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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1954
Page
2
Weather and local notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns include forecasts of mostly fair skies, highs in the mid 40s, and a detailed list of obituaries, funeral services, births, and community events across Linn County and nearby communities. Names, ages, and locales are given for many listed individuals and families.
At Cheyenne Lt and Mrs Richard Burgert welcome a daughter born November 19. The Burgerts reside at 1645 Second Avenue SE. Mrs Burgert is Barbara Bank, daughter of Don Hepker of 715 Ninth Avenue SW. Also listed are divorce suits Marguerite M Wills versus Francis Wills and Bernice McVay versus Jack D McVay.
Wilda I Wensel divorces William E Wensel. An attic electrical fire at 1927 L street SW caused a general alarm with multiple companies dispatched. Another rubbish fire at 819 Eighth street SE activated a still alarm and fire crews. Services announced for Edmond H Fleming 84 at 2 pm Sunday in a Methodist church burial Evergreen cemetery Clifton funeral home Earlville. Joseph J Heiberger 88 services Monday 9 30 am at St Patrick church burial Calvary cemetery. Gill
Carl J. Megel president of the American Federation of Teachers criticized Eisenhower administration committee findings that federal aid to education is unnecessary. He said the government funds livestock and roads but not schools, calling the report a perversion of logic after visiting nearly 500 schools. Megel sits on a nonpaid advisory subcommittee on federal responsibility in education.
A district census supervisor in Mankato advises census takers to make friends with the farmer's dog before approaching farmers. Michael Fish said farm dogs had bitten at least three people taking the 1954 agriculture census, prompting the warning.
French Premier Mendes France will speak at the United Nations Monday, a 25 minute address aimed at signaling France as a global power. Arab delegates press Tunisia and Morocco disputes, seeking an end to French rule and possible six month truce talks.
Hollywood report says Rita Hayworth gains custody terms for Princess Yasmin with an Aga Khan bond of 100000 guaranteeing return. Aly Khan signs papers requiring daily Moslem faith lessons. Rita promises support payments rising when Yasmin reaches age 12 in Switzerland.
Three young airmen died in a Saturday night crash on highway 75 north of Loveland Iowa. W A Hobbs 27 of Thomas Georgia R Rice 21 of Lincoln Nebraska and James Parker 19 of Roanoke Virginia were killed. Charles Williams of Offutt Air Force Base suffered undetermined injuries. The deceased were believed to be stationed at Offutt.
In Biloxi Mississippi an airman died when a B 25 bomber crashed during a solo unauthorized flight near the Gulf of Mexico. The missing flight engineer, unnamed pending kin notification, reportedly boasted he could fly the plane. Wreckage spread over about a quarter mile near Biloxi’s business district.
A Royal Canadian Air Force twin-engined aircraft carrying four men and one woman crashed and burned in a farmer's field near Saint Andre d Argenteuil Quebec about 50 miles north of Montreal. All five occupants died instantly in the Saturday accident.
Forty six Detroit police officers accused of taking bribes from gamblers will appear before the police trial board starting December 2. Commissioner Edward Piggins announced after a state attorney general ruling allowed disclosure of officer names to a grand jury. Thirty officers were suspended earlier, and seventeen more stripped of badges and suspended now.
An army H25 helicopter crashed in a wooded area near Carthage North Carolina Friday night and exploded killing all three occupants. Ft. Bragg officials said the identities will be released after next of kin are notified.
Two Sabrejet fighters from the 518th air defense group crashed during a practice mission near Niagara Falls. Major William M. Coleman 36 native of Fort Lauderdale Fla died when his plane crashed in flames south of Wilson. Lt Col Rufus Woody Jr 32 parachuted to safety over Amherst as his plane went to a swamp. Both men belonged to the 47th Fighter Squadron and 518th group with Woody acting commander and Coleman commanding the 47th.
