Iowa and Midwest Weather Forecast and Temperature Outlook
The report outlines a mostly cloudy windy forecast for Iowa with snow flurries possible in the northeast Wednesday. Temps average near normal in the east but 2 to 5 degrees above normal in the west over five days, with highs ranging 34 to 44 and lows around 21 to 26. Precipitation expected from northeast showers to little in the southwest, plus wind data from Municipal Airport and sunrise set for Wednesday.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Ans
Chicago
New Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Oenix
Iowa
Local Birth Announcements and Fire Report
Multiple birth notices list Usher Earl and wife at 1505 J street SW a son born November 22 and Slycord Carl Norway a daughter born November 22 plus Schueler Clifford 707 Second street NW a son and Soderhelm William 852 Eleventh street NE a daughter born November 22 and Oldham Kenneth Tipton a son born November 22 and Cooper John 830 Twenty-first avenue SW a son with several other couples in Cedar Rapids Robins and Springville. Fire department reports a furnace draft door jammed at Fifteenth avenue SW and a still alarm at 1 46 a m in the 1800 block of B avenue NE.
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Usher
Earl
J Street
Slycord
Carl
Norway
Schueler
Clifford
Second Street
Soderhelm
William
Eleventh Street
Oldham
Kenneth
Tipton
Cooper
John
Twenty-first Avenue
Oxley
George
Twelfth Avenue
Palmer
Harry
Route 1
Fifteenth Avenue
B Avenue
Local Drivers Fined For Violations In Moris Dilley Area
Failure to display plates Moris Dilley of Boscobel Wisconsin fined five dollars and costs. Speeding charges against Leo Ortner Vernon Thompson Loren Nuss Robert Watson Ernest Logan Joseph Harger Gary Crawford Donald Gee William Parkin Keith Rice for ten dollars and costs each. Failure to stop for traffic signal Ronald Hamad Cecil Carter fined ten dollars and costs. Intoxication Harry Miller forfeits thirty dollar appearance bond.
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Moris Dilley
Boscobel
Wis
Leo Ortner
Maplewood Drive
Vernon Thompson
J Avenue
Loren Nuss
B Avenue
Robert Watson
Hiawatha
Ernest Logan
Lincoln Trailer Court
Joseph Harger
Montrose Hotel
Gary Crawford
Park Avenue
Donald Gee
C Avenue
William Parkin
Thirty-fourth Street
Keith Rice
Rock Island
Ronald Hamad
Route 4
Cecil Carter
Obituary notices from multiple Iowa towns list services this week
Funeral and burial details for several residents across Mt. Vernon Johnston-Morgan Clarence Atalissa Brandon Monticello Troy Mills Coggon Anamosa Dysart and Tracr include times on Wednesday or Thursday at churches and cemeteries, with bodies at local funeral homes. Names include Nes Randall, Elizabeth Behrend, George King, Albert Koob, James Chapman, Rose Marie Avis, Mrs John Cartano, Paul Burger, and Mrs Grover Thompson.
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Mt. Vernon
Agnes Randall
Johnston-Morgan
Clarence
Elizabeth Behrend
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Chapman Funeral Home
George ‘King
Zion
West Branch
Brandon
Albert Koob
Jubilee
Jesup
Monticello
James Chapman
Leo Chapman
Sacred Heart Church
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
Devaney Funeral Home
Troy Mills
Rose Marie Avis
Earl Avis
Passmore
Coggon
Anamosa
John Cartano
Goettsch Funeral
Springville
Dysart
Paul Burger
Methodist Church
Overton Funeral
Tracr
Bernhart Details Point 4 Program Work in Persia
Dick Bernhart of Oelwein, after heading a two year Point Four team in Persia, outlined the program’s aims at a Roosevelt hotel Optimist club luncheon. He cited cooperation as the chief hurdle, noted gains despite turmoil, and said Persians favor American English over British English as a second language.
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Bernhart
Persia
Dick Bernhart
Oelwein
Point Four
Optimist Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Mossadegh
Russia
Latin American Aid Rise Mapped
Secretary Humphrey announced changes in U S economic policy calling for broader aid to Latin America. He read Eisenhower’s message at the inter American economic conference urging hemispheric nations to unite in a partnership and pledging generous support to meet foreign lending needs in the region.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Treasury
Humphrey
U.S
Latin America
Eisenhower
Barbara Schol Brock Hurt After Tractor Fall
Barbara Schol Brock, 3, suffered a slight concussion and cuts when she fell from a tractor on Monday. She was taken to West Union Hospital for treatment.
