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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1955
Page
2
Iowa forecasts call for much colder conditions with a northwest cold wave Sunday. Highs Sunday 20 to 27 north, 28 to 35 south. Monday partly cloudy and continued cold. Local remarks note November totals and barometer readings at noon, plus city police court fines and civil action listings.
In East Chicago Heights a fire killed a 66 year old grandmother and her three grandchildren, ages 10, 8, and 7 months. A knife was embedded in the grandmother’s neck, suggesting multiple deaths. The grandmother, Mrs. Sam Camp, was mother of the local volunteer fire chief who led the responding unit. The fire occurred at Irene Brock’s home, where Mrs. Camp was babysitting.
Municipal Judge Charles Benesh recommended suspensions for two motorists. Bruce Clifton of 1245 Twentieth Street NW faced a 60 day license suspension after a Friday arrest for reckless driving including speeds over 50 mph on Ninth Street A Avenue Tenth Street and E Avenue NW and a stop sign violation. Raymond Randall of 1542 Seventeenth Avenue SE received a 30 day suspension after a $20 speeding fine for driving 50 mph.
National guard sergeant fired two shots at a car attempting to run a road blockade at the east edge of New Castle guarding a CIO United Auto Workers strike zone. The car driven by three men slowed then veered toward guardsmen, who had to dive for cover. No injuries reported as talks continued in Chicago at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service bureau.
Slidell Louisiana police report burglars cut a steel vault with torches as deadly mustard gas leaked from spray jets. The FBI says thieves fled on Slidell’s main street with about seven to eight thousand dollars. Bank president T. J. Eddins found the odor on opening the door and the building was soon sealed for hours. Investigators warned suspects may have been exposed to the gas and sought medical aid.
Sheriff investigators say two 12-gauge shotguns a Remington automatic and an Ithaca double barrel were stolen from Earl Gay's trailer house on Robbins Road northwest of Cedar Rapids. Gay said entry occurred between 4 30 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday through an unlocked door along with a bank receipt book.
Edith Akers filed a $4,000 lawsuit against Lampert Yards Inc. claiming a fractured foot and other injuries from plasterboard falling on her on November 16, 1953. She says the incident occurred at a house under construction at 1608 Twelfth Avenue SW and that plasterboard placed in the pavements by Lampert employees toppled onto her.
The will of Coral G. Closson who died July 24 was admitted to probate Saturday. It leaves $5 to each daughter Evelyn McVey Rose Galvin and Phyllis Closson and the remainder to husband C L Closson who is named executor without bond.
Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles told the Los Angeles Rotary Club that the Soviet threat is immediate and grave. He said the USSR already outnumbers the U S in warplanes and is rapidly building long range jet bombers and missiles capable of delivering atomic weapons on America.
President Eisenhower plans a new executive order tightening conflict of interest rules for private executives serving the government. The measure, prepared by Stanley Barnes, would require disclosure of financial interests within 60 days of appointment and affect officials on advisory committees.
The FBI in St. Louis reported a second twenty dollar bill from the Greenlease ransom recovered in Chicago. Special agent Earl Milnes said the note, the 82nd discovered since the September 1953 kidnapping of six year old Bobby Greenlease, was found at the Chicago Lake View Trust & Savings Bank.
A high U S official stated it is his firm understanding that the United States would go to war if Red China attacks Formosa. He affirmed Formosa essential to U S defense in the Pacific, citing the mutual defense treaty with Chiang Kai-shek and a January congressional resolution authorizing action to protect Formosa, the Pescadores, and nearby areas.
Alice Edith Isaacson 1874 Ireland native and nurse with Canadian army later chaired Cornell College health service for 21 years dies at 7 45 a m at 202 Twelfth street NW Cedar Rapids aged 72 Surviving nieces and nephew. service 3 30 p m Monday Turner chapel Geayhart Lutz 88 dies in Cedar Rapids nursing home railway officer born Salon June 13 1867 widow Margaret Jane died 1948 service 1 30 p m Monday Barta Hesser chapel burial Czech National cemeterysurvivors include two daughters grand son and three great grandchildren Sinclair Mrs George Sinclair Q Second avenue SW dies Friday service 1 30 p m Monday Turner chapel burial Shiloh cemetery survivors include son daughter and several siblings }
Joseph M. McCarty 56 formerly of Williamsburg died Friday morning in Clinton from a heart attack. Born September 12, 1899, in Williamsburg, he worked 21 years for Sinclair Refining and was manager of a bulk plant in Clinton at his death. Survived by wife Dorothy Pugh and two children Richard and Jerilyn. Services Monday at 9 a.m. in St Patrick's Church Clinton with burial at St Mary's Cemetery.
Omaha hosts a Palm Garden dinner and Fontenelle hotel meeting as Nebraska and Iowa church councils join National Council leaders for the fifth anniversary and the general board’s first Omaha session. Presidents Sherrill Martin and Blake will discuss purposes, achievements, and future aims.
Washington based report notes American Protestant leaders shift to native led churches to counter anti Western sentiment in Asia and Africa. National Council of Churches endorses policy to empower local Christians and scale back traditional American led missions amid rising nationalism.
City Briefs report new phone numbers for City and Yellow Cab services, and Century Cab. A 13 year old boy was ordered to report to juvenile authorities after being picked up for firing an arrow through a car window at James Raftis on 1021 Twelfth Street NE. Sunday Dinner at Krebs Dutch Girl offers ham and seafood or fried chicken dinners, served 11 am to 8 pm at 2901 1st Ave SE. Christmas program attendance at Memorial Coliseum reached 1,700, totaling 8,300 across four programs co sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
A ring gift can be personalized by selecting the birthstone aligned to the recipient’s birth month. Jewelers can confirm the correct stone for any month and help tailor a thoughtful presentation.
Mission groups plan a shift from direct control to partnerships with independent native led churches. About 30 denominations will meet in Dayton Ohio December 4 to 7 to adopt plans adapting global missions to the new model.
Members of Mt Zion Baptist and Bethel AME join to form a chorus of about 100 voices for a benefit concert at Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum on Sunday December 11 at 3 00 p m The program features spirituals hymns and gospel music Co directors Dor othy Simmons and Doris Akers from Los Angeles train the chorus and several Akers compositions will be performed Assisted by Albert Goodson of Los Angeles organist for their quartet
Philadelphia reports committees of the United Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in the U S A have been appointed to draft a plan of union after a three day merger was approved and then rejected by the southern Presbyterian Church. UP Church lists 237,233 members and the Presbyterian Church 2,658,903 with Midwest delegates including Dr. Robert Gibson and Dr. Tim J. Campbell for UP and Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson for the PCUSA.
Dr. O Walter Wagner of St Louis will discuss Our Protestant Possibilities at the Cedar Rapids and Marion Council of Churches annual meeting. Dinner is at 6 PM at First Presbyterian. Wagner, executive director of the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St Louis, also serves as president of the National Association of Council Secretaries, with his talk set to begin around 7 PM and finish about 7 30 PM before business and installation of officers.
The McPherson College string quartet from McPherson Kansas will perform at the 11 am service Sunday at the Church of the Brethren in Cedar Rapids. Prof Paul Sollenberger, quartet member and director of the college string ensemble, leads the tour. The day is observed as McPherson College Day in Cedar Rapids.
The American Bible Society proposes a week of readings from Matthew. Sunday covers Matthew 5 1 26 and Monday Matthew 5 27 48. Other days include Matthew 6 1 15 16 24 and Matthew 7 1 29 18 1 14 18 15 35.
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