Local Weather Forecast and City Court Updates
Variable clouds and mild conditions expected through Saturday with highs around 60 to 65 and lows in the 30s. Sunrise Saturday 7:15, sunset 4:37. Birth notices from St. Luke's St. Paul and local families announced along with municipal court fines for speeding leaving scene of accident and other violations.
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Bismarck
Apolis
Cicago
I. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha S
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Obituary Notices From Iowa Towns Include Multiple Deaths
A list of death notices across Iowa towns reports names ages and service times. Dundee Marie Theel 72 services Saturday at 2 St John s Lutheran church. Riverside William Sims 92 services Saturday 10 30 Trinity Methodist church. Earlville John Wendt 80 services Sunday 2 Immanuel Lutheran church. Brooklyn Jessie Childs 90 service Sunday 2 Bramer s. Olin Court Miles 86 services Sunday 1 30 United Brethren church Hayden s. Brooklyn Margaret Keefe 76 services Monday 2 Bramer s. Independence George Fienst er 43 services Saturday 2 White s. Independence Margaret Sand 81 died recently in California services Monday 9 30 St John s Catholic church Rosary Sunday 3 and 8 Howe s. Independence Mabel Lou Blank 88 services Saturday 3 First Methodist church White s. Traer James Fikers 73 services Saturday 2 Erickson s. Tipton Ray B McAfee 48 services Saturday 2 Dye s. North English Thomas Ellett 82 graveside services Saturday 2 North English cemetery. Powell Iowa City Howard L Turner 29 services Saturday 2 Donohue s.
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Riverside
William O. Sims
Trinity Methodist Church
Earlville
John Wendt
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Jessie Childs
Bramer’s. Olin
Court M. Miles
Unitied Brethren Church
Hayden’s. Brooklyn
Margaret Keefe
Bramer’s. Independence
George Fieister
Prowler arraigned in burglary case after shooting at Cobb home
Russell B. Kramer 22 of 1506 Fourth Street NW was arraigned in Linn district court on burglary charges and given until December 7 to plead. Cobb fired a rifle at a prowler during a 10 a.m. Nov. 7 break in at 711 Second Avenue SW. Kramer was found two blocks away with a back wound from a bullet.
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Russell B. Kramer
Fourth Street
Linn
Kramer
Richard Cobb
Second Avenue
Cobb
Bench Parole Given To Harold L. Robinson
Harold L. Robinson of Toddville pled guilty to larceny and received a bench parole from a five year sentence by Judge Charles Penningroth. Robinson admitted stealing 63 plywood sheets from Donald Labs property in Hiawatha on November 13.
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Harold L. Robinson
Toddville
Charles Penningroth
Robinson
Donald Labs
Hiawatha
Check Writer Given Suspended Sentence
Kasoundra Coffman of Coralville pled guilty in district court Friday to a charge of gross frauds and cheats and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence from Judge Donald P. Barnes. Coffman was accused of writing a bad 22.40 check September 27 at Killian's Dismissal-Duane Brock way on behalf of his three children Derek Dianne E. and David versus W. A. Schafer Schafer's Twentieth Century Shows, five thousand dollars damages for injuries claimed in a fly-o plane ride at the All Iowa fair in 1960 dismissed with prejudice. Judgments Raymond M. Fuller against Ann M. Prochaska, five hundred thirty two dollars and fifty five cents damages. Melvin McBride against Roy Lansing Roy's Garage, four hundred fifty five dollars, agreement.
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Kasoundra Coffman
Coralville
Donald P. Barnes
Miss Coffman
Killian’s
Duane Brockway
Derek
Dianne E
David
W. A. Schafer
Schafer
Raymond M. Fuller
Ann M. Prochaska
Melvin McBride
Roy Lansing
Roy
Suits Filed In Springfield Tire Case
Kelly Springfield Tire Co. sues Triple S Tire Supply Inc. for 2033.87 on a labeled account alleging unpaid balance in a civil action filed in the local court.
