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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1955
Page
2
The daily page reports cloudy weather with showers and a sequence of obituaries and funeral notices across multiple towns. It lists births, marriages, and license details, along with police reports on fines, traffic violations, and a parking of dates and places for services in several communities.
Moscow reports a Pravda backed push for American troop withdrawal as Russia pledges to return the Porkkala naval base to Finland. A broad amnesty decree eases penalties for WWII collaborators and exiles, while top officials prepare for UN and Geneva discussions on foreign bases and arms tensions.
Cedar Rapids area obituaries report the death of Jesse Higley Kegley at 93 in Beverly Hills California stage, noting long life in Cedar Rapids and widowhood to Dr E A Kegley. Also listed are Mrs Henry Kempter and John Marion Franks among others with service details, family survivors, charities, and funeral arrangements. Charles J Jaga and George B Doc Cleveland death notices include service times, church and cemetery details, military honors, and survivor lists.
In Moscow Premier Bulganin says he shed 46 pounds in 40 days through athletics at a reception hosted by the Finnish embassy. He jokes about weight loss, denies Adenauer overwork, and references his talks with West Germany as Khrushchev and other leaders joke about their own figures.
Federal mediators will hold a three man panel conference Friday with Maytag Company and the CIO United Auto Workers to resume negotiations. This will be the second meeting between the sides under the panel after a stalemate. The strike, in its nineteenth day, continues as about 3,000 workers are affected with no new developments reported.
Davenport police and a cab dispatcher teamed to catch bandit Dante Lowther, 21, twenty minutes after he robbed the Western Union office of about 704 dollars. Clerk Catherine Nicklas, 27, tied by the robber, escaped and called police. Lowther, found near Cedar Rapids, had a loaded Luger and $703.99 on him.
In Chattanooga AP report Luth er Steele and his son Lloyd 1 fished at Hales Bar but misfortune struck. They left the tackle box behind the boat filled with water and during bail effort the boy accidentally shot Heals in the foot with a 22 life.
The Republican committee will kick off its 1956 campaign with 100 Salute to Eisenhower dinners on January 20. G O P leaders hope the events prompt President Eisenhower to seek re election. Dinners will be held in principal cities across the nation and in at least one location per state. Proceeds will go to the national senatorial and congressional campaign committees and to the states.
A coroner's jury ruled the shooting death of Mrs William Fraser accidental. The 24 year old from What Cheer Indiana was killed by her husband, William Fraser, who said he fired at what he thought was a prowler outside their farm bedroom window. Authorities testified the window form could not determine gender from 10 feet. The husband was in shock and unable to testify.
Services for Mrs. William Fraser 24 killed by a shotgun blast in St. Louis will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Whyte funeral home What Cheer. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs William McKay of What Cheer a What Cheer High School graduate and former employee in a St Louis attorney's office. Survived by husband two children her parents five brothers and five sisters. Burial in Sixteen cemetery near What Cheer. Body arrives in What Cheer at 1 15 pm Tuesday from St Louis.
Chrysler Corporation, the nation's third largest automaker, announced a 10 year expansion plan likely to exceed any prior industry effort. President L. L. Colbert said the program includes a large Atlantic seaboard assembly plant, probably in southern New Jersey, with the first five years completed and the next five tentative. The project may cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Glenn H. Smith, 39, of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to indecent exposure. Judge J. E. Heiserman suspended a three month term in the county jail on the condition of good behavior for an act alleged July 10, 1954 in Cedar Rapids.
Davenport police say Mes Bowden admitted striking her husband with a one inch wood chisel during a heated argument in their car after a night at the Rock Island tavern. Bowden, 63, was found dead outside his Bowden apartment from head wounds. She pled innocent to a manslaughter charge. a $10,000 bond was set and a preliminary hearing continued.
DES MOINES AP An employment security fee offered to escort a Far Eastern delegation through the state. Effingham DL AP Trane employment service notes a World War II amputee killed when his cat aided, as the commission last week voted 2-1 against receiving a delegation. Frank Engel, vice-chairman, sent a telegram to federal labor saying he would escort the group through the service, stressing universal employment as a key to peace and prosperity.
Chinese truck driver Ong Ah Teo was found guilty of taking part in the mob murder of United Press correspondent Gene Symonds during city riots after a bus strike. He was sentenced to death by hanging.
Farmers State Bank of Marion was awarded a judgment of 2,338 dollars against Everett Ford of Marion, covering 2,072 dollars on one promissory note and 247 dollars on another, with six percent interest from August 19. Probate entries include Wille of Matilda, Popenhagen, Frank D. Miller, and William A. Nelson Jr. admitted to probate. bequests and executors named.
Paul Brundidge, 28, of 1215 Nineteenth Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, was admitted as a polio patient Saturday the 16th at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Condition listed as fair. Cedar Rapids health officials say no record yet on his case. Twelve prior polio cases reported in Cedar Rapids so far this year.
The Iowa executive Council ordered a study of a complaint that seven dollars a day was not enough for state officials to spend for hotel rooms and meals. Bruce Stites urged a minimum of ten dollars per day and asked Secretary of State Melvin Synhorat to conduct a study and report. State Auditor Chet Akers suggested that departments determine what is reasonable and accurate.
George Ayers, 28, was seriously wounded in Cedar Rapids after an argument over which entrance to his upstairs apartment to use. Louis Davison, 44, says the shooting was accidental when a screen door swung and a .22 pistol discharged. Ayers lost use of his legs. he was treated at Mercy and then University hospitals, with Davison later charged with assault with intent to commit murder.
The article outlines Peron’s foreign policy and his crackdown on opposition media. It notes the closure and expropriation of La Prensa, suppression of scores of newspapers, and state control of radio. It highlights Eva Peron’s rising influence, labor reforms, and her death from cancer amid political turmoil.
Howard Dimer Wood 87 of Tipton died in a tractor crash on a country road south of Mechanicsville after the tractor and wagon ran off the road. He was born August 26 1808 in Lisbon and survived by his wife two sons Loyd and Laverne and a daughter Mrs Melvin Pauls. Services planned Tuesday at Sheets-Dalin Funeral Home with burial in Hill Cemetery at Mechanic.
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