Mother Dies of Crash Injuries and Baby Delivered
In Chicago a six pound boy was born by caesarean minutes after his mother Irma Steinert died from injuries in a Tuesday automobile crash. Irma Steinert saved the infant Maurice by pushing his baby carriage before being struck. Lillian Stein, 22, died. Dr. Maurice Puckey, 75, faced charges of reckless homicide and was released on bond after witnesses described him leaning from his car window buying a newspaper as the vehicle veered out of control.
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Chicago
Irma Steinert
Lillian Stein
Maurice Puckey
Puckey
Weather and civic notices from the Daily Record May 23 1987
A May 23 1987 weather page lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities with precipitation notes and forecasts. Iowa area outlook calls for partly cloudy mild conditions Friday with possible showers Saturday. The page also records May totals, barometer and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, and notes marriages births and local births announcements from Cedar Rapids LaCrosse and Albuquerque San Francisco including several families and addresses.
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Iun
Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New
Denver
Newark
Duluth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Disturbing the Peace At Magnus Hotel Leads to Jail Time
Ellard Krueger of Magnus hotel was sentenced to 15 days in jail for disturbing the peace. Howard Robbins remains at large after a 10 day jail sentence for vagrancy. Richard Flan at large received a 10 day suspended sentence for intoxication. Philip Lacy and Pauline Tschirgi fined 10 dollars plus costs for traffic signal violations at 807 Ellis Boulevard NW and 3216 Vine Avenue. Charlie Dougherty, David Stofler, Dorothy Pinch, and Wenng Road NE residents fined 5 dollars and costs for stop sign violations. Robert Fedderson of Marion fined 15 dollars and costs for speeding with Virgil Newman, Toddville, Florian Francis Atkins, and George Jenkins fined 10 dollars each and costs. Freida Corporan of Marion fined 15 dollars and costs for a school signal violation. Florence Bunker of Bertram Road SE fined 15 dollars and costs for a curfew violation.
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Ellard Krueger
Magnus Hotel
Howard Robbins
Richard Flan
Philip Lacy
Ellis Boulevard
Pauline Tschirgi
Vine Avenue
Charlie Dougherty
Twenty-eighth Avenue
David Stofler
First Avenue
Dorothy Pinch
J Avenue
Wenng Road
Robert Fedderson
Marion
Virgil Newman
Toddville
Florian Francis
Atkins
George Jenkins
Twenty-ninth Street
Freida Corporan
Florence Bunker
Bertram Road
Obituary notices and funeral services listed by towns
A sequence of funeral service notices for William Fager Ronald Siegele Bertha Klinkenberg Clarence Lenton Rev Alwin Zeilinger Cornelius Lynch Jr details times locations and burial sites across Lamont Waukon Elkader Monona Manchester Tipton and Rosary observances at local funeral homes and churches.
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Lamont
William Fager
Kruessel
Waukon
Ronald E. Siegele
First Presbyterian Church
McGregor
Martin Brothers
Elkader
Bertha Klinkenberg
St. Olaf
Witt
Lutheran Cemetery
Monona
Blairstown
Clarence Lenton
Dewey Funeral Home
Pleasant Hill
Manchester
Alwin N. Zeilinger
First Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Gill Funeral Home
Tipton
Cornelius Lynch, Jr
St. Mary’s Church
Church Cemetery
Sheets and Dahn Funeral Home
Iowa City Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Robert Mulherin of near Iowa City was found guilty of reckless driving in police court. He was fined $25 plus costs on Thursday.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Robert Mulherin
Reckles
Al Einfrank on Losing Wife and Fortune on Quiz Show
Aircraft Worker Al Einfrank recalls missing a geography question on the $64,000 Question that cost him wife, money, and health. He left his 32 year marriage after the loss, sold a consolation prize car, bought a cheaper one, and faced a breakdown before returning to trucking in Arizona.
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Los Angeles
al Einfrank
Einfrank
Douglas Aircraft
Adelphi
Longest Passenger Flight Lands Near Paris
A KLM four-engine airliner completed a nonstop 6 189 mile flight from California to near Paris. The craft carried eight crew members two technical advisers and 10 passengers and stayed aloft for 21 hours 52 minutes at an average speed of 284 miles per hour.
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Paris
INS
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
California
Not enough to see jail or locks and keys
The speaker cites Christ s simple teachings of living loving and understanding each other saying many cannot grasp them He reassures Jon that after paying penalties they will go fishing and grow closer to God together implying a future togetherness and faith
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Jon
God
Condemned Man Commits Death By Own Action
Oscar Hug Brust, 47, to be executed in the gas chamber for killing his wife and stepson, slashed his throat with a mirror shard Thursday, the day before a state supreme court ruling on his stay petition.
