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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1954

Page

2

Weather and notices from the Daily Record November 9 1954

A report of weather forecasts for Iowa with partly cloudy skies scattered showers and mild highs around 60 to 70 degrees and a five day outlook. Also listed are birth announcements local notices and funeral service details for multiple towns including Hawthorne Arlington Oelwein Dysart and Sigourney with service times and burial plans. Minor traffic and incident notices accompany the listings.

Moncey Minneapolis York Iowa

Bremmer Suspect To Be Returned For Questioning

Portland police say escaped Iowa mental patient Lyle Walter Palmer will be extradited after waiving return to Iowa. Palmer, 36, tied to the August murder of 8 year old Jimmie Bremmer, denied visiting Sioux City during two interrogations but admitted contacting someone there earlier. He remains held on a separate peeping Tom sentence as detectives plan further questioning upon return to Cherokee.

Portland Ore Iowa Jimmie Bremmer Sioux City Ilowa Lyle Walter Palmer Cherokee Mental Health Institute Palmer Harry Gibbons Bremmer Oregon Evelyn A. Sievertsen Carly Sievertsen Watertown S. C Spokane Wash Mental Health Institute Gibbons Cherokee

Fined and Bond Forfeitures Across Multiple Residents

A list of residents including Harold Henecke Joe Sud lik and others from various streets and cities cited for fines of 10 dollars plus costs or higher bonds. Several individuals such as Richard Irwin Des Moines and Tommy Weir Fayetteville Ark forfeited appearance bonds ranging from 15 to 17 dollars. No driver's license noted for Richard.

Irwin Des Moines Kenneth Swann Fruitland Boulevard Maurice Whitman Marion Kenneth Evans Fifth Avenue Kenneth Dauber Third Street Harold Henecke Joe Sudlik Thirty-second Street Jack Gladfelder B Avenue Marie Jorgensen Second Avenue Donald Ebinger Twenty-ninth Ebert Canfield Carroll Sweet F Avenue Raymond Krause Fifteenth Street Geraldine Barker Hazel Bissell F Avenue NW Chester Satterly D Avenue NE Richard Irwin Crue Welles Winthrop Paul Bomer Polo Edmund Feller Buque Tommy Weir Fayetteville Ark Richard

Martin Loses Johnson County By Two Votes

An official canvass of Johnson county shows Senator elect Thomas Martin lost his home county by two votes. The tally: Martin 6,518 to 6,520 for Democrat Guy Gillette. Gillette also lost his home county Cherokee in the election.

Iowa City INS Johnson County Thomas Martin Martin Guy Gillette Gillette Cherokee

Pools Never Completed in Cedar Rapids High Schools

A Cedar Rapids advisory committee examined unfinished swimming pool excavations at Roosevelt and McKinley high schools from the 1920s. No water lines or final structures existed and areas were repurposed as cafeterias and later small gyms. Finishing the pools would be costly, and officials floated building new pools for public and school use instead.

Hoyt Thomas Franks Joseph Suma Board of Education Roosevelt and McKinley Roosevelt Suma Franklin and Wilson Franklin Concee Thomas Cedar Rapids

Rock Island Word Still Awaited on Land Availability

Rock Island awaits word from railroad spokesmen on land for a parking lot expansion near Greene square. Mayor Milo Sedlacek said the land exchange with an American Legion building hinges on cost and feasibility, with Cedar Rapids spokesmen promising information likely by Monday and Chicago officials not yet replied by Tuesday noon.

Rock Island Railroad Greene Square Milo Sediacek American Legion Legion Sedlacek Cedar Rapids Railroad

Eisenhower Plans Duck Hunt Near Toledo and Cedar Point

President Eisenhower will hunt ducks on Lake Erie near Toledo Friday and Saturday, stopping in Toledo en route from his boyhood home in Abilene Kansas where he attends dedication ceremonies at the Eisenhower Memorial Museum. In Ohio he will be hosted by Treasury Secretary Humphrey at Cedar Point club. A Roosevelt anecdote notes a lion clocked at 100 yards in three seconds.

