Weather, temperatures and notices mixed in Iowa summary
Iowa forecast shows mostly fair and warmer with highs in the 80s. Low Tuesday night in the 50s. slight chance of thundershowers in the southwest Wednesday. Local readings include Bismarck and Minneapolis temperatures, wind at Municipal airport NW at 14 knots, sunrise and sunset times, and several deaths, marriages, and legal notices across Iowa towns such as Cedar Rapids, Manchester, Ottumwa, and LaCrosse.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Cicage
N. Orleans
Enver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Municipal
Cedar Rapids Board Approves Two New Principals
The Cedar Rapids board of education approved the appointments of Wilbur Carthey and John Manville as new public school principals for the 1955-56 year. Both are promoted ahead of three new elementary buildings set to open in September, with a third principal yet to be named. Carthey, 31, and Manville, 30, hold degrees from Iowa State Teachers College and Coe College, respectively, and both are pursuing advanced doctorates.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Wilbur Carthey
Fillmore
John Manville
Garfield
Supt
Clyde Parker
Hoover
Wright
Erskine
Carthey
Marengo
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Parker
Manville
Coe College
Colorado State College
Greeley
Union Rejects 6 Cent Wage Offer At Cherry Burrell
Local 1024 of the United Auto Workers rejected a six cents per hour wage increase and authorized a strike vote. Workers seek a 22 cent raise as negotiations continue under a wage reopening clause. The union and company had ongoing talks and an all day session followed by further negotiations Tuesday. Under the current contract members cannot seek a guaranteed annual wage unlike other UAW locals at Ford and GM plants.
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Cherry-Burrell
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Driver Shorn of His License for 60 Days
LaVerne Kobusch of 320 Tenth Street SE was fined $25 and costs and received a 60 day suspension of his driver’s license after appearing in municipal court on a reckless driving charge. Assistant City Attorney M L Nathanson described Kobusch as having a long and bad driving record.
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Floyd Schoen
Mason City
Gordon Eubanks
Oceanside
N.Y
Charles Meyers
Maquoketa
Andrew Koher
la Porte City
Myron Harstedt
Ogden
Herman Mass
Algonquin
Ill
Eugene Brown
Kenmore Street
Edwin Dahms
Bettendorf
George Basker
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Willis Towne
Waterloo
Robert Schlieman
Swisher
LaVerne Kobusch
Tenth Street SE
Cloyd Robinson
Tenth Avenue SE
Howard Struve
Chandler Street
Paul Hagen
Lester J. Hach
M. L. Nathanson
Kobusch
Death notices for Charles H. Brown and Edith Giesking
Funeral services are set for Charles H. Brown owner of Brown Plumbing and Heating at Trinity Lutheran Church at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday with burial at Linwood Cemetery. Edith Helen Giesking wife of Arthur Giesking will be buried at Marengo Cemetery after services at St Stephen's Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Both may be viewed at Turner Chapel until noon on service days.
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St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Shelly Funeral Home
Strawberrry Point
George Gerdes
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Strawberry Point
Gill Funeral Home
Waukon
Frank Gopel
Martin Funeral Home
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oakland
Marengo
Myrtie J. Border
Ladora
Ina Methodist Church
Ohio
McAninch Funeral Home
Victor
Aurora
Francis
Charles H. Brown
Eleventh Street NW
Brown Plumbing and Heating Company
Trinity Lutheran
Edith Helen Giesking
Arthur Giesking
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
N. L. Wogen
Marengo Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Coppess Infant Silent Private Services Held
Private services were held at 10 am Tuesday in Brush chapel for Craig Mark Coppess infant son of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Coppess of 619 Fifth Avenue SW Surviving include his parents and grandparents Mrs Noah Trimble Tama Guy Cop and Mr and Mrs Wolley Pollace Cedar Rapids.
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Coppess
Brush Chapel
Craig Mark Coppess
Wilmer Coppess
Fifth Avenue SW
Lare
Noah Trimble
Tama
Guy Cop
Wolley Pollace
Cedar Rapids
Teen charged with lascivious acts with a minor
Glenn W. Buell, 25, of 1563 Second Avenue SE, pled innocent to a charge of lascivious acts with a child and was released on $1,000 bond after Cedar Rapids detectives arrested him Saturday. He is accused of immoral acts with a 15-year-old high school boy on May 17.
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Glenn W. Buell
Second Avenue SE
Buell
Cedar Rapids
Robbins Road NW signs ruled illegal speed limit dispute
Municipal Judge Patterson dismissed Clarence Taylor’s speeding charge after a demurrer found Robbins road NW 25 mph signs not legally enforceable. The area from Cedar Memorial cemetery to the Marion city limits is a 45 mph zone, while the 0.8 mile stretch lacks buildings. Safety officials will decide whether to remove the signs.
