Temperatures and precipitation notes from May 26 1955
Daily weather record shows high and low temperatures for Wednesday, with showers expected Friday and a small change in temperatures. Includes wind data, sunrise and sunset times, and May totals versus normals. Also lists divorce decrees, petitions, birth announcements, and court notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with local service and burial details.
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Bismarck
Mie
Seattle
Mia
Municipal
Soviet Group Arrives for Tito Meeting in Belgrade
The Soviet peace mission led by Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade to begin talks with Yugoslav President Tito. Khrushchev expresses sincere regret for the 1948 Stalin Tito split as Tito greets the delegation at Belgrade airport. Formal talks start Friday amid widespread curiosity.
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Belgrade
INS
Tito
Khrushchev
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Services Friday for Mrs. Joseph Drahos
Mrs. Joseph L. Drahos 71 of Belle Plaine died at her daughter's home in Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness. Amalie Pesek born May 10 1884 in Ceska Rybna near Skutce Czechoslovakia married Feb 7 1904 and moved to Belle Plaine. Survived by husband five children ten grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 32 in Hrabak funeral home with Oak Hill cemetery burial.
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Belle Plaine
Joseph L. Drahos
Ed Weis
C Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Amalie Theresa Pesek
Frank Pesek
Ceska Rybna
Skutce
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Drahos
Drahos
Ed Weiss
C. W. Luense
Thomas Parry
van Horne
Lloyd
Chicago Heights
Joseph
Waukegan, Ill
CSA Lodge
Hrabak Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Eastern Iowans Honored by ISC Music Honors Banquet
Eastern Iowans receive ISC music honors at the annual banquet in Ames. Recipients include four year participants Keneth Herring and Calvin Robison with I awards and senior honors. Clarence Lutz and Robert Eastman receive music recognition and gold vocal awards. Bronze to multiple singers and instrumentalists from Vinton Marion Monticello and Cedar Rapids with Robison earning gold instrumental.
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Ames
East Iowa
Iowa State College
Kenneth Herring
Mechanicsville
Calvin Robison
Marion
Clarence Lutz
Robert Eastman
Vinton
Robert Berckhan
Brooklyn
Dave Carstano
Monticello
Bueford Martin
Lone Tree
Ralph Martin
Joan Niehens
Mt. Vernon
Caron Reed
Springville
Marian Simmons
Waukon
Sue Wilson
Lansing
Jan Huyck
Toledo
Jim Lang
Nancy States
Tracr
James W. White
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Faas
Dave Lyford
Tom Phelps
Sigourney
Jack Thoeni
Tom Barta
Services Friday for Anastasia OConnor
Anastasia OConnor 81 died Tuesday and services are set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Patrick's church with burial in the church cemetery. Rosary was Thursday at Mason funeral home. Born October 12 1873 on a Tama area farm she married Michael OConnor February 11 1896 in Tama. Survivors include three daughters two sons 15 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and a sister Mary Carpenter of Royal.
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Wyoming
Mary Matejka
Methodist Church
Wallace Funeral
Tama
Anastasia O’connor
St. Patrick’s Church
Church Cemetery
Mason Funeral
Belle Plaine
Joseph Drahos
Hrabak
Urial
Oak Hill Cemetery
Iowa City
Jacob W. Maites
Mason Funeral Home
Michael O’connor
St. Mary’s Circle
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Mark Plowman
Floyd Tower
Helen Hines
Francis O’connor
John M. O'Connor
Washington Court House
Ohio
Mary Carpenter
Royal
Widow LaPlant Dies From Fall At Antique Shop
Mrs Edward W LaPlant 2118 Blake Blvd SE died from a fractured neck after stepping onto a basement stair at Hampton's antique shop when a trap door was open Coroner Robert B reported autopsy late Wednesday. She was founder’s wife and services are at Turner chapel 1 30 p m Friday with burial in Chapel of Memories.
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Edward W. LaPlant
Blake Boulevard
Robert B
Brush
Plant
Hampton’s
Mt. Vernon Road
S. LaPlant
LaPlant
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Turner Chapel
Jack A. Oliver
First Christian Church
Chapel of Memories
Tornadoes flatten Udall center causing collapse and injuries
A center of Udall was hit by a tornado that leveled brick and stone buildings, damaged utilities, and trapped workers as 35 night shift staff escaped before the factory collapsed. Rescue squads moved lights into town, while cars and vehicles were crushed and debris filled streets. A Durant tornado damaged homes with no injuries. The storm system stretched across eastern Oklahoma with more twisters anticipated.
