Weather notes and obituaries from Iowa City area
A Saturday weather digest lists temperatures for major cities and a frost risk overnight. The forecast predicts a fair, warmer Sunday and fair conditions into Monday with a gradual warming trend. Local notices include obituaries and birth announcements for several Cedar Rapids and surrounding area residents with service details in Iowa City and Marengo.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Denver
Minneapolis
Phoenix
Los Angeles
New York
Seattle
Iowa
Gum giveaway at State Fair of Texas reaches a million sticks
Darryl Gumm division manager of Beechnut Gum Co leads a crew at the State Fair of Texas giving away one million sticks of gum.
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Dallas
Texas
Darryl Gumm
Beechnut Gum Co
Senator and TV Star headline Linn county GOP rally
A U S senator and Hollywood entertainer headline a Linn county Republican rally at Memorial Coliseum 8 p m Friday with Lee Bowman and three vaudeville acts. A torchlight parade 7 p m from Thirteenth Street W and First Avenue W precedes the event.
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U.S
Linn County
Memorial Coliseum
B. B. Hickenlooper
Lee Bowman
Hollywood Fame
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue W
Thomas E. Martin
Roosevelt Hotel
Major flood hits Pennsylvania and surrounding states
Juries report extensive flooding from Virginia to Ontario after heavy rains. The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers topped five feet above flood stage in western Pennsylvania, with water up to seven feet in parts of Route 30 near Latrobe. Two bodies recovered near Latrobe. Dorothy evacuated. Pittsburgh areas flooded. Turtle Creek apartment fire amid floodwaters. National Guardsmen deployed. Red Cross alerted along the Ohio River.
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Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York State
Lake Ontario
Ontario
Monongahela
Allegheny
Latrobe
Dorothy
National
Pittsburgh
Turtle Creek
Red Cross
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Richard Temple Actor Dies at 81 in New York
Richard Temple, veteran actor and panel member on the Life Begins at 80 DuMont show, died in New York after a heart attack at age 81. He was born in England and is survived by his step daughter Mrs Thomas Cochrane.
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New York
Richard Temple
Temple
England
Thomas Cochrane
Truman Urges Democratic Victory and Whistle Stop Rhetoric
President Truman, recovering from surgery last June, campaigned forcefully for Democrats to regain control of Congress. He rejected calls to silence his battle cry and instead pressed a simple message about the people’s party, avoiding a direct attack on President Eisenhower while criticizing administration leadership and policies.
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Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Adlai Charges Loss of Prestige in Speech
Adlai Stevenson accused the United States of a troubling loss of prestige abroad and blamed the Eisenhower administration for appeasing the Republican Old Guard. He urged voters to elect a Democratic Congress to free government from GOP control and criticized the administration’s foreign policy as bluff and bluster aimed at domestic right wing allies.
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San Francisco
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
G.O.P
Republican Old Guard
Committees
Congress
Stevenson
Republican Party
Deaths Yeoman Infant Cathy Lou Yeoman
Cathy Lou Yeoman infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Yeoman of Cedar Rapids died in University Hospitals Iowa City at 8 30 a m Saturday Born February 19 1954 in Cedar Rapids She is survived by her parents two brothers Gary Gene and David Roy a sister Lois Ann three grandparents Mrs Josie Wilson Waterloo and Mr and Mrs Mitchell Yeoman Lansing Graveside services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Cedar Memorial Cemetery conducted by Dr Theodore Lilley of the First Presbyterian church
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Cathy Lou Yeoman
Roy Yeoman
Wendy Oak Trailer Court
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cathy
Cedar Rapids
Gary Gene
David Roy
Lois Ann
Josie Wilson
Waterloo
Mitchell Yeoman
Lansing
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Theodore Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
AEC Secures Concessions in Dixon-Yates Deal
The Atomic Energy Commission says after negotiations it inserted provisions into the Dixon-Yates power contract to curb windfall profits. An unpublished report to Congress notes a potential tax free return of 9 percent on a $5 million plant near the Tennessee Valley, with possible variation if costs change. The AEC asserts major concessions to limit excessive profits.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Congress
Associated Press
AEC
Dixon-Yates Group
Tennessee Valley
Commission
Bus Drivers and Cedar Rapids Line To Meet Tuesday
Cedar Rapids City Lines and its drivers union plan a Tuesday meeting to discuss a new contract as the current agreement nears expiration. Union President W D Andrew says federal conciliator Roy Shaffer will join, with Chicago representatives from both sides also expected. Operations will continue under the old terms until next Tuesday at Shaffer's request.
