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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1957

Page

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Daily Record weather and hometown notices mix in midweek data

The page lists high and low temperatures for several cities with precipitation inches, plus a town forecast of showers and cooler conditions. It also includes rainfall totals, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and numerous local births, dedications, legal notices, traffic fines, and court actions.

Bismarck Minpolis Chicago Orleans Denver New York Duluth Omaha L. Angeles Phoenix War Miami SA Seattle

Obituary notices from several Iowa communities

Ward Mangold 81 arranging at Shelly funeral home Toledo services for Mrs Frank Kvapil 72 Wednesday at Henderson funeral home burial at Vining Lee Youngman 85 Thursday at Henderson funeral home burial in Woodlawn Thornburg George Pendleton 73 died Monday James Rhinehart 9 funeral Thursday St Marys near Urbana body at Beatty Bearle Cedar Rapids Wellman Effie May Curl 52 Thursday Methodist church burial Wellman Body at Powell Henry Eckhardt 91 died Monday services Thursday Pleasant Hill church burial church cemetery body at Powell funeral home

Ward Mangold Shelly Funeral Home Toledo Frank Kvapil Henderson Funeral Home Vining Lee Youngman Woodlawn Thornburg George Pendleton Shellsburg James Rhinehart St. Mary's Catholic Church Urbana Beatty-Bearle Cedar Rapids Wellman Effie May Curl Wellman Cemetery Powell Funeral Home Henry A. Eckhardt Pleasant Hill Church Church Cemetery

French Premier Over Tax Hump Pacts Are Next

Paris AP Maurice Bourges-Maunoury survived a 251-210 confidence vote amid plans to raise taxes to prop up France’s near bankrupt treasury and fund the fight against Algerian rebels. He aims to push ratification of the European Common Market and Euratom by July and faces Algeria policy battles before a parliamentary recess.

Paris Maurice Bourges-Maunoury National Assembly Assembly Bourges- Maunoury France Algeria Guy Mollet Bourges-Maunoury Pierre Mendes-France Italy West Germany Belgium Holland Luxembourg Mollet Bourges - Maunoury Euratom

Decorah Youth Dies in Dragline Accident at Gravel Pit

Seventeen year old Donald Graves was killed Monday when an 18 ton dragline toppled while he operated it at the Graves gravel pit near Decorah run by his father Melvin Graves. A crew of 20 men aided by a county tractor and heavy truck moved the dragline to recover the body. Ronald would have been a high school senior next term. His body was taken to Steine funeral home.

Decorah Donald Graves Graves Melvin Graves Ronald Steine

Three Cedar Rapids teens plead delay in Linn county robbery case

In Linn county district court three Cedar Rapids youths face a robbery charge after allegedly assaulting and robbing Kenneth Schutzman. Robert Oliphant 18 Floyd Manley 19 and Dale Edgeton 17 were ordered to plead by Thursday. The victims address and the missing $3 were cited. Separately Tunney Augustine 29 pled innocent to cashing a false $20 check at a Cedar Rapids service station on May 20.

Cedar Rapids Linn County District Court Robert Oliphant Floyd Manley Southland Street Dale Edgeton Fourth Street Kenneth Schutzman Higley Avenue Schutzman Tunney J. Augustine

Three Year Term For Drunk Driving

Leonard FE. Rullestad aged 49 of Route One was sentenced to three years in Fort Madison state penitentiary after pledging guilty to a third offense drunk driving charge before District Court Judge Floyd Philbrick. He was arrested June 18 by police at Third Street and Second Avenue SW.

Leonard FE. Rullestad Route One State Fort Madison Floyd Philbrick Rullestad Third Street Second Avenue

Probate of Two Wills in District Court

In district court on Monday two wills were admitted to probate. Sidney A. Hopker who died June 12 left his wife Lora as sole heir and executrix without bond. Nellie Easton who died May 28 gave her sister Laura Irons a life interest in a Mt. Vernon home, then to niece Mildred Irons Burr, with rest to Mrs Burr who was named executrix. Arthur and Helen Roloff Mon day sued Russell F. Osborne for 1500 dollars on a promissory note.

