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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1955
Page
8
Three gunmen held up 12 employees at the Paul Farley supermarket in Des Moines around midnight. They looted cash registers and employees’ billfolds, with the store manager Elmer Haines reporting several hundred dollars taken and an exact amount to be counted later.
President Gaylord M. Couchman announced a 12 acre land purchase adjoining the football field and a new seminary dormitory for 50 ministerial students on the main campus. The land was gifted by four local firms and a businessman, with the dorm financed by a nationwide fund drive.
Twelve Muscatine school children faced possible rabies treatment after a dog followed them into McKinley school. Police captured the dog and held it for observation. Children received first aid after the Friday incident.
A humorous caption shows a wife declaring she will not yield her seat to other men as she jokes about her husband. The gag relies on marital teasing and social seating norms. The line plays on the husband's assertion of ownership and the wife's quick rebuttal.
The Traer school expansion received bids with Gethmann Construction Company of Gladbrook as general contractor at 148,030 dollars Sid Smith of Waterloo won heating and plumbing at 54,589 dollars and Frank Electric Company of Marshalltown will handle electrical work for 22,136 dollars. The project includes a gymnasium auditorium vocational shop girls locker rooms restrooms and space for the school band. Groundwork will start after frost and finish in nine months. Voters approved an 185,000 dollar bond in August plus a 42,000 dollar transfer to the schoolhouse fund.
Seven Polk county deputy sheriffs led by Sheriff Wilbur Hildreth raided two West Des Moines taverns The Tavern run by John Riles and Mary's Place run by Mary Ann Sammons. Charges of keeping liquor where beer is sold were filed against the operators with bond set at 500 dollars. A pint was found at The Tavern and a smaller amount at Mary's Place. Three other taverns were visited with no liquor found.
A Boone man F L Pollard is named president of the Iowa Motor Court Association at the Des Moines meeting. The convention adopted a resolution opposing a toll road across the state. Other officers include Robert L Benck vice president and F P Fuller secretary treasurer. Directors named: Gene Mehl Atlantic Pollard Lloyd Burkhart Dubuque Cecil Flack Nevada L E Keil Marengo Harold Beadle Clear Lake Lorenz Harms Charles City.
Donald L. Russell 17 of Colfax was fined 100 dollars after pleading guilty to a speeding charge. His car struck and killed Ora Kintz 61 of Colfax while she crossed highway 6 in Colfax Thursday night.
In Des Moines the Boxer Punch owned by Gov Leo A Hoegh rode in a woman's car to the Animal Rescue League shelter where she was confined for about two hours. Max Finch, league director, said the dog then returned home with Nina Jones, housekeeper at the governor’s mansion. The dog, known to love riding in the family car, wandered away regularly. The incident amused the Hoegh family including Kristin and Janis. Finch noted this was the shelter’s first dog in seven months with a county license, normally $3 to impound, though the shelter waived the fee.
Ronald Woods, 19, of Des Moines was charged with failing to yield right of way after a car school bus crash on highway 65 south of Des Moines killed his wife, 22, who was among four children injured. All 20 bus passengers aboard the Hartford bound trip escaped serious harm.
Davenport police say three teenagers bought beer at Charles A. Devoe's tavern. Devoe pled innocent and was held on a 750 bond. The boys' statements prompted a review of Clarence Denklau's license leading to a county board hearing next Tuesday on a recommendation by county attorney Martin Leir.
Federal tax collectors target a mult i millionaire valued at 150 to 200 million dollars who allegedly never paid income tax. Testimony before a House subcommittee reveals rising tax errors favoring filers, and a counterfeiter case notes ongoing illicit profit after prison.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission announced 827 charges against trucking company operators in late 1954 for freight rate violations, missing cargo receipts, and failure to mark trucks as required. Carl J. Folk, 57, died in the gas chamber for the murder of Betty Faye Allen, 22, near Holbrook, Arizona.
A seven day nutrition series by Donna Reed and G Dorothy Williams urges dieters to weigh weekly rather than daily to avoid discouragement. It explains body adjustments during diet, notes clothes may loosen before scale shows change, and advises consistency in scale use and accounting for clothing weight.
Newton report shows Maytag Company earning 6,736,479 dollars in 1954, 3.68 a share, up from 6,490,184 dollars or 3.53 a share in 1953, despite an 8.9 percent drop in sales. President Fred Maytag II forecasts 1955 as a good sales year if the economy holds.
The page lists Gazette want ad rates for 1 day and 3 days, then presents a long, dense classified section including lost and found, personals, services, real estate, and help wanted items, with numerous names, addresses, and contact numbers. It preserves a mix of notices from Obituaries to employment opportunities and household services.
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