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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
3
Unofficial livestock receipts show Monday totals of 9 000 hogs 20 000 cattle and 3 000 sheep. Hogs and lambs remained in strong demand with barrows and gilts up 75 cents to 1 00 while sows gained 50 to 75 cents. Cattle and sheep prices listed across weight classes with steady to higher trends noted in midwestern markets.
Cedar Rapids hogs delivered at the Cedar Rapids plant traded steady with native wool at 40 cents. New oats at 68 cents. No. 2 yellow corn at 132 and soybeans around 2.32. Egg markets show hennery prices near 30 cents and primes at 23 cents. Field grass delivered to Chicago shows mixed cattle feed values including timothy at 20.50 to 23.00 per 100 lbs, alfalfa ranges from 33.50 to 37.00, and various clover and hay prices across several grades.
In Atlantic City the AMA heard Dr. Theodore W. Walsh describe a killed bacteria nasal vaccine that may immunize against cold influenza bronchitis and related diseases and could treat chronic sinusitis with nasal applications. Dr. A Curtis Jones Jr noted headaches stem from metabolism and may ease with thyroid extract, stressing careful history.
Cincinnati AP Managin g Editor J R Wiggins of the Washington Post and Times Herald argues at an American Bar Association meeting that the public trial is a right of the people as a whole, not only defendants. He asserts public justice protects private rights and guards the community against judicial maladministration.
President Eisenhower toured Penn State's new 312000 dollar atomic reactor as his brother Milton Eisenhower and university officials joked about government delays. Walker explained the reactor is funded privately though uranium fuel will come from the Atomic Energy Commission. The President laughed at the remarks and admitted confusion over fuel timing.
Cedar Rapids health officials reported May saw 54 measles cases topping a list of reportable diseases, with 113 in April. Mumps followed with 19 cases in May and 20 in the prior month. Chicken pox reached 14 in May after 31 in April, while scarlet fever, meningitis, polio and infectious hepatitis each had small counts. Total deaths were 87, including 44 males and 43 females, down from 75 in April.
The article lists Marion and area residents at the University of Iowa commencement. Hazel Snell, principal of Emerson grade school, attends with her family including grandson Tom Snell and son-in-law J Kirk Snell from Waynesboro, Virginia. Other locals and relatives appear with degrees awarded to Edwin Blinks, John P. Kassler, Robert Quinn, and Morris Allen, among visits and social notices.
Marion area churches publish weekly times for services Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45 at Marion Churches Baptist along with youth fellowship gospel singspiration and daily vacation Bible school starting Monday. St Josephs Catholic notes masses at 6 8 9 30 and 11 a m under two pastors. Christian and See Methodist list morning worship 10 45 and Sunday school 9 45 with choir and youth service evenings.
Multiple churches list service times sermons and programs for Evangelistic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheran, Prairie Chapel and Seventh Day Church of God. Details include worship times, sermon topics such as Making Friends With Life and The Value of Things Not Seen, Sunday school, choir rehearsals, youth events, and Vacation Bible School. Maria Landgraf guest attends, JW.
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States expects to help re arm Austria if requested, providing assistance to requip forces allowed by the independence treaty. He urged Senate approval, noting no atomic weapons are allowed and neutrality remains. The pact, signed May 15 after a decade, may enable further wartime pledges from the Soviet Union.
Albert Musser, 81, reentered Michigan City state prison Saturday after collapsing on a Hammond street. Paroled in 1953 for life conspiracy to kill, he told responders to take him back to prison, which he calls home. He is hospitalized, diabetic, and in fair condition. Associate Warden Rudicel praised him as a model prisoner and hospital trustee for two decades. Musser previously returned to prison voluntarily once before.
DENVER AP Released from Mercy hospital after a dental operation Ann Corey 38 Simon Colorado was driving home with her husband when their car collided with another in a dust storm. Mrs Corey was returned here for treatment of a broken foot then transferred to Mercy hospital where they had only one vacant room the one she left a few hours before.