Sidney A. Hopker Lora Nellie Easton Mt. Vernon Laura Irons Mildred Irons Burr

Annexation Debate Plays Out In Cedar Rapids Marion Letters

At a Marion special council meeting officials released letters dated June 18 showing Cedar Rapids and Marion considering a six month extension of the Glenbrook Cove sewage agreement to study sanitary problems. Marion plans to appoint three members to a joint committee from each city to study mutual issues and report back with recommendations.

Marion James J. Meaghan Cedar Rapids Iowa Jim Council of George H. Brewer

Alaskan Forest Fires Burn Half Million Acres in Interior Alaska

ANCHORAGE Alaska AP said Tuesday about 500000 acres of interior Alaska forest land are in flames. The district fire dispatcher reported the extent of the fires and the ongoing response efforts.

Anchorage, Alaska Alaska

Hoffa Offered 18000 To Spy In Senate Probe

Senate rackets committee witness John Cye Cheasty said President Hoffa offered him 18000 to spy on the labor probe. He cited Hoffa's claim of a third party offering 25000 to block subpoenas, and that the probe would last only a few months before Bob Kennedy's summer Hyannis plan.

Washington Senate Rackets Committee James R. Hoffa McCarthy Hoffa Washington (Ap John Cye Cheasty Teamster Jimmy Hoffa Senate Cheasty Bob Kennedy Hyannis Mass

Judge limits motion to bar star witness in Hoffa bribery trial

Federal Judge Burnita Matthews refused Hoffa defense requests to voir dire John Cheasty outside the jury to challenge his competence as a witness. The judge said the matters could be explored on cross examination, preserving the witness's testimony for the jury.

Washington LLP Burnita Matthews Teamsters James R. Hoffa Edward Bennett Williams Hoffa John Cheasty Senate Williams Matthews

Auto Production By Firms Listed

Detroit AP report from Automotive News lists weekly and year to date auto production by firms. Chevrolet produced 7,400 trucks versus 6,995 prior week, with Dodge 1,600 vs 1,309, Ford 6,500 vs 7,419, GMC 1,140 vs 1,142, International 3,164 vs 197, Studebaker 160 vs 197, and Willys 1,480 vs 1,558.

Detroit Automotive News Chevrolet Dodge Ford GMC International Mear Studebaker Willys Chrysler DeSoto Imperial Plymouth Continental Lincoln Oldsmobile Sanada Eoes

Deaths Ray Wortman 73 Dies in Arizona

Ray Wortmann, 73, Cedar Rapids businessman until moving to Phoenix ten years ago, died there Sunday. Survived by wife Carolyn and sister Edith Miller of Des Moines. Visitation at Teahen chapel after 2 p.m. Thursday. Services Friday time to be announced. Entombment at Chapel of Memories, Cedar Memorial Cemetery.

Ray Wortmann Cedar Rapids Phoenix Ariz Carolyn Edith Miller Des Moines Teahen Chatel Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Cemetery

Services for Charles G. Parks of Sigourney

Charles G. Parks 82 of Sigourney died Monday. Funeral at Turner chapel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Leonard Deaver of Salem EUB Church officiating. Burial in Baker cemetery south of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials to Heart Committee of Linn County encouraged.

Charles G. Parks Sigourney Turner Chapel Leonard Deaver Salem Eub Church Baker Cemetery Cedar Rapids Heart Committee Linn County

Infant Julie Ann Yanda Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital

Julie Ann Yanda infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Franklin Yanda Jr Springville died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Monday. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Calvin Orcutt Donald Yanda Springville. Beatty Bearle mortuary conducted Graveside services in Linwood cemetery Tuesday afternoon.