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San Quentin
Calif
Oscar Hug Brust
State Supreme Court
Gas Bill Appears Doomed for This Year
In Washington the controversial natural gas bill faces unlikely passage this year as Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Magnuson says no action planned. He notes the House may pass it but the panel will likely take it up next January.
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Washington
Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Philippine Senate Bans Communist Party
The Philippine senate outlawed the Communist party on Wednesday night, prescribing death for organizers and leaders and jail terms for members.
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Manila
Philippine Senate
Communist Party
Iowa Bid Padding Probe Reaches Des Moines Dealer
Des Moines equipment dealer Robert Irwin, Ford tractor division manager, testified before a special legislative committee about bid padding in Iowa Highway Commission contracts. Chairman McNeal said part of the scheme would have funded the Democratic party and the rest kept by the firm. The panel also recalled Robert Beck to answer further questions after Beck publicized the case. Commissioner Lundy reported bribe offers to quit the commission. identities of those involved were not disclosed pending contacts with all named individuals.
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Des Moines
Legislative
Iowa Highway Commission
Clark McNeal
Belmond
Irwin
Democratic Party
Iowa
McNeal
Robert K. Beck
Centerville
Commission
Beck
Russell Lundy
McNeal Committee
Lundy
Soviets Billed for Downed U S Air Force Plane
Washington demanded Russia pay 756604 for the hostile unprovoked destruction of a U S air force B-29 over Hokkaido on Nov 7 1954. The MiG attack forced 11 crew to parachute. 10 landed safely while Lt Sigfredo Angulo was seriously injured and died. The U S rejected Soviet claims the B 29 fired first or that the incident occurred over Soviet territory.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Hokkaido
Sigfredo Angulo
Moscow
U. S
Deaths William Klinsky services announced
William Klinsky died Tuesday. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Brush chapel conducted by Rev Zdenek F Pauk. Burial at Roger s Grove cemetery near Ely with Ely IOOF graveside rites. Friends may call at the chapel.
Baylis Services
Graveside services for William Baylis 83 who died at his home on route 3 Wednesday will be conducted in Oak Hill cemetery Friday at 1 30 p m He was a former resident of 713 Fourth avenue SE and a commercial photographer before his retirement Friends may call at the Turner chapel
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Baylis
William Baylis
Fourth Avenue SE
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Ichapel
Wage boosts at GM announced
Detroit AP reports General Motors will raise wages for 350000 hourly workers by at least six cents an hour from May 29 under the annual-improvement-factor clause of the UAW contract.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Expansion Voted In Highway Plan
Washington AP report notes the senate public roads subcommittee voted to add 7,000 miles to the national superhighway network at an extra 17 billion dollars. Financing would rise from 27 to 44 billion and extend construction from 13 to 20 years.
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Washington
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Hickenslooper slams Morse remark as odious and inconsiderate
Washington AP reports Senator Hickenlooper denounces a remark attributed to Senator Morse likening President Eisenhower to Dave Beck as odious and more offensive than anything Joe McCarthy ever said.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Rela
Morse
Dore
Eisenshower
Dave Beck
Joe McCarthy
The Angel and the Outlaw on Channel 9
An orphan youth influenced by The Calico Kid, a young outlaw, mirrors a daring tale. The Lone Ranger airs Thursday at 6 30 on Channel 9 in a Western adventure.
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Angel and the Outlaw
Lone Ranger
Channel 9
Gas Company Plans 350 Additional Heating Permits
Cedar Rapids district manager James Colbert of Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric says 350 more heating permits will be released this Thursday. The extra gas will come from increased Line pipeline compressor capacity tied to a planned 1958 cross country pipeline expansion. Federal hearings in Washington review an $80 million pipeline project to boost Midwest capacity serving Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ottumwa and the Quad Cities.
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James Colbert
Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Colbert
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Pipeline Company
Middlewest
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Quad-Cities
Funeral set for Mrs. Redman in Marengo
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Redman 48 of Mt. Vernon are planned for Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church Marengo with burial in IOOF Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited Friday night at Hoover Funeral Home. She died after a Wednesday crash on highway 218 near Cedar Rapids involving Frank Coufal 60 of Cou Falls. Survivors include a son and two daughters.
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Marengo
Fred Redman
Mt. Vernon
St. Patrick’s Church
IOOF
Hoover Funneral
Redman
Frank Coufal
Cou Falls
Cedar Rapids
Frances Redman
Frank Steele
Marenig
Redmans
Concrete and culvert contracts awarded for Davenport area project
Contracts were let to John L. Houston Company of Davenport Clinton Culvert Company of Clinton and Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc of Des Moines for the rock surfacing chemical treatment and drainage projects. Zeidler Concrete Products Machinery Company of Waterloo won the concrete pipe portion at 2687. Total bid for both pipe settings 9650.30 versus an estimated 9000. Completion is planned for this summer.
