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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1956
Page
1
The daily record notes a mixed weather forecast for Iowa with clouds and scattered thundershowers and warmer Sunday. It lists temperatures, barometer readings, and wind at the municipal airport. It also contains obituaries notices for several individuals, court judgments, civil suits, and funeral services in multiple towns including Vinton Winthrop Keystone and Cedar Rapids.
Montreal judge ruling frees Lucy McLean 29 of forcible entry charges after she, with two detectives, entered Mayda Mackay 37’s apartment seeking to learn if Mackay’s husband Peter 36 was there. Mayda confirmed Peter was present but only to report on his restaurant. McLean has begun separation proceedings against her husband.
Edward R. Klier 46 died at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. Services start 9 a.m. Monday at Teahen Chapel and 9:30 at St. Ludmila's Church with Msgr. Frank Hruby. Burial in St. John's Cemetery. Born Fairfax January 31 1910 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1912 and served in the Army during World War II. Survived by brothers William Cedar Rapids Frank Des Moines and Elmer Houston. Rosary 8 p.m. Sunday at the chapel.
Julia Naomi Mef ferd Menz widow of Joseph Menz long time Cedar Rapids resident dies Thursday Burial planned for Linwood cemetery at Linwood. Turner chapel to host services Monday at 3 30 pm Rev Lauren Gerber Noel ridge Baptist church to conduct services Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs Martha Seibert of St Louis marks her 100th birthday. Asked for longevity she says it’s due to eating lots of bread, calling it the staff of life.
Washington officials say the United States plans to propose broadening a Soviet invitation for air force officers to include leaders of other services. President Eisenhower will decide, potentially enabling an open-ended series of exchanges, possibly reaching Khrushchev and Bulganin.
Community groups list upcoming meetings across Cedar Rapids including Y's Men at the YMCA Nick's restaurant and Jaycee Toastmasters at Nick's. Also noted are Agriculture Committee, Kiwanis, Optimists and Rotary programs with speakers from local firms and hospitals.
Police guarded a North Side residence after a bomb blast killed an unidentified man. The victim, listed as James Dorris and Dor ris Campbell, may have planned to target John G. Olinder, an engineer, amid a feud over parking with neighbor Mrs Gwendolyn Voss. Olinder had received a threatening call less than a day after the explosion.
An 18 year old Center Point youth, Rudolph Pitts, was injured on his father's farm when his right leg was caught in a chain attached to a tractor. The leg was crushed below the knee and removed at Mercy Hospital where he was reported in good condition late Saturday night.
New York report confirms a heart attack during surgery, not an atomic blast, killed 26 year old Tomako Nakabayashi. She was one of the Hiroshima maidens brought for plastic surgery after the 1945 bombing and had two operations at Mt Sinai Hospital.
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Milton Helpern said the woman died Thursday during the third procedure from cardiac arrest during surgical release of post thermal contractures. He found no heart or brain damage from radiation and noted ashes will be sent back to Japan.
Opal Juanita Collins 25 killed her paralytic husband Ben Collins 28 and three relatives in a dispute over their new home and insurance. She confessed to police saying family troubles sparked the shootings. Bobby Collins 6 survived.
Forrest Kowalski of Dubuque was duped by two strangers who bet him he carried $700 in a bank account. At a cafe they laid $500 on the table, Kowalski withdrew the money, and the con men handed him a tissue paper filled handkerchief claiming to contain his cash. They disappeared and Kowalski found only tissue in the handkerchief.
Police found Carl Francios, 53, dead about five days in a rooming house at 21 Fifth Avenue SE. Landlady Mrs. Walter Scovil called police. Coroner cites natural causes. brother Leo in Dubuque reported as nearest relative.
Audrey Meadows wed Randolph Rouse, a wealthy Washington real estate man, in a New York chapel. About 50 guests attended. Gleason did not attend and sent a telegram joking about becoming a bigamist. Both were married for the first time. Rouse wore a cast from a recent horse fall.
A 35-year-old bartender linked to the slaying of Philadelphia heiress Anne Harris Van Ryne was seized in Middlebury Vermont while visiting his wife. William Fe Boswell was taken by state troopers and a local officer, questioned, and held without bail after pleading guilty to a fugitive warrant and waiving extradition to Nevada. He denied murder when asked to plead.
Seaman James Osborn returns to Norfolk after 12 days at home from the Valley Forge. Navy Nurse-Lt Cmdr Edna Scheips visits St Luke's School of Nursing and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids on Monday for recruiting appearances.
Footnotes note a New York Times ad by The National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars with Fish as chairman. Senator Mundt recalls Young Turk Republicans opposing Willkie, while Alf Landon led the platform committee advocating aid to allies short of war.
The 168th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A unanimously adopted a $32 943 661 benevolence budget program for 1957 the largest in church history. It sets a basic budget of $15 040 776 with the rest a goal. It projects $12 545 529 for national missions next year including $5 483 039 in the basic budget and $10 004 475 for foreign missions including $4 604 475 in the basic budget.
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