barber Fairfax. Linn County Association hears William Brown from Exceptional Persons Inc Waterloo Monday 7 30 at 318 Ave NW. Special 5 95 sports bowling shirts 2 95 at Cedar Rapids Bowl Town and Country. Camera Club meets Thursday 6 30 at the YMCA with a pot luck and slides of Cedar Rapids area plus Howard Crew trip slides to Mexico Central America. Rotary Club speaker Dr W F Peterson University of Minnesota on dairy immunization for arthritis allergies at the Sheraton Montrose Smorgasbord dinner Immaculate Conception Scotus Hall Tickets 1 50 75c Diner tied to United Nations Festival 13 14. Senior Men Frank Nye Gazetter associate editor on Iowa legislature Wednesday at 4 for the Senior Men’s bureau.

St. Patrick’s Church Fairfax Enzler’s Sykora Bakery KC Club Cedar Rapids Fairfax Bank Serbousek William Brown Exceptional Persons Inc Waterloo Linn County Assn E Ave Camera Club YMCA Howard Crew Mexico Central America

Ruth's Country Store Sale and Local Notices

Classified items list a Ruths Country store sale and several community notices. Events include a Red Bulls meeting, a YMCA senior men talk on Carlsbad Caverns, open houses, a retired railway unit picnic, Czech language classes, a chiropractor office hours restart, Cedar Rapids division picnic, Maher graduates, Geranium sale, Jaycee Toastmasters, medical technologists panel, a new Benjamin Harrison stamp sale, a city hall adjustment board meeting, and a report of a cash loss by Mrs Wilma McMann.

Benjamin Harrison Cedar Rapids

Mrs Frank T Nye Honored by Grinnell YMCA Toastmasters

Grinnell women alumna Mrs Frank T Nye received a distinguished service award for civic work Cedar Rapids school board member and former president of the A A U W League of Women Voters and Public Health Nursing Association.

Glen Kimball van Buren School Frank Spinler St. Wenceslaus Bob Naibert Johnson Bob Semerroth Taylor School Harry Whitehead Junior Chamber of Commerce Gareth H. Clift Cedar Rapids Police Department Public Safety Bob Johnson C. C. Birr AAA John Battin Jaycee Grinnell Frank T. Nye Grinnell College Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids School Board Cedar Rapids A.A.U.W League of Women Voters Public Health Nursing Assn

Butler Doubts Southerner To Be Nominated

Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said the party is unlikely to nominate a Southern or Southwestern Democrat in 1960 due to the civil rights issue. He suggested Lyndon Johnson might not be considered, though he did not rule out any candidate. Butler spoke in Hartford at a 11 state Democratic women’s conference and commented on Kennedy’s Catholicism and its possible impact. He also blamed President Eisenhower for contributing to James R. Killian Jr.’s resignation.

Hartford John F. Kennedy Massachusetts Butler Eisenhower James R. Killian, Jr

Butler criticizes Eisenhower on education funding

Special science adviser to the President says Eisenhower ignored a presidential committee report urging doubling education investment. Killian said he left MIT for personal reasons. Butler urged action using education legislation like the Murray Metcalf bill, proposing $1.1 billion annual grants to states for four years for school construction and teacher salaries.

Butler Eisenhower Killian Massachusetts Institute of Technology Murrray-Metcalf House Education Committee

East Pakistan to Import 150000 Tons Rice From US And Burma

East Pakistan plans to import fifty thousand tons of rice from the United States for food-short areas and an additional one hundred thousand tons from Burma, announced by Food Minister Hafizur Rehman.

Dacca East Pakistan United States Hafizur Rehman Burma

Cedar Rapids Gazette details 1883 establishment and pricing

The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established in 1883 by The Gazette Co., lists office at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include carrier 48 cents weekly, six-issue edition 110 dollars monthly or yearly, with various regional prices and exclusions noted. The Annociased Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.

Cedar Rapids Gazette The Gazette Co Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa Servce

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Walter Reuther United Auto Workers Union Sen Barry Goldwater R-Ariz D-Mass Paul Nissen Optimist “Fire Fighters Roosevelt Rotary Club W. F. Peterson Department of Dairy Husbandry University of Minnesota Sheraton-Montrose Immaculate Conception United Nation Frank Nye Gazette Cham Ruth Ber of Commerce Red Bulls Charles F. Fencl Dave Witwer Farm Market First Avenue E. W. Hall Carlsbad Caverns 35Th St 14Th Ave Empire Beiver Park Kay Hayes School Dr. Navratil 34Th Division Association Bever Parks Pavilion Maher James R. Maher F. D. Maher Fourth Ave Creighton University Omaha Pierson’s Florists Ellis Blvd Bishop’s Dave Wilkin E. R. Eads Ed Colton St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Adjustment Wilma McMann 19Th St. SE Mr. John Bishop Earl] Foster Michael Linnan LeRoy Adams Merrill Ludvigson Stamp Club Roosevelt Hotel Charles E. Svoboda F Avenue Eighth St. NW LACE Armstrong Millinery Ike U.S
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