Washington Eisenhower Lake Erie Toledo White House Abilene Kan

Deaths Mamie Usher aged 72 in Iowa City

Mamie Madge Usher widow of Walter Usher died at University Hospitals Iowa City at 6 p.m. Monday. Born August 7, 1897 in Shellsburg she lived Cedar Rapids 30 years. Survived by mother Daisy Sidwell three daughters a son three sisters a brother and 10 grandchildren. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery after services at Beatty Bearle chapel scheduled 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Mamie Madge Usher Avenue Walter Usher Shellsburg Cedar Rapids University Hospitals Iowa City Daisy Sidwell William Dunahugh Leroy Johnson Ralph DeArmond Robert Leroy Irish John McAreavy Coggan Howard White Henry van Dyke James Williams Usher Legion Auxiliary Beatty-Bearle Chapel Reuben J. Tjaden Central Park Presbyterian Church Oak Hill Cemetery

Death of Amy M. Lawrence in Cedar Rapids

Amy M. Lawrence widow of Hode B. Lawrence died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a brief illness at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Born November 5, 1877 in Keswick Indiana she is survived by son Alton I. Lawrence of Moline Illinois sister Mrs J A Romsa of Los Angeles brother J F Irwin of Wellman two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was a Trinity Methodist member and charter member of Royal Neighbors of America camp 2563 at What Cheer. Funeral services were held in Turner chapel at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.

Amy_ M. Lawrence Hode B. Lawrence Avenue Cedar Rapids Keswick Alton I. Lawrence Moline J. A. Romsa Los Angeles J. F. Irwin Wellman Lawrence Trinity Methodist Church Royal Neighbors of America What Cheer Turner Chapel H. M. Grant Cedar Memorial Cemetery

Services for Mrs Flora B Cannon in Cedar Rapids

Funeral services for Flora B Cannon wife of Edward J Cannon of 823 Tenth street S E Cedar Rapids who lived there 25 years will be held at 11 a m Wednesday in Turner chapel Rev Jack A Oliver pastor of the First Christian church and Home chapter of Rebekah lodge will conduct burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel

Flora B. Cannon Edward J. Cannon Tenth Street S.E Cedar Rapids Turner Chapel Jack A. ,Oliver First Christian Church Rebekah Lodge Oak Hill Cemetery Friends Mmay

Services for James William Rizer in Turner chapel

James William Rizer, 626 Sixth Avenue S.E. Cedar Rapids resident formerly of Robinson Iowa, died Monday. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel led by Rev Don L Anderson of Calvary Baptist Church. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery north of Coggon. Friends may call at the chapel.

James William ‘Rizer Sixth Avenue S.E Ceder Rapids Robinson, Ia Turner Chapel Don ‘L. Anderson Calvary Baptist Church Pleasant Hill Coggon

Services for Mrs Carter at Mt Zion Church

Services for Carter widow of G W Carter of 1210 residence for 40 years are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev Percy Burke. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery with visitation at Turner chapel until 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Carter G. W. Carter Tenth Street S.E Cedar Rapids Mt. Zion Baptist Church Percy Burke Oak Hill Cemetery Turner Chapel

Services Wednesday For Carl Collins

Funeral services are set for Carl Collins 18 of Wyoming who died Sunday at University Hospitals Iowa City. An autopsy Monday failed to reveal a cause of death and brain tissue exam is planned. He was injured in a Oct 10 car truck crash near Springville and had recently returned from a hospital stay. He is survived by his parents seven brothers and sisters. The family moved from West Plains Missouri.

Opwoming Carl Collins Wyoming University Hospitals Iowa City Hayden Funeral Home Oxford Junction Charles Collins Springville West Plains

Mississippi Passenger Boat Service Okayed

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Clyde Martin to establish a seasonal passenger boat run on the Mississippi from LaCrosse Wisconsin to Dubuque Iowa. The Prairie du Chien base will serve Guttenberg Dam Effigy Mounds Marquette McGregor Guttenberg and Lynxville Dam through September for vacationists.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Clyde Martin Bridgeport Wis Mississippi River LaCrosse Dubuque Prairie du Chien Guttenberg Dam Effigy Mounds Marquette, McGregor Guttenberg Lynxville Dam

Divorce Talk With Wife of Doctor Aired

Marilyn Sheppard testified that months before her murder she heard her osteopath husband "thinking of a divorce" and that the couple might try their marriage again. Nancy Ahern said Mrs. Sheppard described a California visit where the doctor discussed the divorce remark and a watch bought for a young woman, later linked to Susan Hayes and an affair.

