Iowa Weather and Birth Notices From Daily Record March 26 1956
The Daily Record reports Iowa forecast mostly cloudy with light rain possible on Tuesday and a cooler trend through Tuesday with highs 38 to 46 degrees and 48 to 58 degrees in the southwest. It lists numerous city temperatures for Sunday and upcoming days, barometer at noon, sunrise and sunset times, and a long roll of birth announcements across multiple towns including LaCrosse Lansing Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and more with March 25 and 24 dates.
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Iowa
Divorce Petition Names Hazel Miller and Charles Miller
Bertha A. Smith files a divorce petition against Charles R. Miller while Hazel G. Miller sues Frederick S. Smith in separate petitions. The notices reference contested marriages and requests relief through court action.
Fire and alarm calls sweep city Sunday and Monday
Multiple alarms report across neighborhoods with details of fires and still alarms. Incidents include an overheated blower motor at 140 Sixteenth Avenue SW with general alarm at 2:04 a.m. Sunday and grass fires on Wildwood Court and Twenty-ninth Street NE, and 4900 Louisa Street NE. A cigarette awning fire at 1102 Third Street SE produced a still alarm at 8:02 p.m. Sunday. Chimney fire on Vin ton Road NW recorded as still alarm at 12:10 a.m. Monday, and an overheated washing machine motor at 1602 C Avenue NE with general alarm at 10:04 a.m. Monday.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Wildwood Court
Twenty-ninth Street
Louisa Street
Third Street
Vinton Road
C Avenue
Local Traffic Fines Listing for Several City Drivers
Reckless driving applies to Dean Johnson at 1606 Thirty-fourth Street NE with a $100 fine plus costs. Illegal turn fined Frank Brejcha of 1310 Burch Avenue NW with $5 and costs. Leaving accident scene fines Fred McGrath $100 and costs. Roy Williams from Hopkinton fined $25 plus costs for failure to yield at a stop. Speeding penalties involve Thomas Fitzpatrick of Hiawatha and Roger LeGrande at 1923 Higley Avenue SE with $15 and costs, and Otto Tollefson at 2501 Wisconsin Street SW with $25 and costs. Further entry truncated for car under control.
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Dean Johnson
Thirty-fourth Street
Frank Brejcha
Burch Avenue
Fred McGrath
Roy Williams
Hopkinton
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Hiawatha
Roger LeGrande
Higley Avenue
Otto Tollefson
Wisconsin Street
Court To Review Reds Conviction Under Smith Act
The Supreme Court agreed to review the Smith Act conviction of Communist leaders Junius Scales and Claude Lightfoot. Scales, 35, and Lightfoot, executive secretary of Illinois, received six and five years respectively. The cases hinge on whether membership alone violates the act, despite arguments the act targets overt actions.
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Smith
Washington
Supreme Court
Junius Irving Scales
Claude M. Lightfoot
Scales
Carolinas
Tennessee
Lightfoot
Illinois
Greeks Observe Independence Day at St John’s church
Cedar Rapids residents of Greek descent marked Greek Independence Day with a St John’s Hellenic Orthodox Church program directed by Mrs. Elias Georges. The event featured poems by students, a patriotic solo by Stavros Had jiathanassiou, a talk by Rev. Elias Georges, remarks by Mayor Jim Meaghan, and a slide presentation by his daughter Roberta about her 1955 Greece exchange. The program ended with dancing and refreshments.
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Cedar Rapids
St. John’s
Elias Georges
Stavros Hadjiathanassiou
Jim Meaghan
William G. Faches
Roberta
Greece
Iowa Records Six Weekend Traffic Deaths
Six weekend traffic deaths in Iowa, raising the 1956 toll to 148, with three in the Sioux City area. Audree June Hamilton, 27, of Washta, died when her car left a Plymouth county road east of Hinton. Ollie Cochran, 45, of Waterloo, was killed after being thrown from his car on a country road south of Waterloo, with the vehicle crashing into a tree. Bert Westerfield, 85, of Sioux City, died from injuries after a prior hit-and-run in Sioux City. Donald Gale, 27, of Akron, died when his car crashed north of Sioux City, Alyce Darlene Kennedy, 30, of Des Moines, killed when her husband’s car rear-ended a parked truck on a Des Moines street. Dean L. Hamilton, 26, of Charles City, killed when struck along highway 18 near Charles City after his pickup left a ditch.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Audree June Hamilton
Washta
Ollie Cochran
Waterloo
Miss Hamilton
Hinton
Plymouth County
Cochran
Bert Westerfield
Donald Gale
Akron
Highway 12
Alyce Darlene Kennedy
Des Moines
Kennedys
Dean L. Hamilton
Charles City
Highway 18
Court Authorizes Suit on Oil Lands
The U S. Supreme Court granted permission to sue Louisiana over ownership of oil rich submerged lands in the Gulf of Mexico. The United States argues Louisiana’s boundary extends three miles from shore, while Louisiana claims nine miles from an extended line. Chief Justice Warren did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Justice Department
Warren
Trial Permits News Photos in Stinson Conspiracy Case
The Stinson conspiracy trial opened before District Judge S E Prall with jury selection for a 108000 swindle case. News photographers may shoot without flash or disruption. Stinson accused of helping Dewey defraud Grace Potter Miller, a widow from Ackley. Dewey pled guilty to embezzlement and received five years in Fort Madison prison. Stinson denies charges and seeks dismissal. pleads innocent to related federal securities transportation charges.
