Weather, births, and notices from March 1 1856 Daily Record
Temperatures show a cool trend with mostly cloudy skies and light rain possible. March births listed in St. Luke's Loehr and Mercy Mauber families. Funeral and service notices for multiple towns including Quasqueton Elkader and Oelwein accompany legal and traffic fines and city alerts.
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St. Luke's Loehr
George
Third Street
Andrews
Central City
Martin
Willard
Route 3
Ade
Robert
Johnson Avenue
Spear
Adair
Stanwood
Iowa records six weekend traffic deaths report
Iowa toll rises with six weekend fatalities, including Audree Hatistor, Ollie Cochran, and Alyce Kennedy. Incidents occurred near Hinton Plymouth county Waterloo Sioux City Des Moines and Charles City, with victims ranging from 26 to 85 years old. The latest figures lift the year’s total to 151, reflecting a rise from the prior year.
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Intercatlougt
Sioux City
Lowa
Audree June Hatistor
Washta Ae
Ollie Cochran
Water
Huaniiton
Hinton
Plymouth County
Cochran
Waterloo
Cee
Herd Westerfield
Charles City
Parking Limits And Stop Signs Given Approval
Cedar Rapids officials approved changes to stop signs and parking limits at four locations. Police Chief William Hudina and Safety Commissioner Pune Prochaska presented the plan to the city council, which endorsed the measures.
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Cedar Rapids
Pity Commal
Pajilice
William ‘Udina
Safety Commis
Pune
KA. Prochaska
Pinpointing of Forces Planned at UN Conference
London AP reports the US will propose at a five power disarmament meeting that all nations commit to advance notice of movements by land sea and air forces. The plan would require notifying other nations before deploying bombers abroad and armored divisions to neighboring states, with specific restricted parking and traffic control measures around several avenues and streets.
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London
U.N
Eighth Avenue
Russia
NATO
A/sia
Jcharies Buresh
Poland
Hungary
Jtro
Leonard Terrace
Eastern Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Thirty Second Street
First Street
F Avenue
Hull Avenue SE
Tenth Street
Hull Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Court To Review Reds Conviction Under Smith Act
The Supreme Court agreed to review the convictions of Communist leaders Junius I Scales and Claude M Lightfoot under the Smith Act. Both men argue the membership clause is unconstitutional and that being an officer in the party does not violate law. Appeals courts upheld the verdicts, rejecting guilt by association claims.
Greeks Observe Independence Day in Cesar Rapids
Cesar Rapids residents of Greek descent observed Greek Independence Day with a Sunday service at St. John Orthodox Church. The program directed by Mia Elas Georges featured poems by students, a patriotic solo by Stavros Hadriathan, and a talk on freedom and self determination by Rev. Elias Georges. Mayor Jim Meaghan spoke and introduced his family after Toastmaster William Faches presented. Roberta Meaghan displayed slides from a Greece exchange visit in 1955. The event ended with dancing and refreshments.
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Cesar Rapids
St. John's
Mia
Elas Georges
Stavros Hadriathanussion
Elias Georges
Jim Meaghan
William 3. Faches
Roberta
Greece
Court Limits on Gulf Oil Lands Case Authorized
The U S Supreme Court allowed a suit against Louisiana to settle ownership of a large Gulf of Mexico submerged oil lands area. The United States argues Louisiana boundary extends three miles from shore, while Louisiana claims nine miles from a broader inland waters limit. Chief Justice Warren did not participate.
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Supremé Court
U.S
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Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Justice Department
Warren
Supreme Court
Trial Photos Allowed in Stinson Swindle Case
The district judge opened a conspiracy trial for Franklin County Attorney Keith J. Stinson with jury selection in a $108,000 swindle case. Photographers may shoot without flash or disruption. Dewey pled guilty to embezzlement and received five years in Fort Madison. Stinson denies charges and seeks dismissal of the federal securities transportation counts.
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Eldora
Franklin County
Keith J. Stinson
E. Prall
Prall
Stinson
George B. Dewey Bik
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
Nineteen Candidates File Signed Papers in Iowa Race
DES MOINES UP reports nineteen candidates filed signed nomination papers with the secretary of state. Among eleven incumbent state representatives are listed, with names and districts, plus one state senate hopeful, John J. O Connor of Strawberry Point. Irving Q. Long of Manchester also filed.
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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 Voigtnano
Marengo
Clark H. Meteal
Man Killed When Hit By Road Maintainer
Fairfield AP report says Glen Johnson, a farmer south of Fairfield, was killed when a Jefferson County road maintainer ran over him as it cleared stumps on Johnsons farm under county work. The accident occurred on a Jefferson Van Buren county line road. Corner Jack Raymond labeled it a traffic fatality. First Parliament TARANTA Indonesia opened by President Soekarno as deputies vacate.
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Fairfield
Glen Johnson
Jefferson County
J. E. Wilson
Johnson
Jefferson-Van Buren
Jack Raymond
Taranta
Indonesia
Soekarno
Armaments Control System Aims Global Movement Tracking
The system would relay information through three or four master centers worldwide. Officials would use these centers to plot all international movements of armed forces, similar to how a railroad controller tracks trains.
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Weranee Ang Uls Guerries
Deaths at Cedar Rapids area include several residents
Obituaries note Pauline C Hamperl widow of George Hamperl of 610 Eighth Ave SW died after brief illness born Jan 28 1874 in Iowa City. Survived by two daughters and siblings. services at St Patrick's Cedar Rapids. Also obituary for Mary McCarthy resident of Cedar Rapids who died in Alameda Calif and for Walter Berry and Frank Striet of Cedar Rapids area. George Errington and other local residents die after brief illnesses. services planned at local churches and cemeteries.