Cleveland Marilyn Sheppard Sheppard Sheppards Nancy Ahern Susan Hayes Dr. Sheppard

French Warships Aid Refugees From Viet Nam Crisis

France ordered seven warships to northern Indo China to rescue Catholic refugees fleeing perceived Communist persecution. Estimates say up to 40,000 Vietnamese Catholics sought escape by canoe or raft along the coast near Haiphong amid disturbances after the Geneva cease fire. A prior rescue saved about 4,000 refugees from rising tides threatening a sandbank off the coast.

Saigon Indo-China France Revere Geneva Haiphong Viet Nam

Hospitals and physicians urged to settle radiology pathology lease dispute

A state official outlines legal lease options for hospital radiology and pathology services. He favors direct physician supervision, a compromise contract with licensed radiologists or pathologists, and a division of fees with patient consent. Small hospitals could allow supervisor by licensed physicians over lay staff and still bill through the hospital. The aim is to end the controversy with cooperation and state board assistance.

Hoegh Pathology Iowa State Medical Society Tor State Board of Medical Examiners Attorney General

Ottumwa Meeting Notes Delayed Comment On Hoegh Letter

An association member attending a meeting in Ottumwa said he could not comment on Hoegh's letter because he had not yet received it. The Tuesday discussion left key correspondence unresolved.

S Association Ottumwa Hoegh

Architects Say Cedar Rapids Highs Likely Cheaper Than Estimate

A citizens advisory committee heard architect Lee Windheim suggest the Cedar Rapids two new senior high schools may cost less than the $5,950,000 bond issue. Windheim outlined cost estimates by square foot, enrollment, and classroom count and hinted a target near $2,000 per student. Superintendent Clyde Parker noted enrollments totaling 2,650 pupils and a projected cost around $5.3 million if the target holds.

Cedar Rapids Citizens’ Advisory Committee Abbott Lipsky Lee Windheim Lipsky Leo A. Daly Windheim Board of Education Clyde Parker

Kasper Fined for Drunk Driving in Court

James W. Kasper of 2029 J Street SW pled guilty to a second offense drunk driving charge. Judge Floyd Philbrick fined him $500 and costs after a Sept. 18 collision report. Kasper had a prior conviction on Nov. 16, 1935.

C.R. Man James W. Kasper Floyd Philbrick Kasper

Assessment Hearing Set by Supervisors

The Linn county board of supervisors fixed December 7 at 10 a.m. for a hearing on proposed assessments in four secondary road districts 444 Bertram 424 Grant 417 Boulder and 428 Otter Creek. The board also filed a vacation petition for a country road south of Mt. Vernon near Forty-fifth Street filed by Donald and Audrey Anderson. The Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company was allowed to extend a gas train under Indian Hill Road south of 30th Street Drive SE. Norma Smith was placed on a regular salary of 170 dollars per month as a clerk in Clerk Arthur Axmear’s office.

Linn County Board of Supervisors Bertram Township Grant Boulder Otter Creek Mt. Vernon Road Forty-fifth Street Donald Audrey Anderson Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company Indian Hill Road Thirtieth Street Arthur Axmear Land Norma Smith Axmear

Wider Range of Courses in New Cedar Rapids Highs

A citizens advisory committee outlined proposed curriculum expansions for two new Cedar Rapids senior high schools set to open in the fall. Plans include auto mechanics and electronics, child development, expanded homemaking, art, business, music, library enhancements, world history as a required tenth grade subject, and new athletic and adaptive physical education offerings.

Cedar Rapids Citizens’ Advisory Committee Abbott Psky Board of Education Roosevelt Les Grigg Gladys Wathan Archie Bauman Franklin John Ask Steven Pattee Fred Winter Muskce John Hutchins Dean Stoakes Fred Kluss

Three wills admitted to probate this week

Probate proceedings this week included three wills. Clifford E. Butters died Aug 24 and left his son Beverly Butters the Butters store and building with Beverly as executor and a $25 000 bond. Lora Butters inherits the remainder of the estate. Hattie K. Yates died Oct 23 leaving a Coggan home and 25 percent shares to sister Georgia Richardson, 25 percent to niece Hazel Schultz, and 50 percent to nephew Kenneth Trosper, with Richardson named executrix without bond. Viola E. DeVault died Oct 30 naming Grace Whitlock as sole heir and executrix.