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John L. Houston Company
Davenport
Clinton Culvert Company
Clinton
Armco ‘Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Des Moines
Zeidler Concrete Products Machinery Company of
Waterloo
Cain Testifies in Miller's Defense
Former Senator Harry Cain testified that Arthur Miller showed he was not under Communist discipline by answering questions about himself at a House inquiry. Cain, called as an expert witness for the defense in Miller's contempt trial, said questions about others Miller refused to answer were worthless.
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Washington
INS
Harry Cain
Arthur Miller
House
Cain
Miller
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Plan Memorial Service
Cedar Rapids lodge representatives met to plan the annual memorial service set for June 11. James H. Woodside was elected chairman with Andrew Schamberger as vice-chairman Mrs Charles Bonham as secretary and Roy Jackson as treasurer. The Maine hall event at 838 First Avenue NE will host the service.
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Odd ‘Fellows
Rebekah
Cedar Rapids
James H. Woodside
Andrew Schamberger
Charles Bonham
Roy ‘Jackson
Mainehall
First Avenue
Rebuilding Tornado Area to Be Sped in 60 Days
Civic and business leaders announce a plan to restore 739 homes in Kansas City suburbs within 60 days focusing on Hickman Mills Ruskin Heights. Mortgage, insurance, and VA agreements will finance most costs, preserving existing loans to avoid refinancing. Prather & Sons ready to begin. Carpenters Council pledges 500 workers once needed amid ongoing strike for higher pay.
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Kansas City
Hickman Mills - Ruskin Heights
John Popkess
Veterans Administration
Popkess
Prather & Sons
Ruskin Heights
J. O. Mack
Carpenters District Council
Cedar Rapids Greenhouses Win Special Permit Expansion
Bowling alley operators argue beer sales fit the main use as other alleys already sell beer. City clerks say one class B permit may be available. else the alley must wait. Council grants final approval for Cedar Rapids Greenhouses at 3215 Johnson avenue NW following Plan Commission support.
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson Avenue
City Plan Commission
Couple Burned as Gasoline Ignites
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Hayek of 3030 Bever Avenue SE suffered burns in a basement gasoline fire late Wednesday. A jar of gasoline broke as Mr. Hayek, 69, carried it downstairs. fumes ignited from a pilot light and flames blocked the basement exit. They were treated at Mercy hospital and released.
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Rudolf Hayek
Bever Avenue
Ford Forecasts New Sales Mark
ROMEO Mich Henry Ford II told stockholders that Ford Motor Company sales for the first half of 1957 will likely top three billion dollars a company record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo, Mich
Henry Ford iI
Ford Motor Company
Two Sisters Die In Abandoned Refrigerator
Campbell New York report says Kathleen six and Margie four suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator after the door closed. Authorities say the incident involved the children of Norman and his wife, leaving two other siblings unharmed.
Loveless to Veto Capital Projects and Tax Bill
Gov Loveless plans a mass veto of capital improvements and a $2 percent sales tax bill. He would cut $8 million annually from the state budget and shift $16 million for operations, with a $500000 World War I bonus fund cut and a new Soldiers Home project at Marshalltown affected. A special session remains uncertain amid protests and revenue concerns.
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Marshalltown
Board of Regents
Loveless
Des Moines
No Veto Deliberations Cloud Regent Go Ahead Hopes
Gov Loveless hints a veto is unlikely on capital improvement funds for Iowa higher education while Regents chair Hagemann urges no veto. Board of Control members warn a veto could disappoint projects at University of Iowa Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College amid detailed project lists and costs. Senator Nolan warns a veto would misuse power.
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DES Moines
Herschel ‘Loveless
Harry Hagemann
Waverly
Iowa Board of Regents
Iowa
Board of Regents
Bruce Stiles
Iowa Conservation Commission
Board of Control
George Callenius
Regents
University of Iowa
Lakeside Laboratory
University
Iowa State College
Agricultural Farm No
College Hospital
Food and Nutrition
Iowa State Teachers College
Arts and Industries
Iowa City
D. C. Nolan
Senate
Gov. Loveless
Silencer Put on Organ by Kittens at St Pauls Church
The organ at St. Pauls Episcope church in Oaks was out of service after a house cat brought her kittens onto the venue. The incident occurred during the week and did not stop services as the family was moved by Sunday.
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Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Episcope
of Oaks
Kitttens
Adenauer and Ike To Chat at Farm
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will hold a man to man talk at Eisenhower’s Gettysburg farm on Sunday. The meeting will cover postwar rebuilding and transatlantic cooperation with emphasis on security and unity between the United States and West Germany.
