Weather and obituaries mix in 1955 Daily Record item
Forecast details and temperature readings for multiple cities mix with burial notices. Includes wind, precipitation, and day by day outlook, plus funeral services for Hugh C. Curtis Gina Orke Henry Pascoe Betty Braverman Wolfe and more.
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Methodist Church
Buckingham
States Funeral Home
Hawkeye
Hugh C. Curtis
Emerson Funeral Home
Calmar
Gina Orke
Lutheran Cemetery
Sigourney
Henry Pascoe
Whyte Funeral Home
McFarlan
Iowa City
Betty Braverman Wolfe
Oathout Chapel
Local births and notices from area families and courts
Birth announcements list names and residences adding to families with dates in October and November. Court notices include traffic infractions and fines, arson report on a Marion house, and obituaries or service details for several Iowa communities including Manchester Kalona Quasqueton Edgewood Traer with church services and funeral arrangements.
Deaths August Rinderknecht 71 in Cedar Rapids
August Rinderknecht 71 died at 2 30 p m Tuesday at his home 140 Seventeenth Street SW after a lingering illness He was born July 7 1884 near Atkins and moved to Cedar Rapids 15 years ago Surviving include wife Minnie Mohr a son Paul and three daughters plus 15 grandchildren and several siblings Services are at 1 30 p m Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call after 10 a m Friday at the church
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August Rinderknecht
Seventeenth Street
Mr. Rinderknecht
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Lutheran Church
Minnie Mohr
Paul
Lloyd Parker
Vinton
Martin Bayer
Guernsey
J. W. Grammer
Fairfax
George
Henry
Conrad
Newhall
W. G. Haerther
Henry Schminke
Henry Keiper
Barbara Rinderknecht
E. H. Widmann
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Walter G Schnelle
Walter G Schnelle of 1440 Fourth Street SW died Monday. Services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Jane Ba Funeral Home led by Rev Frazer Thomason. Burial is in Glendale Cemetery Des Moines. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Manchester
Delia Sherlock
St. Mary’s Church
Church Cemetery
Shelly Funeral Home
Kalona
William T. Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Baptist
Jost J. Yoder
Ira Nissley
Miller Cemetery
Yoder Funeral Home
Quasqueton
Leslie Coleman
Hover Church
Here
Harris-Garrison Funeral Home
Nell Plank
Union Church
Edgewood
Ray Minkler
Rhine
Walter G. Schnelle
Fourth Street
Janeba
Frazer Thomason
Glendale Cemetery
Des Moines
Two Injured in Shell Plant Blast at Iowa Ordnance
In Middletown Iowa an explosion at the Iowa Ordnance plant injures Emil Strong 44 of Monmouth Illinois in serious condition with leg injuries and Raymond Farrell 62 of Danville in critical condition with arm and shoulder injuries. Major P F Ramme reports the men were working on a chamber gauging operation on a 90 millimeter armor piercing shell when the noses of shells contacted primers on a conveyor belt causing ignition though the plant sustained no damage.
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Middletown
Iowa
Emil Strong
Monmouth
Ill
Burlington
Raymond Farrell
Danville
P. F. Ramme
Request for Egg Law Funds Is Resubmitted
Des Moines Iowa department of agriculture asks the legislature for 80500 to enforce the 1955 egg grading law. The interim committee again defers action awaiting an attorney general ruling on the committee’s authority to fund egg law enforcement. The request split as 37000 for the current year and 43500 for the following year.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Cat Lives No Food Three Months in Durban Shipment
Workmen pledged to save a cat accidentally crated with auto parts from England that lived three months without food or water. The emaciated animal revived to purr when petted, but an official feared it neared the end of its ninth life.
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Durban
South Africa
England
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Defense witnesses testify Arch Burkey deeply loved son
Five defense witnesses told how Arch Burkey, former Wyoming night marshal, deeply loved his 2 year old son. They described Burkey under mental strain after a tractor accident and wartime service as the murder trial continued in Anamosa.
