High and low temperatures and five day forecast notes
Weather roundup lists daily highs and lows for multiple cities including Bismarck, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, New York, Duluth, Omaha, Seattle and Phoenix with a five day forecast predicting average temperatures about 10 degrees below normal. Additional lines report precipitation totals through March and local notices on weather conditions and municipal surveillance.
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Bismarck
Apelie
Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Anceles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Court suit filed for six thousand in auto crash
Rudolph D. Manta sues Francis Zeman over a September 24 collision on Fourth Street SW. Zeman’s car was driven by Thomas Henry. Manta seeks judgment for personal injuries medical expenses and car damage.
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Francis Zeman
Rudolph D. Manta
Manta
Zeman
Fourth St
Thomas Henry
Cleghorn Arraigned On Bad Check Charge
James G. Cleghorn, 44, of Marion, was arraigned today before Judge Floyd Philbrick on a false check charge. He was given until March 25 to plead. He is accused of cashing a false 45.85 dollar check February 22 at a Cedar Rapids hardware store.
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James G. Cleghorn
Marion
Floyd Philbrick
Cleghorn
Cedar Rapids
Breed pleads innocent to second drunk driving charge
Ross B Breed 49 Marshalltown pled innocent to a second offense drunk driving count before Judge Floyd Philbrick. Breed was arrested March 5 by highway patrol officers who saw him driving erratically on highway 30 west. Several civil suits listed were dismissed with prejudice or filed, including Harold J and Kathryn Uhlenkopp versus Travelers Indemnity and Al Morrissey. Carolyn Ruggles versus Jack Ruggles notes separate maintenance.
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Ross B. Breed
Marshalltown
Floyd Philbrick
Breed
Twenty one escape from Red China to Matsu island
Twenty one people fled Red China and reached Nationalist held Matsu island aboard a junk on Friday. The incident underscores ongoing crossings and tensions across the Taiwan Strait as authorities monitor maritime departures and arrivals.
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Taipei
Red China
Matsu Island
Condition of Mrs. Carson Called Fair
Mrs. Rob ert B. Carson 30 of Independence wife of a Republican gubernatorial candidate was listed in fair condition at Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines after a Thursday auto crash that killed her husband. She suffered facial lacerations and possible back injuries with X rays pending. Palmer Drury of Marshalltown, driver of the truck involved, was charged with improper left turn and injured in the crash at the junction of highways 64 and 338 near Bondurant outside Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Robert Carson
Independence
Robert B. Carson
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Carson
Palmer Drury
Marshalltown
Drury
Bondurant
Three U.S. Sugar Mills Seized by Cuba
In Havana, Cuba announced the seizure of three U.S. owned sugar mills valued around 10 million dollars. The mills belonged to Guantanamo Sugar Co. of New York. Revolution, the government newspaper, quoted workers blaming Yankee officials for ongoing exploitation tied to Batista era authorities.
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Havana
Guantanamo Sugar Co
New York
Revolucion
Fidel Castro
Batista
Maugham Wins Royalties From Soviet Editions
Russia will pay royalties to British writer W. Somerset Maugham for Russian editions of his novels. The agreement was disclosed in St Jean Cap Ferrat France where the news outlet reported the development.
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ST. Jean Cap Ferrat
France
UPI
Russia
W. Somerset Maugham
Winter total rises to Cedar Rapids 535 inches
Snow totals climb as Cedar Rapids records 535 inches this winter. Northern Iowa reports 2 inches of snow Thursday night into Friday, the region's first significant snowfall in a long period. Iowa Highway Commission notes state primary highways mostly 50 to 100 percent snow or ice packed, with slush and windpack in extreme east and southeast counties.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Eisenhower seeks mail rate hikes to boost post office
President Eisenhower sent a message to Congress urging increases across mail classes to raise 550 million dollars for postal support. First class would rise to 5 cents an ounce, air mail 8 cents, postcards 4 cents, with second class up 40 percent and third class about 25 percent. Congress may balk in this election year, aiming to end post office deficits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Summerfield
Calmar Girl, 7, Dies From Bulbar Polio
Shirley Ann Flaskerud, seven, of Calmar Iowa, died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after contracting bulbar polio on February 16. The death marks Winneshiek county’s first polio case in over two years and leaves her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flaskerud.
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Rochester, Minn
Shirley Ann Flaskerud
Calmar
Shirley
Lawrence Flaskerud
Winneshiek County
ICC Orders Continued Passenger Trains Suspension Pending Probe
The ICC did not set a discontinuance date for North Western passenger service and kept trains running pending an investigation. Local groups protested the removal, and the ICC ruled continued operation not required. The move ends passenger service in Iowa areas including Clinton Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Tama Nevada Ames Boone Jefferson Carroll Denison Missouri Valley Council Bluffs. The dispatch office remains at Beverly after the July 1, 1958 move.
