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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1955
Page
2
The Daily Record reports temperatures for Tuesday across cities including Omaha New York and Seattle with precipitation figures. It also notes a town forecast of fair conditions through Thursday, colder nights and warmer highs, then cloudier and warmer by Friday. Wind at the municipal airport is WNW at 24 mph. sun and moon rise/set times are listed. The record includes birth notices for several families, listing names and addresses.
Charles R. Baker and Permelia A. McCord, Keith A. Albaugh and Ada M. Osborne, John Loftus and A. Graff of Cedar Rapids are listed in a civil matter. The fragment indicates parties involved in a legal notice or filing.
A consolidated list shows fines and jail terms for multiple offenders. David Corum and Ernest Buelow paid small fines, Thorald Gillpatrick and others faced $5, $2 or $10 fines. Robert Fernow and Charles Andrews were fined $25 and $15 respectively. Eugene Barrier and some others received jail terms for intoxication and public drunkenness. Willie Saddle and several others were sentenced to 30 days in jail for beer on a public highway and related offenses. Ernest Logan fined $15 for failing to keep car under control.
Funeral and burial details for Harry A. Tode 52 Caroline Nieman 71 Louisa Bruil 77 and Mrs William Barnhart 68 across Mason Elkader Delaware Hawkeye Oxford Junction with ceremonies at local churches and cemeteries and bodies at scheduled funeral homes.
Renewed efforts to end a month-old Cedar Rapids bus strike were under way as representatives of National City Lines and the striking drivers union met at the Montrose hotel. After a noon recess they reconvened at 1 30 p m. Union president Robert Hart said he felt progress had been made.
A state study suggested posting speed limits on Iowa highways but the law school at the University of Iowa found it legally unfeasible. The Iowa Sheriffs Association committee declined the plan, while a separate resolution urged permanent license revocation for habitual violators and court orders to remove repeat offenders from highways.
Four 15 year old boys from Stickney suburban Chicago vanished Tuesday afternoon, arousing fears tied to unresolved triple slayings of three other youths found in a forest preserve ditch two days after their deaths. Sheriff and city police investigate with no tangible clues.
West Berlin women can now call a new postal authority cosmetic service for makeup advice, reflecting a shift toward guidance over traditional in person consultation. The service aims to help women improve their appearance via telephone support and practical tips.
Iowa Gov. Leo Hoegh states no rule blocks the interim legislative committee from probing Dr. Donald Kyer case. A Nov. 28 full hearing was approved 6 to 2 by the interim unit in Des Moines, while Kyer denies resigning from Independence Mental Health Institute.
Tonight temperatures fall to near zero statewide with strong northerly winds and drifting snow. Thursday warms slightly as west-northwest winds at 24 mph ease. Noon temps range from 6 above at Mason City to 21 at Burlington, Cedar Rapids at 15 after a Tuesday high of 56. Snow depths include one to two inches in Elkader McGregor Decorah and Marengo with drifting reported.
Icy pavements caused several fender benders in Cedar Rapids as three vehicles backed down a bowling street hill. Lloyd Lundberg of Boone slid backward into William Durst of 1627 Second Avenue SE, pushing him into Donald Seibel of Davenport. A second crash on Mt Vernon Road involved Alvin Licht and Miles Sutera of Robins, with Sutera’s car hitting a parked vehicle owned by Gerald Schroeder at 1925 Mt Vernon Road.
DAIO Japan AP Tailor K Fujii aged 38 wagered 277 to clear debts at bicycle races. He lost. Police found the drowned bodies of Fujii his wife his mother and three children on Daio beach in what appears to be a family death by own action pact.
Chicago report: Darrell C. Romick of Goodyear Aircraft outlines a plan to build a manned earth satellite that would become a small city in the sky. The concept envisions final-stage rockets fused in orbit to house crew and families as an outpost on a new frontier with phased construction in space.
