K of C Plans New Club House in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids council announces a $125000 modern one story building with future second floor, to be built on A avenue and Eighth Street NE. A fund drive aims to raise extra funds. debt-free completion hoped by March. Jefferson school site will be cleared for construction. Red brick, fireproof design includes a 450 seat assembly room.
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Cedar Rapids
A. R. Scolaro
Jefferson School
James R. Baldridge
Weather forecast and notices from the Daily Record
Daily Record reports cool to warm readings across cities with Bismarck at 59 48 and Chicago 79 62 plus scattered precipitation totals. Iowa forecast calls for fair skies, little temp change, high 70 north to 80 south and possible showers later. Local notices include births, marriages, land and household incidents, and a series of alarms for fires and service calls at several addresses.
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Bismarck
Napolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Stoenix
Iowa
Intoxication-Turner Bellman Sentenced to Jail
Multiple minor court actions detailed. Turner Bellman and Patrick Neal received jail terms, others fined for traffic offenses, with several individuals facing suspensions or bonds. Local obituaries note services in English River Church of the Brethren, St. Patrick’s, St. Joseph’s, and area cemeteries.
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Turner Bellman
Patrick Neal
Harry Hoisington
Olin
Cloyd Robinson
Tenth Avenue
Abbas Habhab
Bowling Street
Frank Dutcher
Central City
John Brockman
Walcott
Herman Simmons
Richard Lane
Avenue NE
Pittsburgh Building Boom Expands Downtown Valuation
In ten years 51 new buildings valued at 125 million dollars have been built or are under construction in downtown Pittsburgh. The mid city district assessment rose from 253 million to 308 million dollars due to the building program.
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Pittsburgh
Rail merger details outline shifts in service and finance
Rail officials described anticipated schedule stability between Chicago and the West Coast and said the changes would strengthen finances for Union Pacific and North Western. Milwaukee plans 44 diesel locomotives and rights improvements, while freight routing could see shifts with more freight moving to Milwaukee.
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Chicago
West Coast
Union Pacific
North Western
Cedar Rapids
The
Milwaukee
Chicago Union Station
Pennsylvania, Burlington and Alton
Omaha
Illinois
Iowa
Narriman Seeks Divorce From Second Husband
BEIRUT Lebanon UP well informed sources say former Queen Narriman of Egypt is actively seeking a divorce from her second husband Dr Adhamed Nakeeb She is staying at a seaside hotel and may wed an unidentified Kuwaiti prince after the divorce.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Narriman
Egypt
Adhamed Nakeeb
W Narriman
Highway 6 Crash Kills Council Bluffs Woman
A 46 year old Council Bluffs woman Mary Reese was killed when her car left Highway 6 two miles west of Stuart and overturned. Margaret Nelson, 51, and her mother Clara Althoff, both of Council Bluffs, were critically injured and taken to Greenfield hospital.
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Stuart, Ia
INS
Council Bluffs
Stuart
Mary Reese
Margaret Nelson
Clara Althoff
Greenfield
Highway 6
Probe Deal Of Air Force With Firms
The House appropriations committee opened an inquiry into a $2.4 billion Air Force contract with AT T and Western Electric for a semi automatic ground environment system. The plan would have Eight combat centers and 32 direction centers connected by private firms to the Air Force with service at cost, ownership retained by the companies.
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Air Force
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
McCormack
Mass
Congressional
Congress
Air Defense
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company
Cannon
At&t
The
Western Electric
New York
Defense Department
Linn county to buy ten voting machines for 1470 each
The Linn county board of supervisors agreed Tuesday to purchase 10 Automatic Voting Machine Corporation devices for 1470 dollars each, delivering in November with an option for up to 10 more if repairs fail or Cedar Rapids precincts rise. Auditor Hanzlik recommends dropping Cedar Rapids 25 precincts to 30 for voter ease. Also approved road-surface donation petition in Monroe township and set Oct 11 hearing for Lafayette lot vacation.
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Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Automatic Voting Machine Corporation
Jamestown
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
Otto F. Hanzlik
Monroe Township
Duncan Ross
Lafayette
Estella Mollenhauer
Youth Arraigned On Larceny Count
A 19 year old Lisbon youth was arraigned before Judge J E Heiserman on a larceny charge for stealing tires tubes and cigarets from a Lisbon service station run by Dean Clark. Deputy Pete Whittemore said a 16 year old accomplice turned over to juvenile officials entered the station with a door key. The pair entered early Tuesday morning. the older youth was given until 10 am Monday to plead.