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Kelly-Springfield Tire Co
Triple “S” Tire Supply, Inc
Honduras Leader Visits Kennedy for Brief Washington State Call
President Ramon Villeda Morales of Honduras arrived in Washington to meet with President John F. Kennedy. The two leaders greeted each other warmly as the Honduran head of state began a short official visit.
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Washington
Ramon Villeda Morales
Honduras
Kennedy
Former Cedar Rapids man arrested on murder count
Harlan Joseph Lehner 29, ex-convict of 1106 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids, was arrested in Kansas City on a murder charge connected to Theodore Lugosi’s killing during an attempted tavern hold up. Police link a Chicago murder warrant to the case and note Lehner had two pistols and a mask during arrest.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Chicago
Harlan Joseph Lehner
Ninth Street SE
Theodore Lugosi
Lugosi
Lehner
Dubuque
Five Vinton Men Enlist in Army Training at Fort Leonard Wood
Five young men from Vinton enlisted in the army this week and were sent to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Ronald L Redfield 20 re enlisted as private first class and will be assigned to a radar site in Washington state. Gerald R Daily 18, Robert E Hansen 19 Glenn D Covington 20 and Keith C Erickson 18 will train as auto mechanics at Fort Leonard Wood. Leave reports include Airman 3/c William D Leggett Albia resident who worked for Collins Radio before enlisting 11 days en route from Lackland AFB Texas to Shepherd AFB Texas for accounting and finance school. Seaman Apprentice Lawrence W Meyer son of Mr and Mrs L E Meyer 1515 Eleventh Street NW 14 days en route from San Diego Naval Training Center to Radioman school at San Diego. Seaman Apprentice Dale L Hagerman son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hagerman 1501 Naval Training Center to Polaris missile technician school at Mare Island California.
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Vinton
Fort Leonard Wood
Ronald L. Redfield
Washington State
Gerald R. Daily
Signal Corps
Robert E. Hansen
Glenn D. Covington
Keith C. Erickson
William D. Leggett
Albia
Collins Radio Co
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Sheppard Air Force Base
Lawrence W. Meyer
L. E. Meyer
Eleventh Street
San Diego Naval Training Center
Radioman
San Diego
Dale L. Hagerman
Ernest Hagerman
Polaris Missile Technician
Mare Island
Calif
Death notice for Steven Charles Schwarz
Steven Charles Schwarz 1942 August 25 Cedar Rapids died Friday after brief illness apprentice printer Rus sell Railway Guide Co. Survived by parents Frank L. and Mrs Schwarz brothers Dean and William sister Beverly grandparents Mrs William Schwarz Cedar Rapids and Mrs Cliff Sills Marion member Gloria Dei Lutheran church and Typographical union 192 services Turner chapel 10:30 Monday Rev K F Pohlman burial Cedar Memorial friends may call
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Steven Charles Schwarz
Eighteenth Avenue
Russell Railway Guide Co
Cedar Rapids
Frank L. Schwarz
Dean
William Schwarz
Beverly Schwarz
Cliff Sills
Marion
Steven
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and Typographical Union
Turner Chapel
K. F. Pohlman
Cedar Memorial
Walter Clymer Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in St Paul
Walter L. Clymer a former Cedar Rapids resident died in St Paul after a brief illness. Born February 2 1907 in Marion he lived in the Cedar Rapids area until 1950. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joseph Kinnan of Marion and Mrs Donald Whited of Cedar Rapids a son Robert of Cedar Rapids five grandchildren and a brother Harley Clymer of Cedar Rapids. A World War I veteran services are 3 Saturday at the Kuba funeral home with burial at Campbell preceded by military rites by Hanford Post. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Walter L. Clymer
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Marion