Cedar Rapids residents received degrees at commencement exercises Friday. Jean M. Rosche earned a bachelor of fine arts in pattern design with high honors from the Art Institute of Chicago. Mary J. Lamb graduated from the University of Colorado and Claude G. King Jr. will receive a master of science from the University of Illinois.
Chicago hatmaker Harry Lev testified to the senate subcommittee investigating his big government contract dealings that he cannot remember how he disposed of 213 924 08 in cash from 1952 and 1953 while denying bribery. Audit witness Carmine Bellino said no records exist to explain the cash withdrawals and Lev pressed for time to file a statement. Lev defended his actions amid conflicting testimony, attacked by colleagues for alleged shady deals, and demanded a Congressional Medal for himself as senators pressed for a grand jury review.
Portland reports that former President Truman will speak at a Democratic dinner tonight. The address is set to air nationwide on CBS from 9:15 to 9:45 p.m. Central Standard Time.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill providing 1 314 617 300 dollars for Commerce Department activities for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The measure moves to the full Senate for consideration, outlining allocations across agency programs and operations.
Stanford physician Dr Gaines Garnett Cheney reports six years of experience with raw cabbage juice for ulcers suggests trying the remedy before surgery. In 65 cases three weeks of cabbage juice plus bland diet healed most ulcers, with six patients needing 56 days.
A US air force SB-29 Superfortress carrying 10 men crashed in fog in the Swabian Alps, Germany, with no survivors. The routine training flight from England to Germany went blind into a peak as visibility was about 30 feet. The aircraft, part of the 582nd air resupply group at Molesworth, England, was a supply ferry version of the B-29.
John J. Mullen, CIO Steelworkers political action director and former Clairton mayor, testified to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that he has never joined the Communist Party. He recounted an incident in 1936 when an organizer invited him to meet “few friends” at a Pittsburgh Hill district house with Stalin portraits, which he left after a brief reception. Mullen said he informed Philip Murray of the encounter, and Murray dismissed the organizer.
Roman Catholic Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy of New Bedford, a 28 year Maryknoll missionary, reports Communist China gradually eroding religious freedom. Expelled from Wuchow diocese, he arrived in Hong Kong, says faithful endure despite intimidation and mass restrictions while noting a constant wearing down campaign. He declines to discuss military or economic issues.
DETROIT AP Clonard Osborne, 26, a harassed bus driver, argued with a woman customer and drove his bus to police headquarters. Police could not arrest her for an expired transfer, so Osborne left her in front of the station.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said city hall secretaries may accompany their bosses during a civil defense evacuation drill, contrasting Washington restrictions on aides. The report notes chatter about Washington wives connected to the Iban.
Two Cedar Rapids women were hospitalized after separate traffic accidents Friday night. Betsy J. Farmar, 720 Thirty fourth street NE, suffered chest injuries when her car collided with one driven by Herschal D. Perkins, 609 Ninth avenue SE, on Second Street SW at Sixth Avenue. Patricia Wilson, a passenger, also went to St Luke's. Connie Rice, Perkins’s passenger, to Mercy, both released later with no injuries. Perkins was charged with failure to have his car under control. Mrs Vera Turner, 48, was knocked down by a car on E avenue NW and First Street around midnight. driver Harlen A. Moore, Coggan, said Turner stepped into the path. Moore faced a faulty brakes charge after his brakes were found defective. Turner remained overnight at Mercy Hospital.
Enthusiasts prepare for the Tenth annual John Pavkis Memorial Model Airplane meet at Municipal airport this Sunday. Officials forecast 100 entrants from seven states, with 50 prizes totaling 700 dollars across ten classes. Registration runs to noon, events from 9 am to 5 pm, with mobile radio retrieval and Scout volunteers.
A 16 year old boy charged with driving without a license while steering a stalled car in municipal court. He pled guilty and was ordered to attend sessions next week with no fine. his stepfather, Robert Holets, fined $5 for letting an unauthorized person drive. A similar sentence was given to Myrna Bammert charged with disobeying a railroad flagman signal and ordered to attend court on June 13, 14 and 18.
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