Weather and births fill Cedar Rapids Daily Record page
Cedar Rapids daily page reports Iowa forecast partly cloudy with highs 80s to 95 in south, warm humid outlook for Monday. Noon Saturday 88, 2:30 p.m. Saturday 79. Birth notices list many Cedar Rapids families with June 18 19 arrivals. marriages and divorces noted. Death notices from Sigourney Norway West Branch Oelwein with service times and burial details.
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Batoes High Andop
Washinington
New Orleans
Aque
Denver
Phoenix
Jami
Los Angeles
York
Seattle
Iowa
Municipal
Floods Threaten Iowa Towns as Rescue Teams Stand By
Rescue teams with motor boats were dispatched to Onawa as flood waters rose across northwestern and northern Iowa. Sioux City declared a state of emergency with evacuees moving to safety in Springdale while highways around Belmond Cherokee Mason City and Correctionville flooded or closed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
The
Army Engineers
Onawa
Missouri River
Little Sioux
Sioux City
George Young
Robert Hoisington
Springdale
Jedge
Amin George
Sioux City Air Force Base
Belmond
Cherokee
Mason City
Correctionville
Clear Lake
Dumont
Sac City
Deaths Mrs Letha Manning Lawrence Johnson county resident
Mrs Letha Manning Lawrence aged 56 of Fairfax route 1 was found dead in her home Saturday morning. Coroner Dr George D Callahan lists death as a heart attack about 2 a.m. Born December 20, 1897, she lived in the Swisher area most of her life. Survives son James Harold Lawrence two sisters Myrtle Hanson and Lilibelle Berlin a brother Theodore Manning Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday Brush chapel Rev Richard J Wagner. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may visit after 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Letha Manning Lawrence
Fairfax
Johnson County
George D. Callahan
Swisher
James Harold Lawrence
Myrtle Hanson
Lilibelle Berlin F
St. Petersburg
Fla
Theodore T. Manning
Route 1
Brush Chapel
Richard J. Wagner
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary Hodges obituary at 53 in Cedar Rapids
Mary Hodges died at 53 after a short illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She had lived at 1317 Hinkley Avenue NW for 43 years and was born July 9, 1900. She was the wife of William Hodges and a member of St Patrick's Church. Surviving family members are listed in the obituary.
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Mary Hodges
Hinkley Avenue
Cedar Rapids
William Hodges
St. Patrick’s Church
Funeral rites for Ketek family member set at St Patrick’s Church
The obituary notes a husband stepfather Fred Ketek, a sister Anna, and four brothers Joseph Frank Charles and William. Services will be held at St Patrick's church by Rt. Rev. Msgr D J Lenihan at time to be announced. Friends may call Teahen chapel after 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Fred’ Ketek
Anna
Joseph
Frank
Charles
William
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Havlicek, 82, dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Frank Havlicek died at 7 p.m. Saturday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness. Survived by wife Teresa and 14 relatives including three daughters Mrs. George Lanka, Mrs. Milo Hekl of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Leonard Holets of Moline, three sons Fred of Chicago and Joseph and Frank of Cedar Rapids, 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A member of St. Wenceslaus church, funeral services will be announced later. Friends may call Kuba funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Frank Havlicek
Cedar Rapids
Teresa
George Lanka
Milo Hekl
Leonard Holets
Moline
Fred Havlicek
Chicago
Joseph
Havlicek
St. Wenceslaus Church
Kuba
Services for John Colburn Hoover in Marion
John Colburn Hoover lifelong Linn county resident died at home Friday after a long illness. Services will be held at Robins Church of the Brethren at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. John Wieand officiating. Burial follows in Dunkard cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 p.m. Monday.
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John Colburn Hoover
Marion
Linn County
Robins
Graveside services for Mrs Meek Saturday death announced
Graveside services for Mrs. Robert Elmer Meek who died Saturday after a brief illness will be held at 11 a.m. Monday DST in the Bonaparte cemetery. Rev. Jerry Beltz of the Baptist church of Bonaparte will officiate. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 p.m.
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Robert Elmer Meek
Washington Avenue SE
Bonaparte Cemetery
Jerry Beltz
Baptist Church of
Bonaparte
Turner Chapel
Infant Nancy Taylor Graveside Rites Held Monday
Graveside services for Nancy Lee Taylor infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Taylor will be held at Cedar Memorial cemetery at 10 a m Monday conducted by Reverend D Keith Irwin of Olivet Presbyterian Church. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p m Sunday.
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Nancy Lee Taylor
James Taylor
1603
8Th Avenue SE
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
D. Keith Irwin
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Burial Planned for Cedar Rapids Resident Truman Brookner
Services for Truman J. Brookner of 917 Tenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Chapel of Memories with Rev. George T. L. Jacobsen of First English Lutheran Church Iowa City officiating. Cedar Memorial Cemetery burial. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Truman J. Brookner
Tenth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Chapel of Memories
George T. L. Jacobsen
First English Lutheran Church of
Iowa City
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Death services for Mary Mollie Campbell at Beatty-Bearle chapel
Miss Mary Mollie Campbell a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Friday at age unknown. services set for 1 30 p m Monday at Beatty Bearle chapel conducted by Rev W P Hanson burial in Linwood Cemetery friends may call at the chapel Cedar Rapids IA area obituary notice
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Mary “Mollie” .G. Campbell
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
W. P. Hanson
Linwood Cemetery
Guatemala City bombings as Honduran invasion advances
Guatemalan capital endures third air raid as rebel forces reportedly push nine miles from the border and seize El Florida. Casualties unconfirmed while raids hit San Jose, Puerto Barrios, and Retalhuleu. Pan American suspends flights. Rebels claim seven coded sectors, aided by air supply, blue armbands with a white sword symbol.