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Burkey
Anamosa
Archie Burkey
Wyoming
Francis Becker
William Connery
Truman Yardem
Canton
Willie E. Ralston
Lewis Dreibelbis
Prowler Admits Two Woodward Estate Break-ins
A burglar, Paul Wirths, admitted breaking into the Woodward estate on two prior occasions as police linked the incidents to the night Mrs. William Woodward Jr shot her husband. Wirths, once questioned for hours, was found not to be on the property during the shooting, which left Mrs. Woodward in hospital in a state of shock.
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Mineola
N. Y
Long Island
William Woodward
Paul Wirths
Woodward
Wirths
Stuyvesant Pinnnell
Pinnell
Youths Admit Halloween Prank Caused Bridge Fire
Three Gosport farm youths admitted Tuesday night that a covered bridge fire was started as a Halloween prank. The blaze killed a volunteer fire chief and injured nine firemen.
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Gosport
Ind
Peron Heads to Nicaragua From Paraguay
Juan Peron, recently deposed leader of Argentina, departed Paraguayan exile by plane for Nicaragua. Only seven saw him off at the airport, and he may seek a new refuge while denying early plans to relocate.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Juan Peron
Central America
Nicaragua
Somoza
Unannounced Stevenson campaign gains strength
Adlai Stevenson's unannounced bid for the Democratic nomination gains momentum as Pennsylvania Gov Leader and Pittsburgh political boss David Lawrence back the effort. Minnesota primary invitation signals growing support while Truman's hints and Tammany reaction shape a wider Stevenson buildup. Tennessee backing from Gov Clement further strengthens the Illinois senator's path amid Harriman speculation.
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Pennsylvania
Stevenson
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Truman
New York
Gov. Horne
Harriman
Tennessee
Coonskin Cap
Sen
Kefauver
Davy Crockett
Clement
Fire- Mrs Cortez Involved in Arson Suspect Takeover
A fire at a McCrey home led to arson charges against a male suspect Cox. He held the four residents including a 14 year old boy at gunpoint overnight and threatened Mrs Cortez then was disarmed by the group. Police planned to forward arson and threat evidence to the county attorney.
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McCrey
Cox
Mrs. McCrey
Grandfather McCrey
Swallows Keys To Save Money In Italian Farm Family
In Piedmonte Dalife Italy doctors opened the stomach of Addolorata Carbonelli a 42 year old farmer s wife and removed a bundle of keys she had swallowed to reach the drawer where the family savings are kept the act aimed at preventing her husband from squandering funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmonte Dalife
Italy
Addolorata Carbonelli
Test Clears Man In Triple Slaying
Charl Driscoll, held in an abandoned Wisconsin farmhouse with another man, was cleared by a lie detector test of any involvement in the strangling of three boys in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Driscoll
Wisconsin
Catches Up With Him In San Pedro
Robert Porter, 25, paid a $37 fine for a friend and was arrested on a 13 month old traffic warrant in San Pedro California. He posted bail of $58 after calling another friend.
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San Pedro
Calif
Robert Porter
Alice Marte
Porter
New AA zoning class created for Linn County housing
Linn County supervisors approved a new AA residential classification to govern Marion township area parcels for single family dwellings. The rules cap height at 35 feet, require minimum grounds of 1000 or 850 square feet per story, and set a 1 acre minimum lot size with 150 foot width, with exemptions for already recorded lots.
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Board of Supervisors
Linn County
County Zoning Commission
Marion Township
Cedar Rapids
Cottage Grove Avenue
Indian Creek
Thirtieth Street
Indian Hill Road
Zoning Commission
Indian Hill Territory
Judge Rules Mutual Negligence Blocks Collision Damage Suit
Judge B J Maxwell Wednesday ruled that neither Hazel Dickinson nor Allen W Lange can recover damages in the collision suit. The court found both parties negligent and contributing to the crash, blocking recovery.
