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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1955
Page
8
Chicago reports a week of gains for meat markets with butchers advancing about 25 cents. Top price hits 19.50, the year’s high, while steers and heifers hold steady to 50 cents lower. Hog and cattle receipts listed with nominal changes and widespread price ranges across grades.
Des Moines reports Saturday receipts around 25 000, down from week ago 34 000 and year ago 19 500, actual Friday 49 000. Prices mostly steady with butchers 160 180 lb at 15 17 dollars, 200 220 lb at 17 18 dollars, sow ranges 270 400 lb from 13 to 15 dollars.
Cedar Rapids market reports show hogs delivered at the Cedar Rapids plant steady with prices listed for various weights and types. Also included are prices for eggs wool grain and field grasses with notes on oats corn soybeans straw and alfalfa values across several categories.
Elwyn Doud aged 18 of Waterloo Nebraska died when his eastbound 1926 Ford collided with a 1950 Ford driven by Sgt Jess Donahoo in Ottumwa Iowa on U S 34 Donahoo was charged with driving without a license and fined ten dollars Doud died at Ottumwa hospital Donahoo and a passenger had minor injuries The crash occurred during the long holiday weekend Iowa's 1955 toll rose to 224 with two fatalities Meanwhile an eight month old baby from San Diego Albert Van Vranken was Iowa's latest traffic victim after a crash near Dunlap on Highway 30 and eight others were injured
John T. Watkins a CIO United Auto Workers organizer in Rock Island was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about individuals he said had left the Communist movement. Judge Joseph C McGarraghy scheduled a sentence meeting with attorneys.
In the Matter of the Estate of Frances Gunsten formerly Frances Sandelius deceased a notice states that on May 10 1955 at 10 o clock in the morning the testament will be presented for proof and admission before the district court at Cedar Rapids Iowa. The matter is dated Cedar Rapids May 7 1955 and signed by the judge and attorneys Hetrie Court Wadsworth and Lochner.
The Senate Banking Committee dropped Eisenhower’s 70,000 unit plan and approved a Democratic package to fund 540,000 public housing dwellings over four years. The plan includes a major military housing program and other housing operation improvements.
In LEEK England Derek Hulme age nine was run over by a one ton concrete horse drawn roller on a farm field. He fell from the shafts and was pressed into soft ground leaving a perfect impression of his body. He escaped with no bruise or serious injury.
John Foster Dulles is named an honorary member of the Watertown Rotary club for spreading the Rotary ideal of service above self. The honor underscores the esteem in which Dulles is held by local civic organizations.
Nancy Thomas a 14 year old high school student escaped unharmed after lying flat under a stalled freight train for about ten minutes as a train slowly passed over her. Her schoolmate Fran Miller 16 warned her to lie still and head down during the perilous moment.
John Fowler, principal, announced honor roll students who kept a B average or better in five of six six weeks. Seventh graders include Eileen Allen Tom Dougherty Patty Hipple Polly Johnson Luanne Jones Hanna Mary Larry Miller Vera Smith Sheryl Clemans Terry Conklin Linda Hart John Lange Patricia Moyer Andris Raitz. Eighth graders include Tom Bassett John Castle Keith Hilmer Mimi Rundquist Carol Sacre Ruth Sorg Alice Thompson Jerry Woods Mary Begley Betty Bruns Jim McKean Patricia Struck and Steve Dye.
The issue lists schedules for several churches including Presbyterian and St. Pauls Lutheran with worship times, Sunday school, sermon topics such as Pentecost and the Gift of Power, and choir rehearsals. Prairie Chapel announces vacation Bible school starting June 6 with Mrs. Edith Weller in charge.
Retired Air Force Gen James Doolittle fished at West Grand lake in Maine and spoke with two young anglers about military service. Both planned to wait for the draft but he urged them to join the Air Force. Robert L Berry 18 and Eston K Greenlaw 19 signed up Friday for the Air Force.
Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, who pressed party loyalty oaths from southern delegates in 1952, said the loyalty issue is a dead duck and that future convention delegates will be Democrats, reflecting a shift toward unity at the national party level.
Carlsbad New Mexico court sentences Myrtle McCool, a land partition suit witness, to 48 hours in jail after she stuck her tongue out at an attorney during Friday proceedings.
The notice announces that on May 20 1955 Marietta Canedy was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Charles A Canedy also known as Charles Alonzo Canedy and Charlie A Canedy deceased formerly of Los Angeles County California. All persons indebted must pay promptly and those having claims should file them in the Linn County Iowa District Court with the attorneys Barnes Wadsworth Elderkin and Loch er.
Several probate notices list appointments of administrators with will annexed and administratrix in Linn County Iowa. Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids acts as administrator with will annexed for Laura Turner estate with May 13 1955 filing. Imogen B Emery attorney. Rose Ressler named administratrix for Joseph Ressler estate with May 27 1955 filing. Ted V Ruffin attorney. Delmer C Porter estate appoints ancillary administrator with will annexed. Willis A Glasgow attorney.
The UAW international executive board to convene in Detroit to chart a policy if no wage guarantee is won. Talks with General Motors and Ford yield no results as contracts near expiration. Ford labels its stock plan offer as a counterproposal described as challenging, while the union calls Ford's plan a fake.
Hagen Germany two more people died Friday bringing the postwar typhoid fever outbreak to 614 cases reported to date in West Germany.
In Paris Allied officers led by Gen. Alfred Gruenther feared a French division would move from Germany to fight rebels in Algeria. The concern centered on setting a precedent that weakens the unified Atlantic Alliance command. Faure announced the move and expected Gruenther's approval.
Edgar A. Guest reminds a golfer that a caddie, a growing boy, watches every move. He will learn by example and tell his mother how the player behaved, so rules matter and character shows in action. In Bellevue Nebraska UP reports parents chose the birthday for a baby girl born at midnight selecting the day after.
Agriculture Secretary Benson urged developing alternate profitable crops in the Great Plains to replace part of the wheat production burden. He cited hybrid grain sorghums as promising for hard wheat areas and noted wheat remains principal for many regions. He spoke at a Kansas field day as voters prepare for a June 25 wheat quota referendum amid a record surplus and high carryover.
Mrs. Jane H. Lennie aged 59 in Chicago finally filed for divorce on Thursday after not seeing her husband since he left in 1922.
German ex change student Maria Landgraf spoke to the Catholic Laymen's club at the Roosevelt Hotel about life in the western sector after fleeing the Eastern zone. She described freedom and spoke of returning home to aid rebuilding relations between Germany and the United States.
Two Cedar Rapids men received 30 day jail terms after their wives reported they struck them Friday night. Municipal Court Judge Charles Benesh suspended 20 days of each sentence for David Jones, 30, of 1409 Tenth Street SE, and William Elgas, 35, of 704 E Avenue NW.
Sandra Phillips 14 daughter of Eugene and Mrs Phillips of 604 Cobban Court SE Cedar Rapids leaves June 3 for New York auditions for television shows. She earned the trip last August at the Linn county fair by winning a talent contest with a comedy song and dance act. Mrs Phillips accompanies for the trip which includes a visit to Niagara Falls.
Miles Kofron elected president of Battery E Association, with LeRoy Quinn as secretary treasurer and Ambrose Muller as historian. The Cedar Rapids unit, formed in May 1917, served overseas in 1918 with the Thirty-fourth division and plans Memorial Day services at local cemeteries. Members to assemble 7:30 a.m. at the Elks club. This year cancer deaths exceed 235,000.
A scanned schedule shows multiple TV stations in Cedar Rapids and nearby cities listing programs from 6:30 to 11:30. Entries include news, talk, movies, wrestling, and weather with stations such as KCRG WMT KWWL WHBF WOI WOC WKBT WHO.
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