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Robbins Road
Patterson
Public Safety Department
James Patterson
Clarence Taylor
First Avenue SE
Taylor
M. L.nathanson
First Avenue
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Marion City
E. A. Prochaska
Robbins Lake
C. M. Garberson
Nathanson
Oelwein Man Elected Iowa Broadcasters President
Walt Teich of KOEL Oelwein was elected president of the Iowa Broadcasters Association at its annual meeting. New officers include Anthony Koelker of KMA Shenandoah as vice president Art Skinner of KASI Ames as secretary treasurer and B M Jacobson of KROS Clinton as board member. The group adopted two condemnations of secret meetings by government agencies and praised public access to media operations.
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Iowa
Country School Exhibit at Central Iowa Fair
Marshall County Historical Society buys the old Wetherbee school of Talton township to preserve it. The school, a Marshall county institution dating to the late 1800s, closed this spring. President R A Rockhill secured the building for 545 dollars and desks and a blackboard for 16.50 at public auction to display at the fair this year and as an annual exhibit.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County Historical Society
Wetherbee School
Taylor Tonnlship
Iowa
Marshall County
R. A. Rockhill
Adequacy Cited By Masonic Banquet Speaker In Cedar Rapids
Thomas S. Roy of Massachusetts told about 2 000 Masons at the Iowa grand lodge banquet in Cedar Rapids that life’s central question is adequacy. He urged confidence and tolerance, personal responsibility, and action beyond thought, in facing world demands and improving civilization.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas S. Roy
Massachusetts
Armar
Mr. Rey
Mr. Roy
Nationwide Pro Peron Strike Demonstrates Loyalty in Argentina
President Peron rallied labor followers for a nine hour nationwide strike amid clashes with the church. riots erupted around Buenos Aires cathedral as Peronistas clashed with clergy supporters, 29 injured and 470 arrested amid CGT led stoppage from 3 pm to midnight.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Metropolitan
Episcopal Palace
Iout
General Confedera ‘Tion of Labor
CGT
Peronista Movement
Eva
Marriage Plans Persist Despite Palm Springs Weekend
Actress Debbie Reynolds said she and singer Eddie Fisher are still in love and intend to marry after a secret Palm Springs weekend rendezvous. The couple’s statements came Tuesday, reaffirming marriage plans.
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Hollywood
Debbie Reynolds
Palm Springs
Eddie Fisher
Former C R Man Buys Paper in Sioux Falls
John A. Kennedy former Cedar Rapids resident and Coe College graduate purchased the Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader. The price was not disclosed. Kennedy previously edited at Coe Cosmos and worked for the Cedar Rapids Republican and Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Sioux Falls
Daily Argus
South Dakota
John A. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Kennedy
Coe
Cosmos
Cedar Rapids Republican
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Tariff-Cutting Powers Approved by House Vote
The House approved a three year extension of the reciprocal trade act and granted the President authority to cut tariffs. The vote tally reached 347 for and 54 against, reflecting broad support for tariff policy changes.
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Washington
House
Doctor Draft Age Ceiling Out Voted
The House Armed Services Committee voted 28 to 3 to reduce the maximum draft age for doctors and dentists from 50 to 45.
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Washington
INS
House
Armed Services Committee
Masonry dedicates library building with civic and educational aims
A large crowd attended the dedication of the new library building with Masonic rites and civic pledges. Speakers included H L Cloyed, Theodore G Zacharias I, Fred G Hansen, Joseph A Sumner, Wendell W Bishop, J C Wright, and Charles Penningroth. The event celebrated virtue benevolence education and constitutional government with reserved seating for 400 Masons and bleacher seats for 500 others.
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H. L. Cloyed
Ottumwa
Theodore G. Zacharias I
Ackley
Fred G. Hansen
Clinton
Grand Lodge
Joseph A. Sumner
Mason City
Wendell W. Bishop
Des Moines
J. C. Wright
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Masonic Library Cadets Still Available
Cedar Rapids stamp club and Masonic officials have sent about 900 first day covers for the dedication of the new Iowa Masonic Library. Cadets are still available from Arthur H Reynolds at 948 Center Point Road NE or by mail with a three cent extra stamp.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur H. Reynolds
Dubuque Police Nab Wanted Eastern Iowa Safe-Cracker
Dubuque police arrest Leo F. Kennedy 37 a long sought member of an Eastern Iowa safe cracking gang He faces questioning in Cedar Rapids for two safes burglaries linked to about 55 jobs in the region Cedar Rapids detectives had previously arrested his brother Herman and accomplice August Brunjes Herman and Brunjes received 15 year sentences for burglary tools and two women with the group got suspended sentences on breaking and entering charges Kennedy remained at large until the Dubuque arrest authorities say.
