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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
2
Parity cloudy forecast for Friday night and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in central and east areas. Low temperatures 50 to 57 east. 57 to 83 southwest, high Saturday 34 to 40. Sunday mostly cloudy with little change in temperature. Also lists rainfall, pollen, river stages, and multiple divorce petitions and decrees from Cedar Rapids and nearby cities.
Federal mediator Robert Hall of Des Moines defers Maytag contract talks until mid next week, hoping to arrange new negotiations after a delayed settlement attempt. About 3,000 production workers are idle on the Newton area picket lines as UAW and IBEW dispute union shop and guaranteed wage proposals alongside unemployment compensation plans.
Obituary notices report the death of Frank D. Miller 70 a Cedar Rapids resident and former Penickane Ward accountant with a long church and community service record. Also obituary lines note Mrs Wilhelmina Louise Pitz Cedar Rapids resident for 48 years and other local deaths with service details and burial plans across Cedar Memorial and Turner chapel venues.
The Prairie High School construction bids were rejected by the College Community school board on Thursday night. Officials said new bids will be sought later this fall with altered materials and design features. Low bids exceeded available bond funds, prompting a revised approach and potential changes.
Local brief notices report Mrs Karl Miller hospitalized at St Luke s hospital with two others under observation at Central City. Frank details include transfers, an employee license suspension for Donnie Hmphill, and a Bettendorf arrest for Vern J Stewart on check crimes. Also noted are a family reunion, a furniture sale, and obituaries for Marie A Zivney and infant Loma Kay Long with funeral arrangements and charitable contributions requested.
A Cedar Rapids area resident of 30 years who died Wednesday will have a funeral at 2 30 pm Saturday in Turner chapel conducted by Dr Jackson Burns and Dr Hughes Dill pastors of St Pauls Methodist church. Burial will be Cedar Mino nominal cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Eldora Iowa report reveals 77 year old Mrs. Grate Miller of Ackley placed her farms in a trusteeship after mortgaging properties and entrusting funds to a traveling lecturer. Trustees include grandson Ralph Miller and George Wissly. Miller receives net income monthly. A Florida arrest ties to $300,000 plus scheme with Dewey who claimed funds bought Daytona motels later foreclosed.
SPRINGFIELD IL Oct 12 Illinois toll road bonds totaling about 4.01 billion will go on sale around Oct 12 Gov William G Stratton announced after a Toll Road Commission meeting New cost estimates exceed last year by more than 18 5 million Stratton said he and Iowa governors and toll road officials will meet in Davenport on Sept 23 to discuss mutual toll road interests and possible future conferences
Court reverses a Linn County judge’s ruling on old age assistance payments. The state average per case was $57.75 while Linn’s ADC average was $59.43. Judges Penningroth and Patterson preside over the adjustments, with cases involving blind aid, dependent children, and district appeals noted.
A charge related to an overload is fined according to its extent. The penalties scale with how severe the overload appears in the case details.
Estel Dewey Ondler of Third Avenue SW pled guilty to a drunk driving charge and was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Judge Charles Penningroth. Ondler was arrested early Friday by Cedar Rapids police at Third Avenue and Fourteenth Street SE after officers observed him driving in an erratic manner.
The Linn County courthouse will resume regular closing at 5 p.m. starting next Tuesday. During summer months it closes at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, with Saturday hours from 8 a.m. to noon. Chairman Miles Sutera stated the regular weekday hours will resume Tuesday at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A truck driver from Devor Rapids pled guilty to an overload charge and was fined 276.47 by Judge Charles Penliner. Negotiations resume next week between United Electrical Workers and Allis Chalmers plant officials in Cedar Rapids after stalled talks since June. The case involved a truck owned by Joy Burch Construction Company and a 52 million dollar credit grant context.
Mott, member of the Oblong Society of Friends, leaves grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services will be held at the Friends meetinghouse in Whittier, time to be announced. Friends may call at the Turner chapel after 1 p.m. Flowers requested by the family.
Thomas Clark 12, 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 28 with a non-warlike patio.
State editor Charles Richardson profiles Huey Lang who styled himself the Kingfish and promised wealth for all. His meteoric political rise and sudden 38 caliber shooting ended a flamboyant era in Louisiana politics. The Cedar Rapids Gazette features a Sunday anniversary feature drawn from extensive research.
Supt. Parker and district officials frame a choice on funding two new high schools amid tight bids and potential delays. They warn delays raise overtime costs at Franklin and Roosevelt, threaten education quality, and justify a 244 mill five year levy plus a possible March extension to secure construction funds.
Parker criticizes plans as costly and long-range, arguing for half-day sessions and a 50 year outlook. Architect Wirdheim lists four bidding errors that pushed costs one million above bond estimates, including universal design and local bidding assumptions. He notes rising costs and overestimated deductions, suggesting bids re-advertised may rise further. Morrison and Bluhulk move and second the emergency measures.
Merle Shafer operator of Shafer Produce Co in Toledo was fined 25 dollars and costs for improper egg grading under the new law. This marks the third prosecution in weeks as the 1955 legislature imposed a grading regime.
August in Cedar Rapids was hot and dry with 1.44 inches of rain, well below the 3.38 inch normal. The coolest days reached 74 degrees on Aug 30 and 31, while highs hit 97 on Aug 17 and 23. Rainfall for the year remained below normal, while pollen spiked to 27% by Aug 30.
Tokyo reports that air force reconnaissance planes detected a typhoon moving with winds near 84 miles per hour about 160 miles southeast of the Marshall Islands area, prompting caution for maritime and air traffic in the vicinity.
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