Joseph Hruska a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at 12 30 p m Tuesday in a Veterans hospital in Phoenix Arizona after a long illness. He was born June 11 1893 and married April 26 1915 to Bessie Cermak who survives with a daughter Mrs Adolph Maciejewski and two sons Edward and Robert Hruska all of Cedar Rapids. He leaves three grandchildren and a brother Theodore Hruska of Cedar Rapids. A World War I veteran he belonged to the D A V and the Z C B J lodge. Funeral services are pending under Brosh funeral home.
Barbara Skala of Swisher, widow of Frank Skala, died at her home Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. after a long illness. Born August 12, 1861, she lived in Swisher all her life. Survived by daughter Anna Zamastil, two grandsons, one great-grandchild. Services Thursday 1:30 p.m. Brush chapel. Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk officiating. Burial Ander son cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call. Donations to favorite charity urged.
Fred Petska 73 lived near Cedar Rapids and Ely born in Ely Mt was Past Noble Grand of Mt Vernon IOOF chapter. Survived by sister Mrs Louis Visha Cedar Rapids and brothers Lou M Petska Dickinson ND and Joseph Cedar Rapids. Service at Barta Hesser chapel 1 30 p m Friday with Rev Zdenek F Pauk and burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call chapel after 4 p.m. Thursday.
Memorial services were held at 3 p.m. at the John L. Hebblethwaite funeral home in Evanston for Miss Mabel Sprague 78 who died in the Presbyterian Home Chicago. Burial followed in Skokie Tl. She was the Cedar Rapids native daughter of the late Richard C. Sprague and Rebecca Forsythe Sprague, a Moody Bible Institute graduate of 1911 and longtime assistant librarian there.
George A. Hawk ins of 856 Fifteenth Street SE died Monday. Services will be in Turner chapel at 1 30 p.m. Thursday conducted by the Rev. William Jacobs of Aurora Illinois and Crescent lodge. Entombment will follow in the Chapel of Memories. All Master Masons should meet Crescent lodge at the Masonic hall at 1 p.m. Thursday to attend.
Services for Mrs. Frederick A. Paradies of 1330 Avenue NE will be held at Immaculate Conception church at 9 a.m. Thursday with burial in Mt. Calvary cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel by Msgr. William H. Schulte.
Mrs John Briggs dies Tuesday services set for Beatty Bearle funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday led by Rev E H Widmann Trinity Lutheran church. Additional rites at Lutheran church in Lockridge at 2 p.m. Burial in Lockridge cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
William J Hazard, once a Cedar Rapids resident, died early Wednesday at an Ottumwa hospital. He formerly lived south of Williamsburg. His body is at McSwiggin and Uhlmann funeral home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Albin L Stalnecker aged 63 of 615 A Avenue NW died Tuesday evening from a heart ailment. He worked at Dearborn Brass Company. Friends may call at Brady Mortuary after 1 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
The White House signaled Secretary of State Dulles would deliver a nationwide radio television briefing on the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva. He plans to meet President Eisenhower at Gettysburg to relay in person the conference outcomes while the president recovers from his heart attack.
Swift and Armour move to trim fat from pork cuts nationwide. Swift & Company began cutting fat in 30 plants, with other packers likely to follow. American Meat Institute directors urged industry adoption at a Chicago meeting.Lean pork aims to provide more protein and lean meat servings per pound.
MARSHALLTOWN RP Six people escaped injury when a runaway truck from Dougan Milk Express rolled down a hill and smashed into a house basement under construction. The cab and body stopped with no one hurt despite the six present, including Raymond Gibson, his wife, their 15 month old child, and three construction workers.
DES MOINES AP Rep. Wendell Pendleton speaker pro tempore in the Iowa house and a third term legislator has obtained nomination papers to run for lieutenant governor. His candidacy announced earlier is the first for any candidate seeking state office in the 1956 primary.
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman reports 15 additional federal retail liquor stamps sold, bringing Iowa total to 954. New stamps were issued in Woodbury Clinton Dubuque Black Hawk Plymouth and Pottawattamie counties.
