Daily Record weather and notices September 14 1955
Highs 80s to 90s with cooler northwest Friday and Saturday. Funeral services in Iowa City for George J Unash Ella Morse Ham and others listed with burial in local cemeteries. Precipitation totals for September and wind data at Municipal airport. Divorce decrees and marriage licenses plus two divorce petitions noted.
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Lamarchiam
Sheets-Dahe Funeral Home
Masonic Cemetery
Iowa City
George J. Unash
St. Wenceslaus Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Hohenschuh Chapel
Ella Morse Ham
Qathout Chapel
Oakland Cemetery
Tama
Ei Hse Sr
Eee
Mason's Funera Gc
St. Vaclav
Clutter
Elberon
Joseph
Yelik, Sr
Os “Slithe Hrabak Funeral Home
Stiff Suspensions To Three Drivers
Municipal Court Judge Charles Benesh ordered suspensions for three drivers. Robert Northrup received a 90 day license suspension and 30 days in jail after being charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Regis McNamara got a 60 day suspension and a $100 fine for reckless driving. Don Roloff was given a 60 day suspension and forfeited a $105 appearance bond for leaving the scene.
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Charles Benesh
Robert Northrup
Second Street
Regis McNamara
Coggen
Don Roloff
Sixth Street
Northrup
Roloff
McNamara
Obo
Harold Kuebler
Marion
Sidney Aulwes
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Donald Feddersen
Adolph Klima
Polio Cases Dip Slightly in Latest Week
Washington reports 2009 new polio cases in the U S last week, about 2 percent below the prior week’s 2058. Cumulative totals since Jan 1 reach 18215 versus 21424 in 1954, with 17152 this disease year and 341 non paralytic cases. Birth notices follow for Ellis, Decker, Berry, Peet and others.
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Washington
INS
Inew Public Health Service
U.S
St. Luke's
Ellis
Grant
Ninth Street NW
Health Service
Decker
Robert
Clarence
Berry
Edward
London
Peet
John
Chandler Street
Silo filling accident injures Hopkinton farmer
W C DeShaw 45, of Hopkinton, was injured when his fingers were caught in a pulley while loading silo silage with a mechanized unloading wagon. He was taken to Monticello hospital for treatment. no further details available.
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Garecce
Bo Reo
Aoer- Hopkinton
Monticello Hospital
DeShaw
Hopkinton
Six Drunk Drivers Fined in Iowa City
Iowa City court actions show seven charged with drunk driving. Names include Lyle Luckey, Robert Weber, Delbert Weber, Regis McNamara, and others. Fines ranged from $2 to $500 with jail terms and bonds noted. Also reports on obituaries, services, and civil suits referenced in the same page.
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Iowa City
Garett
Harold J. Evans
Dege
Sevet Independence
Andlenth
Lyle Luckey
Cedar
Robert Weber
Rapids
Weber
Offoffense
Delbert Weber
First
Charles Everens
Fifteenth Avenue
Adrian Text on Urban Government Published
Special to The Gazette Mt. Vernon Dr. Charles R Adrian a 1947 Cornell graduate is author of Governing Urban America a 452 page work in the McGraw Hill political science series The book targets college and university courses in city government and blends political science with social psychology and sociology It covers postwar suburban trends metropolitan area problems organized crime transportation and includes case studies charts and real life examples Dr Adrian is married to Roy Nelsons daughter and son in Mt Vernon
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MT. Vernon
Charles R. Adrian
Cornell College
America
McGraw-Hill
Navy
Adrian
Cornell
University of Minnesota
Wayne University
Ford
Denmark
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
Roy Nelson
Local 601 Ends Westinghouse Strike in East Pittsburgh
The CIO IUE Local 601 voted Thursday to end its 72 hour company wide strike at Westinghouse East Pittsburgh works, joining the IUE conference board in approving a peace agreement. The pact ends the local walkout while preserving its right to strike Oct 15 if no wage peace is reached. Local 601 represents about 8,500 workers including 2,200 day workers who objected to a company time study.
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Pittsburgh
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
IUE
Westinghouse Conference Board
Local 601
James, B. Carey
R. D. Blasier
East Pittsburgh
IVE International
U S Population Reaches 165 Million Mark
Washington reports the U S population stood at 165 495 000 as of August 1. The Census Bureau estimates this represents a gain of 14 362 000 since the April 1 1950 census and an increase of 2 828 000 since August 1 1954.
