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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1955
Page
11
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Sunday. Tonight will be colder with northerly winds and increasing strength. Sunday remains windy and much colder with a low near 22 and a high around 28.
Nassau grand jury on the first ballot found Mrs William Woodward Jr blameless in the shooting death of her husband after nine and a half hours of testimony. The decision meant no homicide charges would proceed.
The father of missing boy Stephen Damman says a ransom note demanding 43000 dollars was received by mail but police regard it as a cruel prank. Dammans, from Newton Island, report the note as one of several received since the boy vanished October 31 outside a supermarket. Despite two wide searches, no trace has been found and the family expresses little optimism about solving the case.
Two masked gunmen robbed the Bank of Germantown in Maysville Kentucky, forcing three female employees into the vault and escaping with about $10 000. The incident occurred Saturday and details remain under investigation.
Russia reports a hydrogen bomb test hailed as unprecedented with a one million ton TNT equivalent. Khrushchev says the Soviet Union will not be first to use such power and hopes bombs never fall on cities. U.S. AEC notes megaton range in prior tests while warning of U.S. lead in H-bombs. In Canada, 211 mariners aboard Kismet II are rescued after shipwreck off Cayic Breton island, hauled ashore by helicopter amid heavy seas and cliffs.
Pvt. Wolf Fang Kuhn of Omaha was convicted by a U S army court martial of unlawfully exploding firecrackers. He received six months hard labor and a $330 fine. Two Germans reported minor injuries from the October incident.
In Chicago the parents of Clarence Haugh 17 face his murder trial for killing Mary Manzo 8 starting Monday. They report that Dominick Manzo 45 steelworker told Baugh’s deaf mute parents he doubts their son acted alone and hopes to uncover another party. Police note a possible different suspect fled the city. stains on that youth’s clothes imply blood evidence not found on Baugh.
Kenneth Cellman of Oxford aged 19 was struck by a shotgun blast while hunting on his parents farm five miles south of Oxford. He suffered severe injuries to the left face and eye, paralysis on the left side, and a fractured left hand. He was treated at Mercy hospital and later moved to University hospitals.
Eldora Iowa prosecutor Keith J. Stinson faced a grand jury indictment on conspiracy charges for allegedly aiding George B. Dewey in swindling 78 year old Grace Potter Miller of 75000 and a 320 acre farm. Stinson posted 2000 bond and entered no plea as Dewey faced related charges in Florida.
Cedar Rapids detectives will question two young men, both described as Negroes and aged 23 and 14, in Des Moines after their arrest for three armed robberies. The trio of holdups netted $282 across Des Moines stations, with prior Cedar Rapids robberies adding $125. The suspects deny involvement and await further questioning, including Ottumwa and Midway tavern cases.
President Eisenhower, via a spokesman, urged Americans to support a bipartisan foreign policy regardless of who wins the 1956 election. White House officials said he approved Sen George’s call for nonpartisan direction, stressing steady policy through shifts in leadership. The appeal flags concern over foreign policy becoming a campaign issue. The President also dictated letters and signed papers during a light Saturday workday.
Eleanor Schuessler, whose two sons were slain on October 18 and husband died a month later, will receive more than $6,000 next week from sympathizers. The money was raised in a 12 hour fund drive Wednesday at Sidney Smith's restaurant, with all proceeds and donations by customers during the period.
Thollywood AP reports Bing Crosby canceled a special Guys and Dolls screening for the Notre Dame football team due to protests by Roman Catholic bishops. He then invited the team to Paramount Studios for a Saturday night showing of The Court Jester, an unreleased Danny Kaye comedy.
Ofelia i Castanon de Juarez ignored calling police despite repeated beatings by her husband. He allowed his mother and brother to assist, complicating her decision to seek help in Mexico City.
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