State police report Maj James A Call an Air Force major and deserter signed a statement admitting he shot and killed a Lake Placid police officer last August during a burglary attempt. A 104 day manhunt followed before his capture. Call also admitted other crimes including burglaries in Reno Nevada.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon flew to Nassau in the Bahamas for a brief vacation aboard a BOAC plane. They were joined by Jack and Helen Crown of Long Beach California. The group faced fog at Idlewild causing a 105 minute hold before takeoff.
Raymond N Klass a Cedar Rapids attorney who died Thursday will have services Monday at 11 am in Turner chapel conducted by Rabbi Walter H Plaut and the Rev Waldemar Argow. Burial follows at Eben Israel cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Robert Tajzier 53 of route 1 Marion died suddenly at 10 15 am Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born November 22 1900 in Cedar Rapids he married Ollie Donda June 10 1925 in Cedar Rapids. They farmed near Robins for 29 years. Surviving are his wife three sisters two brothers and three nieces and three nephews. Services will be at Brush chapel 2 pm Tuesday with burial in Oakhill Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Sunday.
William R Buttre longtime Cedar Rapids resident and Eastern Iowa district representative for U S Sanit ary Corp of Chicago died Friday. Services 3 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel conducted by Dr H Hughes Dill St Pauls M E church and Crescent Lodge A F and A M. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call. All master masons to meet at Masonic Hall 3 p m Monday to attend service.
Tillie Bednar Broulik died Friday, widow of Joseph Broulik, lifelong Mt. Vernon and Cedar Bluffs resident. Services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. Floyd Hinshaw, with burial at St. John's cemetery in Lisbon. Friends may call at the chapel.
The National Lawyers Guild protested proposals to bar Communists from practicing law. The guild convention passed a resolution Friday opposing political tests for admission to the bar or continued practice of law.
A Cedar Rapids city briefing lists luncheon and club meetings at the Roosevelt and Montrose hotels. KE Dunn joins the American Institute of CPAs in New York. Local talks cover Cedar Rapids progress, Korea slides, Persia reports, and Persia and foreign assignments. Also noted are a Tucson trip, a five day leave for Ensign Barker, an Argentina Rocca wrestling event, Hawk Eye Toastmasters, Amvets program, and a lodge degree event.
Alderman Robert E. Merriam, 36, former Democrat now running in the Republican primary for Chicago mayor. He seeks a cross party coalition of Democrats independents and Republicans to defeat the city machine. The primary is set for February in this bid to define the issue as people versus entrenched politics.
Senator Thye said the senate agriculture committee will hold a hearing around December 1 to study the spread between producer and consumer egg prices. Chairman Aiken plans to invite Secretary Benson and to review a dairy products report at the same time.
A Waterloo court issued a divorce decree to Mrs. Howard Bellamy 38 awarding her a cash settlement of 175300 dollars custody of their two children and monthly support of 250 dollars.
Senator Knowland argues the United States must not let Nationalist held islands off the China coast fall to the Reds. He says aiding Quemoy and Tachens is essential to deter a Pacific-wide Communist advance toward Formosa and to preserve psychological deterrence.
Alger Hiss numbered 19137 in the Lewisburg penitentiary is set for release November 27 on a conditional basis after earning merit time. Warden Fred Wilkinson says Hiss had a personal talk about his future, but details were not disclosed. Hiss must report monthly to a probation officer and will have a record of work and earnings. He served 3 42 years for perjury linked to questions from a congressional committee on Communist activities.
A Senate judiciary subcommittee will hear Tuesday on the justice department request that Federal Judge Luther Youngdahl disqualify himself from the Owen Lattimore perjury trial. Chairman William Langer and members Alexander Wiley and Thomas Hennings will oversee the inquiry with invited witnesses Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. U S Attorney Leo Rover and Youngdahl.
The article notes that the earliest free school in the Americas was probably established in Dorchester Massachusetts in 1639. It highlights colonial educational beginnings and the role of Puritan settlements in prioritizing schooling for children.
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