Iowa and Midwest Weather and Local Births and Obits
General forecast for Iowa and nearby states calls for fair skies with warming through midweek and a chance of light snow flurries Thursday. The record notes daily high and low temperatures, barometer and humidity at noon, and notable local births at several addresses. Funeral notices list services for Dale C. Williams, Mynn Hanlon, Frank Nowachek, Charles Benesh, and others with church and cemetery details.
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Iowa
Soviet fears and Egyptian war plans in the Middle East
Reports from 1948 detail Meir Argov affirming Israel's hold on the strip while U N troops observe a tense cease fire near Port Said. Moscow propaganda warns of volunteers for Egypt and China cites mass support. Western observers doubt large Soviet volunteer deployment as arms and technicians flood into Egypt. UN police force grows toward ten thousand from smaller nations.
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Meir Argov
Israel
Parliamentary Security and Foreign Affairs Committee
Burns
Nasser
Ben-Gurion
U.N
Moscow
Egypt
China
Port Said
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Klementi Voroshilov
Syria
Jordan
Naples
Oxford Farmer Hurt While Picking Corn
Carl Wagner a 66 year old farmer of route one Oxford suffered a mangled hand in a cornpicker accident Monday morning. He was rushed to Mercy hospital by Iowa highway patrol and Iowa City police. He underwent surgery at noon. Details of the accident were not available.
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Iowa City
Carl Wagner
Route One
Oxford
Wagner
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Highway
Two Crises Dominate U N General Assembly Opening
The 1956 session opens with Hungary and Middle East crises as the top issues. Hungary’s Soviet action and Egypt crisis dominate 73 topics awaiting debate. Morocco Sudan and Tunisia expected to join, China seat remains contested. The assembly granted Hungary and the Middle East priority status for swift action.
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United Nations, N.Y
Hungary
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Egypt
U.N
Assembly
Hammarskjold
China
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Security Council
Peiping
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U.S
Slain Woman Identified as Mrs White Possible
Rumors circulate that the body found near Wichita is Mrs. White. A sheriff investigator notes the Des Moines police linked clothing to the missing woman. A search centers on a man seen leaving a car and spotted near Linkville carrying a small suitcase.
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Linkville
Lucille Hoskins
George Smith
Wichita
White
Smith
Sheriff’s Office
Des Moines
Japanese Protesters Stone Soviet Embassy in Tokyo
About 200 Japanese protesters pelted the Soviet embassy in Tokyo on Monday to denounce peace accords with Russia. Minor damage occurred as the building now houses only the Soviet fisheries mission.
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Tokyo
Russia
Red Army
Des Moines Highway Commission Plans 1957 $116.5 Million Road Program
State Highway Commission unveiled a 1957 primary road construction plan totaling 116.545 million dollars with 71 million for the federal interstate system. Chairman Robert K. Beck spoke at the Iowa Good Roads Association meeting in Des Moines and noted the plan would be released November 21. He warned the program depends on continuing a two cent temporary gas tax. without it the total could drop from 45.545 million to 36.695 million, and the interstate program would include 145 miles of grading and bridging costing 47 million and 145 miles of paving at 24 million.
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Des Moines
INS
State Highway Commission
Robert K. Beck
Iowa Good Roads Association
Beck
Death notice for Ralph D Spears longtime lace company rep
Services for Ralph D Spears of Cedar Rapids will be held at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Chapel of Memories with Dr Jackson Burns of St Pauls Methodist church officiating. He died Saturday in Minneapolis where he attended the Iowa Minnesota football game. Burial is Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
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Ralph D. Spears
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Chapel of Memories
Jackson Burns
St.Paul’s Methodist Church
Spears
Cedar Rapids
North American Lace Company
Minneapolis
University of Iowa
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Frink and Hultburg Rites Noted in Cedar Rapids Area
Mae L Frink a Cedar Rapids resident died Sunday at 3 30 pm at 2644 Country Club Parkway SE She was 78 born March 15 1872 at Oxford Mills daughter of George and Lydia Field married John P Snider in Chicago 1896 later returning to Oxford Mills and Marion before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1923 Surviving are daughter Mrs Harold H Brown a daughter in law and three grandchildren with names including John P Snider and Patricia Brown Services set for 2 30 pm Wednesday at Murdoch Funeral Home Marion with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery Friends may call Tuesday Hilda Hultburg widow of Hugo E Hultburg Cedar Rapids resident for 37 years died Sunday at 7 30 am Born May 13 1869 in Stockholm She came to Cedar Rapids from Burlington in 1919 Surviving are two daughters Ruth Mayfield Ethel Dew two sons Roy and Lloyd Hultburg a sister Alma Tebbs and two grandchildren Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery Services at Turner Chapel 3 30 pm Tuesday Rev Richard W Engstrom will officiate Friends may call at chapel.