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Washington
U.S
Census Bureau
Prowler Shot on Courthouse Porch Arrest Leads to Fine
A 22 year old marine was shot on a rear porch after a prowler incident in a Cedar Rapids building. Witnesses Lexie Huston and Lewis Williams testified, Sergeant Robert A Martens was found dead with a back wound. Barker 43 was fined 500 dollars for a prior drunk driving offense as he awaits discharge.
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Wallbregan
Ray FE. Barker
Robert A. Martens
Anthon
Great Lakes
J. Eter
Weicarman
Ginun Mileu
Lexie Huston
Lewis Williams
Williams
Martens
Miss Huston
Barker
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-sixth Street
Legion Given Clear Title to Building Site
Judge J E Helserman signed an order giving the American Legion and Veterans Memorial Inc clear title to land south of Greene square. The site will host the new American Legion building after an uncontested suit to remove a cloud on the abstract. The case, filed July 27 at the request of loan-application attorneys for an agency, concluded with a clear title.
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J. E. Helserman
American Legion and Veterans Memorial, Inc
Greene Square
American Legion
Veterans
Man killed day after wedding near Oakland Iowa
Paul Lauterbach aged 29 of Dike died and his bride of one day was injured when their car with just married signs crashed on highway 6 near the Nishnabotna river bridge west of Oakland. The 22 year old bride, maiden name Veenendahl, was rushed to a Council Bluffs hospital with serious injuries. Lauterbach had recently been discharged from the army. The other driver was Henry Hupp, 63, of Omaha, involved in a side swipe.
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Nishnabotna River Bridge
Oakland
Lauterbach
Henry Hupp
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Army
Bereaved child sobs at Ohio crossing hearing
Eight year old Ramela Huff broke down during the Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearing on railroad crossing safety after her father was killed. Her mother testified as Ramela began to cry before taking the stand to press for flashing lights at the crossing prompted by a letter to President Eisenhower.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ramela Sue Huff
Eisenhower
Iowa Insurance Head To Be Selected Soon
Gov Leo Hoegh said a new Iowa Insurance Commissioner will be chosen soon after the late Charles R Fischer. A crossing sign memento sparked comments about modern lighting as Hoegh cited progress and national degradation during a hearing.
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Iowa Insurance
Horse
Des Moines
Leo
Hough
Hearing Missioner
Charles R. Fischer
Hoegh
Hard-Boiled Allied Policy Takes Shape
Washington policy toward the Soviet bloc and China shows a hard-boiled approach in negotiations at Geneva and in dealing with East-West issues. The pattern indicates Western concessions will occur only if Moscow and Peiping gain reciprocal Western benefits, under Eisenhower's insistence on concrete actions. Ambassador Johnson told Red China’s Wang Ping-nan it would be premature to tackle further issues until the civilian release agreement is concluded.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Red China
U. S
Geneva
U.N
Moscow
Peiping
Eisenhower
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
U.S
Bulganin
Adenauer
Richard G. Casey
Australia
New York
Hoegh predicts big year for Iowa road work in 1956
Gov Leon A Hoegh in Des Moines said road building will surge next year with expanded widening and more contracts as Iowa plans 1956 projects ahead of schedule. He noted 60 bridges were widened this year against 50 planned and said federal funds may be tapped for widening and other work. He also mentioned a Davenport meeting on Sept 23 with Illinois officials and Gov William Stratton’s firm attendance.
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Des Moines
Leon A. Hoegh
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
William Stratton
Istratton
Iowa City Sets Annexation Hearing and Gas Rate Talk
Iowa City council scheduled a public hearing for September 28 to consider annexing eight tracts spanning SUI property near the stadium, the Finkbine area, and land north to the loop by the Iowa River. The panel aims to place the proposal on the November ballot while also meeting September 27 with Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric about a 7.12 rate increase. Horrabin Construction Sunday?
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Iowa City
Iowa City Council
SUI
Stadium
Finkbine
Procter and Gamble
Park Road
Loop
Iowa River
University Heights
Benton Street
Iowa-Illinois Gas
Elec
Horrabin Construction Company
Newton Road
Iowa City Council Statements Spark Taxpayers League Battle
Iowa City officials face a blast from the Non-Partisan Taxpayers League as it seeks to oust city manager Peter F. Roan over salaries and a planned interstate highway route. The league and Davenport leader Charles Young push to counter alleged misstatements by city officials, demanding public corrections and a congressional presentation about the proposed Mississippi valley route.