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Cedar Rapids City Lines
W. D. Andrew
Roy Shaffer
Des Moines and Company
Chicago
Andrew
Shaffer
Wisconsin Man Wins in Mechanical Corn Picking
James Marks, 41, of Oconomowoc wins the one row division national contest scoring 94.4 points of 100. Warren Friessen, 22, of Sioux Falls, S D, finishes second as last year's winner’s son.
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Janesville
Wis
James Marks
Oconomowoc
Marks
Warren Friessen
Sioux Falls
S. D
Fairfield Driver Killed In Collision With Cattle Truck
Howard Leo Lacey aged 62 of near Ottumwa died Saturday afternoon when his car collided with a loaded cattle truck after he apparently lost control. The truck driver Clifford Bardell of Millageville Illinois was uninjured.
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Fairfield
Howard Leo Lacey
Ottumwa
Clifford Bardell
Millageville
Ill
City Briefs Cover Local Veteran Election and Club Events
James Vanda was elected commander of Dows Camp No. 4 United Spanish War Veterans. St Andrew's EUB hosts a rummage sale October 19. October meetings include the Natural Science Club at Coe College with talks on conservation, Yukon Eric wrestling event on October 21, junior bar talks, Stamp club, Rotary luncheon, and various civic group meetings. Hayward charged after stop sign violation. Optimist Club speaker Frank Nye discusses political picture. Jaycee Toastmasters and Jaycee Council meetings scheduled.
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James Vanda
First Street
Dows
United Spanish War Veterans
Cuba
49Th
Iowa _ volunteer infantry
Local meetings and an Iowa crash reported in brief
Hawkeye Toastmasters will hold a meeting Monday at 5 45 p m in the Bishop cafeteria with several attendees listed. Other items note Keith Dunn’s reappointment to a CPA committee and a New York convention attendance. A Cedar Rapids youth, Bob G Crouch, 15, suffered minor injuries when his tractor was struck by a car on highway 13 near Coggan. driver William J Brunsmann of Dundee was cited for excessive speed and Crouch for a restricted instruction.
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Hawkeye
Byron Bell
Bishop
Jack Collins
William Farr
Glen Evans
Leroy Hewitt
Ralph Hoover
Bert McGrew
Frank Guyott
Lloyd Miller
Ernest Pence
Harry Whitehead
Milton Carlson
John R. Carpenter
Keith Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants
Edward Bock
Iowa Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Accounting
New York
Highway 13
Coggan
Cal Wagner
Bob G. Crouch
Seventeenth Avenue SE
William J. Brunsmann
Dundee
Crouch
Coggon
Brunsmann
Three Die In Illinois Highway 96 Crash
Three people died and at least one was critically injured in a two car collision on Illinois Highway 96 two miles south of Ursa. Victims identified include Doris Devick 25 Warsaw Carolyn Moore 16 Quincy and Bonnie Tourneur 15 Quincy. John Basteen 20 Quincy driver of the teens’ car was in critical condition. Royce Devick 25 and Wendell Spangler were injured.
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Ursa
Ill
Here
R. Ivan Latherow
Doris Devick
Warsaw
Carolyn Moore
Quincy
Bonnie Tourneur
Latherow
John Basteen
O. W. Park Iowa State Professor Dies at 69
O W Park a 69 year old Iowa State college professor and noted entomology expert died in a hospital after a heart attack. He had served on the Iowa State faculty since 1917 as a research professor of entomology. Survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Ames
O. W. Park
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Cedar Rapids to Host 1956 ISCEA Northeast Meet
Max R. Clark of Dubuque was elected president of the Northeast District of the Iowa State Education Association. Cedar Rapids will host the next convention October 12, 1956, with an Oct. 15, 1955 delegate assembly planned at a site to be announced. Officers include Miss Jeanette Wilson vice president, Mrs Bess Greenley secretary, Miss Jarla Clauson treasurer, and Clyde Lindsley named an ISCEA board member.
