Fire damages Bremer building offices and store areas
Fire broke out on the second floor and spread through false ceilings to the street level store. Early flames concentrated in the store office and a mezzanine above the first floor. Firemen cited the false ceiling material as hindering firefighting efforts while the third floor remained unoccupied. The building rear is a single story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dolezal
Dolezal
Mercy Hospital
Bremer
Campus
Carl Haberman
Coralville
Bremer’s
Heavy Snow Strikes Maryland and West Virginia
Weather blanketing Eastern regions with heavy snow, up to ten inches overnight in Clarksburg West Virginia and surrounding areas. The storm disrupted travel and blanketed roads and neighborhoods across Maryland and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Elkins
Deaths Chester Spencer longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Chester Spencer 70 of 420 Nineteenth Street NE died Thursday after a sudden illness. World War I veteran born Sept. 4 1892 in Stark Kansas he married Frances VanDuzer in Cedar Rapids July 27 1918. Survived by wife a daughter and two grandchildren. a son Forest preceded in 1961. Burial at Linwood with military rites. Funeral at Beatty Bearle Saturday at 1 50 p m Religious and fraternal memberships listed. Contributions suggested to Central Park Church building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Weatherwax
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Michigan
Evelyn Grace
George Traub
Charles Day
Clayton Markham
Calvin Markham
Donald Markham
Raymond
Mabel Simpson
Chadima Ice Co
National Oats Co
The
Pickwick Co
Brady Mortuary
Mary A. White
Cedar Memorial
Chester P. “‘Curley
Spencer
Nineteenth Street
Stark
Kansas
Frances VanDuzer
Roosevelt Garage
Raymond Balfour
Deerfield
Forest
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Mt. Herman Lodge
Iowa
el Kabir Shrine
IOOF
Hanford Post
American Legion
Beatty-Bearle
Allen S. van Cleve
Linwood
Central Park Church Building Fund
Funeral Notices For Leonard Lena Turner Effie Turner And Others
Obituaries list multiple funeral arrangements with chapels and burial sites. Leonard Lena Turner with burial at Linwood, Effie Evanell Turner burial Cedar Memorial, J Harold Turner with Linwood burial, Rose Haberle grave side at Oak Hill, James H Franks at Kuba Funeral Home with Oak Hill burial, and military graveside services by Hanford Post. Services led by Reverends A T Washoe D A Loferski Earl Osnes and John P Woods. Casket not opened after service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Lena — Turner
Earl Osnes
Linwood
Manwiller
Effie Fevanell Turner
A. T. Washoe
Cedar Memorial
Horan
J. Harold
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Haberle
Rose Baker
Oak Hill
John P. Woods
Turner
Land Grab Debate Over Raccoon River Development
During a senate discussion Sen. Doran frames a land seizure as the aim to force sale for a recreation dam on the Raccoon near Panora that would flood Morrison property. Proponents claim private enterprise and public recreation would grow with no state cost. Sponsored by Sen. Harry Cowden the bill passed 33 to 17 on Feb 20 and awaits House action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
State Highway Commission
State Tax Commission
Iowa City
Department of Agriculture
Iowa State Seed Laboratory
Panora
Morrison
Iowa
Harry Cowden
Rguthrie Center
House
Cowden
Hultman
Biography of Admiral Nimitz on KCRG TV 9
Friday night at 9 30 a biography profile highlights the career of Admiral Chester Nimitz, detailing his leadership during major Pacific campaigns and his enduring impact on U S naval history. The program combines archival footage with expert commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Nimitz
Kcrg-Tv
TFX Hearings Turn Into Heated Senate Exchange
The hearing room saw sharp exchanges as subcommittee members pressed Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric and McNamara over an air force memorandum and alleged witness abuse. Alderman rejects charges as harassment while McClellan warns of a possible cease and desist to end the row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Alderman
Alderman
Defense Department
Senate
McClellan
Subcommittee
Gilpatric
McNamara
Pentagon
Air Force
Mundt
General Dynamics
Chavath, Swaine & Moore
New York
Iowans Content With State Apportionment Says Iowa
Des Moines Iowa Fri contends vast majority of citizens are content with current legislative seat distribution in a 14 page brief replying to a federal suit by the Iowa Federation of Labor. Gov't brief argues the union failed to show harm and seeks dismissal while noting that population area and minority rights must shape apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Labor
Evan L. Hultman
Wilbur N. Bump
Union
Federal Court
Supreme Court
Mechanicville Pushes Distressed Area Bid For Paving
Iowa lawmakers signaled support Friday for a distressed area designation for Mechanicsville to restart a $270000 street paving program halted after pavement removal. Governor Hughes weighing the designation as Senate and House committees back a bill legalizing a road contract tied to the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Harold Hughes
Cedar County
Phil Sorenson
Hughes
Mechanicsville
Senate Judiciary Committee
Iowa Road Building Co
Fairmont
Minn
Jack Schroeder
Davenport
House Judiciary Committee
Earl Elijah
Clarence
House Committee
Schroeder
Japan protests French Algeria nuclear test blast
Japan protested to the French government over a nuclear test explosion reportedly carried out in the Sahara desert of Algeria on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Sahara Desert
Algeria
Own the Home Now That You Need Now
Classified brief notes a want ad urging readers to own a home immediately. Mentions immediate need and available classification 50. No specific persons organizations or dates are provided in readable text.