Clifford E. Butters Butters Beverly Lora Beverly Butters Hattie K. Yates Coggan

Richard English Pleads Guilty to False Check Charge

Richard English, 26, of 1106 Elmhurst Drive NE, pled guilty to cashing a false $20 check in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 14. Judge Charles Penning suspended a four month sentence in Linn County Jail on condition of good behavior and restitution.

Richard English Elmhurst Drive Linn County Charles Penning English Cedar Rapids

Suits Against Sweet Millwork Company Dismissed

Two civil actions against R. L. Sweet doing business as Sweet Millwork Company were dismissed Tuesday. Continental Forest Products Company sought payment on a promissory note, while Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation pursued a replevin case.

R. L. Sweet Sweet Millwork Company Continental Forest Products Company Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation

Judgments Awarded in Two Civil Suits

Judgments issued Monday in two suits. Robert Edleman won 120 dollars from Donald T. Ballou on a loan. E D Robbins received 514.09 dollars against John Keith in an account suit. Helen M Gibbs filed a separate maintenance suit on Tuesday against Dean D Gibbs.

Robert Edleman Donald T. Ballou E. D. Robbins John Keith Helen M. Gibbs Dean D. Gibbs

Uruguays first oil strike reported at San Gregorio

Montevideo Uruguay government fuel monopoly said on Tuesday that Uruguay has made its first oil strike in the village of San Gregorio.

Montevideo Uruguay San Gregorio

War era two family zoning debated by Cedar Rapids planners

At a public zoning hearing in Cedar Rapids residents discuss expanding two family zoning to ease postwar housing needs. Chairman Cockburn urges written input while deferring final recommendations to the city council. Protests target First Avenue south side and Don McElhinney opposes zoning that clashes with commercial uses.

Delzell Cockburn William C. Gray Plan Commission First Avenue Nineteenth Twenty - Seventh Street Ralph Schillig Schillig Ce- Mar Acres Don McElhinney

Locust Horde Ravages Sous Valley Morocco

Officials report a locust swarm 150 miles long and 12 miles wide has devastated the Sous valley in Morocco. The insects struck five days ago and have caused damage approaching three million dollars as they consumed crops and vegetation.

Casablanca Sous Valley Morocco

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Daily C. R. Weather Geadenes Cael Tine Robert Fourteenth Street Wubbens Edward Staub Court Hlas Anton Elberon St. Luke's Oates Harold Hohensee Willard Dickenson Lyle Tipton Clark Jacob Vernon Kirkpatrick Leo Darsee David Atkins Brown Jack Twenty-eighth Street Court SE Jacque Paul Council Street NE Hawthorne Calif Walter E. Keller Keller Charles E. Keller Twenty-first Avenue Marilyn A. Anderson Ralph Ford Mechanicsville Mississippi C Avenue Cigaret Washington, Avenue SE Volga Waler Manson Sacred Heart Church Gleim Funeral Home Arlington Vining Charles Dunning George Dunning St. Mary's Church Dysart Anna Stahr Overton Funeral Home Sarah Manson Oelwein Fay Loveland Sigourney Della DeLandon Methodist Church South English Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home Central City Clark Powers Passmore Funeral Home Mt. Clark Olin David E.cartwright Campbell Funeral Home Edgewood Louis Zahrndt Rhines Funeral Home McGregor Davenport Keokuk Ida M. Freeman George Freeman Carol M. Beasmore Merle E. Beasmore Joyte’ Brant Richard Brant Shirley Beck Harold H. Beck Nelson F. LeClerc Mary L. Beranek John B. Turner & Son John E. Lapes 3Rd Ave Vernon Ave Franklin and Wilson Joseph Tellin D Avenue Cedar Ranids Czechoslovakia Tellin Mladocek Lodge No. 15 ZCBJ Emma Kelly Ho Stepanek Tellin Barto_accan nahauel Wit pPer Scott Theodore B. Hlubucek Czech National Cemetery Rock Island Lke Teddy Roosevelt Monahan Mortuary F. J. Menabse Wm. J. Stewart H. B. Lawrence Cannon Services Rizer Services Carter Services Murdoch Funeral Homes Canter Point Walker Division of Fees President Blair Zereda van Deusen Patricia Swab Central Planning Committee Leo A. Reis American Building Parker Klings W. M. Delzell Newman S Newmen's Basement Millinery
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