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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1951
Page
10
Iowa City experts warn confidence men outwit victims and evade arrests. FBI special agent William C. Hopkins demonstrates con tricks and outlines two-game structures, long and short, with skits and examples to train officers against scams.
Prof Allan G Vestal of the University of Iowa College of Law has been discharged from the university hospital polio ward after admission on June 16.
Iowa City letters from the University of Iowa liberal arts office award four point grade averages to brothers John and Bill Fenton. John, a sophomore, and Bill, a freshman, both pre med students and Phi Eta Sigma members, earned perfect marks while active in basketball and football. Their father, Dr. R A Fenton, former dental professor, notes the family academic tradition continues with Anne, a junior in home economics.
Damage estimates rose to nearly six million dollars after a tornado struck Duncan and Crystal Lake areas on Monday night. County bridges washed out, crops and roads damaged across Franklin County, with about six inches of rain and 10 bridges destroyed. Lt. Gov. Nichols reported heavy losses on his Mason City turkey farm as residents began repair efforts.
Richard Sauer, 27, Anamosa reformatory inmate who walked off a prison farm Monday was captured in Iowa City Tuesday at 7 30 p m He had been in Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning and was found on Prairie du Chien road near town A woman reported a man fitting his description headed north Sauer returned to the reformatory Tuesday night Sauer’s second escape since being sentenced in Johnson county in June 1944 for forgery with seven months left to serve
Floyd Cooper of Woodward resigns July 1 from the Fort Madison state penitentiary furniture operation to enter the wholesale furniture business. He had long guided prison line design and sales, drawing up to 14 000 a year on commission while the governor disputed his pay years earlier. The factory has seen mixed profits since his return in 1948.
Boone high school athletic director Fred Ekstrand resigns after three years to become principal of the State Juvenile Home school in Toledo Iowa.
West Union Dr. Norman W. Kilburn has been elected president of the Cedar Valley Academy of Optometry. The appointment elevates his leadership role within the optometry field and regional professional activities.
Dr. H W Siefkes announced a northeast Des Moines site for a new Lutheran mission chapel and parsonage. The project carries 55 550 dollars for five years of maintenance, part of a statewide conference proceeding with 230 attendees.
Norman Bolyard 19 of Des Moines charged with assault with intent to murder for stabbing Hubert McGregor 23 of Cedar Rapids in a reformatory May 31. Bolyard allegedly carried out the attack seeking revenge after an alleged ratting incident. Trial set for September term of district court.
Iowa lawmakers review Little Hoover Commission findings to gauge government efficiency. Senate budget and financial control leaders arrange mimeographed summaries as ex officials discuss reforms and a Soldiers Home inspection follows.
Iowa Federation of Labor President Ray Mills says an investigation found no good cause for the superintendent of the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs to recommend nonrenewal for four teachers. The appeal of the recommendation will be heard by the State Board of Education on Thursday.
Three Winneshiek county men and one transfer will report for induction into the armed forces Friday at Des Moines. The men are John Peterson and Charles Rood of Decorah, George Wolfe of Ossian, and Arthur Little, a transfer from Des Moines.
False teeth wearers face embarrassing slips and drops. Sprinkling FASTEETH on plates helps them feel firmer and more comfortable. The alkaline powder does not sour and reduces denture odor. Available at drug stores.
Iowa juvenile court cases increased 6.2 percent from 1949 to 1950, rising from 2022 to 2179 cases. The rate climbed from 81 to 85 per 100 000 population, with Woodbury Pottawattamie Des Moines Appanoose Polk Wapello Clinton Louisa Dubuque Scott Black Hawk and Linn counties reporting the highest delinquency rates.
Prof. Elmer W. Hills of the University of Iowa general business department was re-elected chairman of the Johnson county Red Cross chapter at the annual meeting. Dr. William Vetter was named vice-chairman with Mrs. H. A. Matill treasurer and Mrs. William Spear secretary. Board members include M. L. Hull Eleanor Jessup Mrs. C. W. Keyser William L. Meardon Mrs. Robert Ray Mrs. M. E. Taylor and Attorney Emil Trott.
County Superintendent Charles G. Steen reports fourteen Winneshiek rural schools lack teachers for next year. Listed districts include Bloomfield Fremont Glenwood Highland Madison Pleasant and Sumner with multiple open positions, though all 93 rural schools are expected to operate next year.
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