Julie Ann Yanda Donald Franklin Yanda Springville Cedar Rapids Calivin Orcutt Donald Yanda Beatty-Bearle Linwood Cemetery

Services for Mrs. Charles Mraz Revealed at Immaculate Conception

Services for Mrs. Charles Mraz, 1814 Mt Vernon road SE, who died Sunday, will be held at Immaculate Conception church at 9 a.m. Wednesday by Rev. Thomas Currier. Burial will be at St. John's. Rosary at Parish church at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Brady mortuary. friends may call.

Charles Mraz Mt. Vernon Road Immaculate Conception Church Thomas Currier St. John’s. Rosary Brady Mortuary

Two Men Injured in Crashes Near Marengo

Special to The Gazette reports two separate crashes on highway 6 near Marengo left two men hospitalized. Raymond G. Denno, 58, San Diego, suffered undetermined injuries in a two car crash four miles east of Marengo. Howard Frick, Conroy, escaped serious injury. William Pilkington, 27, Blackburn England, lost control two miles east, plunging into a creek. he was unconscious at Memorial hospital after a tour of the United States.

Marengo Highway Here Raymond G. Denno San Diego Howard Frick Conroy William Pilkington Blackburn England Pilkington Memorial Hospital Toronto United States

Army IRBM debate cited in Nickerson testimony

Nickerson said he would have felt disloyal if he had not protested Wilson's order to obtain permission for the army to use the IRBM. He spoke Monday after charges were brought against him, claiming a curtain is being drawn around He refused to name the "someone," though his lawyers said the army blocked subpoenas for five top intelligence officers and denied defense access to certain documents.

Wilson Nickerson Army

14 Year Old Steals Car Rams Into House in Cedar Rapids

A 14 year old boy stole a car Monday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. He failed to gain distance, careened onto a curb near B Avenue and Fourth Street NW, and struck a house at 221 Fourth Street, moving it three inches. Patrolman Clinton Farrington found him hiding in a nearby car and turned him over to juvenile authorities.

Cedar Rapids B Avenue Fourth Street Clinton Farrington Farrington

Man Burns from Gasoline Ignition in Cedar Rapids

Paul Bracken of 1600 Second Avenue SE suffered first and second degree burns to both hands when gasoline ignited during pouring into a stalled car. The car, owned by Floyd Bracken of Lincoln Nebraska, was damaged. Fire officials said a match lit to improve visibility caused the flare at 11:45 p.m. at Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street.

Sandra McHugh Eighth Street Burton Saxton Twenty Seventh Street Nancy Marshek Twenty-sixth Street Charles Wesbrook L Avenue Dorothy Lynch IE Street Clifford Billington Thirty-fourth Street Ronald Williams Second Avenue Howard Nath Cheyenne Wendell Oliphant Rowley Walter Rech Marion John Stoner Hiawatha Joseph Vos Twenty-first Avenue Jennie Bruce Otis Road Ronald Countryman Eastern Avenue Franklin Grishaben Forty-second Street Richard Lucier G Avenue NW Gene Thorp Center Point Road Marie Janaszak Cedar Rapids John Burns Larry Bjornsen Leonard Terrace Carl W. Bower A Avenue Robert Pavelka Richard Allen Price Roger LeRoy McCullough Paul Bracken Second Avenue SE St. Luke’s Hospital Floyd Bracken Lincoln Neb Eighth Avenue Sixth Street

Coffee Break Critic Says Morning Coffee Break Weakens Health

PARKERSBURG West Virginia AP A nutrition specialist Dorothea Van Gundy Arlington California member of the staff of the International Nutrition Laboratory spoke at the Seventh Day Adventists state conference warning that the morning coffee break harms national health She claimed Americans suffer more ulcers and headaches due to coffee consumption Meanwhile in Germany four Nazi war criminals were released from a British prison after serving time for war crimes in a separate report describing coffee intake and caffeine content per cup

Parkersburg W. Va Dorothea van Gundy Arlington Calif International Nutrition Laboratory Seventh Day Adventists van Gundy Germany U.S.A

Wright Urges Congressional Action Against Supreme Court Edicts

Wright urges Congress to stay in session to pass remedial laws or a constitutional amendment to counter recent high court actions on government security. He cites FBI file rulings as confusing and says the press must not override official judgments on what is safe to print.

