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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1955
Page
8
The Dakota-Minnesota-Iowa region forecast shows cooler trends with partly cloudy to mostly fair days. Local wind, sunrise and moon data accompany a list of community births, obituaries, and public notices from towns like LaCrosse, Lansing, Dubuque, Keokuk, and Manchester with ceremonial services and cemetery burials noted.
Several residents of Waterloo Dundee and nearby addresses paid fines for traffic violations including failure to stop at signs and failure to control a vehicle. Vagrancy sentencing lists 30 days in jail for Lawrence Kramer. Funeral notices include Sam Welsh at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Pilot Grove Cemetery and Frank Vilek at St Michael's Catholic Church with Rosary at Hrabak Funeral Home and burial at National Cemetery near Vinina ti oo Belle Plaine.
Four motorists pleaded guilty to traffic violations in municipal court. James Cummings and Richard Ritchison received 30 day suspensions for speeding. James Neelans drew 30 days for a stop sign violation and a bad driving record. Robert Knight had 20 days for failing to keep his car under control.
Ear K. Nau, 17, Mt. Pleasant basketball star and Lutheran Federalist supporter, won the Hawkeye Boys State governorship with 543 votes to 175 for James Roberts of Ottumwa. The 700 youths selected leaders across offices including lieutenant governor James Jackson and secretary of state Larry Tillman, with other posts filled by a slate from Des Moines Dubuque and other towns.
In Washington AP Harold E. Stassen told Congress that Yugoslavia remains independent of the Communist bloc after a Kremlin visit. He urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve 40 million dollars in economic aid next year to bolster Yugoslavia's defense effort.
The US circuit court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a $175,000 libel verdict in favor of author Quentin Reynolds against columnist Westbrook Pegler and two Hearst corporations.
An Associated Airways plane crashed Tuesday near Edmonton Alberta killing five company employees. Authorities report no survivors among the crew. The incident raises questions about flight safety and the carrier's operations.
Special Prosecutor Robert Beebe cited Ernest Triplett as confessing to kidnapping and murdering 8 year old Jimmy Bremmer of Sioux City. The confession was said to be given after 20 days at Cherokee mental health institute and in the presence of two detectives and a psychiatrist.
President Eisenhower discussed the Ford agreement and possible guaranteed annual wage concepts. He denied knowledge of a $1 per hour minimum wage proposal circulating among lawmakers and reiterated his support for a 90 cent minimum as a real cost of living adjustment. He noted economic stability as crucial for pensioners and insured.
Four of seven Jowans drowned in a Minnesota lake will be buried in Hawarden with services Thursday at the Baptist church. Leslie Hoyt 41 Beverly 11 Karen 14 Edward 8 arrived from Traverse Lake Minnesota. Leo Doty 40 Lewis 11 David 9 also drowned with Doty’s body still missing awaiting recovery.
Special to The Gazette, Anamosa. Leo Doty, 40, of Hawarden, drowned Friday along with his sons Lewis 11 and David 9. Doty was an uncle of Mrs. Robert George of Anamosa and a brother of Ralph Doty of Hawarden, the latter being Mrs. George's grandfather.
A small tornado raced across farmland southeast of Beaverton Michigan on Tuesday night. No injuries were reported and damage details were not available.
Sheriff investigators probe the theft of a red billfold containing $35 from Mrs. Agnes Kloubee’s farm home six miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway 150. A corn sale check of $2,314.25 and a $4.80 personal check were later found in a purse in a tree crotch. thief likely removed the billfold while the purse sat in the yard.
The board of supervisors set 11 a.m. June 28 for letting a contract to repair front steps and sidewalks at the courthouse. A 10:30 a.m. hearing precedes the bid. tuckpointing may be included and several mortar spots repaired. Retail cigarette permits were issued to Edgewood Grocery Wendy Oaks Supper Club and Knotty Pine.
Two wills admitted to probate. Jesse A. Bixby dies May 9 leaving Lena as widow with life interest and equal shares to Mary Lang Clair Kizer and LeRoy Wallace Bixby, executors named without bond. Merton L. Main dies May 30 leaving Lewis Main as nephew and half to descendants of brothers Will Main and Lewis Main, executor named without bond.
Judge Charles Penningroth released Oscar i Bensch, 41, of Marion from the county jail after he paid $35 in support money due his divorced wife Eileen. Bensch had been jailed Monday for contempt of court for failure to make the payment.