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Hawkeye
Barbara Scholbrock
West Union Hospita
Slab Raised Reveals Cheops Burying Boat at Giza
Workmen removed a 20 ton limestone lid sealing a wooden solar boat from the tomb of Cheops in a chamber near the Great Pyramid. The prow detached and a 110 to 120 foot boat lay exposed with preserved rope and linen while officials cite beliefs in eternal life and later completion by Dedefra.
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Cairo
Cheops
Mt. Lebanon
Great Pyramid
Kama! el Mallakh
Mallakh
Zaki Nour
Giza
Nour
Dedefra
U S Sues Onassis Over War Surplus Ships
The government seeks 20 million dollars from Aristotle Onassis and associates in New York federal court for allegedly illegal use of U S surplus war ships. It targets 16 vessels bought 1948 to 1951, arguing true control lay with aliens, not American citizens.
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Washington
Aristotle Socrates Onassis
William P. Rogers
Federal District Court
New York
Onassis Group
U. S
Onassis
Justice Department
OConnor Seeks 1956 Democratic Nomination in 1st District
John J. OConnor of Lone Tree announces another run for Congress in Iowa's 1st District. He files expense statements showing contributions of 27406 and expenses of 3284 and asks Secretary Synhorst for early primary petition blanks. Clyde Spry reports breakeven, listing 1500.90 from Spry for Secretary Club and equal 1500.90 in expenses.
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Des Moines
John J. O'Connor
Lone Tree
Congress
O'Connor
Melvin D. Synhorst
Synhorst
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Spry
Fayette County Traffic Safety Committee Meeting
Fayette County Traffic Safety committee will meet Tuesday night in the Memorial Library at Upper Iowa University to plan for SD day December 15.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Vishinsky Replacement Dilemma Faces Soviet leadership
Andrei Vishinsky’s death leaves Moscow with no clear heir as the Soviet Union weighs successors. Gromyko, though ill and tied to Molotov, appears a leading option, while others like Zorin Malik and Zarubin emerge as possible contenders for high foreign policy posts and the U.N. delegation.
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Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Vishinsky
U.N
U.S.S.R
World Organization
Gromyko
Molotov
V. A. Zorin
Czechoslovakia
Jacob Malik
Georgi Zarubin
Washington
Deaths Addie Mae Daggett obituary in Cedar Rapids
Addie Mae Daggett widow of Alonzo Daggett died in Waterloo at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Born November 3, 1876 in Jefferson Iowa, she leaves five brothers four sisters three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services Friday at 3 30 p.m. in Turner chapel with burial at Linwood cemetery.
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Addie Mae Daggett
Alonzo A. Daggett
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Jefferson
Iowa
Joseph Kelley
Wapato
Wash
Elmer G
Harry Kelley
Clarence Kelley
Leo Kelley
Sioux Falls
S.D
Lottie Carr
Nixa
Sadie Kellner
Fort Dodge
Audrie Mott
San Francisco
Martha Rhodes
Daggett
Central Park Presbyterian Church
West Side
Cedar Christian Church
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Turner Chapel
Frazer A. Thomason
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs Helen Sponar Tomash obituary in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Helen Sponar Tomash 57 of 1515 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born near Oxford June 13 1897 she was affiliated with Sharon Evangelical United Brethren church and a Maccabee. Surviving: husband John J Tomash a daughter Marilyn three sisters and three brothers. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Services at Brush Chapel Friday at 2 pm with Rev Walter Cerka. calling hours start Wednesday after 6 pm.
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John J. Tomash
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Craemer
Oxford
Helen Sponar Tomash
Sharon Evangelical United Brethren Church
The
Maccabees
Marilyn
Anna Davis
Edward Flieder
Seattle
Wash
Leonard Brack
Charles and
Joseph Sponar
Frank
Iowa City
Brush Chapel
Walter Cerka
Linwood Cemetery
Jakoubek Services for John Jakoubek
Services for John Jakoubek of 1302 Third Street SE will be held at Kuba funeral home Wednesday at 8 30 a.m. and at St Wenceslaus church at 9 a.m. Rev. Anthony W Chihak will officiate. Burial is planned in St Johns cemetery. The Rosary will be recited by Father Chihak and the Cadets of St George No 45 at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home where friends may call.