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Eldora
Franklin County
Keith J. Stinson
S. E. Prall
Prall
Stinson
George B. Dewey Bilk
Grace ‘Potter Miller
Ackley
Dewey
Fort Madison
Nineteen Candidates File Signed Papers
DES MOINES UP Eleven incumbent state representatives were among the 19 candidates for public office who returned signed nomination papers Monday to the secretary of state's office. One candidate for state senator was among the men who returned papers. He is John J. O Connor for Strawberry Point a Democrat. The incumbent representatives were George L. Paul R Brook lyn, William D. Dillon R Columbus Junction, Fred Voigt smann R Marengo, Clark H. Mc Neal R Belmond, Andrew G. Frommelt D Dubuque, Charles F. Coverdale R Clinton, Robert B. Carson R Independence, W R Christiansen R Northwood, Henry C. Nelson R Forest City, Roscoe L. Pollock R Douds, and Floyd Hatch R Edgewood. Among the other men seeking suffice who filed papers was Irving Long a Manchester Repuli can.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
John J. O'Connor
Strawberry Point
George L. Paul
Brooklyn
William D. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Fred Voigtsmann
Marengo
Clark H. Mc‘Neal
Belmond
Andrew G. Frommelt
Dubuque
Charles F. Coverdale
Clinton
Robert B. Carson
Independence
W R. Christiansen
Northwood
Henry C. Nelson
Forest City
Roscoe L. Pollock
Douds
Floyd Hatch
Edgewood
Irving Long
Manchester Repulican
Man Killed When Hit By Road Maintainer
Fairfield AP Glen Johnson, a farmer south of Fairfield, died Monday after a Jefferson county road maintainer ran him over. The machine, operated by county employee J H Wilson, had been removing stumps on Johnsons farm under a county arrangement. The accident occurred on a road at the Jefferson Van Buren county line. corner Jack Raymond said it would count as a traffic fatality.
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Fairfield
Glen Johnson
Jefferson County
J. H. Wilson
Johnson
Jefferson-Van Buren
Jack Raymond
Indonesia Opens First Elected Parliament in Jakarta
President Soekarno opened Indonesia's first elected parliament in Jakarta as 217 of the 260 deputies attended the session marking a historic milestone for the nation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Soekarno
Parking Limits And Stop Signs Given Approval
Cedar Rapids city council approved changes recommended by Police Chief William Kudrna and Safety Commissioner E A Prochaska. New rules include 15 minute parking on the south side of Eighth avenue SE east of Sixteenth street 8 am to 9 pm daily except holidays for Charles Buresh grocery. Limited parking on Leonard Terrace and Eastern Avenue NE 3100 block to 32nd street and on west side of 32nd Street NE from G to Eastern Avenue. 15 minute parking on west side of First Street NW from E to F avenues 8 am to 5 pm daily except Sundays and holidays. A proposed stop sign at Hull Avenue SE on Tenth Street was denied but signs to stop Hull Avenue traffic on Tenth Street and to stop Tenth Street traffic for Seventeenth Avenue SE were approved.