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Ln Ud
Walker
Main Street
Udall
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Durant
Okla
Weather Bureau
Trio Named for Scout World Jamboree From Hawkeye Area
The Hawkeye Area council selects Don Butterfield Burton Conn and James Turner as the three official representatives for the Boy Scout World Jamboree to be held August 18 to 28 at Niagara on the Lake Ontario Canada. Alternates are Don Shaw and Mark Powell. All five are Eagle Scouts. The U S delegation is capped at 1500 to allow space for others. Hawkeye earned the Hale trophy earning a third delegate.
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Hawkeye
Niagara-on the-Lake
Ontario
Canada
Hawkeye Area
Rodeo Riders to Compete Sunday Near Shueyville
Rodeo riders will compete Sunday afternoon at Uprier ranch two miles east of Shueyville near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The program starts at 2 p.m. events include bronc busting bareback riding bull and steer riding and trick riding with a pony stock show. No admission but donations requested.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Shueyville
I Gathmann Dead at 61 in Cedar Rapids
I Gathmann 61 retired Prudential Life Insurance manager died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness. Born in Milwaukee he lived in Cedar Rapids 19 years and was active in the First Congregational church and several Masonic bodies. He is survived by his wife Emma Guthmann two daughters a sister and other relatives. Entombment is planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery with funeral rites by Rev J Richard Wagner. Contributions to the Cancer fund are welcomed.
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Harry A. Gathmann
Franklin Avenue
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Mr. Gathmann
First Congregational Church
Life Underwriters Association
Mizpah Lodge
Iowa
el Kabir Shrine
Emma Dabiel Guthmann
Harriett Gathmann
Kieth E. iMurphy
Alter Rintelmann
Chapel of Memories
J. Richard Wagner
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Masonic Temple
Cancer Fund
Probers Report Unhealthy Market Signs and Dissent
The Senate banking committee reported evidence of unhealthy speculative developments in the stock market during its Wall Street boom inquiry. The majority urged close watching while noting increased activity. a minority led by Capehart condemned the findings as political, warning future inquiries risk anti administration electioneering.
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Washington
INS
Senate Banking Committee
Wall Street
G.O.P
Sen. Capehart
Ind
Capehart
Freene
Fulbright
D-Ark
Thehharge
Deaths of Jesse Gordon Cedar Rapids resident and employee
Jesse Gordon 412 Fourth Street SW a Cedar Rapids resident for 13 years and employee of Wilson and Company died suddenly at 6 30 a m Thursday Born November 3 1883 in Sidney he married Ada December 24 1908 Surviving are his wife a son Donal E Gordon two sisters and five grandsons He was a member of United Packinghouse Workers CIO Local 3 Funeral services 1 p m Saturday at Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev Arnold H Marzell Westminster Presbyterian Church Burial in Memorial Gardens Iowa City Friends may call at the home after 7 p m Thursday
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Jesse Gordon
Fourth Street
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Sidney
Ada
Donal E. Gordon
Iowa City
Orville Malcom
Tabor
Mabel Carl
Farraigut
J. Gordon
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Arnold H. Marzell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Memorial Gardens
Requiem Tonight by Berlioz at Iowa City University
In Iowa City nearly 350 musicians perform Berlioz Requiem at 8 p m in the Iowa Fieldhouse conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. The University of Iowa Symphony and Chorus join 225 singers and 120 instrumentalists with guest players from the region. The concert is free and broadcast on WSUI with three recordings planned for rebroadcast.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Dimitri Mitropoulos
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz
University Chorus
Symphony
Mitropoulos
New York Philharmonical Symphony
Herald Stark
Dixon
SUI Orchestra
WSUI
Two-Day-Old Gerald Mulvany Dies in Cedar Rapids
Gerald Balcom Mulvany infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mulvany of 1806 Grande Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 10 10 a m in a local hospital. Born May 23 1955 he is survived by four sisters Patricia Lee Sandra Nye Susan Katharine and Denise C Mulvany all at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Balcom Luberger of Cedar Rapids. Private services will be announced later with friends invited to call at Turner's Chapel.
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Gerald Balcom Mulvany
Gerald Mulvany
Grande Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Lee
Sandra Nye
Susan Katherine
Denise Christwell Mullvany
Balcom Luberger
Turner Shapel
Infant Mary Kay Byrd Funeral Notice in Watkins
Infant Mary Kay Byrd daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan Byrd of 1607 avenue NE Cedar Rapids died in a hospital Wednesday afternoon. Survived by two brothers William and Joseph and grandparents Hallie Byrd of Olin and A J Schmeucher of Watkins. Private services were held at St Patrick's cemetery Watkins with Teahen funeral home in charge.