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Leo F. Kennedy
Iowa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Herman
August Brunjes
Brunjes
Leo
Canada Dry
Northwood
R. W. Netergall
Lowa Bureau of Investigation
California quake rattles small inland city briefly
An earthquake shook the southern California community of 16 000 early Tuesday. The quake woke residents and rattled windows but caused no damage was reported.
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Centrog
Calif
California
Death Penalty Sought for Triplett in Slaying Case
Sioux City jurors heard prosecutors mark that Ernest J. Triplett 54 should face the death penalty for the abduction and murder of 8 year old Jimmy Bremmer of Sioux City. The case turned on a taped confession from Cherokee State Mental Health Institute and details of the boy’s disappearance and burial.
Feud Over Party Contributions In Iowa Agency
Des Moines AP reports a clash between Republican State Chairman Don Pierson and Iowa Conservation Director Bruce Stiles over political contributions by department employees. Stiles rejects soliciting contributions, citing a non political commission. Gov Hoegh favors hiring based on merit for professionals while preferring Republicans for clerical work. The dispute centers on political clearance and employment practices at the Conservation Commission.
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DES Moines
Don Pierson
Iowa
Bruce ‘Stiles
Des Moines Tribune
Pierson
Iowa Conservation Commission
Stiles
Commission
Leo Hoegh
Department
Blair Opposes Lease Proposal for Pathology Work
Blair testifies in Des Moines hospital case opposing any lease plan that would let a pathologist run private work in hospital facilities. He argues such control would threaten medical practice standards and notes higher lab test charges by St. Luke's pathologist Dr. Francis C. Tucker at 27 000 for nine months.
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DES Moines
Louis B. Blair
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Blair
The
Iowa Hospital Association
Hospital Association
Iowa State Medical Society
St. Luke’s
Iowa Association of Pathologists
Francis C. Tucker
St. Luke's
Boy dies from meningitis after arrow injury in Chariton
Brad Lee Frazier seven died at a Chariton hospital from infectious meningitis that followed a wooden arrow entering his nostril while playing with a bow and arrow Saturday evening. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Frazier of Chariton.
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Chariton (Ap
Brad Lee Frazier
Chariton
Bernard Frazier
Edward A. Wiese Killed in Vinton Car Truck Crash
Edward A. Wiese, 66, of Vinton was instantly killed when his pickup was broadsided by a southbound car on Highway 218 six miles south of Vinton. John W. Lucas, 23, Abingdon Ill., driver of the car, was hospitalized overnight for observation with cuts and bruises. Truck driver Wilbur Engeldahl was also present. investigation cited Wiese failing to look north before crossing. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. Ayers Funeral Home Keystone with burial in Keystone Cemetery. survivors include three sons and a daughter.
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Vinton
Edward A. Wiese
No. 218
John W. Lucas
Abingdon
Lloyd Patterson
Patterson
Wiese
Wilbur Engeldahl
Engeldahl
Anothen
Lucas
Ayers Funeral Home
Keystone
School additions pledged for August completion
Howe Company reports Harrison and Johnson additions will be ready by August 15. C F Paulson Construction says Tyler school addition will be done by opening day. Citizens group warns of action if half day schedule returns. hopes for another progress report in about 30 days.
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Howe Company
Harrison and Johnson
T. F. Paulson
C. F. Paulson Construction Company
Tyler School
Sargean
Strike Vote Set for Non-Ferrous Metals Workers
In Denver AP reports June 202 strike vote set by the Independent International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers for workers in the non ferrous metals industry.
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Denver
Independent
International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
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Blairs Ferry Road
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Donald
Thirty-second Street
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James
Marion
Douglas A. Owen
Muriel T. Pech
Raymond L. Brady
Shirley Jilek
Alma K. Hodge
Arthur L. Hodge
Cora Gummert
Leo Gummert
Marlys J. Tomash
Donald W. Tomash
Elizabeth A. Pierce
Calvin R. Pierce
B Avenue NE
Ethel F. Brown
Frank J. Vrba
B Avenue NW
Candy Crafters, Inc
Rush Wiedner
National Manufacturing Company
Toman Florists
Phyllis Hasley
Brown Services
Mrs. Giesking Services
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Iowa Masonic Library
Oelwein
Bruce Fishwild
Masonic
Iowa Grand Lodge
Freemasonry
Sam Summerlin
Debbie
C.R. Man
Murdoch
Center Point
Walker
Masonic Library
Cla
Gbeatty-Bearle Funeral Home
Third Avenue SE
R. G. Rodman
Raymond Flood
Triplett
Harry Gibbons
William A. Dennison
State Mental Health Institute
Cherokee
William Langwin
Sioux City
Jimmy
Thomas Tacy
Council Bluffs
Tacy
Marvin ‘Lambert
Jbus
Plymouth County
Frank Scholer
Bremmer
Arthur Meisch
Bremmers
Meisch
Ridge Road
Hoegh
Monahan Mortuary
Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
John B. Turner & Son
Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Ave
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