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Lisbon
J. E. Heiserman
Marlin H. Fisher
Dean Clark
Pete Whittemore
Fisher
Whittemore
Kingsbury Guilty Of Drunk Driving
A district court jury found Robert K. Kingsbury, 39, of Marion, guilty on a drunk driving charge after deliberating about an hour. The verdict was read by Judge B. J. Maxwell shortly after 2 p.m. Kingsbury was charged April 21 following an accident east of Marion. the trial began Monday.
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Robert K. Kingsbury
Marion
B. J. Maxwell
Kingsbury
Wilson Music Carnival at Wilson High School
The Wilson High School Music Parents club sponsors a Cedar Rapids festival Saturday at 6 15 PM to fund band uniforms and choir gowns. Activities include a midway with games, a kid corner, continuous cartoons, a white elephant sale, a prince and princess contest, and two auditorium shows at 8 PM and 10 PM with amateur and variety programs.
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Cedar Rapids
Terrence Carlson
Wilson Choral
Support Losses Hit Record High
The Agriculture Department reported a record 799,061,464 loss on farm price support programs for last year. By June 30 the government had 7,069,277,000 tied up in price support operations, over a billion more than a year earlier. The June 30 investment of the Commodity Credit Corporation comprised 2,097,814,000 in outstanding support loans on crops and 4,971,463,000 of crops in federal ownership.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nab Waterloo Man For Drunk Driving
John Harvey McDonald, 25, of Waterloo was arrested Monday night by highway patrol for a drunk driving charge. He was given until 10 am Friday to enter a plea after police reported erratic driving on Highway 218 about five miles south of Cedar Rapids.
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John Harvey McDonald
Waterloo
McDonald
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Phillips Petroleum Wins 3949 Judgment Against Ex-Employee
Phillips Petroleum Company secured a $3,949.37 judgment against former employee Walter Schnelle of Cedar Rapids. The suit, filed October 12, 1954, contends Schnelle converted company funds to his own use between February 1938 and April 1949.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Walter Schnelle
Cedar Rapids
Schnelle
Wills of Boettcher Held and Mott Filed for Probate
Three wills were admitted to probate on Wednesday. The Boettcher will, for Henrietta Boettcher who died Sept 3, leaves $750 to Rt Rev Msgr James Kearn of St Matthew s for masses for her family, $500 to Immaculate Conception church, shares personal effects to Henry Boettcher Jr Elizabeth Boettcher and Margaret Lund, and the residue to Boettcher. Margaret Lund named administratrix with $1 000 bond.
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Henrietta Boettcher
James Kearn
St. Matthew’s Church
Immaculate Conception Church
Henry Boettcher, Jr
Elizabeth Boettcher
Margaret Lund
Boettcher
Executors Named Without Bond In Three Wills
The will of Arthur Mott who died September 2 names his widow Isabelle as sole heir and executrix without bond. The will of Peter R Held who died August 25 names his widow Clara as sole heir and executrix. Fred Hann is named executor without bond in a separate will.
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Land Fred Hann
Arthur Mott
Isabelle
Peter R. Held
Clara
Billy Arries Sues Ayers for 1391 Promissory Note Amount
Billy Arries Wednesday sues Cecil M Ayers for 1391 25 alleged due on a promissory note signed by Ayers in 1949 at Mc Allen Texas.
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Billy Arries
Cecil M. Ayers
Ayers
McAllen
Texas
Cedar Rapids Men Form Four Building Firms in Iowa
Three Cedar Rapids men filed articles of incorporation for four real estate and construction firms to operate in Cedar Rapids Des Moines Maquoketa. Officers are Charles E Severn Russell F Knapp and Gerald A Hiland. Firms include Home Materials Inc Cedar Rapids Des Moines Maquoketa each with 10000 capital andBuilders Diversified Services Inc Cedar Rapids with 50000 capital planning a 200 home Maquoketa development and large Des Moines housing tract while continuing Cedar Rapids tracts with 250 prefabricated U S Steel homes.
