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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1954
Page
8
Partly cloudy with rising temperatures and scattered showers likely west and central Iowa. Reports include temperatures, precipitation totals, wind directions, sunrise and sunset times, plus a long list of funeral services, births, and legal notices across multiple towns.
Boston AP report says atomic waste may extend meat shelf life and prevent potato spoilage for up to two years. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss told the New England Council the agency seeks practical uses for waste, including food preservation. Gamma irradiation at 50 degrees with mild dose supposedly stops spoilage. a facility to pasteurize potatoes could handle 20 tons an hour for under $50,000. Farmers could irradiate truckloads quickly at low cost.
New York scientist Dr E Cuyler Hammond, Yale statistician, told the American Cancer Society meeting that the evidence linking smoking to lung cancer and heart disease is overwhelming. He urged immediate research into a safe cigaret, noting heart health may be a more vital public health concern and that a safe cigarette could be found within months if a fortuitous tobacco type, filter, and curing method align.
Norman Melcher, son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Melcher of Monona, is listed as a patient at the Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.
Washington based activist group leaders told the Senate subcommittee that parents should boycott sponsors of children’s TV shows featuring murder and brutality. They argued private pressure is more effective than government censorship and urged viewers to punish advertisers backing “murder and suspense” content.
The department of justice files an anti trust suit in federal court accusing six Swiss manufacturers and 18 U S firms of restraining trade in watches. Defendants include Bulova Benrus Gruen and Longines Wittnauer. Officials say agreements harmed the American watch industry.
James Monroe, 17, of Early, sues Deputy Sheriff W. J. Stuart for 5000 dollars claiming great mental anguish public humiliation and despair after a Sept 7 arrest for driving without a license. He says no warrant or parental notice was given and he was not advised he could notify his parents. He was fined 15 dollars the next day in Sac City.
Linn County supervisors signed a lease with Crandic Railway to lease about 200 by 50 feet of former electric railway right of way for $1 a year. The space behind the courthouse and jail will be filled with crushed rock to provide ten new parking spots for official business. Crandic General Manager Marvin Wright confirmed potential future use of the land by the railroad. The board also set a November 9 hearing on assessments for four road districts and filed a Treasurer Frank F. Bates report.
Two Linn County supervisors designated a county road as Wiley Boulevard after a petition from Edward Kopecky and 18 residents. The action honored supervisor Wiley since the road runs past the Wiley fruit farm, a regional landmark near Cedar Rapids. Supervisor Wiley abstained but shared light banter during the vote.
Lester Henecke 37 of Worthington Acres pled guilty to larceny after a trial started Monday in Linn County with Judge Charles Penningroth. He received a four months suspended sentence in the Linn County Jail. Co-defendant Oliver Geinzer also pled guilty and is serving up to five years in the Anamosa reformatory. Geinzer had testified after being brought from the reformatory. The jury was discharged after the plea.
Two Baltimore youths faced a Sept. 15 breakin charge at Davis Cleaners pled innocent. Beverly Bynaker, 20, and his brother Ryland, 17, were returned to Cedar Rapids earlier this month to stand trial.
A landlord tenant dispute between Charity E. Yost and the Carpenters went to the jury before noon in Judge J. E. Heiserman's court. Yost seeks 786.25 dollars for farm rent claimed due, while the Carpenters counter with 1280 dollars.
Attorneys say the second trial of the Ost case involves different issues from a suit tried last spring. Plaintiffs seek recovery for Mrs. Ost's alleged share of seed and fertilizer costs and for damages.
The Children’s Home of Cedar Rapids inherits $5000 under the will of Mary E. Smith who died Oct 10. Probate was opened Wednesday. The estate divides into three shares for Elwin F. Quires San Diego Raymond Watt Ralston Ia and Mrs Stanton Carpenter Coon Rapids. a second for Jennie B Copp Glidden Ia. and a third for Grace Cumberland Urbana Donna Smith Prophetstown I Rosa D Langin Fortuna Calif. Lloyd Shettel of Cedar Rapids named executor without bond.
The Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed Judge Charles Penningroth’s ruling granting a divorce to Gordon F. Co against Nellie B. Schaefer. Schaefer appealed, asking the high court to overturn the decree on desertion grounds.
William Laughlin, 36, of Muscatine, pled innocent to desertion and abandonment charges. He was released on his own bond by Judge Floyd Philbrick, with a condition to provide support for his three children.
