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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1954
Page
8
Forecasts show fair and cooler conditions with lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s Thursday. Wind at 10 knots from the SSW at Municipal airport. Morning and evening celestial events noted. Local births, divorces and funeral services listed with dates and locations across LaCrosse, Prairie du Chien and Oxford.
Divorce records show Sharlene J. Kalell granted a decree of dissolution from Ahmed Moody Kalell. Proceedings note the couple legally separated and terminated their marriage status with court approval.
Police division reports speeding fines for Elmer Malloy Swisher Frank Whitters and others with charges ranging from 1 to 29 dollars plus costs. Several defendants forfeited appearance bonds from 15 to 29 dollars. Additional counts include failure to stop for a traffic signal car control violations and leaving the accident scene with various fines. Default judgments entered by Judge James Patterson total several hundred dollars against named individuals and firms.
German police hunt the so called Autobahn Beast linked to 20 unsolved sex slayings along the 1300 mile highway. A single killer is suspected as crime scenes reveal shoes left beside bodies and hitchhiker victims. Roadblocks and shoot-on-sight orders are in effect after the Bonn victim.
Federal District Judge Walter J. LaBay said he will rule December 3 on the government civil anti trust case against E I du Pont de Nemours General Motors and others which he took under advisement December 21 1953 in Chicago.
Ernest St. Germain former labor union president in Cedar Rapids pled innocent to three counts of false statements to the Iowa Employment Security Commission. A hearing was set for next Wednesday. he posted $500 bond. He led AFL Local 234 hoisting engineers and lives at 625 Nineteenth Avenue SW.
Roy Berg 18 of West Branch and Eugene Whittaker 19 of Iowa City face check fraud counts. Whittaker is charged with uttering a false check and Waived to the grand jury. Berg released on bond with a preliminary hearing set for Nov 24. Detective Sprinkle says Whittaker wrote a check to Berg via another person, Berg endorsed and cashed it.
Sioux City coroner says John Maiso 40 Woodbury County deputy sheriff found in a fishing shack near the Missouri river with a self inflicted head wound. Pistol in his hand. two bullet entry wounds. investigation tied to missing car. Maiso survived by his wife and 3 year old son.
The AP reports that the Senate debate to censure Sen. McCarthy costs little in salary terms but more in frayed tempers. Senators earn 12 500 a year plus 2 500 expense funds with travel costs estimated at 40 000 to 50 000. Printing of the Congressional Record adds about 19 740 at 84 per page. Labor costs stay steady.
Waterloo AP The Iowa County Attorneys Association adopted a resolution calling to raise their pay to match other county officials. The group met with sheriffs in a joint session and backed recodifying state criminal laws and an eight point plan by the Iowa District Judges Association. Proposals include court ordered mental exams for felons, waiving jury trials for non capital offenses with agreement, replacing a one year drunk driving sentence with a fine, bench parole for a third offense, and redefining a delinquent child as any state law violator rather than habitual violator.
MEMPHIS UP Police said a radar device set to deter speeding in a school zone caught T. E. Hildebrand driving the school bus. The report notes the incident occurred Wednesday.
The Linn county supervisors overruled Cedar Rapids attorney Thomas L. Woods and upheld the proposed secondary road assessment in district 420 Jackson township. Three other district assessments 419 Jackson 422 Spring Grove and 427 Otter Creek had no objections. A hearing was set for Dec 14 at 10 a.m. on four more districts 437 Marion 429 Otter Creek 430 Maine and 433 Buffalo. Roads will be surfaced with crushed stone and landowners pay 25 percent of the costs.
In district court on Wednesday, David L. Franks, 18, of Rockford Road SW, received a three month sentence after pleading guilty to buying beer while a minor. He was arrested after police observed him intoxicated along First Avenue E between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Franks did not reveal where the beer came from. Judge Charles Penningroth imposed the sentence. Milton Carter, 38, of 4002 Sherman Street NE, also pleaded guilty to uttering a forged check and received a suspended sentence conditioned on restitution and good behavior. Carter allegedly passed an $86.43 check bearing another signature in Cedar Rapids on March 5.
Fred Jons, a farmer between Central City and Alburnett, reported the theft of five red gilts to the Linn county sheriff's office. He said the last sow disappeared Tuesday and the theft occurred in recent weeks.
Close to 100 Linn and Jones county road crew workers are to attend a road safety instruction session Thursday at Memorial Coliseum. Speakers include Harold Schiel Rob ert Merrill Eugene Pugh Lt Leonard Sims and Sgt James Clapp. Sessions start at 9 am and run through the afternoon with lunch provided.
A charge against Charles V. Lipp of 110 First Street NW was dismissed by Judge Floyd Philbrick after San Diego authorities said extradition would not proceed. Lipp posted a $500 bond which was released with the dismissal.
The will of I. E. Sigfred who died Oct 30 was admitted to probate Wednesday in district court. It leaves 2000 to sister Bertha N Falkner of Council Bluffs 300 to Karl E Kelley 100 each to William Marita and Mary E Kendall personal belongings to win N Clark of West Port Conn and Edwin Nash of Lincoln Neb and the remainder to wife Alberta Sigfred. His wife and Karl W Randall were confirmed executors with out bond.
