Weather and notices mix from the Midwest daily page
Partly cloudy to night with scattered storms possible. Warm north central while cooler northeast on Wednesday. June rainfall totals and June normals listed. Birth notices from St. Luke's include several births with locations Cedar Rapids and Marion. Local police notes report tickets for speeding and violations plus a few burnings and a drowning of dead. Death notices refer to multiple Iowa towns with services and family homes noted.
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Bismarck
Miami
Angeles
Seattle
More Indonesians To New Guinea Ordered Battalions
President Sukarno ordered four more Indonesian battalions to disputed West New Guinea and said more will soon be sent, a high-ranking officer disclosed Tuesday.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Music Man Parade Opens North Iowa Fest With Bands
A lively North Iowa celebration features 120 bands from across the nation with 30 visiting groups in a 10 day tour. Hosts from Iowa and Minnesota lead colorful units in whites and purples, culminating in a massed band concert and the crowning of Miss North Iowa. The program also includes a theater showing and a champagne party for visiting celebrities and press.
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Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Dodge City
Kan
Iowa
Minnesota
Mental Test for Gormly Ordered
Walter Gormly, a self styled pacifist and tax protestor, was ordered to undergo psychiatric examination at a federal institution. He appeared in U S District Court on a loitering and sleeping charge at the federal courthouse in Des Moines amid his hunger strike and bank tax dispute involving 6,706 dollars for 1954 to 1958.
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U.S
Charles Bendlage
Gormly
Pearson
Colton addresses Linn County GOP Women on reforms
Eldon L. Colton of Cedar Rapids tells Linn County Republican Women at the Embassy Club that Iowa governance runs part time, causing tax, education, and growth issues. He criticizes a biennial legislature, many committees, low pay, and concludes parties need full time county executives and broader member input.
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Iowa
Eldon L. Colton
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Embassy Club
Colton
Aeronautics Official Charged With Tax Evasion
An indictment in Sioux City charges Jack A. Snodgrass of Waterloo and a member of the Iowa aeronautics commission with federal income tax evasion. The grand jury accuses him of grossly understating income for 1956 1957 and 1958 while he operated the Waterloo Flying Service at Waterloo Municipal Airport.
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Sioux City
Jack A. Snodgrass
Waterloo
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Dist. Atty
Donald O’brien
Snodgrass
Diefenbaker wins reelection as cabinet ministers fall
In Canada the Conservative victory was decisive as Prime Minister Diefenbaker retained the house seat from Prince Albert since 1953 while four cabinet ministers Flynn Hamilton Dorion and Walker were dropped. The outcome hinges on cooperation with Social Credit or New Democrats. Liberal leader Pearson critiqued government indecisiveness and loss of confidence at home and abroad amid voter discontent over unemployment.
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Social Credit
Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Jacques Flynn
William Hamilton
Noel Dorion
David Walker
Social Credit Party
New Democrats
Lester Pearlson
Canada
Unem
Waukon Awards Roof Repair Contract and Airport Update
The Waukon city council awarded Fitzgerald Plumbing and Heating Co. a $750 contract to repair the city hall roof. Officials announced the state has registered the Waukon airport as a landing area.
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Waukon
Fitzgerald Plumbing and Heating Co
Widow Tillie Konigsmark Dies in Cedar Rapids at 74
Tillie Konigsmark widow of Frank Konigsmark Jr died Tuesday at her daughter’s home on First Avenue NW. Born October 16 1886 in Cedar Rapids she is survived by three daughters two sons a sister six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services will be at Janeba Kuba funeral home with time to be announced and burial at Czech National.