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Jakoubek
John Jakoubek
Third Street SE
Kuba
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Chihak
Cadets of
St. George
Funeral services for Frank F. Antles at Turner chapel
Frank F. Antles of route 3 Marion Linn county died Monday and services will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m on Wednesday Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel The family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers
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Antles
Frank F. Antles
Marion
Linn County
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Vesely Services Held for Amana Resident
Services for William Vesely of Amana route 1 will be held at the Brosh chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Burial will take place in Hala cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Vesely
William Vesely
Amana
Brosh Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Hala
Swisher
Vrba Service Held for Elmer A. Vrba
Elmer A. Vrba of 329 Thirty-fourth Street SE died at Brush chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. J. Richard Wagner officiated. Burial is set for Oak Hill cemetery with friends invited to call at the funeral home.
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Vrba
Elmer A. Vrba
Thirty-fourth Street
Brush Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funds Sought To Finish SUI Building Repairs
The Iowa State Board of Education urged the interim committee to appropriate 30,910 from committee funds to complete repairs on the fire damaged chemistry building at the University of Iowa. Total project cost stands at 348,913, about 35,231 below the original estimate after an explosion and fire destroyed part of the structure about a year ago.
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DES Moines
State Board of Education
Iowa Interim Committee
University of Iowa
David Dancer
Condemnation File for Barlow Property in Cedar Rapids
A jury appointment request in condemnation proceedings to acquire 14.13 acres from Arthur Barlow for Cedar Rapids school district expansion follows Nov. 10 board action. Sheriff James H. Smith will empanel a six member commission to view the land and set compensation as negotiations failed to settle terms.
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Eastside High School
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
William Dallas
Arthur Barlow
Barlow
Country Club Parkway SE
Sheriff Smith
Beardsley’s Death Triggers Regional Chief Mourns
Beardsley, Iowa’s first in-office governor, died after slowing at a signal during a stalled car incident. Governors Crosby, Anderson, and Elmer Anderson sent messages of sympathy, praising his leadership and gentleness and expressing shock at the loss.
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Iowa
Robert Crosby
Nebraska
Leo Elthon
Beardsley
Bill Beardsley
Sigurd Anderson
South Dakota
Gov. Beardsley
White House requests Hickenlooper as Beardsley funeral envoy
The White House asked Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper to serve as President Eisenhower’s personal representative at Gov. Beardsley’s funeral. The Des Moines message said the senator would attend memorials in the Statehouse on Tuesday and services in New Virginia on Wednesday in the governor’s hometown.
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Washington
White House
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Eisenhower
Gov. Beardsley
Iowa
Sen. Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Statehouse
New Virginia
Officials To View TV Railroad Gate Demonstration
City councilmen and civic officials will view a demonstration of a TV controlled railroad gate crossing system. The Gifford Brown Company will show how it would expedite Fourth Street train and vehicle movement in Cedar Rapids. The 2 p.m. demonstration is at the Gifford Brown facility on Fifth Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Gifford-Brown Company
Fifth Street SE
Fourth Street
Milo Sedlacek
Rock Island Railroad
Sedlacek
City Plan Commission
Transportation Committee
City
Traffic Advisory Board
Chamber of Commerce Civic Growth and Development Committee
Third Offense Drunk Driving Case Nears Jury
Elmer Trumpold, 44, of 614 E Avenue NE, faces a third offense drunk driving trial as prosecutors and defense close arguments in Floyd Philbrick court. Arrested by Cedar Rapids police on Sept 17, the case heads to the jury after a Monday trial start. Separately, Irwin and LeClerc pursue a $2900 personal injury claim against Merton Sweet from a car motorcycle collision with evidence beginning Tuesday.
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Elmer Trumpold
E Avenue NE
Trumpold
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Jack Irwin
Raymond LeClerc
Irwin
LeClerc
Merton Sweet
Heart Attack Fatal to Attorney Arguing Case
A Des Moines attorney, E. W. Fritz, 49, suffered a fatal heart attack at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday in Judge J. E. Heiserman’s court while arguing against an appeal by the executors of the estate of W. F. Main. He collapsed in the courtroom and died en route to Cedar Rapids Hospital after emergency treatment by an Ambulance Service crew. Fritz represented the Iowa Employment Security Commission in the case.