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Washington
Zacapa
San Jose
Puerto Barrios
Retalshuleu
Associated Press
Guatemala City
Guatemala
el Florida
Ministry of Interior
Jack Rutledge
Rutledge
Pan American
Disciplinary Action In Peress Matter
General Ridgway announced that disciplinary action has been taken against officers tied to granting an honorable discharge to Maj. Irving Peress. He refused to name the disciplined officers or reveal the punishments. Peress, a New York dentist, was central to the army McCarthy hearings and was labeled a fifth amendment Communist by Sen. McCarthy.
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San Francisco
INS
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Haseen
Irving Peress
Hamilton Air Force Base
40Th
Korea
Ridgway
Peress
New York
Sen. McCarthy
Man Dies After Tavern Fight Brother Held
DES MOINES AP Ross Wimber thirty six forty father of four died after a tavern fight late Saturday. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Broadlawns General Hospital. His brother Russell 28 was arrested and held for investigation. Detective Dan Kauzlarich said seven witnesses testified Russell struck Ross after Ross claimed he could not be knocked out.
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Des Moines
Ross Wimber
Wimber
Broadlawns General Hospital
Russell
Dan Kauzlarich
Ross
French Premier's Plan Aids Reds, Knowland Asserts
Senator Knowland says Pierre Mendes France pledges to negotiate Indo China peace within 30 days or resign would help Communists. He argues a peace at any price after France's anti communism fight could loosen Southeast Asia defenses and affect Congress's $3.0 billion foreign aid and military assistance program.
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Washington
Knowland
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
France
Congress
Young Chicago Heir Thorne Found Dead in North Side Studio
Montgomery Ward heir Montgomery Thorne aged 20 was found dead late Saturday in his North Side apartment studio. Coroner’s physician Dr. Harry Leon attributed probable natural causes, possibly a stroke. Thorne, a Fordham University student, returned to Chicago for the summer from New York. He was heir to a estate valued at about 2.6 million dollars.
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Chicago
Montgomery
Ward Thorne
North Side
Benjamin Bromberg
Harry Leon
Thorne
Gordon Com Stock Thorne
Gordon Thorne
William Cobb Thorne
Montgomery, Ward & Co
George R. Thorne
Fordham University
New York
Duff Attacks McCarthy Demand on Evidence
Senator James H. Duff of Pennsylvania condemned Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s call for government workers to hand over direct evidence of corruption or communism. Duff called the move an invitation to anarchy and incompatible with liberty, labeling McCarthy the aggressor seeking to usurp executive powers.
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New York
James H. Duff
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club Meeting Slates Speakers
City briefs list several meetings and events across Hawkeye Toastmasters Jaycee Toastmasters Rotary Optimist and IOOF clubs. Notable items include a Monday 5 45 p m meeting at Nick's Fine Foods with 14 participants, a 70 mph speedboat race at Conrad Beach, and a Cedar Rapids Stamp Club picnic at Ellis Park. Also covered are a Rotary luncheon talk by Ralph McCague Marshalltown and an IOOF Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge picnic at Daniels Park next Sunday.
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Harry Whitehead
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Nick’s Fine Foods
Byron Bell
Ralph Hoover
J. D. Schultz
Dean Miller
Ralph Western
Jack Collins
Warren Beers
Ernest Pence
William Farr
Henry Ek
Peter Bezanson
Leroy Hewitt
Glen Evans
Stamp Club
Cedar Rapids
River Pavilion
Ellis Park
Rotary Club
Ralph McCague
Marshalltown
Europe
Montrose Hotel
IOOF
Maine Lodge
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge
Daniels Park
Airman 1/e Danny C Coleman dies in roller coaster fall
A 19 year old airman from Houston Texas identified as Airman 1/e Danny C Coleman was killed Friday night after being thrown from a roller coaster at Lakeside amusement park in Denver.
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Denver
Lakeside Amusement Park
Danny C. Coleman
Houston
Texas
McClellan calls for quick action on housecleaning
Senator John L. McClellan urged rapid action to remove staff from Senator McCarthy’s subcommittee after the 36 day Army hearings. Mundt and Potter warned against premature verdicts as the panel awaits the report.
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McClellan
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Joseph R. McCarthy
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Senate
House
Graham Heard by 100,000 Swedes at Stockholm sermon
Billy Graham drew about 100000 Swedes to Skansen in central Stockholm for an outdoor service. Officials said the crowd was the largest yet seen at the venue as spectators climbed trees and rooftops to hear the American evangelist during his European tour.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Billy Graham
Central Park
Skansen
Island Zoo-Museum
Graham
Finland
Swansea
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Neil A. Myers
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Betz Monuments
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Iowa Memorial Co
John E. Lopes
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Mt. Vernon Ave
Conrad Beach
Berger Furrier
Jaycee Toastmasters
Jaycee Toastmasters Club
A Avenue
Optimist Club
Jim Harper
Canada
Roosevelt Hotel
William Maier
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Hennessey Brothers
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