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DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Secretary of State
Maquoketa
Charles E. Severn
Russell F. Knapp
Gerald A. Hiland
Home Materials, Inc
Builders Diversified Services, Inc
U. S. Steel
Death notices for Mrs Anton Vora cek sr 64 Cedar Rapids
Services for Mrs Anton Vora cek sr 64 of 1015 Fourth Avenue SE will be at Janeba funeral home Thursday at 2 p m conducted by Rev T A Youngquist of First Lutheran church. Burial will be in Czech National cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Harry W. Coder
English River
Goettsch Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Anamosa
FP. M. Grafft
Goettsch Funeral
Center Cemetery
Anton Voracek
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Janeba
T. A. Youngquist
First Lutheran Church
Czech National Cemetery
Troops of Israel And Egypt Clash
United Nations observers were ordered to form a living wall along the El Auja demilitarized zone after a clash left three Egyptians seriously wounded. U N Truce Chief Major General Burns dispatched observers as a precaution. Israel said troops would withdraw once Egypt ended its illegal stationing there.
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Jerusalem
INS
United Nations
el Auja Demilitarized Zone
U.N
E. L. M. Burns
Israel Foreign Ministry
Israel
Burns
Egypt
Viola School Budget Protest Heard by State Board
The Iowa State Appeal Board heard a protest against the Viola school district budget at a Wednesday morning hearing led by School Board Secretary W. C. Secrist. The board, including Comptroller Glenn Sarsfield Budget Director Rex Wilder and Treasurer M. Abrahamson, promised a decision by Oct. 15 after 23 residents filed the objection alleging lack of legal notice for the Aug 1 hearing and that the session was not a public meeting.
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The
Gazette
VIOLA
Iowa State Appeal Board
W. C. Secrist
Glenn Sarsfield
Rex Wilder
M. Abrahamson
Secrist
Orchids Featured Among Yukon Wild Flowers Collection
Several orchids are among the nearly 500 varieties of wild flowers ferns and shrubs growing in the Yukon Territory, highlighting the region’s diverse flora and natural scenery.
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Yukon Territory
Hunt Women In Kidnaping Of Baby Boy
San Francisco police hunted three women Wednesday in a baby abduction case involving four day old Robert Marcus. A nurse’s aide with a stillborn child matched the description of the suspected abductress seen in Novato and San Jose. One woman warmed a bottle for a nonpurse carrying infant and left after a suspicious visit to Mrs Henietta Guerrero. The kidnapped child, son of Dr and Mrs Sanford Marcus, had been breast fed prior to the theft from Mt Zion Hospital.
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San Francisco
Robert Marcus
Novato
San Jose
Henrietta Guerrero
Mt. Zion Hospital
Guerrero
Ruth Haughan
Point Reyes
Iowa Tops U.S. In Farm Income
Iowa led the nation in cash farm income for January through June 1955 with 1,067,829,000 dollars, though down from 1954. California and Illinois followed, with Iowa and California showing the top totals among the 10 states listed, and other states like Minnesota and Wisconsin posting gains while several declines appeared.
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Washington
Iowa
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Delaware
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Arkansas
Idaho
Wyoming
Oregon
California
Agriculture Department
Ilinois
Illinois
Texas
Wisconsin
Ohio
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
South Dakota
Michigan
Truman Decides to Proceed with Atomic Bomb Project
President Truman, warned by experts the bomb could destroy the world, orders continued development after Roosevelt's death. He heard from Bush and Leahy, then faced Molotov in a tense Poland dispute as the Cold War began.
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INS
Harry O S. Truman
U.S
Truman
White House
Henry L. Stimison
Jimmy Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Dr. Bush
Mili
Soviet
Russia
Stalin
Yalta
Poland
Forrestal Begins Pre Commissioning Sea Trials
Newport News Virginia UP reports the supercarrier Forrestal started pre commissionings sea trials on Wednesday. The milestone marks early testing steps ahead of full commissioning as naval engineers run hull and systems checks during the coastal approach phase.
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Newport News
Forrestal
Wholesale Food Cost Index Dips in Latest Week
New York AP reports the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food cost index fell slightly to 6.26 this week from 6.25 last week and 6.73 a year earlier. The modest decline reflects small price shifts across food categories monitored by the index.
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New York
Lawyers To Be Polled On Social Security
The Iowa Bar Association will poll about 3,000 attorneys to learn their views on a compulsory social security program. President Henry J. Te Paske of Orange City says the survey aims to determine if lawyers prefer voluntary or compulsory participation. The issue is tied to a measure in Congress proposing lawyer inclusion in social security.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Bar Association
Henry J. Te Paske
Orange City
Congress
American Association
Canal Builder Dies, Panamanian Canal Pioneer Walter D. Smith
Brig. Gen. Walter D. Smith, 79, a Panama Canal builder and former West Point football star, died Tuesday in Washington. His career spanned the canal’s early engineering challenges and its strategic military importance.
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Washington
Walter D. Smith
West Point
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