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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1958

Page

4

Scoutmaster and Scouts Hurt in One Car Crash

Special to The Gazette Williamsburg six persons including three Boy Scouts and their Scoutmaster were injured in a one car crash Sunday afternoon. Lemoyne D. Janney the Scout master and his wife Barbara along with four Scouts were hospitalized in Iowa City. Janney was returning from a weekend camping near Wellsburg when he apparently lost control on a curve. He was the most seriously injured others suffered lacerations and bruises. The crash occurred about 2 ½ miles east of Williamsburg around 2 30 p.m.

Williamsburg Here Iowa City Lemoyne D. Janney Barbara Donald Woods Ronnie Keefer Joe Rogers Scouts Margaret Birdman Janney Wellsburg

Eastern Iowans Honored at SUI Fourth Estate Banquet

Awards were handed out at the Fourth Estate banquet by the Associated Students of Journalism at SUI. Deryl Fleming of Graettinger won the Brewer-Torch Press Key and the Murray scholarship for 1957 58. Jo Anne Moore Virginia Lazio and David Carter won prizes for excellence in radio journalism. Powell IIT and Jane Marie nn received silver keys for editorial work on the Daily Iowan.

Iowa City University of Iowa School of Journalism Associated Students of Journalism SUI Deryl Fleming Graettinger Brewer-Torch Fleming Murray Cedar Rapids Gazette Daily Iowan Bee Jo Anne Moore Ottumwa Junor Virginia Mae Lazio Cedar Rapids David Carter Manchester Thomas B. Powell

Iowa students win awards at SUI banquet

Nine University of Iowa students were honored at the annual SUI banquet. John Sunier and James Wilke received Broxam awards for outstanding potential in radio broadcasting. Paul Eells earned the KCHA award for sound character and radio promise. George Ludwig received a citation for his instrument work supporting WSUI’s International Geophysical Year theme.

Iowa City University of Iowa SUI Personnel John Sunier James Wilke Morning Sun Broxam Paul Eells Cedar Rapids KCHA Charles City George Ludwig Tiffin WSUI

Three Drowned In Iowa Sunday Reported In Nation

Three men died in Iowa on Sunday in separate incidents. Ted Woolsey twenty two of a farm near Adel drowned in the Racoon River where a twenty foot hole cut in the riverbed by dredging crews for highway work collapsed him. Anton Julius of Fort Dodge drowned at North Twin Lake near Rockwell City after a fishing party of three swamped and two were rescued. Clarence Julius thirty five and LaVern Nekvinda thirty five of Fort Dodge are his nephew and another man. James Wilson sixteen of Denison drowned in a gravel pit at Denison with a companion reporting a deep hole.

International News Service Iowa Ted Woolsey Adel Anton Julius Fort Dodge James Wil”Son Denison Woolsey Raccoon River Booneville Julius North Twin Lake Rockwell City Clarence Julius LaVern Nekvinda Wilson Dave Preul

Delinquent Tax Take Tops $250000 in Iowa

DES MOINES The State Tax Commission reports delinquent income taxes surpassing 250000 since Oct 1 last year. Chair Leon Miller notes a pattern for 4 to 5 year old returns with no remittance, with thousands of cases and two field agents pursuing nonfilers. A veteran employee paid 722 in back taxes and penalties last week.

Iowa Daily Press Des Moines State Tax Commission Commission Leon Miller Miller Aattern Haseen Tax Commission

Campaign notes touch on plane use and party figures

The report notes Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Murray may use a plane owned by Jack Milroy and his father, with one flight recorded from Cedar Rapids to Dubuque. Milroy explains planes limit handshakes and weather. other campaign details include mentions of Dean Reed and Lt. Gov. nominee Jack Miller.

Bill Murray Jack Milroy Rvinton Jim Milroy Murray Cedar Rapids Dubuque Young Milroy

Reed seeks support for commerce panel run in Eastern Town

Herbert Reed of Panora campaigned for the Republican nomination to the state commerce commission. In an Eastern Town meeting he asked attendees if they had seen him actively involved in the party activity.

Dean Reed Des Moines Commerce Commission Herb Reed Herbert Reed Panora Town Republi

High School Students Claim Rocket Record

The Keokuk Rocket Society, a group of local high school students, claims a record altitude of 1,600 feet for a 3-foot rocket launched Sunday, reaching about 600 mph. They used powdered zinc and sulfur and previously flew three rockets successfully, with plans for a 12 to 14-foot craft in New Mexico next summer if permitted.

Keokuk Keokuk Rocket Society New Mexico Arena

Iowa and Iowa State Among 26 Form New AMU Members

The University of Iowa and Iowa State College join 24 other institutions to form Associated Midwest Universities with Argonne National Laboratory access. Provost James H. Jensen leads Iowa State as first president. Titus C. Evans represents Iowa State and SUI radiation lab.