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Mae L. Frink
Cedar Rapids
Harold H. Brown
Country Club Parkway SE
Oxford Mills
George and
Lydia Tyrrell Field
John P. Snider
Chicago
Marion
Frink
St. Paul’s
John Paul Snider, Jr
Des Moines
Mr. Snider
J. P. Snider
Murdoch
H. E. Hultburg
Hilda Hultburg
Hugo E. Hultburg
Fifteenth Street
Stockholm
Sweden
Burlington
Ruth Mayfield
Ethel Dew
Roy Hultburg
Lloyd Hultburg
Alma Te
George Waln
Pauline Deamer
Cedar Rapds
Oberlin
Ohio
Waln
Rochester
Ind
LaPorte
Fargo
N.C
Washington High School
Coe College
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Champaign
Ill
Coe
Arthur Deamer
Donald
Arthur
Robert
Seattle
W. C. Bernstorf
Ronald
Herbert L. Guidinger
Bever Avenue SE
Winona
Minn
Josephine Bourquin
Tappi
Frank W. Guidinger
Northwood
Alsadie White
Anna Kratochvil
Czechoslovakia
Henry Louvar
Frank
Joseph
Rudolph Kratochvil
Solon
Brosh Funeral Home
Z. F. Pauk
Oakland
Solon Funeral Home
Mrs John Daniels Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs John Daniels 80 widow of John Daniels died after a long illness in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 10 p.m. Sunday. Born August 23, 1876 in Bureau County Illinois she moved to Urbana as a child and lived there most of her life. Survived by sons William Daniels Canoga Park California and Richard Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Harry Stark Zumbro Falls Minnesota a brother Robert Watson Centerpoint and three grandchildren five great grandchildren. Husband died in 1954. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kuba Funeral Home with Rev Hugh Orchard, burial Urbana Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Monday.
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John Daniels
Mary Grace Daniels
Cedar Rapids
Bureau County
Ill
Urbana
Christian Church
William Daniels
Canoga Park
Calif
Richard
Harry Stark
Zumbro Falls
Minn
Robert Watson
Centerpoint
Kuba
Hugh Orchard
Miss Margaret Halpin Rites Planned In Cedar Rapids
Miss Margaret Halpin died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 25 p m Sunday after living with her niece Frances Halpin at 1731 Fourth avenue se. Born in Ireland on October 26 1872 she was later affiliated with St Matthew's church. Surviving are sisters Nan Allison of Chicago Roy C Knowles of Denver J C Von Englen of Kansas City and brother James L Halpin of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at Brady mortuary Wednesday. Funeral arrangements will follow.
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Margaret Halpin
Frances Halpin
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Ireland
Hungerford Services Set for Cedar Rapids Native in Phoenix
Services for Frank Carlton Hungerford, former Cedar Rapids resident who died in Phoenix, will be held at 10 30 a m Tuesday in Turner chapel by Hanford post of the American Legion. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery with military rites. Friends may call at the chapel. Hungerford served 18 years on the atomic bomb project.
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Hungerford
Frank Carlton Hungerford
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Ariz
Turner Chapel
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Linwood Cemetery
Engineer ties to Manhattan Project and AEC
A former U S Army Corps of Engineers member with years of service later worked as an engineer for other independent government agencies including links to the Manhattan Project and the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
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US. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Obituaries in Cedar Rapids and Hungary battle report
Obituaries note death of Mrs. George Waln in Oberlin Ohio with family details and burial plans. Also memorials for Herbert Guidinger and Miss Anna Kratochvil, Cedar Rapids residents, with service times and burial locations. Separately, a vivid war dispatch from Budapest describes tanks, shelling, a ruined children’s clinic, Mindszenty asylum, and a reporter’s delayed return.
Veterans Day Parade Lays Out Readings On Peace And Strength
Veterans Day speakers urge a peaceful path while maintaining a strong military. Gen Burkhalter notes missiles and reserve forces, compares future ops to 1921 march, and warns against military impotence. Parade units travel routes with delays. program ends with an 8 p.m. VFW band concert led by Dr. L. E. Stilwell at Iowa City hospital manager preaching duties.
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Gen. Burkhalter
Coe College
Veterans and Patriotic Organizations
Moose Girls’ Idium and Bugle Corps
Linn County Council of Veterans and Patriotic Organizations
VFW
L. E. Stilwell
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Benesh Services for Toledo Bank Founder Tuesday
Services for Charles Benesh 86 founder and president of First National Bank Toledo will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Methodist church. Burial will follow in Woodlawn cemetery. The body lies at Henderson funeral home. A sister Edith Wilson of Toledo is named.
