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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1955

Page

2

Servicemens Roundup from Eastern Iowa bases

Seven Eastern Iowans completing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base are listed with hometowns including Watkins Central City Ely Williamsburg Palo and Central City. Others stationed or recently discharged span Chanute Fort Meade Fort Bragg and Fort Lewis with multiple air force navy and army assignments and enlistees returning home on leave or to new bases.

Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Edwin Driscoll Watkins Malcolm Powers Lois Powers Ronald McMurrin Elvin McMurrin Central City Robert Noska L. L. Noska Ely Clair Brawner J. E. Brawners Williamsburg Clyde Hampshire C. J. Armstrong Palo Larry M. Price E. B. Price Calmar Cpl John Mashek William Mashek Fort Sheridan Germany Calmar—Floyd Bucheit George Buchelt Iowa State College Monona Thomas Kirschbaum New York France MacGregor—Vaidean C. Lembke Edwin Lembke Route 1 Stuttgart Seventh Army 47Th Ordnance Group West Branch Carl C. Christensen, Jr 2Nd Fort Lewis Wash van Horne Donald Kuch Earl W. Kuch Munich Eva Lou Vinton Monticello Donna Marlene Harms Emil C. Harms Air Force

Five Eastern Iowans Slated for Sage Brush Maneuver

Five Eastern Iowa servicemen are listed for Exercise Sage Brush in Louisiana next month. The joint army air force drill could involve about 110,000 troops, testing new atomic bacteriological chemical and electronic warfare concepts. Names include Pfc Willis L. Walter Luana Pvt John G. Billhorn Manchester Pfc Donald W Wendland Waucoma Pvt Larry G. Jensen Nichols Pvt Gilbert L. DeSotel Edgewood and others with family notes and current assignments in Tokyo Camp Pendleton Alaska Germany and more.

Iowa Louisiana

Iowa Press Women To Meet Saturday

Des Moines hosts the Iowa Press Women fall conference at the Savery Hotel with Violet Lundquist presiding and Louise Freese moderating. Panelists include Frank Nye Cedar Rapids Gazette Frank Ulish and Elmer Swenson. Robert Hullihan discusses How to Write the Highway Story followed by Jim Ince after the 6 p.m. banquet.

Des Moines Iowa Press Women Savery Hotel Violet Lundquist Anthon Louise Freese Sioux City Frank Nye Cedar Rapids Gazette Frank Ulish Public Safety Department Elmer Swenson Sioux City Safety Council Robert Hullihan

Blacksmith 35 Years Won't Quit Keeps McGregor Forge Busy

Herman Cooks, 62, is the last active blacksmith in McGregor, Iowa, marking 35 years since he began in the trade. Once five smithies stood in town, now his shop stays busy with welding and machinery repairs, reflecting a shift from horseshoeing to modern farming needs.

McGREGOR — _ Longfellow Herman Cooks McGregor Iowa Ao Cooks H.N. Albeck Cooks Blacksmith Shop Coobs Klemme Buffalo Center Europe Mexico City Donald Lovig

New Car and Trailer Sales Rise in Iowa in August

Des Moines reports August sales of new motor vehicles and trailers in Iowa totaled 25,058,177, up from 22,757,641 last year. The 2 percent use tax brought in 626,454 this August, compared with 455,152 a year ago, aided by the 1955 legislature boosting both use and sales taxes.

Des Moines Iowa Tax Commission Iowa

Boy's Ingenuity Also Downfall

Yonkers New York teenager Stephen Breckley, 14, was picked up for driving without a license and operating an unregistered vehicle a four wheel play wagon powered by a lawn mower motor.

Yonkers N. Y INS Stephen Breckley

Parole Revocation Sends 17-Year-Old Blume Back to Eldora

Terrence J. Blume, 17, was returned to Eldora Saturday after parole was revoked by District Judge T. H. Goheen. Blume, sent to Eldora in 1954 for delinquency, paroled last June. He was arrested in Dubuque last week for car theft and returned to Elkader.

Elkader Terrence J. Blume Eldora T. H. Goheen Blume Dubuque

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Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Judy Johnson Sally McClure Jeannine Carol Loftus Fort Dodge Carol Conrad London Jan Carson Scranton Brenda Beneke Cedar Rapids Barb Teig Ames Pat Parkinson Anita Carol Schumaker Arnolds Park Lackland Center Junction Donald Schrader Chanute Air Force Base Rantoul Ill August Schraders Buckingham Neal Himschoot Xtuxant Himschoot Adolph Himschoot Lamond James Nielsen Morris Nielsen Fort Riley Kaw 10Th Infantry Mechanicsville Norman Reed Eva M. Reed Shellsburg Billy Hootman Fort Bragg N. C Walter Hootman Franklin Brehm Louis Brehm Belgium Holland Switzerland Greeley Bruce A. Heuchelin A. E. Heuchelin Fort McNair Washington, D. C U. S Fairfax Lloyd FE. Selzer J. F. Selzer Lincoln, Neb., Air Force Base Vernon — David Wolfe Postville Eugene C. Severn Waco Texas Frank Severn Duane Gordon Harry Gordon Fifth Infantry Division Oran Engelhardt Norfolk Milo F. Hains Fort Leonard Wood Coggan Robert Dighton Duane Dighton Manchester David Utley Miles Utley 25Th Infantry Hawaii Lyle Long Shename Charles _aulton Thomas Campbell Leonard Campbell 259Th Field Artillery Marion H Eaton Navy Elberon Leander Kopecky J. S. Kopeckys San Diego Naval Center Kermitt Roosevelt Troy Mills Ronald Akers Camp Chaffee Ark Field Artillery Training Center Camp Carson Colo Delhi Klein Lubben John Lubbens New Jersey Quasquedon Darwin Kress Frank Kress California George Buchell, Jr Scotland Wellman Pyot James W. Reed Walter J. Reeds Episcopal Church Thirty-Seventh Street Episcopal Men of Thirty-Seventh St. Dept Millersburg Don J. Elick Quartermaster’s Tokyo Lewis Elick Clermont David Gutcher Gerald Gutcher Camp Pendleton Calif Dundee Cliff Rule Newfoundland Robert Rule Norway Bruce Towe Chester Towes Dennis Light Ladd Air Force Base Alaska Perry Light Alburnette Harvey LaGrange Fred W. LaGrange 9Th Infantry Division 60Th Walter H. Carson Japan Carl A. Carson San Diego Marquette Glen Gordon Josephine Gordon Richard Moody E. Moody Air Force Ground Operations School Southern Pines N.C Wendle Kepler Homer Kepler Great Lakes Kepler Delaware Arend Bond Elsie Bond Tipton—Marine Keith L. Whitlatch Don Whitlatch Coggon David Brockmeier Roy Brockmeiers Electronics Experiment Station Elcentro Decorah Robert J. Myers Camp Lejeune Marine Midwest Jack Shelley Laurence M. Gould Carleton College Northfield Minnesota Standard Oil Harold A. Lindahl Who-Am-Fm-Tv Frank H. Sparks The Associated Colleges of Indiana Wabash College Crawfordsville Indiana Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Illinois America Standard Oil Foundation Illinois Tech Ralph F. Krause, JR Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa Standard Oil Company
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