Iowa City University of Iowa Iowa State College Associated Midwest Universities Argonne National Laboratory LeMont James H. Jensen Titus C. Evans SUI Radiation Research Laboratory SUI AMU Midwestern Universities Research Association Midwest Associated Midwest Uiversities Jensen Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Jensen Chicago Cincinnati Illinois Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Notre Dame Loyola Marquette Michigan State Northwestern Oklahoma State Purdue St. Louis Washington Wayne Western Reserve Iowa State Kansas State Carnegie Case Illinois Institutes of Technology Battele Memorial Institute Columbus Ohio Ay Foundation Rochester Inn

Boy 14 Killed in Motorscooter Crash at Farm

Harold Hinders, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Hinders Jr, was killed Sunday in a motorscooter accident on the family farm near Woden. The scooter flipped and he suffered a broken neck.

WODEN Harold Hinders Tom Hinders, Jr Here

T J Mahoney Dies Veteran Boone Attorney

Services planned in Boone for T J Mahoney 81 longtime attorney born in Boone county who practiced there 57 years He was an Iowa National Guard officer in 1899 World War I staff Provost Marshal assistant attorney general 1936 38 and 1940 Democratic nominee for the Iowa Supreme Court He is survived by his widow and five children.

Boone T J. Mahoney Mahoney Boone County Iowa National Guard Iowa Supreme Court

Night Show Climaxing Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Kingston

Master of ceremonies Brooks of KCRG will host the night show closing the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Kingston on May 31. Jaycee committee plans, tickets priced 50 cents for adults with under 12 free, available at multiple downtown locations and from band directors. New Miss Eastern Iowa nominees are Dorothy Kruckenberg and Sandra Kolda, both seniors active in band, drama, student council and various clubs.

O. Brooks KCRG Kcrg-Tv Kingston Stadium Iowa Jaycee Committee Chamber of Commerce Don Fahrenkrog Hillbrunner’s Taylor Music Company Armstrong’s Credit Desk Killian’s Service Desk Newman’s Record Department Sandra

Prowler Steals Purse From Sleepy Oelwein Couple

Special to The Gazette. A prowler stole an $80 purse from the Harry McElree home in Oelwein Sunday night. The thief removed a window screen and reached into the bedroom while Mr and Mrs McElree slept, taking the purse from a dresser top. A neighbor’s chair was found under the window of the single story house.

The Gazette Oelwein Harry McElree

Jukebox Theft Surprises Grinnell College Students

Grinnell college students found their union silent as a jukebox vanished overnight. Tire tracks and floor scratches are the only clues, with the radio station offering to pipe in music if the jukebox is not recovered.

Grinnell Grinnell College

United Lutherans Open Convention At Council Bluffs

Iowa synod members from 37,222 United Lutherans gather at St. John's in Council Bluffs for the 104th annual convention. Leaders include Rev. T A Youngquist Rev. James Seifert Carl McDonald and others with Dr A J Beil Des Moines outlining progress and announcing three Iowa church sites purchased for 20000 total. Women hold their own meeting at First Presbyterian.

Council Bluffs United Lutherans Iowa St. John’s Lutheran Church Iowa Synod T. A. Youngquist James Seiffert Carl McDonald First Lutheran Robert Harter Gertrude Ross Hope Lutheran Cedar Rapids Linwood Fredericksen Robert Krob Ely Roy Wingate A. J. Beil Des Moines Synod Davenport Henry Endress Staten Island N.Y United Lutheran Church Levon Spath Argentina James Keyser Philadelphia National Board of Parish Education First Presbyterian Church

Two Brothers Found After Widespread Search In Waverly

Timothy Walker eight and David Walker five were found asleep on a couch at Ernie Theis drive in operator home after hundreds of townspeople searched for hours. They had attended a movie with their parents Sgt and Mrs Donald Walker and went to shelter on Theis porch when it began to rain. Theis said the house door was unlocked and no one was home.

Theis

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Ernest Sevde Knight E. Fee Toledo Lyle Kelly Ruth Keith Fee Leander-Clark College By Harrison Weber Weber Herschel C. Loveless Jack Miller Lovelesses Democratic State Central Committee Crowley Reed Northwestern Bell Telephone Company L. E. Crowley Iowa Motor Truck Association Motor Truck News Public Service Commissions New Science Research Group Ing Armstrong T. J. Mahoney C. R Dorothy Jean Kruckenberg Keystone George J. Shultz, Jr Victor Kruckenberg Dorothy Luzerne Walther Sandra Louise Kolda Central City Band Robert G. Sloan F. Harold Kolda Sandra Kolda Dorothy Kruckenberg Cadillac Allen Olds Cadillac Company First Ave Cedar RapiDs, Iowa
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