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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1958
Page
2
Friday weather forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change and highs in the mid 70s. A long list of city court actions follows, including traffic violations, civil suits, and judgments with multiple named individuals and firms.
Mrs Timothy F Toohey 73 of 3215 Mansfield Ave SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday after moving from Chicago. Born March 10, 1885 in Chicago, she is survived by three daughters in Illinois and Cedar Rapids. Visitation at Teahen chapel after 7 p.m. Saturday with Rosary at 8:15 p.m. Services at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Arlington Heights Tuesday.
Mary Andre returns from a church music camp at Cornell College Mt Vernon. Lanes open all summer at Legion Lanes. Ads note Della's Beauty Shop Van Cleves afternoons, Empire ads, Dairy Queen Birthday Sale starting June 22, and internship details for Lt. Dr. Thomas Jost at Madigan Hospital Tacoma with family plans. Red Salvia priced 75 cents a dozen at Pierson's Flowers. Sunday dinner option at Krebs Dutch Inn. Glenn Ford in The Green Glove at Channel 9 Theatre Saturday 9:30 PM.
Bob Monaco notes dramatic Middle East oil findings near Iran and Kuwait with 150000 barrels daily, highlighting the region’s vast output versus U.S. wells. Getty skeptically weighs pipelines through volatile lands while Aramco eyes wealth and future products. Saudi royalty embrace TV as status symbol, and a royal desert excursion ends in a car crash spree like Rommel’s retreat.
A tape recording mounted at a busy Cleveland intersection warns pedestrians to stay on the curb use walk signals and beware of turning cars. Initiated by Mayor Anthony Celebrezze after rising elderly pedestrian deaths the portable device can be moved to other intersections in about 15 minutes at a cost of around $200.
Two staff sergeants from Ellsworth air base, Robert Peterson and Lewis Wilson, built a homemade rocket that failed to launch and instead struck the barracks door 15 feet away. Officers assessed them for repairs.
Fairbanks Alaska saw its hottest June day on record as thermometers topped 92 on Friday, signaling an unusual early heat surge in the interior region. Local officials urged residents to stay hydrated and limit outdoor activity during peak sun hours.
In Linn county district court one woman and one man received suspended terms to reformatories after pledging guilty. Barbara Musgrove 21 of 120 Sixteenth Ave SW was handed a 10 year suspended sentence to Rockwell City for forging a $20 check. Robert L Grell 22 of Iowa City got a five year suspended term to Anamosa for grand larceny. Paroles conditioned on restitution. Another defendant Robert Musgrove brother received a 30 day suspended sentence for petty larceny. Ivan E Gillis 24 of Richland was given time to plead to a forged check charge.
Cedar Rapids patrolman Farrington asks Linn County District Court to interpret pay rights during a two week National Guard training period. He seeks full city pay during leave, while the council argues only the differential between guard and police wages. The filing cites Iowa Code 29.28 guaranteeing nonpay loss for the first 30 days of municipal military leave.
A Cedar Rapids man, Donald D. Burdick, 25, of 828 Ninth St SE, was ordered to serve 90 days in county jail after pleading guilty to drunk driving. Police alleged he drove erratically and at high speed on Second Street. A second defendant, Raymond K. Owens, 33, of 529 Sixth Ave SE, pled guilty to drunk driving, arrested on Highway 218, with his station wagon parked with left wheels on the roadway.
The Gazette reports two account suit judgments rendered Friday. Sandler Distributing Company versus Frank E. Lewis awarded $1,119.81. The Gazette Company versus Paul Whitters awarded $205.85.
Lester Craig of Cedar Rapids, a Pepsi-Cola driver, was found innocent at a Friday hearing in Marengo over a collision last month. Fred Derry, 83, of Iowa City died in the accident and several others in the Derry car sustained minor injuries when their vehicles sideswiped.