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Tillie Konigsmark
Frank Konigsmark, Jr
Darold Springer
First Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
J. Don Barker
Godfrey Stejskal
Lumir F
Robert F
Emma Vondracek
Konigsmark
First Lutheran Church
Janeba-Kuba
Vernon Henderson Park Food Lunch operator dies at 34
Vernon W. Henderson of 1502 Have NE died Monday after a brief illness. Born March 18, 1912 in Chelsea he served in the air force in World War II and belonged to the VFW and Eagles lodge. Surviving is his mother Anna Henderson of Cedar Rapids. Services at Kuba funeral home Friday at 2 conducted by Rev. William Harnish with burial at Czech National. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Vernon W. Henderson
Have
Park Food
Chelsea
Air Force
VFW
Eagles Lodge
Anna Henderson
Cedar Rapids
Kuba
William Harnish
Cedar Rapids Woman Mary Campbell Dies at 71
Mary Campbell a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Monday at home. Born January 7 1883 she was 71. Survived by sister Ella Campbell with whom she lived. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 Thursday with Dr H Hughes Dill burial Linwood Friends may call at the chapel Heart fund contributions suggested.
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Mary Campbell
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Ella Campbell
Turner Chapel
H. Hughes Dill
Linwood
Funeral rites and burials listed for several individuals
Willson Anna B Turner chapel service at 10 30 Wednesday conducted by Davis Hubby and Stokes. Burial Evergreen at Vinton. Gosnell Verbena Turner chapel 1 30 Wednesday by Barron and Home Rebekah lodge. Burial Williamstown cemetery southwest of Iowa City. Maddock Roy Joseph private service Turner chapel 3 Wednesday by Youngquist. Burial Cedar Memorial. Powers Stella A Wednesday 9 30 in St Patrick s church by McDonald. Burial Mt Calvary. Friends may call Teahen chapel.
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Cedar Memorial
Powers
Stella A
St. Patrick's Church
Robert ‘McDonald
Mt. Calvary
Teahen Chapel
Hoegh Blocking Of Sales From Stockpile In 1959
Former Iowa Governor Leo Hoegh, then head of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, blocked the disposal of deteriorating materials in the national stockpile on January 5, 1959. He reportedly feared sale would hurt market conditions and rejected a GSA recommendation to sell surplus aluminum. Russell Hughes testified Hoegh convened a mobilization meeting later in 1959.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Leo Hoegh
Senate
Hoegh
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Office of Emergency Planning
William Wickes
General Services Administration
Division of
Defense Materials Service
Wickes
GSA
Russell Hughes
OPE
Policy Keeps Aluminum Stockpile From Sales After Hoegh
The administration decided not to sell aluminum from the stockpile despite pressures from major producers. Hughes stated the policy against sale of aluminum, the most heavily overbought material, remained in effect after Hoegh left office.
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Ing
Hughes
Hoegh
Six Iowa men enlist in air force and report to Lackland
Six Eastern Iowa men enlist in the air force and travel to Lackland Texas for basic training. The electronics trainees are Leonard F Aird Randall A Maas. the general training recruit is Richard L Musel. mechanical trainees Newell L Crow Jr and Robert W Braasch. administration recruit Melvin T Bohlken. Others on leave include Julian E Carrillo electrician aboard Newport News for 25 days and Gerald Tharp at Nike site for 15 days with wife Carol. Gerald R Rogers promoted to machinery repairman aboard the submarine Nereus after Navy service since 1955.
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Iowa
Air Force
Lackland
Texas
Air Force Base
Leonard F. ‘Aird
C Avenue
Randall A. Maas
Thirty-sixth Street
Richard L. Musel
E Avenue
Newell L.crow, Jr
Marion
Robert W. Braasch
Interior Communications Electrician
Julian E. Carrillo
Candido Carrillo
Twentieth Avenue SW
Newport News
Norfolk
Gerald Tharp
D. B. Tharp
Sixth Avenue
Carol
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Gerald R. Rogers
Calvin Rogers
Thirty-third Street
Nereus
Navy
Senators Probe Teen Trafficking of Foreign Entertainers
In Washington the Senate investigations subcommittee heard testimony that girls as young as 15 were imported from Canada and Cuba for night clubs and forced into vice. Named figures refused to answer, citing Fifth Amendment. The case links Sam Holzman and Sam Mitchell to a Calumet City club while Montreal recruitment tied to Billie Brown.
