Weather and births fill Wednesday with scattered showers
A mixed forecast for Bismarck through Duluth shows high 60s to mid 80s and light precipitation. The weekday outlook notes a cool front, partly cloudy skies, and near normal June readings. Several birth announcements list families in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with June 12 as the expected delivery date.
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Bismarck
Mineapolis
Chicago Os
N.orleans
Denver St
New York
Bilo
Duluth
Omaha
L.angceles
Phoenix GA
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Vagrancy and traffic fines dominate weekly court roundup
The report lists multiple cases with penalties including a 15 day suspended sentence for Edward Coleman on vagrancy, 10 days for Harvey Mannen on intoxication, and $5 to $25 fines for various offenses such as reckless driving noisy muffler speeding and no license. Funeral notices follow for Mrs Will Allen and Mrs Clint B Rush with burial details at Oak Hill and West Union cemeteries plus services in Belle Plaine and Keota.
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Edward Coleman
Harvey Mannen
Delbert Rusher
Thirty-third Street
Richard Rinderknecht
Vernon Drive
William Heasley
Wisconsin Street
Lucille Stoeckmann
Noisy Muffler
Don Knock
E Avenue NW
Leland Ireland
F Avenue NW
James Kelly
Zika Avenue
Ronald Davis
Gerald Manthei
Thirtieth Street
Henrietta Miller
Floyd Thein
Strawberry Point
James McGowan
Fortieth Street
Betty Ray
Fortieth Street SE
James Ampey
Eighth Street SE
George Beals
A Avenue NE
Robert Schuldt
Sioux Falls
S. D
Donald Kindt
Robert Gatz
Marion
Belle Plaine
Will Allen
Peffers Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
West Union
Clint B. Rush
West Union Cemetery
Keota
Donavon H
Altenhofen
St. Elizabeth's Church
Harper
Powell Funeral Home
Coufal death linked to May crash near Cedar Rapids
Dr. pathologist said Frank Coufal 61 of Coufalls died May 29 from complications of an auto accident on May 22 near Cedar Rapids. He slumped before his car veered into Mt. Vernon resident Mrs. Fred Redman 48, who also died. Autopsy found brain concussion as the cause.
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Frank Coufal
Coufalls
Coufal
Mt. Vernon
Highway 218
Cedar Rapids
Fred Redman
Contest Winners Named by Better Homes & Gardens
A Better Homes & Gardens year long home improvement contest awarded grand prize of 3100 to Robert C. Gunther of Galesburg NL. He led among 128 winners sharing 25000 in cash. second place went to R A Walker of Ojai California and third to Walter Lecat of Wilmette Illinois.
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Des Moines
Better Homes & Gardens
Robert C. Gunther
Galesburg
Gunther
R. A. Walker
Ojai
Calif
Walter Lecat
Wilmette
More Sidewalks Along Sixteenth Avenue Proposed
Safety Commissioner E A Prochaska urged the city council to add sidewalks along the north side of Sixteenth avenue at both ends of the viaduct to protect students using the highway to reach Jefferson high school. He noted about 12 000 vehicles daily use the viaduct and warned that speeding west of the viaduct increases danger. financing could come from a property owners assessments plan.
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Sixteenth Avenue
E. A. Prochaska
Jefferson High School
Prochaska
State Highway Commission
Shirley Rodin Divorce Suit Details Jail Marriage
Shirley Rodin filed a divorce action in district court claiming husband Wesley Rodin is missing since August 20. The couple married in Linn county jail on February 18 1953 after Wesley began a three year prison term for lascivious acts with a minor.
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Linn
Wesley
Shirley) Rodin
Rodin
Rodins
Shirley
France Lets Ships Use Suez Canal
Paris officials announced that the government will permit French ships to use the Suez Canal. A spokesman said the decision was made Thursday and applies to French-flag vessels and commercial traffic.
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France
Paris
Suez Canal
Loveless Attacks Ike and GOP in Seattle Speech
Iowa Governor Herschel C. Loveless accused President Eisenhower of inept budget handling and labeled GOP tactics as government by slogans. He blasted modern Republicanism, urged Democratic organization growth, and targeted three Iowa Republican congressmen in a Seattle Washington Jackson Day address.
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Seattle
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Eisenhower
Loveless
Utowa
G.O.P
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Henry O. Talle
Deaths Dr. Clarence Beeman
Dr. Clarence Beeman age 66 dies after sudden illness at 122 First Avenue NW. Born July 25 1878 in Clarence Center New York. Survived by sister Grace Frasier of Los Angeles and several siblings in New York. Body at Turner chapel. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Clarence Beeman
First, Avenue NW
Clarence Center
N. Y
Grace Frasier
Los Angeles
New York State
Turner Chapel
Mrs Norman Homsey dies after lingering illness
Mrs Norman Homsey 51 of 721 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a lingering illness. Born September 25 1905 in Adams Minnesota she belonged to St George's auxiliary. Survived by husband mother and sisters and brothers. Services at Kuba funeral home 2 pm Sunday and 2 30 at St George Syrian Orthodox church conducted by Rt Rev George Ghannam. Burial at St George cemetery. Trisagian services Friday and Saturday evenings. Friends may call at Kuba Friday.
