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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1955
Page
5
Weather summary for cities including New Orleans and Los Angeles with cooler conditions in the Midwest. Iowa forecast shows mostly fair Tuesday night and partly cloudy Wednesday with mild southeasterly changes. Local notices include wind data, sunrise and sunset times, rainfall notes, and a list of births, dam measurements, and civil filings.
News brief from Elmira New York reports Fisher and Frank Ames with Royce An ell capturing two shining playable cornets from the Che mung river, inspiring local pride in musical finds and potential performances.
Soviet High Commissioner G. M. Pushkin agreed to meet the three Western allied ambassadors Friday to discuss the East German cold blockade of Berlin.
Newton Weller of Weller Enterprises in Iowa City had a $50 000 slander suit against Vernon W. Nall of Nall Motors Inc. dismissed with prejudice in Johnson County District Court. Weller withdrew the suit and was taxed all costs. Nall said the action was harassment and not in good faith.
Washington in Senate testimony Henry Waltemade of the National Association of Real Estate Boards argued public housing does not aid the neediest. He cited Louisville Portland Seattle and Philadelphia figures challenging the program and urged investigation while government housing leaders countered with strong rebuttals.
David Bachelder of Belle Plaine, 21, pled guilty to assault with intent to commit rape for an incident near Chelsea on Dec 11 1954. He was sentenced to five years in the state reformatory at Anamosa and received bench parole from Judge M C Farber. He is married and has a child.
The Justice Department charged Chicago Towel Company and American Linen Supply Company with conspiracy to violate anti trust laws in linen supply. In a criminal information filed in Dubuque Iowa federal court, the firms allegedly divided territories and allocated customers in cloth towel cabinets and linen supplies across Iowa Minnesota and Ohio. A companion civil suit was filed seeking to halt these practices and restore competition.
New York AP reports studies released Tuesday showing high school pupils drink more when away from home if they are allowed alcohol at home. In Nassau county, pupils who drink at home imbibe about twice as much when out, while in Kansas a minority drink about 12 times as much away from home as at home per week.
Webster County municipal clinics begin second inoculations for first and second graders. Fort Dodge area holds clinics while rural towns receive vaccine redirected from initial first-shot plan. Health officials say delaying resumption until official notice and vaccine supply stabilize.
Washington reports the Justice Department refused to disclose secret merger files to the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Celler confirmed the request for a list of firms seeking merger advice since 1953 and descriptions of proposed acquisitions. Officials said releasing plans would breach confidentiality and undermine private business clearance efforts.
The University of Iowa is among 11 institutions selected for a $150 000 Ford Foundation project to standardize reporting of costs and factors across instruction research administration and plant operations. Iowa representatives are Fred W Ambrose and H H Davis as data collection heads with Purdue University handling central processing.
Thirteen Iowa veterans will attend the eighth national reunion of the Veterans of the Persian Gulf Command in Tempe Arizona on June 25. They served in Iran during World War II as Red Cross personnel. Attendees include Reed A Diltz West Branch H Hendrickson Bennett and Winston Kellogg Marion.
Isabel M. Rouse, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Monday in Armonk New York. She was born to Ever and Emma Parkhouse Juhl. Survived by husband Merl and children James E Margaret Anne, plus three brothers and four sisters. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Beecher Funeral Home Pleasantville with Kensico Cemetery burial.
Services for Robert Gerard Trachta of 238 Ites Avenue SW will be held at Kuba Funeral Home at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and at St. Ludmila's Church at 10. Burial follows in St. John's Cemetery. Msgr. Frank R. Hruby will preside, with rites by the Holy Name Society and other groups. Friends may call at the funeral home until the services.
Mrs. Joseph G. Loufek of 828 H avenue NW dies Monday. Services set for 9 a m Wednesday at St Patrick's church with Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan presiding. Burial in St John's cemetery. Rosary to be recited 7 30 p m Tuesday at Teahen chapel by Msgr Lenihan and St Marys Society of St Wenceslas church. Friends may call at Teahen chapel.
Sarah E Shipley 92 widow of Dr T A Shipley died Sunday at St Joseph Missouri. The service is at Oak Hill cemetery at 3 30 p m Wednesday with Dr H Hughes Dill of St Pauls Methodist church. Friends may call at Turner Senne 9 am to 2 pm Wednesday.
Olive M. Cane widow of Bert D. Cane of 2905 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Monday. Services set in Beatty-Bearle chapel at 1 30 pm Thursday with Rev Frank H Ward officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 7 pm Tuesday.
Portland Maine AP Actress Bette Davis won a round in her alimony fight with ex husband William G Snares Justice Randolph Weatherbee upholding most objections to a 1950 California alimony agreement that would have given Sherry 250 dollars a month for three years The ruling found a section enforcing alimony payments was unenforceable under California law at the time.
Lawrence Beaston a 22 year old from Savanna Illinois shot himself in the stomach with a .22 pistol in a Des Moines airport parking lot after his girlfriend Linda Vallejo refused his marriage proposal. He telephoned police to warn of an impending accident, then collapsed from wounds and was hospitalized. Vallejo testified about their year and a half of correspondence and visits.
Audrey Crawford, a 21 year old in Columbus Indiana who has been crippled since birth, will receive her high school diploma this spring after six years of education. She attended classes via an intercom telephone system and participated by flipping a switch. Her mother carried tests and report cards between home and school. Audrey ranks 17th in a class of 300 and hopes to work part time as a secretary after graduation.