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Mary Kay Byrd
Ivan Byrd
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
William
Joseph
Hallie Byrd
Olin
A. J. Schmeucher
Watkins
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Teahen
John Bittle 86 Funeral Held in Lisbon
Services were conducted at Lisbon Wednesday afternoon for John Bittle 86 of 517 Seventh avenue SE who operated a grocery in Cedar Rapids many years He had resided in Cedar Rapids since 1916 Surviving are his wife Marie a son Everett a daughter Mrs Hugh Reinier all of Cedar Rapids another son Gomer of Oklahoma City nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren
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Lisbon
John Bittle
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Marie
Everett
Hugh Reinier
Gomer
Oklahoma City
Infant Janet Parker Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Janet Parker infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse F Parker of 1227 Sixteenth Street SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 40 a m Wednesday Services were held Thursday afternoon in Beatty Bearle chapel Burial followed at Cedar Memorial cemetery
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Janet Parker
Jesse F. Parker
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Beatty-Bearle
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Plastic cockpit hoods deform at high speed near sea level
A description notes that plastic aircraft cockpit hoods begin to lose their shape when exposed to speeds approaching 800 miles per hour at sea level. The observation highlights material limits for cockpit enclosures and the potential need for redesigned glazing in high speed conditions.
O Connor Named Father of Year
Basil OConnor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, named father of the year by the National Father's Day Committee. Alvin Austin credits him as architect of the battle that brought the Salk vaccine. Jonas Salk receives humanitarian award for lifesaving work. Don Ameche stage father, Sid Cesar television father, Artin Dark sports father chosen.
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New York
INS
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
O’connor
Alvin Austin
Jonas E. Salk
Don Ameche
Astage
Sid Cesar
Irv Comic
Altvin Dark
New York Giant
Cosmic rays mystery spurs scientific curiosity
A description of cosmic rays as mysterious streams of electrical particles striking Earth from unknown sources. Researchers note their elusive origin and ongoing effort to understand how these high energy particles travel through space and interact with our atmosphere.
Mysterious attack binds Iowa man with burns
Charles Danielson, 35, Epworth, Iowa loading dock employee, missing since May 16, was found in Belle Meade bound with wire and badly burned. Police say alcohol was poured and set afire. he was hospitalized then jailed on a vagancy charge amid ongoing investigation. He recalled only vague details of a truck and two men. His wife reported his car found in Des Moines.
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Nashville
Tenn
Epworth
Charles Danielson
Epworth Oil Company
Danielson
Belle Meade
Davidson County
Anielson
Des Moines
Jaycees Aid Cedar Rapids Golf Course Plans
Cedar Rapids officials welcomed a Junior Chamber of Commerce offer to help plan a second municipal golf course. Cliff Jordan of the Iowa Golf Association and Dan Sheehan of the National Golf Foundation volunteered consulting services as the city weighs a 140 acre southwest site. Commissioner Dick Jones said a formal meeting will be held once the group is organized and records are ready.
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Cedar Rapids
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cliff Jordan
Iowa Golf Association
Dick Jones
Dan Sheehan
National Golf Foundation
Jones
Sheehan
Gazette
Gus Schrader
Judge rules hospital suit a test case in Iowa
District Judge C Edwin Moore described the hospital doctor lawsuit as a test case binding all 172 Iowa hospitals. The ruling denied adding Jackson County Public Hospital Maquoketa to the 34 plaintiffs and keeps the suit as a class action affecting hospital laboratories and specialist employment across the state. Spencer officials testified Thursday as the trial neared its second week, noting their hospital leases and pathology testing arrangements with University of Iowa facilities.
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DES Moines
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Cless
A. A. Herrick
Iowa Hospital Association
Moore
Herrick
Spencer
Ben Abben
Spencer Hospital
Abben
Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
Myrnaholm
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Iowa Falls Centennial Celebration Moves Through Amana Route
Day after a 200 mile publicity run for the Iowa Falls Centennial, boaters were hosted at a breakfast in Amana. They paused planed travel to the Lake Macbride area, choosing to stay on the pre arranged schedule.
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Iowa Falls
Amana
Lake Macbride
First Egg Buyer License To Last Only 9 Months
Des Moines Iowa reports a new state egg grading law requires more than ten thousand Iowans to buy licenses. Egg buyer licenses will range from 12.50 to 50 dollars for nine months. Licenses must be issued by July 4 with inspections and clinics to follow.
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Des Moines
Liddy
Dairy Land
Iowa Falls Flotilla Enroute to Coralville
The Iowa Falls flotilla sped from the Amana Colonies down the Iowa river to north of here in five hours and was en route to Coralville. They planned to reach Iowa City by 4 p.m. Friday.