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Washington
Canada
Cuba
Sam Holzman
Wheeling
W. Va
Sam Mitchell
Calumet City
Ill
Holzman
Glen Rice
Paramount Booking Agency
Montreal
Billie Brown
Saigon
American Guild of Wars
Etg Artists
Afl-Cio
Viet Cong
Linn County Committee Rejects Cedar Rapids Quarry Plan
The Linn County zoning commission rejected a bid to operate a stone quarry north west of Cedar Rapids after a lengthy hearing. About 48 residents from Crestwood Acres and Glass Road area opposed the 110 acre site on a 236 acre tract due north of the Cedar River citing decreased property values and traffic concerns. Petitioner Harold J Ross and family maintained a small operation and argued the permit was needed to stay within the law.
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Linn County Zoning Commission
Cedar Rapids
Crestwood Acres
Glass Road
Harold J
Mable M. Ross
Nouth
I Cedar River
Ross
Donald
Duncan
Jonly
Commission
Carl Baumhoefener
Frank
Cargin
Mt. Vernon Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Four Juvenile Employes Given $2,020 in Raises
Linn county board of supervisors approved 2020 in raises for four Linn county juvenile court staff led by Howard McLaughlin. Al Lowell up 900 to 7500 Merlin Ritchey up 600 to 7800 Bruce Suthers up 300 to 6100 Mercedes Van Fleet up 220 to 3100 Sharon L. Lewis hired as deputy probation officer at 4500.
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Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Howard W. McLaughlin
al Lowell
Merlin E. Ritchey
Bruce Suthers
Mercedes van Fleet
Sharon L. Lewis
Richard
Drive
Ritchey
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gazette want ads spread your sales words quickly
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Tipton Boy to Eldora for Youthful Offense Case
Special to The Gazette Jerry Wehde, 14, was committed to the boys training school at Eldora by Judge Donald Barnes after injuring two women teachers on February 17. The judge withheld commitment pending treatment at the Mt. Pleasant mental health institute. One teacher was stabbed and the other shot.
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Tipton
Donald Barnes
Jerry Wehde
Eldora
Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Wehde
Suspended Sentence for McIntosh in Larceny Case
James R. McIntosh aged 23 of 831 A Avenue NE pled guilty Monday to daytime larceny from a building and received a six month suspended sentence from Judge Charles Pennington. He allegedly took 8.65 dollars from a sleeping room at 513 McKinley Street SE during a laundry route. The report also notes Joseph F. Botello, 22, with no address, faced a related charge.
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James R. McIntosh
A Avenue NE
Charles Penningroth
McIntosh
McKinley Street
Rutherford Is Given Suspended Sentence
Glen D. Rutherford, 47, of 3545 Old Marion road NE, pled guilty to false uttering of checks. He received a six month suspended sentence after police noted he passed three checks totaling 65 dollars, including a 25 dollar check at Sears on April 5.
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Glen D. Rutherford
Marion Road
Charles Penningroth
Rutherford
Sears
Suits Filed In Promissory Note Actions
Eddie Mc Dowell of Imperial Health Studio faces Rex E. Anderson for 166 dollars Sherry Haigh is in suit for 85 dollars Samuel W. Trerler 30 dollars Barbara Cable 110 dollars and Ernest Pinard 90 dollars all on promissory notes Household Finance Corp sues Glenn F. and Barbara J. Dighton for 216 68 dollars on a promissory note.
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Eddie McDowell
Imperial Health Studio
Rex E. Anderson
Sherry Haigh
Samuel W. Trerler
Barbara Cable
Ernest Pinard
Household Finance Corp
Glenn F
Barbara J. Dighton
Judgment summary for multiple traffic and divorce cases
Judgments include Carol L. and Dale F. Custer v Mari on Nelson and Jack Sayre for 200 dollars in a traffic accident. W J O'Brien v Reynolds for 114 dollars on an account. Dismissals Kenned y v M Cad Glass Co and Andrews with 25 000 damages, same traffic injuries. plaintiff's husband earlier awarded 75 000. Raymond L Plower v Dorothy E Plower divorce case.
