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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
1
Weather forecast includes partly cloudy conditions, scattered thundershowers, and temperature highs around 84 to 90 with lows 50 to 57. The report lists pollen counts for various towns, births, marriages, and divorces. It also covers court actions, traffic fines, and corrections from Cedar Rapids area.
A federal mediator, Robert E. Hall, deferred further Maytag contract talks until after Labor Day amid a three thousand worker strike in Newton Des Moines. Negotiations had stalled with union demands for a supplementary unemployment plan and a union shop, while Maytag offered a wage package and rejected the union shop. Davenport is also noted for a separate two week strike ending with a new contract.
Obituaries list Cedar Rapids residents Frank D Miller, 70, retired Penick and Ford accountant, with long local service and church roles. and Wilhelmina Louise Pitz, 77, Cedar Rapids resident since 1909, with four daughters and eight grandchildren. Both burials set at Cedar Memorial. services in Turner chapel or First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Mrs Karl Miller is hospitalized at St Luke’s. Robert William Graham, a Cedar Rapids resident and detailist for Winthrop Sterns Inc, died in Oclwein at 8 am after a long illness. Born July 15, 1992 in Richmond Indiana, he married Helen Snodgras there in 1925. Survived by wife, son David Graham of Cedar Rapids, father John H. Graham of Lansing Michigan, three sisters Ethel Nichols Richmond Indiana Thelma Minick and Louise Truscott of Lansing and two grandchildren. Funeral plans include services in Richmond and a possible charity contribution. Other notices report Max Leonhardt at St Luke’s for observation, an Electrolux ad, an election for junior past grand of Jan Hus lodge 51 IOOF, a Seiler family reunion in Anamosa state park, and several services for Fred Schutterle Fred Omer Monoben Phillip McGraw John H F Miller and Dr James C Manille appointment to a professional committee.
A mix of local items notes Prairie High bid rejections and a 30 day license suspension and $25 fine for Donald Hemphill of Walker for failing to yield at a stop. Also reports a suspect wanted on a bad check charge in Bettendorf and obituaries for Mrs Zivney and infant Lorna Long with funeral plans and service details.
Grace Miller of Ackley, 77, lost control of her property after mortgaging two farms and giving $80,000 to a traveling lecturer to invest. Trustees were appointed June 27 with Ralph Miller and George L. Nissly managing the trust. Miller now receives only net income monthly. Reports say she gave $100,000 or more to George B. Dewey, arrested in Florida on a false pretenses charge, who claimed the money bought two motels in Daytona Beach for her but foreclosures later occurred. Dewey said the widow was persuaded against by her grandson.
Springfield Illinois INS reports a bond issue of about 400 million dollars for Illinois toll roads will be offered around October 15. Gov Stratton announced after Toll Road Commission talks that recent cost surveys pleased bond bankers. He noted costs exceed last year by more than 16.5 million and outlined a Davenport Iowa meeting on toll road cooperation with Iowa officials.
Linn County welfare payments for old age assistance averaged 59.43 dollars per case for 1,250 cases, 1.68 dollars above the state mean of 57.75. Total Linn expended reached 74,293.50 dollars. ADC and blind aid mirrored state averages. Linn ADC per child 30.67 dollars, Linn blind 74.30 per case, with 217 ADC cases for 766 children costing 23,490.50 dollars. Blind aid cost 5,498.50 dollars. Municipal Court ruling reversed in DeSotel case. charges dismissed after evidence failed to prove guilt. Two suits dismissed: Murphy Finance Co. v Woodrow W. Ceasar. Dillon Smith v Elizabeth and Stewart Marshall.
Estel Dewey Ondler aged 56 of 618 Third Avenue SW pled guilty to a drunk driving charge. Judge Charles Penningroth fined him 300 dollars plus costs after a Cedar Rapids police arrest near Third Avenue and Fourteenth Street SE for erratic driving observed by officers.
Linn county courthouse will resume regular weekday hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting next Tuesday, after summer closure at 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Saturdays remain open 8 a.m. to noon. Chairman Miles Sutera announced the change.
Thomas Clark, 12 year old son of Mrs. Jesse Cortez of 510 B avenue NE, was discharged Thursday from the polio ward at University hospitals in Iowa City. He had been admitted August 26 with non paralytic poliomyelitis.
Cedar Rapids driver Carl H Underwood 1304 Third Ave SE pled guilty at a highway weighing station in Marion after his truck owned by Burch Construction overloaded. He was fined 216.87 dollars plus costs in the case handled by Judice Charles Penningroth.
A vehicle registered a 10 238 pound overload. The fine on the charge is determined by how much the weight exceeded the limit.
The obituary notes Mr Mott a lifelong member of the Society of Friends and mentions two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Friends meetinghouse in Whittier will host a service at a later announced time. Friends may call at the Turner chapel after 1 p.m. Saturday. The family asks that flowers be omitted.
Representatives of the United Electrical Workers union and Allis-Chalmers plant officials in Cedar Rapids will resume negotiations next week after a long running dispute. The previous meeting was held Wednesday as talks have continued since June. The plan offers 65 percent pay for the first four weeks and 60 percent for the following 22 weeks.
Belgrade reports the Soviet Union will provide a 40 million dollar loan to Yugoslavia and grant a 52 million dollar trade credit. The announcement states the financing aims to bolster economic ties and support Yugoslavia's trade needs.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette Sunday feature reflects on Huey Long’s meteoric rise and dramatic assassination. It profiles his promise of wealth sharing, the enduring impact in Louisiana, and how survivors pursue politics differently after his controversial era.
Citizens weigh the cost of building two high schools with Franklin and Roosevelt at risk of being overwhelmed. Supt. Parker defends the design as planned by educators and architects and notes bids exceeded expectations prompting two emergency proposals to move funds and extend the 22 mill levy.
AP reports Merle Shafer of Shafer Produce Co of Toledo was fined 23 dollars and costs for improper egg grading under a new state law. This marks the third prosecution recently, as law tests unfold before the Iowa supreme court.
Cedar Rapids recorded 1.44 inches of rain in August, well below the 3.38 inch normal. Yearly rainfall stood at 9.93 inches through August versus a 22.51 inch norm, with coolest days at 74 and warmest at 97. Pollen rose from nine to 277 by month end as temperatures stayed mostly in the 70s to mid 90s.
Parker warns against emergency measures for schools noting possible half or third shifts, while Windheim cites bid overruns from national bidding and identical designs. He blames rising costs and miscalculations though praising the advisory committee and board plans. Morrison moves to endorse two emergency proposals, seconded by Blahnik.
Air force weather reconnaissance planes reported a typhoon packing winds of 80 miles per hour churning across the Pacific about 600 miles southeast of Tokyo. The system posed potential threats to shipping routes and possible landfall in coming days.
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