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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
17
Chicago market reports hogs up 25 to 50 cents with 7 500 head traded. Cattle receipts reach 22 000 largest of the year, with steers and heifers easing modestly and vealers steady. Sheep receipts 1 000 as spring lambs firm, high choice lambs selling up to 26 dollars.
U S and Iowa market pages show a mixed session with gains in some food stocks and higher demand at packing plants. Reports from Des Moines Sioux City and Omaha note cattle hogs and calves selling steady to higher with varying no 1 3 and price ranges across regions and plant prices.
The U S district court denied on Monday the appeals of T Lamar Caudle and Matthew J Connelly seeking probation or shorter two year sentences for conspiracy to defraud the government in a tax case Connelly was appointments secretary to President Truman and Caudle led the Justice Department tax division
Mrs James Hamilton sr a felons resident of What Cheer died early Monday after a long illness. Services are arranged at Whyle funeral home. Survivors include her husband four sons Ted and Mervill of What Cheer James of Sigourney Gol E J Hamilton now in London two daughters Estelle Moore of What Cheer and Mrs Horace Thompson of Denver and two brothers Art Cable of What Cheer and Carl Cable of What Cheer.
A Marion man P. O. Michel 76 died after a long illness. Services Wednesday at 2 PM in Murdoch chapel with Rev. Jean P. Hartec. burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Surviving wife Maude Schultz Michel a son Ralph a daughter Mrs. Walter Morrison two sisters. Various local social notices follow including Summer Job for Robert McShane University of Iowa electrical engineering student. weddings and visits among Marion families. reflections on family reunions and graduations. A separate item notes mass buying of doctor care pledges by labor unions amid medical opposition.
Monticello reports the death of Butch Lambert 63 a Monticello high school graduate and prominent collector of antique musical instruments including coin operated pianos hurdy gurdies and calliopes. He started the hobby 33 years ago and built the west of the Mississippi's largest collection. Survivors include his wife and several brothers.
Two people were hurt in separate Cedar Rapids collisions Monday morning. Thomas Dyson of Shellsburg had a bruised left leg after his car collided at E Avenue and Fifth Street NW with a car driven by Kenneth Schultz of Catalpa. Schultz was charged with failing to yield. Laverne Helmick of Marion suffered abrasions when his motorcycle hit the rear of a car driven by Jackie Brackett of Marion at First Avenue and Fortieth Street E. Helmick was charged with failing to save his machine under control.
The American Automobile Association named Iowa cities for pedestrian safety awards. Mason City took second, Council Bluffs third in 25 000 to 50 000 population group. Burlington honorable mention. Cedar Falls received a special citation for 10 000 to 25 000 residents. Webster City Bettendorf and Grinnell earned honorable mentions or special citations for safety program improvements.
More than 100 members of the New York Philharmonic returned from a Latin America tour. Conductors Leonard Bernstein and Dimitri Mitropoulos praised the goodwill and cultural impact, noting the orchestra conveyed a positive image of the United States. The tour was sponsored by Eisenhower’s cultural presentations program and the American National Theater and Academy.
Ottawa reports a deficit of 33.4 million pounds this fiscal year, ending a three year surplus run. Officials cite record peacetime spending and tax slowdowns tied to a recession affecting Canada and the United States.
Leroy Morris, 32, of 5610 Ohri st SW, was fined 100 for intoxication and had his license suspended for an indefinite period after his car struck a parked vehicle near 1415 St SW. A passenger, Rv Behrens, 43, of 114 4th St NW, was treated at St Luke's Hospital for bruises.
Donald Smith, 40, of 1251 Twenty-second Ave SW, received 10 days in jail after an intoxication charge. He climbed into a parked Transfer truck on a Ninth Ave SE and Second St SE lot to take a map, dropped a cigarette that ignited the cab interior and caused substantial damage.
Two Ord ar Rapids men earned degrees at Stanford last Sunday. William G Hoese received an MBA and Terence J Spencer earned a PhD in engineering. Mary Alice Kesler, daughter of Dr and Mrs Carl C Kesler, received an AB from Cornell University.
The Iowa Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Ernest Triplett's appeal as improvidently granted in the 1954 kidnapping and murder of 8 year old Jimmy Dreemer. Triplett, an itinerant salesman, is serving a life term from LeMars for second degree murder after Dreemer disappeared August 1954 and body was found September in a Plymouth County pasture.
Nine girls named to serve on the planning committee for the 1959 Iowa Y-Teen summer conference at Central college in Pella. Members include Donna McElroy Corning Roxanne Groben Columbus Junction Sharonees Anderson Shenandoah Marsha Barron Des Moines Ann Buntack Storm Lake Marjorie Len ters Slows City Samantha Conte Marshalltown Judy Anderson Waterloo and Annette Reid Independence. Three adult officers elected are Alice Corbett Dubuque conference executive Shirley Sage Waterloo program correlator and Arlee Miller Sioux City business manager.
A new healing substance Bio-Dyne is claimed to shrink hemorrhoids stop itching and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors report striking improvement with lasting results across long standing cases using Preparation H suppositories or ointment with applicator.
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