Iowa and national weather roundup and births notices
Partly cloudy and cooler weekend forecast with highs near 50s to mid-60s across regions. Includes detailed temperatures and precipitation for multiple cities, wind, humidity, sunrise and sunset times, and a long list of birth notices from various cities with names and dates.
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Chicago
N. Orleans
New York
Duluth
L. Angeles
Phoe
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
City Lines officials debate bus subsidies and rider trends
Totten urged subsidies for parking and for riders as Cedar Rapids officials analyze bus service costs. He cited varied city responses and noted no method has yet cut rising expenses, while merchants could survey customer use. Speeding fines were also listed among recent notices.
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Totten
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Donald R. Harman
Harman
A. R. Harman
City Lines
City Lines reports modest profit and no fare hike plan
City Lines records a profit around 39000 dollars for the year and will not seek a fare increase. A statistics booklet covering passenger volume revenue mileage fares wages costs and related factors was shown to members. Executives Totten W J Fitzgerald regional transportation manager and Stanley Jasudowicz local manager accompanied the group.
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City Lines
Totten
W. J. Fitzgerald
Stanley Jasudowicz
Community Chest reaches $146 328 with 44 percent progress
The Cedar Rapids- Marion Community Chest reported 44 percent progress with about $10,000 added in cash and pledges in two days, bringing total to $146,328.28 versus $136,655.81 at the prior audit. Eight employee groups surpassed quotas as of Friday.
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Cedar Rapids- Marion
Marin Roasa
Arthur F. Clauss
Cinies
Spreitzer Inc
National Oxis
Erskine School
Garfield School
Arthur School
Clauss
Eisenhower Defends Peace Policy Amid Global Tensions
In a wartime tone he defends firm moral principles and calls for no surrender in policy. Eisenhower rebukes Stevenson on halting hydrogen tests and draft concerns while praising bipartisan support and unity from Korea to Geneva. He asserts continued action as president, not a political candidate.
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Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Egypt
Korea
Geneva
America
John Stuart A Believer in Cedar Rapids
John Stuart a longtime Quaker Oats executive visited Cedar Rapids for the Old Timers meeting. The Cedar Rapids native, born 79 years ago, discussed growth in his hometown, Hoover Commission progress, and the mill’s potential expansion. Forty-one plant workers received 25 year service awards as the Old Timers honored long service with Quaker Oats.
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John Stuart
Cedarae
Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Stuart
Quaker Board
Lake Forest
Ill
Chicago
Stuart Memorial Hall
Mason Curran
Donald Edwards
Carrie Koblasse
Clara M. Shomler
Nicholas T. Canarr
William R. Grafton
William P. Hale
Laddo J. Hamous
William P. Hesse
Elmer P. Mackey
Ernest F. Martin
Floy L. Meredith
Pomona Firm Builds Heavy Duty Vacuum For Runways
A Pomona company unveils a 25 ton vacuum cleaner capable of sucking up rocks nuts bolts nails wood and dirt. The sweeping machine is marketed as designed to clean airport runways and similar rough surfaces.
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Pomona, Calif
Pomona
Deaths of Ulchh Clegg Bennett fill Cedar Rapids notice
Obituary notices list Mrs. Mary R Ulchh 68 of 1811 J Street SW and Frank Clegg this Cedar Rapids resident for 11 years dying in local hospitals. Also Michael Girard Bennett infant son of Mr and Mrs William Bennett dies. Details cover birth dates, families, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements with locations at Janeba Beatty Bearle and Turner chapels.
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Joseph R. Ulchh
J Street
Cedar Rapids
Chelsea
Mary Hayek
Ulch
Davenport
Emil W. Barta
Route 2
Joseph A. Ulch
Waukegan
Ill
James
Frank Hayek
Charles
Belle Plaine
Emil Benda
Charles Kratoska
James Novak
Edward Chaloupek
Jacob Meeks
Haytwick
St. Ludmila’s Church
Janeba Funeral Home
Death notice for Ray Edwardson in Cedar Rapids Waterloo
Ray Edwardson aged 57 died Thursday evening after residing in Cedar Rapids over a decade before moving to Waterloo. Survived by wife Elsie Kurth and two sons, four daughters, 12 grandchildren. Services at St. Mary’s Church Waterloo at 9 a.m. Monday.