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B. J. Maxwell
Hazel Dickinson
Allen W. Lange
Martin-Roasa Tractor sues Leslie Jones for 625.85
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company filed a lawsuit against Leslie Jones of Iowa City seeking 625.85 allegedly due on a promissory note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company
Leslie Jones
Iowa City
Early Detection Emphasized in Cancer Forum Across Genders
Dr. Bausch outlines four main female cancers breast cervix uterus and ovary stressing public education and self breast examination to catch tumors earlier. Dr. Flocks covers male targets prostate kidneys penis and testicles with emphasis on semiannual rectal exams and early signs. Doctors address pain absence in early cancer smoking role and radioactive gold treatment as still developing.
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Bausch
Flocks
Cedar Rapids
Hunting
Two Men Plead Guilty in Cedar Rapids Break-In Case
One man Jack Heath, 27, pled guilty to breaking and entering with a sentence of 10 years at the Anamosa reformatory. John Larson, 27, given until 10 a.m. Monday to plead. They were charged by Cedar Rapids detectives for burglaries at the Barrel Inn and the First Street tavern, about $200 taken from coin machines. Heath to be sent to reformatory. Larson held on $1,500 bond.
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Anamosa Reformatory
Jack Heath
John Larson
Heath
Larson
B. J. Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
Barrel Inn
First Street
Reformatory
Suit Filed To Return C R Man To Oakdale
Linn county officials sue Cedar Rapids man Robert P. McGill to compel treatment at Oakdale tuberculosis hospital after he left the facility and failed to return. Judge J E Heiserman set a hearing for 10 a m Monday.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
Robert P. McGill
Seventh Street
McGill
J. E. Heiserman
Glenn Pleads Innocent To Embezzlement Charge
Gilbert V. Glenn Jr. 36 of Farmington New Mexico pled innocent at arraignment in Judge Maxwell's court to embezzlement by bailee. He is held on $2000 bond charged with converting about $300 from restaurant equipment sales to his own use.
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Gilbert V. Glenn, Jr
Farmington
N. M
B. J. Maxwell
Glenn
Theater Operator Wins $2500 Back Pay Suit
Roy Metcalfe, a Cedar Rapids theater operator, won a $2,500 judgment for salary due from his former employers, the K and L Theater Corporation, in a Wednesday decision.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Metcalfe
K and L Theater Corporation
Durante Reveals Mrs Calabash Was His Wife Jeanne Olson
Hollywood report says Jim Durante confirms his late wife Jeanne Olson as Mrs Calabash. He wed her for 20 years and friends say she was the only woman in his life.
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Hollywood
Ins
Jimmy Durante
Mrs. Calabash
Jeanne Olson
Accidental Atom Blast Ruled Out In Safety Test
The Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that a nearby high explosive did not detonate a miniature atomic device at the Nevada proving ground. The routine test showed no accidental detonation and involved Los Alamos scientists with no observers onsite.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada Proving Ground
Here
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Laboratories
Zoning Debate Details At City Line
Building Inspector James H. Lilly backs fifty street area two miles from the border for zoning. Discussion covers creating an office of zoning administration to enforce permits and curb violations. public remarks on private executive sessions by Van Vechten Shaffer draw no action. Horace Hedges argues voting secrecy is essential.
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James H. Lilly
Office of Zoning Administration
van Vechten Shaffer
County Zoning Commission
Commission
Horace Hedges
SUI Student Suffers Skull Fracture in Fall
Curtis Moser a University of Iowa junior from Guttenberg suffered a fractured skull Tuesday evening after slipping and falling in Shaeffer hall His condition was reported as good.
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SUI
the Gazette
Iowa City
Curtis Moser
University of Iowa
Guttenberg
Shaeffer
Lone Tree Farmer 19 Hurt in Picker Mishap
Oran Hall 19 of Lone Tree suffered a crushed right hand in a cornpicker accident Tuesday afternoon. He was reported in good condition at the hospitals here Wednesday.
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Lone Tree Farmer
the Gazette
Iowa City
Oran Hall
Lone Tree
Montgomery in U. S visit by NATO deputy supreme commander
Field Marshal Montgomery arrived in New York for a two week visit as deputy supreme commander of NATO. He is scheduled to meet officials and observe allied operations during his stay.
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