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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1954
Page
2
Weather notes for November 11 1954 show highs and lows across cities and precipitation traces with hour by hour readings at the Municipal airport and month totals. obituary notices list births and deaths with names and burial details for Lamont Blairstown and nearby communities.
Mrs. Harvey Lisk of Buffalo visited 25 foster nieces and nephews in Europe including England Wales Norway Finland and Greece. The Junior Joy Crafters club fostered letters and gifts during postwar hunger prompting a long friendship and a summer trip to meet the writers abroad.
R. C. Coutts of Cedar Rapids vice-president of the American Train Dispatchers Association has been named labor adviser to the Foreign Operations Administration in Latin America. He takes an indeterminate leave of absence to promote free trade unions and aid Latin American unions against Communist infiltration. Coutts previously served as adviser under the Point Four program and was Rock Island system general chairman.
London reports that Britain's Socialist members of parliament decided Thursday to vote with the government for ratification of the Paris agreement for German re armament.
The Cedar Rapids public schools present the season's second art and music vesper from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Memorial coliseum with the McKinley high band Roosevelt senior choir Wilson seventh grade choir Garfield and Cleveland elementary choirs. Artwork from Wilson Roosevelt Fillmore Tyler Harrison and Grant Wood schools will be on display in the lobby before the concert. Veoa Bainter of Roosevelt designed the program cover.
The article notes a Friday meeting of hospital association leaders including Blair and Cordes with attorney Allen Herrick. They plan Chicago talks with Iowa Medical Society and national bodies to seek corrective legislation, as radiologists and pathologists push a dispute claiming harm to patient relations.
Celwein police chief Paul Galer resigned citing ill health after hospitalization in Iowa City. A 1947 appointee who served with the navy 1942 to 1945, he plans three months of rest before seeking office work. Under his tenure Oelwein posted a top safety record with no traffic fatalities since 1948.
President Eisenhower’s letter urging swift Senate and House Atomic Energy Committee approval of the Dixon-Yates power contract inflames Democrats. Sen. Gore accuses the White House of bad advice and attaches the president’s name to the disputed deal after its signing.
Senate debate on McCarthy censure heated as Knowland Dirksen and Saltonstall reject postponement or filibuster. Case of South Dakota defends duty over personal attacks while McCarthy reiterates accusations against Watkins committee in the first day of remarks.
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Communist China shows aggressive intent in Asia despite protests of peace. He cited the Manila pact as a counter to the menace and urged approval of the agreement.
President Eisenhower dedicates the 325000 Eisenhower Memorial Museum in Abilene Kansas to future American citizens during Veterans Day ceremonies. He is joined by wife and brothers Milton S Eisenhower and Earl as well as son Major John Eisenhower and family. The event honors his boyhood home and features World War II trophies and mementos. After the ceremony Eisenhower plans a duck hunting trip with Treasury Secretary Humphrey on Lake Erie's marshes.
The agriculture department predicts beef cattle fed for fattening this winter-spring will match or exceed last year with increases in the Midwest Corn Belt and most Western states while declines are seen in Northern Corn Belt states Missouri and Kansas. Shipments to nine core Midwest states from July to October rise 16 percent, led by Iowa Illinois and Nebraska. In Cedar Rapids feeders paid about 18.82 per hundred pounds for steers in October, up from 16.16 a year ago. Meanwhile obituaries note deaths of Charles H. Henninger and related funeral arrangements in Eldora and Cedar Rapids.
Edward J. Jakubec 67 of 612 Wilson Ave SW Cedar Rapids died at home at noon Wednesday. Born August 31 1887 in Cedar Rapids he was a retired Wil son and Company assistant foreman. Surviving are his wife Lucile Wright Jakubec two sons two daughters a stepdaughter a stepson two brothers eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 1 30 p m in Barta Hesser chapel with Rev Richard Millers officiating burial Czech National cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Friday.
Harriet L Diehl 84 formerly of 1711 Sixth avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 10 25 p m Wednesday after a long illness She was born in Cedar Rapids on Dec 9 Surviving are two sons Howard W Diehl of Fresno California and Edward K Diehl of Santa Ana California two grandsons in Pasadena California and two great granddaughters Services will be at the Beatty Bearle chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev Don L Andersen Calvary Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. after 7 p m Friday
Jennie C Fitch widow of Fred A Fitch lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at her daughter Mrs William Graf home in Clarksville Arkansas after a long illness She was born in Cedar Rapids and had been a longtime resident there.
Cedar Rapids and Marion push toward goals as residents donate from $1 to $50. Marion reaches $1,384 against a $1,100 target, while Cedar Rapids neighborhoods McKinley and Kenwood lead pledges. Overall residential goal is $15,000, within $173.76. professional division closer to a surge, led by Clem Kriz.
On a farm overlooking the St. Lawrence river in Waddington New York Dr William A Ritchie New York state archeologist and two aides uncovered a 5000 year old burial site The dig yielded nine burials including seven cremations dating to 3000 B C Believed to belong to the Laurentian culture one of the earliest northern New York communities The cremations likely marked high status individuals with Laurentian people moving into northern New York from Canada via early Indian migrations. A Laurentian javelin point of flint helped identify the finds Large boulders cover the burial knoll.
School spokesmen say they offered Barlow the maximum fair price based on a reputable appraisal and status of negotiations. Barlow reportedly not interested in selling and no counter offer was made. Condemnation papers to be filed as sheriff appoints a six member commission to appraise and set damages for land transfer. Possession may occur after damages are set pending appeal. Board approving the condemnation vote included W Sandoe Jordan and six others.
President Eisenhower returns to Abilene Kansas for Veterans Day events including a parade review from the Sunflower hotel marquee with grandchildren present and a dedication ceremony for the Eisenhower Memorial museum valued at 325000. He later visited his parents graves and toured his family's old homestead with Mrs. Eisenhower amid welcoming crowds.
John J. O Mara 72, a retired Quaker Oats employee, died Tuesday from a blood clot in the lungs linked to fractures from a fall at Cedar Rapids city hall. Autopsy by Dr. Francis Tucker cited the clot likely originating from hip or shoulder injuries. Services set Friday at Turner chapel with burial in Linwood Cemetery.
A 62 year old Madrid man Pete Ugolini was found dead in the city water reservoir after reportedly becoming ill while visiting. Deputy coroner Harold Whelan ruled the death accidental and said he left behind six children.
New York Ship building Company yard in Camden, New Jersey, closed after a union violence dispute. The action idled 7,300 workers, canceled a 20,000 ton navy tanker trial run, and halted cruiser re outfitting. President Pierce cited rentention of violence and attacked supervisors on company property. Local 801 leader Saul urged immediate talks to settle the crisis.
Betty Ann Brannon, 15, filing for divorce from R. C. Brannon, 19, recounts a night when he burst into their Savannah home with a rifle. He fired one shot into her head then fled, later found dead about 200 yards away with a self-inflicted gunshot. Sheriff Edgar Doran ruled it murder and suicide.
McCarthy supporters converged on Washington to pressure against senate censure. A special train from New York carried 873 of Sen. McCarthy's backers, with additional crowds arriving by other trains buses and cars.
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