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ICC
Cedar Rapids
North Western
Iowa
Clinton
Belle Plaine
Tama
Nevada
Ames
Boone
Jefferson
Carroll
Denison
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
John Pela Presents Weather Preview For Upcoming Week
John Pela previews the week ahead with weather outlook coverage on TV 9. The segment airs Monday through Friday at 10 PM, detailing forecasts and conditions for viewership.
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John Pela
TV 9
Deaths Ada Franks wife of Warren Franks Cedar Rapids
Ada Cecil Franks 55 wife of Warren L Franks of 255 Fifteenth St NW died at home Friday after a long illness Born January 23 1890 at Anamosa married June 10 1914 at Marion Survived by son David C Franks Boston daughter Gloria Shipley New Hope Pa and two grandchildren Funeral services at Turner chapel Monday 3 pm by a Reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist Cedar Rapids Entombment Chapel of Memories casket not opened Donations may be made to the Organ Fund of the First Church of Christ Scientist Cedar Rapids
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Ada Cecil Franks
Warren L. Franks
Fifteenth St
Anamosa
Marion
David C. Franks
Boston
Gloria Shipley
New Hope
Turner Chapel
Church of Christ, Scientist
Chapel of Memories
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence J Kell Dies. World War II Vet and CPA
Lawrence J Kell of Cedar Rapids died Thursday at home. He was born October 27 1922 in Cedar Rapids, was an accountant and member of St. Patrick s church and Knights of Columbus. Survived by wife Jane four sons Thomas Dennis Michael and Steven and his mother Mrs Margaret Kell. Services at St Patrick s church Saturday at 9 conducted by Father J Robert McDonald. Burial at Mt Calvary. Rosary will be recited by Knights of Columbus Friday at 7 and WCOOF Court No 727 with Father McDonald at Teahen chapel at 7:30 for calling friends.
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Lawrence J. Kell
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Jane
Thomas
Dennis
Michael
Steven
Margaret Kell
J. Robert McDonald
Mt. Calvary
Father McDonald
Teahen Chapel
Death notice of B B Holland in Minneapolis
Word has been received of the death Thursday of B B Holland who moved to Minneapolis 10 years ago. Employed by the Torch Press for a number of years, he is survived by his wife and three children. Services will be in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
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B. B. Holland
Minnneapolis
Torch Press
Mr. Holland
Minneapolis
Burial plans for Roscoe Beatty at Cedar Memorial
Services for Joseph Roscoe Beatty were held at 1:30 Saturday with the Rev. Alfred A. Kelsey officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial.
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Wilson
Joseph Roscoe
Beatty Bearle
Alfred A. Kelsey
Cedar Memorial
Hiawatha Mother To Return Home
Mrs Archie Hair, a 33 year old mother of six who vanished from Hiawatha February 29, has been found in Memphis Tennessee. In a call to her husband she said she is well and will return within a week. He has filed a warrant accusing her of wanton neglect of their children aged from a few months to early teens.
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Archie Hair
Memphis
Tenn
Hair
Check Your $10 Bills Phony in Iowa Circulation
Treasury agents warned that counterfeit $10 bills, already used in Davenport, Des Moines and Waterloo, may reach Cedar Rapids. The notes show a faded Hamilton portrait, worn appearance, and distinctive face plate numbers B222 or L58250168B.
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Treasury
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Waterloo
Hamilton
Space probes and first lunar images to Earth
In 1959 Rocketor Mechia marked a 796 pound probe that orbited the sun after a January 2 launch. Pioneer IV followed on March 3 as a 13 pound craft that also orbited the sun. Lunik II launched September 12 weighed 858 pounds and struck the moon. October 4 brought Lunik III which circled the moon, photographed its far side, and sent images to Earth, with Lunik II later becoming a satellite.
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Mechia
U.S
Moon
Earth
Lunikil
Radio Contact Possibilities With Pioneer V Explored
American space scientists say contact with the pioneer V probe can be kept for 4 to 5 months and may be regained in 1963 as it nears 46 to 50 million miles from Earth. They estimate the sun distance around 93 million miles and note Venus gravity may alter the orbit. Tracking stations worldwide are invited to follow the mission.
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Washington
Venus
The
Space Agency
State Pays Staten For Narcotics Drive
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Executive Council approved paying State Safety Commissioner Donald Statton for personal expenses from a narcotics investigation. Gov Loveless said he would seek legislative reimbursement of 652 dollars Statton spent. A 1500 dollar contingency fund was set for Statton payments as Synhorst labeled the issue a political football.