Will of Howard Helscher Filed in Probate Court
The will of Howard B. Helscher former Iowa highway commissioner and Cedar Rapids realtor who died February 27 has been filed in probate court naming his wife Gladyce as executor and heir. An inventory of his estate has not yet been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Jones
Cedar Rapids
The
Merchants National Bank
St. Matthew's Parish
St. Mary’s Orphanage
Dubuque
Catholic Charities of
Knights of Columbus of
Mary Cassidy
Agnus Murray
William MaeClennan
Fulton Sheen
New York
Francis Cassidy
St. Vincent de Paul Society of
Father Flanagan
Passionist Missionaries
Union City
N. J
Trinity Missions
Silver Spring
Sunshine Mission
Children’s Home of
Loras College
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of
Gertrude O. Koach
Edward
Clyde W. Hawkins
Cora
William G. Fieseler
Lois
Howard L. Manville
Ida
John
Mary L. Bowman
Carl
Kathryn B. Ball
Howard B. Helscher
Iowa Highway Commission
Gladyce
C R Man Faces Second Drunk Driving Charge
James E. Ream, 63, of Sixth Street Road SW, charged Friday with second offense drunk driving after his car struck the curb several times at Sixth Street and Nineteenth Avenue SW. His previous conviction was December 13, 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ream
Sixth Street Road
Sixth Street
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Heirs Named in Estate Notation
Poirt Ella Farber Glenn Tunks and Martha Sawyer were named heirs in the settlement.
Girl, 9, Burned As Gas Ignites
Diane Kostka, 9, daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Kostka, suffered minor burns when a cup of gasoline spilled on a stove pilot light and burst into flame. Fire confined the damage to the stove top as she cared for three younger siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Kostka
Norman Kostka
Eighth Avenue SW
Mercy Hospital
Diane
Kostka
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Daily Record
Bismarck
Minnapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
Pew
Omaha
Hapagees
Phoenix
Seattle
Trtsress
Fairbanks
C.R. Weather
Municipal
Legislature House
General
Board of Regents
General Fund
State Department of Public Instruction
State Printing Board
Industrial Commissioner
Industrial Commission
Cerro Gordo County
Mental Health Center
North
Michael Daly
J Street
Frank Roskop
E Avenue NW
Dean Patten
Kesler Road
Mark Corrigan
B Avenue NW
Paul Brawner
Fifteenth Street
William Hamilton
Washington Avenue
Clifford McDaniel
Ellis Road
St. Luke's
Charles Gaul
Seventh Avenue
Robert Palmer
Thirty-second Street
Thomas Stonebarger
Avenue
Kalid Igram
Igram
Hassan Igram
First Avenue NW
Mound, Minn
John P. Kyhl
Kyhl
R. F. Tecklenburg
Thirty-first Street
Anneliese R. LaGrange
Harvey E. LaGrange
Vernon
Redbud Road
Brookland Drive
First Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Ronald McVey
Lewellen Drive
Ehrhardt Beckman
Indian Road
Ella Sparrowgrove
Marengo
James Benton
Joseph Shore
Magnus Hotel
Howard Dodge
Council Street
Frank Wall
Twenty-fourth Street
Vernon I .aKose
Fifth Street
James Koch
Twenty-seventh Street
Murray Drake
Jon Knight
Fayette
Charles Scholl
Ridgeway Drive
William Moore
Anamosa
Darrel Goodman
Allison Hostel
James Taylor
Alice B. Brown
William Elgas
Waukon
Charles Sickmeier
Zion Reformed Church
Martin’s
Dundee
Earnest W. Puffett
Shelly’s
Manchester
West Branch
lInger Jensen
Bethany Lutheran Church
Barker’s
Hayden’s. Oxford Junction
LaVerne Hanwardson Barrett
San Diego
Calif
Victor — Rose Herzberg
McAninch’s. Center Point
Eldon Dennison
First Christian Church
Murdoch’s. Garnaville
Waldamore Koehner
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Tuecke
Msor
Tarrant
YMCA
Daniel J. Tarrant
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men
World Council of Churches
Vatican Ecumenical Conference
Msgr. Tarrant
Jesus
Msgr
Christ
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Chester Spencer
Doran
Raccoon River
First Assembly OF God Church
Oakland Road
N.E
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Fred R. Gottwald
Boeing
Cleo D. Mayfield
James
Delbert Kurtz
Royale Ballroom
Sophie Gibson
van Buskirk, Inc
Tip Top Distributing Co
Tom Kacere
Harold A. Jones
Elsie
Joseph A. Walsh
Edith
Afrodite Patromanis
Mike
Alice Jones
Lulu Jane Holmberg
Leonard Jones
Lewellen
Florist
Howard Helscher
C. R. Man
Third Street
18Th St. S.W
Daily Delivery
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Turner’s
B. Turner
Ave
S.E
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