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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1954
Page
2
Scattered showers and warmer weather predicted in the north with highs 75 to 80 and 80 to 85 in the south, followed by cooler conditions. The page also lists numerous traffic fines, accidents, and obituaries for Mechanicsville Wyoming Strawberry Point Toledo Vinton Sigourney Kalona Iowa City and related services and funeral notices across several towns.
Richard Beryl Booth 71 of 728 Thirty-third Street NE died at home Friday after a short illness. A Cedar Rapids resident since 1939, he was an elder emeritus of Cedar Christian church and a Linn County Farm Bureau charter member. Surviving wife Alice Brown, four daughters, one son, three sisters, a twin brother, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Barta Hesser chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery.
Louis C. Grumbine 87 long time Cedar Rapids resident died after a long illness in a local nursing home. He greens keeper at the Cedar Rapids Country Club and came to Cedar Rapids from Baltimore. He and Elizabeth Buresh celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1950. Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery with viewing at Barta Hesser chapel after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Paul F. Ward aged 50 son of the Rev and Mrs Frank H Ward of Cedar Rapids died Saturday morning in Pittsburgh. He is survived by his wife and a son Robert. Services and burial will be in Pittsburgh.
Services were conducted Saturday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel for Mrs. Matt Kleigle of El Reno Oklahoma. A cremation committal followed the service.
Three gunmen, one wearing a Halloween mask, robbed a Pickerington bank on Friday forcing four employees into a vault. They escaped with between 15000 and 18000 dollars. Local authorities investigated the heist and reviewed surveillance notes.
Cedar Rapids voters will decide on Nov 2 whether to authorize a 225000 bond for a municipal garage to store and service city vehicles and equipment. A one fourth mill levy would fund interest and principal, adding 25 cents per 1000 assessed value.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette reader from Elgin Iowa on September 30 1954 celebrates National Newspaper Boy Day October 2 praising paper routes for teaching courtesy punctuality accuracy and social skills and noting how the route helped her family know their town and neighbors.
Iowa City crowds hear Joseph N. Welch discuss dangers in senate hearings. He argues witnesses face adversarial roles, warns against lawmakers acting as enforcers, and urges shared power among committee members. Welch cites McCarthy era events and stresses constitutional limits.
The 65 year old Primghar native says he conducts no vendetta with Senator McCarthy and will not discuss the Watkinss committee findings. He notes the new law outlawing the Communist party may struggle in court and cautions the legal approach may not be substantially wiser.
The 1954 Camp Good Health session met its goal and now invites further gifts to kick off the 1955 season. The camp fund stays open year round with contributions from Culver Motors, Ralph F. Dresher, Ladies of the United Commercial Travelers of America, and neighborhood fundraising receipts.
Series grounded out Wertz unassisted. Mueller grounded out Mossi to Wertz. No runs no hits no errors none left. Indians Avila flied to Mays Doby grounded out Liddle to Lockman. Rosen grounded out Thompson to Lockman. No runs no hits no errors none left. Giants Mays grounded out Wertz unassisted. Thompson beat out a high bounding ball to Avila for an infield single. Irvin grounded into a double play. Dente to Avila Wertz. No runs one hit no errors none left. Indians Wertz singled Westlake struck out Dente lined to Irvin Hegan singled Wertz second. Rudy Regala batted for Messi and singled scoring Wertz and sending Hegan to third. Wilhelm replaced Liddle. Ave Pope batting for Smith hit to Wilhelm. One run three hits no errors two left.
Thousands attend Killian's eighth annual Home Fashion Show and open house amid rain, with 1500 entering by 7:50 p.m. and about 2500 by closing. The event blends shopping, decor ideas, and demonstrations across four floors, featuring provincial styles, nylon carpeting, gass-cloth draperies, Fortisan fiber, pottery, textiles, and new home tool gadgets.
The U S Secretary of State and allied leaders discussed German sovereignty and arms post World War II in a plenary session at Lancaster House. General Gruenter would decide arm needs under Dulles plan as Washington pledged extensive military support.
City reports list hospital visits and public notices including Wymer at Veterans hospital Iowa City with room visitors allowed. De Wees elected to Iowa Motor Truck Association board. Sister of Frank Sanders dies in Westland Pennsylvania. Ruth Blanchard fractures ankle at home. Ricky Proctor fractures forearm after tree fall. Cedar Rapids Bird Club to meet at University of Iowa Macbride Hall. Henry Feuss fined 25 dollars for assault in tavern case.
Twenty six geisha girls walked off work in Tokushima on Saturday after restaurant owners refused to raise their hourly wage from 33 cents to 42 cents.
Joseph N. Welch and his wife touched down in Iowa City Friday afternoon, delivering no comment on the army McCarthy hearings as their airliner from Chicago landed 22 hours late at 5 10 p m.
Garcia started for the Giants with Pope in left for the Indians. Williams walked. Wes Trum sacrificed Wertz to Avila for the first, Wilhelm struck out, Lockman flied to Westlake. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
The Agriculture Department sets 1954 crop corn support at 1.62 dollars per bushel in a designated commercial area and 1.22 outside it. The commercial rate equals 90 percent of parity, higher than 1953’s 1.60 dollar level. Production restrictions apply only in the commercial zone across 834 counties in 22 states.
Paris reports a fugitive newspaperman and key figure in a French spy scandal, Andre Baranes, arrested after 10 days as a principal witness. Two aides to the secretary-general of the National Defense Council were also arrested as Premier Mendes France began a security purge affecting top defense officials.
Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer was unanimously re elected as director of the Institute for Advanced Study in New York. The board of trustees including Rear Admiral Lewis L Strauss endorsed him, while Strauss suggested Oppenheimer should be denied access to atomic secrets.
Laurence Liebson, 53, a self styled playwright, arrested in Miami Beach on a fugitive warrant for a $12,130 jewel theft from the Harrison Y Weinberg home. He used the alias Frank Meyers when seized by police on Friday.
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