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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1957
Page
2
Mild to warm conditions with scattered showers through Tuesday in the upper Midwest. Temperatures show a slight dip to near normal by week end. Notable life events include multiple local births and numerous funeral services across Iowa cities such as Williamsburg, Parnell, and Dubuque with services scheduled through midweek.
Flooded oil burner at 1517 Twelfth Avenue SE triggered still alarm at 9:49 p.m. Sunday. Fire department and company units responded to the scene with no further details available.
Illegal turn Larry Hughes 1356 Twentieth avenue SW fined 5 dollars and costs. Speeding Lottie Brown 610 Fifteenth avenue SW Alfred Steiner Mechanicsville James Berkey Des Moines each fined 10 dollars and costs. Stop sign violation LaVerta Liver 1259 Second avenue SE Robert Smith 803 Third street SW Margaret Lubbock 1931 C avenue NE each fined 5 dollars and costs. Reckless driving Warren Neu mann 1104 Thirty-eighth street SE forfeited 105 dollar appearance bond Richard Skersich 1227 Third street NW fined 50 dollars and Driving while license under suspension Harkey Kephart 532 Eighth street SW sentenced to three days in jail. Improper passing Lee Roy Lassen 415 Nineteenth street NW fined 10 dollars and costs. Turning off to avoid arrest Richard Skersich 1227 Third street NW fined 15 dollars and costs. School signal violation Leland Auld Central City fined 15 dollars and Vagrancy Norman Rigley and Wilbur Lloyd each given 10 day suspended sentences. Intoxication Joseph Shuff 959
Mechanized mail delivery started in northeast Cedar Rapids with less confusion than expected though officials say it is too soon to judge success. A carrier faced equipment problems including a broken emergency brake and a gas gauge. four more trucks arrived and eighteen Mailster scooters are due.
Fire losses totaled 3 488 59 in Cedar Rapids during March. Fire Chief Jesse Hunter told the city council in a monthly report that month. All March losses were insured and compared with February 14 529 26 and March 1956 7 598 14. Buildings sustained 2 251 23 in value 167 750 and contents 1 231 36 valued at 33 600.
The Cedar Rapids city council approved retroactive raises of 10 dollars a month for about 200 police and fire department members effective January 1. The measure, discussed after a lengthy debate, sets up future salary and hour adjustments including a proposed 44 hour police week and ongoing uniform and rank adjustments.
Cedar Rapids resident reports a mailed letter claiming a man jailed in Mexico has a trunk with 450000 in U S customs hold. The letter promises one third of the money for rescuing the trunk. It names Sr. Juan Lopez with a Mexico City address and is sent to postal inspection.
Edward George Lesinger 75 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and retired funeral director died after a long illness. Born June 12 1881 he operated a funeral home at 1315 Third Street SE before retirement. Surviving daughter Florence Cunningham sister Mollie J. Stodola and brother L mir L. Lesinger. Affiliated with St Wenceslaus Church funeral services to be announced. friends may call Kuba funeral home Tuesday.
Anton Novotny a retired farmer of 1750 Mallory Street SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness. Born May 15 1869 in Shueyville he married Mary Mackovets there Oct 24 1891. Survived by his wife and sister Mrs Anna Vrchoticky of near Shueyville. Services at Brush Chapel 2 p.m. Tuesday officiated by Theodore B Hlubusek burial Czech National.
Richard W. Ulrich 55 of 286 Johnson Avenue NW died Saturday after a lingering illness. Born February 28, 1902 in Ackley he moved to Cedar Rapids 38 years ago. He married Vera Mendenhall Ulrich August 24, 1929 in Tulsa. Survived by wife sister Minnie Ulrich and brother I Paul Ulrich. Services Tuesday 1:30 p.m. at Barta-Hesser chapel with Rev. Roger A. Johnson and Crescent lodge. Cremation at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
Annie McCormick Hurd widow of William S. Hurd of 109 Rapids avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a brief illness. Born January 5 1868 in Philadelphia she leaves son Alvin J. Foster of Tampa Florida two daughters Mrs Ernest Edaburn and Mrs John Kulbacki sister Mrs Maggie Soden and brothers David I W J McCormick and Henry. She was a Methodist and services are in Urbana at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Dr Arthur Schuldt with burial in Urbana cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel until 10 am Wednesday and at the church from 12 to 1.
William Pospishil 1301 Maplewood Drive NE Cedar Rapids lifelong resident and retired carpenter dies Sunday after brief illness. Born November 10 1884 in Cedar Rapids he married Ida Schrimper September 7 1920 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs R L Buresh and Mrs R L Mooney and sister Mrs Harry Hendrickson. A.F. of L Carpenters Union No 308 member services 3 30 p m Wednesday at Turner chapel by the Rev.
Reuben Traden of Central Park Presbyterian Church is to be buried at Oak Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home for visitation prior to the service.