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Ray Edwardson
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Elsie Kurth
St. Mary’s Church
Services for Joseph Diouhy Held at Janeba Funeral Home
Funeral services for 94 year old Joseph Diouhy will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Janeba funeral home by Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk. Burial will be in the Czech National cemetery. Friends may email at the funeral home.
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Joseph Diouhy
Joseph Beyer
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Janeba
Zdenek F. Pauk
Czech National Cemetery
Fleming Services For Harold Fleming In Fatal Crash
Services for Harold B. Fleming of 171 A avenue NE will be held following a three car crash on highway 64 about a mile east of Marion Wednesday night. The victim died at the scene and investigators continue to assess the incident.
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Harold B. Fleming
Highway 64
Marion
Funeral services set for Immaculate Conception Church
The service will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception church by Rt. Rev. Msgr. William H. Schulte. Burial will follow at St. John's cemetery. The Rosary is set for 8 p.m. Friday at Brady mortuary with calling hours for friends.
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Immaculate Conception Church
William H. Schulte
St. John’s Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Services for Mrs. C. E. Carlson to be held at Brady mortuary
The Cedar Rapids resident aged 66 who died Wednesday will have services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Brady mortuary conducted by Rev. E H. Widmann. Burial is set for Cedar Memorial cemetery with friends invited to call at the funeral home.
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Frank Clegg
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Barnard and Leas
Kirksville
Helen Silvanus
Albia
Bonnie Clegg
Robert Clegg
Sacramento
Calif
Lulu Clegg
Knoxville
Clegg
Eagles Lodge
Turner Chapel
Roy Fields, Jr
Christian Church
Marion
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
C. E. Carlson
Fourteenth Street
Brady Mortuary
E H. Widmann
Services for Mrs. C. W. Tomas in Oxford
Funeral services for Mrs. C. W. Tomas of Oxford are set for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Marys Church in Oxford with Rev. P. J. Ryan officiating. Burial will follow in Grabin Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday in Brush chapel, where friends may call.
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C. W. Tomas
Oxford
St. Mary’s Church
P. J. Ryan
Grabin
Services for Walter E. Thomas Held at Turner Chapel
Walter E. Thomas of 1219 Thirty-fifth Street NE, an employee of Nesper Sign Company, died Thursday. Services set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Turner Chapel conducted by Rev. M. E. Stombaugh. Burial will be at a later date. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Walter E. Thomas
Thirty-fifth Street
Nesper Sign Company
Turner Chapel
M. E. Stombaugh
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
McMinds Couple and Son Die in Linn County Loss
Della McMinds died Thursday at Linn County Home. Her husband Erwin P. McMinds and her son Fred Bell of St. Joseph Missouri both preceded her in death. The body is at Barta-Hesser chapel. Funeral services will be announced later.
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Della McMinds
Linn County
Erwin P. McMinds
Fred Bell
St. Joseph
Food Distributors Plan Early Adjournment For Saturday
About 150 members and wives registered by noon Friday for the nineteenth annual Iowa Food Distributors Association meeting in Cedar Rapids. Approximately 200 were expected for the convention banquet Friday evening. Adjournment is set for about 9 30 a.m. Saturday so attendees can reach Iowa City for the Iowa Michigan football game.
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Iowa Food Distributors Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Board of Directors
John C. Milton
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Quaker Oats Company
Stevenson criticizes policy on Middle East crisis
Adlai Stevenson urged Democrats to inform the public about the Middle East crisis. He accused Secretary Dulles of overreliance on Egypt’s Nasser and warned that the United States, Britain, France, and Israel stand opposed by Russia and Egypt in the UN. He urged four days of campaigning to explain the facts and criticized the Eisenhower administration for not being tougher with Soviet leaders and Nasser.