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Benesh
Charles Benesh
First National Bank
Toledo
Methodist
Woodlawn
Henderson Funeral Home
Edith Wilson
Man 30 Admits Three Unsolved C R Breakins
Cedar Rapids man J W Ross admitted to police that he committed three breakins in the city months ago while drinking. The locations were New Era Industries Vigortone Products Inc and a jeweler store no longer in business. Two breakins occurred in 1953 with no charges possible due to statutes. the January incident may be prosecuted. Ross has also troubled police by climbing the WMT television tower twice.
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Cedar Rapids
John Kuba
J. W. Ross
Twelfth Avenue
Ross
Kuba
New Era Industries
Vigortone Products Inc
WMT
British Soldier Killed in Ambush in Cyprus Mountains
Four other soldiers were wounded when extremists ambushed three military trucks on a mountain road in southwest Cyprus. The incident occurred Monday near Nicosia, underscoring ongoing security tensions in the area.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Bailey longtime Cedar Rapids school official dies
Bailey, a trusted Cedar Rapids education and welfare aide known as the Santa Claus of the district, died after a long career serving as supervisor of child labor permits school census enumerator enrollment clerk tuition officer and social worker. Survivors include four daughters a son five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren funeral services 3 30 p m Thursday at Mt Hermon lodge with Rev D A Loferski officiating contributions to children medical research or a children s charity requested.
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Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Bailey
D. A. Loferski
Mt. Hermon Lodge
Coad Gains 162 Votes As Canvass Is Opened
Estherville officials reported Rev Merwin Coad gained 162 votes, widening his unofficial margin to about 200 over Rep James Dolliver. The tally came as canvass operations continued across 15 Iowa counties after earlier unofficial results showed Coad leading by 38 votes.
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Coad
Estherville
Iowa
Washington
Merwin Coad
Boone
Dolliver
Coad Loses Seven Votes in Carroll County Canvass
The official canvass of Carroll county Sixth district results shows Rev. Merwin Coad losing seven votes to 5 151 while Rep. James Dolliver holds 4 471. The shift reflects a clerical error in Richland township reducing Coad’s tally from 89 to 82, with Dolliver’s township total remaining 100.
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Daily Recorder
Bismarck
Orl
N. Orleans
Omaica
Uluth
Eioceles
Pittsburgh
Bisaat
C. R. Weather
Cccccvccese
Municipal
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Luke's
Gunn
Malcolm
Twenty-fifth Street
Stapleton
Keith
Furler
Edwin
Blairstown
Hampshire
Charles
Shellsburg
Riley
Wayne
Norway
Navy
Johnstone
Paul
First Avenue SE
Hines
Burnell
Toddville
Martin Brothers Funeral
Waukon
Traer
Dale C. Williams
States Funeral Home
Buckingham
Mynn Hanlon
St. Mary’s Church
Mechanicsville
Oxford Junction
Frank J. Nowachek
Sacred Heart Church
Mayflower
Hayden Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Mangold
Leon
Ryan
Becker
Fairfax
Gibbs
John
Third Avenue SE
Morgan J. Foster, Jr
Mr. Foster
Morgan J. Foster
Linden Drive
Twenty-sixth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Otis Road
Benton Street
Thirtysixth Street
Clair Boomershine
Delta
Whyte Chapel
Rice Cemetery
Oelwein
Harriet Payne
Hintz Funeral
Harpers Ferry
Frank Carney
Barta-Hesser General
Fifth Avenue
S.E. Call Empire
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Red China
Carso
John E. Lapes
Vernou Rd
Ralph Spears
Turner's
John B. Turner & Son
Cavendish
Danube
Danube River
Pal Maleter
Kilian
Kilian Barracks
Duna
Budapest
Lman
Mikota Services
A. A. Mikota
Third Avenue SW
Cedar
Rapids
Theodore A. Youngquist
First Lutherian Church
Crescent Lodge
A.F
A.M
Masonic Hall
Korvin National Theater
Astorian
Asia
U. S
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Legation
U. S. Legation
United Press
Russell Jones
Astoria
Jones
Kremlin
Free World
Vienna
Speaker
Minnesota
Fourth Street
First
Third Avenues
Third Street
Man
C. R. Breakins
PT Py Ensemble
Diamond Matt A Me
Penney
A. T. Averill
Gifford and Douglas
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Quaker ‘Oats
Iowa Masonic Library
Grand
T. S. Parvin
First Avenue
England
Della Brewer
Teahen
1St Ave
6Th St
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