Mrs. M. V. Sorensen and Caroline A. Sorensen die in Minneapolis after long Cedar Rapids residence. Survived by sons Alfred E. of Minneapolis and Martin of Wadsworth Ohio. Funeral Thursday at Janeba Funeral Home with Rev Ruth Husband. burial at Oak Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
James Fitzpatrick of 1044 Twelfth Street NE, 84, retired from National Oats after 30 years, died Monday. Born in Dundee Scotland on November 17, 1872, he came to the United States at age 10 and lived in Cedar Rapids half a century. Rosary at Monahan funeral home 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. services at Immaculate Conception Church Wednesday 9 a.m. by Rev. Thomas F. Currier. Burial at Mt. Calvary. No known relatives survive.
Funeral services for Joseph Ruffin of 1412 Fifth Avenue SE will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday and at 2 p.m. at St George Syrian Orthodox church with Rev George Ghannam. Burial will follow in St George cemetery. A Trisagion Prayer service is set for 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel. Friends may call.
At the Iowa Knights of Columbus annual convention in Ottumwa five officers were re-elected and a new chaplain chosen. Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. A. Cullinan of Ottumwa will serve the next two years, with others named including A. M. Link and W. J. McGowan. The event drew about 600 men and 200 women as 95 of 100 councils were represented.
In Warsaw Wladyslaw Gomulka removed secretariat member Edward Ochab and installed two of his allies as part of a broader effort to consolidate power within Poland's Communist party.
Cedar Rapids city council opened bids for a water department storage building and two booster stations. Abell-Howe submitted the low bid for the masonry storage building at 19 125 dollars, with Kinderknecht and Dan Christensen among others bidding higher. Booster station bids also favored Abell-Howe at 4 844 dollars, with several firms bidding higher. Sidewalk work under 1957 order No 1 on multiple avenues drew Fitzpatrick Construction as low bidder at 4 419.40 dollars. Bids will be reviewed by Water Supt. George Lee and City Engineer Frank Young before awards.
Accidents rise as state leaders push safety education through civic and women's groups. About 15 women from statewide organizations meet State Safety Education Director Russell Brown to begin work. A 60 mph night limit starts July 4 and Iowa Highway Patrol aims to patrol secondary roads with full strength of 275 men. Safety Commissioner Clinton H. Moyer plans to resign within two months.
Monday jury trial in District Court before Judge Floyd Philbrick. E G Redmond seeks 2000 from uncle George C Schley, final payment on a 6000 real estate deal for a 40 lot 10 acre White Oak road Cedar Rapids development. Schley counterclaims 4000 and title to southeast Cedar Rapids residential lot. seeks voiding of a written agreement. Jurors include Thelma Hemenway Gerald Long Jean Vane Margaret Wheat Jack Uthe Gladys Keel Donald Earll Dora Thomassen Margaret Baker John Sears Mary Quinn Donald Frimml Evelyn Prusek. Attorneys Robert Tilden for plaintiff Ralph Harmon for defendant.
Linn county supervisor Miles P Sutera urged rural residents to report any strange acting animals after a raccoon captured near the KCRG TV tower north of Hiawatha was destroyed. The carcass was sent to University Hospitals in Iowa City for rabies testing. Thomas Kaylor and neighbor Bill Votroubek helped trap the animal after it hid under a car hood.
Selection of a jury for a land condemnation appeal began in Linn district court. Plaintiffs Frank and Emma Modracek seek 12500 in damages for farm land condemned for the relocation of Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. Defendants are the Iowa Highway Commission and the state of Iowa.
In district court two wills were admitted to probate. Elmer C. Fitch who died May 9 leaves a car to Florence Fitch of Humboldt and the remainder to Jean E. Hull of Humboldt. Merchants National Bank named executor without bond. Elmer C Bergmann who died May 12 names son Thomas W as sole heir, Otto L. Schluter named executor without bond.
George C. Claassen Monday secured a default judgment of 748.87 against Ralph Langhoff in a promissory note suit. In a separate action, William A. Wolleat seeks 163.56 from Russell and Geraldine Osborne in a new note suit.
Barbara C. Rhodes age 20 of 219 First Street SW pled innocent in district court on a larceny charge. She is accused of stealing a watch from a relative.
A TV listing notes LAWRENCE WELK with top tunes and new talent airing Mondays at 7 30 on Channel.
Under the edict of the student council president Stanley Henderson Coe college students filed from the campus at dawn to celebrate flunk day. They carried blankets lunches and other necessities, the Victory bell marked the start, and by noon the campus stood deserted while preparations by staff awaited the students’ return.
Fragmentary text notes continued discussion on Beck with reference to voters who would support him. No further details or context available.
Chairman McClellan of the senate rackets committee, in a letter to the ACLU, states he believes Dave Beck has committed many criminal offenses. He refutes claims of unfair process while noting Beck has not been convicted and defends the committee’s right to express views on testimony.
City council introduced resolutions to surface 189 street and alley locations in Cedar Rapids in 1957. Property owners may object in writing to the city clerk by next Monday before final action. Forty three streets and alleys are set for first year Seaman oil treatment with second year and third-year groups planned and four streets slated for seal coating.
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