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Des Moines
J. E. Heiserman
E. W. Fritz
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Fritz
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Main
Security Commission
State Examiners Begin Annual Audit of Linn County
Two examiners from State Auditor Chet Akers office start the annual audit of Linn county offices. J. E. Walker What Cheer and W. R. Walton Indianola will review county books for 1953 and begin 1954 records. They expect about six months at the courthouse.
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Chet Akers
Linn
J. E. Walker
What Cheer
W. R. Walton
Indianola
Cornerstone Unearths 1884 Hospital Items at St Luke's
A 20 minute ceremony opened the original St Luke's hospital cornerstone revealing 11 items from 1884. Items include bylaws city council rules 1883 84 a Cedar Rapids trade report and a Bible with a mold patterned sheet.
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St. Luke's
Times
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grace Episcopal Church
Episcopal Diocese of
Davenport
Cedar Rapids teen’s car theft charge reset for grand jury
Richard Ruzicka, 18, Cedar Rapids, had a car theft charge set aside by Judge Floyd Philbrick on Monday. The case was held for grand jury consideration and Ruzicka was released from custody. He was accused of stealing a car in Cedar Rapids on September 30.
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Richard Ruzicka
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Ruzicka
Three suits dismissed in four days
Three civil actions were dismissed this week by the plaintiffs: Helen M. Gibbs versus Dean D. Gibbs for divorce, Robert Tackenberg versus Thomas J. McCabe on a check claim, and Dale Vogt versus Glenn Plattenberger for damages.
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Helen M. Gibbs
Dean D. Gibbs
Robert Tackenberg
Thomas J. McCabe
Dale Vogt
Glenn Plattenberger
Eisenhower and Hall Discuss Political Situation at White House Breakfast
President Eisenhower and Republican National Committee chairman Leonard Hall met at the White House for a Tuesday breakfast to talk over the political outlook.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
White House
Death Ends Plan For Capitol Party
Des Moines AP reports Iowa state employees had planned a farewell party for Governor Bill Beardsley before his term ended January 13. Beardsley’s death ended their plans as workers recalled his kindness and reforms including a five day week.
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Des Moines
Bill Beardsley
Iowa
Sam K. Miller
State Law Library
Elthon Declines Governor Residence and Brief Term
Gov. Leo Elthon says he will not move into the state governor's home in Des Moines during his brief tenure. He will serve as chief executive until Jan. 13 when Leo A. Hoegh becomes governor, and will draw 12 000 a year while in office. Elthon will resume the lieutenant governorship after Jan. 13, having been re-elected to the post.
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Des Moines
Leo Elthon
Elthon
Beardsley
Leo A. Hoegh
Senate
Missouri Prison Official Resigns
Missouri Director of Corrections Thomas E Whitecotton resigns amid heavy criticism over riots at the state penitentiary. Governor Phil M Donnelly accepted the resignation saying it was entirely voluntary.
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Jefferson City
Mns
Missouri
Thomas E. Whitecotton
State Penitentiary
Phil M. Donnelly
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LaCrosse
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McGregor
Dubuque
Keokuk
Patricia A. Matthews
Robert D. Matthews
James R. Schrader
Beverly A. Boland
Robert W. Murdock
Camille Portzline
Robins
John C. Baumhoefener
Phyllis Ginn
Harry Miller
Fourteenth Avenue SE
John E. Lapes
Old Ave
John B. Turner & Son
Pharaoh
Greek Shipping Tycoon
Monahan Mortuary
Reds
William L. Ryan
AP Foreign News
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow Foreign Office
A. A. Daggett
SUI
Murdoch
Funeral Homes
Center Point
Walker
Cottage Grove Avenue
Forest Drive
Hick
Ihe
Samuel Ringgold
Grace Church
A. T. B. Haines
Gordon Rahn
Robert E. Yaw
Hospital
Earl B. Delzell
Grand Lodge of Iowa
A.F
A.M. Delzell
D. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Yaw
Dr. Ringgold
Louis B. Blair
Ike
Halli
Hertz’ Crestiiner
Mrs. Lester Stow
Bever Avenue
Morris
Blue Cross
Blue Shield Guaranty
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