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Iowa Falls
Coralville
North Liberty
Iowa River
Amana
Here
Iowa City
Courthouse: Man Pleads Guilty to Second DWI
Cletus J. Lansing, 27, of 415 Twenty sixth Avenue SW, Thursday pled guilty to a second offense drunk driving charge. Judge Floyd Philbrick fined him 500 dollars plus costs. Lansing may pay 100 dollars down and 50 dollars per month. He was arrested after being found in a car on a highway shoulder near Walford. Lansing had a prior drunk driving conviction on June 6, 1949, in Winneshiek county.
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C.R. Man
Cletus J. Lansing
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Floyd Philbrick
Lansing
Walford
Frank Cerveny
Winneshiek County
McCauley Sentenced to Six Months for Resisting Officer
Rosewell J. McCauley, 25, of 1919 B street SW, was sentenced to six months in Linn county jail on resisting an officer. Judge Floyd Philbrick suspended three months, with the start of confinement set from May 19 when arrest occurred. McCauley pled guilty May 19 after being taken into custody for disturbing the peace on May 18.
Jury Awards Hansen 1975 Damages in Belle Plaine Case
Willie H. Hansen of Keystone was awarded 1 975.50 against Raoul Winchell in a jury verdict rendered by Judge Floyd Philbrick after an accident near Belle Plaine on February 14, 1954. The sealed verdict was opened Thursday morning following a trial that began Monday.
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Willie H. Hansen
Keystone J
Raoul Winchell
Floyd Philbrick
Hansen
Belle Plaine
Man Seeks Satisfaction Of Judgment In Divorce Case
Glenn E. Kemper of Cedar Rapids filed suit asking the court to declare a judgment against him satisfied. He says former wife Leota M. Smith of Minneapolis holds a $500 judgment and he has paid $520 to satisfy it. The judgment arose from an Oct 23, 1936 divorce decree.
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Glenn E. Kemper
Cedar Rapids
Kemper
Leota M. Smith
Minneapolis
Hladek Pleads Innocent in Log Cabin Tavern Assault
William F. Hladek, 26, of 430 Twenty-eighth Avenue SW pleaded innocent to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. He is charged with slashing Claude R. Nelson, 25, of 2925 Johnson Avenue NW in the face with a broken beer glass during the May 20 incident at the Log Cabin Tavern.
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William F. Hladek
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Hladek
Claude R. Nelson
Johnson Avenue NW
Iavern
Wills admitted to probate. two estates named
On Thursday two wills were admitted to probate. Ayette Moore died February 22 naming widow Virginia as sole heir and executrix without bond. Leonard Simanek died May 5 naming widow Martha as sole heir and executrix without bond. Albert Sundberg sued Dewey H. McCardle for 750.50 in personal injuries and car damage from a March 20 collision near Mt. Vernon.
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Ayette Moore
Virginia
Leonard Simanek
Martha
Albert Sundberg
Dewey H. McCardle
Mt. Vernon
Children To Be Shown Films on Capitol Visits
Governor Hoegh announced Iowa statehouse visits include highway safety films in the senate chamber for eighth grade students from Oskaloosa. He said the program aims to spread the Slow Down and Live message and may expand to more schools.
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Capitol
Des Moines
Hoegh
Statehouse
Senate Chamber
Oskaloosa
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LaCrosse
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Margaret M. Reynolds
John C. Reynolds
Russell L. Swearingen
Ila! P. Robertson
John P. Best
Oe A. Beck
Cedar Rapi
Roberta J. Diouhy
Eugene M. Diouny
St. Luke's
Paulsen
Keith
Fifth Avenue SW
Banks
Leo
Twenty-seventh Street
Lensch
Kenneth
Holt
John
Second Avenue
Schupbach
Birky
Harold
Thirty-seventh Street
Martin
Verne
Schaeffer Drive
Downey
Calif
Merle McAllister
Jesse Sexton
Atom
Marion Dunway
Doris Meyer
James Reynolds
Thomas Hockaday
George Summers
First Avenue
Roy Wilson
Third Street
Donald O’hara
Fifteenth Street
Carl Jones
William Hoffman
Twentieth Street
John Dvorak
Io Street
St. Joseph's Cemetery
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
And
ISC
Panhandle
Bezder's Florists
Marion Blvd
John B. Turner & Son
I Gathmann
William Kerwin
Eisenhower
U. of Iowa
Raps Legislature
Mulvany Infant
Byrd Infant
Bittle Services
Parker Infant
O'Connor
Roy Blick
Third Avenue SE Funeral Home
Jaycees
Murdoch
Center Point
Judge Rules
Philip H. Cless
Iowa Association of Pathologists
Iowa State Medical Society
R. J. McCauley
Marion Boulevard
Todd's
Marida
Cedarapids
Fred and
Ginnie Todd
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