Weather and local notices from Daily Record and companion towns
Monday to Tuesday forecast includes mostly fair and warmer conditions with highs in the mid to upper 80s, scattered thundershowers northwest later. Births list multiple families in Mercy St Luke's and Cedar Rapids areas with new sons and daughters. Numerous traffic penalties, divorces, service times, and obituaries or memorial notes cross several towns including Dubuque, Davenport, Ottumwa, and Decorah.
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Bismarcks Ry Mineapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
C. Bluffs
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Lowan Falls in Bin Suffocates Worker at Plant
Fred Dreier aged 40 of near Tripoli died when he fell into a bin of Haydite at Bergman Concrete Co in Sumner. He was inspecting from a platform at the top and tumbled to the bottom. Rescuers worked from top and bottom but could not revive him.
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Elwein
Fred Dreier
Tripoli
Dreier
Bergman Concrete Co
Sumner
Sumner Fire Department
Panchen Lama Returns to Lhasa from China
AP report states the Panchen Lama has left Peiping and returned to Lhasa after a three month stay in Communist China.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Lhasa
China
Local Graduates Earn Degrees From Tech and Stanford
Graduates include Carl C. Kesler son of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Kesler from 2168 Linden Dr SE who received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Also graduated Sunday were Robert K. Meister son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Meister from 115 Second St SW with an master of business administration and Richard F. Rahl of Cedar Rapids with a bachelor of science.
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Carl C. Kesler
Carl Kesler
Linden
Lincoln judge apologizes for misrelease in McCroskey case
In Lincoln Nebraska Judge Hullinger apologized for releasing McCroskey after a misapprehension about the case’s court handling. McCroskey had been sentenced May 6 to six months with two months suspended, and was freed after Hullinger sought a release at the request of Fred Russo of Cedar Rapids Galvanizing Co while Hullinger was in Nebraska for army reserve training.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hullinger
McCroskey
W. Sandoe Jordan
Fred Russo
Cedar Rapids Galvanizing Co
Russo
Donald Barnes
Jordan
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Burglars Break Into Two Iowa City Firms
Two Iowa City businesses, Pipal Meat Markets and the Gerard Skelly Service, were burglarized Monday night. Entry was gained through back windows with a total loss of 12.50 dollars, including 11 silver dollars, at the market. the service station suffered no loss.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Pipal Meat Markets
Gerard Skelly
Westwood Area petitions for new elementary school
A group of 136 northwest Cedar Rapids residents asked the school board for a new elementary on the purchased site along Westside Drive NW. They cited 200 new houses and 300 to 350 potential students, urging priority for older taxpayers and faster construction than the 1965 timeline.
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Westwood
Cedar Rapids
Woodside Drive
Dwight Krumboltz
Krumholtz
Hoover, Harrison
Cleveland School
Fire Guts House Near Riverside
A two story Henry Kron farmhouse four miles southwest of Riverside burned Monday afternoon. The fire started in the basement and was discovered by Kron as the living room ceiling smoked. The Kron family escaped unharmed as Kalona and Riverside firefighters battled the blaze for two hours.
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Gazette Riverside
Henry Kron
Kron
Kalona
Riverside
Wilson Company Reports Major Work Suspension Dispute
Wilson and Co. suspended up to 1000 employees over working hours in a dispute with the Packinghouse Workers union. The company cites overtime as allowable. the union says no one may work over eight hours in a day. Wilson sues the union for over 1 million dollars for loss of production in Cedar Rapids Albert Lea and Omaha. The union calls it a lockout.
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Wilson and Co
Packinghouse Workers Union
Cedar Rapids
Albert Lea
Omaha
Gunman Yields After 17-Hour Hostage Standoff in Illinois
Kenneth Adkins 22 released his half sister Myra 34 unharmed after a 17 hour hostage crisis at his home in Charleston Lawman Mervin Beil talked with him about rights and Adkins walked out surrendering. Captain Logan Cox and police surrounded the scene during the confrontation.
