Cedar Rapids Woman Dies After Fall From Ladder
A 43 year old Cedar Rapids woman Rosa Evelyn Kilpatrick Skorepa died from a skull fracture after apparently falling from a stepladder in her garage. Police ruled the death accidental pending further investigation. She is survived by her husband Edward and four children. Funeral services will be held at Janeba funeral home with burial at Czech National cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Skorepa
Rosa Evelyn Kilpatrick Skorepa
Callao
Edward W. Skorepa
Iowa City
Kenneth L. Dawson
Betty Rose
Doris Evelyn
Dora Mae Dawson
E. E. Kilpatrick
Everett Kilpatrick
U.S. Navy
Florida
Charles Kilpatrick
Cedar Christian Church
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Janeba
Frazer A. Thomason
Czech National Cemetery
May Eall
Stolen Air Force Document Declared Highly Sensitive
Newark AP report quotes Assistant Attorney General William F. Tompkins noting that a document allegedly stolen by an air force sergeant is of utmost intelligence significance and contains information affecting the national defense.
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Newark
William F. Tompkins
Air Force
Confused City Inquiry over Distances and Cake Joke
An AP report from Blacksburg recounts a City Manager exchange about distance estimates to a location. The woman asks about distance, Lavocchia confirms 2,000 feet, she questions the amount, and a joke about a cake follows.
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Blacksburg, Va
Bill Lavocchia
Blacksburg
Weather forecast notes fair cool tonight and warm Sunday
The forecast calls for a fair and cool night with a low around 47. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 77.
Man Held After Girl Leaps from His Moving Car
A 28 year old man Harold Dwane Olson was held on an open charge after Lorraine Palmer 27 jumped from his moving car on Sixth Street Road SW Olson who lives at 1007 Third Street SW said he stopped to help Palmer and left her with a taxi driver to go home He was later stopped by two cars and held by witnesses until police arrived Palmer suffered a head injury and cuts and bruises and was taken to St Luke's hospital Olson was booked on a charge of driving without a Iowa license and the investigation was ongoing
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Cedar Rapids
Lorraine Palmer
Cold Stream Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sixth Street
Eightheenth Avenue
Harold Dwane Olson
Third Street
John Kuba
Olson
Miss Parmer
Skyway Inn
Miss Palmer
Bill Smith
Fourteenth Avenue
Smith
Steve Sedlacek
Kcrg-Tv
Kent Wittengl
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa
Kuba
Bauman
Wisner
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Harold Hartley
CAA
Warm Sendoff for Eastern Iowa Band Festival Parade
Sun shines on Eastern Iowa Band Festival as 62 bands and drum corps parade through downtown. Police estimate 35 000 spectators, with dignitaries Sen Thomas E Martin and Lt Col William F Santelmann leading off. Queen candidates receive 30 second musical salutes before the coronation.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Memorial Building
Third Street
Eastern Iowa
Iowa
Alburnett
Hopkinton
East Iowa
Bill Remington
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
William F. Santelmann
Marine Corps
Santelmann
Third Avenue Bridge
Memorial Coliseum
Kingston Stadium
Dixie Dav
Rathmann Sets Speed Records At Indianapolis Trials
Jim Rathmann, 27, Miami, in rebuilt car once driven by Bill Vukovich, clocks 147.035 mph for one lap and 145.120 mph over four laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He tops McGrath’s 1955 marks as 30,000 fans watch windy qualifying for the Memorial Day race. Rathmann’s brother Dick also qualifies high in a Kalamazoo Sports, Inc. car.
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Indianapolis
Jim Rathmann
Miami
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bill Vukovich
Rathmann
Lindsey Hopkins
McGrath
Vukovich
Kalamazoo, Mich
Sports, Inc
Sid C Stemlar Dies at 59 in Cedar Rapids
Sid C Stemlar 59 longtime Cedar Rapids automobile dealer and service garage operator died after a long illness. He led in Cedar Boat club and belonged to Immaculate Conception church and Elks. Survived by wife Blanche and children Mary Kay John Tom, sister. Services Monday at Immaculate Conception Church. burial Mt Calvary. Rosary to be recited Sunday evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Sid C. Stemlar
Packard
Stemlar
Cedar Boat Club
Immaculate Conception Church
Elks Lodge
Blanche Mullin
Fourth Avenue SE
Mary Kay Stemlar
John S
Tom M. Stemlar
Frank Reimann
W. H. Schulte
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Schulte
Barta-Hesser
Craven Returns to FCC to Fill Webster Vacancy
President Eisenhower named T. A. M. Craven to the Federal Communications Commission. Craven, 63, a Democrat, previously served on the FCC from 1937 to 1944 under FDR and will succeed Edward M. Webster, who resigned.
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Washington
Eisenhower
T. A. M. Craven
Federal Communications Commission
Craven
FCC
Roosevelt
Edward M. Webster
Five Waterloo truck firm employees die in plane crash
A twin engine Cessna crashed near the Waterloo Municipal airport killing five workers from McCoy Trucking Company. Identifications included Arthur Bauman 38 and others from Waterloo and Dickeyville. Investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Administration began.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Trucking
Tom Dunham Farm
Joe Hall
Bauman
U.S. Highway 20
Faulty Air Brake Delays Cedar Rapids Freight Train
A Rock Island freight train stalled after an emergency brake stop at Third Avenue crossing. The air brake system took minutes to recharge, causing a second stop and blocking Third Avenue from Fifth to Twelfth while traffic backed up during rush hour.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
A. H. Bender
the Gazette
Third Avenue Crossing
Bender
Second
Third Avenues
Fifth
Twelfth Avenues
Third, Avenue
McKay Leads in Oregon Primary Race for Senate Seat
Oregon Republican McKay, undefeated in eight elections, led Phil Hitchcock in the GOP U S Senate nomination race as Stevenson held a lead in the Democratic write in contest for 16 delegates. Morse easily won the Democratic U S Senate nomination while Nixon was the top write in for vice president.
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Portland
Adlai Stevenson
Oregon
Stevenson
Florida
California
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Nixon
McKay
Phil Hitchcock J
Wayne Morse
Morse
Woody Smith
Hood River
U.S. Senate
Hitchcock
Smith
Gunman Slays Two Then Is Killed in Cleveland
A gunman named Frank Williams shot and killed Patrolman Joseph Haydn and store detective Frank Begin during a downtown spree in Cleveland. He robbed a Kresge cashier, fled into Higbee’s, and was killed by police fire in a parking lot after a street chase.
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Cleveland
Frank Williams
Kresge
Joseph Haydn
Higbee Comany
Frank Begin
Tremblay birth may set world record for septuplets twins
In Quebec Mrs. Paul Emile Tremblay age 33 reportedly delivered the seventh set of twins in her family Friday night, a possible world record.
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Quebec
INS
Paul- Emile Tremblay
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