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Adenauer
Ike
Farm
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Gettysburg
Youth pleads innocent to string of break ins in Linn County
A 17 year old youth pleaded innocent in Linn County District Court to breaking and entering. Police say he confessed to 15 break ins in six weeks and to additional thefts including a saxophone valued at 304.94. The suspect Robert Gatewood of 329 Fourth Avenue SW is jailed on 1500 bond after arraignment. The case links a Sax horn to Willy B. Jackson of Waterloo and mentions a Cedar Rapids arrest record.
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Linni District Court
Robert Gatewood
Fourth Avenue
Gatewood
Hatch
Brookman Lumber Yard
John Kuba
Kuba
Werdell Leavell
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Waterloo
Willy B. Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Sparrows of Rhythm” Orchestra
Jackson
Aterloo
Two Fined for Drunk Driving
In iLinn district court on Wednesday three defendants faced alcohol related charges. Wilfred G. Kroll 24 of Savannah Illinois received a 500 dollar fine on a second offense after pleading guilty. David F. Myers 50 of Marion was fined 300 dollars after pleading guilty and granted monthly payments. John F. Noto 18 of Elgin Illinois pled innocent to a drunk driving charge and remains free on bond.
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iLinn District Court
Wilfred G. Kroll
Savanna
Ill
Floyd Philbrick
Kroll
Marion
Clinton County
David F. Myers
Myers
John F. Noto
Elgin
Cedar Rapids
Noto
Cedar Rapids Man Ordered to Psychiatric Exam
Eugene Hauser, 57, of 1718 Seventh Avenue SE, was charged with lascivious acts with a child and ordered by District Court Judge Floyd Philbrick to undergo psychiatric examination under Iowa sexual psychopath law. The examination at University Hospitals in Iowa City is to be completed by June 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Eugene Hauser
Seventh Avenue SE
Hauser
Iowa
Iowa City
Sheriff Probes Breakins at Triangle Station Hiawatha
Linn County sheriff investigates two break ins at Triangle service station Hiawatha on successive nights. No theft reported for Wednesday entry while operator lists a $15 loss from Tuesday night burglary.
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
Triangle
Hiawatha
Jury Deliberating on Condemnation Appeal
A jury continues deliberations over a condemnation appeal case. The proceedings target property seizure action with potential impacts on owners and a public project. Attorneys argued points presented by both sides as jurors weigh legal standards and evidence in the local courthouse.
Land Condemnation Appeal Heard In Linn Court
A Linn county jury heard noon instructions before retiring to deliberate in a land condemnation appeal. Frank and Emma Modracek seek 12500 dollars for land taken for relocation of Highway 18 south of Cedar Rapids. The condemnation jury awarded 1852 dollars. Defendants are the Iowa Highway Commission and state of Iowa. Judge Charles Penningroth presided.
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Linn County
Frank
Emma Modracek
Highway 218
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Commission
State of Iowa
Charles Penningroth
Auto damage suit filed in Mt Vernon man sues
Gerald Niederhauser of Mt Vernon filed a $156 98 auto damage suit against Robert and Mari.
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Gerald Niederhauser
Mt. Vernon
Robert and
Mari
Defense budget debate hinges on waste charges and cuts
Wilson defended the defense department against waste claims and said alleged duplication is exaggerated. He warned that proposed procurement cuts in navy and air force areas would shrink the military program, contrasting with Congress last year adding funds for airpower. The trend now appears to reverse.
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Wilson
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Mills says House cuts won't curb 1958 spending much
Rep. Mills notes that despite $1.4 billion in cuts to 10 of 14 appropriations bills for fiscal 1958 the reductions will not lower Eisenhower's $71.8 billion budget by a similar amount. He warns tax relief is not justified as most cuts affect already available or fixed programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Congress
Hollister Defends Foreign Aid to Halt Communists
Foreign Aid Administrator John B Hollister urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve the administration's 3.865 billion dollar aid program saying it has held back Communists in the Far East and saved Iran and Guatemala from internal capture. He argued for sustaining mutual security and costs and rejected calls to cut military aid. Senator Russell disputed the premise that cutting military aid increases drafts.
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Washington
John B. Hollister
Far East
Iran
Guatemala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hollister
Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
Formosa
Viet Nam
Jordan
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A Avenue NE
Albuquerque
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J. A. Gaskill
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Jennie Rooks
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San Francisco
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Anderson
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Hamilton Street
Dr. Anderson
W. E. Anderson
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John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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Earth
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SEEM
Owa
Robert Irwin
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Stanley Henderson
Gail Newgard
Crescent
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Siowers
Ford
Hagemann
On Lind
Lisbon
Mary Tarvestad
Roland Schneider
C.R. Man
UAW
Michigan United Automobile Workers
Max Trachtenberg
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Turner
John B. Turner & Son
Bezdek’s Florists
Florist Telegraph Association
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