Medical science has achieved a major victory by controlling diabetes. Over a million Americans are under care and with physician help most can manage the disease and lead normal, useful lives.
For a free test, take a specimen of your urine to one of the laboratories listed here or to your family physician this week.
The Linn County Medical Society sponsors a Diabetes Detection Drive in Cedar Rapids and Linn County. Free tests are available through Saturday at St. Luke's hospital, Mercy hospital, Security laboratory, and Higley laboratory, and at industrial first aid stations. Eight people used the tests Monday, 61 Tuesday. tests are free and available daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Linn county supervisors voted to authorize a flashing signal at a rail crossing one mile southwest of Covington. The measure, a recommendation to the Iowa Highway Commission, would cost about 11000 dollars funded by farm to market road funds with ten percent paid by Milwaukee Road. The crossing lies on Milwaukee's main line west of the Cedar River.
The sheriff’s office investigates a Tuesday break in at the A. W. Schmidt home on Glass road NE. A storm window was removed and a bedroom window broken to take 30 dollars in dimes a carton of cigarets and 1 1/2 books of trade stamps. Deputy Larry Condon said the theft occurred between 12 30 and 5 p.m. Tuesday and Schmidt reported the break in on arriving home about 5 p.m.
Six youths were arrested in Cedar Rapids for drinking beer on a public highway. Five of the six were arraigned in municipal court and received 30 day jail terms. One 16 year old was sent to juvenile court. Names include Robert Morris Roy Rice Willie Saddle Sonja Rowray and Helen Santee. The beer was alleged stolen from the Roosevelt hotel.
New York AP reports the wholesale food price index measured by Dun and Bradstreet edged up to 6.04 this week from 6.00, the lowest since June 20, 1950. A year earlier the index was 6.88.
Knoxville police charge 13 year old Jimmy McMahan with driving without a license city tag or state registration after he races a two and a half horsepower automobile up and down a street. Traffic officer William Geros filed the complaint in Knoxville Tennessee.
John Graham, 23, faces murder charges after a United Airlines jet exploded near Longmont Colorado killing 44 people including his mother Daisy King. Prosecutors plan the death penalty. The blast occurred Nov 1 and investigators note a jewelry making tool hidden as a supposed Christmas gift. Survivors expected insurance payouts total about 655000 from Continental Casualty Company.
Mason City Iowa taxpayers gather as the Iowa Tax Study Committee kicks off a series of grass roots meetings. Chairman Sen X T Prentis says the aim is to equalize the tax burden not raise taxes. Dr Robert Johnson notes Iowa taxes run about 23 percent above the national average. Lt Gov Leo Elthon and 11 legislators attend along with 10 committee members and a sizable audience. Attendees may ask questions and offer suggestions.
A 1,150-pound Shorthorn entered by Scott McWhinney of Orion Illinois was named grand champion steer at the Eastern National Livestock Show in Timonium Maryland. It marks the second consecutive year a Shorthorn won the title with the winner bred on W C Anderson's farm in Muscatine Iowa, who also entered the previous year's champ. Shorthorns have won the grand title only twice in the show's history.
The statement notes that about ninety percent of the atmosphere by mass is concentrated within the lower ten miles of the atmosphere, indicating most air resides near the Earth's surface and thins with altitude.
Wallace argues for a comprehensive postwar farm program combining Grassland storage, extended price supports, and export subsidies. He calls for creating a practical grain storing plan, grassed diverted acres, and county-led administration with land rent payments. He warns the plan will be costly yet essential. He backs revived food stamp proposals to aid the five million poorest families and favors international cooperation on wheat and cotton subsidies.
Human skeletons found in a gravel pit near Turin in southwest Iowa last summer were transported to the University of Iowa for examination. They had been taken to Sanford Museum in Cherokee after discovery, and museum director W. D. Frankforter plans to meet with university officials.
In Tacoma an early Wednesday fire claimed four of five children while their fireman father Donald Evans was on duty at a distant station. The mother and father were placed under sedatives after the tragedy. Children Charles five John four Pamela three and Patricia two perished.
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