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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1958
Page
3
Weekend forecast notes Saturday lingering into Sunday with highs around the 40s in the north and lower 50s in the south. Sunday remains cool with a cooler northern area and Jows in Jovwer 40 north to lower 50s south.
About eight thousand Lockheed aircraft workers defied national union leadership on Saturday and accepted a company offer for a new contract. The tainted deal, criticized by union reps, includes a four year term with wage increases from 40 to 30 cents plus a 3 percent cost of living clause and retroactive pay, drawing mixed reactions from workers and officials in Southern California.
In ongoing bargaining a union leader proposes to keep talks live with an interim wage rise tied to a six cent per hour improvement factor for tech advances. Arbitration findings could be final, with an extension of current contracts to cover a late May to June period for GI Ford and Chrysler contracts.
City briefs list Lana's Hairstyling Stop and other businesses with addresses and phone numbers. Meeting notices cover CSA Central Committee YMCA Toastmasters and Hawkeye Toastmasters plus community church and youth group events. The Wick Foundation details fund, governance, and potential home plans for elderly care in Cedar Rapids.
Two baby boys born in Cedar Rapids and Mercy hospital are linked to a high profile case involving Loren McNeal 24 Center Point charged in the traffic death of Eliza Burgess and Robert Proctor. The grand jury will convene in September with the county attorney guiding. Proctor, 13, was struck on Center Point road while crossing near Takin Bros. Truck One. The accident killed Burgess at 6 10 p.m. McNeal faces charges related to the March crash in Cedar Rapids. The district court judge and county attorney discussed the case in a conference. The families await the September grand jury session.
In Linn County the Board of Review remains recessed until May 2. The notice lists family members of Proctor and Novotny, Cedar Rapids, and Cedar Rapids areas. Funeral services for Mrs. Proctor of Lal Porte City, burial at Merturial cemetery, Turner chapel.
The widow of Jacob Mantill died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 10 p m Her pet name Hemus is mentioned from the stage in Aida The deceased was born April in Cedar Rapids and was married to James Mongilion at Des Moines in 1802 Surviving are 8 daughters and a son with several grandchildren The service will be at Saint Johns Episcopal Church with burial at Oak Hill Funeral home arrangements and readers are advised to attend the chapel services later today
The Eisenhower administration weighs a European goodwill tour for Vice President Nixon in light of Latin American protest accompanies talk of a late summer visit to Western European nations. Senators Mansfield and Aiken comment on potential reception and implications for U.S. policy and domestic politics.
A Saturday blaze at the Transcis Walrab farm mile north of Lisbon destroyed a chicken house machine shed hay bale barn and a self propelled combine along with much lumber valued at 30 000 bushels of drain. Firemen Lise fbon and Mb. Vernon saved 45 000 dollars.
Mr and Mrs William Hopp of Williamsburg were seriously hurt in a Saturday collision on highway 6 at the southeast edge of Marengo. Mr Hopp, 78, suffered facial and head injuries while Mrs Hopp, 60, endured cuts, arm injuries and shock. They were treated nearby and not hospitalized. The other party was identified as Shauanessoy of Charac? companies by his wife.
Lincoln AP Charles Starkweather, 19, will take the stand in his murder trial. Defense counsel T Clem ent Gaughan quips We do not know what he will say. Starkweather is imprisoned in Nebraska Wyoming case for the shooting of 17 year old Ravert Jensen of Bennett.
Bicycle registration schedules announced for this week with locations at Johnson School Cleveland Frat Van Buren Weight Gt Werbersiaus St Ludmila Trinity Lutheran Cork Tram and Tony at local churches and schools with registration hours spanning morning to early afternoon each weekday.
The article notes criticism in Congress over US spending on Rafael jr’s military education and questions amid reports the Damirnikyn Republic, long controlled by his father, received 1.3 million dollars in aid. It also mentions lavish services for Angeline Lewiss’ family in Kansas City and Metorile, plus obituaries for Mrs. Perry Ward and related funeral details in Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles.
Slant VA AP reports John B Salling, a Civil War veteran, will celebrate his 112th birthday with a hillside home visit by dignitaries and a motorcade tribute. He is one of only two surviving Civil War veterans in Virginia, is wheelchair bound, hard of hearing, but otherwise vigorous, with family describing his honorary rank and cheerful spirit.
Alden AP report says 14 year old Gene Haveys drowned while wading in the Town river above the dam. His body was recovered minutes after he disappeared. The boy was son of Nessie Hoverston, a widow, and part of a family with a prior drowning in the same river.
United Nations Secretary General Hammarskjold returns to New York after a week in Geneva. He attended meetings coordinating the work of the UN and its agencies and specials in preparation for the second international atoms for peace conference scheduled in Geneva from September 1 to 23.
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