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Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Adams, Minn
Homsey
St. George’s
St. George’s Church
Lena Abraham
Eli David
George Kacere
Joe Abraham
Denver
B. Abraham
Tony and
George
Joice
Schafer Abraham
Wichita
Kuba Funeral Home
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
George Ghannam
St. George
Kuba Funeral
Doling Rites Set For Sutherland Native In Cedar Rapids
J Huston Doling 82 of 221 Twenty-sixth Street NW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday. Born Nov 29 1874 in OBrien county he farmed near Sutherland before moving. Survived by son Kenneth Doling two sisters Mrs John Donavan Mrs Andy Montgomery and brother Tom Doling. Memorial services Saturday afternoon at Baumgarten mortuary Sutherland with burial at Waterman Cemetery.
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J. Huston Doling
Twenty-sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
O’brien County
Sutherland
Kenneth ‘Doling
John Donavan
Andy Montgomery
Los Angeles
Tom Doling
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Ida J Barnard Rites Set At Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Ida J Barnard who died at Cedar Falls will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in the Turner chapel with Rev H L Sunderman of St Andrews Evangelical United Brethren church and Home Rebekah lodge No 79 officiating Burial is at Linwood Friends may call at the chapel She was a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans and Cedar Falls community leaders recall her service
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Ida J. Barnard
Cedar Falls
H. L. Sunderman
St. Andrew's Evangelical
Service Time Change for Mrs Groesgen Funeral
Funeral for Mrs William H Mary Margaret Groesgen of Sixth Street SW will be held at Beatty Bearle chapel Friday at 10 30 a m instead of 10 a m conducted by Pastor T A Youngquist of First Lutheran church burial at Linwood Friends may call at the chapel
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William H
Mary Margaret) Groesgen
Sixth Street
T. A. Youngquist
First Lutheran Church
Linwood
Funeral services for Mrs. John S Harper at Beatty Bearle Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. John S. Mary E Harper age unknown will be held at 1 30 p m Friday at Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev James M Webb of First Baptist church officiating Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel at the address 1014 A venue NW where she died Tuesday
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Beatty-Bearle Chapel
John S
Mary E.) Harper
Avenue NW
James M. Webb
First Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial
Council Meeting Resembles United Nations Session
Five South Korean national assemblymen and seven foreign students visited Cedar Rapids for a city government and school system tour under the International Educational Exchange Service. The visitors, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, met with Mayor Jim Meaghan and received Honorary Cedar Rapidian certificates.
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United Nations
Cedar Rapids
United States
International Educational Exchange Service
State Department
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Caldwell
Woon-sang Choi
Park Se-kyung
Assembly
Ahn Dong-joon
National Defense Committee
Korean Liberal Party
Park Man-won
Jim Meaghan
Marion
Cedar Rapidian
Verne Marshall
American Field Service
Mads Orlisen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Josi Guinot
Castellon
Spain
Landgren Given Suspended 10-Year Sentence in Southside Liquor Store Break-In
Delbert A. Landgren 19 pled guilty to breaking and entering in a May 17 southside liquor store raid. Judge Floyd Philbrick suspended the 10 year term on condition he pays 318.01 in damages within five months and is paroled to the Iowa Board of Parole. Landgren has paid 105 of the damage bill. charges include 154 for seven broken windows and 105 for liquor losses. Two 15 year olds were handled by juvenile authorities.
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Delbert A. Landgren
District Court
Floyd Philbrick
Landgren
Iowa Board of Parole
Third Street
Cedar Rapids Man Fined For Drunk Driving
A Cedar Rapids man Keith L. Fisher aged 29 pled guilty to drunk driving in Linn district court and was fined 300 dollars. He was arrested in Marion after his car forced a Marion police squad car off Seventh Avenue. Fisher paid 100 dollars with 50 dollars monthly installments. In a separate case Russell Gravitt of Des Moines was given until Friday to plead to embezzlement of mortgaged property connected to Leibsohn's furniture store for a 300 dollar debt.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Keith L. Fisher
Twentieth Avenue SW
Marion
Fisher
Richard Cayler
Seventh Avenue
Cayler
Russell Gravitt
Des Moines
Gravitt
Leibsohn
Breakins Reported in Marion and Hiawatha
Breakins in Marion and Hiawatha over Wednesday night were under investigation by the Linn county sheriff. About $75 in coins and two cartons of cigarets were stolen from the Max Berlin grocery in Marion. A carrier boy, Junior Sankey, found the scene early Thursday. Nearby at the Jim Lockwood Sinclair station in Hiawatha, about $15 in dimes was taken from a pop machine after the cash box was pried from the cooler outside on the station driveway.