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Charleston
Ill
Kenneth Adkins
Myra Kenneth
Mervin Beil
Adkins
Logan Cox
Cox
Deaths Charles Petrak 78 Forest Lane dairy operator
Charles Petrak 78 of 3214 Cave NE died Tuesday. Born near Cedar Rapids he belonged to Prokop Velky lodge No. 137 CSA. Survived by wife Mary Castek Petrak a daughter Mrs George Bradley two sons Milo and Joseph C two sisters and two brothers. Services at Brush chapel 2 Thursday by Rev Joseph Havlik. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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Charles Petrak
Cave
Forest Lane Dairy
Cedar Rapids
Prokop Velky Lodge No
CSA
Mary Castek Petrak
George Bradley
Marion
Milo
Center Point
Joseph C
Joseph Cerveny
Mary Cerven
Cedar Rapids Veteran Thomas D. Hudson Dies After Illness
Thomas D. Hudson aged 58 of 1213 IL est SW Cedar Rapids died Monday after a brief illness. Born April 13 1873 he was a Spanish American War veteran and a member of Bethel AME. Services at Turner Chapel 10:30 a.m. Thursday conducted by Rev E L Johnson with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 Wednesday.
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Thomas D. Hudson
Cedar Rapids
Hudson
Bethel A.M.E
Turner Chapel
E. L.johnson
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Blanche Lillian Needham Arranged
Blanche Lillian Needham aged 1026 Thirty fifth St NE is dead. Funeral in Turner Chapel at 1 30 PM Wednesday with Rev Bernard G Olson of Kenwood Methodist Church officiating. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Blanche Lillian Needham
Turner Chapel
Bernard G. Olson
Kentwood Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Jacob L. Jensen at Ja neba Funeral Home
Funeral services for Jacob L. Jensen will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Ja neba Funeral Home with Rev Roy Wingate of First Lutheran Church of Iowa City officiating. Burial will follow at Linwood. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Jacob L. Jensen
Janeba
Roy Wingate
First Lutheran Church of
Iowa City
Linwood
Shark Incident Heroine Receives Carnegie Medal
Shirley O Neill 19 of California State College earns Carnegie silver medal for saving classmate Albert Kogler 19 from a shark attack off San Francisco. She also receives 750 dollars for education. Kogler died later from bite injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie
San Francisco
Shirley O’neill
Albert Kogler
Safety Deposit Boxes Rifled at Mineola State Bank
Mineola State Bank experienced an early morning break in as about 30 safety deposit boxes were rifled. Bank president L F Kruse said cash and possibly jewelry were likely stolen, with other contents like stocks bonds and papers scattered across the floor. An undetermined amount of funds from tills was also taken, estimated under $1 000 including 100 one dollar bills and silver.
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Mineola
Chet Harrison
Harrison
Kruse
Eisenhower Debt Limit Rise Approved by House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a one year increase in the public debt limit to a peacetime record of 295 billion dollars. It left intact the interest ceiling repeal on long term bonds and suggested raising the permanent ceiling from 283 to 285 billion, not 288 billion as the President proposed.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Floods Hit Peiping Plans in 1959 Great Leap Forward
Tokyo AP reports heavy floods in south and central China as the Red regime pushes the Great Leap Forward. About 900 square miles in Kwangtung flooded, with up to 3 million mobilized to fight the danger. Forecasts warn of more rains along the Yangtze and east coast. Hong Kong suffers 45 storm deaths and 5,000 homeless.
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Tokyo
China
centralChina
Red
Kwangtung
Peiping Radio
Kwantung
Yangtze River
Hankow
Shanghai
Nanking
Hong Kong
Spelling Skills Grow Through Independent Writing, Study Finds
A Cedar Rapids study shows second graders achieve high spelling accuracy through independent writing and use of spelling aids. Researchers note 99.29 percent accuracy on common words and 95.1 percent on 1 113 words, despite no formal lists or tests. Plans call for extending research to other grades and systems.
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Iowa
Harry A. Greene
SUI
Cedar Rapids
Singleton
Long son at hearing hints at governor bid
In a courtroom showing calm, Gov Long refused to testify and left after a week-long detention ruling. He told Judge Godard he might run for governor and asked his nephew how much to run a campaign, signaling political maneuvering amid habeas corpus claims of removal from Baton Rouge.
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Sen. Long
Gov . Long
Louisana
Gov. Long
Baton Rouge
Dornberger Elected Bell Aircraft Vice President
Walter Dornberger, former head of a Nazi rocket base, was elected a vice-president of Bell Aircraft on Monday in Buffalo. He previously led the Peenemünde facilities and later moved to the United States as part of a postwar program.
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Buffalo
Walter Dornberger
Bell Aircraft Monday
Businessman expands sales via Gazette Want Ads
A local businessman enlarges sales reach through Gazette Want Ads highlighting products and services. The small notice emphasizes contact details and promotional pricing.
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