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Cedar Rapids
William Kudrna
E. A. Prochaska
Eighth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Charles Buresh Grocery
Leonard Terrace
Eastern Avenue
3100
Thirty-second Street
Thirty Second Street
First Street
F Avenue
Hull Avenue SE
Tenth Street
Hull Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Deaths Pauline Hamperl widow of George Hamperl
Pauline C Hamperl widow of George Hamperl of 810 Eighth avenue SW died at 3 am after a brief illness Born in Iowa City January 28 1874 she was affiliated with St Patrick s church Survived by two daughters Mrs Stanly T Bowers and Mrs Opal Reed of Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Barbara Scandridge of Victor a brother Ben Niner of Homestead two grandchildren and five great grandchildren Her husband died February 11 1946 Services will be at St Patrick s church Tuesday at 9 am conducted by Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan Burial Thursday at St Paul s cemetery Comfrey Minn Friends may call at Teahen chapel where Msgr Lenihan will recite the Rosary at 7 30 pm Monday
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Pauline C. Hamperl
George Hamperl
Eighth Avenue
Iowa City
St. Patrick’s Church
Stanly T. Bowers
Opal Reed
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Scandridge
Victor
Ben Niner
Homestead
D. J. Lenihan
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Comfrey
Minn
Teahen Chapel
Msgr. Lenihan
Mary McCarthy Widow of Thomas McCarthy Dies in Alameda
Mary McCarthy a Cedar Rapids widow before moving to Alameda California died Sunday after a brief illness Surviving are a son Joseph of Alameda four granddaughters Patricia Douglass Long Beach Maureen Donovan Hayward Imelda Rozek Jeanne Conley of Cedar Rapids four great grandchildren and several brothers and sisters In addition to her husband a daughter Felicitas Conley preceded her in death Services will be conducted Wednesday morning in St Josephs church in Alameda
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Mary McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy
Cedar Rapids
Alameda
Calif
Immaculate On Church
Joesph
Patricia Douglass
Long Beach
Maureen Donovan
Hayward
Imelda Rozek
Jeanne Conley
Felicitas Conley
St. Joseph’s Church
Walter B Berry 59 Dies in Conrad Indiana
Walter B Berry of Cedar Rapids formerly of the area died in Conrad Indiana from a heart ailment. He operated a hardware and plumbing business at Conrad. Survived by wife Hazel daughter Zelda Shaw sister Pearl Bailey brother J F Berry. Services set for 10 a m Tuesday in Conrad and 2 30 p m at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. Memorial donations suggested to a church.
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Walter B. Berry
Cedar Rapids
Conrad
Berry
Hazel
Zelda Shaw
Pearl Bailey
Vinton
J. F. Berry
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Death of Cedar Rapids Resident Frank M. Strief
Frank M. Strief of Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness at 1:05 a.m. Sunday. Born April 16, 1885 in Dubuque, he is survived by his wife BerNice, stepson Kenneth Harrod, stepdaughter Genevieve McBowen, and one granddaughter. Beatty Bearle funeral home to hold services at 11 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. Frank H. Ward. burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m.
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Frank M. Strief
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Bernice
Kenneth Harrod
Genevieve McBowen
Beatty-Bearle
George Errington 86 Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
George Errington aged 86 of MclIn tire died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 50 p m Sunday after ten days illness He was born March 1 1870 in Irish Ridge Rossville Mrs Edna Staley of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Amos Stewart of Brodhead Wis are among his survivors Eight grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren The body was moved from Janebas funeral home to Meelintire for services and burial
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George Errington
MclIntire
Floyd Manwiller
Fourteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Irish Ridge
Rossville
Edna Staley
Amos Stewart
Brodhead
Wis
Janeba
MeelIntire
Services set for Mrs. William C. Smith in Turner chapel
Former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Chicago and is to receive services at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday led by Rev Milo Filipi of Czech Evangelical and Reformed church Burial planned at Oak Shade cemetery in Marion Friends may call at the chapel
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William C. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Turner Chapel
Milo Filipi
Czech Evangelical and Reformed Church
Oak Shade
Marion
Services for Joseph F Fikejs at Kuba funeral home
Services for Joseph Fikejs of 1607 L Street SW, who died Saturday, will be held at Kuba Funeral Home at 2:30 PM Tuesday with Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk officiating. Burial follows at Czech national cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Joseph F. Fikejs
L Street
Kuba
Zdenek F. Pauk
Czech Piationel
Pinpointing of Forces Asked at UN Disarmament Talks
The United States proposed at the five power disarmament conference that nations commit to advance notice of international force movements by land sea and air units. The plan would require the U S to notify Russia before bomber deployments to NATO airfields and Russia to notify before moving armored divisions to Poland or Hungary. Submarine movements would also be reported. Notifications would route through global master centers enabling real time movement plotting.
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London
U.S
U.N
Russia
NATO
Poland
Hungary
Best of Promises Are Invitations Dr Inglis Claims
Dr Ervine Inglis spoke at the first Union Holy Week service at First Presbyterian church on inviting promises from the New Testament. He urged that come unto me invitation covers all people and urges unity in a single flock under Christ. He cited truths on freedom, treating others, loving enemies, and preparing many mansions in his father’s house, urging the call to abundant life and goodwill fellowship.
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Ervine Inglis
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Inglis
Inglis
Jesus
Christ
First Congregational Church
Webster Groves
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
Ministerial Association
The
YMCA
Council of Churches
VFW Auxiliary Launches Sick-Room Equipment Drive
The VFW post 788 auxiliary started a magazine subscription drive in Linn county to raise funds for loaning sick-room equipment to residents. Proceeds from prior drives totaled 224.24, enabling 110 patients to use on-hand gear. loans are made on physician recommendations with plans for collapsible wheelchairs crutches and a walker.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Irving Narber
Red Fired- Continued from Page 1
The article notes teachers lectured in nearly empty auditoriums and highlights Western European language and literature faculties being unusually organized, followed by physics. Since 1955, 176 students violated Socialist order rules, with 41 detained by police in the first two and a half months of the current year.