Joseph Kinnan
Donald Whited
Robert
Harley Clymer
Kuba
William Harnish
Campbell
Hanford Post
Infant Bryan Waalk Dies. Services Held At Cedar Memorial
Bryan Allan Waalk infant son of Mr and Mrs John Waalk of 921 Ninth Street SE died Friday born November 22 Survived by two sisters Sandra Sue Rompet and Mary Jane four brothers Elmer Ray Kenneth Edward LeRoy James and Robert Lee Newton in the army at Fort Leonard Wood Mo Graveside services 1 30 Saturday at Cedar Memorial conducted by Rev Edward L Beall Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church Friends may call Beatty Bearle chapel after 7 Friday until noon Saturday
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Bryan Allan Waalk
John Waalk
Ninth Street
Sandra Sue Rompet
Mary Jane
Elmer Ray
Kenneth Edward
LeRoy James
Robert Lee Newton
Fort Leonard Wood
Cedar Memorial
Edward L. Beall
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Beatty- Bearle Chapel
Funeral notices for Delaney Honora and others at St Patrick’s
Funeral service for Mrs Honora Delaney at 9 30 Saturday St Patrick’s church conducted by Msgr William A Roach with burial at Mt Calvary Friends may call at Monahan Stewart funeral home Also notices for Mrs Frank Hasley at St Patrick’s Fairfax with Friday rosary Teahen chapel Then Jerry Prasil to be laid to rest at Czech National with military honors Hanford Post and Emma Susie Klepach at Turner chapel with burial at Czech National
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Delaney
Honora
St. Patrick's Church
William A. Roach
Mt.Calvary
Monahan-Stewart Funeral Home
Hasley
Frank
Fairfax
Teahen
Prasil
Jerry
Kuba
William Harnish
Hanford Post
Klepach
Emma Susie
Turner
Milford Olson
Boy 4 Hospitalized After Freak Accident
Terry Williams four year old son of Mrs. Robert Fowler of 2922 Woodland Dr SW was rushed to St Luke’s hospital Friday morning after being strangled by an old dresser that fell on his neck in the back yard. Firemen were summoned at 10 37 by babysitter Mrs Jo Ann Kohl of 1414 Fourth St NW who aided with oxygen and the boy was admitted for observation.
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Terry Williams
Robert Fowler
Woodland Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jo Ann Kohl
Fourth Street
Tools Stolen From Construction Site at 3721 J Street SW
Burglars took tools valued at 1007.50 from a locked shed at the W. A. Klinger Co. site on 3721 J Street SW. The company, Sioux City, is building a grain elevator at the location.
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J Street
W. A. Klinger Co
Sioux City
Kennedy Center fundraiser draws 150000 viewers nationwide
A star studded PBS event at a country club banquet hall aims to raise one million for the Kennedy Center. Leonard Bernstein Van Cliburn Marian Anderson Hal Holbrook and others performed with Mrs Kennedy Mrs Eisenhower and top officials attending. Col Michael Paul lent his Palm Beach home for the 1961 Christmas vacation.
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Country Club
Leonard Bernstein
van Cliburn
Rob Newhart
Marian Anderson
Fredric March
Robert Frost
Mr. Kennedy
Rusk
Johnson
Hal Holbrook
Washington
White House meeting pressuring defense contractors over fundraiser
Reported griping from defense contractor reps who attended a White House meeting with Mr Kennedy urging purchase of $1000 tables for a center fundraiser. Attendees included 150 to 200 people from major contractors and federal companies under short notice invites.
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White House
Kennedy
Washington
Mr. Kennedy
George Bunker
Dudley Fined $100 for Leaving Mishap Scene
LeRoy Dudley, 33, of Vermont Street SW, paid a $100 fine for leaving the scene of an accident after his car collided with Norman Dunlap's at First Avenue and Third Street E on October 13. Eugene Barrier, 36, of Greene Avenue NE forfeited a $45 bond after failing to appear on a similar charge following a collision on Sixteenth Street NE.
