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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1956

Page

28

Steal Head Writes Employes Stating His Case

The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a notice of a theft head writing to employees stating his case. It covers a church burial, weather, and local obituaries with service details for several residents, along with city police and court actions and traffic fines. The piece lists births, marriages, and death notices from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns, providing names, ages, and locations of services and cemeteries.

THE Cedar Rapids Mon Jaze Steal Head

Iowa Roadside Grasshopper Spray Program Cut Back

Iowa plans to spray southern road rights of way to curb a grasshopper infestation were trimmed after the interim committee refused $13,000. Only $7,000 remains from a state appropriation to fund the effort in 13 northern counties with the highway commission aiding primary roads. County supervisors will be asked to assist on secondary and farm to market roads. A meeting was scheduled with officials to finalize details as conditions worsen.

Des Moines Iowa Loyd van Patten van Patten Nouthern Tiera States” Highway Commission Highway Commission van Pinten

Courthouse Clerk Accused of Embezzlement in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids authorities charge Melvin Safranek a Magnus hotel employee with embezzling 73.06 dollars. He was arrested in Albert Lea Minnesota after traveling there on the Cedar Rapids case and waived extradition to face the district court accusation.

Cedar Rapids Moncar Albert Lea Minn Melvin Safranek Magnus Albert Lea Safranck

Deaths of Walter Hawbaker and several Cedar Rapids residents

Walter Hawbaker retired McKinley teacher and World War I veteran dies at 10:20 am after a long illness at his Cedar Rapids home. Survived by wife Janice, son and relatives. Services set at Turner chapel. burial Mt. Hope, charity to American Cancer Society. Other obituaries include Mrs. F B Shears, Mrs. Robin Lillibridge, Mrs. Louis Kratoska, Mrs Anthony J Bricht, infant Karla Kay Sebers, with details on births, deaths, and funeral arrangements in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.

En Methodist Church Mt. Vernon Baxter Midheleneay Agarnion Chapel Toarber Bari Christian Church Norwich Goetlsch Funeral Victor Rope Smith McAninch Olesburg Lathur B. Irmscher Zion Church Noom Jows City Frank Peach” Shaffer Spitatl Ae Beckman Oathout Chapel Owa Charles Williams Tues- Municipal Oakland Ceme Tery Welter Raymond Hawbaker Avenue NE McKinley High School Cedar Rapids Geneva Ind Janice Holland Guainsville Fla Charles Robert Manhbaker Charles D. Hawbaker Jerome Hawbaker Clyde Gould Decatur Hawbaker Kenwood Methodist Church National Education Association Iowa State Education Association Cedar Raunds Teachers F. B. Shears Florent B. Shears Fifth Avenue SE Paris Bee Pearl Mildred Shears Duluth Minn Earl J Jesse T Eureka Calif Norman Robin Lillibridge H. E. Cropp Sixteenth Street Louis Kratoska Chelsea Agnes Kratoska Ames Ward Raie G Avenue John Wagner Marengo W. T. Clare Lincoln Neb James W. McGuire Charles Kratoska Carl Benner Belle Plaine James Formanek Joe Formanek Taleda Amos Formanek Mati Charles Formanek Frank Formanek Kratoska Congregational Church T the Eastern Star of Turner Chapel J. Richard Wagner First Congregational Church Oak Bill Helle Plaine Anthony J. Bricht Anthony J. Brieht Neil J. Drich Twenty-seventh Street Bellevue Ohio Pittsburgh Janecba Immaculate Conception Church Heart Fund Lis Sebers Hiawatha Pamela Ann Lawrence J. Sebers West Point Joseph J. Kramer Fort Madison Monahan

Citizens Protest Plans for Tavern in Kenwood Area

A petition with 108 signatures was filed Monday against a tavern planned at 3310 First Avenue NE. Residents oppose the 4 beer permit transfer for Economy Drive-In, while police and health officials reportedly favor the move.

First Avenue NE Tha Marie Henry T. D. Yanaway Thirtythird Street Drive Keith Taber Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church Robert M. S. Johnson Thirty-third Street

Toll road debates shape Iowa east‑west plan

Late Governor Beardsley and Gov Hoegh pushed for an east west toll highway with promises of completion in 1953. Data from 20 years show traffic concentrates east west near central Iowa, Davenport to Council Bluffs would serve 60 percent of residents within 40 miles, yet studies delay construction. US Roads chief says the route aligns with interstate plans from Davenport to Williams burg, but no final approvals or relocations have been made and concrete work may not start until next spring.

Beardsley Hoegh Fred R. White Iowa Highway Commission Toll Road Study Committee Toll Road Authority Council Bluff C. D. Curtiss United States Commissioner of Public Roads Iowa Davenport Wes Maines Council Bluffs Newton Williamsburg Butter Des Moines

Harriman and McKeldin Clash at Governors Conference

At Atlantic City on Monday the governors debated education while Governor Harriman of New York attacked the Eisenhower administration as warlike, prompting Maryland Governor McKeldin to retort that Americans are not at war, and noting US troops are not being killed due to the administration.