Washington Defense Secretary Wilson quipped that military leaders have enough earthbound problems and know nothing about any space ship projects. No official confirmation of space programs was provided.
The Library of Congress acquires about 20 000 negatives prints and daguerreotypes from L C Handy and Brady Studios. The items include over 3 000 Brady negatives and portraits of Abraham Lincoln cabinet members and other celebriti es. Reproduction rights shift after Sept 14 1964 with initial 10 year embargo.
Phil Reynolds, veteran red cap and retiring 25 years at Union Station, urges ending tipping for personal services. He cites a 15 cent parcel handling charge that boosts wages but reduces tips, and notes the station employs about 1,200 workers including a physician son and a math specialist son.
New York Comedian Milton Berle collapsed at Lindy's restaurant after a TV show featuring Ruth Gilbert in her final appearance before her February baby. His doctor cited overwork and exhaustion and said the collapse was not caused by the dispute with Gilbert who quit the cast.
City councilmen in Greenville Mississippi voted to reduce the parking meter violation fine to 50 cents if paid within one hour after receiving a ticket. The move lowers the standard $1 fee for early payment.
Marvin Raymond Nove a registered pharmacist died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 12 50 a m Wednesday after a brief illness He lived near Fairfax before moving to Anamosa three and a half years ago He was married to Augusta Hawley in 1946 and survived by his wife his mother a sister and two brothers He was a member of several professional and fraternal groups Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel with burial at national cemetery Master Masons are asked to attend services at the Masonic hall prior to the funeral
Miss Allie A Meeks 80 a registered nurse and lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at home 417 Third Street SW Tuesday night Born at Marengo October 30 1874 Survived by a sister in law Pearl Meeks of Redwood Falls Minnesota three nieces Lumir Feyerabend Fairfax Kenneth Broxey Cedar Rapids and Russell Sheets Davenport and a nephew Donald Meeks Phillips South Dakota The body is at Janeba funeral home Funeral announcements will be made later.
Services for Mrs. Earle W Ea ton of 312 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids near her 30 years in the community will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m in Turner's chapel. Rev Hubert L Sunderman of St Andrew's Evangelical United Brethren church will officiate. Burial is set for Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
CHICAGO AP Montgomery Ward and Company plans to close 14 retail stores nationwide by Christmas Eve as part of concentrating on larger locations. Only three named stores remain at Tucson Arizona Portland Maine and Battle Creek Michigan. Ward has about 580 outlets with the last new store built in 1941. Vice-president John A Barr said smaller store closings follow lease expirations and focus on bigger locations.
Norbert Locke of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission urged the next legislature to return unclaimed five cent gas tax refunds to aviation use. Currently the funds go to the State Highway Commission, but he says about 50000 dollars yearly could aid air landing strips in cities and towns. He noted the commission recently sent a letter to legislators calling the present arrangement unjust.
London reports the Soviet Union warns of reprisal if the West rejects Moscow's push for a European security conference. Izvestia and Pravda threaten steps to ensure security and oppose rearmament of West Germany, with Moscow radio distributing the stance. Observers see it as a display of bloc unity and potential expansion of armed confrontation.
Burton Lewkowitz of the Phoenix Jewish Community Council asked the National Association of Attorneys General to relocate its convention from Camelback Inn Arizona to another resort. New York and Massachusetts AGs accused Camelback of discriminating against Jews by admitting only a few carefully selected members.
Capt. Douglas Payne of the Salvation Army Cedar Rapids chapter will address the On Leave Society in the Hi V room of the YMCA Thursday at 7 30. He has served since 1942 in New Brunswick Ontario and Michigan where he was chaplain at a family care home linked to Traverse City State Hospital. The program includes discussion and a social hour open to all interested in mental health topics.
CHICAGO UP Borden Stevenson 22 second son of Adlai Stevenson was arrested for speeding in Washington Tuesday. He was charged with driving 55 mph in a 25 mph zone and released after forfeit of $50 bond. He said he had no delay to get back to his hotel to prepare for his flight to Chicago. The annual output of California grapes is valued at about 200 million dollars.
Diabetes appears most often in middle age or later but can occur at any age. Case records include a California woman past 100 and a nine day old Ohio boy. Early detection reduces death risk. Cedar Rapids doctors join a nationwide testing drive with free screenings at St. Luke's Mercy Security and Higley labs receiving 165 specimens from Center Point and Monticello.
Polk County Sheriff Thomas L. Reilly said he will require 35 deputies to resign from the AFL Teamsters Union. He cited a county attorney opinion finding union membership by deputies in a national labor organization illegal. Union attorney C S Mennutt argued public employees may join a union but with limits on union actions.
Washington AP President Eisenhower calls on all Americans to make December 15 a day without traffic accidents. Governors mayors and county officials will proclaim Safe Driving Day and Eisenhower urges citizens to help stop highway deaths and injuries.
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