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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1955
Page
2
Officials moved to contact parents of 22 children bitten by a rabid German shepherd near Horace Mann school. Two adults were also bitten as tests confirmed rabies after the dog’s head was examined in Indianapolis. Many parents require door to door notification due to lack of telephones.
A pair of aggressive mongrel dogs attacked elementary pupils during recess at Plainview School, Lyons township near Chicago. One child was bitten on the hand and another suffered severe lacerations as deputies captured the animals with a dog noose. Pupils fled to the building while Principal Bezek stood off the dogs until help arrived. The dogs were taken to the Animal Welfare League shelter for rabies observation.
George J Novak was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Law club at a founders day banquet at the Roosevelt hotel. New officers include Kenneth L Moon vice president William H Ryan secretary and Thomas M Collins treasurer. The club founded 20 years ago honors five founders with scrolls.
Navigation on the Mississippi began at Keokuk with the Stanlin A owned by Standard Oil passing through Lock No 19. The vessel led six barges bound from Wood River NL to Bettendorf signaling spring arrivals as the shipping season opened later than in 1954.
DES MOINES UP The Town Beer Permit Board revoked state licenses of four persons and clubs after convictions for selling beer to minors. Included were Class B permits for Amos Wade Billiard Parlor Knoxville the Columbia Society Inc Denison and the Uptown club Denison. A Class C permit for Denjam grocery Muscatine registered to Eldora L Schwitzer was also revoked.
Des Moines Iowa Attorney General Dayton reports three more federal liquor stamps turned in. One stamp came from the Amvets club at Richmond and two from Wright County locations. Wright County Attorney Ralph Austin supplied the two stamps. names were not released.
Coroner Vernon Geisel reports 24 year old Hans Hanson of Clarion Iowa died in a Pennsylvania service station sleeping quarters. An attendant found the sleeping trucker after Hanson checked in Sunday and complained of illness. Autopsy cites bronchial pneumonia as the cause of death.
Absentee ballots available at the board of education building for the March 14 school election. Voters may cast in advance due to absence on election day. Ballot questions seek permission to sell two unused properties near First Avenue W and Eighth Avenue SW. Three incumbents run for seats: Eliot O. Waples Ben H. Peterson and W. Sandoe Jordan. Election day has 103 judges and 26 clerks across 26 precincts.
Lincoln Nebraska imposes restrictions on cattle shipments from most Kansas points as a precaution against scabies after 1000 head exposed to the parasite were shipped to Nebraska from Dodge City. State Veterinarian J L George ordered tracing and required health certificates and vehicle disinfection for shipments from all counties except 13.
A man and woman formed a bandit pair that used a ten year old boy as a shield during a robbery at Investors Savings and Loan on Chicago's Northwest side. They entered while about 20 people were present and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash from the vault and counter drawers. The suspects brandished guns.
Mare n go Ray Cunningham and Buena Mockmore will speak at the Iowa County Family Life conference at 8 p.m. March 18 in Williamsburg High School. A parent-teen panel with Lambert Elwood William Kussel Carol Peters Dennis Oliver Mrs. Gordon Ferguson and G. G. Bellamy as moderator will also discuss family and community problems.
Two meetings this week for Allamakee county swine producers cover swine management and disease control. Speakers include Dr Maynard Spears and E L Quaife of Iowa State College.
Malcomb Judkins of Pittsburgh, manager of new products division at Firth Sterling, will address the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Society of Tool Engineers at the Montrose hotel. The program includes dinner at 6:30 and installation of new officers, with Judkins to speak at 8:15 on Single Point Tools. The event is open to members and non members. Judkins, born in Seattle, holds a BS from the University of Washington and a master's in chemical engineering from Carnegie Institute of Technology. He has served as chief engineer for high temperature alloys and contributed to nuclear energy and medicine research. He is a musician and amateur radio operator.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony opened its fourth subscription concert with Philippe Entremont delivering a dynamic Liszt Concerto in E flat, drawing praise for a powerful yet controlled interpretation. Conductor Henry Denecke guided the orchestra through Sibelius Symphony No 2, Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, and Faure Pelleas et Melisande, while highlighting string sonority and brass balance amid a few woodwind limitations.
Louis Ruty Myers, Davenport ex convict charged with murder in the slaying of Dolores Lund, had his preliminary hearing postponed again as he still lacks legal counsel. A .25 caliber pistol tied to the case was found in a Betten Dorf hotel basement room, later sent to FBI lab in Washington DC. Sherman Stewart, once a material witness, was transferred to Moline police on a separate burglary charge.
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz told the Farm and Ranch Congress in Denver that farm prices would rise toward the end of 1955 and that stabilization is the sector’s greatest need. He said the new frontier is science and emphasized top managerial skill for modern farming. He criticized concentration of power in Washington and urged initiative from individuals to restore America to the people.
The Iowa Supreme Court denied the City of Fort Dodge permission to appeal a temporary injunction in a gas rate dispute with Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company. The injunction, issued last August to block city interference with a rate hike, remains subject to a Webster County hearing to decide on permanent status.
Funeral services are set for Thursday at 4 p m at the Methodist church for Dr Frank Brooks 61 a biology professor at Cornell College who died of a heart attack Friday The body remains at Johnston Morgan funeral home Mrs Brooks daughter Mrs David Hull has arrived from Stuttgart Germany and Mrs Brooks is expected to reach from Rangoon Wednesday
Mabel Shaw 84 of Newton died in Florida Monday. She owned the Newton Daily Publishing Company and published the Dixon Illinois Evening Telegraph.
A dense string of small ads lists services and needs from home repairs to job openings. Items include carpentry, hauling, tax prep, rug cleaning, beauty operator, waitress, nanny, and companion positions, with contact phone numbers and box references. Multiple local firms and individuals seek staff and services.
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