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Cedar Falls
Max R. Clark
Dubuque
Iowa State Education Association
Cedar Rapids
Jeanette Wilson
Bess Greenley
Oelwein
Jarla Clauson
Decorah
Clyde Lindsley
Juddie R Kirk Charged With Reckless Driving
A 31 year old Cedar Rapids man Juddie R Kirk was arrested Saturday night on a reckless driving charge. Police said he sped through downtown on Second Avenue crossing the bridge on the wrong side of the street and failed to stop sooner. He lives at 1601 Second Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Juddie R. Kirk
Second Avenue SE
Eighth Street
Second Street
Second Avenue
Second Avenue Bridge
Army Times Questions Stringfellow Claims About OSS Mission
The Army Times disputed most of Stringfellowhand's dramatic tale of OSS training and a Europe parachute into Germany. It found records contradicting his assertions of capturing Otto Hahn, torture at Belsen, and sole survivor status among 38 men on the mission.
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Stringfellow
Otto Hahn
Hahn
OSS
Belsen
Allied
America
France
Radcliffe Man Killed In Two-Truck Crash
Burt A. Benson about 60 of Radcliffe was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision on a country road southeast of Blairsburg. Sheriff E R Lear said Benson's pickup sideswiped a larger truck driven by Noah Flett 32 of Calmar. Flett and a passenger in Benson s truck Emil Varland 69 of Radcliffe escaped serious injury.
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Blairsburg
Burt A. Benson
Radcliffe
Here
E. R. Lear
Benson
Noah Flett
Calmar
Flett
Emil Varland
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C. R. Weather
Donald Walker
Muskegon
Mich
Lela Dvorak
Elberon
Darwin E. Kane
Mr. Vernon
Ramona K. Christoffer
George E. Dye
Clara Brose
Bradley L. Benfer
Shirley Kiesel
Garrison
St. Luke's
Rinderknecht
Donald A
Atkins
Bowers
Paul D
Schloemer
Edwin B
Lowden
Sleady
Carl R
Lakeside Drive
Trusty
Wilfred FE
Seventeenth Avenue
Wright
Walker
Allnutt
Jesse
First Avenue NE
Reed
Richard
Kathryn Street
Charipar
Paul
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Harrison
Ira
L Street
Emil G. Kriz
Maree C. Kriz
Donald E. Cox
M. JoAnn Cox
Bonnie Coon
J. Stuart Coon
George J. Primmer
Helen Primmer
Mary C. Hunter
Beckman’s
Dike
Middle Amana
Robert Hergert
Marengo
Lois Kimmich Parker
Hoover Funeral Home
Ioof
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street E
Third Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Silliman
William M Duvall
William A. Bergman
Kenneth Bogaard
Steve Smith
Viola Towle
Jack Hart
Sutherland Dows, Jr
Don Fahrenkrog
Ray Kruckman
Robert Martin
John Heston
Robert Nelson
Harold Wright
Robert Gross
James Lightner
Craig Huston
Republican County
Hickenlooper
Third Street
Barta Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Cedar Rapids’ Funeral Home Beautiful
Jay W. Hesser, Sr
Jartaltesser Dfucerdt Creators
DIAL
Fifth Avenue and
Adlai
Yeoman
Iowa Memorial Co
Wisconsin
Lowan
St. Andrew’s
EUB Church
Natural Science Club
Coe College
Science Hall
Myra Willis
Lavina Dragoo
Yukon Eric
Hans Schmidt
Coliseum
Adv
Linn County Bar Association
William H. Ryan
John Huss Methodist
A. N. Palmer
National Secretaries Association
Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Horace Poole
Rotary Club
Arthur Barlow
Duncheon
Europe
Council of Social Planning
Mental Health Institute
Independence
YWCA
Jean Liabo
Jaycee Council
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Milt Kapp
Ambro Agency
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Hayward
Joseph A Hayward
Fifth Street
Twenty-seventh Street East
David C. Brandhurst
Lennox Avenue NE
Optimist Club
Frank Nye
the Gazette
Jaycee
Robert Ford
Jaycee Toastmasters Club
Nick's
Avenue NE
Harold Griess
Henry Haegg, Jr
Ed Anderson
Paul Schneider
Blake St. Claire
Jack Fos Ds
Jlave
Merrant
Nared Henry Ek
The
Gazette
Chamber
Bureau
Community House Board
Community House
St. Wenceslaus
David H. Foster
Marion
Bezdek
Marion Boulevard
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Novak Monument Co
Teahen Funeral Home
First Ave
N.W
Third Ave
Illinois
N. E
Army Times
Washington, D. C
Office of Strategic Services
White House
Germany
John E. Lapes
Florist
3Rd Avenue
Mt. Vernon Ave
John Burner & Son
2Nd Avenue
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