Linn county sheriff costs fall below state average in 1954
Iowa Taxpayers Association reports Linn county sheriff's office per capita cost at about 39 cents versus 56 cents statewide. Total Linn expenses were 39,232 while other counties like Polk Woodbury Scott Pottawattamie and Dubuque posted higher totals despite smaller populations. All county office costs rose 2.7 percent to 1,477,107 since 1952.
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Linn County
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Linn
Iowa
Polk County
Des Moines
Woodbury
Sioux City
Scott
Davenport
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Black Hawk
Trial of 780 Dollar Suit Opened in Linn County Court
A Linn county district jury opened hearing Monday on Evane Unzicker's $780 claim against R. B. Rowell for care of the defendant's aged mother from July to December 1954. Unzicker had reduced her original $1,170 demand to the lesser amount. Jury list and attorneys are named.
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Linn County
Evane Unzicker
R. B. Rowell
J. E.heisermans
Ethe ‘O’brien
N Street
Anna Dulin
Ellis Boulevard
Jack Ritchie
Sixth Street
James Oberbroeckling
Mt. Vernon
Edgar Heitz
Eighteenth Street
Robert Zamastil
First Avenue
Wayne Deen
Maine Township
Joseph Cabalka
Third Street
Madelyn Ginkel
Fifth Street
Dorothy Mikesell
Eighteenth Avenue
Lloyd Larson
Prairie Drive
Leo Soukup
Eaveriue
William W. Crissman
Robert C. Nelson
Man Pleads Guilty In Drunk Driving Case
George M. Secor, 45, of 1635 Park Avenue SE, entered a guilty plea in district court on a drunken driving charge. Sentencing is scheduled for April 7 at 10 a.m. The Cedar Rapids man had pled innocent at arraignment but withdrew the plea Monday after arrest on January 27.
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George M. Secor
Park Avenue SE
Theft reported at Robins home in Everett Booze estate
A theft occurred at the Everett Booze residence in Robins on Saturday. A $55 wedding ring and a flashlight were taken while the family was away and doors were unlocked, police said. The incident was reported to the sheriff's office on Sunday.
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Everett Booze
Robins
Sheriff's Office
Will of Edward L. Du Bois Admitted to Probate
Edward L. Du Bois died February 29 and his will was admitted to probate in district court on Monday. The document names his wife Madge M. Du Bois as sole heir and executrix without bond.
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Edward L. du Bois
Madge M. du Bois
Body Found in Missouri River West of Salix
A decomposed female body, found in the Missouri River about five miles west of Salix, was recovered by a hunter. Woodbury County Coroner Thomas Cobden noted bone measurements to confirm gender while a brassiere and slip suggested a woman. The skeleton, reportedly in water all winter, had missing hands and a broken arm with a skull fracture. No missing person match appeared in local police records.
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Sioux City
Missouri
Salix Sunday
Woodbury County
Thomas Cobden
Coriden
Joe Marshall
Whiting
Heritage class trains toward Jamestown and Williamsburg
A Franklin Heritage class travel party of 30 girls and 13 boys rode from Cedar Rapids to Jamestown via a 28 hour train trip. They toured Williamsburg and Yorktown then sailed the Potomac, with meals, reading, and dances filling the journey as they bonded and planned future performances.
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Williamsburg
Jamestown
America
Cedar Rapids
Franklin
Kristin Miller
Sinclair Lewis
Richard C. Ehuback
Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk Resigns as Premier
Paris AP reports Prince Norodom Sihanouk has resigned as Cambodia's premier, ending his tenure and prompting questions about the nation's political direction and leadership transition.
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Paris
Monday
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
The Trigger Finger Clue TV Feature
The Trigger-Finger Clue debuts on Monday at 7 00 p m on Channel 9 as part of TV READER S DIGEST schedule highlights.
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TV Reader’s Digest
Channel 9
Condition of Boy Saved From Creek Is Improved
A five year old Ely boy saved from drowning in a creek by his sister on Saturday showed improvement by Monday noon at Mercy hospital. Douglas Stastny, son of Laverne Havlik, had been listed in critical condition after admission but hospital officials report he is now in good condition. Audrey Stastny, 16, pulled him from Hoosier Creek and administered artificial respiration until two Ely men arrived to assist.
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Ely
Mercy Hospital
Douglas Stastny
Laverne Havlik
I Hoosier Creek
Audrey Stastny
Topper on Channel 9 with Leo G Car roll and ghost friends
Leo G Car roll stars in Topper joined by a quirky spectral cast on Channel 9 Monday at 6 30 pm. The spooky comedy promises light chills and humorous hauntings as a late afternoon crowd tunes in.
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Topper
Leo G. Carroll
Channel 9
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