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Marion
Hiawatha
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Max Berlin
Junior Sankey
Larry Condon
Jim Lockwood Sinclair
Harlan Snyder
Pesek Files Auto Damage and Injury Suit Over Dec Accident
Marvin Pesek filed a $6,871.37 auto damage and personal injury suit in district court against Eugene Burrichter. The dec 10 collision on Twenty ninth street and Prairie drive NE involved a Pesek pickup and Burrichter car. The petition seeks $871.37 for truck damage medical costs and lost earnings and $6,000 for pain and suffering with a jury trial requested.
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Marvin FE
Pesek
Eugene Burrichter
Twentyninth Street
Prairie Drive NE
Burrichter
County Officers Hold One Day School of Instruction
Eastern Iowa county officers met at the Roosevelt hotel for a one day school of instruction. Topics centered on new legislation affecting county operations and officer duties.
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Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Greenlee Reappointed to Soldiers' Relief Post
John E. Greenlee was reappointed to a three year term on the Linn County Soldiers' Relief Commission by the county board of supervisors. The board also affirmed permanent status for two courthouse clerks Marcelyn Schultz in the auto license department and Mary M. Stark in the clerk's office. Resignation of Doris West-
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John E. Greenlee
Linn County Soldiers’ Relief Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Marcelyn Schultz
Mary M. Stark
Doris West
Municipal Meeting Accepts Clerk Appointment and Fines Report
The supervisors accepted Brock as a clerk in the clerk's office. They reviewed a Mollie Linville report showing $261 in state fines forwarded to the county school fund. A petition for secondary road district No. 563 covering half a mile in College township was received from six signers.
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Mollie Linville
College Township
May Blind and Old Age Payments in Linn County
Linn county aid averages show blind and old age payments near state levels in May. Needy blind averaged 83.17 dollars per case across 77 cases, while old age assistance in Linn ran 1.54 dollars above the state average. Linn paid 69.81 per case for 1,179 cases versus 68.27 state average.
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Linn
Iowa Department of Social Welfare
Judgments Awarded in Two Family Finance Suit Cases
Two lawsuits finalized on Wednesday award judgments to plaintiffs. Family Finance Corporation versus Leon A. O'Brien receives $348 on a promissory note, while Mrs. Laura Harris against Marion Connor awards $75 on a farm crop agreement.
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Family Finance Corporation
Leon A. O’brien
Laura Harris
Marion Connor
Settlement Ends Oakley Replav Suit Against Baxter Motors
Madge E. Oakley dismissed her action against Baxter Motors Inc after reaching a settlement. The suit was filed November 15, 1955.
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Baxter Motors, Inc
Madge E. Oakley
City Agrees to Subcontract Asphalt Work Amid Rain Delays
The council debated Hargrave’s May 2 subcontract with Kutchera to assist on resurfacing after heavy rains delayed state work. Hargrave defended the arrangement as necessary, noting verbal approval and that payments would go to Hargrave. City officials warned this was a major contract and urged written consent and formal approval before subletting.
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Kutchera
Halvorson
C. W. Garberson
Jim Meaghan
Garberson
Meaghan
Service Error Phone Numbers for Gazette Subscriptions
The Gazette lists carrier contact methods for missed deliveries and service errors. Call The Gazette at Empire 2 1121 before 7 p.m. or Marion at 35 to report a missed delivery. Sunday calls accepted until noon.
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Empire 2
Marion
Brandon Man Claims Horse at Mt. Vernon
A stray mare wandering near Mt. Vernon for two months was recovered by its owner. Dale Richardson reported the horse at his farm, and a Brandon man identified the animal as O. C. Lehman a Brandon dealer in farm machinery and horses. Authorities consider the horse may have been stolen rather than having wandered 60 miles.
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Mt. Vernon
Dale Richardson
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Brandon
Richardsons
O. C. Lehman
Independence Woman Sues Waterloo Doctor
Mrs. Jessie Miller of Independence filed a 15,500 claim in district court against Dr. Clark Cooper alleging negligence in treating a broken leg in 1953. She says a drill piece was pushed through her leg, broke off, and embedded in her hip bone, with the doctor concealing the true facts. She learned of the fragment in 1955 and alleges disability.
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Waterloo
Jessie Miller
Independence
Clark Cooper
Miller
Cooper
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