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George Redman
Thirty
Seventh Avenue
Arlyn Johnson
Seventh Street
Eugene Messersmith
Mansfield Avenue
Jerry Hawkins
Sixteenth Avenue
Vicki Olson
Fourteenth Avenue
Donald Thomas
Fifth Street
Mary Kubasa
Sixth Avenue
Marion
William Abel
Thirtieth Street
Louis
Langguth
Palo
Gene Streeper
Monticello
LeRoy Dudley
Vermont Street
Eugene Barrier
Greene Avenue
James Beastrom
Center Point Road
Franklin Bruce
Central City
Laurence Hill
Third Street
Larry Moritz
Prairie Creek Trailer Court
Byron Yeaman
Second Avenue
James Borschel
Hollywood Boulevard
Robert Creswell
Country Club Parkway
Clifford Billington
Thirty-fourth Street
Mike Neville
Dudley
Norman Dunlap
Thirty-sixth Street
First Avenue
Greene Avenue NE
Sixteenth Street NE
America as Seen By Asian Eyes
Parade magazine in The Cedar Rapids Gazette asks Far East residents what they think of America twenty one years after Pearl Harbor. Readers respond with heartening views and optimism, highlighting cultural exchange and evolving perceptions across nations.
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America
Pearl Harbor
Far East
Parade Magazine
Cedar Rapids
President Kennedy Visits Private Dinner Amid Fundraising Drive
Guests described a ballroom event where 30 pledge cards covered 40 tables at $1,000 each. President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy attended, with JFK addressing the crowd from a chair about the early sale and urging contributions during a brief three minute talk.
Chilean President to visit U S for two days in December
The White House announced that President Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez of Chile will make an official two day visit to the United States on December 10 and 11.
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Washington
White House
Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez
Chile
U. S
Million Spend Four Years Later: Former Husband Testifies
Clifford Smith Jr., heir to a $13 million trust, testified how he spent 1,037,000 inherited from his grandfather, leaving about 4,000. He listed purchases including a New York co op, furnishings, jewels, a boat charter, cufflinks and shotguns, and offered $500 monthly for two daughters from his 9 year marriage. He was denied additional support.
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Smith
Mervyn Aggeler
O’connell
Aggeler
Blonde Singer
Tom Chamales
Mariner 2 on Schedule for Venus Flyby
National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Friday that its Venus bound Mariner 2 spacecraft is on course and on schedule and should fly past Venus at about 20 000 miles distance on Dec 14.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Fractures Arm and Leg In Fall From Truck
Clarence Paris, 49, of Kansas City, suffered fractures of his right forearm and left upper leg when he fell from a truck about 10:50 a.m. Friday while unloading behind People's furniture store. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in fairly good condition.
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Clarence Paris
Kansas City
People’s Furniture Store
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roofer Rescued After 15 Minute Dangling Plunge
New York AP reports Gustav Nilsson a 65 year old roofer dangled for 15 minutes from a three story Brooklyn church roof while his son patrolman Charlie Nilsson and pastor Rev Waldron Corbett rescued him. The pair both serve as deacons at the Baptist Temple.
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New York
Brooklyn
Gustav Nilsson
Baptist Temple
Charlies
Nilsson
Waldron Corbett
Indianan Named To Adviser Unit
President Kennedy chose John Prior Lewis of Bloomington Indiana to join the three member Council of Economic Advisers. Lewis 41 chairs the University of Indiana business economics and public policy department. He will replace Kermit Gordon on the council, with Gordon becoming director of the budget and David Bell moving to head the Agency for International Development.
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Washington
Kennedy Friday
John Prior Lewis
Bloomington
Ind
Council of Economic Advisers
Two Trucks City Bus Collision No Injuries
A 2:40 p.m. collision at Eighth Avenue and Ninth Street SW involved two pickup trucks and a city bus. Ira Perry and Robert Brejcha were named as drivers. Perry’s truck struck the bus after hitting Brejcha’s truck. No injuries reported.
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Ninth Street
Ira Perry
Route One
Robert Brejcha
North Liberty
Perry
Liege
Belgium
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