Yack Bell Atlantic City Averell Harriman New York Eisenhower Harriman Maryland Theodore R. McKeldin McKeldin the New Yorker Fisenthower

New Chief in Naples

Naples dispatch reports Admiral Robert P. Brisene arriving from Washington to replace retiring Admiral William M. Fechteler as commander in chief of allied forces in southern Europe.

Naples INS Robert P. Brisene Washington William M. Fechteler Allied Forces Europe

Stop Signs Approved for Three Cedar Rapids Locations

Cedar Rapids city council approved a public safety recommendation to install stop signs at three sites. Signs will halt traffic on Franklin Avenue NE for Twenty-ninth Street, Stop Avenue NE for Twenty-ninth Street, and Fourth Avenue SW for First Street.

Aaron Fratzke First Street Ernest Lint Fifth Street Wammond Padhleid Mt. Vernon Robert Vanourney Mayden Avenue Orville Kiuth Seventh Avenue Nell Cantonwine Thirty- Third Street Caroline Augustine First Avenue Mary Cherry Marlon Lea Corporon Ronald Roushar A Avenue Robert Merveaux Thirty-seventh Street Dennis Burlingham Seventh Street Henry Kimball, Jr Sixth Street Edna Gersh Ann Keneeny Crescent Street Donald Ankerstar Daniels Street John Cortez C Avenue NE Arlis Rich Chandler Stree William Simes Joseph Martinee Ane Johnson Thirtythird Street Cedar Rapids Helly Council Public Safety al Department Franklin Avenue Twenty-Ninth Street Avenue Fourth Avenue

Building Trades Seek CIO AFL Merger in Des Moines

The Building Trades Council opened a two day meeting in Des Moines to consider approving the CIO AFL statewide merger. About eight representatives attended the opening session. Chairman P. R. Farris of Cedar Rapids said no decision was reached and a ruling was expected Monday.

Building Trades Group Studies Union Merger _ DES MOINES INS Own Building Trades Council Des Moines Cio-Afl Building Trades Town State Building Trades Department P. R. Farris Cedar Rapids Farris

Syrians Find 3000-Year-Old Mediterranean Seaport

Syrian archaeologists guided by Egyptian clay tablets uncover a buried port near Semira south of Tarsus, dating to the Phoenician, Assyrian, and Greek eras in the second millennium BC, with rich pottery and tablets. Also notes a $5,000,000 cost to produce first Texas tidelands oil.

Damascus Egypt Salim Abdul Hak Government Archaeological Department Semira Tarsus Christ Texas Tidelands

Coffee Price Hikes At Two Chains

New York reports confirm two major chains, A and PB and H C Hehack, raised their own coffee prices by four cents per pound. The rise reflects higher green coffee costs impacting retailers.

New York INS H. C. Hehack

Substandard Cedar Rapids housing review by council

Cedar Rapids city council, acting as board of health, weighs actions on substandard housing. Proposals include halting multiple leasing at 856 Fifth Avenue SE, cleaning litter at 1410 Tenth Street SE, and pursuing sewer connections for 14 cases amid elderly-income hardships. Mayor Meaghan urges firm steps to protect residents while exploring eviction and rooming-house options.

Cedar Rapide Board of Health Carl Smith Council Robert D Smith Health Department Tenth Street Oscar T. Peterson G L. Hudson Second Street Fifth Avenue Robert D. Smith Fred Fisher Fisher Jim Meaghan Meaghan Asst Fleer Smith Board of Health Aidvice C. L. Hudson

Airlines agree on lower transatlantic fare to London

In Cannes, AP reports major airlines reached a October start for a new 45 dollar round trip New York to London, 97 dollars below present. Pan American and Trans World Airlines proposed the cut, awaiting government approvals. First class fares rise to 400 dollars one way, 450 for deluxe sleeperette, with berth extra. A mass-transport low-fare class is planned for early 1958 with fares as low as 417.40 round trip. Also noted, North Dakota requires pike at least 18 inches.

Cannes France New York-London International Air Transport Association Pan American Airways Trans World Airlines Keith Granville British Overseas Airways Corporation U Sn l Europe U.S Canada

Monticello Man Hurt In Twenty Foot Fall

Clyde Wehr 27 of Monticello was hospitalized Monday after an electrical shock caused him to fall from a 20 foot ladder while installing an air conditioning unit at Long Grocery. He was unconscious when taken to Dragon Trees In The Canary hospital. Wehr is employed by the Kem tumference and 3,000 years old.

Manchester Clyde Wehr Monticello Jan Canary Eleectric Company of

Airman lands in choppy Catalina channel rescue

Long Beach report details pilot Robert Hanley landing an amphibian plane in a windy Catalina Channel to rescue four people stranded in the sea. The group, H. Jacobs 38 Don Caruthers 35 Berry Hill 10 and Charles Hill 14, were saved with minor burns and taken to hospital after the daring rescue and difficult takeoff.

Long Beach INS Catalina Channel Robert Hanley Avalon H. Jacobs Don Caruthers Berry Charles Hill Harney Hanley Tanley Avalon Air Transport Young Hill

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