Nellie Knudson Wright sues Motors Insurance Corp for 400 on an automobile policy. K E Millsap trading as M and J Feed and Seed sues Earl Hennessey for 218.88. Public Finance Service wins two promissory note judgments: 325.25 against Willie and Gladys Cole and 220.15 against Vernon and Delores Zerbee. Dow Chemical Co. dismisses an account suit against Lawrence E. Reading.
Senate and House conferees agreed on a foreign trade bill after approving amendments to safeguard U.S. industry. The measure extends the reciprocal trade agreements law to June 30, 1958 and grants the President 15 percent tariff-cutting power in exchange for concessions. Byrd expects Eisenhower to accept. final House passage is slated for early next week.
In Des Moines the State Board of Medical Examiners previously declined to license Dr Enrico Funaro of Dover New Jersey for Iowa practice. The Clinton Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital planned to hire Funaro as radiologist amid 34 Iowa hospital cases seeking reversal of an AG ruling that hiring such specialists amounts to illegal medical practice. Witness Ronald Saf outlined board actions in Chicago and details of hospital financials and lease arrangements involving radiologists and pathologists.
Curtis Publishing announces sale of its Country Gentleman magazine to Farm Journal Inc. The merger will appear in the September issue and make Farm Journal one of the nation’s largest monthly magazines with broad farm circulation. Country Gentleman began in 182 years ago and Curtis acquired it in 1911.
Safety Commissioner E A Prochaska and Fire Chief Jesse Hunter toured a Davenport fire station on Tuesday. They are drafting preliminary plans and cost estimates for a Cedar Rapids station on Wilson Avenue SW near Sixth Street and expect to visit Des Moines next week to review blueprints shared by Davenport and Des Moines officials.
John Bradley Mahanna 135 Twenty-fourth street drive SE Cedar Rapids retired police officer and Fruehauf guard died suddenly at home 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Born January 4 1889 in McCook Nebraska he married Mary Dugan in 1913 in Pittsburgh survived by wife two sisters and three brothers plus several lodge and fraternal memberships Services 1:30 p.m. Friday Beatty Bearle chapel Crescent lodge burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery calls after 7 p.m. Wednesday Masters to meet at Masonic hall 1 p.m. Friday for services
A two day total of 2 352 cars underwent free safety checks with 76 percent passing and 572 failing initially. Rechecks brought 106 vehicles into compliance with safety stickers. Lanes operated 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with volunteers assisting across four locations in the city.
Red Cross volunteers from chapters across northeast Iowa attended two all day sessions at the Roosevelt hotel. One for home service secretaries led by Astha Cartmel from St. Louis emphasized Red Cross duty to service members and families. The other for chapter secretaries, led by Wells C. Peck and Eunice Swallom, focused on organization and informing the public while keeping much work confidential.
In Seoul more than 1 000 anti Japanese demonstrators tried to storm the American embassy to protest U S aid to Japan. Police clashed with about 200 protesters and formed a barrier of buses and taxis. At least 10 people, mostly police, were injured as demonstrators demanded to tell U S Ambassador William Lacey to halt aid to Japan.
Bendix Aviation Corp announced a broad expansion program for its Davenport plant to boost research on aviation oxygen systems. A 12,000 square foot addition to the Pioneer Central division plant will be built, with full engineering and research expansion by late summer focusing on automatic oxygen regulators and liquid oxygen systems for new military aircraft.
Wealthy hatmaker Harry Lee testified that an aide was definitely sneaky in turning over a file letter to senate investigators. The subcommittee probes possible graft in contracts for clothing for the armed services and questions about retired officers on Lev’s payroll. Lee denied any knowledge of bribes or involvement by former Quartermaster leaders.
In Chicago the CIO United Auto Workers announce a guaranteed annual wage plan for about 60,000 members in farm equipment and related plants across Illinois and Indiana. Negotiations start Thursday in Moline with Deere & Co as existing contracts for 15,000 at nine plants near expiry. The move also targets Allis-Chalmers Springfield Caterpillar East Peoria International Harvester Bendix South Bend Studebaker-Packard and Bendix Aviation.
Ten miners died and six were injured when a coal mine tunnel 1,500 feet underground collapsed on Tuesday near Neukirchen in Saar. Emergency crews fought to reach remaining workers as the disaster unfolded.
A grand jury and the police department probe alleged payoffs from Mrs. June Lutz of June's Massage Parlor to St. Louis officers. Miss Pauline Cloin named several cops with monthly bribes reported at 600 dollars over six years as investigators seek full facts amid rising crime.
Washington dispatch reports the army issued a call for 10000 draftees to be inducted in August mirroring the May June and July monthly quota. The directive maintains the same intake level as earlier months.
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