A divorce action filed by Delbert E. Elliott against Yvonne Elliott Mabey was dismissed Wednesday by Elliott. A separate suit by J Flynn against Mary F Scanlon was dismissed by the plaintiff Wednesday. Communications Engineering Company sued Don J Buch for eighty four dollars and seventy three cents on a promissory note Wednesday.
Des Moines deputies will question Mrs. Rozean Reid after she was found in a car near Altoona with the body of Harlan E. Richmond. The Polk county coroner said Richmond died of probable carbon monoxide poisoning, with the car heater running Monday night and air entering through a partly opened window saving Reid.
Harold Southworth of the federal Food and Drug Administration told Iowa chiefs of police that a relationship exists between youth drug use and juvenile delinquency. He blamed a small minority of unscrupulous druggists for the rise in teenage addiction and related crimes, citing a St. Louis case where students obtained barbiturates near a school.
A Minneapolis man received a Cedar Rapids parking ticket on Wednesday and prompted cheers at the police station. Capt Howard Walsh said he urged the man to pay at once. The ticketed man was Donald Harstad, known for taxing every parking meter in the town.
In Newport Beach California police subdued a skunk that wandered into a Presbyterian hospital linen closet. Officers fought scent with scent gassing the animal with ether before carrying it out, too weak to retaliate.
Funeral services for Mrs Lut ton H Stubbs age 80 who died at her daughter Mrs Frederick Lutz home in Mankato Minnesota will be held in Turner chapel at 130 p m Thursday conducted by Dr Theodore Lilley of the First Presbyterian church Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 9 a m Thursday Mrs Stubbs lived in California for years after the death of her husband a prominent Cedar Rapids business man She had been residing with Mrs Lutz the former Mary Stubbs and her family for the last year and a half
Roy Van Bowser interior decorator and Cedar Rapids resident for 50 years died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 9 30 p m Tuesday. Born January 25 1888 in South English he is survived by a sister Mrs ed M Conway and brothers James Earl Edgar L and Hayward H Bowser all of Cedar Rapids. He belonged to painters union No 447 AFL. Services Thursday at Beatty Bearle chapel at 1 with Rev A T Haines of Grace Episcopal church. Burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs C L Anangst of 1633 First Avenue SE received word of the death of her sister Mrs George W Hull of Des Moines on Tuesday. Also named as Hull's sisters are Mrs Clark Brody of 1200 H 1 Avenue NE and Mrs Roy H Miller of 414 Longwood Drive NE. Lilley Funeral Home, Des Moines, will conduct the service at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Graveside services at Linwood cemetery in Cedar Rapids will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, honoring a local resident. The service will follow a private family gathering and brief obituary notices.
John W. Melendy 72 of 923 L Street SW died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 5 15 p m Tuesday after a lingering illness He moved to Cedar Rapids from Coggon 12 years ago He was custodian for First Presbyterian Church and born near Coggon February 8 1882 Surviving are three daughters two sisters and four grandchildren His wife died in 1949 Services will be at 10 a m Friday at Monahan Funeral Home with Dr Theodore G Lilley Burial in St Patricks Cemetery at Monti Friends may call after 7 p m Wednesday
Funeral services for Earl EF Pfaff of 1727 E Avenue NE are set for 2 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Memories at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. The Reverend Thomas E. Mason of Waterloo, a Pfaff grandson, will conduct the rites, with interment in the same chapel. Friends may call at Monahan Funeral Home.
H. T. Cahill reports a $500 movie projector stolen from a parking area in front of 1550 Bever Avenue SE. He had left the device and its case while loading parcels into his car and returned to find the item missing.
Pope Pius XII received Japanese Premier Yoshida for a 15 minute private audience in the Papal summer palace study at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday.
City Clerk Maude Krebs reports 613 new registrations since the June primary through Tuesday for the state and county election on November 2. Address changes numbered 898. Saturday is the last day before a 10 day quiet period begins.
Judge James Patterson suspended the licenses of two speeders who pleaded guilty in municipal court. Fred Cook of 946 S Street SW drew a 30 day suspension and Kenny McQuinn of 137 Thirty-eighth Street NE drew a 20 day suspension. Robert Lansing of Dubuque, 21, was fined 100 dollars for reckless driving. his government license remains valid as the state has no jurisdiction.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Thiese have purchased the Kenneth Holly residence in Monona. The deal transfers ownership of the home to the Thieses, signaling a local property transfer.
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