Washington INS Loyd Wright Eisenhower Commission On Government Security Supreme Court Congress American Bar Association FBI Wright

Kishi Urges Global Ban on Nuclear Tests

Japanese Prime Minister Kishi called for a worldwide ban on nuclear tests to protect the human race from irreparable harm and urged sweeping disarmament under United Nations auspices. He spoke from U.N. headquarters, the first time a Japanese premier addressed a global audience from the world body.

New York INS Kishi Japan U.N World Organization

Boy Injured in Collision On Mt. Vernon Road

A Cedar Rapids teen driver 16 year old James Appleton collided with a Hargrave Construction Co truck on Mt. Vernon Road at 11 34 a m Tuesday Police say Appleton tried to pass while Overmyer turned left James Appleton 1139 Twentyeth Avenue SW and David Tesar 4303 M Vernon Road SE were involved David Tesar was taken to Mere Hospital for a right side laceration Appleton was charged with reckless driving.

Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon Road James Appleton Twentieth Avenue Hargrave Constructio Company Perr Overmyer Overmyer Fortieth Stree David Tesar Vernon Road Appleton Hen Appleton

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Record C. R. Weather Mississippi Gasper Peter Ellis Boulevard Darrell Tenth Street St. Luke's Allcutt William E Avenue NW Dunston Raymond Stanwood Merriman Grady Vernon Kranz Merlon Eighteenth Street Bjornson Lawrence McGuire Donald Keith Drive New Albany Ind P. L. Erickson Erickson Anna Mae Shea Michael B. Sheas Johnson Avenue Ames Donald Rockwell Rockwell Janice Skow Delbert Skow Hiawatha Avenue Harvey W. Rockwell Twenty-sixth Street Drive Homestead Clifford Baack Baack William Warricks Joseph J. Enzler Carolyn A. Kriz Eugene Miller Doris E. Light Lisbon Glenn H. Walter Vivian R. Walter Verlee S. Pardun Bertwin W. Pardun Helen L. Walsh Richard J. Walsh Stuart J. Grauerholtz Mildred Grauerholtz Robert W. Fahl Delia O. Fahl Robert C. Nemecek Joyce M. Nemecek Audrey L. Schultz Glenn J. Schultz Second Street NW Pioneer Avenue SE Harold Smith Prairie Drive Donald Zahrad Nik Elmer Baker Alburnett Orville Bell John‘son Avenue George Miller Arlie DeFreese Seventh Street Haegg Coal Company Norman Steine K Street Hogan Brothers Garage Ralph Share McKinley Street Kaybee Hogan, Brothers Franklin A. Clark Edward J. Dahms Adella M. Davis Fifth Aavenue Meyer Schaffer Mack Duarte 1621 Avenue NE Tommy’s Food Shop George Dougherty Omar Ida Hochstetler Sixth Street SE The Higbee Company Ray D Elizabeth J. Johnson Ninth Street SE Benjamin L. Orcutt Seventh Street SE L. G. Carrigg F. Marvin Thais Stieger Sixteenth Avenue Miller Flannery Helen Don) Fritz Helen Grubb Seventh Avenue Keith H. Shaw Rosemary Phillip) Pauley Rosemary Hastings Mercy Hospital James D Helen Thompson Fifth Street NW Town City Ann Stadh St. Mary’s St. Joseph's Cemetery Rosary Me‘Govern Funeral Home Manchester Kieu Murdoch Murdoch Walker Joseph Dynan Monahan Mortuary First Avenue Monahan Stewart Arthur Helen Roloff Russell F. Osborne E. Lapes 3Rd Ave Mt. Vernon Ave Fifth Avenue Janeba Funeral Home Joseph J. Janeba Turner John B. Turner & Son Ray Wortman Arizona Parks Services Yanda Infant Mrs. Mraz Services Ruth Montgomery Smulek Sparkling Jewelry Dept Model Smulek Off
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