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DES Moines
Iowa Executive Council
Donald Statton
Herschel Loveless
Legislative Interim Committee
Statton
Mel Synhorst
Synhorst
Trucker Blamed In Train Wreck
A coroner's jury in Bakersfield California ruled truck driver John Garrett negligent in the March 1 collision between his tanker truck and a passenger train. The crash killed 14 people including Garrett and 13 others.
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Bakersfield
Calif
C R Man Says Czechs Are Gripped by Fear
Cedar Rapids investment banker Er nest Kosek told Des Moines Rotary the Czechoslovak people live under intense fear. He described people avoiding group talk on the street and children pressured to spy on parents as Communists seek to split families and curb church attendance.
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DES Moines
UPI
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Rotary Club
Czechoslovakia
Kosek
Thestreet
Preparation for Easter Enriches Meaning, Says Chaplain
Dr. John Walker of Coe College spoke at a YMCA Lenten luncheon about Easter’s deeper meaning. He traced Lenten customs from Christian history, highlighted Lent's 40 day fasting, and noted Easter’s roots in spring symbols and early church calendars.
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John Walker
Coe College
YMCA
Walker
America
Christ
Reds Say NATO Threatens Peace
MOSCOW AP report states the Soviet government accuses NATO members of blocking world disarmament by advancing plans for an international nuclear striking force.
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Reds
NATO
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Propane Suit Against Kohl Enterprises Ends
Trial concluded Thursday in a breach of contract suit against Kohl Enterprises of Cedar Rapids and related firms. Judge Henry N. Graven will consider only the plaintiff National Propane Co’s $56,046 damage claim as a written brief phase concludes by May 31. The $22,085 counterclaim was dropped.
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Kohl Enterprises
Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Harvey M. Johnson
Eighth Federal Circuit Court
George T. Mickelson
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
Graven
Iowa
Marjorie and
Dale Wendt
Carl F. Lillo and
Stenson Brothers Inc
Regents consider 1961-63 requests for six state institutions
The board reviews 1961-63 funding needs totaling 29.03 million for six institutions led by SUI heads who seek 14.243 million for the next two years. Major projects include 1.079 million for equipment, 200 million for utilities, 1.41 million for South Hall, 1.75 million for a business college building, and 11.85 million for a social science and zoology building. President Hilton requests 10.645 million and Maucker 3.345 million from the 1961 legislature. Additional asks include 385,000 for the deaf school in Council Bluffs, 136,250 for the Braille school in Vinton, and 250,000 for the Oakdale sanatorium.
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South Hall
Business Administration College
Hilton
Maucker
Council Bluffs
Vinton
Oakdale
Named Adviser for Rockefeller Policy Role
New York AP reports Em met Hughes was named Thursday as the Rockefeller family's senior adviser on public policy and public relations.
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New York
Emmet Hughes
Rockefeller Family
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David Seibel
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Stanley Woodhouse
Wayne Krumholz
Lth Ave
Gerald Perkus
James Owens, Jr
Susan Kruesenberg
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Patrick Roe
Norway
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Knoll St
Margaret Schlagel
Pullman Hotel
Chester Goldsberry, Jr
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Frederick Wittke, Jr
James Martin
Old Marion Rd
William Wheeler
Newman's Mercantile Co
Priscila Ann Thompson
A. W. Peterson Co
Donald I. Meighan
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Rainbow
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Kep’s Refrigeration Co
Walter J
Arla M. Kubik
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Lee Weaver
LeRoy Lansing
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Bindlers Dairy
Irs
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Richard Jones
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
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M. E. Mullaley
William L. Parkin
Moody Kalell
Spahn and Rose Lumber Co. S
Ida Bigger
Urbana
Alice M. Hunter
First Christian Church
Murdoch
S. Traer — Mae Harrison
Erickson's
Manchester
Maude Graham
Shelly's
Decorah
Ida Powers
Steine’s. Elgin
Henry Holzer
Baptist Church
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S. Mt. Auburn
Chester J. Corkins
Taylor's
Center Junction
Martha K. Heiken
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Goettsch’s
Monticello
Keota
Gregory Joseph Laux
John Laux
St. Mary’s Church
Powell's
Mechanicsville
Chauncey Pieper
Horner's
Lone Tree
Melvin Main
Sorden and
Adams
Harold J
Kathryn Uhlenkopp
Travelers Indemnity Co
al Morrissey
Bear Grady
Reserve Life Insurance Co
Clarence Cooperative
Richard Meyer
Charles D. Nolan
Ronald P
Judy M. Topel
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Jack Ruggles
Third Street
Presbyterian Church
White Funeral Home
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Bulbar
Town Commerce Commission
Railway Labor Organizations
Beverly
John B. Turner & Son
W. L. Franks
Hiawatha
Staten
Krebs
Krebs Flower Shop
3Rd Ave
C.R
Arlo Jacobson
Chambers of Commerce
England
Gazette
Hancher
SUI
Seem
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