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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1955
Page
3
A wide list of servicemen and women from towns across the region are reported returning from Korea and overseas or stationed at bases in the United States and abroad. Entries name individuals, their hometowns, and current postings or recent duties from December 1954 onward.
CAMP DESERT ROCK Nevada. Several Eastern Iowans were slated to participate in exercise Desert Rock IV at the AEC Nevada test site during atomic bomb tests. Names listed include Pfc Harold Schumann South English Pvt William Schulte Norway and Pfc Kennerley Humphrey Tama.
Capt. C. J. Matthiessen Jr returning to Monticello with his wife and family will be assigned to the guided missiles department at Fort Bliss as a staff member. He completed a graduate course in electronics and guided missile engineering and is a veteran of World War II and Korea.
Names and postings show a list of service members from Iowa towns serving abroad or at bases. Kenneth Lippert in Korea with the 1st Infantry Division and 7th Field Artillery Battalion, Darrell Bandy Bill Crawford and Carl Roberts on furlough from Lackland, Carl to Louisiana, Bill to Chanute Illinois, Darrell to Sheppard Field Texas. Ossian’s Mel Elisart discharged after serving in England. Ralph Lyons stationed in San Diego. Curtis Clark granted 10 day furlough from Fort Lawton to help ill father. George Hershey discharged after Korea service.
Leland K. Stewart of Center Point has been named to enter the Naval ROTC program at Iowa State College after competitive national exams. More than 25,000 high school students took the tests, with 1,800 selected for the fall 1955 class. He will receive books tuition uniforms and $50 monthly during college and will study naval subjects alongside his major, plus three summer fleet cruises.
A memorial concert honoring Cedar Rapids businessman and Cornell College trustee Stephen Wilder will be performed this afternoon at 4 on the Killian Memorial Carillon at Cornell. Carillonneur Dr Eugene Devereaux will lead a program including works by Franz Handel Scharwenka Purcell and Denyn plus hymns.
Multiple Iowa towns report senior class honors with valedictorians and salutatorians named at schools in Decorah Oxford Junction Shellsburg and more. Recitals, proms, commencements, and baccalaureate dates across the region are listed with speakers and venues.
Political notes recount Minnesota budget woes and Iowa lawmakers reactions. Senator Utzig battles rule 8 during a publicized high school district vote. Ernie Kosek helps bills on toll roads and child screening while humorous digs mark debate. Phyllis Hughes to speak at Linn County Democratic Women gathering in Cedar Rapids.
Cornell invites Frank C. Sakran a Washington lawyer born in Palestine to discuss Arab perspectives on the Near East at a 9 45 a m chapel convocation He will also debate Ben Zion Immanuel executive director of the American Zionist Council in Armstrong Hall Little Theater at 7 30 p m Tuesday open to the public reception at Brackett House follows
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