Gerald F. Elsbernd of Calmar is among five Iowans chosen for the first Air Force Academy class opening July 11 at Lowry Field. The group totals 301 cadets from over 6,000 nominees. Other Iowans include Patrick Louis Musmaker, Rogert H. Peterson, James O. Bartholomew, and Craig V. Miller with alternates Lawrence Koehrses, Robert Mick, Michael Pohlen, Rene Nadler, and Edward Kennedy.
Tipton city attorney Reed Hunt asked Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman for a ruling on whether mixing drinks in a private club is legal. Cedar County authorities raid seized mixed drinks as possible evidence, amid a 1955 law allowing liquor “keeping” where beer is sold but prohibiting missing drinks.
Franklin school student Russell Wilkins won the Cedar Rapids Optimist club oratorical contest held at the Roosevelt hotel noon Tuesday. He will represent Cedar Rapids at the ninth district Optimist International convention in Green Bay Wisconsin, with the winner advancing to the international Montreal contest.
J D Stern of Shenandoah was named president of the Professional Photographers of Iowa at the Des Moines annual meeting. Jess C Andrews of Des Moines won the Frank W Medlar portrait award. The Iowa Red Cross announces a 10 day aquatic school at Lake Okoboji camp starting June 15 to train leaders in first aid swimming and boating.
Atlanta police finished recovering a report of a baby in a lake. The suspected body proved to be a large lifelike rubber doll, easing tension in the city.
In Judge Floyd Philbrick court Allen B Clarahan 43 of 32014 Fifth avenue SW and Robert D Davidson 42 of Marion pleaded innocent to second offense drunk driving. Clarahan bond set at 1000 Davidson at 500. Clarahan arrested Monday night near junction of highway near town. Davidson stopped after making a U turn on Third avenue W. Davidson previously convicted on a drunk driving charge Sept 6 1947 Linn county.
The state and Cedar Rapids health officer file suits to force two men Louis Melsha and Vernon L Zimmerman to undergo tuberculosis treatment at Oakdale state hospital. Both men allegedly have communicable TB and recently left voluntary commitment while frequenting public places in Cedar Rapids. A hearing for Melsha is set for May 27 at 9 30 a.m. and for Zimmerman on June 4 at 9 30 a.m.
Marshalltown AP reports two Iowa City men Willie Armstrong and Allen Barnes face concealed weapon charges after police found a .32 caliber revolver in their possession. They posted $1,000 bond each and await further proceedings.
A former Coe College student living in Tokyo ordered a room air conditioner from a Cedar Rapids store via Gazette ads. Henry Tamaki, who graduated last June with a BA in political science, was attracted by the Gazette display, and Tamaki, once captain of the Coe tennis team, is noted as a popular alumnus by the college alumni office.
The First National Bank of Marion obtained a $3,147.34 judgment Tuesday from R. W. Campbell doing business as Campbell Blacktop Company on a promissory note after Campbell failed to appear in court. King's TV and Appliance Company of Central City sued George E. Parker for $186.28 alleged due on a sales contract.
The district outlines two additions with nine classrooms total and 8 400 to 9 200 square feet of space. Costs average about 16 500 per room with under 13 per square foot. Occupancy hoped for September next year with January 1956 unlikely.
Italy drains and desalts the Komacchio lagoons of the Po delta to reclaim land from the Adriatic. Three areas have been prepared and rice will be planted this June. Experts forecast twenty years until the reclaimed lands reach their prime as other regions, totaling thousands of acres, await reclamation.
In Lewisburg Pennsylvania the sentencing for three convicts who pled guilty to murdering former Government Economist William Remington at the federal penitentiary last November was postponed until May 26 by court order.
Iowa news reports three additional fatalities from auto accidents as a 16 year old was killed in a tractor incident. O Rush, 76, of Memphis died when his car left the road near Bloomfield. Frank Marten, 54, of Marble Rock died from injuries in a May tractor crash. Harvey Hanson of Crystal Lake died from injuries after a two car crash on highway 69 near highway 9 junction in Winnebago county. Donald Rhodes, 16, of Des Moines died when he fell from a tractor and was caught in its wheels.
Senator Symington urged the Senate to investigate Defense Department disclosures on Soviet air power and to determine if the United States has lost air superiority. The former air secretary accused Defense Secretary Wilson of underestimating Communist military strength and production.
State Senator Frank C. Byers was listed in fair condition Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in St. Luke's hospital after remaining unconscious for much of the time since a brain hemorrhage Saturday, according to hospital officials.
About 50 to 60 residents crowded a Cedar Rapids school board meeting to protest Cleveland Hoover area redistricting plans ahead of a fall opening for a new Hoover school. They urged continued bus service and questioned sending children three miles to Hoover.
NEWTON UP Delbert Gearhart 20 of Ira died Monday from a shotgun wound believed to be from a Thursday hunting accident near his home. Sheriff Ed Scoville said causality as accidental could not be confirmed. His .410 shotgun was found near a bridge two miles south of Ira and Gearhart was located in the creek bed 400 feet away.
About two million U S boys and girls belong to 4 H clubs. The program emphasizes hands on learning in agriculture science and leadership through community projects.
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