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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1955
Page
2
Sunday high 35 low 18 with most of the state mild through midweek. Record shows river gauges and city temps, plus a near 0.87 inch March total and several law court cautions. Local births, deaths, services and traffic penalties listed with names and addresses.
The Traffic bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce reports a new motor freight rate increase. It raises charges 20 percent for shipments under 2,000 pounds and seven percent for 2,000 to 5,000 pounds with a $3 minimum. The rate covers routes within Iowa Missouri Illinois Michigan Indiana Ohio western Pennsylvania western New York Kentucky and West Virginia and becomes effective April 15, replacing a former $1.50 per shipment surcharge.
The American Cancer Society reports scientists are developing methods to destroy brain tumors with atomic blasts that spare healthy brain tissue. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School are working on the approach, with extensive tests needed before any patients are treated.
Washington Senator Mansfield D Montana urged an end to crisis diplomacy and called for stronger U S focus on Japan. He said Japan, with 90 million people in the Western Pacific, has been virtually unnoticed by the administration, a factor in war or peace in the Far East.
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Public Roads estimates Iowa must spend 2.487 billion dollars on highway construction through 1964. Most funds cover rural roads with 220 million for urban routes. The interstate system accounts for 275 million in Iowa, while total federal aid roads rise to 1.961 billion.
Street notes show multiple city improvements with specific segments on Knoll street Thirtieth street Fourteenth avenue Twenty-eighth street Memorial drive Wiley Crescent and more. Additional alleys and avenues from J street to Rockford road are described with measured extents and endpoints.
Harold A. Dozois 59 of 616 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 1 30 a m Sunday after a brief illness. Born in Chicago February 4 1896 he was a World War I veteran and telegrapher for Lamson Brothers. Surviving are his wife Bertha Holtz Dozois a son Charles Tulsa a daughter Mrs Glen Danielson Chicago three brothers William Roy and Clyde and a sister Mrs Joseph Nasca all of Chicago. Services Tuesday at 1 30 p m in Barta Hesser chapel with Rev Jack Oliver. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
David Lee Kennedy infant son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Kennedy died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7:55 p m Sunday Surviving are the parents a sister Susan Marie Kennedy a brother Michael Kennedy a grandmother Maybelle Readings and a grandfather Thomas A Kennedy both Cedar Rapids Services were held at St Stephen s Lutheran church at 2 30 p m Monday by Rev N L Wogen Burial followed at Cedar Memorial cemetery
Word was received of the death of Charles H. Keefer of North Liberty at University hospitals Iowa City on Saturday. He once worked for the Cedar Rapids waterworks and was a Cedar Rapids resident. Survived by three daughters four sisters twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends may call at the HohenSchuh funeral home in Iowa City. Burial will be at Solon at 2 p.m.
Lawrence McCeney Jones III five died March 20 at Walter Reed Hospital from cancer. He was son of Captain Lawrence Jones II and Janis Owens and grandson of Col. Lawrence Jones. Survived by a four year old brother Douglas.
Senator Johnson of Texas voiced optimism that Republican and Democratic leaders will reach a peace program during White House conferences this week. He warned Democrats oppose a war party or appeasement and noted President Eisenhower is not joining any war party.
Eldora officials search for three teenage boys who escaped the training school Sunday night. The 15, 16 and 17 year olds, from Des Moines Waterloo and Dubuque, climbed a transom at a cottage to flee.
Des Moines reports lawmakers wrangled over a bill to grant extra length permits for auto transporters increasing limits from 45 feet to potential two feet longer. Debates on use tax measures were sent back to committee while funds were proposed for Wayne county’s Allerton reservoir and a new 4-H FFA building at the State Fair. Rep Tate failed to push a temporary fifth cent gasoline tax reform as Thompson objected to further deferral. The Good Roads Association shifts stance from seven to six cents per gallon.
Edward Sobieszky of route 4 and Billy Graves of 613 Seventh Street SE were fined $50 and costs for reckless driving by Municipal Judge Charles Benesh. Neither attended court. an attorney entered guilty pleas. Police clocked both at 50 mph, with three stop-sign violations.
A petition for water main extensions on Weing Road Cold Stream Avenue and Circle Drive NE was filed with the Cedar Rapids city council and referred to Water Works Supt. George Lee for analysis. The delegation of about 10 people urged the plan, which gathered 43 signatures and 80 percent of assessable property on record. Supt. Lee will notify residents when the matter is ready for council discussion. In a separate action, council authorized steps to extend service from West Wood Drive NW to E Avenue with 75 percent signers backing the project, reaching 600 feet east of Edgewood Road.
Dean Richard B. Hudson of Coe College is named to Iowa's 22 member advisory committee on teacher education and certification. The group aims to secure broad consideration of proposed standards before adoption, with its first meeting April 11 and 12 in Des Moines.
Washington reports the House will enforce stricter gallery conduct with a new badge system and a list of dos and donts. Visitors may not smoke applaud read take notes photograph or drape gear on railings and must avoid leaning on the rail.