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Dulles
Col
Nasser
Egypt
United States
United Nations
Russia
Britain
France
Israel
Cleveland
Middle East
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
Geneva
Dixon
Hungarian Freedom Movement
Louis Guiringaud
Empire Prefix Changes Dialing in Cedar Rapids Sunday
Beginning Sunday the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co will implement a two-letter to five-figure number system in Cedar Rapids. All local numbers gain an EMpire prefix requiring dialing E then M before the five digits. The switch, part of a $3 million expansion, aims to enable direct Cedar Rapids Marion dialing and future nationwide numeric differentiation.
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Empire
Cedar Rapids
Harriet
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
E. H. Knudsen
Marion
Drake
U.S
United States
Iowa
Adams
Waterloo
Plaza
Burlington
Amherst
Muscatine
Olive
Maquoketa
Three Cars Stolen In C R Overnight
Cedar Rapids police reported three cars stolen in the city late Thursday or early Friday. Two were wrecked and the third remains missing. A 1953 Cadillac owned by C H Pease was damaged in a ditch at Bowling Street SE and Thirty-sixth Avenue SE. A 1953 Chevrolet owned by Grace DeMoss hit a parked car on Fifteenth Street SE. The third car owned by Ada King is a 1953 Plymouth taken from her driveway. license 57 N664.
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Cedar Rapids
John Kuba
C. H. Pease
Wilson Avenue
Bowling Street
Ada King
Eighth Street
Kuba
C R Man Named USIA China Policy Officer
John K Knaus son of Mr and Mrs George Knaus 1825 Fourth Avenue SE a USIA member has been appointed policy officer for Communist China He is a former Stanford University faculty member and will serve in the agency s office of policy and plans.
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John K. Knaus
George Knaus
Lnvenue SE
United States Information Agency
China
Knaus
Stanford University
Office of Policy and Plans
British French bombing and canal actions raise Middle East tensions
Reports from Port Said and Cairo state ongoing British and French bombing of Egyptian targets for a third day. Cairo says nine Allied planes downed. ships sunk and Suez Canal partially blocked. Syria severs ties with Britain and France amid escalating hostilities.
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Gaza
Beirut
Cairo
Joint Command
Egypt
Suez Canal
United Press
Peter Webb
Port Said
Middle East cease fire prompts UN committee action
U N secretary general Hammarskjold named a three man panel to verify cease fire compliance in the Middle East and ordered an initial report by 5 p m. The group includes Ralph Bunche Nya Tshernychov and Constantine Stavropulos.
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Bunche
United Nations, N. Y
U.N
Hammarskjold Friday
Middle East
Ralph J. Bunche
U.S
Nya Tshernychov
Constantine A. Stavropulos
Congress Candidate Contributions Listed
The Rev. Merwin Coad of Boone, Democratic nominee for Iowa's Sixth District, reported $5,688 in campaign contributions, the highest among 12 Iowa congressional candidates. Notable receipts include $500 from the Committee on Political Education, Washington, and $2,000 from the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee to Dolliver's opponent.
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Washington
Merwin Coad
Boone
Congress
Iowa
House
Coad
Committee On Political Education
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Republican
Ar! M. le Compie
Corydon
Steven V. Carter
Leon Democrat
Paul Cunningham
Des Moines
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
Henry O. Talle
Deborah
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton Republican
Robert J. Salem
Sioux City
Democrat
Ben F. Jensen
Extra Republican
John L. Jensen
Kimballton
Ghost of Jean Battoo on Jim Bowie Friday at 7
A television adventure on Channel 9 features the Ghost of Jean Battoo in an episode about Jim Bowie. The program airs Friday at 7:00 pm and centers on Bowie’s legendary exploits with historical flair.
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Jean Battoo
Jim Bowie
Channel 9
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