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Manchester
Fred A. Driggman
Buelly Funeral Home
Oakland
I Oelwein
Berthiel
Brant
Strawberry Point
Julia Fuehr
St. Sebald Lutheran Church
Gill Funeral Home
Matilda Hebron
Ernest Eppler
Independence
Emil van Vooren
St. John's Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Swanson Funeral Home
Iowa City
Fda Edels
Margaret Neal
St. Patrick’s Church
Lisbon
McGovern Funeral Chapel
George Hamperl
Pauline C. Hamperl
Eighth Avenue
St Patrick's Church
Stanly T. Bowers
Opal Reed
Cedar Rapids
Harbara Scandridge
Victor
Ben Niner
Homestead
St. Patrick's Church
D. J. Lenihan
St. Paul's Cemetery
Comfrey
Minn
Teahen Chapel
Msgr
Genihan
Thomas McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Alameda
Calif
Immaculate Pencentian Church
Joesph
Patricia Douglass
Long Beach
Maureen Donovan
Hayward
Imelda Rozgek
Jeanne Conley
Felicitas Conley
St. Joseph’s Church
George Errington
Metn
Floyd Manwiller
Fourteenth Avenue
Irish Ridge
Rossville
Edna Staley
Amos Stewart
Brodhead
Wis
Invitations as Promises in Dr Inglis Sermon at Union Service
Dr Ervine Inglis preached at the first of the Union Holy Week services in First Presbyterian Church, saying the New Testament invites all to come unto Him and be one flock. He urged faithfulness, truth, love, and a place in the Father’s house, stressing Jesus’s magnetism and the call to abundant life. The service is sponsored by local church groups and runs daily at 12 10 p m through Friday. Then a $780 suit over elder care was opened in Linn county district court with Evang Unzicker suing R B Rowell.
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First Presbyterian Church
Inglis
Jesus
Fandwill
First Congregational Church
Websster Groves
General Council of Congregational - Christian Churches
Leach Day
Ministerial Association
The
YMCA
Council of Churches
Linn County
Evang Unzicker
R. B. Rowell
J. E. Heiserman
Ethi
O’brien
N Street
Anna Dulin
Ellis Boulevard
Jack Ritchie
Sixth Street
James Oberbroeckling
Mt. Vernon Road
Edgar Heitz
Eighteenth Street
Robert Zamaslil
First Avenue
Wayne Deen
Maine
Joseph Cabalka
Third Street
Madelyn Ginkel
Fifth Street
Dorothy Mikesell
Eighteenth Avenue
Lloyd Larson
Prairie Drive
Geo Soukup
Avenue
William W. Crissnan
Robert E- Nelson
Man Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving In District Court
George M. Secor 45 of 1435 Park Avenue SE pleaded guilty Monday to a drunk driving charge. Sentencing set for April 7 at 10 am after he withdrew an earlier innocent plea. Separate report notes theft of a wedding ring and flashlight from the Everett Booze home in Robins during the day Saturday while family was away. Edward Du Bois died February 20 and will admitted to probate naming Madge M. Du Bois as sole heir and executrix without bond.
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George M. Secor
Park Avenue SE
Secor
Cedar Rapids
Polier
Everett Booze
Robins
Sheriff's Office
du Bois
Edward
Madge ML. du Bois
VFW Auxiliary Opens Sick-Room Equipment Drive
The VFW Auxiliary post 7881 launched a magazine subscription drive in Linn County to fund new sick-room equipment loaned to residents. Aims include quicker hospital discharge to ease crowding. Last drive netted 221.24 with 110 patients using on-hand gear. 43 physicians supported loans. Additional chairs, walkers, crutches and repairs are planned. A separate report notes a body found in the Missouri River near Salix, likely a woman, with autopsy details pending.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Irving Narber
Red Fired Lectures Amid Empty Auditoriums Across West Europe
The paper reports organized language and literature groups in West Europe along with physics faculties. since 1955 there have been 178 registered cases of students breaking socialist order rules, with some punished and 41 detained by police in the first two and a half months of this year.
Linn County Sheriff Costs Fall Below State Average in 1954
The Towa Taxpayers Association says Linn County ran its sheriff's office at about 3 cents per resident, well under the state average of 56 cents. Total Linn expenses were $39,232, with nearby counties such as Woodbury Scott Davenport, Pottawattamie, and Dubuque reporting higher totals. Statewide office costs reached $1,477,107, up 2.7 percent from 1952.
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Linn County
Towa Taxpayers Association
Linn
Towa
Polk County
Des Moines
Woodbury
Sioux City
Scott Dave
Heritage Trip Echoes High School Spirit and Jamestown Visit
Franklin Heritage group members travel from Cedar Rapids to Jamestown and Washington with lively train antics and meals aboard. Students learn local speech, rehearse for a "Wonderful Town" sequence, and plan a Potomac River cruise while sharing snacks and reading varied books.
Boy Saved From Creek Improves in Mercy Hospital
A 9 year old boy saved from Hoosiur creek by his sister Audrey Stastny 16 who performed artificial respiration is reported in good condition at Mercy hospital after being listed as critical on admission. The rescue occurred Saturday afternoon as the boy played near his home. Channel 9 airs TOPPER starring Leo G Carroll with ghostly friends at 6 30 p.m.
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Douglas Slasing
Laverne Havlik
Hoosiur Creek
Audrey Stastny
Topper
Leo G. Carroll
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