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Taxpayers’ League
Peter F. Roan
Kenora
Ont
O'Connor
Charles Young
Davenport
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
St. Louis
Congress
Pete Roan
Ames
Mississippi Valley
Roan
Trail of Widow’s $100000 Leads to Brokerage House
LOS ANGELES AP A search for $100000 claimed lost by widow Grace Potter Miller led Sheriff Hodgson to a Los Angeles brokerage. He was denied access to files as confidential while investigating George B. Dewey 57 accused of obtaining money by false pretenses from Miller. Dewey allegedly deposited and withdrew the sum through a Los Angeles bank and used proceeds to buy stocks and bonds.
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Los Angeles
Paul E. Hodgson
Hardin County
George B. Dewey
Eldora
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
J.C. James
Hodgson
Dewey
James
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Pier in Jersey City
A spectacular fire at a 650 foot pier in Jersey City Thursday left only the shell standing and caused damage estimated at more than a million dollars. The blaze origin is undetermined as investigators continued to probe the incident. In Omaha a thief who stole a radio from Eric Nyblom’s car left a handwritten note saying thanks, prompting detectives to seek a handwriting expert.
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Pier
Jersey City
Omaha
Eric Nyblom
Elgin Boy, 4, Hurt In Fall from Tree
OELWEIN An Elgin boy David Meyer four, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Meyers, fractured his leg when he fell from a tree at his grandparents home. He was taken to West Union hospital. In a separate accident Wednesday Walter Schnor thirty four, a State Highway Commission employee, suffered head and chest injuries when he fell from a commission truck. He was hospitalized at New Hampton.
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the Gazette
Oelwein
Elgin
David Meyer
Elmer Meyers
West Union Hospital
Walter Schnor
State Highway Commission
New Hampton
Davenport Man Killed In Vertical Conveyor
Davenport, AP Frank Egert, 78, died after being crushed by a vertical lift conveyor at the Roederer Transfer & Storage Company. He was working on carpentry for Pillsbury Mills leasing space in the Roederer building. Coroner Kenneth Froeschle said a lumber piece caught in the machinery as Egert tried to move it upward. he could not stop the lift and was crushed against the roof.
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Frank Egert
Roederer Transfer & Storage Company
Egert
Pillsbury Mills
Roederer
Kenneth Froeschle
Evert
Bohlen Leaves for Vacation from Moscow
U S Ambassador Charles E Bohlen departed Moscow by plane for a vacation in the United States. The trip comes as the U S family in Moscow adjusts to new routines amid ongoing diplomatic concerns.
Elthon Opposes Reapportion Plan Favored by Gov Hough
Ellsworth Iowa Lt Governor Leo Elthon opposed a reapportionment plan backed by Gov Leo Heegh favoring population based Senate seats and county based House seats He warned labor racketeers could seize control if cities dominate the legislature He stressed the Senate should reflect all interests not labor or manufacturers groups and advocated area based apportionment for the Senate while supporting population based House representation He also signaled interest in meeting the Turkey Day festival and a potential gubernatorial bid without commenting on entering the race
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Fertile
Leo Elthon
R-Fertile
Elthon
Iowa Senate
Senate
Iowa
House
Leo. Heegh
Towa
Labor
Manufacturers Association
Farm Bureau
Elthan
Turkey
Bill Elthon
Asi Brenton
Baxter
City council ignores engineer's letter on duties
In a special session Wednesday evening the city council took no note of a letter from O'Connor stating he does not need to perform all duties ordinarily attended by a city engineer. The decision leaves current responsibilities unsettled.
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O'Connor
Tipton Conservative Printing Firm Files
DES MOINES AP The Conservative Publishing Company of Tipton filed articles of incorporation to print newspapers magazines books and advertising matter The Tipton Conservative is an active weekly in Tipton The new firm has capital stock of 50000 Officers include George Langdon Tipton secretary treasurer Kent and Herbert E Clark Tip O’Connor noted examinations show executives do not supervise municipal waterworks system electrical light and power plant duties remain with Mechanicsville directors Veoen eS
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Conervative Publishing Company
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Secretary of State
Tipton Con
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Daty
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