Eugene Hamilton DeWitt, 39, of Monticello forfeited a $45 bond in municipal court for failing to pay 17 parking tickets issued from January 27 to June 13. He was arrested Friday in Cedar Rapids.
Suzy Musser an eight year old girl fractured wrist and ankle after a fall. Her mother drove her twelve miles to EKALAKA MONTANA to reach the town’s only physician where Suzy’s father works as a clinician.
Cedar Rapids alumni from the 1908 Old Washington high school request naming the new Washington high library for Miss Abbie S. Abbott, longtime principal noted for educational standards and discipline. They held their 50th anniversary dinner at the Roosevelt hotel and sent the resolution to the board of education.
Donald E. Laughlin 35 resigns from West Branch school faculty after controversy over a 1948 prison sentence for failing to register under the selective service act. Laughlin, a conscientious objector and Quaker, had been hired for 1958-59 as a math and science teacher. The board voted 3-2 to seek his resignation amid opposition from Donald Johnson, a local businessman and former American Legion official. The vote followed knowledge of the felony at hiring and Laughlin’s prior farm work and family details.
A judge notes deep seated popular opposition in Little Rock to integration and says maintaining Negro student attendance at Central requires military help or its equivalent. He stresses troops cannot heal racial tensions or foster an education climate. The stay aims to preserve Central high school standards while ensuring Horace Mann education quality remains equal.
Patricia Ann Sorenson of Indianola won first place in the Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary essay contest at the convention in Waterloo. Arlee Barnsvold of Northwood took second and Mary Stuart of Muscatine third as about 250 women attended the event opening Friday and ending Sunday.
The listing notes an early start for Channel 3 Theater at 9 30 p m on Saturday.
UPI reports that gifts to the President and wife total thousands each year with items ranging from handiwork to consumables. Merriman Smith recalls quail steaks and salmons from Maine and the Pacific Northwest, plus radios as popular historic gifts. Publicity policies emerged to disclose substantial gifts, shielding administrations from backlash.
Sister Ewaldine Langel of Dyersville Iowa a Holy Ghost Missionary Sister will be moved this summer to Par in the western highlands of New Guinea to join four other sisters in running an elementary school and performing social service. She previously supervised at St Theresa hospital Waukegan Illinois and joined the order in 1924 at Techny Illinois.
Riverside residents prepare for a solemn high mass at St Marys church led by Rev Ralph J Bastian. He recently ordained with 23 Jesuits in West Baden Springs Ind by Archbishop Paul Schulte. A reception in St Marys hall follows for family and visiting clergy.
Evangelist Jack Shuler will visit Cedar Rapids next fall for a 15 day Greater Cedar Rapids Crusade for Christ. Sponsored by a group of churches under that name, the crusade includes participants from the Cedar Rapids Marion Ministerial Association and Linn County Ministerial Prayer Fellowship. Executive committee features Rev. Arthur Westerhoff as chairman and Rev. Leonard Deaver as co chair, with Rev. Ralph Schenk as secretary, Rev. Lawrence Huffman as promotion manager, and Henry Witwer as finance chairman. Twenty four churches are in the organization, and Rev. Herman Mullis chairs the pastoral relations committee in contacting other pastors.
The crusade aims to enlist support from all Protestant churches in the Cedar Rapids area with events scheduled September 28 to October 12. Shuler, formerly of Los Angeles and now Kentucky resident, brings dramatic training to his evangelistic work. Iowa appearances in recent years have included Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
A congressional subcommittee grills Sherman Adams over alleged outside favors and a January 1954 Howrey memo. Senators Watkins and Bennett clash on whether Adams should quit while Rep. Harris cites possible violations and probes SEC records tied to Goldfine. The White House defends Adams as the President weighs accountability.
Earl Ray Ean, 48, of Ely, was held by Cedar Rapids police on a bad check charge. He was arrested Friday night by Detective Harold Barger and Deputy Baliff Lyle Brown. Detective Capt. John Kuba said five bad checks are believed written by Ean.
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