A blaze in an East Chicago apartment building killed mother Mrs. Sylvester Battle, 20, and her children James 4 Sylvester Jr 3 and Shirley Ann 1. Newborn baby, delivered two weeks earlier, remains in hospital.
In Linn County district court on Monday two men and one woman faced fines after guilty pleas on drunk driving charges. Daniel E Geinapp 28 near Waterloo paid 500 dollars and costs under a paid plan after a second offense ruling. Harold W Conrad 42 of Marion area was fined 300 dollars and costs with 50 dollars down and 50 dollar monthly installments. Mrs Orville K Koppess 42 of Marion was fined 300 dollars and costs after an erratic driving arrest in Marion by Officer Cayler. Dufault 49 of Marion entered an innocent plea after a Saturday Cedar Rapids arrest.
A hearing on Edward Allen Lee’s motion for a new trial will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. before Judge J. E. Heiserman. If denied, Lee faces sentencing Tuesday for the Oct. 2 death of Thomas Kehne.
The will of Mary E. Thornton, who died March 17, was admitted to probate Monday in district court. It leaves the estate in equal shares to three children Rolla J. Thornton Lena S. Stanard and Mary L. Frederikson. Merchants National Bank was appointed administrator with a $1,000 bond.
The First National Bank of Marion won a judgment of 1042.70 against Arnold H. Ross and his guardian Paul V. Wilson in a promissory note case. Judge J. E. Heiserman entered the judgment.
Amos C. Booth of Linn County filed a $350 auto damage suit against Seaton Moon of Black Hawk County. The action stems from a collision in Hiawatha on February 28, per Booth's petition.
Two Republican senators Aiken and Hickenlooper say Democrats seek to embarrass President Eisenhower by moving through pay raise bills. They note a 10 percent boost for 1.5 million postal and government workers, while administration aides push 7.6 and 6 percent increases for other workers. Eisenhower hints he will veto larger raises due to the budget deficit. The next step lies with the House after a 7.6 percent postal raise failed on the floor.
A brief note states General Bernardo Oe, credited with liberating Chile from Spain, was the son of an Irishman. The line links a colonial independence figure to Irish ancestry, reflecting global ties in historical records.
A Cedar Rapids petition from the Retired Men's bureau of the Chamber of Commerce urges placing a large granite boulder in Greene Square to memorialize Judge George Greene as Cedar Rapids marks its 100th anniversary in 1956. Parks Commissioner Jones says the park department lacks authority and referred the matter to the City Plan Commission committee for study and recommendation.
Mrs. Walter Fox of 1013 Twelfth Street NE underwent surgery at St Luke’s Hospital Saturday. Visitors welcome. Dr Hoyt Thomas, Chiropractor, Iowa Theater Building. Parents Meet at St Ludmila’s Home and School Association Wednesday at 8 p.m. Speaker Dr Walter M Block. Lenten Luncheon Rev E W G Worrall to speak Tuesday noon at Grace Episcopal Church. luncheon served before and after. Pancake supper March 29 at St James Methodist, 4 30 to 8 p.m. 50c. Fine Arts Festival luncheon April 4 at the Woman’s Club 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reservations through members. Jaycee built Mobile Playground feature in Journal of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation April issue by Nevin Nichols. $8 50 for new 9 by 12 linoleum rugs. Smulekoff’s Used Furniture Annex. Canopus speaker Dick McIntyre of General Electric at Cedar Rapids Canopus Club luncheon Tuesday noon at Montrose Hotel. Cub Pack 26 awards at Van Buren School: Bobby Mason etc. Health weight products ads. Bennett appointed advisory member of state legislation in United States Savings and Loan League from Cedar Rapids Perpetual Savings and Loan. Announcement made in Los Angeles by J Howard Edgerton.
Engineer M A Hall told Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board that no land surveys check perfectly due to curved longitude lines. He noted correction lines are needed, cited examples near Iowa City and Independence, and praised Cedar Rapids City Plan Commission for its work though warning against changing old basic points.
Paratroopers loyal to Ngo Dinh Diem took Saigon’s police prefecture in a bloodless blitz against the Binh Xuyen, Cao Dai, and Hoa Hao groups. Rebels retreated without resistance as tanks rolled in, fracturing the united front of Indo-Chinese sects amid internal clashes and a crackdown by the American-backed premier.
Rep. Price of Illinois called on the White House to withdraw Allen Whitfield of Des Moines from consideration for the Atomic Energy Commission. Price criticized the nomination as a political dumping ground for job hungry Republicans and linked it to party unity in Iowa.
West Germany's constitutional court agreed to hear a Socialist suit challenging the Saar pact with France and Germany. The Socialists seek to have the agreement ruled unconstitutional, risking the linked Paris treaties. The court ordered the government to file its views by April 7.
Theodor Blank, West Germany's defense chief, arrived in London for talks with Britain's military leaders, meeting Monday to discuss defense matters and security cooperation.
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