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Carol L
Dale F. Custer
Marion Nelson
Jack Sayre
W. J. O’brien
John R. Reynolds
Juanita A. Kennedy
Des Moines
M. Cad Glass Co., Inc
Charles C. Andrews
Raymond L. Plower
Dorothy E. Plower
Appointed Sam Cohen Renamed to Three-Year Term
The Linn County Soldiers and Sailors Commission was renamed to a three-year term by the board of supervisors on Tuesday.
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Sam Cohen
Linn County Soldiers and Sailors Commission
Board of Supervisors
Stephen Sidwell Injured in Two Car Collision
Stephen Sidwell, 17, of 426 Twenty third street NE, suffered facial lacerations, a knee injury, and a bruised chest in a two car crash Monday at 5 58 p m. The other driver was John W Heath of 1641 First avenue SE. Sidwell was treated and discharged from St Luke s hospital and charged with making an improper turn.
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Stephen Sidwell
Twenty-third Street
First Avenue
Sidwell
Seventeenth Street
John W. Heath
St. Luke’s Hospital
Court Rules Oklahoma Reapportionment Void
A three judge special federal court declared Oklahoma's legislative apportionment laws null and void because of discrimination against urban residents. It gave the state until July 31 to start correcting the situation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Bruce Fenchel
Hertz Drive
Joseph Melsha
Highway 149
Edgewood Road
Thomas Rabbitt
Vernon
Vernon Pickering
Tim Schuetzle
Avenue NW
Keith Robertson
Franklin Avenue
Robert Burrell
Clarence
Arnold Alcott
Seventh Street
Lloyd Oliver
M Street
James Spangler
Twenty-second Street
David Ceynar
Avenue NE
Delwin D. Cine
Kathryn M. Johnston
Paul V. Beets
Nedra J. Phillips
William F. Nitchel
Jesup
Mary A. Buresh
Richard O. Holzworth
Mary M
Jane A. Cox
Jerry W. Cox
Robert D. White
Donna R. White
Honey C. Sheppard
Floyd C. Sheppard
Anna B. George
David J. George
Carolina Drive
Pawnee Drive
Peter Pineiro
Tulsa
Okla
Delmer Werner
Fifth Avenue
James E. Green
Thirty-fourth Street
Ima Wilson
Third Street
Ronald Weber
Soutter Avenue
Tryna Hinckley
Roselyn Brubaker
Ronald Rugger
Eighteenth Street
Delbert Kerschbaum
John Cummings
A Avenue
Kenneth Merta
Ocie Hepker
Fourth Street
Maxwell Freymuller
Twenty-second Avenue
Vernon Vantassel
Seventh Avenue
Gene Floetchinger
Thirty-second Street
Milo Kopecky
Fourth Avenue
James W. Smith
Marengo
Gary Copeland
Roger Haddy
Richard Fritz
Fruitland Boulevard
Jerry Tichy
Thirteenth Avenue
Milver Rompot
Ely Avenue
Earl Rubey
Howard Heintzelman
Victoria Hotel
William L. Good
Baptist Church
Powell's
Clermont
Joe Brorby
Methodist Church
Muehlenthaler
S. Delta
Peter J. Kiefer
Reynolds’ of
Mississippi
Coven
McGregor
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
New Guinea
Music
Olin
IRS
Pearson Charge
Waukon Council
Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home
J, Stewart
Vernon Henderson
Vietnam
George Dantaveris
St. Luke's Hospital
Racine
Wis
Zone Commission
Miles Sutera
Petite
Merle Coon
First Street
Ellis Blvd
Jones Park
Friedl’s
Fernwood
Johnson Avenue
City Realty
Adv
Sisters of Mercy
Ray Hutchcroft
Joseph Chalder
Ohio Street
Guy Anderson
Iowa City
Juvenile Bureau
Joseph ‘Spreitzer
Harry Spreitzer
Country Club Parkway
Mercy Hospital
Turner’s
John B. Turner
SON Sah Desk Reve
Joseph F. Botello
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Order OF the Golden Rule
Walker
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